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BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST OFFICIAL PAPEB: VANCOUVEB TBADES AND LABOB COUNCIL, AND B. C. FEDEBATION OF LABOB POLITICAL TOITT: VICTOR JANCOUVER, B. C, FRJDAY JJJLY 6,1917 (In Vanesew \ oity. 12.00 ) $1.50 PER YEAR | Provincial Government Will Break Up the Slave Plantations |The Feudal Baronies of B. C. to Be Compelled to Take Down Fences THE PEDBBATIONIST has frequently felt called upon to i comment upon the iniquity ithat has for a long time existed in ^British Columbia in the shape of 1 company towns.!' These are sometimes called "closed towns." That means that they are closed |to any and all persons in any way objectionable to the^owners of those towns, and that all comment, criticism, education or agitation distasteful to those owners, s barred'from their sacred pre- bincts. In other words, these pr^- iious "company townB" aremere- y slave plantations or feudal uaronies, under the autocratic *ule of the capitalist owners who ire sweating zealously in the lioble art of developing "our resources." It has been particularly notice uble that trade unionists and other labor agitators have been non persona grata at all of theBe labor penB, more especially tho ones at Britannia a,nd Anyox. At the Britannia pen it is a mutter of common knowledge that so jbm-xious to tho overlords was the uint of trade unionism, that a minute 2nd careful search of every slave's personal baggage was invariably mnQe in order to discover any possible evidence of previous association with piomsm, and if such evidence was Found the sacred confines of Britannia Were immediately fumigated of bis pbjectionnble presence. A Government Spasm. iMuny interesting tales might be told if the efficiency of methods used at hese delightful plague spots in order *o ferret out objectionable and dan- BrerutiH characters, ere their hateful pre- ence had worked Irreparable injury to he peace of mind of toe sacrosant own* J"rs of the aforesaid plague spots. But it will henceforth be a waste of ;inu> to relate these tales, for the need jf their telling will no longer exist, hat is if current rumor aa to ho mention of the Brewster government roves true. That rumor hath It that the govern- lent is to abolish these "company ■towns." The plantation fences are to be thus [thrown down. [ The baronial walls are to be demolished. Slaves from without are to be unrestrained from wandering in and slaves from within muy stay as long as they ns they have the price iwid are disposed ifo make payment. f Merchants from the outside will then be allowed to trade within the hitherto Darred zone and even to Bet up their gambling layouts within its sucred precincts, a privilege they hace not previously been granted, It is even hoped that persons resid* ng at Britannia may henceforth be illowed to receive mail without its be- ng opened and examined by the com- ■.•iny tools and officials in order to deed anything seditious to the company Jjor uncover the surreptitious purchase of ■Ally merchandise at points tfjtside of ||the company's store. ' This is purely a hope, however, as there can be no real certainty about ■anything in connection with the material interests of tbe Britannia Com- jpany. Merely for Revenue. While at first glance it seemed thai: the action contemplated by the Brew- j Bter government might be attributed to a virtuous spasm of the Liberal heart, upon second thought it appears more likely to be meroly prompted by the sordid motive of increased revenue. It seems that these company slave plantations have enjoyed the privilege of be- ing taxed upon an acreage basis, thus getting off very lightly. In fact, the Anyox pen was usscssed last year on a bust* of 47.50 per acre. One can readily seo that the government at ^Victoria would enjoy but an infinitesimal rake-off upon such a ridiculous assessment as that. It wuuild ulmost seem a sin that such an opportunity for revenue should be overlooked. In Continued on page 6 , h> LABOR TEMPLE MEETINGS DURING THE COMING WEEK 8anday, July 8 — Bartender!, Stage Employees, Musicians. Monday, July 9—Amalgamated Engineers, Electrical Workers, Pattern • Makers, Boiler- mnkers, Bro. Loco. Engineers, V. B. Carpenters No. 617, Streetrailwaymen's Exec, Tuesday, July 10—Stone Cutters, Pressmen, Barters, Machinists No. 777. Wednesday, July 11 — Metal Trades Council, Stereotypers, Streetrailwaymen. 6 Thursday, July 12 -— Machinists No. 182, Sheet Metal WorkerB, 1 Steam Engineers, Painters, j Shipwrights and Caulkers. I Friday, July 13—Pile Drivers j & Wooden Brldgekuilders, j Plumbers, Shipyard Laborers. ' Saturday, July 14— u. At Fernie and Michel Men Go Out on Strike the Provincial Dealers in "Wet Goods" Busy at Work Stalling Vancouver local of the International Brewery Workmen's union want more wages. At last meeting of the central labor body its delegates asked sanction to a demand for an increase of 42 per week ob a "war bonus." This because the members were parties to an agreement terminating "six months after the declaration of peace.'? After consideration by the council it was decided that representatives of the union and the council should first interview the management of the Vancouver Breweries, Ltd,, before any definite action was taken. This has been done, and no stubborn opposition to the "bonus" is contemplated, provided the same demand is made upon competitors in New Westminster and Victoria, where locals of the same organization are working under a similar agreement. President McVety of tho central labor body is now in communication with the Brewery Workers' headquarters and all parties to the agreement can report "progress. '' On Btrike at' Fernle and Michel, The employees of the Forme-Fort Steele Brewing Co. at Fernie, and those of the Elk Valley Brewery at Michel, B. €., found it necessary to go on strike on Momluy to enforce a wuge increase of 15 per cent., aftor failing to reach an agreemont by negotiation. Liquor Store Clerks Underpaid. There are a large number of men engaged in tho liquor stores of Vancouver and throughout the province. They are not organized, but there is much discontent among them over the miserable wages being paid. There is u likelihood of them organizing and becoming an auxiliary of the well-organized Bartenders' League, for the pjrpose of securing better working conditions and more pay. Waiting for a Decision. Pending a decision of the provincial government next month, the dealers in wet goods are busy stalling off their employeea, who are constantly after more wages, with the plea that they are wniting to see what the result will be at Victoria, when the house meets in special session. Meantime the employees are about fed up on promises and waiting and bave all but made up their minds to secure living wages in the interim. These underpaid men declare that the liquor business is thriving and that there is no legitimate reason why they should be put off with such scanty wages and treatment. Like most other wage-workers, the complainants are beginning to realize that it is only those workmen who organize and look after their own interests who get anywhere. Hence the whichly, . CROWS NEST OOAL MINERS BAOK AT WORK, PERHAPS1 Dally Press Reporte Somewhat Garbled and Confusing—No Official Pronouncement Tet. - A good deal has been snid during the past few days in the daily press covering the "return to work of the Crows Nest Pass coal miners.' "The Federationist haB received no official statement from the executive officers of District 18, U. M. W. of A., and would advise miners to "wait and see" before returning to the strike zone. STRIKE AT B. O. SUGAR REFINERY STILL IN FOROE Scab Products of the Sugar Baron Should Be Shunned By Believers In Fair Play. The strike at the B. C. Sugar Refinery is still in full force and effect. Tbe Sugar Baron haa the jumps. He is nervous and irritable. He has evon resorted to spending money with some of the local papers iu uu effort to stem the tide of an indignant public opinion. The average consumer in this part of Canada at least is becoming sick and tired of food speculators of all species, especially those of tbe Rogers type. P. C, 172, along witb a reinforced bunch of Thiels and city police were on hand last Monday morning in anticipation of something or other, which failed to materialize. This because the system of the Thiels is to forecast trouble, in order that more employment may be forthcoming for their tribe. However, the strikers are still active and on the job and with tbe continued support of organized labor are already making condition* much better for tbe scabs now herded like sheep in the big Rogers' slave pen on Powell street. In fact If the management had dealt as liberally witb tbeir employees in the first place as they are now doing with tbe strike-breakers much trouble might have been avoided. Meantime members of organized labor nre urged not to purchase the scab products of the B. C. Sugar Refinery. Is to Join Colleague, B. T. Rogers A Petrograd dispatch says that the former czar had $35,000,000 deposited in the Bank of England for a rainy day. "He must have been planning to move to Vancouver," remarks the Winnipeg Telegram. Electrical Workers Receive Increase. The B. C. Electric Railway Co. has made a voluntary raise in tbe wages paid to members of the Electrical Workers' union in its employ. ThoBe who were getting $4.50 per eight-h^ur d&y, will now receive $4.60. ThoBe who are working on u monthly bosiB will receive a fiat increase of $10 per month. THE HOUR FOR THE ABOLITION OF HAS STRUCK The Wage System of Robbery and Rapine Miist Go—There Can Be No Peace in the World Short of That—In This Hour of Ruling Class Ferocity and Blood-madness Drastic Action Is Required—Organized Labor Should Call the Tune THE PERlbD IN THE LIFE historv of human socilty which students of social evolution term civilization, had its birth and beginning in the enslavement of the weaker amongst mankiiid, by their more aggressive and powerful fellows. Anil civilisation has from that time right down to the pre- sent, been built upon human slavery: the rule and robep-y of the working class by a master or govern- ing class. From its very beginning this period of civilization has been one unbroken tale of strife turmoil, chicanery, brutality, tyranny, oppression, huAian slaughter, rapine and devastation. The loftiest achievements of this delectable period consist of a ruling and owning class, powerful for evil fat brutal, conscienceless, bloodthirsty and unspeakably mean and vulgar, and an enslaved working class' powerful in production, tortured, driven, plundered and despoiled into a condition of chronic poverty' misery and uncertainty of the future, that is fast becoming absolutely intolerable. The supreme culmination of the thousand centuries of this most glorious slave civilization is now being staged in Europe where slayes by countless millions are being joyously fed into the fiery furnace of ruling class bestiality, rapacity and lust for blood and gore, and the fair land turned into a torture chamber of hell alongside of which a Dante's inferno would be an Elysian field of sweet content in comparison. And this delightful spectacle is the grandest, the noblest, the loftiest accomplishment the ruling class of the world can offer, in justification of its centuries of rule and robbery, of the countless millions of slaves who are still being ruled, robbed' and slaughtered. 'Soft Words Butter He Parsnips. This is no time for soft words. The problem forcing itself upon human kind for solution is altogether too pressing to be dealt with by means of pious platitudes and ambiguous utterances, A spade should be called a Bpj.de; a slave a slave and a robber class a robber class no matter whose feelings may be hurt as a consequence. The world is vexed and pestered exceedingly by poverty, crime, vice, corruption, immorality, and now, as if all the devils in bell had conspired to fill tbe cup of human misery to the brim, war with its awful train of horror, pestilence, disease, death, degradation and misery. And yet all of this horror and misery is directly traceable to the one fundamental crime from which all of this vexatious train of evils come, and thot crime is the enslavement of man by man. Never since the first slave was shackled has there been'peace in human society. No matter wbat may or may not be done for the alleviation of the sores resulting from the rigors of the masters service, the genernl conditions of tbe slaves becomes progressively worse, and the masters are constantly compelled to increase their police power in order to keep them suitably tame. No matter how pious the masters may become, quarrels are alwayB breaking out among them in consequence of disputes over the division and distribution of tbe spoils resulting from the robbery of their enslaved victims No matter what may be done there can be no peace so long ns human society and its institutions are based Upon the one fundamental crime which Ib the prolific parent of the vile bjood of pestilential evils that make war, murder and devastation inevitable. That fundamental crime iB slavery. What Is Slavery? The essence of Blavery ia that the enslaved shall bring forth material wealth for tbe master. The slave must feed, clothe, shelter and otherwise provide for the comfort of the master. He'can do nothing for himself except by the master's permission and it is worthy of note that such permission is seldom if ever allowed to go beyond the bare feeding and clothing of himself in such manner as is absolutely necessary to keep him in suitable condition to continue to work for his masters' profit. At certain stages of his historical career the slave was owned outright as property, by the master, at others he was tied to the land of hiB overlord, and virtually became an attachment or appurtenance thereto, just like the pigs, cattle, horses, nsBes, buildings, etc. Later on he became what is termed a wage slave by some, and a "free laborer" by otherfl. He is no longer owned outright by an individual master, nor yet is he tied to the real estate of an individual overlord, but is allowed to run at large over the world plantation of the master class, the latter full well knowing that his necessities will compel him to apply to the various class-owned and controlled industries whenever he gets hungry, where he will forsooth be only too pleased to take advantage of bis dearly bought liberty to run loose, by exchanging it for grub and producing th grub himself. And out of the wholesome and abundant gratitude of bis heart he will also, willingly und without apparent duress, fall merrily to and bring forth a large measure of meat and drink and good housing and purple and fine linen for the masters, all of which he will do without money and without price. This is the process whereby the capitalist class of the world wuxes fat, rich and arrogant at the expense of the enslaved and tortured working class of the world. All that there ever was, is, or can be to slavery is fully expressed in the present wage system of industry. It differs from the chattel slavery and feudal serfdom of old, in outward appearance only. In essence it is the same, in spite of the fact that it wears the garb of un apparent freedom. What the Bow Is Ahout? All the wars of history have been waged around the holding of slaves and the control and disposition of the plunder accruing to the masters from their toil and sweat. The present war is no exception If slavery did not exist, there would be nothing to go to war about, unless it might.be instigated by some portion of human society for the purpose of enslaving some other portion. But the productive power of labor has long since become ho grent, through the development of tbe tools and technique of industry, that it is no longer necessnry that slavery should exist in order thut some might be enabled to enjoy the comforts of a leisured existence. The matter of producing sufficient of the thingB necessary to a comfortable and healthy existence for all people, has long since become such a simple matter, that is, if production be Intelligently directed to that end, that at most but a comparatively insignificant amount of labor could be required from each individual in the community to amply provide for the reasonable wants of all. All tbat is necessary to realize such a consummation bo devoutly to be wish- fed, is that slavery Bhall end and thef As an indication of wbat is to be productive energy of al¥be, henceforth, directed towards providing the material requisites for a Bane and healthful existence for all. Out of the riot and turmoil of the present spectacle of ruling class accomplishment of the past ten thousand years along the line of human uplift and human happiness, there is coming an ever more insistent demand for soch a change in social and industrial affairs as will admit of something better than wholesale misery for the only useful part of human Bociety in times of ruling class peace and its wholesale slaughter in times of ruling ctass blood- madneBS and war-frenzy. What Must Be Done? In order that the curse of human slavery may be lifted from the sons of men, and the present era of blood and carnage may be brought to an end never to return, the ownership and administration of industry.and the resources of the earth must be taken out of the hands of the profit-mad and blood-crazy class that now owns and controls them, and such ownership nnd control uss'jmed by and on behalf of the people of each country as a whole. the cIubs ownership and control of the means of Ufe must give way to ownership and control by the whole people acting collectively together for the collective or common good. Government of men for the purpose of their enslavement and exploitation, must give way to the administration of industry by free men and women for the purpose of providing themselves and their dependents with all the good, and necessary things of life that earth's opportunities may afford and their own tastes and desires may demand. In other words),, slave society must give way to a society of free people, a people no longer split into warring factions because it is divided into a class of vulgar and brutal, masters upon tbe one hand, and a class of equally vulgar land ruthlessly robbed and tortured slavos upon the other. And the hour of that transformation is at hand.. How It WW Be Done? The Federationist haB not hesitated to criticize the officials of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada whenever in its opinion, said officials deserved criticism. Upon the other band, this paper haB not withheld approval of their acts whenever it deemed such acts merited favorable comment. While there may be one or more of the officials of the Congress who are not readily located during these days when divergence from the stereotyped opinion of ruling cluss authority nnd its apologists is more than apt to bring down upon the head of the recalcitrant much opprobrium and even ostracism and social fumigation, it must be acknowledged that J. G. Watters, president of the Congress, has allowed neither fog, confusion or silence to stand in the way of letting his constituents know where he stands upon the paramount issues of the day. B.C.F. OFL. MAKES APPEAL FOR MINERS OF THE CROWS NEST The Executive of the British Columbia Federation of Labor hereby issues an appenl for financial assistance for the B. C. members of District 18 of thc United Mine Workers of America. In submitting this appeal, through The Federationist, we do so with the feeling that the affiliated membership, and those organizations not timliatcd will recognize that tbe trouble between the miners nnd thc operators is due to the ever rising cost of living, which has been the cause of many disputes all over the country. Impossible proposals were submitted to the men in this district, the result being that they were turned down by a large majority of tbe membership, and while it may appear at this time that the trouble will be settled in the ncur future, funds ure needed to support the men until the question is settled satisfactorily to thc men concerned. The miners of this province have at all times been more than genero.]B in their attitude to tlie orgunized workers of the province, nnd have hnd fights on their lunula which have depleted their funds to u considerable extent. It is therefore necessary to is- sue this appeal on their behalf. i FundB may be sent to the office of the secrtary-treasurer of the Federation, A. 8. Wells, P. O, Box 1838, Victoria, B. C, but preferably they should be mat to ThoB. France, Drawer 829, Fornie, B. C. JOS. NAYLOR, President. A. S. WELLS, Secrtnry-Trensurer. done and how, the following is a reply to a letter from the secretary of the B. C. F. of L. to Watters, is well worth careful perusal. Mr. Watters says: "The premier haB pledged that the whole power of the nation shall be concentrated on the task of winning the war. Tbe whole power of the nation is not limited to man power, which, in itself is jseles, but to the material wealth us well. I am strongly of the opinion then, that the greatest and most patriotic service we can render to our country, our motherland, and our allies in the struggle to preserve our liberties and our democracy iB, on the day conscription of man power is put into effect to implement the pledge of the premier, by forcing the government to conscript material wealth through every worker in the Dominion refusing to work for the guin of the private profiteer and offering his service to the nation and the nation alone. In other words not a wheel of industry would turn except for the nntion in its hour of need. Not a mine, railway, mill nor factory necessary to be operated for tbe successful prosecution of the war, wo'ald bc operated for the profit of the owners of such, but solely, in conjunction with man power, for military purpos- ess, to protect the nation." Should Be Tip Enough. To tbe thoughtful reader it will certainly be clear that if the whole power of the nation is to be centred upon winning the war, then it logically follows that no part of tbe nation's power can be turned to the purpose of fattening the wallets of profit-hungry souls whose mission in life is not the winning of wars but tbe getting of something for nothing. That is their sole mission in life, either in time of peace or in time of war. To whatever extent the substance of tbe nation is sapped by the profit- sacking proclivities of useless scions of tbe House of Fat, to thut extent is tbe nation's energy subverted from the purpose in hand, thut of winning the war. Therefore the real patriot is he who insists that no individual or class interest shnll be allowed for a moment to suck up and partake of tbe substance ' and strength that ought to go to the protection and defense of the nntion in its hour of pert*. So much for that. The same thoughtful render will nt onc realize that there is no more reason why idlers and loafers should be allowed to sap up the nation's substance in times of peace than in time of war. If it be a matter of justifiable concern tbat tbe nation should he protected against its enemies in time of war, then it ntfast be of equally justifiable concern that it be also protected times of peaee. One cannot well speak, of a nation without taking into consideration tbe individual persons who compose tlint nntion. If these nre to be protected from "Huns*' in time of war and in order so to do it becomes necessary to turn nil of the powers of ,tbe nation to that purpose, by what logic can it be urged that the type of bloodsucker and-profit-grabber wbo so dangerously cripples the nation in time of war should be allowed to ply his evil trade in time of peace ? The people of the nations of the world whether at wnr or not are seriously threatened as to their very existence through the profit-sucking power fit' the baneful ruling class interests therein entrenched. Each und every one of these modern industrinl and merchandising concerns must be taken over by the state and the last [Vestige of profit cut o.tt of the operation. The last profit-monger must go th way of till other vermin. Every resource of the earth nnd all of the productive power of the people in euch country must be turned to the only legitimate purpose that can possibly lie behind their use, and that is the comfort und huppincss of the peo pie as u whole. All of tho terrible and criminn wnsto that is involved in the profit and plunder wrung from the toilers by the rulers nnd masters of the earth must be stopped and the life giving stream of useful production turned to tbe common good nnd the^'jplift of huhumity to a plane of civilization nbove the dull, sordid, slavish and bloody level of that, of todny. The duy is nt hnnd, Before the lost hns been heard of jllie present war, thc hour will strike. j There is a rainbow of promise in j the socinl sky, that hernluB the np1 iproaoh of n better time. Two-Platoon System Has Been Promised Winnipeg Firemen After War The city firemen have not as yet heard from Ottawa with reference to the appointment of the arbitration board as requested by them to consider their demand for the two-platoon system.. It is probable that the Dominion authorities are delaying action in order to have full information as to the exact status of the case before them. The men are standing firm for their request that an impartial board oonsider the matter but are patiently waiting for full Information before planning any action of a drastic nature. Information has been received from the Winnipeg firemen to the effect that their demand for better treatment has been successful. In view of .the strong public sentiment created by the revelation as to tbe conditions under which the firemen were working, the city authorities were practically forced fo not only advance wages and better working conditions, but also to take definite action on the establishment of a two platoon system. Winnipeg firemen of the flrst rank now receive 110 more per month than is pnid in Vancouver, nave one day off in four and are promised the two-platoon system at the close of the war. All of which goes to show the justice of the demands of the Vancouver firemen. Mayor McBeath feels a little sore at the report of his interview withal the firemen as reported in The Federationist of last week. He considers that be was misunderstood when he.was quoted as saying that should the firetoen Btrike, a force of scrubs could be engaged to take their places and that he would see that there was no organization among the men in tbe, future. He claims thut what be did say was that steps would probably be taken to prevent any organization work among the firemen in the future. Metal Trades Elects Offlcen, At Wednesday night's meeting of the Metal Trndes Conucil the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: President, A. Donaldson. Mold ers; vice-president, W. Marshall, Boil ermnkers; financial secretary, J. Hey, Plumbers: recording secretary, F. W, Welsh, Plumbers; sergt.-nt-unns, ,1 Strachan, Sheet Metal Workers; statistician. H. Simpson, Molders. Firemen Still Waiting For Action of Dominion Authorities BOARD'CENTRALLABORBODir IN SESSION UST EVENING Many New Delegates Admitted to Central Labor Body Last Night WATERFRONT STRIKERS MAY 8EOVRE AGREEMENT TODAY Negotiations Up to Last Night Were Tolerably Satisfactory to the Striking Seamen and Victory .Assured The strike of firemen, deckhands and others on coastwise shipping, pulled by the Seamen's union last week, bus run the gauntlet of a week, with a "news" story every day. But The Federationist, unfortunately, only comeB out once a week, each Friday'morning. In this ease the strikers hnve happily spoiled a good story. Negotiations have reached sucb a satisfactory stage that to review the events of the week lending up, to the present near-victory for the strikers, might be wrongly construed. It ia not improbable that some time later today the waterfront strikers of the coast cities will be back at work on terms agreed upon between the pnrties to the dispute. PLUMBERS, STEAM AND FIFE FITTERS GAINING MEMBERSHIP Business Agent Cowling Announces Restoration of Old Wage Scale of t6 Per 8-Hour Day. Plumbers' local, No. 170, Vancouver, reports that the members have succeeded in" restoring the old 1914 scale of wages, namely $5' per eight-hoar day, dating from July 1st. Int. Org. Clarke, who bad been bere for a few days, succeeded in starting a general campaign for increased membership, which the local business ugent, Jns. Cowling, currying on with vigor and determination. Forty-two new members have been initiated during the past few weeks and there are others en route. The plumbers huve had troubles of their own since the bustling days of 11* 11, but the situation is righting itself nnd before long Vancouver will again be uble to announce a 100 per cent, organization. STEAM ENGINEERS CAN DEFEND ON THEMSELVES Membership Increasing at Rate Which Ensures Power to Enforce Demands. At a well-attended meeting of local 020, the following officers were elected for the next term, commencing July 1: President, Dave Hodges; vice-prcsi dent, Percy Chapman; business ngent, W, A. Alexander; recording Hecretnry, F. Hunt; guard and conductor, Wm. Boys; trustees, J, R. Flynn, Geo. Michel- son, Dnve Hodges. Owing to the continued ndvance in the price of commodities, the membership have decided to make several changes in their wage scale, in nn en- deuvor to combat thc high cost of living. Providing the membership of this local continues to incrense at thc rate of the past few months, it will not bc necessary for them to go on their knees to thc government begging for nn 8- hour day. They will be able to stand erect, and demand it, as men. Members outside the city, should do their bit, and rather than knitting socks in tlieir spare time, should bc getting new members. Remember every member helps. The business ugent ennnot du it ull for you. Help yourself. Typo. Auxiliaries ln the West. Mrs. B. W. Bellamy, Internntionnl first vice-president of the I. T. U. Women's auxiliary, is meeting with splendid success in her efforts to organise locals throughout western Canada. She bus started n live campaign by instituting a strong auxiliary at Winnipeg. Next oume Moose Jaw, where ut nn enthusiastic meeting it whb decided to organize and provisional Officers were elected. Mrs. Bellamy received strong support from the Typo, unions in both cities. Conscription Still the Subject of Much Live Discussion ONE OF THE LARGEST bunches of delegates obligated for some, time faced President McVety at laat, night's meeting of Vancouver Trades and Labor council, sixteen stepping forward entitled to sit in the council Credentials received were as fallows: Shipyard Laborers' union—fi, Oliver, G. Hepburn, M. A. Phelps, G. Mcintosh. Brewery Workers—Bro. Pyke.. United Brotherhood of Carpenten and Joiners—G. H. Hardy, W. Thomas, O. Thom, J. E. Campbell. A. McDonald. M, McKenzie. Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers—A. J. Crawford, J. Freind. Cigar Makers—A. P. Tletjen, Herman Kurbitx, Frank Swarts. Painters, Decorators anu Paperhangers—R, Stevenson, W. Knight. Longshoremen's union—W. 3; Gillespie, E. Sollis, W. Steen, E. Winch, W. Wright, W. H. Yates. Applications for affiliation were received from .the Shipyard and Laborers' union, and unanimously accepted, the delegates for, this local also presenting their credentials.- Anti-Conscription at Winnipeg. A communication was received from the Anti-Conscription League of Winnipeg, asking what steps had been taken to combat conscription, the secretary stating that he had replied giving the information asked for. Delegate Hardy asked that, a copy of the reply be read, but aa such had not been kept Secretary Midgley gave the delegates the substance of his reply, and informed Delegate Tree, wbo asked a question, that he had told the correspondent that a strike vote had been taken in the province. WiU Send Delegates. Del. Miss Gutteridge took exception to an amendment offered by Pel. Tree that a communication from the Proportional Representation Society asking that two delegates be appointed, and remarked that proportional representation appeared to be a step, along the lines of political reform. She thought it waa useless to file every communication which was not along the lines of the propaganda of the B P. of Canada. Secretary Midgley opposed the amendment as did Del. Dickinson. It waa lost, the council deciding that the request be concurred in. Sugar Refinery Strike. In connection with a communication from the Sjgar Refinery Workers' union, Pres. McVety Baid the executive had advised the Sugar Refinery workers to send a mixed delegation to the various locals. If they did not seem interested enough to do this, the couneil could; not help them much. The communication was filed. President MeVety Baid he would be glad to recommend that the various locals make donations, and he felt that bis own local would do so. Reports of Officers. A. Jolliffe wrote asking if there were shipbuilding workers available, and was replied to by President McVety, who Btated that there was no shortage of lubor sucb as was mentioned. The president also reported for Del. Crawford and himself in connection with the Brewery Workers' application for an increase of $2 per week. He stated that an increase had been granted to some of the men in the bottle shops, but that the management did not feel disposed to make a general increase. The committee wired the International and received reply that the International declined to permit violation oi agreements but agreed with % requeBt by thc locals in Vancouver, Victoria, und New Westminster for a voluntary increase. The Brewery Workers' locul hud decided to adopt the suggestion und a joint meeting won taking place between the committees of tha three locals. President McVety reported in connection witb the alleged violations of the Shipping Act in ships out of tha port of Vancouver, 'the matter was aired bofore the Harbor Board, which undertook to take the question up with the shipping maBter, who would advise them, but up to the presont they had received no communication. Vanconver Institute Speakers. It wus announced thnt arrangements I hud been made for speakers to occupy the platform at the Vancouver Institute, President McVety speaking on November 20 on "Industrial Accidents and Workmen's Compensntion"; January 31, W. R. Trotter, "Migration Within the Empire"; Mnrch 14, E. T. Kingsley, "Capital, Labor und tho State." Reports of Unions. Delegate Hoover reported thnt tho Streetrailwaymen hnd voted another $100 to the striking Sugar Refinery workers. y Del, Burns, Sailors' union, said tho lay-off at present existing in tbeir Hue Continued on page C Socialist Party of Canada MEETINGS EVERY STODAY NIOHT, 8 o'clock REX THEATRE Subject: 'Revolution in Progress and Impending' Spenker: J. HARRINGTON PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST THE INCORPORATED 1865 BANK OF TORONTO .1»3,000,000 Deposits 64,000,000 JOINT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS A JOINT Savings Account may be opened at The Bank of Toronto in the names of two or more persons. In these accounts either party may sign cheques or deposit money. For the different members of a family or a firm a joint account is often a great convenience. Interest is paid on balances. Conn Hastings and Gamble Sts. THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST PubliAed .very Friday morning by th, B. 0. Federationist, Limited B. Firm. Pettlplece... 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PHILLIPS A Phona 6416 00., Agents Hag Hamilton THEATRICAL COUKTBT STOBB C OJL*U M B I A TONIOHT Oome and hare a good tint, perhapa take home a aide ot bacon. Halting, Street, near Abbott NEW PANTAGES WEEK Or JULY t "HISS HAHLET" Unique Huaical Comedy MISS 1ELIA SHAW SWAN'S RATS AHD OATS Matinees—2.30—10c and 20c Nights—7 and 0—16c and 85c Coi;oni|al Theatre Programme changed every Monday wd Tlursday. POPULAR PBIOES Most up-to-date photo- play house. HOTEL ALCAZAR Opposite Labor Temple VAKOOOVBB, B. 0. Headquarter, for Labor men. Ratea 76e and 61*06 per day. 62.50 per week and np. Oata at Reasonable Ratea. 160 rooms, 100 with private baths Phone Seymonr 8880 HOTEL DUNSMUIR Vaneoaver's newest and moat complete Hotel European PUn $1.00 por Day Up New electric auto bus meets all boats and trains free Oor. Dunsmuir and Bichards BU, VANCOUVEB, B. 0. IT MIGHT AS WELL lu acknowledged that thc "Hun'-' of Central Europe is a somewhat* doughty antagonist. His thirteenth century "kultur" armed and oquippod with twentieth century tools THE and weapons, has HEAL HUN enabled him to ere- AT OUB GATES ate a havoc ia the camp of tion that could not well bo beaton by a "bull in a china shop." That he will in time be beaten into quietude goes without saying, for as bad as cap< italiat civilization may be, it cannot quite stand for being driven back into the feudal bog of the middle ages from which it originally escaped. With practically the entire outside world arrayed against the Teuton feudal empires, with their semi-barbaric and Mohammedan outposts, the odds are too heavily against the "Hun" combination to admit of even the possibility of Ub winning out. It will either succumb to twentieth contrary political ideas and "kultur," or suffer the only other alternative, that of annihilation. Even twentieth century (capitalist) "kultur" is nothing to brag about, for it can bear no sweeter moral and ethical perfume than that of the slavery of labor upon which it iB based, but as bad as it is, it still is somewhat of an improvement over that of six centuries ago. It haa at least dispensed with aome of the coarser and more brutal apeets of ruling class ruffianism and has veneered the rulers and mas tera of slaves with a subtile polish that renders their rule less shockingly ob* noxious, though perhaps no less vulgar, than during the real feudal period. It is far less physically painful for slaves to be ruled by means of legal edicts in the hands of smug hypocrisy, than by. meana of a knotted club in the hands of "the divine right of kings." * * * But Bpeaking of the "Huns," however, it may be well to state that short work would be made of the Central European variety if that was the only kind to be dealt with upon this most auspicious occasion. But the fact is that the mid-European '' Hun,'' though perhaps the moat savage and openly bloodthirsty, is by no means the only Hun in existence, nor yet the most powerful. He only represents a section, and a small one at that, of the vast horde that infests the earth, even to the uttermost parts thereof, and sucks the life blood of the producers of wealth by means of that ancient and honorable occupation of ruling and robbing. In the common parlance of the day these rulers and robbers are called capitalists and their ruling and robbing of labor is effected through their ownership and control of the slaves of industry, by owning and controlling the resources of the earth and the machinery of production, which the slaves must perforce have access to in order to exist. That ownership (capitalist) is the only thing that stands in the way of tbo swift and complete defeat and even the completo annihilation of the mid-European '' Hun,'' who Ib stubbornly struggling to turn tho wheels of social and political development backward. The life principle of capital iB profit—tho getting of something for nothing. Out of the conditions of war come splendid opportunities for proflt in greatly increased vol ume to many lines of capitalist effort, business district now, and the sight of Every interest thus favorably affected by war circumstances becomes a powerful factor in furthering the war and prolonging its period of life. And every capitalist interest, even hucIi a.' arc not directly benefitted by war con- ditions, becomes increasingly active in defense of itself during the war period and will not surrender a tithe of its powor to plunder, unloss compelled so to do, no matter how greatly the nation may be imperilled by the conflict, * * ' * That which is driving the nations of the earth to bankruptcy and eventual ruin as capitalist nations, is not the "Hun" of Prussian ill-fame, so much ns it is the capitalist class itself in all the entonte nations. Their greedy smre of the opportunities afforded by the war, and their merciless exaction of the laat drop of profit blood that can bo wrung from the quivering flesh of the enslaved working class, is that which is swiftly leading to their undoing by forcing their own conscienceless system of piracy and plunder into irretrievable bankruptcy and ruin These capitalist interests arc the real Huns that are thundering nt the gates of modern civilization and breaching its walls. AH that the "Huhb" of Central Europe havo been guilty of doing is opening the doors of opportunity to the profit-toad world to hang itself with its own rope. And right well is it doing it, lostng sight of everything else in its inordinate greed to grab while the grabbing appeara to be good. » * • And the Hun at our gates is neither better nor worse than the much-abused "Hun" of mid-Europe. Both are actuated by the same lofty principle of ruling and robbing the wealth producers of the earth. The one would do it in the older and cruder way and with the minimum of hypocrisy and pretense. The other would do it in the newer and bettor way and Balve tho sores of its slaves, as far as safety will permit, with political platitudes and democratic sophistries, and both place their ultimate reliance upon thc bayonet and the machine gun. With the whole profit-mad world battering its own gates and breaching ita own embattlemonts, the day of the working class revolution is rapidly approaching. Its dawn iB even now breaking above and beyond the battlefields of Europe. The red flag of the oncoming proletarian host has already been unfurled to the breeze in Bussia. The terrific economic pressure of both ruling class war and ruling class peace is forcing the workers of all countries into tho revolutionary path. There is no other courso to follow. The revolution will come. Either it will come in peace or "in full panoply of war, with' wild, dishevelled locks' and shod in iron sandals." There can be neither peace or security in human society" until the laat ruler nnd robber has been pitched over the battlements and the last slave has been freed from the those crippled Tommies, so cheerful despite their ci?uel handicaps, makes one realize to tho utmost what the wastage of war means. Any fine dny now, along College and Yonge streets, in the vicinity of the convalescent home, can be seen a couple of hundred of these gallant men who have made such great sacrifices in the cause of Empire. Every one of them was formerly a fino strapping, husky athlete; but to sec them now, some minus both arms and perhaps a leg, others with an arm or a leg gone, out sunning themselves and getting ready as quick as natlare can do ao, for the struggle with life again under such great handicaps as befel them on the battlefield. "I aaw dozens of fine, big fellows, legless now, wheeling themselves along in hand-propelled chairs. Scores were hobbling around on crutches and there- was a spirit of helpfulness pervading all that showed itself frequently in such odd combinations aB where a returned here minus an arm but with his legs still good, would pass his remaining arm around a fellow convalescent minus a leg and they would hoy along in a sort of three-legged race. All sorts of unique pairing and combinations were adopted, such as two men with only two arms left between them, would ait together to hold a magazine or paper, or perhaps peel an orange. It was the most striking Bight I ever saw in my whole trip.'' * * * It must have been a "striking sight.'' And when it is considered that these poor unfortunate dupes are multiplied a million fold in the various countries blessed by the rule of Mars and glorified by hiB delectable slaughter festa, duly staged and arranged by kings, diplomats and statesmen, the ridiculous and ruling peace prattlers ought to be stoned off the earth and room mado for more real heroes and cripples. "To hell with peace" and sdund men. On with war and the multiplication of cripples. FRIDAY... shackles of hia servitude. The Royal Bank of Canada INCOBPOBATED 1869 Capital paid-up . Remyve Funds . Total Assots ..$ 12,911,000 .. 11,324,000 .. 287,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL 410 branches ln Canada, Newfoundland, WeBt Indies, etc., of whlcb 102 are west of Winnipeg. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Open an account and make deposits regularly—say, every payday. Interest credited half-yearly. No delay ln withdrawal. —SAVE TOUB MONEY- O. 8. 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STAGEY, Manager Hastings and Oarrall T IS WITH extremo pleasure that we read of the breaking up of peace parade in tho city of Boston on Sunday Inst, by hoodlums and hobos wearing the army uniform; the turning of a peace and nnti- TO HELL conscription meeting WITH in Winnipeg into a PEACE. disgraceful riot by "returned soldiers/' upon the same holy Sabbath day especially dedicntod to the worship of the "Prince of Peace;" tne arrest and persecution of men in all parts of the civilized world, and especially upon this western continent, who doro to bo so truly Christ-like and decent as to even mildly protest against the glorious slaughter that is going on in Europe, greatly to the satisfaction of princes, rulers and other great ones of tho earth We note the supremo joy that such ennobling and uplifting practices bring to the hearts of the "scribes and Pharisees," who fawn, lickspittle, pimp and boost for tyranny and oppression, and for the same purpose that ,1'udas betrayed his Master. It is high time that the sickly longing for peace and decency in human society was destroyed, and all the energy and talent of the race turned towards making the noble and manly art of murder, rapine and devastation the goal of nil earthly effort and ambition. As at least one unanswerable reason why cvorybody should approve of casting verbal garbage at the mawkish sentimentalists who weakly babble against war and childishly prattle nbout the desirability of pence, we gladly submit the following glenned from the columns of one of the lot'al daily scwerpipes of recent date. The reading of it should give added strength to the servile and lusty lungs of all the commercial drummers for Mars and his "kultur," so that they might moro sonorously sound the slogan so dear to their hearts of, "to hell with pence." * * # "Of all places in Canada, Toronto is the one city just now where the stern realities of war are brought home to one the most vividly," said P. L, Fellowes, supervising elty engineer, who returned recently from a month's cohi- bined business und holiday trip spent in the eastern Canadian cities. 'It is hard to get nwny from the war or the preparations for war, no matter where one goes all over Cnnnda, but I had its grim nnd pathetic features more forcibly brought to my attention in Toronto than I did even amid the excitement of nnti-conscription meetings i n M ont real and Qljcbec,'' continued Mr. Pollowos In an interview with a Hun representative. "There is a big convalescent home for wounded and maimed soldiers located almost in the centre of Toronto's WAR IS RATHER an expensive proposition. This Europenn spectacle is running up an expense bill that haB already reached staggering dimensions. And tho end ia not yet in sight. From both aides of the delightful contro- WHO WILL versy has como a DEFRAY lot of talk about THE EXPENSE? who is to pay ita coat. The Teutonic participants in thc glorious spectacle have, of course, declared that the victory would be theirs and the beaten enemy be forced to pay a sufficient indemnity to recoup them for the expense incurred. The Entente Allies have assumed a similar position and emphatically declare that the wicked "Huns" shall be made to pay through the nose for all of ..the damage and expense they have inflicted upon the righteous world outside their borders. And now comes along the Russian revolution and out of it a demand for peace without either the annexation of territory or the lovying of indemnities. Strange to say, this demand is being voiced by various ridiculous and ill- balanced people outside of Russia and seems to be gaining adherents from all quarters. But auch a proposition is quite shocking to tbe real capitalist ear, that is perfectly attuned to the splendid symphony of buying and selling, and trading and trafficking, and owing and paying, and cheating and swindling, and suing and collecting, and doadbeating and defaulting, that constitutes the moral and ethical melody of modern civilization. The capitalist brain can visualize only in terms of tho market; in the terms of trade and commerce. War is only viewed from a business standpoint. The first question that arises is, what is there in itf What is it to cost and how are we going to get oar money back, along with a ' {reason- able profit?" How can we make tho other fellow pay the billt * * * Bat the capitalist is not the only individual in human society who thinks solely in terms of buying and selling; in terms of trade and commerce. The average workingman, tho wage slave, the mudsill of capitalist civilization, also thinks in the same terms, that is, if he thinks at all, which is a matter of extreme doubt. Thnt he measures everything that cornea within the scope of his narrow mental vision with thi same tapelino as his master, the capitalist, is duo to the fact that he is merely a trader himself. He produces a commodity—lnbor power—and noils it in the market, just ub his muster, his employor, may sell meat, leather or steel. Tho first question that occurs to him is, what is there in itf What ia the payf Who is to pay me! As a seller of labor power in the market his time is solely occupied in wrestling with the problems and exigencies of his business. His vision seldom extends, beyond tho circumscribed limits of the market. Like his confreres, the merchants and dealers in other lines of goods, he rarely strays outside the realm of business logic. Like all other merchants ho remaina loyal to his merchandise and faithfully follows the rules, thinks tho thoughts and voices the aspirations of the noble trading nnd speculating fraternity to which he genetically belongs. All organizations of traders, whether they be traders in labor power or any other commodities, if they are organizod for trade purposes, ennnot. act like men, for the very simple renson that they nro dominated by their wares. They become the living expression of these wares seeking a market. As onc author has put it, such organizations aro "tho offorts of wares to net like hion, Wares cannot act like men, for wares are only things." ; According to the press reports the secretary of tho federated tradeB of England, in his recent report, offers some objection to the proposed peace settlement upon the basiB of "no annexations and no indemnities." He wishes to know who, in the event of such a settlement, "will compensate the workers of the invaded countries for the money lost and mental agony they have endured! He naively aaks, "Who will compensate the workers of neutral countries whoso maritime trade has been destroyed!" Being an official of a purely trading organization the matter of a peace settlement of the war could appeal to him only in terms understandable from a commodity standpoint. The first question that occurred to him was: what is there in it for the dealers in labor power! How are these dealers to obtain redress for the damages inflicted upon their business in consoquence of the war! Like all other real merchants they want compensation for damages inflicted upon them. So do our gallant dealers in booze want "juat compensation" for such damage as may result to their business through the wieked crusade of prohibition. However, the dangerous revolutionary tendency of labor organizations that are atill so completely plekled with the brine of trade u to possess no range of vision beyond that of mere buying and selling, Ib so plainly apparent that ruling class authority should be able to see it and take the necessary steps to head it off. * * - * Who will defray the expense! Nobody, For the very simple reason that payment in full has been made and is being made each day by those and to those who are taking an active part in it. They are paying with their lives and blood. Some will receive payment during the remaining years of their battered lives by being privileged to sell shoestrings upon the street or hold out a tin cup for the pennies of Christian charity. Ab to ony other payment, it is an impossibility. There is nothing to pay with. If an indemnity could be levied upon the defeated side to the controversy, this does not mean that any working people would receive pay- mont for anything that they had either done or suffered. It would only mean that the property interests of one country would be recouped for their losses at the expense of the property interests of another. Not a farthing of the world's debts would have been wiped off in conBoquonco. And so it is with all of thc world's debt, either in peace or war. By tho same token that it is contracted—and that is the impossi bility of disposing of the surplus value accruing to capital from the exploitation of labor, except upon credit—this debt can never bo paid. It must, on the contrary, always increase until that happy time comes when it shall have assumed such tremendous proportions that thc ridiculous credit scheme of capitalism will break down because of the mathomnticnl impossibility of longer continuing the hoary old farce. Then tho sponge of repudiation will clear the slate of history and mako way for human freedom nnd thc nge of roason. It looks as though this war was even now wiping thc slate with its bloody sponge. If it is not it surely is rapidly preparing the elate for the sponging process. ...July 6, 1917 Jacques' disclosures about the eminently nourishing qualities of weeds and their manifest cheapness and therefore desirability as food for thc poor, be taken as n serioys reflection upon the wisdom of the creator of all things. We prefer, however, to leave that to the lady herself, and to others of her kind who are such deadly enemies of soaring prices," and who so effectively and intelligently combat the evil. A pigweed and nettle rampant and terrible, "soaring prices" coucnant, and terrified, with a weed "terrace" as a background, ahould be boldly emblazoned upon their banner. Long live Mrs. Jacques, the pigweed, the milkweed, and tho nettle. Down with the day of poverty and high prices. Forward to the day of affluence for all in an eternal terrace" of most succulent weeds. LET THEM EAT WEEDS CHICAGO, Juno 16.—-As a remedy fnr the soaring pricei) of foodstuffs, Mrs, W. K. Jacques, of 4316 Greenwood avenue, weed export, urges housewives to oae weeds, on their tables. She was their champion long before the war compelled nations to be concerned about famines. Mrs, J. C. Bley o the Housewives' league is lecturing of vulti* to farmers' wives. And the lowly weed is coming into its own, to Mrs. Jacques' delight. At her farm, tho Terrace, near South Haven, Mich., Mrs. Jacques encouragea all weeds to grow. She has made a study of each weed and values them for food. "Thoro are ten weeds that ean be used for food," ahe said. "These are the dock, nettle, sorrel, purslane, milkweed, lambs1 quarter, pigweed, marsh marigold, brake fern and dandelion. They make excellent greens and aro nourishing. "Weeds are imported from tho old world. They follow man In civilization and never grow wild. They are the most human and most domestic of plants. "They arn the most Intelligent of plants." —Press Dispatch. WE HAVE forgotten for thc moment the name of tho noble Frenchman in the days of the French revolution, who, when told that the poor were without bread, replied, "let them ent grass," That his head was subsequently displayed in the market place with his noble mouth stuffed with grass, and dried grass at that, hns little to do with the case, unless it bo as an illustration of the wisdom of not prescribing a diet for othors that one is not prepnred tr apply to himself. But be that ns it may, thc above remedy for the "soaring prices" that now so afflict '.ib, is by fur the most sensible and promiseful wo have yet heard of. The merit of good Mrs. Jacques' remedy, however, will not readily be recognized by the countless millions of "prisoners of poverty" who live in the congested confers of population, and amid such squalid aad, deadly surroundings that no weed could survive nnd nothing above tho level of vermin could renlly thrive, Theso poor prisoners possess no "terrace" where succulent weeds may he "encouraged" to grow. That is, of course, no fault of Mrs, Jacques and her "weeds." It is the fault of the poor themselvea. They should have saved their money and bought a "terrace." But it is really Bad to think that because of their wasteful extravagance and lack of foresight they will eventually bo "gathered to their fathers" without ever hnving awakened to tho happy realization of the nourishing qualities of nettles and the fat-producing dynnnllos of pigweed. The titillating joy of spiking the profit-gun of tho food speculator, by copiously partaking of sorrel soup and milkweed friensse, will never be theirs. All because they neither have a "terrace" of their own, nor yet dwell in such Convenient proximity to that of Mrs. J ea uqtfo.aha c they could annex, surreptitiously or otherwise, the succulent weeds'that are therein "encouraged" to grow as n threat and a mennee to the "souring prices," nnd the villians who profit greatly thereby. Wore it not bordering Upon the profane, we would beg to suggest that the undoubted fnct that the "warrens of the poor" are far better calculated to breed lice thnn to grow woods, might, in tho light of good Mrs. | STABTUNO "TRANSFORMATION" We call upon Parm Pettipiece, of the British Columbia Federationist; A. W. Patteo, of tho Winnipeg Voice, and Jimmy Simpson, of the Toronto Industrial Banner, to bear witneas to the following editorial declaration from the Hamilton Labor News, Sam Landers, edltor-and-everythlng elso. Did any of you over think it waa In him t And can you explain what caused the transformation from pure and simpleton to commonsenset Read and rub yonr eyes: "All property valne at sny time existing, matter how great ita magnitude aa expressed In the statistics of the time, is due solely to the presence and activities of the working elan, the wealth producers of that time. Being the sole producers of valne, as expressed in termi of wealth or property, it la easily to be seen that the working class constitutes all there is to that sacred and much- revered institution termed property. The worken of tke world eonatitnte the property of the world, or rather the property of the ruling class of the world. There isn't anything else te property. Jnst workers, that's all. There is nothing else on earth worth owning, for there is nothing else that en bring forth vain* for the owner for nothing. The ownership of lands, factories, rallwaya, etc., is In reality a elever piece of flimflam, a huge Joke. Under the pretense of that ownership, onr dearly beloved capitalist brethren get away with the ownership of the actual property on earth, the working class. Stripped of all hypocrisy and pretense, the workers are slaves, owned body and soul by their precious capitalists and other ruling class overlords and masters. This entire pretended property institution of which we hear so muoh, and which we ire ao persistently taught to reverence, and even die to defend, is about the coarsest and clumsiest old jokB that was ever perpetrated upon human gullibility. The Joke is on na, the workers of the world. And among all living animals wo are the only ones possessed of • gullibility that would make the perpetuation of such a clamsy joke possible. And that Is no joke."— Cleveland Citlsen. The nbove evidence of sudden "transformation from pure and simpleton to conimonsenBO," is no doubt somewhat startling to those who are at all intimately acquainted with the "editor- nnd-everything-else" of the Hamilton Labor News. The "sudden transformation," however, is stripped of its startling charactor by mere mention of the fact that tho quotation above is from an editorial appearing In The Federationist of May 18, under caption "The Working Class As Property." The editorial wns reproduced, holus bolus, in the Hamilton Labor News of June 1, without credit. As it appeared in the editorial column of that worthy sheet, a column that was never before known to carry anything that might be construed as an editorial, by ovon the most elastic of imaginations, it is small wonder thot close acquaintances of Sam Landers became alarmed, or at least startled and perhaps somewhat discomposed, at the strange symptoms. We beg that the Citizen will remain calm. There has been no change in Sam. His editorial pen is as lucid and trenchant aB ever. The erratic unreliability of his scissors nrm is no doubt due to shell shock. He has been serving in tho home guards ever sinco the war broke out. VANCOUVER UNIONS TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—MEET • first and third Thursdaya. Executii board; James H. MoVety, president: Fred A Hoover, vice-president; Victor R. Mldglej general secretary, 210 Labor Temple: Pre Knowles, treasurer; W. H. Cotterill, statist elan; sergeant-at-arms, Qeorge Harriion; J J. Crawford, Jaa. Campbell, F. HalgB, trui ALLIED PRINTINO TRADES OOUNC1L- iloets second Monday in the montl President, J. McKinnon; aeoretary, R. B Neelands, P. 0. Box 66, BARTENDERS' LOCAL No. 678.—Offlw Room 208 Labor Temple. Meets firs Sunday of each month. President, Jame Campbell; financial secretary, J. Smith, fill Holden Bldg.; Box 424; phone Sey, 2572 recording seoretary, Win, Mottishaw, Globi Hotel, Main street. JOURNMMEN BARBERS' INTERNATION Sf«™ oft1 *Vd *"»„>"<i*7» in the month Room 206 Ubor Temple. XriMmtTuI 5Kitt 'ecreUry- s- H. Grant, 1871 Albern BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS, NO.' 1- Meet 2nd and 4th Wednesdaya, 8 p.m. Room 807. President, Chu, F, Smith; cor responding aeeretary, W. S. Dagnall, Boi 68 finanoial secretary, W. J. Pipes. BREWERY WORKERS, L. U. No. 881,1. U V. B. W. of A.—MeeU flrst tnd thin Wednesday of each month, Room 802, Labol Temple, 8 p.m. President, A. Sykes; secre tary, A. E. Ashcroft, Suite 1, 1788 Fourtt avenne west. BROTHERHOOD 1788 Fourtt OF BOILER MAKER! INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM AM OPERATING ENGINEERS — Local Nt 620. Meets every Thursday, 7.80 p.m., Laboi Temple. President. William Walker; vice- «resident, J. R. Flynn; secretary-tressurer, T, A. Alexander, Room 216, Ltbor Ttmple. Phona Sev- 7iOR Phont Sey. 74B6. DEEP SEA FISHERMEN'S UNION OF THI Paciflo—Meeta tt 487 Gore avenue every Tuesdty, 7 p.m. Russell Kearley, busineu tgent. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOOAL NO. 211 —Meeta in Room 205, Labor Temple, every Monday, 8 p.m. President, D. W. MeDougall, 1162 Powell street; recording secretary, John Murdoch, Labor Ttmple; financial aeeretary tnd business tgent, E. H. Morrison, Boom 207, Ltbor Temple. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Local 88*62—Ofllce ud hall, 804 Pender atreet east. Meets every Thnn* dty 8 p.m. Secretary-treasurer, F. Chapman; business agent, J. Mahone. MACHINISTS, NO. 188—MEETS SECOND and foarth, Thursdays tt t p-m. President, Wm, Small; reeordlng aeeretary, J. Brooke: flnanclal eeorettry, J. H. MeVety, 211 Labor Temple. Seymonr 7425. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERA* tore' Union, Local 848, I. A. T. 8. E. * M. P. M. 0.—Meets flnt Sanday of eacl month, Room 204, Labor Temple. President J. R. Foster; business tgent, Stm Haigh, financial and corresponding eeorettry, 0. A. Hansen, P. 0. Box 845. The terrible scarcity of lnbor in the Southern states is indicated by the following advertisement appearing in the columns of an Atlanta, Oa., paper: "Laborers wanted. Able-bodied men, 15 cents an hour; steady work; cnn nlso use boys 16 and upwards at good wages; report Monday morning, 6.30." That 6.30 in the morning might, be taken aa a suggestive tip as to the shortness of the working Cay. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH America—Vancouver tnd vicinity.— Branch meeta second and fourth Mondays, Room 204, Labor Temple, Preaident, Ray MeDougall, 1928 Grant etreet; financial iecretary, J. Lyons, 1548 Venables street; recording secretary, E. Westmoreland. 8247 Pt. Grey road. Phone Bayvlew 2979L. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS—Local No. 188—Meeta second an foarth Thursdaya of eaeh month, room 808, Labor Temple. President, John McNeil; financial aeeretary, Geo,' H. Weeton; reeordlng eecretary, Jaa. Wilson, room 808. Ltbor Temple. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EM- ployees, Pioneer Division, No. 101— Meeta Labor Temple, second and foarth Wed* nesdtys tt 8 p.m. President, J. Hobble; vice-president, E. 8. Cleveland: recording see, tary, A. V. Lofting, 2561 Trinity atreet. phone Highland 168R; financial aeeretary tnd buslneas agent, Fred A. Hoover, 2409 Clark drive, offlce corner Prior an-^ Main streets. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF America, Local No. 178—Meetinga held flrst Monday In each month, 8 p.m. Preal* dent, J. T. Ellsworth; vice-president. Miss H. Gutteridge; recording aeoretary, W. W. Hocken, Box 508; financial aeeretary, T. Wood, P. 0, Box 608. Shipyard Laborers' Union, No. 1565—Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month, 8 p.m., abo'r Temple. President, C. Soams; recording secretary. W. Hardy. 445—23rd street west. North Vancouver; financial secre- tary, 8. Phelps. The Woolworth outfit, of 5, 10 and 15 eent store fume, is reported to hnve "earned" more than $80,000,000 last year. As that delectable institution pays its thousands of girl clerks as much as $0 per week it is not easy to see how it could have "earned" bo much in such a short time It must have been due to capitalist "brains," which at times appear to possess the power to produce "earnings" synthetically, as the Germans aro Baid to produce high explosive and great guns The women's organizations in Greater Vancouver will now appreciate moro keenly why organized labor felt ignored nad disappointed by the Brew* ster government when its recommendation for the Workmen's Compensation Board was turned down, to mnke room for a man who had rendered political services to tbe party. The same fate fell to /the lot of the women's choice for tho position of assistant to tbe moving picture censor. When it comes to colossal jokos the Brewster "no pat- ronnge" system is in a class by itself. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, NO. 226—Meets last Sunday of each month tt 9 p.m. President. W. S. Armstrong; vice-president, R. 0. Marehall; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, P. 0. Box 66. PROVINCIAL UNIONS B. 0. FEDERATION OF LABOR—UioU It annual convention in January. Exeeatlrr officer,, 1117-11: Preildent, J. .Verier. Boi 416, Cnmberlind; vice-prealdenti—Vinson* ver; Ju. U. MoVetT, V. 8. Mldgler. Ubor Temple. Tlolorii: J. Tijtlor, Boi 181S. Vancouver Iilind: W. H,id, South Welllnfton. Prinoe Rupert: W. E. Thompaon, Box 694. New Weitmlmter: W. Yatea, 006 London ■treet. Kootenai* Diatrict: A. Goodwin, Boi 26, Trill. Orow, Neit Viller: W. B. Phillip,. 176 McPhenon ivenne. Secretary* trenurer: A. S. Wella, Boi 1(38, Victoria, B. 0. VIOTOBIA. B. q VICTORIA TBADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—Ueeu Int ui third Wedneidi,, ' Labor Hill. 1434 Oovernment Itreet, at 8 , p.m. Preildent, E. Ohrlitopher, Boa 887; * vicu.preaident, Chrlitlm Slverti, 1378 Den* , mm itreet; leeretirjr, B. Simmom, Bos 803,** Victoria, B. 0. SMITH'S BUTTON WORKS Eemitttchlni, bottom covered, icil* lopping, button hole,, pinking, epnng* In, md ehrlnkln,. lettering plcot -.lining, pleating, niching, embroidery. hemming. 683 OruTUU St. 1819 Douglu St. VAHOOUVEB. B.O. VICTORIA, B.O Phon, tey, 8191 Phom 1160 BLBOTBIO PIITDBES AT OOST PBIOES Sn ua and uvi mom,. Uie Jams Electric Co., Ltd. 570 Bichards Street DO II NOW Oet hm, and hive yonr old bicycle ■aide like new. We will enitoel and mike your wheel look like new from •5.60 up. All kindi of repiln it HABKIKS ft ELLIOTT 616*616 How Haitian 413 Phone Sex. 8183 1296 Granville ROOTE Auto Top Co. BEAT COVEE8. AUTO UPHOLSTERING, TOPS RE-COVERED WW WB8TMIM8TBB, B. 0. BARTENDERS' INTERNATIONAL LEAOUK of America, looal 784, New Weitmtmtir. Milti aecond Sondiy of each month at 1*80 p-IB. SKntary, F. w. Jlmeion, Box 496. _PBMOB BOTBBT. B. 0. PRINCE RUPERT TRADES AND LABOB Council—Meeta leeond and fourth Tan* dayi of eich moath, In Cirpenteri' ball. Pre* ■faint, S. D. Uicdonald; Iientary, J, J.. Anderaon, Boa 378, Prince Rupert, B. 0. SOOTH WEHIMOTOE. V. I. LOOAL UNION, NO. 873, U. 31. W. OP A.- Meeta aecond and fourth, Sanday of each montb. it S.80 p.m.. Rlohlrdi Hall. Preaident. Walter Head; vlce-prealdent, Wm. Ivan: recording leoretiry, Ju. Bitemm; flnineiii CENTER & HANNA, Ltd. UNDERTAKERS Refined Servioe 1040 GEORGIA STREET One Block west of Court House. TTflo of Modern Chnpel and Funeral Parlors free to all Patrons. Telephone Seymour 2425 SYNOPSIS OF OOAL MINING REOULA- TIONS. rOAL mining rlghta of the Dominion. In ^ Manitoba, Sukatohtwan and Alberta, tht Vukun lurmory, the North-Weit Territorial and In a portion of the Provinco of Britiah Columbia, mar be leased for a term of twenty-one yeara renewal for a farther term of 21 yean at an annual rental of $1 an aere. -Not mure than 2,6t)0 «orea will be leaaed to one applicant. Application for a leaae muit bo made by tbe applicant In penon to the Agent or Sub- Agent of the dlitrlet In which the rlghta applied for are situated. In lurveyed territory the land muit be del- ■orllied by aeotfona, or legal inb-dlvlalona of ■ectiona, and in unmrvoyed territory the tract applied for ahall be staked out by the applicant hlmatlf. ■ cinch application muit be accompanied by 1 a foe of 15 which will be refunded If tut " rlghu applied for are not available, but not I otherwlae. A royalty ahall ba paid on the I mt. rchantable output of the mine at the rate of five centa per ton. The penon operating the mine ahall fur* nlsh tbe Agent with iworn returna accounting i for the full quantity of merchantable coal 1 mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the ooal mining rights are not being operated, suoh returni should be fnrnlihed at leaat once a year. The lease will Include tbe coal mining j righti only, rescinded by Chap. 27 of 45 George V. assented to 12th June, 1914. For full information application should ba \ mndo to tbe Secretary of the Department of j the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sab- Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Mlnliter of the Interior. N.B.—Unauthorised publication of *hls ad* Kertlsement will not ba paid for.-'-*".675. OROAKIgBD LABOR COMPAMIB8. B. 0. PEDBRATIONIST, LIMITED-Meeta at tail of preildent. Labor Temple, Van- •ww, B. 0. Dlrecton: Jamea. Campbell, . preildent; J. H. MoVety, Mcretarrtreneom J. Naylor and A. fl. Wells. R. p»rm L Pettlpleoe, managing director. Room 217. I Labor Temple, Telephone Seymoar 7405. 4] OmOIAL FAFBB VAHOOUVM TBADES ASS LABOB COOTOn. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST _E WBUM OF LABOB EIGHTH YEAR. No. 27 SIX PAGES The life of your teeth is largely in your own handB. Nature gives you only one permanent set, and intended that they should laBt you for a lifetime. They Will Last You If You Take Oare of Them Are you taking care of them! Look them over right now and aee— It takes only a moment. IP you find any defects, you'll be wise If you como and aee me at 1 once. As an expert, I can tell you what Bhould be done to preserve them or put them in proper condition. It will cost Jena to do that today than it will next month. Tha Ufa of your teeth depends upon tbe can you take of them. Phona Sey. 3331 Appointments for examination made by phone Dr Brett Aijdersoi) Crown and Bridge Specialist -*» 602 Hastings -St. West Corner -Seymour Street BOYS' CLOTHING SUITS—Splendid selection, in variety of styles, including Norfolk, Sports, Pinchback und others; up-to-date tweeds, serges, etc.; 3 to 18 years. All prices. B1,00MER AND KNEE PANTS—Navy or brown velvet; serges, tweeds, corduroy, white serge and, white duck, khaki cotton drill, etc, 3 to 18 years. JERSEYS—Cotton, cashmere and worsted, ribbed and plain knit; navy, brown, green, white, ct*. Sizes 20 to 32. UNDERWEAR—Stockings, shirts, overalls and every requisite for boys' on tilts. WHITE SAILOR SUITS—Detachable navy cuffs and collars; second shipment to hand for 92,60 CLUBB & STEWART LIMITED MEN'S AND BOYS' OLOTHINO Tel. Bey. 702 809 to 318 Hutlngi Stnet Weit AERONUI CO. Pbone Boy. 2207. AERONUI Iceless Refrigerators The kind that ovory union man ■hould have. Simplicity, efficiency and economy combined with a money suver are the principal features of AERONUI :: 670 Richards Street VANOOUVER, B. 0. VIOTOBIA, B. 0.: 618 View Street. Phone, 1209. Greenhouse and Nursery, Esquimau Boad. Phone 219. HAMMOND, B. 0.s Greenhouses and Nursery on 0. P. B. Phone Hammond 17. Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN Fruit and Ornamental Treei and Shrubs, Pot Planta, Seeds, Out Flowen and Funeral Emblems Main Store nnd Registered Office: VANCOUVEB, B. C. 48 Hastings Street East. Phones, Seymour 088*672. Branch Store, Vanoouver—728 OranviUe Street. Phone Seymour 9513 Established 1891 JOHN J. BANFIELD Fire Insurance, Accident Insurance, Estates Managed. MONET TO LOAN 827 Seymour Sb Phone Seymonr US The Sign USE SHAMROCK Brand Lard Butter Ham Eggs Bacon Sausage P. BURNS Of Quality & COMPANY, LTD. Retail Stores in All Sections of the Province BRITISH COLUMBIA'S BEST COAL For your kitchen, Wellington nut. ...$7.00 Kitchen, furnace and grate, Wellington lump... 8.00 For Your Furnace Comox Lump $8.00 Comox Nut - 7.00 Comox Pea 5.00 (Try our Pea Coal for yonr underfeed furnace) macdonald-Marpole Co. .Phone 1 Phone Seymour SEIO iiiy)%B- 1001 MAIM STBBIT VANCOUVER, B. C., FRIDAY JULY *% 1917 The Story of Conscription As It Is Told in the "Motherland" Why the Workers Should Be Determined to Have None of It [By O. Stafford Whitby] AFTER all, you think, tbe Canadian government 'a Conscription Bill doesn't look very aerrouB. They only want 100,000 men; and they will easily be able to get those from one or two of the classes of young unmarried men. So you won't take the trouble to oppose it as strenuously as you might otherwise have done. Is that how you feel? If that is so, you are deplorably unaware of the vital issues at stake. Tho feeling that you have—that the bill is, lifter all, only a small measure- is, it may safely be judged, exactly the feeling' that the government wanted to produce, so as to weaken opposition. Only 100,000 men! In regard to this it may well be asked Why, if the measure is only a small one, a the government bringing within its scope all men in Canada, unmarried and married, between the ages of 20 and 45f Even in Oreat Britain the maximum conseriptive age is only 41. Tjie answer to tho question which we have just put can well be seen by looking ut the history of the conscription movemont in Oreat Britain. The answer is that, consciously or unconsciously, the ruling powers want to get the principle of conscription accepted; Mint to got as many of the workers dusceptible to military control as they can, so that they will be "disciplined;" and want, as a final goal, to have the whole of the people under an industrial conscription, bo that they will havo to work just when, where, and how they are ordered, in order that industry may become more "efficient." Conscription in Oreat Britain. Let us look at the history of this thing in Great Britain. First thoie was the Munitions Act. The worker, under it, cannot leave his job without the ticket-of-leave of his master. He cannot strike, and his wuges are decided by a government department. Then came National Segistration. (We have had that in Canada, too). The government denied in tho most categorical manner that this registration was the prelude to conscription. Then came tho Derby scheme. This was called "the last effort to save the voluntary system.'' How much sincerity was there in those who said this! Lord Derby himself had been for years prior to the war a strong conseriptionist. Within three weeks of the scheme hav* ing been brought to a close, before tbe figures hud been analysed, the first conscription bill wub introduced into the House of Commons. It can well be believed that the wholo businoss was insincere, and that, so far from wishing to save the voluntary system, it was merely a part of tho powerful movement for a cheap and servile army and, finally, complete military and industrial servitude for tbe whole of the population. Let us follow thc subsequent steps which this movoment hus taken. The first conscription bill was introduced. It applied only to unmarried men and was, Mr. Asquith said, intenlded to ful- 111 u pledge which had been given, In connection with the Derby scheme, to the married men. Pledges galore have been givon in connection with tbe Military Service Acts in Great Britain, and pledges galore havo been broken when ti has suited the government to break them. But in the case of the pledge just mentioned, it happened to suit the policy of tho government that the pledge should bo kept, and therefore it became a "solemn duty" to honor it. Like the conscription bill now 'under consideration at Ottawa, the firBt conscription bill iu Great Britain was craftily designed to appear to be only a small measure, so that the opposition to it might be reduced to a minimum and the principle of conscription safely introduced. This measure had not been passed moro than five months before a socond conscription bill, covering the married men, wub brought in and passed. And what will be tho next stage! There cun be littlo doubt that, if the war lasts long enough, as in nil probability it will, tbe government will bring Announcement THE Orpheum CAFE has enlarged its dining room capacity to 135. Wo are now operating tho Castle Hotel dining room in conjunction with the Orpheum Cafe, known as Vancouver's specialty cafe. Union cooks of tho first-class; day and night. UNION HOUSE 762 Granville Street in a full measure of industrial servitude. Lloyd George hae been a believer in industrial compulsion all during the war. That is what he said in June, 1916: Speaking of men in the army: "Their time, their movements, their direction, the very locality where they operate, are chosen for them by the officers of the state. Their very lives are at the disposal of the state. That enables those who represent the state to concentrate them, to order them to places or positions where they can render the greatest service to the state. That is what a voluntary arm, in a military sense, means. I am sorry to aay it does not mean that industrially." Industrial Servitude. As a preliminary step to the indue* trial servitude which, there can be Uttle doubt the government in Great Britain would like to institute, they are now carrying on, through Mr. Neville Cham- borluin, a recruiting campaign for vol- untary "National Service." (The special peculiarity of this service is that it also serves, most valiantly, the interests of the employers, and enables them to increase profits und reduce wages). It is not difficult to see thut siniilar tactics are being employed to those whioh were used in bringing about military servitude. Like the Derby scheme, tbe present National Service scheme is "the last effort to save the voluntary system." It is suggested in some'quarters that there should be in Canada a "last ef- fort to save the voluntary system" by a "Bincere" recruiting campaign. But we take leave* to doubt whether our rulers ure reaUy desirous of saving voluntaryism. We imagine that no matter what were the result of a new recruiting campaign, they would, if possible, on some ground or other, take advantage of wur-time to introduce the principle of compulsion. We Snow Thtm. We know well enough what is the attitude of mind of "industrial magnates" all the world over to the claims which the workers may make for decent conditions of life. We know that they think strikes diabolical, and that they will be only too eager to accept any measures of compulsion which ill "discipline" labor. At the time that the first conscription bill was in* traduced in Oreat Britain, fears were expressed that certain clauses in it might open the way to industrinl conscription. The leaders of the government, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Henderson, gave the strongest possible assurances that sueh fears were groundless. Mr, Asquith, replying to those who were suspicious of the bill on this point, said: "They are afraid that the provisions of this bill, which is intended to deal with the comparatively small cIbss of unmarried men, for the purpose of redeeming the pledge which was giv* en to the married men, will be utilised, or I would rather say, perverted, in its actual application in order to give the einployer a power which he doeB not at present possess, to exerciso coercion over the free action of hiB workmen. Gentlemen, I cannot express in too plain or too strong language, my repudiation of any such intention." Slavery!? Certainly Not. Such were the assurances given. Tet, what happened I From the very first the uct was used and it is Btill used, either directly or as a threat, for purposes of industrial compulsion. Men who were prominent in trade unionism, and thus were not to the liking of the employers, have been discriminated against and sent off to the army. For oxample, the railway companios ean "release for military Bervice" any men whom they chose; and "tho officials oi the National Union Bailway- men repeatedly report that unfair dis- crimination ia taking place." Then again: common practicos of thc tribunals are to exempt men on condition that they receive only army pay while at their ordinary employment, or that tbey shall work under penal conditions ut sweated wages, or that they shall sign a bond which commits them to work for tbe Minister of Munitions and ends with the following clause: "I understand that I am liable to return to military service at any time that I cease to be employed by the Ministry of Munitions, or if I am ordered to report myself for service with tho colors by the competent military auth- Consider two strikes that took place at Dundee. The first occured within month of the passing of the last conscription bill. The employer did not ask for arbitration. He simply reported the men to tho military authorities and they were called up under the act. The second occured last September— on the ferries. As soon as the men came out, soldiers took their place and workod the ferries. These are only n fow instnnces. More might bc given if necessary to show how, even in the absence of a full measure of industrinl compulsion, the Military Service Acts havo boon used in Great Britain for industrial coercion and strike-breaking. "National Bervice." The final goal which many of the influential men who support tho principle of compulsion for national sorvico havo moro or less clearly in view is undoubtedly complete military and industrial Borvltudo. Thoy have not achieved that goal .yet; but if onco tho prlnci* F'le of conscription is nllowed a foot* ng, it will be very difficult, If not impossible, to stay tho progress towards that goal Thore is no logical stopping plaoe. If once it is allowed that the state has the right to compel a man to give his life ns it decides (military conscription), thon there is no logical ground for resisting tho application to Industry Make no mistake about it. Tho conscription bill now beforo Ottawa must be fought by every legitimate and peaceful means thut labor can Command. If tho bill passes and gets Into execution, the principle of compulsion, as applied to mens' lives and labor will havo aocurod a firm foothold, and thoro can be no saying to whnt lengths lt will bo extended. Fortunately labor has a means of opposing It, by passive roslstnnco, which Ib both peaceable and, if carried out with a full senso of tho seriousness of the crisis and an 'unyielding determination not to Bubmit, will assuredly bo successful. A general striko, carried out with strong determination, would bo a small Srice to puy for tho exclusion from anadiun legislation of tho conscription principle It is reported that rats uro increasing enormously in Britain. Evon in normal times they nre credited with destroying (110,000,000 worth of food per year nnd tbis damage is doubled ns a roBult of war conditions. Thoy are I even more costly than royalty. Wealth At the Helm Steers Ship of State Away From Rocks Organized Workers Scent Danger in the Ruling Class Wind The debate on conscription still continues. ... The party lines are being broken and tbey are lining up—autocracy and democracy. (. . . The people are watching the game with interest and it is noticeable that wealth is at the helm, guiding tbe ship of state away from the shoals for conscription of wealth, but the politicians are aware of the great undercurrent of opposition amongst the mass of people to the conscription of flesh and blood only. . . . You notice that a large number of speakers are throwing out the ideu that even if conscription does pass, tbe government should appeal to the voluntary system oven then. In other words try* ing to ride two. horses and lull the people into a false security. , .». In connection witb the Conscription Bill it is interesting to note the following resolution passed by the executive committee of the miners railway and trans* port workers in Groat Britain representing 3,000,000 members and declaring as follows: "We observe with misgivings the attempt to introduce the principle of compulsion. We warn the responsible officials of the danger of efforts to destroy trade unionism by labor conscription declaring that for every reason favoring conscription of men ten reasons exist favoring the conscription of wealth and property." The delegates present represent 3,000,000 organized workmen. The addresses indicated profound dissatisfaction because of the s-aspicion that plans are being perfected contemplating the wholesale conscription of labor. The following resolution was adopted unanimously: "The conference considers tbat the conscription of wealth should have preceded the conscription of human life, nnd, accordingly, it de* rounds the rekgistering of wealth and property in order to prepare for real equality of sacrifice." Is it any wonder that the Canadian organized workers are opposed to tbe present Conscription bill when the evident aim in the old country is aiming at conscription of labor ,thus taking away tbe liberties (such aB they are) now possessed by the workers, In Britain and Canada. Equality of sacrifice is demanded by democracy—not speciul privileges. . . . The list of staple foods in Manitoba, it is reported according to the Lnbor Gazette, to have increased 40 per cent, since May 1914 to May 1917. This is, no doubt, a conservative estimate and should help tho food controller on his way. ... By the way—will the food controller havo tho power to uso the big stick or will it only be a fly swatter) — The Voice, Winnipeg, Is there any truth in the rumor that Satan has also decided to conscript his objects and consecrate all tho potentialities of his realm to tbe purpose of "making tho world safe for democracy!" 'Tag days" and "flag days" and "liberty bond drives" and "Ked Cross boosts" and "Pershing days," and ull of the other schemes and devices to raise cash and patriotism on account of the war are somehow or other strangely reminiscent of the efforts of the bankruptcy-threatened small merchant to cscapo the day of final reckoning, by resorting to '' mark down sales,'' "stock-tuking sales,""sacrifice sales," "fire sales,'" and other such indications of financial soundness nnd stability. Even the high-sounding platitudes about "democracy and liberty" that nre so plenteously peddled to catch the public car and the popular fancy seem to havo a sort of dull metullic sound strungoly suggestive of old brasH, old bottlcH and similur junk. SHOP AT SLATER'S Bacon, sliced, per lb 30c Ayrshire Bacon 30c and 35c 18 lbs. B. C. Sugar 11.65 Slater's Tea, lb 30c Slater's Coffee, lb 86c Apex Jam, 4*lb. tins 400 Tomatoes, large cans, 2 for.... 85c Evaporated Milk 10c Jello, 3 for 85c McDonald's Pork and Beans 10c FBESH MEAT A SPECIALTY Delivery to All Parts 131 Hastings St Eait Sty. 3868 830 Oranvillo St. Soy. 866 3811 Mais Stroot. Mr. 1683 Sou-Van Milk Should bo la too how of overy UNION mas. IS IT m TOU1S1 Fair, seat (1£CT) $1.60 PER YEAR Inexpensive Garments FOR THE MAN WHO TOILS —is— . THE CARHARTT MOTTO UNION-MADE by our own girls If your dealer doesn't carry Carhartt's Overalls, he doesn't think much of you. PANAMA HATS A full lin of Natural and White Bleached Panamas. 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This company desires to go on giving these features of service, realising the dependence of the public upon them, but must have the support of the public in the paying parts of the transportation system. (Mse-tru PAGE POUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST PBIDAY™ ..July 6, IU JtouL taOtutb -WH/ OwLaJc, Gyrywru Visit the Beauty Spots Near Vancouver By The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Frequent train service from North Vancouver to the following places of interest: CYPRESS PARK Round Trip 35c CAULFIELDS " " 35c EAGLE HARBOR " " 40c LARSON'S RANCH ...... " " 50c WHYTECLIFFfor HORSESHOE BAY „.... " " 50c Excellent accommodation for picnic parties. For further particulars phone Sey. 9547. Passenger Dept. Pacific Great Eastern Railway HERE IT IS: If the tea you use comes in a package like this, you may be sure that you are buying the most delicious blend of Indo-Ceylon teas obtainable. KELLY, DOUGLAS ft COMPANY, LTD. Vancouver, B. 0. Westminster Iron Works JOHN REID, Proprietor GENERAL MACHINISTS AND ENGINEERS Manufacturers of STRUCTURAL and ORNAMENTAL IRONWORK Offlce and Worki: Tenth Stroot NEW WESTMINSTER, B. 0. 10 SUB. CARDS $10, PAY FOR WHEN SOLD EL DORO CIGARS McLEOD, NOLAN & CO. MAKERS LONDON, ONT. Made by the Highest Skilled Union Labor and under the most sanitary conditions Using only the Highest Grades of Tobacco grown. Positively Hand-made. For Sale Everywhere. D. J. ELMER Sales Manager for B. C. and Yukon 3118 Alberta St., Vancouver, B. C. MAJESTIC CONCHAS 2 for 25c 3 for 25c ACTUAL SIZES nix* Democracy, Liberty and Conscription. Editor B. C. Federationist: I should like to conclude the consideration of a point which I raised in my letter of last week. I pointed out that the distinction which it is often attempted to make between offensive and defensive war has no objective validity and is for practical purposes valueless: that, iu a subjective view, a war is defensive to those who take certain views and entertain certain fears as to the futuro, although the same war may not appear to be defensive to those who do uot share such views and fears; and I pointed out that the only satisfactory ground to tako is on the claim that every man has a right to follow his individual judgment as to whether he will answer a call to arms. Now, further, this is tho only ground that is consonant with elcrneutary human rights to individual liborty. It ia said thut conscription is democratic. Tho bureaucracy of (Jormany is nt ono ou this point with the plutocracy of America und the oligurchy of Knglund. Now, if we conceivu of democracy as meaning simply a system of government by which it is legitimate for tho majority or the representatives of the majority to decreo that a man shall do auything whatever that is chOBen, irrespective of tho man's profoundest convictions and evcu though it involves his committing murdor aud sacrificing bis own life, then, I say, our conception of democracy hus gono sadly astray somewhere and is out of harmony with elementary ideas of human dignity und individuul liberty, lt is, however, only u harsh, forensic view of democracy, such us might bo held by lawyor-politicians, and which iB un* inspired by the inner spirit of democracy, that can lead to such a oonoep tion us democratic. A man is not a true democrat merely because he haB accepted democratic political institutions as the form under which the government of the community is to be conducted. Even in the country with the most completely "democratic" government in the world, the government is still at present essentially in the hands of privilege. It is not necessary to remind workingmen of the class nature of even the most "democratic" institutions* they are but too acutely aware of this fact. What, then, is the essential character of the democratic spirit; what is the spirit with which any institution or form of organization must be informed before it can be accounted truly democratic I It is belief in the value of the individual man. This belief it is that leads to the demand that men shall govern themselves in their own interests and shall not be uaed as the tools of others to further the intereBtB and purposes of others. This belief it is thut leads to a demand for the abolition of privilege of every kind. This belief it is that leads to the claim that every man shall have the means for developing the fullest richness of life of which he is capable And this belief it is which, finally, leads us to see the necessity for social democracy. I do not wish to conceal this last plication of the democratic spirit. The man who has really grasped the fundamental idea of domocracy and is in full sympathy with it will find, if his thinking is conducted clearly, that he is inevitably driven to a belief in Socialism. Tho democratic spirit has been slowly working iu tho evolution of human society from the days of chattel slavery to the mitigated slavery of today; but we have u long way to go beforo the democratic movemont approaches completion. It is our business to help that movement along. We shall not help it, but, rather, shall retard lt and throw back, if, inresponse to the pleas for "democracy" so prevalent today, we are so untrue to the essential demo* emtio spirit aB to entertain any proposals for the conscription of meu. Tho democratic spirit is not opposed to, but, rather at one with tho spirit of liberty. No one contends thut every man has a right to unlimited liborty. Every man's right to liberty is con- ditloned by the equal right to liberty of all other men. And, it may be noted, it is just because the capitalist system violates this equal right of the many in favor of the few that dehiocracy calls for its abolition. Its abolition and replacement by social democracy will certainly, in a sense, restrict the liberties of a few, namely, those who live on rent and interest without per* forming corresponding services, but it will increase the liberties of the many, and to all, workers and capitalists alike, wUl bring opportunity for finer and better liberties than aro possible under the shameful system of today. I am trying to make it clear how the question of liberty relates to the question of democraoy. I have just pointed out that, in respect to the industrial life of society, the duo measure of lib* erty for all men is not something which already existB but something which has yet to be achieved. If, because of the claims of tho many, we attack the privileges of the few, wo are assisting the cause of true domocracy. But the simple, inalienablo right of a man to yield his life or not for a given causo as he chooses is a liberty which all men, merely aa men, already have in com* mon. If we attack this liberty, wo are attacking a fundamental and democratic right. Any man who entertains the idea of the conscription of manhood does not understand the fundamentals of domocracy and human liberty. Many of the phrases uaed by our modern " democrats" who favor conscription are themselves sufficient proof of the absence of the true democratlo spirit. We are accustomed to the workers being called "hands." We now hear of man- "power," of "roundup" and "oomb- they , freedom i Atl icaj ners to the Should - indeed 1 there three l. hundred hiked : that i men of democrat they are intolerable. 0. S. W. Vancouver, June 25, 1917. Patriots Patriotism and Proats. Editor Federatlonist: I wish to heaven you would quit harping at tho good people God has placed in authority ovor and the spirit of sacrifice which ' have shown in the great fight for om and democracy, least one bunch of patriots* should escape your censure, nainely the Can's' association. They have nobly eome their country's assistance, even to 1 limit of endorsing conscription. ■■' conscription be enacted, it will be a serious matter for them, as are employed at each cannery or four white men and as many 3d Japs and Chinks. It is to be — that such self-sacrificing patriot- will be rewarded by exemption from ■-- provisions of the "militia aot." Cannerymen's sons have left the pleasant occupation of squandering the wealth that workers have produced, and 1 for the "field of glory," in order . we poor toilers might help to gur- — in the profits for their dads in wage competition with the Chinks. Cannery- nen have always been patriotic; it is lot new or ephemeral with them; Four years ago whon Canada was in need of u to man tho gallant Rainbow, one them was willing to allow recruiting . Steveston. Of course he said the little brown mon" woro much super- >r fishermen, and easier exploited than the white ruce, of whom few wore employed at his cannery. Soe the Provinco of that date. Our local capitalists unpatriotic? No sir, Mr. Fed.l 'Wanted—By lnrge mfg. concern, nightwutohman; hours from 5 p.m. till 7 a.m.; returned soldier preferred: wages $50 per month." Adv. Vancouver Province. Why wait for conscription when rewards like this ure looming up, you working stifft Why that is a gentleman's job, just liko huving an "income from 'ome." * When the war is over we will employ all wounded European soldiers; thoy know how to reBpect their omployers proporly and will be satisfied with small wages." From tho manager (who is of Teutonic birth) of a big industrial concern, which shows that the patriotic heart of industry is largo enough oven to adopt the alien enemy, if ho is docile, obodiont and cheap. "When the war is over Germany will be boycotted, and trill have to send her money to us for Investment." From a president of a big financial concern, which makes itB employees donate generously to the patriotic fund. Thore is nothing moan or selfish about our patriots. They will even handle cash for the enemy. "Ven I get nlrotty to make the shells I am ust $75,000 in der hole, und now I am ust oud of id; I hnf not mado nod- dings yet." From a Gorman-American Jew, about two months nfter he got a littlo shell sub-contract. He is making shells yet, just to give work to the poor. The love that pnytriotism inspires for the welfare of mankind is wonder- full "If you can't work twonty-four hours a day, get to hell out of here." Boss of the works at another large industrial and patriotic concern to a returned soldier, who complained that his busted leg would not stand more than a twolve-hour shift. This sctandod a little rough, but tho soldier was unreasonable, us a scow was to unload or demurrage would have to be paid. "Der iss a lot of vimens in Vancouver dot iss afraid dot do var vill pe ofar pefore der husbauta iss killed, if dey doned get gonscriptlon." From nu unsophiticated heathen of a socialistic viking. Something Bhould be done with such characters. Thoy might get aome simple-minded people to bolieve there was some truth in their remarks. If my boy turned back I would bo the first to shoot him," From a belligerent captain in Vancouvor. Tho christianizing effect of wur is indeed wonderful, when a father will voluntarily proclaim himself a would-be gory murderer of his offspring. Is it any wonder that the meek and lowly followers of the Lamb should so enthusiastically endorse it? "If Jesus Christ were here He would be in the trenches." Message from the Lord by mouth of a Vancouver pro- phet. There is no question about that, if He tried the same stunts as when He was here before. A P. S.—It Is reported that B. T. Sogers and ex-Aid. Bethune are going to fight for freedom and democracy. PAYTBIOT. Finnish dispatches assert that Japan haB offered to support the new Bussian government in the work of organizing the democracy and in the organization of the army Now that this despotism, that is second only to that of Germany, has como out on the side of democracy, it is difficult to aee how the triumph of that plebeian faith can be avorted. With kaiser "Bill," kaiser Woodrow, and now the Mikado thus lined up for democracy, it should win out, hands down, unless it bo a caso of God save domocracy from its friends. Lord Bobort Cecil says tbat ono of the reasons why ho supports woman suffrage is "that it makes for contentment with tho governmont and creates the sense thut tho people ure governing themselves." Truth is snid to often como forth from the mouths of babes and sucklings. Sometimes, evidently, lordships blurt it out without realizing just what thoy aro doing. Thut the franchise is being givon to women for the purpose of fooling everybody concerned, excopt tho donors themselves, is no doubt truo. But oven at that it in but a repetition of whut wob done whon the frnnchiso was given to tho male working stiffs. It wus givon them to enable them to be used by their petty capitalist mastors for the purposo of pulling tho teeth of the feudal lords whose Derogative to rule* and rob, these oncoming capitalists were desirous of appropriating. And now woman, gentle woman, is being enfranchised for the purpose of being used by those petty capitalists, who have grown big, to break down the few privileges the male workers have been ablo tt> wring from them during the long struggles of the past. An enfranchised woman will not be so oasily driven out of the shops and factory hells of capitalist by her male compatriot after the war is over, as would be the case if she did not havo the voto. And right well tho Lord Cecil and his ilk know it. Tho women will havo political power, not enough to do them any appreciable good outside of enabling them to more successfully hang on to jobs, but just enough to aid the capitalists in taming the masculine slaves of capitalism who may have become too muoh obsessed with rebellious notions to admit of Bound and peaceful sloep upon the part of their masters. It Ib a great game once you can see just how it is played upon the suckers, It iB for a fact. AROUE! acco. "THE BEER WITHOUT A PEER" So popular beoause it's so good. Cascade is brewed of tbe highest grade B, 0. hops, and selected Canadian barley-malt, and is aged for months in our cellars before being offered to the publio, WHEN YOU BUY CASCADE YOU Oet a Beer that has knowledge and pure material baok of it. TRY A DOZEN PINTS AND BE CONVINCED BREWED AND BOTTLED AT THE BREWERY - FOR SALE EVERYWHERE - Vancouver Breweries Limited ST. REGIS HOTEL M. E. 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Hillcrest 2094. 09a You Can Always Sell a "Used" Ford IN the first place, a Ford touring car costs only $495—F. 0. B. Ford, Ont. In the second place, there is always a demand for used Ford cars at good prices. The average resale price of a Ford Car, after one season's use, is only $125 less than the price of a new car. Try to sell another make of used car tha costs $1,000 or less, and you will be lucky to find a buyer for it at $250 to $400 less. Ford A Ford certainly gives an owner $125 worth of service per year. No one will question that. So, if you sell your Ford at the end of the year, you get your money out of it. The Ford Car is the one safe motor car investment on the market. It gives you the greatest values for your money. Runabout Touring ■ $475 $495 I. O. B. FORD, ONT. VANCOUVER URBAN DEALERS FERGUSON-HIGMAN MOTOR CO. Cor. 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English style'Cans from $19,75 Illustrated Catalogue post free. Shaw's Baby Cars (O. S. SHAW 1 CO.) ''It K,\ J* rxT ~ b^Py ( ® [By Walter Head] SOUTH WELLINGTON, V. I., July 2.—We bad quite an influx of notable visitors at *»ur union meeting on Bunday. I have a hunch that at least two of them were on hand for the purpose of taking a tumble out of your huinble servant. Have been informed that I offended them a few weeks ago when I took occasion to level a little criticism at their devoted heads re the come-down on the boy scout movement and their inactivity along real work* ing clau lines. However, by back is broad and I refuse to play the game of the master class by condoning efforts to railroad the workers into a military system. International Organizer Present The first of the International board members to take the floor was Adam Wilkinson, Montana. He gave a very interesting talk on the history of the organization, and dealt with many of the activities of the U. M. W. of A. in the unorganized districts, especially the southern states, where they are carrying on an active campaign of organization in Alabama and Kentucky. The miners of Colorado are taking an interest in the organization. They have about 6,000 members in one district. The Victor American Co. haB recognized the 'union, and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Oo. is expected to fall in line before long. They obtained an increase of wages automatically whenever the fully-organized districts obtained an increase. Delegate Wilkinson spoke of the beneficent results obtained by the making of trade agreements, and cited Montana us an instance of what had been obtained by the making of time agreements—no strikes, and a full treasury (the latter may not prove to be the boon it is claimed to be). The minimum wage on the surface in the Montana mines is $3.55, and on the inside $4.00. (The wage paid to some of Dicky McBride's Canadians doesn't compare very favorably with "Bobby" Harlln Present. The next speaker was "Bobby" Harlin, of District 10, Washington. He also gave a brief history of the organization, tracing ita growth out of the union of the old Knights of Labor; lauded the time ngreement system,-on the grounds that it prevented spasmodic strikes and builds up the treasury of the organization. He pointed out the necessity of applying wage in- croaseB on a Hut basis instead of the percentage basis, as the increase on percentage bnsis tends to make the difference between the high and low paid men greater. He spoke briefly upon tho personnel of the coal commission nppointed by the U. S. government to deal with tho coal trade: to conserve tho coal supply for national purposes. The gentlemen composing this commission are almost exclusively labor-skinners of the lowest degree. The actions of the International in subscribing $50,000 to the Liberty Loan was explained. (It need ed some). The spenker claimed that the executive board invested in Liberty Bonds for the purpose of securing gilt-edged security, carrying a good rate of interest. It also had the effect of kooping on tho good side of patriot; The action of the executive, board on the proposed elimination of the clause debarring boy scouts from becoming members was excused on the grounds that tho American boy scout movement was not a militarist movement. He then stated an axiom, "that the U. M. W. of A. was an opportunist movement," and finished his oration with the words, "I want to SEE Ger many licked." Well! go to it, Bobby, old Bport. There's lots of room. Dave Irvine On tbe Job. Our old war-horse, "Davy" Irvine, dealt very comprehensively with the trouble in District 18, showing very plainly that at tbe inception of the trouble the men wore rather hasty in their actions, especially in view of the fact of their convention adopting the non-suspension policy which provides for the men remaining at work until negotiations nro broken off. He wns of the opinion, howover, that the men were entitled to support after the later complications had arisen, UB. PATBIOK DONWBLLY. The only Liberal candidate of,tbe six Vancouver City ticket, at tbe provincial jceneralelec ■ City _.. _ „ . tions last fall to be defeated, but who will, in alt probability, be selected by the forth* , „ ......_ . JlT bia views, though widely interested In flnanclal undertakings throughout the province. coming convention of the Liberals In this cit; contest the bye-election against all-comers, " ed by , ity as the logical choice of the party to Mr. Donnelly is conservatively radical In He Ib an experienced campaigner, having only recently acted as manager of Hon, J. W. deB. Farris1 bye-election which at tbe last minute became unnecessary owing to lack of opposition, probably because of the "preparedness." His political activltlei In tbe province date back to 1900, the tempestous days of "Fighting .roe" Martin's regime. In the 1916 elections, Mr. Donnelly polled 7005' votes, as against 6118 votes cast for H. H. Stevens, M.P., when he was elected In 1911. The civilian vote for Mr. Donnelly In September last was 5740, as against -1942 votes cast for Mr. C. E. Tisdall, Conservative, next highest to Hon, W. j. Bowser on that occasion. Wben aU is said and done, Mr. Donnelly has earned the confidence and support of hli party and it Is freely asserted that at the coming convention be will be amply rewarded for his consistent and energetic record as a public citiien In this city and province. *** when the operators got stubborn and refused to accept the .findings of the arbitrator. He declared himself as being opposed to militarism in any form and commended the actions of our local in opposing conscription and advised the men not to go too far ahead of the procession and make martyrs of themselves 'Unnecessarily. B. O. F. of L. President There Too. 'Joe" Naylor spoke briefly, curtailing his remarks to allow of questions being asked. He excused the action of the International executive on the grounds of ' political expediency." That's about what it amounted to anyway. A Bather Candid Impression. I am afraid that if I were to give my candid opinion of the impressions I received it would perhaps be against the interests of the whole of the work* ers on this Island. However, one thing no one could fail to notice was that the labor movement across the line, as far as real working class activity is concerned, is dead from both ends. When the officers of the organized working class carry the art of compromise too far they are lost, and as fur as I can see, the only attitude to take is one of increasing warfare against capitalism and non-participation in any war waged by the ruling class. Next week I hope to contribute n short article on the visit of two of the members of the compensation board. TWENTY-FIVE TEARS AGO Trades and Labor Council. July 2, 1692. Following took seats as delegates: W. T. Green, B. A. Shaw and C. McDonald, K. of L. No. 677 (Longshoremen); D. Stewart, Murray and Lundy, Tailors; J. T. Beattie, H. W. McKeo and Geo. Pollay, K. of L. No. 5006; Thos. Oliver and W. Pleming, Amalgamated Carpenters; Geo. H. Leaner, Percy Whitworth and Geo. Bartley, Printers; S. Townley, D. M. (VDwyer and F. P. Bishop, Painters; Geo. Gagen, Geo. Walker and A. Wilson, Brotherhood Carpenters; Robt. Cosgrove, Frank Gale and Fred Bridge, Building Laborers; J. Spearing, K. of L. No. 677, ns delegate to Labor day committee. President Bartley reported for Labor day committee. F. P. Bishop was elected marshal for Labor day parade, with P. Wood and Percy Whitworth as aides. Geo. Pollay reported re establishing labor bureau, that something might be done in that direction when a walking delegate was appointed, Mr. N. D. Cochran, editor of a small no-advertising daily published in Chicago, was in Washington rcently. In speaking of what is going on there he says, "the really big thing they talk about in whispors and don't print in newspapers is the fear of revolution right here at home—unless the high cost of living is knockd down quickly." Such being the case revolution will surely come, for the very simple reason that nothing short of that can "knock" the wind out of high prices, all of the "old Mother Partingtons" with their brooms and mops to the contrary notwithstanding. Those who are so very anxious to bring the present war to an end may as well preserve themselves with calm and pickle their disturbed souls with patience. This delightful littlo ruling class scrimmage will be brought to an end in d*ue time, nnd the force that will call the tuno will be BEVOLUTION, Slavery, with its horrible and disgusting phantasmagoria of robbery, rapine and slaughter, is destined to go. Thc red flag of human brotherhood may even now be seen upon the outer but- tlemcnts. There will soon be a flne assortment of thrones, crowns and sceptres available to the junk man of oblivion, 004 Robson Street, Vancouver BAGGAGE Delivered to and from all Boats, Trains, and any part of the city. Furniture Moving by Experts Pianos Moved and Hoisted Storage andPacking Phone us day or night Seymour 605 and 405 Great Northern Transfer O. N. Railway Main Street Shipbuilders Laborers' Union. At last meeting, 70 members being present and 28 were initiated. W. Hardy was elected business agent pro tem. If successful in producing the goods, another local business agent has come to stay. Delegates appointed to the Trades and Labor council: Bros. E. Oliver, M. A. Phelp, Mcintosh and Hepburn. It was also decided to affiliate with the Metal Trades council. The next meeting will take place tonight, being a "special." The greatest mistuke recorded in history is that made by Czar Nicholns when ho promulgated the "win the war'' edict prohibiting the manufacture nnd snle of vodka. Just us soon as the Russian workors and peasants got the fumes of vodka out of their heads they proceeded to plash the Czar off his perch, in high class language called a throne. Now that he is out of a job the Czar no doubt realizes what a mistake he made. When tho workers get over the patriotic drunk with which thoy are afflicted at present, there will be some more rulers whose thrones will topple dangerously. Some more Czars will be pushed into the discard. Thc wage of labor is "pnid*1 out of the product of labor. The living of the capitalist, as well as his profits arc also pnid out of the products of labor. The laborer consumes his wageB oach day in restocking his physical machinery with the energy that ho has expended in "earning" his wnge. Ho never has anything left. All of which is equivalent to saying that ho works for nothing, boards himself and pays the capitalist class right handsomely for thc privilege of so doing. And then to add to his fclicitious circumstances his country may. upon occasion conscript him to go forth and "make the world safe for democracy!" But he is not the victim of a pipo-dream, but u sovereign citizen, the equal of a king. That is if he lives in tho United States. The Twelfth of July will be celebrated this year in B. C. at Mahon Park, North Vuncrfjver. The programme concludes with a dance in the evening, ••* Milk 18 Food Read What Professor Sherman, Columbia University, says: "Thoao who aro ablo to spend 30 to 40 cents por person per day for food, are practicing true economy when thoy buy the bost milk obtainable, even at 15 to 20 cents per qnart. True Economy lies in high food value. Milk is 100% food. Canadian Dairy Products Publicity Bureau A Fact Is A Fact CACTS may be strangled for years, but never killed. * The general public has always been flrst to recognize seienee or invention. Oovernment officials and professional men last. The citizens of British Columbia are being benefited by facts that we have presented from time to time during the last seventeen years, and now professional men are awakening to the merit of our claims. DEAD Dr. Walkem's letter. It is a straightforward endorsement of our claims: (Copy) ACTWOOPTICAL IK8T1TOTE Venn. Jordan Jk Gamble, Vaneoaver, B. O. Oeatlamen: I have to thank 701 for tto opportunity yoa have gtvea ao taring tbo lut two or three months of oornbontiat oortala eoneluteaa I art arrive* at with ngard to soma secondary functions of tto oro. A dor or two of 0 I published la tto Province aa artlolo oa what X 00a- aldirod waa a bow sabject ia ooaaoetloa with tto laaetieae of tto an. Ia that artlolo I tried to ahow ttat la addition to tto ngalar ran of light whioh put Into tto brain br meana ol tho eorma latea, aad rive ao tto powor of sight, then woro ettor ran which had to bo aeeeaated for, aad which It wu oalr reasonable to believe bad othor fuotlou to porta*. In writing thia lettsr, I an raided br tto sola deoiro to advaaeo aar seloatUo knowledge which weat promt possess. It lo very anfortaaato la t tho promotion of anything whloh one claims to bo eeientllcally bow, ttat a professional brother* generally- exhibit a rabid antagonism to aar scion- e discovery whloh bu not originated (rom tto brain box of oome oae within their own profeuiostl ranke. It ahould uah* no matter or dlfer- onoo to them how or br What moane the birth of a dUoovarr takea place, eo long u it itandi the tact of a rigid Innotlgatlon br one ot ttelr own kind. In Current Opinion for June, thero U a voir timely article u to tto notable abieneo of a ipirlt of march among the ranke of thoee who an looked upon u tho professional exponent! of everything In the way of what li new in the identlAc world. It le then pointed out that all the gnat dlieoverlw of a pioneer kind In physiology, ehemiitry, biology and many other "ogles" won made br men without organisation to autala thorn. who often worked alone and moit often In a hoitllo atmosphere.' Juit inch condltlona exlit ln thli very city. If statements of a novel chanoter an made by men ontaide of tbe profession I am a member of, why doea not some one investigate these so-called scientific dlseoveriea, and if they .will not bear investigation, then come out openly and denounce tbe man who makes the claim u a prince of fakers. This would be a better and mon satisfactory ground to aisnme than ttat taken by a majority of "wiseacres or witllnge" who, without giving the statement! a moment's consideration or thought, denounce the claim of a scientific dlicovery, u an emanation from one who withes to make money by It instead of the more kindly wish to amedlonte the sufferings of the human family. Aa I wu looking around for lorae evidence ln eupport of my theory that the human eye had mon fnnctloni tban that of the commonly accepted theory of eight and light only, I took the trouble to Investigate many of the claims you pot forth, and in every cue I have ao far investigated, I found your contention to be correct. True, I have not had tbe opportunity of pushing my enquiries by personally questioning every cue, but I hopo to do so In the future, to back np and instain tbe Important theory I have advanced u to tho otter functions of tbe eyo In connection with the raya of light which an transformed by tha retina in some other manner than by the corpus lutea, the optic nerve, the optic thalamus and the brain. Youn very truly, (Signed) W. W. WALKEM, M. D. Jane 7th, 1017. (Copy) Dr. W. W. Walkem, 1733 Twelfth Street Eut, City. Dear Doctor: Wo wars glad to receive from you today a letter endorsing the statements wo have been making in reference to defective and malformed eyes. And we an gratified to know that your own experience and investigation prevails our own. I may sey that each day brings to our offlee farther confirmation of the faot that Ill-health of various kinds are largely preventable if proper steps are taken to correct, by means of suitable lenses, the eye defects responsible for the physical disabilities. It la a pleasure for us to know''that, coming to onr oftee quite on yonr own volition, yon uw for yourself the remits we have boon able to obtain by oor methodi, and we wish to extend a further invitation to you. to continue to avail yourself of our facilities at any time. Thla invitation does not only include yourself, but it Is extended to any othen in yoar profession who are interested In the subject we ara devoting our time to. tours very truly, J. P. GAMBLE, Secretary Acltoo-optlcal Institute, Ltd. (Copy) June 10th, 1917. Dr. W. W. Walkem, 1732 Twelfth Street East, City. Dear Dr. Walkem: We were Indebted to you for yonr letter of endorsatlon dated June 0th, and as adequate publicity Is highly desirable if we are to Interest the general public in our investigation and discoveries, we an writing to auk your permission before usoing it as indicated. Yours very truly, ACTINO-OPTICAL INSTITUTE, LTD. A. McKAY JORDAN, President. (Copy) Vancouver, B. C, June 10th, 1917. Dr. A. McKay Jordan, 830 Birks Building, Vancouver, B. C. Doar Sir: In reply to your letter, doted Jnne 16th, I beg to stste that while I did not Intend my letter for publication, it being one, simply thank* . Ing yon and poor partner for courtesy shown to me when I wan making some Investigations; yet I feel thst if lt will be of any use or bene8t to you, I bave no objection to your making) use of it in a legitimate way, as I am sure you will. Youn very truly, (Signed) W. W. WALKEM, M. D. Just Another Proof T AST week we had thc privilege of examining thc first ■ infantile paralysis case to be quarantined in our city last year. It proved our theories to be true, that structural irregularities of the eyes are the cause of Infantile Paralysis—misnamed—that it is no more a germ disease than any other kind of paralysis—as universally believed. This child presented a condition of thc eyes that I have repeatedly claimed would bc found in paralysis cases, whether young or old, only this was a more exaggerated form than many. These structural defects existed at birth, and were of such an extent that thc eyes were crossed, which must have been manifested to the physician in charge. The left arm was badly shrunken. The intestinal organs improperly functioned. When the correcting lenses were applied, thc child's eyes began to straighten. The stomach began to function properly. He became loss irritable. He rested and slept better at night, ln one week there was a marked change in the boy's condition. Now, the mother is convinced that had thc child received proper attention at thc propor time, paralysis would not have existed. These are her statements to mc, and statements in which I fully concur. It will be remembered by some, that the writer offered to go to Washington, D. C., last summer to demonstrate to thc authorities thc claims 1 presented to thc readers of this city, and in reply from Washington, thc writer was requested to make thc demonstration in his own locality where this caso was reported. The writer asked thcX'ity Health Officer, thc Hospital superintendent, the President of thc Medical Association for the privilege of examining this child's eyes for scientific purposes, and was very curtly refused. Enough has been said. You who suffer from nerve troubles without knowing the cause—hove the answer in Dr. Walk em's letter. Eighth Floor, Birks Building A. McKAY JORDAN, Dlagiiostican Ground Foor Branch, (.49 OranviUe Street J. D. GAMBLE, Consulting Specialist ln Oharge PAGE SIX THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FRIDAY... A clean mouth indicates good health —and you can't have a clean mouth unless your teeth are in proper condition. Every defective spot in a tooth—every twinge or growl of pain arising from, it is a signal which warns yow-not only ia that tooth in danger, but that your general health is threatened. YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO RUN THE RISK See me us soon as your tooth becomes defective—even in the slightest degree. Prompt attention mennB lsser cost for attention, nssurance of comfort for you and guarantee of the preservation of your health and working powers. I make special provision for prompt attention to patients coming from out ofl the dty. Phone Sey. 3314 Dr.Wm. H. son DOOTOE OF DENTAL SUBOBBT 602 Granville Street ir. 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Make an appointment for my personal service and attention. oiBce open XeL Sey. 2715 TueatUy ud Rlday evenings "* °"'* *V DR. GRADY 202 Bank of Ottawa Building Hastings and Seymour Streets PRINTING COWAN li BBOOKBOUIB Later Temple frxtN Sey. 4400 To memben of mr anion la Cinide • ■pedal nte for Tke Federation!!* of 91 mt ysar—lt a elnb of 10 or more le sent Poultry Wanted BBS! PBIOBI HARRY STEVENS ' Phene aeymeet 1097 no oitnvtii* st In the worda of the lete Thomaa Hood, the late English poet: "Oh Ood, that wealth should be to dear, And flesh and blood eo cheap." THE NANAIMO COAL BEST _!___ BEST FEIOB BBK 8EEVI0B Evans, Coleman & Evans, Limited Wbart Office: rOOT COLUMBIA AVENUB Uptown Offlco: 407 OBANVILLB STBEET Seymour 226 EMPRESS Strawberry Jani o o IB JUST LIKE o o THE JAM MOTHER USED TO MAKE Tou can get the new pack now. Comee in one-lb. glass jars or 4-TD, tins ASK TOUB OROOER FOR IT Ton cm hare yonr money buk If the Jam ie not pure or does not giro satisfaction Empress Manufacturing Co Manufacturers of guaranteed food products Vancouver, B. C, .July, 6, Ml! MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MAKES COOP SUCCESTION Would Have Federal Government Put Thousands of Acres of Land Under Cultivation To Avoid Shortage Hon. Duncan Marshall, minister of agriculture in the adjoinhig province of Alberta, may not know a great denl about agriculture; he may be the politician that he himself thinks he is; he may be as dominating a factor in the political game as aome of hia critics charge him with; he may not be particularly original in his ideas. But lie ut least has one idea for publication that should b'e placed to hiscredit. At the Calgary fair recently Mr. Marshall suggested that the federnl government proceed now to break up some 500,000 acres of land available in Alberta, and get it ready for a grain crop next year. Thia, tbe minister- said, would at leaBt help to solve the difficulties of any cereal shortage because of exports this winter. Such a plan, -as even Mr. Marshall can Bee, would not only ensure increased food production, alleged by thc patriots to be essentia], but it would assist in solving the returned soldier problem, if there is any solution. In fact if the proper men are placed in charge of the work, the undertaking will undoubtedly prove such a success thut it will lead to other ventures on a similar sound business basis. The FederationiBt hopes that the idea will be developed by the federal government, if only to offset the gcnral opinion in the public mind that it ia incapable of grasping an idea or executing anything really worth while. POSTMEN'S THIRD ANNUAL BASKET PICNIC TOMORROW Postmen and Their Many Friends Will Sojourn to Larson's for the Day. Tbe postmen's third annual basket picnic will be'held tomorrow fit Larson'b (near Whytecliffe). Trains leave North Vancouver Vt 2:30 p.m. (picnic special) and 3:02 p.m., returning at 7:16 p.m., 8:30 p.m. (picnic special and 10:16 p.m. Sports prizes, ten sugar and milk provided. Facilities for bathing. Tickets, ad-jlts 60c, children 30c. Sports programme (two prizes)—50 yards handicap race, boys under seven years; 50 yards handicap race, girls under seven years; 75 yards handicap race, boys under twelve years; 75 yards, girls under 12 years; egg and spoon race, postmen's wives; egg and spoon race, postmen only; nail driving contest, ladies only; 100 yards handicap, ladies only; 200 yards handicap, gents only; three-legged race, committee men only. The public cordinlly invited. ^A good titaie for all. Get your tickets from the postman. A SPASM OF VIRTUE AND A CHANOE OF HEART Continued from page 1 fact thnt it had been so long overlooked by the late-lamented Bowser government is a sorry reflection upon the perspicacity of that celebrated aggregation of political and acquisitive talent. That the Liberal government has so splendily risen to the occasion, as is indicated by its proposed action in the matter, speaks volumes on behalf of the keenness of vision and clearness of political insight upon the part of the noble electorate of the province, which so cleverly ousted the inept political villains of yore and substituted a far more capable bunch. One Oood Thing About It. At least one thing will result from the opening of these slave plantations to the ordinary everyday practices nnd customs of the civilized world. The opportunity will be opened for the slaves to organize and ally themselves with their fellows in other parts for their mutual protection and betterment. It will open the door for the labor union official to come in and get in touch with the men there employed, possibly with a view of bringing them into the organizations of labor already existing. The brutal and arrogant ruffianism that has ben previously indulged in by the masters of these "closed" alave pens will scarcely be tolerated in the future. The instincts of common decency should at least preclude the possibility of any of these infamous relics of a past age longer surviving in any civilized state. The Federationist is well aware that a civilized state iB only a slave state, but there were customs and practices in the days of chattel alavery and feudal aerfdom thut are quite oat of place under the glorious banner of capitalism and its wage slavery. The safety of the capitalist system and the perpetuation of itB most glorious reign largely depends upon the unshaken faith of the wogeworker in his own freedom. Once that is broken and he realizes that his fancied freedom is a myth, Mb capitalist masters can no longer rely upon his loyal support of their vulgar system of plunder and piracy. In order that tbat faith be not shaken every precaution should be taken against such action or the maintenance of Buch institutions as might tend to rub the fact of actual slavery into the mind of the wage slave who thinks he is free because he reads it in a book or a daily paper. These "closed towns," like Anyox nnd Britannia, are such glaring refutations of the alleged freedom of labor, that it ia distinctly in tbe interest of capitalism itself that they be abolished, less they prove instrumental in giving the snap away by awakening thc workers to the humbug nnd hypocrisy of their pretended freedom Perhaps that is one renson actuating Mr. Family Man Your attention is called to tho fact that just now wc arc holding our Mid-summer Clearing Sale of SHOES. Bargains in all depart- ments; some broken lines at less than cost. CLUFF SHOE CO. 649 HASTINOS STREET WEBT Women's Middy Blouses ' In An Extensive Variety We particularly direct attention to our very fine display of middies, ranging in prico from $1.00 to $1.75. In this assortment every desirable style is represented'. There are models in all-white and white with colored trimmings. There are coat styles and straight styles, long sleeves or short sleeves, and different qualities according to price. If you want middy blouses you will find our displays specially interesting and the values will appeal to you. Come and view the showing tomorrow. Store Opens at 8.30 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. 575 Granville Phone Sey. 3540 the present government of B. C. in abolishing them. If it isn't it surely ought to be. At any rate Tbe Federationist is glad they are to be abolished, for the simple reason that overy time a petty grievance is rectified tbere is all the more time left to devote to the main task of assaulting the capitalist system of slavery, from which all of the lesser evils that a let mankind draw their being and tbeir subsistence. So it is good all around. Lt her go as she looks. CENTRAL LABOR BODY IN SESSION LAST EVENING Continued from page 1 was most successful, but that be could not make any statement as to negotiations which were being carried on. Del. Welsh said tbe Plumbers bad received an increase of tl per day, which tbe president remarked was a "lead pipe cinch." Del. Morrison, Electrical Workers, said the B. C. E. R. bad granted an increase of 5 cents per hour to the Electrical Workers, and $10 per month to monthly men. Secretary Midgley said Mayor McBeath hod offered the Firemen one day in six, and later, one in five. The mayor tried to bully the men into accepting an offer and is said to have stated tbey could strike and he would fill tbeir places with scrubs. Del. Tree asked if the Labor Temple ball was refused to tbe Anti-ConBcrip- tlonists for ,u meeting. Preaident McVety replying that the hall was not available on the night in question. Nomination of Officers. Nomination of officers for the corning term resulted as follows: President—Del. Thomas, Del. McVety. Vice-president—Del. Hoover. General Secretary—Del. Midgley. Sergcnnt*at-Arme—Del. Harrison. Trustees — Dels. Crawford Kelly, Welsh and Marshall. Ntw Business. Del. Hardy came again on the ques* tion of thc filing of the communication from the Anti*Conscription League of Winnipeg and upbraided tbe council for its attitude. Moved thut the council elect a com- mittee with power to act to organize the anticonscription forces of Vancouver. This was soconded by Del. Winch, and supported by Del. Thomas, who said tbe Trades and Lnbor council del* egateg were n "jelly flsh bunch." Del. Bruce opposed, said the council was for the betterment of conditions of the workerB, not for the purpose of bringing about anti-conscription * meetings. Del. Hubble thought it wns time the Trades and Labor co'uncil took more active steps to combat tbe conscription issue. -Pres. McVety left the chair and said he was opposed to tbe resolution, as he did not think the council Bhould stand sponsor for the organization of the movement, which, if strong enough, could organize itself. A movement which the council stood sponsor for hnd got to be a movement which it could control. The anti-conscription movement had not boen advanced one lota by any meetings held by tbe al* loged anti-conscription league, of which Del. Hnrdy was one of the principals. Del. Hardy held no mandate from his local in this matter. The speaker did not think the council could do better thnn allow the various locals to take a vote on tbe question of a general strike. Del. Tree said the council could not assist the movement much anyway, but he did not wish it to go out that the STREETRAILWAYMEN WILL VOTT TOMORROW Keen Interest Evidenced In Result of Division Elections—"Bullpen" Gossip Business Agent Fred. A. Hoover of Pioneer Division No. 101, received a letter this week from Wm. Klrby, one of the first members of the union to enlist, three years ago. Mr. Kirby has seen much service, and is now doing garrison duty in England, but expects to return to France again shortly. He is looking forward to his refurn to Vancouver with interest, though he figures the war will have to go on at least another year. He speaks interestingly of the situation in Russia. Mr. Kirby was, at the time of enlistment, vice-president of No. 101, Keen interest is being evidenced in the election of officers, which takes place tomorrow. With nearly overy office being contested, and the general discussion prevalent around the men's Main street waiting room, the outcome is being looked forward to as an eveiit in tbe history of thc Division. A big vote is anticipated. The case of J. Toffolletto, who hnd been injured in the company's service last January, and^whose caBe was at first disallowed by the Workmen's Compensation Board, was reopened, in Vancouver, at the instance of the Division officials, and the finding is expected shortly. A notice bas been posted by the executive for the guidance of the membership who will be voting tomorrow, setting forth a ruling made by the Division prior to last election, governing the classification of day men, night men and extra men. One of the anomalies arising out of the ruling will make it impossible for Bro. Peppar to vote for himself. central body was in favor of conscription, which would happen if they turn* ed down the resolution. Del. Dickinson also opposed the motion. He believed it was quite evident that the anti-conscription meetings had been a failure. If the council were a "bunch of jelly-fish,'/ there was no reason for the antis "coming to theta for support. Secretary Midgley explained his action in connection with the reply to the Winnipeg communication, and said he believed he sent the name of Del. Hardy down us one of the principals of the movement in Vancouver. He suggested that certain delegates should turn their attention tt> other movements if they had such a poor opinion of the eouncil us they expressed. He admired Del. Bruce for his courage in taking the stand he had although he did not agree with some of his remarks. Del. Hardy again took thc floor and said the,only paper in Vnncouver which had come out straight ngainst conscription was the Western Clarion. The B. C. Federationist had only said: "If wealth is conscripted—all right." Del. McVety moved an amendment that the council again go on record as against conscription, with u readiness to co-operate with any responsible body in any proper movement along thoso lines. Del. Hardy spoke against the amendment at some length. Del. Hubble also spoke against it. The executive of the council had been 'dead bunch" on the matter and a new lot were needed. Del. Miss Gutteridge opposed the motion and fnvored the amendment. She applauded Del, Bruce for his courage. If conscription came in the women would be indirectly conscripted, as they had already been actually conscripted industrially in Great Britain. The amendment carried by 34 to 13. Delegate Kelly said he was opposed to both motion and amendment nnd asked to go on record, as he thought the motion was fantastic. That Imperial Munitions Board. Del. Crawford moved and Del. Broomfield seconded the following resolution, which was carried almost un* auimously: "That this council protest against the action of tho Imperial Munitions Board encouraging eastern contractors starting shipyards, when old established yards are trying to obtain large or* ders and furthermore do not approve of incapable inspectors thnt are receiving appointments through the different political parties." Del. Tree opposed the resolution, Del, Welsh speaking in favor. More "Conscription" Discussion. Pel. Kelly then came back to the anti-conscription question, moving that the executive hold, at the earliest possible moment, a meeting to oppose conscription, and invite the co-operation of any bodies which are in the opinion of the executive responsible. A delegate asked why no report of the.recent meeting held by the Socialist Party of Canada appeared in the B. C. Federationist. President McVety replied that no report was sent in, and that The Federationist was not the official organ of the S. P. of C. The resolution was then put and carried. Last-Minute Items. De.1. Thomas then moved that the locals be circularized and that the withdrawal of tbe present Compensation Board be demanded. President McVety said that inasmuch aB it waB somewhat premature he would respectfully ask the delegate to withdraw his motion for the present, to which the mover consented. The council endorsed n wage scale submitted by the delegate for the International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen. The scale wns for $175 per month for engineers; cranesmen $125; and firemen, $100 per month. Eight hours to constitute a day's work and'' twenty-six days a month'b work. Empress Theatre Stock Company- Phone Sey. 2492 Box Offlce Opens 10 a.m. Thursday Commencing MONDAY, JULY 9 Herbert Bashford's Wonderful play of Heart Interest "A Light in the DarK" "Laughter and Tears" Blended into a "Ray of Sunshine" DON'T MISS IT~~ 10c, 15c and 25c Matinee Wednesday and Saturday 10c and 15c Nothing cheap but the price At prices never before dreamed of THE ONLY UNION MEN'S CLOTHING AND FURNISHING STORE IN VANOOUVER Our Suits at $15.00 represent values which cannot be equalled at the price by any other store in the city. The variety is large and the patterns new. You will be sure to find the style you desire among these suits. Our broad guarantee: Entire satisfaction to the wearer ior money refunded; is always behind our merchandise. C "rancor hart; sch*fwh& ham (xvmSa iMmnHS *mW.UMfTlD 153 HASTINGS ST.W. 8. P. Or O. MASS MEETINQ W. A. Pritchard on Modern Capitalism at tax Theatre Sunday. At the Rex theatre Sunday night, W. A. Pritchard spoke, the subject living "Modern Capitalism," from the viewpoint of the woVkora. He pointed oat that markets for surplus products diminished in ratio to the growth of capitalist nations. Tho position of Ihe worker was moro and more precarious, and reprisals Were inflicted upon any individual protestor against unsafe working conditions. The spenker denlt at length with*, the alleged public press asserting the prevarications of the press were habitual and thnt tho journalism of the day hnd to keep pace with capitalism. The poisoning of the working class mind was essential to the continuance of the rule of capital. He showed how the journals accomplished this function of deception, nnd emphasized the^ need of the workers for a presB of their own and working class support of their existing papers. Tho collection of the meeting, held '.mder tho auspices of the S. P. of C, wns announced at $21, nnd tbe name of J. Harrington given out ns next Sunday's speaker. vividly portray a picture trom the Labor aide of lite that will make you a better man or woman for having seen It. *«** Greatest Stock of Furniture in Greater Vancouver Replete in every detail 41 Hastings Stnet Wert Letter Gutters' Election. Tho result of tbe referendum of delegates on tbe nominations for Federated President and Federated Vice- president of tbe F. A. L. C, has now been obtained: Fed....erated President -A". Victor Beaupre Montreal, P. Q,, the present vice-president, elected; vice-president — William MacDonald, Hamilton, Ont., eleoted. Both received majorities on the flrst choice ballots. A WONDERFUL LABOB PLAT At THE EMPRESS The mont forcible argument for lsbor ever written is embodied In the wonderful pity "A Light In the Dark." wblch will be played all week it the Kmpren theatre, commencing Monday, July 0, Thla great play wai written by Herbert Bashford, one of the brilliant writers of modern tlmea, wbo la,a worthy champion of v - 1 every one who wltneai.ee hla pfae- l»y. whether capltaliat or worker, Labor, and every one who wltneasea hla phenomenal play, whether capitalist or wo 111 be thrilled by hli direct appeal for Jus- tlce and right. Miss Kdythe, who made each a tremendous hit In "Which One Shall I Harry," wll) be ■een aa the worklngman's girl, and will The Next Issue bf the Greater Vancouver Telephone Directory CLOSES on JULY 15th, 1917 If vou are contemplating taking new service, or making any changes in or tidditions to your present service, you should send in notification, in writing, not lator than the above date, in order tbat you make take advantage of the new directory listings. British Colombia Telephone Co. Ltd. \^^o^^*m___^ AND Porter _ . Or America JEitv i wrwwT t__jj______ '— I Ask ter thla Labal when pnrebailpf Beer, Ala or Porter, at e (uarantae tbat It la Onion Thla la our Label OWEN & McCALLUM Mallaablo Bum suit Ud Heavy Hardware; screen dooia ud wisdom. SSS7 MAW SI. Ptonc Toit. tal Hotel Canada 618 Bichards Stroot VANCOUVER (Nom Lahor Tomplo) Best Service Lowest Rates Try Us Wines and Spirits of the best quality Leckie Shoes Highest Quality- —that is tho thought that confronts every member of the Leckie organization — it's the only thing that counts. Everything else is subservient to this one outstanding factor. BO WHEN YOU BUT Leckie Boots whether for use in the mines—on the farm—in the woods—over the hills—on the city streets—out in the suburbs—for boys nnd girls going to school or in vacation time — REMEMBER that there is a LECKIE BOOT made for each of theBe particular pur* poses nnd each is of Distinctive high Qunlity. Tjie "Leckie" trademark is stamped upon each pair as your assurance of the fullest possible value. Tho Quality does IK before tho name does OR <— that's a "LEOKIE" AT TOUB DEALERS PANAMAS and STRAW HATS The season's new* eBt, smartest mod* els In full dieplny. Never was a better choosing time. TimHzts Panamas, 16 and up. Ladles' Panamas, 10.00 Men's Straw Hnta 11.60 to 15.00 RICHARDSON & POTTS, Ltd. Exclusive Hatters 417 Granville Street
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