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«■» "■"■■^™" HBBHBM -mm*—mm. THE? BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATlWlST INDTT8TBIAL UNITS : ;g}BNOTH. * EIGHTH YEAR. No. 36. TWENTY PAGES OFFICIAL PAPEB ! VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOR COUNCIL AND B. C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB mm-^VeVtUiAl, UWftj i 01? I VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1916 (In VmuomwX ' \ our n.oo 7 $1.50 PER YEAR MEET A Representative Gathering of Members and Visitors Members Visit the Training Camp and Attend Military Sports VERNON, B. 0., Sept. 3.—With Preaident Skinner in tie chair, an address of welcome, in which he pointed out and laid stress on' the necessity of burying minor differences in an effort to keep the "old ship floating" daring these trying times, opened the annual get-to- gether meeting of Vernon Typo, union No. 541 ou Sunday evening, Sept. 3. The scene was one of a very representative gathering, among the most distinguished visitors being Q. M. S. Youhill, president of Vancouver Typo, union, and Pte. Maiden, past'president of New Westminster Typo, union. Representatives were present from Pontic- ton and Kelowna, and a number of members from the training camp. The usual routine business was pro- cecded with, including the resignation of Secretary Sterry, who was leaving shortly for the east, and to which position Bro. W. B. Hilliard was elected by acclamation. Towards the end of the session interesting remarks were made by Bro. Youhill, who was convalescing from the effects, of the "scrap" in Europe, whioh was followed by a similar oration from Bro. Maiden, Corp. Uren and C. F. Burkhart, an old-time comp., bat now a "knight of the scissors and soap." All agreed at the close of the meeting that the gathering had been one of the most successful ever held by this local since its organization in 1007. During the following day, Monday, Labor Day, the members visited the training camp and attended the brigade military sports. After lunch tho visiting members left at 12.50 for their home HAVING PROVED ITS WORTH LABOR ASKS FOR ITS REWARD Sublime Spectacle of Labor Giant Begging for Sympathy Instead of Reaching Out for His Freedom—TKe Importance of Capital and the Super-Importance of Labor—A Ten-shilling Valuation of Labor IF THE ACCOUNT of the doings of the British Trades Union Congress in session at Birmingham, England, be true, the Giant Labor is making an impressive spectacle of himself at the hands of the representatives of the working class. We believe it was that eminent Englishman, Dr. Johnson, who defined*patriotism as "the last refuge of scoundrels." It has been left to British Labor in convention assembled, to spend time that might have been used for- a better purpose, in senseless boasting of its patriotism and using it'for the basis of a begging appeal that Labor be duly rewarded for such patriotism, not by an increase of wages, but by means of an increase of sympathy upon the part of "our fellow citizens." At least that is the inference to be drawn from the published extracts from the speeches of some of the delegates at the eonvention. One of the choicest bits is as-f ollows: "We have proved not only our worth to the state, but our loyalty to the state,'' declared the delegates. " Now we want our fellow citizens to consider the position of the working population more sympathetically than ever before." . ♦ Just Like a Street Beggar. For at least ten thousand years slaves TO MOBILIZE LABOB. Production of War Supplies at Important as fighting. Representatives of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, and of the textile, steel and munitions industries had a conference in Ottawa on Tuesday last with Hon. T. W. Crothers and Hon. Robert Rogers, with a view of discussing informally the best means of mobilizing and utilizing Canada's labor forces during the war period of labor scarcity and acute production demand. After discussing the situation informally the cabinet ministers intimated that the government in prosecuting farther recruiting efforts would endeavor to harmonize as far aB possiblo war needs, both at home and at the front, and that the recruiting plan would keep in view the economics of the labor market in regard to those who t-cto required to flght and those who were required to produce. towns on the Okanagan lake, and thus closed a vory profitable assemblage of Okanagan Valley Typos. E. C. STERRY. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND COOP CHEER FOR "FED." [By *. M. DKAFIB] -V. (Secretary-Treasurer Tradea and Labor CongreBH ot Canada) HAVING LEARNED with great pleasure that the enterprising Federationist intends publishing, on the 8th September, a special Labor Day edition, and subsequently having been asked to contribute something in thc way of a letter or an article for the occasion, I come with my humble but sincere tribute of respect, encouragement, gratefulness and best wishes towards the friends of Labor who have done so much to make The Federationist a success and an influence in the fertile fields of British Columbia public affairs. It is fitting that on this occasion of Labor Day that a voice from the East should call out, over the vast prairies and over the intervening Rockies, to the organ of tho far West that pleads so well and so effectively the cause of the workman. Any message of goodwill that I am able to send is but thc echo of every Labor organization in this fair Dominion. We of the central portion of the country, where the older conditions of life blend with fresher and newer ones, look with hopefulness and assurance to our brothers of the Pacific coast for that co-operation which is essential to the ultimate triumph of the Labor cause. We naturally mark with delight every step that you have taken in the direction of improvement, of organization, of the spreading and inculcating of the main principles that underlie the efforts of our Trades and Labor Congress. When a new Labor paper springs into life we rejoice and watch with interest its progress. For three years, as the Western Wage-Earner (monthly), and some five years ago, from the eity of Vancouver, came the first numbers of The Federationist, and from that day down to the present I, in common with all my fellow-workers in the cause of Labor, have watched with alternate feelings of hope and anxiety its career. None is bettor conversant than I am with all thc obstacles that arc to be surmounted 8iid all the obstructions to be overcome in the launching of a publication upon the uncertain sea of public opinion, None appreciates more fully tho importance to thc Labor world of such a paper as The Federationist. When 1 learned thc intention of this year issuing a special edition for Labor Day it told mc, in emphatic terms, of the success that is attending the efforts of those in charge of thc paper, and it speaks hopefulness for the future of the Labo* interests in the rich and fertile province of British Columbia. While expressing these sentiments I feel that a word of encouragement and of advice might not be out of season. You have a large and varied constituency. You have a very special mission in your own sphere of usefulness. You may have hard knocks to endure, hard paths to follow, hard luck to encounter. You may experience the need of sympathetic help and the actual existence of unrequited labor. All these arc in the nature of the mission you have undertaken, and which with every proper encouragement, you should succeed in making fruitful. The press work of the Labor cause is very like one of those old masterpieces of mosaic that wo find in the temples of the Old World, wherein each stone of varied color and varied size, fits so exactly into the other stones of other forms and other hues, that the combination of them form a lovely picture. So is it with the publication portion of the Labor world; different in locality, in size, in form, in sphere of activity, in local interests to advocate, each section of that vast mosaio of thc Labor press should so fit into the general scheme that the entire combination, from ocean to ocean, in all provinces and in all diversified local interests, will constitute a masterpiece of advocacy for the workman's cause. Hence the importance of The Federationist and of all other like papers, great or small, widespread or circumscribed in their circula- i tion and influence. On this Labor Day, 1916, may The Federationist tako on fresh life, oxpand its wings, and riso into an atmosphere of unqualified success, is the greetings that goes to you from your interested well-wisher and fraternally devoted fellow-workman in the ever-expanding fields of Labor. have been proving their worth to their masters and to their master's state. They have fed and fattened those masters in times of peace and fought, bled and died at their. bidding whenever those masters quarrelled. And all down through the wretched ages of their slavery they have never, as a class, raised a hand against their masters or mado any threat to end their rule. And after all these centuries of degrading servitude and untold horrors; after all the proud boost of the growing intelligence of the working class, aud how Labor is lo take its rightful place in the affairs of life, we are treated to the sublime spectacle of the labor giant meekly and plaintively soliciting sympathy, as a street beggar might solicit alma. .The wage-workers of all these warring countries have proven their "worth" aa well 8B their "loyalty" to the state of their respective masters, and the highways and byways of their respective countries will, for the next half century, be lined with worthy and loyal working class wrecks, resulting from this European ruling class holocaust, meekly and plaintively beseeching passers-by for the wherewith to eke out., a miserable existence that has, perhaps unfortunately, escaped extinction upon the Held of. war. But let it be said to the credit of these wrecks beforehand, that they will not beg for Bympathy, but for pennies, something sufficiently substantial to be exchangeable for bread. Labor feeds, clothes and shelters all. It provides the choicest of everything in abundance for its master (capital), and the poorest and scantiest for. itself. A working population tnat InsiBts upon such foolishness as that doea uot deserve sympathy, and what is more to the point, it will never get it. It is not Bympathy that such a population needs, but sense; just Bimple everyday common horse-senso, will do. The workers of every country outnumber their masters many to one. So long as they are so lacking in manhood ond common Bense ns to submit to the lash of a minority and bear tho yoke of slavery, aB their fool ancestors have done for centuries, they deserve just what their masters see fit to give them, and which they are giving them good and plenty during these glorious days of capitalist rule. They may be sure of getting it as long as they breed truo to type and remain fools. A 10-shiUing Valuation. The chairman of this famous convention, in his address got off some hot stuff. "If capital in some of itB manifestations has been important," said this loader of British labor, "Labor has; beon Buper-important. We aro winning this war with our blood ln tho field, nml with exhausting toil in the mines and factories. We demand the foremost place in the councils of the nation. We demand a Labor ministry." Hero end* eth the domnnds and the beginning of whut "wo want." It ia positively staggering. Listen to tho chairman ns ho makes known our wunts in a loud voico ns followB: "We want Qld-age pensions at sixty and at least 10 shillings ($2.40) a weok." All wo hnve to say is that if this valuation is to be taken as n criterion of thnt "worth to thc state" which has already boon proven by "our loyalty," "wo" have cither not been wortli enough to* write home nbout, or else the state has pretty well squcc ed ub dry by tho timo "wc" havo reached the age of sixty. Let it bo rcmomborod, however, thnt this 10*shil- ling pipe-dream was not put up na n "demand," but merely as a "wc want." It is such an exorbitant sum to "want" as a reward for only sixty years of worthy and loyal service, that "wo" could scarcely expect to got it. What need could a worn out old slave of sixty years have for sueh a fabulous sum ns $2.40 anyway, unless ho contemplated becoming a glutton and debauchee? But some of these Lnbor lenders and spokesmen are groat when it comes to playing to the gallery with this radical stuff. A. F. L DELEGATE TO BRITISH CONGRESS WILLIAM D. MAHON William D, Mahon, president, of the Amalgamated Aslbciimon of Street and Electric Ruilway Employees, left last week, on the steamer St. Paul for Birmingham, England, to attend the sessions of the British Trades and Labor CongresB, which convened in that city on September '4. '* Mr. Mahon is one of the two delegates chosen to represent the workers of America at this congress, in accordance with the agreement between the British Trades and Labor Congress and the American Federation of Labor to exchange delegates to their conventions. Matthew Wall, of the Photo-Engravers ' union, the other / delegate from America, accompanied Mr. Mahon. The president of the carmen declared, prior to his departure nt New York that the coming congress in England was destined to be a very important one, owing to the many new problems growing out of the war, which Labor is facing, and which undoubtedly will increase in number and difficulty after the conflict is ended. The British unions, President Mahon said, are alive to the situation which must be met when the soldier returns from the battlefield to take-up his old work nlong peacef.il lines. The great number of women workers who have entered industrial pursuits, he said, will be a problem after the war, as many of them will not desire to return to routine household duties and forego the satisfaction of having their own money to. spend, us is now the case, with wages high and labor in demand. Measures to bo discussed aro the return of children, now working, to school after the war; the raising of the age at which children may quit school, and making. this age ^uniform throughout England. PLUMBERS'ORGANIZER; BBBUSYATWINNIPEC LETTER CARRIERS MEET Ono of the largest regular meetings for some time assembled in room 304, Labor Temple, on Friday last, to hear tho report of the dolegates to the recent biennial convention of the Fedorntod body, held in this city. Delegato Kirkwood reported on tho beneficiary assessment system, giving a detailed account of the findings and proposed amendments at the convention. Ho emphasized tho necessity of all the members getting educated on tho proposition to change tho present assessment at death principle to one of a Hat monthly rate, so that when onc year hence, each individual will bo ablo to voto intelligently on the matter. Delegates Wight und Curl reported on tho gonornl conference resolutions, giving detailed reports on all the resolutions submitted. Bro. KnowloB, on behalf of the convention entertainment committee reported briefly, promising a detailed financial roport at tho next regular meeting. A communication was received from the Trados and Labor council, asking for a vote on tho Browory Workers' resolution, which asks tho Trades council to go on record aB being opposed to the B. C. Prohibition Act, and tho principlo contained therein. When tho matter came before tho Trades couneil previously, the Letter Carriern' dolegates JOHN W. BBUOE ¥ OHN W. BRUCE, Toronto, tho Can J ndian organizer of tho United Association of Plumbers and Stcnmfitters, is in Winipeg for a few days to nssist tho local anion, says Tho Voice. At the presont time journeymen plumbers aro scarce in this and othor cities and one of the results of the situation is that iu some cases non-union men are Insist- ing on getting c([uul to the union scale of wages. Another matter which is bothering the plumbers not a little is the fact that what is probably the loading non-union firm of plumbers in the Dominion is getting a largu proportion of the work on tlio parliament buildings, and this will have the effect of debarring tho local men, notwithstanding thnt the schedule rato of wages will have to bc paid. Mr. Bruce will meot. the minister of public works to discim tho complications which appear certnin to arise. A new agreement has recently been offocted in Toronto, tho details of which Mr. Bruce lias boon working on for some months past. Under the new agreement union conditions have been established and a minimum of 47 1-2 cents per hour fixed. Tho Winnipeg union is not taking up a goncral revision at present, and the orgunizor expects to get finished in time to return to Toronto to take pnrt in tho deliberations of the Trados und Labor Congress, to which he is a delogato. SIX HUNDRED CITY EMPLOYEES DEMAND INCREASE OF WAGES Ask for An Advance from $2.25 Per Day to $3.00, the Rate Paid Before the War—Increased Cost of Living the Reason for the Demand —In True Bourgeois Fashion Civic Authorities Sidestep the Issue THE WAGES of fully six hundred employees of the eity of Vancouver were $3.00.per day up to the breaking out of the European war., In view of the impecunious condition of the city treasury, as a result of the business depression just preceding the war, a condition that was accentuated by its outbreak, the city employees were asked to submit to a trifling out of 25 per cent, in their wages. With the wage worker's accustomed tender solicitude for the financial health of their beloved employers, they cheerfully accepted the out, and have been faithfully and loyally trying to keep from starving to death as a result of it ever since. The price of everything'these workers'have to buy has been continually advancing, in order that other equally loyal subjects of the Empire might not miss the harvest made possible by the glorious sunshine of war, until the point hag been reached where theBe workers flnd it no longer possible to keep their financial snouts above water upon the miserable pittance that their erstwhile patriotism induced them to accept. Hence their demand that this great western metropolis reinstate them in that eminently sound and satisfactory financial position that they occupied during ante-bellum days. They want their wages raised by the amount that was taken from them at the time of the cut. They want their $3.00 per diem back again.. Some Interesting runny Buineas. A- delegation from the Civic E .U.C0NVEK Over 500 of Membership in Canada Enlisted for Overseas Service Printers9 "Home" City Col- orado Springs, Gets 1917 Convention Electrical WorkerB' Situation. ' Situation unchanged. Probably something doing in a day or two. Such was the report, of Business Agent Morrison of the Electrical Workers' union, who have a little argument on with the B. C. B, K. late last night. wero instructed to oppose the Brewery Workers' resolution, and the meeting, by a large majority, re-nftirmod that position. The secretary wns instructed to notify the TradeH council to that offect. Tbo next meeting is Friday, October (i. It is your duty to attend. f F. K ployees' union called upon the board of workB laBt Tuesday and asked that a definite answer be given to the demand for an eight-hour day and a $3 wage, As has already been stated, these were the conditions prevailing before the '' war cut'' of 1914. It aeems that this year the works department decided to have the teamsters on the job at 8 o'clock every morning. They had formerly been expected to leave the barns at that hour. Under this new arrangement, they would be called upon to put in from one to two hours more per day, according to the distance their work might be from the barns. The men made a kick to the council against this, and threatened to Btrike if they were not given better conditions and more pay. At a special meeting of the council, it was decided to offer the teamsters an increase of 35 cents per day over their present wage, if they .would agree to work the extra hours. Ab they had been getting $2.25 per day of eight hours, and with thia 35-cent raise and the hours increased to ten, it may readily be seen that the purported raise was actually a cut of wages, the hour rate having been reduced from 28 to 26 cents. It should not be overlooked that this cheap attempt at funny business was not made by some petty little cockroach trader along the crooked highway of ordinary commerce, but by a no less august body than the city council of this world-famed metropolis of western Canada. Civic Side-stepping. But the workerB would not fall for this fuuny stuff and they are still pressing their demands. The purchasing power of a dollar is considerably loss now thnn it was two years ngo, and every indication promises that it will bc Btill loss as thc days go by, and this glorious European struggle for liberty and domocracy assumes ever moro costly proportions. Hence the fiOO civic employees want that $3.00 lifo buoy, by means of which they may possibly be able to keep afloat and join in the singing of the national anthem after everything else shall have been shot away. They cannot bo expected to sing upon $2.25 per day. If thc cost of living continues to increase, they won't bo able even to whistle on it. The city council Jh now busily engaged in sidestepping the issue. All sorts of poverty excuses are put forth to explain the impossibility of meeting the demands of the men. The council at lust laid the mnttor over until thc end df the tax discount period, which expires oa Sept. 15. The delegates from the union have been asked to keep thc men from strik- ipg prior to that time. Tin- delegates could give no such assurance, as the men were already tired of waiting for something definite to be dono. Now It Is the Electric Linemen. On last Wednesday afternoon the business agont of tho Electrical Workers' union, nppoared before the civic (Ire and police committee to press tbe? claims of the electric linemen for an increase of wages. To- place them 'upon the same footing ns the firemen would mean un increased expenditure to the tune of about $500 up to the end of the yoar, and as thore evidently wns no money in sight it wns found necessnry to also lay this matter over until nfter tho end of tho tax discount period. It was put over to Sept. .10, when a special mooting of the council is to be held for the purpose of dealing with the whole quostion of wages of civic employees, It seems that the great city of Vancouver is in much thc some financial condition ns that of thc average tinhorn merchant along her streets. Cannot pay today because collections ure not due until tomorrow, nnd they are not miro to arrive oven then. And there you are. A. 8. WELLS IN TORONTO Secretory-treasurer of B. O. F. of L. to jWork for Carpenters En Route West. A letter. was received this morning from A. 8. Wells, secretary-treasurer of the B. C. Federation of Labor, dated at Toronto, where he had just arrived from the old country. Bro. Wells will not attend the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada convention, aa ne hae been asked by the executive of the Amalgamated to do some organization work throunghout Western Canada at once. OALOARY MACHINISTS' BTRIKE Worn Prospective Job-seekers on Cout of True Conditions. CALGARY, Alta.i Sept. 6.—(Special to The Federationist.)—Tha Machinists' union has called a strike at the Buckeye Machine Co.'s shop. Firm advertising for men at the coast. Do what you can to warn them of true conditions. Letter following. The sixty-second annual convention' of the International Typographical union, at Baltimore, Ud., last month! was withojt doubt one of the most successful yet held, and as usual the official reports submitted showed the organization to be steadily growing in membership and that the finances were in splendid shape. A proposal to increase the deafh benefit from 1400 to $500 was voted down. It was pointed out that sueh a move nt the present time was clearly inadvisable. Over 500 Canadian members are in the trenches in Europe and 200 in tie Uinted States are serving on the border. The increase in cost because of theie' extra hazards might yet become exceedingly heavy. The International il promtly paying the death benefits of all Canadian members killed in action, and will oontinue to do bo. The proposition to increase the salaries of the president and secretary-treasurer was approved, but will have to be referred to a referendum of the membership for approval. Attempts to change the priority law and six-day law were voted down, and the attempt to draw a color line in the craft was overwhelmingly defeated. The executive council was instructed to enquire into the feasibility of erecting an office building for international headquarters in honor of the late Wm. B. Prescott. The sentiment of the delegates was strongly in favor of building a memorial of some kind in memory of their lamented former president. Colorado Springs, Col,, was selected ps the convention city for 1017. BOB" CRAIG RETURNS TO CITY "Hello, hollo! Well, look who's here! None other than "Bob" Crnig himself." "Who the hclp-me is 'Bob' Craig?" "Whnt! You don't know Bob' Crnigf Well, Whore have you been? Why, he's tho livest Inbel-booHt- ing cignnnaker on this continent. He left Vancouvor nbout two years ago, when tilings were very rnttcn here, nnd headed for Stettler, Alborta, whero he located a job with the manufacturers of thc 'Van-Loo,' the most popular union-made cigar in the prairie provinces, and take it from me, 'Bob' has had something to do with thnt Carder- Shaw -Jeffries combination's decision to ome to Vancouver and establish a real live union cigar factory." Such was the drift of the Labor Templo caretaker's remarks in the lobby yesterday morning, when his associate wanted to know who that millionaire-like follower of Isaac Walton, going up to the office of The Federationist, might be. Vancouver unionists who know will welcome tho return of "Bob" Crnig. When he was in the city thc cigarmakers' union was on the map, and very much in evidence in the central labor body. '' Bob'' likes Vancouvor—his hometown—so there was nothing left for him but to sou thnt the jobs were moved to thc most suitable plnco of residence. Tho Cigarmakers' unioif wiU soon bc hoard from again. AN ACCOUNT of pushing its organization work into thc eastern part of the country, thc Western Federation of Miners has changed its name to that of thc International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. The next convention of the A. F. of L. will be requested to concur in the change. By that act thc slate will he cleared of all evidence of the existence of that type of unionism that for many years proved to be a thorn in the flesh of the mine-owners of the west. Hs gallant struggles will, henceforth, be but memories. They will not be repeated. The activities of the men of mine and mill will now be confined to the same narrow limits that is peculiarly characteristic of the organized labor movement of this western continent, that of obtaining,the best possible conditions of existence under the iron rule of capital without in any manner threatening the system of property upon which that rule is built. In becoming a part of tho safe and sane labor movement, exemplified in the A. F. of L., the miners will no longer arouse the bitter enmity and call forth tho vicious attacks of the mine-owners, that marked the days of Cripple Creek, the Cour d'AIenes and the Michigan copper region. There is a reason for this, and it is one that in no manner casts any reflection upon the integrity and good judgment of the miners and their officers and leaders. Tho organized labor movement is essentially part and parcel of the present system of property. It is a legitimate child of capitalist property, born, bred and nursed by it. lt has never denied the right of its parent to rule over its very life. Thc only thing it ever has asked for is such treatment as a horse might reasonably ask of its owner and master. !t has never challenged the right of capitalist property to exist, but has always risen in its defence whenever any threat has been made against it. It is thc chief bulwark of defense for capitalist property, in existence today. In short, its position is very much that of a dutiful child that has not yet attained its majority. It has not yet reached thc age of development where it is to become its own master. It has not yet developed the powers of manhood. Whenever any Section of thc labor world attempts to move forward in advance of the general mass, thc main army, it calls down upon itself the wrath of capitalist property and all of its bulwarks of defense. Not only docs government, the press, thc pulpit and the professor, train their guns upon it, but all the rest of the labor world as well, until this advanced section is beaten back and compelled to fall in step with thc slower moving mass itself. Every attempt at what has been termed advanced unionism has met with failure. That is it has been broken upon the wheel of that safe and sane unionism that is closely akin to reaction. The Knights of Labor, the S. T. and L. A., the A. B. U., the I; W. W. and now the W. F. of M., have all met the same fate. Thc size of it all seems to be that no section of the working class can move in advance of the rest. All must rise together, or rise not at all. When thc working class shall have attained a sufficiently clear understanding of itself and its ignominious position in human society, it will hayo reached ita majority and will be capable and fit to assume the mastery of itself ami of the earth. The W. F. of M. and others referred to have done noble work in blazing the trail and pointing the way. Though they have been forced to rejoin thc slow moving ranks, their work has not been a failure. The vision that their pioneers saw is being now followed by a multitude of others, and in time will become a dream that is no longer a dream. The working class will eventually attain its majority. Tt will then no longer ask. It will take. PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAY . .SEPT. 8,*i8I6 =}= INCORPORATED 1868 Molsons Bank CAPITAL ud BBSEEVB 18,800,000 \ 96 Branches In Canada A general basking busineu transacted. Circular Utters of credit Bank money orders. Savings Department Interest allowed at highest current rate PnbUili.il mn trttty moralnf tjU.B.0. IMnstiuIit, Limited THE INCORPORATED 18SS BANK OF TORONTO Aneli .. Deposit. . »«8,000,000 .* 18,000.000 Household Banking Accounts in The Bank of Toronto have been found by many to be a great con* venience. The accounts may be opened in the names of husband and wife, and either may deposit or withdraw monoy. Interest is paid on these account's. twice a year. T. B. OUTHBBRTSON & Oo. Men'B Hatters and Outfitters ThweStores Some of Oar Beit Coitomeri are among the trade unionists of Greater Vancouver. In some cases, where a customer HAT NEED EAST TERMS we are wilUng to talk it over. Come in and look over the biggest and best stock ot furniture ln British Columbia. W. R. OWEN Malleable Ranges, Shelf and Heavy Hardware; screen doers and windows. 2337 MAIN ST. Phona: Fall. MT AROSE! 0000. British Columbia Land Splendid opportunities In Mixed Farming, Dairying, Stock and Poultry. British Columbia Grants Pre-emptions of 160 acres to Actual Settlers— Free TERMS—Keiidence on the land for at least three years; Improve* menti to the extent of *5 per aere; bringing under cultivation at least five acrei. For farther information apply to DEPUT7 MINISTER OP LANDS, VIOTOBIA, B, 0. SEOBETABT, BUBEAU OT PBOVINOIAL INFORMATION, VIOTOBIA, B. 0. B. Farm. Pettipiecs Manager Officii Boom 817, Labor Tomplo Tol. Exchange Seymonr 7496 Subscription: $1.50 per year; In VanoonTor City, $2.00; to unloni inbaerlblnf In a body, $1.00 REPRESENTATIVES New Westminster W. Yatee, Box 1021 Prince Rupert W. E. Denning, Box 631 Victoria A. S. Wells, Box 1588 'Unity of Labor: the Hope of the World* FRIDAY . ...SEKT. 8, 1916 London, Ont., celebrated Labor Day by holding a picnic and sports in Queen's park in that elty. IN ANOTHER column will be found a communication signed."W. Barker, atreet railwayman,'' in which we are called to task somewhat for our attitude in regard to the various candidates that ^are running for of- WE RECEIVE fice during the pre* SOME sent campaign. In REBUK£. last week's issue we 1 took occasion to set forth our humble opinion as to the merits, from a Labor standpoint, of the various political tickets in the field. We had nothing to'say either for or against any of the candidates as individuals. In Signifying our approval of the candidacy of John Mclnnis at Fort George, we did so upon the ground that he stood for a definite political and economic programme which, in our opinion, was based upon the highest and best interests of the working class, ns thought out and worked out by the "ablest political economists of the last half century." Outside of John Mclnnis, as we stated, we do not see our way clear to editorially support any one now in the field. This by no means need be considered as in any manner casting any reflections upon the ability, honor or integrity of any other candidate. There is none other standing uppn a platform that fully meets with our approval. ■ #. * * The B. C. Federation of Labor and the Vancouver Trades and Labor council have both emphatically declared for the principles of socialism as the fundamental basis for working class political action. These two bodies own and control The Federationist. Such being the case, The Federationist cannot support a policy or candidate that does not meet these requirements. And that iB all there Ib to it. And yet we stand rebuked. * • * Our correspondent says he doA not know what we mean by "incorrigible political obstinacy:" Although we intended it as a joke, cracked at the expense of our own mulishness, and did not for a moment dream that any one would be found sufficiently unsophisticated as to take it seriously otherwise, ye beg to explain that it literally means political stubbornness that is incurable. Happily, however, our correspondent does not rebuke ub, for that. He protests against what he terms our "treachery to fellow unionists and to the cause of Labor, during the present election." As there is no political programme now being presented for the consideration of the British Oolumbia electorate, that has been endorsed or approved1 by the organized Labor movement, we shall be compelled to plead hot guilty of treachery on that score, at least. If we are to be considered guilty of. treachery because we do not see our way clear to support the candidature of some "fellow unionist" who'sees fit to run upon his own hook and upon a plat* form of his own choosing, and which does not meet with bur approval,- nor with the opproval and endorsement of organized labor, then by the samo token we would be equally guilty were we to refuse to support a "fell <w unionist" who might see fit to run upon the ConJ servative or Liberal, or any other ticket. Whatever political and ooonomic policy and programme may be adopted by organized labor in British Columbia we shall, to the best of our ability, support. We refuse to fall for the poll*. Heal idiosyncracies of individuals, either inside of the Labor movement or otherwise. But wo acknowledge that we are rebuked. * * * When our correspondent accuses us of "subtle antagonism" towards any candidato, he unnecossarily stretches his imagination. We have expressed1 no an* tagonism, whatever. Whenever we do feel called upon to express antagonism towards nny political aspirant it will not be done in such fashion as to be properly termed subtle. It will be ]ier- fectly open and above board. We have not placed any other candidates in the same class with tho "nominees of the Liberals and Conservatives." These latter have at least the distinction of being placed In nomination by some sort of an organization, call it a machine or what you will. Their candidacy is, therefore, stomped with a legitimacy thut might be considered as lacking in the case of, let ub say, an independent I candidate. * • * This talk about machine rule, however, is rather too silly to be indulged in by any one excopt ho who haB noth ing better in the way of argument to offer. Instead of being opposed to machine rule wo take this occasion to emphatically assort that we are heartily in favor of it. What is termed by thoughtless people as machine rule, is only the expression of organized effort. Tbo "Bowser machine," as it is called by those who don't like it, is only the Conservative organization. Having something to organize on, and for, during recent years, it hu grown some* what efficient, no doubt. If tho Liberals can get in thoy will have a splendid chance to attain similar* efficiency. That! there is no Labor machine in active operation and sufficiently powerful and efficient to sweep all political and economic obstacles from its pathway, is the one thing above all othejs that should bring rebuke to the workers for their apathy and indifference to their own class welfare. * * * While our disgruntled correspondent is endeavoring to infer by innuendo that some machine conspiracy exists that is "moro unscrupulous even than the Bowser machine nnd working hand in hand with the Bowser machine," it might be well to point out a thing or two that he has prolAibly overlooked. The Conservative vote around this rfeck of the woods is known aB a very close approximation..^ what is termed a fixed quantity. The only hope of the Conservatives lies in the opposition vote be ing so split up among various tickets as to permit the Conservatives to win. If the opposition could be concentrated upon one set of candidates, the Conservatives would not stand a ghost of a show, either in this eity or in South Vancouver, the two places where "fellow unionists" are running. Hence it logically follows that if there waB any machine "working hand in hand with the Bowser machine," it could earn itB grease in no better way than by boosting the fortunes of some ticket of political adventurers that would tend to draw strength away from the Liberals, and thus allow the "Bowser machine" to win. We hope our disgruntled one will Bee the point. * ' * * We alao beg leave to call his attention to the fact, that whoever advised him to administer to The Federationist his terrible rebuke, was unwise in allowing him to make any such reference to machines that "work hand in hand with the Bowser machine." Those who know nothing about machines had better let them severely alone, or they may get caught in the cogs. In the machine Hne our correspondent must' realize that bis prompter gave him a "bum steer," a very, very bum one, indeed. PerhapB we will next be rebuked for the -use of slang. Be that as it may, howeVer, it shall not be aaid of us that we boosted for any set of candidates in order to so split up the vote that a particular much hated "machine" might win. If thnt reason for our present political attitude ia not sufficient to satisfy our correspondent, in .addition to those given in our last issue, we shall cheerfully remain in the bad books of himself "and many others." and be, no doubt, subject to Btill further/rebuke. Sll OWNED British Trades Unionists Evidently Want State Capitalism All They Ask Is a Voice In Their Control and Operation IN CONSEQUENCE of the demand of the railway brotherhoods for the granting of an eight-hour day, much alarm is manifested in the ranks of those whom the ruler of the universe has evidently appointed EIGHT to direct the efforts HOURS NOT of others and teach ENOUGH. them how to work e ffi c i e ntly, and mostly for nothing. One would1 think from the howl that they put up that if an eight-hour day should be generally adopted we should all starve, because it would be impossible to produce enough within that time limit to satisfy the aetual needs of human kind. The New York Times says:'"It is exceedingly doubtful whether with present standards of efficiency the work of the world can be accomplished1 with nobody working more than.eight hours a day." And the Times is no doubt correct, if the world* iB to be continued ub an industrial plantation run upon its present lines and for the same purpose that now prompts its activities. • '., * • V It Ib true that an enormous amount of wealth is produced each day and year, by the working class., A vast portion of that wealth, however, conserves no legitimate and healthy human purpose. In no manner does it add to the comfort, well-being and security of the workerB whose labors bring it forth. On the contrary, its production becomes a heavy and exhausting drain upon their energies, without any compensating returns whatever. Such production rests upon the workers as a withering curse, making their lives little less than a dreary monotony at the best, and a cruel torture at the worst. An illustration of the magnitude of this drain upon the forces of production is found in the situation in the United States. Investigation shows that those who live entirely by owning, and, therefore, take no part in the work of producing, get away with a Uttle more than one-half of the entire social income of $30,600,* 000,000. Now it must be remembered that this owning class Is represented by a comparatively small percentage of the total population. It is, therefore, as plain as daylight that if the producers are required to labor, let ub say ten houra per day, in order to provide for their own necessities, and also to provide these owners with over $15,000,- 000,000 yearly, their working time could be reduced to five hours per day, if the burden of packing this useless bunch of owners was thrown off their backs. Their "standard of living" would re- main the samo, although their hours of labor had been reduced one-half. We fancy that by increasing that working time to say about'six Hours per day, these workers would be able- to experience conditions of living that would be at least an approach to what mightjrt)o termed decent. * r%. * * Under the present system of property, wherein more than one-half of the labor of the workers is wasted, in so far as doing thom any good ia concerned, and whero^ tho purpose of production is to cater to the ambitions of the ruling class and increase its wealth ;.nd power, it is manifestly clear that an eight-hour THE BRITISH Trados Union pon- . gross, representing nearly 2,500,000 men, has gone on record ns demanding the nationalization of tho railways of Great Britain. In connection there* with, a further demand was made that the workers have a voico in the control thereof. The project for tbe creation of a ministry of labor also met with the approval of the congreaa. Assertions made by David Lloyd Georgo, secretary for war. "that workers were not doing all they should," were roundly denounced, and it wae pointed out that 90 per cent, of the soldiers in the trenches were workingmen. In stating that 00 per cent, of the men iu the trenches were workingmen, perhaps the congress may have exaggerated a trifle. But it Is safe to say that the aggregate of workers in both military and civil life would be far greater than that of the idle and useless owners and profit-mongers and all of their parasitical hangers-on aad apologists, combined. In numbers the workers in any country are greatly in excess of the owners and idlers. Such being the case, it seems positively ridiculous for Labor to either ask for faivors or make demands. What^iB worth having is well worth the taking, and if there is. anything in this world that the working claBB is in common decency entitled to it is up to that class to take it. ) As to State Capitalism. Frederick Engels Bays; "The modern state is but the organization which capitalist society gives itself in order to maintain the external conditions of capitalist production against the attacks both of the workmen and of the individual capitalists. The modern state, whatever its form, is essentially a capitalist machine. It is the state of the capitalists; the ideal total capitalist," Such being the case, it rs not easy to understand what relief the workers are justified in expecting at the hands of that capitalist Btate, once it has extended itB. authority absolutely over the railways and other parts of the industrial machinery of the times. In fact it would appear to a man up. a tree, that the workers woald be more completely and helplessly under thtt control of their capitalist masters, than was the case prior to the advent of such state capitalism. It may be readily understood why the state management and control of industry, on behalf of share and bond holders, would be the ideal for capitalists. As the workers would practically become a part of the governmental machine, as veritable cogs on it, they could no more break away from it, or interfere with it, than they can now break away from or interfere with the military establishment. Govenment service can be run upon none other than military lines, and the more vital the service is to the governmental purpose, the more emphatically true does this become. Those who from conscientious scruples or otherwise are refusing to take part in the slaughter now going on in Europe,.can bear eloquent testimony to this fact It does not require an elastic imagination to picture the experience that will fall to the lot of hapless rebels who may too openly flinch at the collar galls that they may acquire under a state exploitation carried on for the purpose of distending the paunches of bondholders and such leeches. Labor Still Needs Schooling. - That the working class should first centre its attention upon the gaining of possession and control of the machinery of the state, would appear to be dictated by ordinary horse sense. Its numbers assures its victory ln such a struggle. With the powers of the capitalist state in its hands, the working class could theh safely extend those powers to cover any and nil parts of the industrial mechanism of society, that it might Bee fit. Having absolute control the railways could be nationalised in tho interest of*, the workers, instead of in the interest of the owners, ob must now be the case. Instead of being more firmly held in leash under the laah of exploitation, as must inevitably be the case if these present nationalization schemes go through, the workers would be set free from exploitation altogether. When the entire gamut of industry had been run and all parta of it had been nationalized, under a Labor administration, the working class would have been freed from exploitation. The wage alave and his capitalist master would have passed into oblivion. But the worker Ib an awkward cubs at attending to his own business, although an adept at attending to that of his master. He will eagerly boost scheme* calculated to more firmly entrench his master and make him more secure in the right to rule and rob him. And what is true of the individual worker, is also true of his cIbbb, In tbeir conventions the workers get wonderfully busy in furthering propositions that redound to tho credit and security of their masters, usually under the delusion that tho greater, the security of those masters, the great ft* will be their own, And'ns long as the slave has no better sense than to view everything strictly from the standpoint of his master, nothing better can be expected from him. Judging from the pronouncements of these TRADES AMDLABOR COUNCIL President McVoty presided *oyer. a fair attendance at laBt night 'a meeting of the Trades and Labor council. Delegate Midgley was elected seeretary, vice Miss Gutteridge resigned. John McCormick took his seat as a delegate from the Pressmen's union. The president' said that 394 soldiers had returned from the front; 280 applied, for work, and 240 found employment. Canadian Patriotic fund provided for 2033 families and over 4000 children. Delegate Crawford roported Building trades progressing in its activities; that Business Agent Nagle was successful in negotiations that lead to Pantages theatre job'being made fair. DelegatevWight reported that Letter Carriers were opposed to the prohibition resolution passed by the council. Delegato Morrison said that the linemen of the B. C. E. R. wore enjoying an enforced holiday. In discussion Vancouver pays higher rate for electric light on the continent. The B. C. E. R. pays Stovo Lake power 3-10 of 1 per cent, por kilowat hour, and sells same to consumers for 11 cents. A committee of throe were appointed to report on exorbitant rates of cor fares, gas, electric light and meter rents, I Delegate Harrison reported re civic employees' application for increase in wages. Delegate Swartz said that the new cigar factory was a union concern. Delegato Davis reported that the outlook for thtf Bartenders was good. Business on and after 14th Sept. At any rato until July next year was assured. The council endorsed the demands of civic employees for $3 for eight hours. Failing compliance, they would make it an issue next elections. At present a $3 wage was paid Hindus and $4 for whites in the lumber yards. Delegate Benson, re prohibition resolution passed by council, said officers were negligent in their duty for not reporting results of referendum till after provincial elections. Delegate McMaster raised the question of Chinese labor being employed on government contracts for clothing for soldiers. Referred to exocutive committee to report theredn. Exception was taken to laborers being allowed to enter tho province bound for Ocean FoIIb. The "employment sharks" were vory busy nt present. Carpenters were wanted for 40 cents, whereas the union wage was 45 cents. Reported "election pluggers " crossed the lines aa halibut fishermen supposedly bound for* Prince Rupert. A resolution was passed to the effect that "Greater Vancouver recruiting"' be condemned for taking an unauthorized census of eligibles. Delegate to TradeB and labor Con- grcs of Canada was instructed to advocate the repeal of the Lemieux Act. 'FRISCO'S CULINARY WOBKEBS Typo. Union Levies Assessment In Aid of Their 8-Hour Day Fight. To assist the striking culinary workers of San Francisco in their fight against the open shop and to establish the eight-hour day the San Francisco Typographical union at itB monthly meeting levied an assessment of one- half of one per cent, of the earnings., of j its members. The union also voted to impose a fine of $5 on any member found eating in a non-union restaurant. President George A. Tracy and Fred Be- bergall were elected delegates to the annual convention of the Cnlifornin State Federation of Labor and the State Typographical conference, to be hold in Eureka the first week in October. TWENTY-FIVE YEABB AGO Trades and Lahor Council. Friday, September 11,1891 The eard system enforced on the Hotel Metropole job. Mr, Corbould, M. P., tendered vote of thanks for Hansard and other parliamentary papera. ■ - The appointing of a permanent arbitration committee discussed. Messrs. Davenport, Franklin, Bartley, Cosgrove, Mallet and O 'Dwyer appointed a committee to draft new constitution. Robinson & Hackett's job permitted to be finished by union employees. . conventions tot Labor, it would seem that the "horny-handed son of toil" Btill has a good few lessons to learn in the school of bitter experience. And state capitalism seems destined to furnish the curriculum. J. D. Nichols THE BOYS' STORE 63 Hastings West Opening on about September 1st. BOYS' OLOTHINO AND WEARING APPAEBL HARRON BROS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Vancouver—Office and Chase!, 103*1 Oranvllle St., Phone Sey. Mil. North Vancouver — Office and Chapel, 111—Sixth St. West, Phone AS GOOD AS GOLD Is Gold's best recommendation AS GOOD AS ROYAL CROWN Is Soap's test recommendation Accept no substitute for any Boyal Crown products BAVE ALL BOYAL OBOWN OOUPONS AND WBAPPEBS THEY ABB VALUABLE The Royal Crown Soaps Ltd. * ■ Vancouver, B.C. (We keep British Oolumbia clean) ' REAL ESTATE Four-room bungalow on Fraser avenue, having full basement, splendid garden, ' chicken run, high and dry, splendid view and all in good condition; clear deed to thiB property. Price $900; will give good terms, FIRE INSURANCE We would be glad to quote you prices on your fire insurance. We are making a specialty of this department, ahd will guarantee you ub cheap rateB as can be had, also complete satisfaction in-all your transactions. We want listings of houses to rent, both furnished and unfurnished. Any information or assistance cheerfully given. JOHN A. BARBER 690 BIOHABDS STBBBT . VANCOUVER UNIONS -JIONS TRADES AND LABOB OOUNOIL—MEETS first tnd third Thursdays. "Executive board: James K. MoVety, president; B. N. Myles, vice-president; Helena Gutteridge, .-- , —,, «*>•■>«• uutteridge, feneral secretary, 210 Labor Temple; 'red Knowles, treasurer; W. H. Cotterill, statistician; sergeant-at-arms, John Sully; A J. Crawford, Jss. Campbell, J. Brooks, true- JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNATION- a) Union ot America, Local No. 120— Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in tbe month, room 20S, Labor Temple. Preaident, L. I. Herrltt; secretary, S. H. Orant, 804 Georgia | .street. Ask for s Thorpe's Soft Drinks Plume Seymour 181 VANCOUVER PICKLE CO. ASK FOB B.C. HOME BRAND PICKLES, KETCHUP, SAUCE Phone High. 21' . Jactory 801 Powell BAGGA|GE Delivered to any patt of the city. Furniture and Pianos Moved or Stored at reasonable rates, Phones Seymour 405, 60S, Night end Sunday calls, Sey. 3680. Great Northern Transfer Co. (McNeill. Welch * Wllion, Lid.) 80 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B.O. EVER miss a Train? It'a mighty irritating. It means a loss of time, and time ia money these days. A good WalthamWatch will pay for itself in time saved in a few months. It will always get you there on time. "lit Time Yoa Oumtd a Wollhom.' _ Come III ead talk w.tck wltb ui. It won't ebllitt. your burins—but If yea should buy—we b.ve e complete eteek el em model Wslthem. Established 1800 Don't ttil to iee our SpeoUl W.lth.m In goldfilled cue, it 110,10 GEO. G. BIGGER & CO. Jewelerf and Diamond Merchant! VANCOUVER, B. 0. 23 Hutlngi Street West. Bex Theatre ~ leUnf. - -" — Baliaj Phone Sey. 4050 day is not sufficient. A twenty-four- hour day would more nearly meet tho requirements. It is too bad that the slaves cannot be made to work all of their time, instead of wasting a considerable portion of it in idling and sleeping. It is, indeed, a shame that tho work of the capitalist world Bhould 'be noglocted, or remain undone just to gratify the disposition to sloth and laziness that Ib such a marked characteristic of the "lower orders." Let ub hope that the capitalists will be able to check this movement for leas hours of work, before it is too late and they are compelled to go to work themselveB in order,to avoid starvation. For Good LAUNDRY Work y TRY THE Canadian Laundry, Ltd. BEST WORK IN TOWN Seymour 2586 J. M. MclNTYBE Funeral Director THOS. J. KEABNET T. J. KEARNEY & CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS Phone Fairmont 1088 802 BROADWAY WEBT WEB ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL.— lleeta aeoond Monday in the month, Preildent, J. McKinnon; sercetary, B. H. Neelanda, P. O. Bo* 66. BARTENDERS' LOOAL No. 676.—Offlee, Room 208 Labor Temple. MeeU first Sunday of each month. Pretident, Jamea Campbell; flnanolal aeoretary, H. Davit, Bos 424; phone, Say. 4762; recording iecretary, Wm. Mottlthaw, Globe Hotel, Main atreet. BRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS\ NO. 1 —Meeti every lit and 3rd Tueaday, 8 p.m., Room 807. Preildent, F. Dickie; corresponding aeeretary, W. B. Darnell, Bos 68; flnanolal aeoretary, W, J. Plpea; bnalneea agent, W. 9. Dagnall, Room 216. BREWERY WORKERS, L. U, No. Ml, I, U. U. B. W. ol A.—Meeta flnt and third Monday of eaoh month, Room 802, Labor Temple.' 8 p.m. President, A, Sykea; aeoretary, Chu. O. Austin, 721 Eighth Ave. Eaat. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERB and Iron Ship Builder* and Helpers of America, Vancouver Lodge No. 194—Meeta firat and third Mondays, t p.m. Preildent, A, Campbell, 78 Seventeenth avenue west; aeoretary, A. Fraaer, 1161 Howe street. DEEP SEA PISHERMEN8 ONION OF THE PACIFIC—Meets at 487 Gore avenue every Tuesday, 7 p.m. Russell Kearley, business agent. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOOAL NO. Ill meets room J3 06, Labor Temple^ luooM mum hud, juanor Temple, even Monday. 8 p.m. President, D. W. MeDougall, 11691 Powell atreet; reeordlng aeeretary, 1, N, Elgar, Labor Temple; flnanolal eecre- iry and buslneas agent, fe. H. Morrison, ■mmam ana t-v—-.--T.. R. _ tary Room SOT, Labor Temple? INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Local 88-62. Offlee and hall, 10 Powell street. Meeta every Thursday 8 p.m. Geo. Thomas, business agent; Thomaa Nixon, aeeretary. MACHINISTS, NO. 182—MEETS SEOOND and fourth Thursdays at 8 p.m. President J, Mclvor; recording aeoretary, J. Brookes; financial secretary, J. H. McVoty, 211 Lsbor Temple. Seymour 7496. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS' UNION, Local 848., I. A. T. S. E. * M. P. M. O.—Meete flrst Sunday of eaeh month, Room 204, Labor Temple. President, J. C. Lachance; business agent, W. rc McCartney; flnanolal and corresponding ...— « - Roddan. P. O. Box 846. E. secretary, H. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH AMERICA—Vancouver and vlelnlty— Branch meets second and fourth Mondays, Room 206, Lsbor Temple, President, Ray MeDougall, 601 Seventh avenne west; financial aeeretary, J. Campbell, 4809 Argyla streot; recording secretary, E. Westmoreland, 1512 TOff street; phone Bayvlew 269BL, STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EMPLOYEES, Pioneer Division, No. 101— Meets Labor Temple, second and fonrth Wednesdays at 8 p.m. President, W. H. Cottrell; vice-president, R. E. Rigby; recording secretary, A. V. Lofting, 2561 Trinity street; financial secretary and business agent, Fred, A. Hoover, 2409 Clark drive. ■ " ONION OF 178—Meetings JOURNEYMEN AMERICA, TAILORS' Local No. held firat Tuesday In eaeh month, 8 p.m. President, Francis Williams; vice-president, Miss H. Gutteridge; recording see., O. McDonald, Box 508; financial aeoretary, H. Nordlund. P. O. Bos 508. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. NO. 326.— Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. President, Wm. H. Youhill; vice-president. W. R. Trotter; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelanda, F. O. Box.66. PROVINCIAL UNIONS ONS B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOB—MeeU In annual convention in January, Exeoutlve officers, 1916-17: Preaident, Jaa. H. MeVety; vice-presidents — Vancouver, John Brooks, E, Morrison; Vlotoria, 0. Siverts; New Westminster, W. Yates; Prince Rupert, W. E. Thompson, P. 0. Box 168; Rosafand,, H. A. Stewart: District 28, U. M..W. of C.7 ^Vancouver Island), W. Head: District 16, U. M. W. of Al<Crow'« Neat Valley), A. J. Carter, Secretary-treasurer, A. ~ 0. Box 1688, Victoria, B. 0. VICTORIA, B.~0" Jey), A. Wells, . VICTORIA TRADEB AND LABOR COUN- s OIL—Meeta flrst and third Wednesday, Labor kail, 1424 Government street, at 8 p. m. President, Q. Taylor; seeretary, F. Holdrldge, Bos 802, Victoria, B. C, 1 NBW WBBTMmflTBB "
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