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THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL UKITY: STBENOTH OFFIOIAr; PAPEB: VANCOtiW TBADES AND LABOB CO UNCIL, AND B. 0. F1D?!BATI0N OF LABOB FEDERATIONIST POLITICAL UNITT: VIOTOBT NINTH YEAR. No. 42 EIGHT PAGES 'o'VANCOUVp, B. C, fRIDAYMORNING, OCTOBER 19,1917 /In Vaneoaver \ \ City, W.00 ; $1.50 PER YEAR How To Avoid Patriotic Funds ****** ****** ****** ****** Victory Loans and Tag Days A Simple Lesson in Simple Finance That WiU Lick the Huns How to Win the War Without Robbing: the Poor Rich People The Federationist is not a victim of the greenback theory that had sucb a vogue among financial simps a generation ago. Tbe profound financial knowledge possessed by thiB great family journal haB been gleaned in the bitter school of experience, through some years of persistent effort in attempting to get something for nothing out of that whieh never had anything in it to start with. And we affirm, and we do it without fear of contradiction, that what we do not know about the financing of great-undertakings upon nothing more substantial than windy promise and doubtful performance, is also unknown to the greatest financial experts of this great flnanclal age. But all of that knowledge, in aU of its pristine profundity, ii hereby given to an anxious world, sorely perplexed by the vexatious problem of how to pay itB impossible bills with a cash that does not and cannot exist, except in the elastic imagination of financial astrologers and meatpbysicians. How to Make Money. Did you ever take a good look at the stuff that is called money! Well, if you did you must have noticed that it consists of nothing but a promise printed upon a piece of paper. Of course, if it is metal money it contains tbe commodty value of the' metal of which it is composed, but if it Ib the paper stuff it contains nothing of any greater value than the promise it conveys. The moBt of it being paper— bills, notes, checks, drafts, bonds, mortgages, and all of that sort of punk which amounts to tho same thing—any one can readily see that all that is required is a printahop to make all of the stuff that coald be required. Tbe entire stock of the world'B money consists of nothing but promises that can never be redeemed, with the exception of that portion of it which is of metal, and that only carrieB possible redemption to tbe extent of such exchange value as may be vested in its metal content. Why Need to Borrow? A government bond is of no great' er value than a government note, with tbe exception of such interest as it may also promise to the holder. -If a government is financially sound enough to make itB bond good, then it is financially sound enough to make itB notes good, not only to the extent of tbe face value of the bond, but also to the value of the interest such bond iB to draw. Now if that be bo, then why these "liberty bond" and "victory bond" drivesf Why all of thia ridiculous monkey business of begging, borrowing, cajoling, beseeching, coaxing, and soliciting for funds to finance the war, and provide for itB mutilated and tortured victims and their wives, children and other dependents at homef Why the necessity of vulgar loan drives, shameless tag daya and other despicable charity-mongering schemes t And besides all this, that which it costs to pull off theso liberty and victory loan schemes and other money-raising subterfuges, would far'more tban cover the entire cost of printing enough flimflam money to finance tbe war from now till the end of time. It is all flimflam anyway, bo what is the use of making all of this fuss about.it f The End of It AU. Of coure, everybody knowB full well, that is, if they know anything and poBBesB even the rudiments of any mathematical faculty, that this percious syBtem of skinning slaves out of the products of their labor and disposing of it by Belling it on credit, must in time break down and the wholo ridiculous affair collapse in universal ruling class bankruptcy. The fact that nothing can be sold except upon credit, and that is a fact that will be easily established if one but goea to the trouble of examining the process of production and sale, by following the article produced, all tho way from its production to its final removal from the market by the ultimate consumer, it will thjB be discovered, that inasmuch as the original producor (the worker) is not paid for its production because there is nothing in existence wherewith to make paytaeut, that Initial fact of non-payment follows the article in question all through its existence, and still remains to continually pester the sonB of men by eternally proclaiming the crime that has been committed against the slave in chains who produced the goods. That final bankruptcy must come. It ib a mathematical impossibility to forestall it. Borrowing will neither hasten or retard it. It ia even now knocking at the door and by the time the curtain has been rung down upon this glorious Christian carnival of blood and gore, the collapse will be upon us. If ruling class governments, and there are none other, need a little money in their delectable business, now Ib the accepted time to mnke it. It will nt least be more dignified and less vulgar to print the eventually worthless stuff, than fo get it by playing the mendicant and the bum. And it should be easy enough now that thoy have been told how. Of course, other financiers, of wider fame than this humble sheet, could have told how to do it, but wisely try to keep the terrible secret to themselves so ub to conserve their own game as long as poBsltiTe, And let tbe , reader not take that for a joke. LONGSHORE WORK SLACKING AWAY After a Month, Whioh Wm Very Busy, Work Ii Lotting Up, Says Union Official, fi that has been, ob- <- bable that the big nore for the past By slacken during HR and the Long- to he auxiliary will S vork that iB ne- fj|'.ently increased | utBiderB had to ]r ;- jvill be able to LU assistance for Prom- inforjftt*^ tained, it seeL- i\ rush of worki*,^ month, will ml the next few _E shoremen's unioi be able to handl cessary. The wt to such a degree * be engaged. The handle the work 1 awhile now. T& *■ The big banquet i lz uance which the longshoremen tendered the crew of the steamer Niagara on her laBt trip here, in recognition of the stand of the crew in the late strike, is still the topic of conversation, though the boys are Bottling back Into their old routine again. The locals aro in splendid condition of organization, and the headquarters on Pender and Howe streets, between boats, is among the busiest places in the city. DATE OF ELECTION SETFORDEE.il Not Improbable That the Guess Is Somewhere Near Correct An Ottawa correspondent, in a dispatch to the local daily preaa of yesterday, says: "Elections will be held before Christmas. That is definite and only unforeseen circumstances will change tho decision. December 17 is the tentative date. Nomination day will fall twenty- eight days before that, ond tho soldiers overseas will start polling their votes the day after nominations. The polls will Hoop open overseas for the whole period thereafter until election day." SHIPYARD HELPERS WORK UNDER PROTEST Proposal of Munitions Board Represen tattvei Bu Bees Accepted. The Shipyard Helpers' union has adopted a resolution accepting under protest the offer of the munitions bonrd that the men continue at work pending a settlement of the wage scale in the United States shipyards, and that this Bcale will be granted by the bonrd here and be retroactive to September 1. During the past few days the union hns added seventy new members, bringing the total enrolment up to 450, A branch union of the shipyard helpers of New Westminster and Coquitlam has been formed, and will meet on the 1st and 4th Mondays in each month, It will be affiliated with the Trades and Labor council of New Westminster. With reference to an article in the daily press a few days ago, to the effect that tbere - was an '' agitator'' working among the shipyard men of Coquitlam, Business Agent Hardy here saya that was pure misrepresentation, and that he objected to anything of this kind, though welcoming legitimate opposition which pats spunk in the men. No recognized agent of the union hnd been out to that yard for a considerable time. The union has started taking in the outside men, chlppers und foundry helpers, on the north shore, and the North Shore Iron Worka Ib now fully orgnnized. President C. Soams, who resigned. haa beon succeeded for the balance of the term by E, Oliver, the vice-presi dent. Fill WILL CONTINUE Unions Affected by Strike at Coughlan's Will Take Referendum Question Is on Acceptance of Offer to Abide by Seattle Decision A vote of sll the members of unions affected by the strike at Coughlan's shipyard will be taken immediately, and a' report made at a meeting next Sunday at 3 o'clock. This was decided on at a meeting yesterday afternoon. Coughlan's has offered to abide by the decision of the adjustment board appointed in connection with the shipyards strike in Seattle, and to make it retroactive to Sept. 1. It was said last night that the prospects for a aettlement Took' bright. Organizer Duncan MeCullum of the Machinists' and Business Agent Car- michael of the Boilermakers', returned from Beattle yesterday morning, where they were in conference with International Presidents Johnston and Franklin and metal tradeB1 officers, for some days. / Pending Decision of Adjustment the Board Work Will Resume All of the metal trades of Seattle affected by the shipyards' strike, except the boilermakers and painters, will return to work on Monday, and possibly the other two may. Thia la pending the decision of the adjustment board, D. McCallum and J. H. Carmichael, representing the Metal Trades council of this city, returned yesterday from* Seattle, where they attended various conferences leading up to the decision of the Metal Trades council of Beattle to declare the strike off, and asking the boilermakers and painters to reconsider and go back with the others. It is expected it will take tbe adjustment board fully three weeks to ref urn a decision, as sittings are to be held in Beattle and Portland, each possibly consuming a week 'a time. International presidents, including Franklin of the boilermakers, Johnson of the machinists, Byan of the sheet metal workers, Wilson of the pattern makers, Snelling of thc engineers and others are in Beattle. All of them recommended the men return to work, pending the adjustment. NEW UNION WILL SOON TAKE UP 9-HOUR DAY Teamsters' and Chauffeurs' Local Is Now in a Position to Talk to the Employers. Tbe Teamsters' and Chauffeurs' held a big meeting Wednesday night at the Labor Temple and discussed the enforcement of a nine-hour day on Nov. 1. A meeting with the general team owners iB soon to bo held. The union decided on another permanent officer and appointed Bert Bhowler secretary- treasurer. New members are coming in every meeting. Other unions are usked to assist the Teamsters' and Chauffeurs' by demanding that milk, bread and laundry drivers show their cards. The union endorsed the B. C. F. of L, candidates and elected three members to the campaign committee. Poorly-Paid Working Girls ****** ****** ****** ****** Exploited for Advertising MNNffrUK LAID FOR LIVE Wages in Civic Waterworks, The waterworks committee on Tuesday fixed the pay of men on special work at $85 and the patrolmen at (76 a month. TeamBters at Capilano and Seymour will receive 484.50, the chauffeur 9^5. One caretaker will have $100, two will have *»5, ond five will receive $85 a month. " Clerks' Profit Sharing Sule," is the wny that notorious slave-driving outfit, the Woolworth stores, is advertising a get-thc-money snle iu thiB city. It would be Interesting to know what the "shore" of the hard-driven, underpaid clerks in this store is. Tbis is one of the cheap department stores which hire young women chiefly and pays tbem just enough money to exist on. Probably not that muc-n. If the books of this store could bo opened to public saze, and the public shown the misorhness of the wages paid to young women, the eyes of the public, would be opened to the 'miser- ablenesB of a business which seeks public support and yet docs not pay wagea sufficient for the girts in its employ to keep body and soul together. Especially soul. Not content with paying wages which are possibly the lowest iu tbe city, this store is now using its clerks as part of its appeal to the public to pits* along to it more money so tbat the proprietors may thus be able to pile up the tremendous dividends which they do annually. when old man Woolworth, or young man Woolworth. whichever he is, faces St. Peter he will have a lot to account for, In grinding young girls till their backs ache and pnylng them insufficiently to live decently. .Some of tbe good ladles of this city who are so busy driving fallen women from place to place ought to get busy on employers of labor who do not pay ;irls wages enough to live decently, A ittle investigation of the social problem along those linea will show that n large percentage of women have been compelled to adopt illegitimate means of livelihood on nccount of the slave- driving employers who do not pay enough for their girls to pay room-rent and board. A CONTEMPTIBLE LOT OF BUSINESS WOLVES Some Very Mean Citlsens Discourage Girls Who Want Better Pay. During thc strike of the waitresses at McLeod's cafe, who are asking better working conditions, tho meanness of certain businoss men is coming to tho stirfnee. Some very well-known professional men, and storekeepers, bankers, etc., nro showing little sympathy with tbe girl strikers, though generally, the patrons of restaurants nre with the girls and want to see them succeed in their efforts to obtain better conditions. It is noticed, too, that some of the store clerkB, who appealed to and were supported by organized Labor in their efforts for a weekly half-holiday, which gives them not only Sunday off, but half of Wednesdays, are not displaying much sympathy with the waitresses, who are asking only Sundays off—one day, not a day and a half. B. C. F. of L Campaign Committee Gets ih Line for Work Takes Steps to Give Valley of Political Dry Bones a Good Shake-up THE UNANIMITY and enthusiasm in evidence at Monday night'8 meeting of the Vancouver section of thf B. C. P. of L. campaign committee, was refreshing, and bodes no good for the Borden union government or any other party that will tolerate profit-making in W&r times. The wage-workers of Greater Vancouver have evidently made up their minds to elect representatives of; their own. The committee wasted little time and organization was the key note of the meeting. Preliminary plans were developed for a real live campaign, born of necessity, the only law that seems to drive union men to do their duty towards themselves. The next meeting of the committee, with additional membership, - will be held in the Labor,Temple on Monday evening, Oct. 20. Meantime the mainland vice-presidents of the B. C. Federation of Labor will hold a session at Victoria on Sunday next, for the purpose of reviewing the work to date, aid planning for future work in connection with the forthcoming campaign, f So far it seems certain that the B. C. F. of L. will have! at least five candidates in federal constituencies throughout the province. These are: Victoria, Nanaimo, Burrard, {Vaneoaver South, East Kootenay and West Kootenay, leaving Vancouver Centre to the Socialist Party of Canadajwith W. A. Pritch- | ard as the candidate. Practically all of the B. O. F. of L. candidates named are also officials of that organization, Messrs. Wells, Midgley, McVety, Goodwin, with a possibility of President Joe Naylor for the Nanaimo riding. The Cheater Vancouver Committee. At Monday night's meeting thoie in attendance 'were; Hiss Helena Gutteridge, tailors; G, Kilpatrick, shipyard laborers; J. Brooks, machinists, No. 182; P. Bengough, machinists, No. 777; G. Harrison, civic employees; W. Walker, steam and operating engineers; A. McDonald, brotherhood of carpenters; F. W. Welsh, plumbers; B. Showier, teamBters and chauffeurs; A. 0. Hansen, moving picture operators; B. P. Pettipiece, The Federationist; W. Dagnall, bricklayers; W. F. Ironsides, pile drivers; C. 8. Cassidy, stonecutters. Other membera of the committee are: F. Knowles, letter carriers; P. Bathbone, North' Vancouver civic employees; T. Fawkes, boilermakers; H. Neelands, typos; A. P. Glen, retail clerks; G. Bicbardson, city firemen; W. McKay, electrical workers; G. J. Kelly, longshoremen; Fred. A. Hoover, street railway employees; B. W. Lane, butchers. Additionnl names added were: Messrs. Crawford, sheet metal workers; Rigby, street railway employees, and Night- scales, patern makers. Unions Given Direct Action. The secretary of the committee was instructed to circularize all local unions, asking that the committee be added to by sending one delegate for the first 200 membera, and a second if over 200. This should result in a strong and representative central campaign committee by the time of next meeting, October 29. MIsb Gutteridge was selected by the meeting ob secretary-treasurer and chairman. A publicity subcommittee was named ns follows: B. P. Pettipiece, V. B. Midg- ley, J. Brooks, J. H. McVety and Mias Gutteridge. Upon motion, the mainland vice-presidents of the B. C. F. of L. wore nsked to arrange for a meeting at tbe earliest possible date, for the purpose of more clearly defining the position and duties of the respective committees being brought into being. B. O. F. of L. B ;«cutive Meeting. With the assistance of long-distance phone service, the Vancouver members of the executive of the Federation have arranged with Secretary-treasurer Wells for a meeting of We eiecutive at Victoria on Sunday, the mainland delegates going over on Saturday night's ferry. Convener Pettipiece of the publicity committee, and representing The Federationist, will accompany tbe mainland delegation. Ae to Finances The question of how tho finances, now being raised in response to a "call" by the Federation, or to be raised later, were to be disbursed, was diBcassed by tbe meeting. Some were of the opinion .that all monies should go to the Federation treasury, und be disbursed from there. Others felt thnt appropriations would have to be made by the B. C. F. bf L, executive to the various constituency committees. Again it was Btated tbat there were local unions which would put up money for a particular choice as candidate, but would not pay into the general fund. Finally it was decided to leave the question over until after the meeting at Victoria on Sunday, to be again discussed at tbe meeting of the committee on the 29th. TO JUSTICE GREGORY HAS NOW PROVIDED A RAINBOW OF HOPE AND PROMISE FOR PATRIOTS WHO BECOME WISE IN TIME MARINE FIREMEN HAVE ORGANIZED, Eywy Vast on PwUc Now Bu Iti Union ot Marin.) Firemen ■nd Oilen. The Marine Firemen and Oilera ot Britiah Columbia ii the latest union to join the ranks of organized labor. Bome montbs ago a raise of $7.60 a month in wages was obtained by the men in their unorganized state. Since then the organization has been perfected, and a charter has been applied for to the international. If this charter is not obtained, one will bo obtained from the Paelfle Coast association. With the organizing of the marine firemen and oilers of Vancouver and Victoria, every port on this coast frota San Diego to Skagway, Alaska, is organized. Out of a possible 160 members here, the union has enrolled 130, and has promises Of the rest to come in next month. Offices have been established with the Sailors''anion at 213 Hastings street east. The officers elected are Tom Baldie, president; P. P. Healy, secretary and business agent. Thc eiecutive committee is composed of the president and M. Doris and Charles Martin. OF Street Railway Employees Must Meet Increase in Per Capita Tax Pioneer Division, No. 101, Street Railway Employees, will meet on Wed* nesday next, the afternoon in Oddfellows' hall, Mount Pleasant, and the evening meeting et the Labor Temple. "Owing to a misunderstanding," said President Hubble to The FederationiBt last night, "W. H. Cottrell, who was the division's delegate to the Ottawa convention of the TradeB and Labor Congress of Canada, failed to reach the last afternoon meeting, but that portion of the membership atending the afternoon meeting, can rest assured that Bro. Cottrell will be present at next meeting to give his report. Because of the further detention of Sixth Vice-president Fred. A. Hoover at Edmonton, on international business, he was unable to give a personal report of the big Providence, B. I., convention, but it has now been received by mail, and will also be read to the membership at the coming afternoon and even' Ing meeting. "Tbe per capita tax, payable to the international, has been increased from 50 to 65 cents per month, which was necessary to ensure a sufficient fund to meet death and disability insurance claims. Thc local division, before the beginning of the new year, will have to arrange to meet the increase, nnd. " continued President Hubble, "it must be clear to all the members that this increase cannot be met without some further adjustments being made in thc present system and basis of dues und assessment collections. "As this, is a question affecting the entire membership, it will be necessary for every member to tnke an active part in making an equitable adjustment, one tbnt will be satisfactory to the greatest number." MIDGLEY ADDRESSES NORTH SHORE UNION Labor Candidate ln Burrard Gets Good Reception From Civic Employees. Victor B. Midgley, the B. C. F. of L. enndidate for Burrard, fired his opening gun last Friday night at North Vancouver, when he was well received by the North Shore Civic Employees' union. Mr. Midgley was promised the support of the organiation. This local iB being very successful and will take in the city firemen, who are negotiating with the council of North Vancouver for the same terms us are given firemen in Vancouver. That the firemen will be successful is practically assured. LUMBERMEN FORESEES AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY Tip to Those Who Are Desirous of Obtaining Tfeeir Exemption—A Way Opened Whereby Escape From Pres» Gang Is Possible—A Call That Is Even Louder Than That of Our King and Country Oalgary Bricklayers Stop Work. Calgary bricklayers on several build' lags in the course of construction, quit work Tuesday, in sympathy with the Carpenters' union. All the work* affected were employing non-union curpenters. Changed Conditions ln Camps Predicted by Well-Known Lumberman. Eight hours a day for loggers will soon be in operation, according to a statement made by Mr. J, S. Deschamps, lumbermun, and formerly muyor of Bosslnnd, who was in Vancouver yesterdoy, on his wny home, after attending a lumbermen's convention across the line. This question, said Mr. Deschamps, would soon have to be settled, even it" it were not decided upon nt the convention referred to, which was not yet over. He did not think it would make much difference, however, as the loggers walked to und from their jobs on tbe employers' time, und if the eight-hour day was fixed they would huve to do the-full time at work. OET EIGHT-HOUR DAY Grand Trunk Bailway Employees Are Given Wage Increase. Tbe Grand Trunk railway hns agreed, it is stuted, to grant the Engineers and Firemen on all itB lines the benefit of tbo Adamson eight-hour dny as it obtains in the United States. The men also have been granted nn increase In wages. Dredgermen Strong, Bcgulur roeetingB of the Dredgermen are now being held and it is reported that almost all thc dredgermen employed on work on False Creek huve joined the organization. outcome will be Anxiously awaited by mortgage companies in this city AN INCIDENT is recorded in local history that is fraught with splendid possibilities in the way of opening a haven of refuge to those disturbed souls who do not wish to be seised by the. "press gang" and fed to the cannon of Europe against their, wilt lt is a veritable rainbow of hope and promise to they- who possess siich a strong prejudice against Prussian militarism and junker autocracy, that they do not experience heart-throbs of patriotic joy nt the pleasing prospect of being sacrificed upon the altar of ita triumph. It opens a way of escape from the objectionable pathway of military glory, decorated with rolls of honor, iron crosses, wooden legs, glass eyes and crutches, by f steering a course that, is louder and more insistent than- that of even King and country, and that; though less noisily and bloodily patriotic, is far more sensibly and profitably so. Ths Stage Betting The stage Betting leading up to the incident ih question began somewhere back in those days before the wind bubble, of Vancouver's metropolitan ambitions had been rudely punctured by the sad fact, that something substantial cannot be built upon nothing tangible, with any reasonable expectation of a long continued and glorious existence. Be that as it may, however, two men, one a Mr, Greenwood and the other a Mr. Woodhouse, purchased a lot in South Vancouver and thereupon erected u house, for the accommodation of themselveB and their respective families. In go doing tbey incurred an indebtedness to a mortgage company of $1,150, this to bear 10 per cent, interest and be paid off by monthly payments. In the record of events, as diBclosed the court and as recorded in the public press, neither Greenwood or Woodhouse are possessed of any prefixes to their cognomens, either words or initials. They are merely referred to as "Greenwood" and "Wood- house." This is no doubt due to their having defaulted in their payments to the aforesaid mortgage eompany. Sueh beinff the case, they are evidently not entitled to even the prefix of Mr. But having purchased the.property and assumed a mortgage they proceeded to enter into the felicitous life that luraal- ly attends upon such a happy solution of the problem of habitation. "Why Pay lint?** They entered upon the rosy pathway of avoiding the pnyment of rent by paying juBt as much and probably more, in monthly installments forever 'upon their own property. In this satisfactory and yet simple man ner did tbey answer the oft- put query of the renl estate sharp who has some of it to sell, of "Why pay rent?" They paid $700 of the 91,150. And then the war broke out and both men heard the call of king and country and right nobly responded thereto. Greenwood left a $10 per day job in the north and landed in a corporal's job in the home guard, at $1,20 per day. Woodhouse is in the troncheB of France at the pay of a common soldier. And the poor mortgage company has ever since been left out in the cold. No further payments have been mado and no tag day bos yet been set aside for the company's benefit. The Glrli Tbey Left Behind Them. Greenwood's family gets an allowance of $50 per month and oat of that and Greenwood's magnificent stipend or salary of #1.20 per duy ihey have their work fairly woll cut for them in order to survive, in those dnys of cheap money and dear grub. The family of Woodhouse has an allowance of (45 per month and Mrs. WoodhouBO has to help keep four grandchildren whose father was killed nt Vimy Ridge. And tho poor mortgage company gets nothing, not even a red cent. It wishes to foreclose under the mortgage and thus obtain thnt of which it has so long and male vol ently been denied. Under the painful circumstances it must be acknowledged that its heart strings have been most ruthlessly and relentlessly rent nnd torn asunder, Anybody can see that, at least anybody nt all familiar with extremely sensitive nature of the mortgage com pany soul, a soul that is incorporated in a body of sueh pecMlinr construction thut it is entirely minim any suitable place upon which nn appreciative kick might be duly and properly ud ministered, A Judicial Way Out. Happily, however, the court before which (he foreclosure proceedings were heard had little difficulty in discovering n wny out of the awful dilemma in which the inortgnge company hns been placed through the wicked perversity of Greenwood and Woodhouse in defaulting in their payments. The following, glcnned fron) the muddy current of the local daily sewer press, Miy sets forth tho discovery; "Mr, Justice Gregory agreed Hint mortgagees should not bo expected to go without a return on tlieir investment and suggested a month's nd- journmont to sec if Woodhouse can not get a release from the military author!tf08 to enable him to return to civil life and thus resume his mortgage obligations." Oh, Glorious Vista! And what a splendid vista is thus opened to he who would gloriously serve bis country, without the necessity of sinenring the blood nnd gJts of fellow mortuls all up and down the landscape. And the more one looks ut it the more is ono convinced that this most glorious country can be fully as well served by defending hor most sacred and notable institutions right here at home, as In hurling wicked Huns into the hell they so richly da- serve over in Europe. The Federationist disclaims any Intention, how* ever, of intimating that the hell it refers to it in Europe, but whenever li is they, no doubt, ought to be ehucked Into it. Now let every one who Is no affiliated with cold feet as to dread tb* European journey to glory and tb* honor roll, st ones get a mortgag* placed upon bin tnd demand exemption from military service upon th* grcjnds, that It is far more necessary and for the good of the eountry that mortgage companies should) get their due, than it is to win the war i» Europe. And it is plain enough, that sueh la the fact, for what would there be left to live for in this great Canada of "oqrs," If .all of the valiant and patriotic mortgage companies were to perish through lack of sustenance in th* meantime! To what a dismal and gloomy desert would Woodhouse return if sueh wero the case. No mortgage companies, no houses to live in, and there you are, for it is well known that bouses earn be builded in no other manner than by running into debt to mortgagees. And then again, what logical reason have the workers for fighting th* wicked 'Hun in Europe if the most cherished and venerable institution!, those institutions for which our forefathers have so valiantly fought, bled and croaked all down through history, are to be destroyed during the patti- , otie absence upon the European field* % of carnage, blod and guts.galore, Tb* Federationist also demands that Wood- house be released from service at th* front and returned fo the noble calling of preserving those grand institutions of this beloved country, wrung from the tyrannies and the -abuses of th* past by the splendid struggles of heroic ancestors, ana which it is our patriotic d\ity to hand 'down intact nnd undisturbed to tbe generations yet unborn and unhung. Now get busy, all ye who would be honorably* exempted from service at the front. Get moregaged and thus defy the press gang. % Let "safety first for the mortgage holder," become your patriotic and undying slogan. WAITRESSES GIVE MERRY DANCE PARTY Big Crowd Turns Up and Makes th* Dance a Tremendous Success. On Wednesday night Moose hall ws* packed to the doors by a merry crowd of dancers who attended tho ball given by the Waitresses'. The affair wae a big success from every standpoint and good financial results were obtained. Much credit is due to tbe committees. The floor committee was Bro. J, Ricard and Bro. Glnsshoff. and the amusement committee comprised Susie Drennan, Clara Glasshoff, Fred McLean, Jo* Ojlette nnd Joe Ricard. INTEND TO PRESENT NEW WAGE SCHEDULE Newly Organised Butchers' Union la ln Good Shape and Growing. The Butchers' union will shortly present to the employers, tbe new schedule of wnges und hours, Packing house employees are especially poorly paid, some receiving as low ns 30 cents nit ho.ir nnd having to work ten and more hours a dny. The union now numbers 225 nnd is increasing rapidly. Harry Graham was elected business agent at the Inst meeting. As tho local's representative on'the campaign committee of tbe Lnbor candidates In Burrard and South Vancouver, Hector Smith wns elected. The local will give its enthusiastic support to the earn* paign of the working class anti-conscription candidates. INSIST ON ALL-UNION SHOP Refuse to Be Intimidated by Threat of Conscription. Labor union representatives told the IT. S. federal labor adjustment board in session at Portlnnd this week, in an effort to settle the strike in the steel nnd wooden shipyards, that conscription of lahor for the yards was prcferablo to any action or compromise which would not give thc union men the principles for which they were out, in ef* feet, an nil-union shop. E, J. Stack, secretnry of the Stato Federation oi Lubor, told the board that mnny of the union men would favor conscription over any compromise. Civic Employees' Grow. The mcmbcrBBhip of the Civic Employees' union is growing, the recent increase in wages of 50 cents a day all round from Oct, ], having demonstrated the value of organizntion. PAGE TWO THB BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAT... ..October 19, 1917 Why YOU Should Trade at the Liberty Store No. 1—OUR METHODS of buying stocks enable us to sell direct to you at almost one-half less thiyi other merchants must charge. No. 2—QUANTITY. When you purchase here you have a tremendous variety to choose from. Our stock embraces over $75,000 worth of seasonable and dependable wearing apparel. No. 3-COURTEOUS SERVICE is another feature of our retail selling system. We have no mahogany fixtures but we have got the right goods at the right prices, and our staff of 21 salespeople assure prompt service. No. 4-MONEY BACK GUARANTEE means absolute satisfaction or we will cheerfully refund your money. ■'V, ';. No. 5-TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING. What we say it is IT IS. When we advertise merchandise at a certain price you can absolutely rely on getting the advertised merchandise At the Price Advertised We are now selling the Englewood Supply Co.'s stock at practically half price and invite your early inspection. Come tomorrow. Sale opens in the morning at 10 o'clock. Liberty Store 319 Hastings Street West Frederick Buscombe's OM Stud BRITISH COLUMBIA'S BEST COAL For your kitchen—Wellington Nut Kitchen, furnace and grate—Wellington Lump For Your Furnace Comox Lump — Comox Nut — Comox Pea (Try out Pea Coal for your underfeed funic*) jMikM..n_ macdonald-Narpole Co. Phone Seymour fio Phone fieimww 210 1001 KAI* ITBBIt OUR AUTUMN AND _WINTER STYLES in Men's Hats —will appeal to you becnuso of n cortaln flhtiiiKiiishoil air about „ them that is hard to dnflne. but It ii thero just tho name Styled and color* to hii It all types of men from the debonair youth to the aedato btmincna nr professional man. RICHARDSON & POTTS L.d. JXCLUSIVIHATTMS 417 Granule Waat Hear laellila CITY AUTHORITIES E Edmonton Officials Ignore Proposed Arbitration j\ Proceedings Some Aftermath of the Late Street Car Strike in the Prairie City So far aa the city of Edmonton is concerned, there will be no arbitration of tho street railway situation. City Solicitor Bown has been given instructions to take atepB to prevent the board sitting, and it is claimed there are very good chances of its never going on. In case it is proceeded with, how* ever, the city officials will ignore it, and will take no notice of any communications or requests from it in the way of discussing the recent strike. This course, as decided upon by the council, will bo by way of protest against what some of the aldermen considered the "high-handed action of the minister at Ottawa/' who has not given due consideration, they claim, to the facts submitted in the city's statement of the caae WiU Ignore Board. The councU holds that there ia no dispute, and therefore nothing to arbitrate. This was the spirit of the city solicitor's argument as forwarded to Ottawa, and in conformity therewith the city fathers have now decided to have nothing to do with the proposed arbitration. The "feeling at the council meeting was to the effect that Edmonton knew the situation bettor than Ottawa did, and tbat if the unanswerable arguments from the city's side of the case had been properly and fully weighed by the department before ordering an arbitration board, no auch order would have been given. If the department now chooses to continue ■with the arbitration, the city at any rate will not bo represented in it, and the council declined to take advantage of ita privilege to appoint three men to attend the board meetings in its behalf. "Nothing to Arbitrate." Aid. Kinney queationed the wisdom or the possibility of the oity taking this stand against a government board, and said that the arbitration, having been ordered from Ottawa, would undoubtedly go on, and the city could not stop it. Aid. Macdonald pointed out, however, that, arbitration proceedings had been stopped before, and quoted a specific case in Montreal in which an order in court had been given restraining the board from holding ita sessions. There was equally good reason in the present case, he claimed, for such action, and. in view of the facts behind the recent difficulty, involving a plainly illegal strike, he moved that the city pay no attention to further negotiations toward arbitration, sinco there was nothing to arbitrate. Aid Grant was of the same mind, and the vote of the council as a whole showed that the rest of the aldermen, Aid. Kinney excepted, were also of the opinion that the city would not be a party in the proceedings. "Joe" Clarke's Opinion. In connection with the above, Joseph A. Clarke, an Edmonton barrister, writes The Federationist: "I am exceedingly anxious that the truth about the Edmonton streetrallway strike ahould bo given to the people of Canada. At this time, such action as that taken by tho super-scab city council of Edmonton should be published broadcast to Canada and the world to show just how far and how much constituted authority Is recognized by those who prate so much about law and order, when tho proposed law and order Is not to the liking of the wage-cutting union-baiting representatives of democracy. "As provided by law, on July 30th, tho employees of the Edmonton municipally-owned system gave notice that they wished to revise, alter or change the existing agreemont, in respect to the wage clause. *' Although tho council has been helplessly und incapably doing nothing all year, allowing the city to drift into ishaoB and meeting only once every two weeks, the communication of such importance was not even considered till Aug. 14th. It wa.-; then considered by a committee of two, with thc mayor, and this committee has never even reported yet. After many almost doily effortn to get a meeting that would do something, on Aug. 31 the union delivered an ultimatum, whon, being nlso ignored, the mien decided to take a 'holiday' (strike). Much ia now made by tho Union-baiters, who formerly did most of thoir howling ovor 'foreigners' and men from outside of Edmonton hnving anything to do with their employees or thoir aysteni, of the fact that the union did not got the authority of their international board before striking, and did not apply for a conciliation board before their drastic action. "Many 'union men and union sympathizers lirst pointed tbis out. The vote to strike in thc 'union was just carried by a bare voto, those who tried to prevent tho strike are thc ones now loft out of employment nnd are the ones discriminated agninst. "The strike was in -existence ti wook whon, under the provisions of the city charter, tho mayor was petitioned to cnll n citizens' mass-meeting, which he did, and ut which meeting a resolution was unanimously passed and telegraphed to the minister of labor, demanding a federal conciliation board. The men went back to work, or offered to, after a ten-day strike, because Pair Wage Officer Harrison adviaed this action, assuring or implying that all would be allowed to work ponding the report of the board of conciliation. At once, Moir, the traffic manager, who waa hired specifically to break up thc union, began tn ref line' omploymont to all the rent union men who reported for work. "In answer to the men's request and to Fair -Wago Officer Harrison's report and to the unanimous demand of the citizens' mass mooting, a conciliation board was ordered by the minister, tho city refused to appoint a member and the government appointed Frank' Some Comment Called Forth By Events of the Passing Show Some of the Facts, Fallacies and Falsehoods of These Glorious* Days As Seen Through Woman's Eyes [BjJ. A] The Press Gang, About thirty yeara ago the centras waB being taken in England and the officials came to a littlo place called Ooole, in Yorkshire, and began to ask the canal boat men their names, fhe men were very much frightened because thoy thought it was the "press gang" come again, Some of the citizens made very merry over the ignorance of the canal boat men who still feared the proas gang which had been abolished and could not come again. Never again under the British flag could men be seized and carried away from their homes and sent to fight, against their will, in a war, in the making of which they had no voice. Never again! SIMM Portland Arbitration Award Acceptable to Union Carmen The Street Bailway Employees' of Portland, Ore., employed by the Portland Railway, Light and Power company, won practically all they demanded by the award, announced Saturday by a board of three arbitrators appoint- jointly by the company and the men to adjust existing difficulties. ' A rise in wages approximating 20 cents a day, together with an eight-hour work day were awarded. Under the terms of thc agreement between thc company and the men, whereby decision of the issues waa left to arbitration, Saturday's decision Ib binding until June 1, 1918, unless tbe company shall demand that the arbitration be reopened. This may be done after January 1, 1018. The minimum wage undor tho new Bcale will approximate $3 a day for eight hours, graduating to $3,60 a day for men longest in the service. The company rocently petitioned the state public service commission for permission to charge six conts .car faro, but the petition waB denied. The company haB signified its Intention of going before tho public service commission again in an effort to* obtain roliof, on the claim Hhat it can not operate profitably under the present arrangement. The United Mine Workers' Journal starts off an editorial with the statement that, "it is but a few years paat whon labor was the veriest drug on the market." Such language is seditious. Mr. Samuol Gompers has declared that "labor is not a commodity," and his judgment has been confirmed by the "Clayton Act," as well as by a court decision or two, not that such confirmation iB at all necessary, however. And now the editor of the Journal has the audacity to actually fly in the faco of Mr. Oompers' dogmatism and make reference to labor as though it were a commodity. It is to be hoped that Mr. Oompors will deal drastically with the seditious one. He should bc most severely punished. He surely is unpatriotic, and nt least disloyal to Mr. Oompers, and he may be a pro-German for all we know. At any rate, ho is "economically impossible." Ford, K.C., to act for the city. Ford, and Mackie (for the men), agreed on Judge M. S. McCarthy for the third man and he was confirmed. The matter then came bofore the city council, on the report of their solicitor, and I enclose you the Edmonton Daily Journal report, as above, of what they did. "Following so closely upon their refusal to do anything for patriotism, by the employing profiteers at tho Fort William elevators, this action smacks of anarchy and then hiore anarchy. The spirit that strung up I.W.W. Little to the railway trestle fn Butte, Mo* .tana, seems to permeate tho entire profiteering non-working class, "This is not an isolated case with this representative gang of profiteering union-baiters, who do not go os far as the chamber of commerce $1,000,000 conspirators in 'Frisco, simply because thoy don't think they have to. Who Said, Oo tor ^ "It is a fact thli the alderman who actually moved the' nfttion to tell the Dominion government to go to and mind its own business is Aid. C. H. Grant, who at tbe,time of hia election boasted of ana showed his withdrawal card from the Winnipeg Street Carmen's union in good standing, although he did not toll why he q'jit or was let out of that job, and won't bother doing so now, sinco he la a real high-brow lawyer. "The meeting, which passed unanimously tbe resolution demanding recognition of the union was called to discuss tbat Question only. "That there is great difficulty in getting all the facts before the peoplo is shown by the whole method of procedure. I have not a copy of the resolution which was wired to the minister of labor, but the next day the following resolution was wired to A. Farmil- lo, then ntlhe TradeB and Labor Congress convention. This telegram shows just what was done, ." 'At meoting which waa called by mayor under charter provisions held In city hall, at least 100 unable to gain admission, resolution unanimously pass; ed condemning city council for discrimination against old street railway employees; also demanded conciliation board and recognition of union. Resolution waB not a union labor resolution and many things therein would require negotiation but principle of ho discrimination nnd arbitration most important. Resolution telegraphed minister last night, Sopt. 18.° "This will give you an Idea of tho resolution of Sept. 18, in the absence of copy of same," To End War. It would be awfully, funny, if it were not tragic, to listen to all the grave and reverend seigneurs giving their pet nostrum for ending all wars, and none of them findintr the right cure. It is an economic quostion entirely. Eliminate the profits, or-bettor still, make it very improfitable to the war makers, and there would be no> war. Suppose, for instance, that all the emperors and premiers and presidents and diplomatists knew that they hfld to pay for the war, and pay now, like. the working man doea with his life, or his hands or oyes, so that he can work no more. Many a working man was earning bofore tho war, five or six dollars a day, and is now being paid a dollar and ten centa as a soldier. If the war-makers had to pay in the same way, i.e., give up their entire income and accept in exchange a sol- 'dler's pay and have half of that withheld. When would .tbey feel that they could, afford to go to wart Never! They would never do it. But the working man goes to war under these conditions. Why does hef When will he stop! Whon he feela that he cannot afford it, there will be no more war, for the workers are really numerous, if they only knew It. Sweater Coats for Women, the Better Kinds, $9.50 and $11 —EVERY WOMAN will admire this season's stocks of sweater coats. They have a different look about them—smart, becoming, well knitted, and they answer Fashion's style decree in every detail. Because it is doubtful whether we can get more of them is the reason we urge upon you the necessity of early selection, ALL WOOL SWEATER COAT— Bin-Both finished, wtth rool collar, sash and patch pockets, In cobra of rose, green, saxe, violet, maroon, brown, cardinal and ffn eft .Maek. Prfp x ffftOU SWEATERS—With brushed wool lining, and collar and pocketB of brushed wool, In colors of canary, cherry, rose, saxe, Paddy SQ Eft and maroon. Priee yVtOV ALL/WOOL SWEATERS—Of fine smooth woo], finished with square collar and cuffs, striped with white, in colon of brown and whito, rose and white, green and white, saxe and white, maroon md white, black and white, canary and white, cardinal and white. tf ji AA Price . rBudson'sBauCompam .IMWMUrt, l*» WMMT I mmttt. ..W.. Mr*-*..**.-*!. fz_ Granville and Georgia Streets WE WILL KEEP YOUR FAMILY ON THB PAYROLL WHEN YOUR NAME DROPS OFF THE MONARCH LIFE ASSURANCE CO. O. A. CBYSDALE, Manager for B. O. 411 ROGERS BUILDING Phone Se,. 8770 for appointment end we will arrange aame for your conreiienoe. FIRING THE STOCK Out the Front Door-^The Whole Stock One Big Grand Clean-Up -OUT AND AWAY- GREAT SALE OF WRITING TABLETS 50c Linen Pads 40c 45c Irish Linen 35c 35c Onion Skin Tablet 25c 40c Tablets 86c 30c Tablets 23c 25c Writing Tablets 19c Sec our special lines at 10c and 15c Envelopes Buy Them at Wholesale Prices Batons & Hulberts' 40c linos 20c Crane's 35c Envelopes 20c 25c Envelopes 16c 15c and 20c Envelopes 10c First Showing of Christmas Cards, Booklets, Greeting Cards PLACE OAKDS - TALLY CARDS DON'T PAY EEOULAR PBIOES FOB" THESE $3,000.00 Stocks Here 25c Grabs Filled with Books, Fountain Pens, Crane's Stationery, etc., etc. Values .$1.00 to $2.00 guaranteed. Just 500 more. Don't delay. Half Price on Toilet Paper Racks NICKEL-PLATED AND ENAMELLED $1.00 Fixtures 60c ♦1.50 Fixtures 76c *1.25 Fixtures 65c A Carload of Toilet Paper LOT 1—Special. 5 rolls .. 25c LOT 2—Large rolls, 4 for 26c LOT 3—Extra large, 3 for 25c Fountain Pens Get the Hatchet #3.00 Fountain Pens 21.06 J)4.00 Fountain Pens 12.96 $4.50 Fountain Pens $3.50 $5.00 Fountain Pens $3.95 EVEBY ONE GUARANTEED FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED DEED BOXES $9.50 linos for $7.26 $15.00 linos for $11.26 $7.50 lines for $4.26 $5.00 lines for $3.75 CASH BOXES $4.80 values $2.40 $2.50 values .: $1.30 $4.00 values $2.00 $3.50 values $1.76 Advance Showing of Hallowe'en Cards, Novelties, Masks, Toys All at Sale Prices Buy Books HISTORY AND BIOORAPHY \ Lite of General Philip Schuyler, by Bayard . Tuckerman, regular $2.25 for $1.50 After Work Reminiscences of an Old Publisher, by E. Marston, $3.75 for $2.50 Troublous Times in Canada: History of the Fenian Baids, by Capt. J. A. McDonald; $2.50 for I $1.70 Campaigning on the Upper Nile and Niger, by Lieut. Seymour Vandeleur; $2.25 for $1.60 British Political Leaders, by Justin McCarthy: Short Sketches of Well-known Statesmen, with Portraits; $2.00 for $1.36 England Since Waterloo, by J. A. 11. Mar- riottj $4.00 for $2.35 The Oeat Infanta; Isabel Queen of thc Netherlands, by L. Klingenstein, $3.00 for $2.00 Autobiography of Dr. Talmage; regular'$4.50 for .'. $3.00 Madnmo de Lafayctto and Her Family, by M. Macdermot Crawford, $2.25 for .. $1.50 Forty Years of Song, by Madam Albnni; $4.00 for $2,65 New Englnnd and New Franco: Contrasts and Parallels in Coloninl History, by Jns. Douglas; $3.50 for $2.35 Vnsco da Gama and His Successors, by K, G. Jnyne, illustrated; $3.00 for $2.00 Lifo nnd Lottcrs of Jane Austen, by W. & R. A. Austen-Leigh; $4.00 for $2,65 Honrik Ibson, A Criticnl Study, by R. Ellis Roberts; $3.00 for $2,00 Edgar Allan Poo, A Criticnl Study, by Arthur Ransome; $3.00 for $2.00 Thomas Love l'oncock, A Critical Study, by A. Martin Freeman; $3.00 for $2.00 J. M. Syngo: a critical study, by P, P. Howe; ♦*1.00 for $2.00 Oscar Wilde: u criticnl study, by Arthur Ransome; $3.00 for $2.00 A Womnn of the Revolution: Thorsigno de Mcricourt, by Frank Humcl; illustrated; $4.00 for $2,66 A Sensation Saturday 2,000 GRABS—NEW ONES 10c Buy one and you will come back for a dozen. Snapshot Albums and Photo Albums BUT rOB THE LAST TIME SOo linos for ,. 36c $1.50 Snnp Albums for .. 95c $1.75 Snap Albums for $1.26 $2.00 Photo Albums for $1.35 $5.00 Loathor Photograph Books $3.75 $4.00 Leather Photograph Books $2.60 Pocket Knives at Less Than Cost $1.00 Knives 60c . 50c Knives 25c $1.25 Pon Knivos 69c Snap! 40c Playing-Cards 26c 25c and 30c Pluying Cards 20c More Toys 90c Child's Set 55c 70c Child's Set 39c 00c Child's Set 36c 50c Child's Sot 30c $2.60 Child's Kitchen Sets $1.60 Charlie Chaplin 6c $2.00 Printing Presses 25c $2.00 Dolls $1.25 TOYS-Values to 75c Celluloid and Rubber Dolls, Cows, Tigers, Goats, Elophnnts, Globes, Auto Horns, Top of tho World— 39c DOLLS $1.50 Dolls $1.10 50c Kewpie Dolls 36c $1.00 Kewpie Dolls 69c 75c Spring Dolls 45c $2.00 Buster Brown Dolls .. $1.25 :•: BREAKING UP :-: THE THOMSON STATIONERY STOCK 325 HASTINGS STREET WEST OmOIAL PAPEB. VAXCOUV^E TI4DU AHD LABOI OOTOOIL THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST NINTH YEAR. No. 42 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19,1917 I~ serve you best because 1 am your best protection — your own girls made me. I am Union-made. Therefore you get value for your honestly • earned money. IAM The Carhartt Overall Don't be put off with substitutes, insist on the genuine Carhartt. Overalls; Gloves and Trousers Hamilton Carhartt Cotton Mills, Limited ENTIRE EIGHTH FLOOR WORLD BUILDING A. R. BAKER 407 HASTINGS STREET WEST DENTIST 0 Houn: 9 to 6 p.m. Open Tueiday and Friday Evening* * Phone Seymour 2229 Closed Saturday Afternoon* The Biggest Little Man in Town is the Boy who buys his clothing at CLUBB & STEWART'S New Suits, Stylish Overcoats and Reefers, Sweater Coats, English Jerseys, Underwear and Hosiery. Everything in Boys' wear. Best quality; prices moderate. CLUBB & STEWART LIMITED 309-315 Halting! St. W. Tel. Sey. 702 VICTORIA, B.C.: 618 View Street. Phone, 1269. Greenhouaea and Nursery, Eaqui-nalt Boad. Phone 219. , HAMMOND, F 0.: Oreenhouaea aid Nursery on C. P. B. Phone Hammond 17. , Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN fruit and Ornamental Treet and Shrubs, Pot Plants, Seeds, Out Flowen' and Funeral Emblems Main Store tnd Begiatered Offlee: VANCOUVEB, B. 0. 43 Haatinge Street Eaet. Phonei, Seymonr 488-679. Branch Store, Vanconver—728 OranviUe Btreet. Phone Seymour 9513 Dr. W. J. Curry 301 D0MIHION BOTXDWa CORNER CAMBIE AMD HASTINGS STREETS TWENTT-HVE TEARS' EXPERIENCE AND STRICTLY UP-TO-DATE i TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 2354 VANCOUVER, B. C. The Ravages of Bridgework- Q Almost every edition of our dentil msgaslnes contains endlctments of gold crowns and bridgework as a most potent cause of dental destruction and of ays* tcmitic affliction^ as well. 0 Last week I removed two large bridges which four yesrs ago had been Inserted ts "guaranteed permanent bridgework" at a cost of $70.00, and this wife of a wage-earner had been led to believe they would last tbe rest of her life. Thli morning, » man told me he paid $125 for bridges which were ont in six months. C A bridge is only bb strong as Its weakest link and no nmount of advertising or bluff can enable a couple of abutment teeth'to long do the work Nature in* tended for half a doien. Q Now our teeth as a rulo do not get enough work to keep them In health but when a bridge Ib inserted, without any preparation and a couple of teeth unused to hard work are suddenly forced to bear the load of many, their loosening and loss Ib only a matter of time. (| It Ib safe to Bay that Iobb than half tho bridgework Inserted should be made and that the only reason they are made Ib, first, because the victim does not understand, and secondly, becnuse the dentist needs the money and is often himself Ignorant of conditions and resulli. fl It Ib estimated thnt on this continent several million teeth are deitroyed every year through tho effects of gold crowns and bridges, and we are only now learning that health and happiness are sacrificed at the same time. Of course, Cart of the) remedy to this abuse of confidence is to eliminate the flnanclal factor y "making the dentist the salaried officer of the public." Q But bridgework Ib to All the gap due to extraction and so a better remedy ll to have your teeth filled early and not extracted, Of course, there are dentists who extract teeth which can be saved, for the more profitable object of making a bridge and io we get back to "the depravity of human nature, the proposition of removing the financial antagoniim between the dentist and the public. . fl I have just had a letter from our old friend, Chas. Leiter, who la In jail for one year for speaking "disrespectfully of the flag," Read my letter to the editor on "The flag of Plutocracy." Labor Opposed.to Soldiers9 Dependents Being Fed With Charity Spoon Demands That Government Treasury * Supplies Their Needs Wholesale withdrawal of support for the Canadian Patriotic fund, stf far aB the wage-workers of British Columbia are concerned,"taay be'eipected in the course of a few weeks. Some months ago, Vancouver Trades and Labor council served notice upon the federal government that auch a course would be resorted to, unless something definite was done to change the "charity" aspect of thetHfand and the mode of-its collection, in the following resolution: "That we request the Dominion government to take over1 and administer the Patriotic Fund, with an equal allowance to all dependents, and that we continue our Bupport for a period of four months,* and we further instruct our membership that on and after December 1, 1917, to refuse further support to the Patriotic Fund. "Also that a copy of this report be sent to all Tradea and Labor coun* cils and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada." The coal miners of Vancouver Island and those of the Crows Nest Pass district did not wait even as long as the Vancouver council had suggested, evidently knowing full well that the government would do absolutely nothing. They refused to longer be parties to the employers' method of raising "voluntary" patriotic funds. Soon after, tbo hietalliferous miners of the Slocan district emulated the example of their bituminous colleagues, which, by the way, resulted in considerable criticism of alleged "alien" influences at work, along with the .usual bunk and sophistry jndulged in by the kept press on tfjch occasions. Boundary District Following Suit. Now the Oreenwood Miners' union has decided to step in line and at last meeting the following resolution wbb concurred in: "Resolved, by Oreenwood Miners' union, that we request the Dominion government to take over and administer the Canadian Patriotic Fund, with an equal allowance to all de- pendents; and that we continue our support for a period of three months; and we further instruct our membership, that on and after January 1, 1918, they should not f jrther support said fund." Send Letter to Premier. Covering the resolution the membership instructed Secretary Lakeland to write Premier Borden a letter explaining the attitude of Local 22. Itlrcads: (Copy) Greenwood, B. C, Sept. 17,1917. Rt. Hon. R. L. Borden, Premier: Hon. Sir: A few weeks ago, the workers at the Motherlode mine of this city, ceased their contributions of one day'a pay per month to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. On second consideration they were impressed with the idea that they had acted a little,hasty or drastic, and held a meeting of all the employees of the camp. The question was viewed by the members, from all possible angles and finally they decided that, in their opinion, the collection and administration Of the fund was entirely wrong, that the man who was willing, but can ill afford, may continue to pay, while the unwilling one, although perhaps well able, hus a clear option; that the only way to have thc fund adequate and satisfactory to all, is for it to be handled on a compulsory taxation basis, which will not discriminate; that the proper office for such a fund is either the provincial or Dominion house; that we notify you of oar intention to cease contributing on January 1, 1918, thereby giving you time t* inaugurate some other method, and prevent the possible hardship from being imposed upon the recipients of the fund. I was instructed to write you on behalf of this union and to forward tbe attached resolution. I nm respectfully yours, WM. LAKELAND, - Sec'y Greenwoor Miners' Union. Wbat of Other Unionists? Greenwood has postponed the date set by Vancouver central labor body one month. There are still a good many places to oe heard from. Probably it would be just us well for 'jnion secretaries to advise Secretary Wells of the B. C. Federation of Lnbor, Box 1538, Victoria, of what action has or is to be taken. If the action of B. C. trade unionists' ia made unanimous it is certain that unorganized employees throughout the province will follow their method of protest) with a view to having the administration1 and collection of the Canadian Patriotic Fund in line with the resolutions quoted above. VtSTm") $1.60 PER YBAB BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATION OF LABOR And now tbe New York Call ig up against the kaiser's edict and is called to the carpet for suspension %f rom the mails. Tbe Cnll is about the last of the Socialisti papers left. The administration of kaiser Wilson at Washington will bo due to go down in history —and that, soon—as the most execrable and contemptible attempt at cheap autocratic buffoonery ever recorded. Even that cheap political crowd now on the roost of power need not delude itself with the notion that it ia making any name' for itself other than an ignominious one. No cheap replica of kaiBerism can get by with tho goods on thla western continent. The storm that will sweep it into oblivion is only being hastened by cheap and nasty petty tyrannies. Strength to its foolishness. Official Circular. * Victoria, B. 0, Oct. 15, 1917. To Organized Labor in the Federal Constituency of Nanlmo: Greeting: Following out the instructions of the special convention, held on Labor Day in Vancouver, a call is hereby issued to organized Labor, tb send delegates to a nominating convention, to be held on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the K. P. hall, Victoria, B. C, for the purpose of nominating an anti- conscription and labor candidate for the coming federal election. The convention will convene at 8 p.m. sharp. Representation. Each local union will be entitled to one delegate for the first 100 members or fraction thereof, and one additional delegate for each additional 100 members or major fraction thereof. Owing to the territory covered by this constituency, local unions situate in Victoria will be entitled to send delegates, such delegates to be resident in the riding, which covers Baa* nlch, Oak Bay and Esquimalt. In other words, they may send delegates who reside in one of the three municipalities mentioned. Nanaimo, South Wellington and Ladysmith wilt also be entitled to representation, Your delegates should be elected as soon as possible and credentials sent to Secretary-treasurer A. S. Wells, P.O. Box 153S, Victoria, B. C. Fraternally yours. WALTER HEAD, Vice-president. J. TAYLOB, Vice-president. A. S. WELLS, Secretary-treasurer. ITICAL GO TO PARTY Formation of Union Government Causes Big Ottawa Shake-up E Address Six Thousand Members of Labor Unions in Vancouver The local bartenders are prepared to confront the new conditions placed upon them by prohibition, and will protect their organization and maintain their identity as a live union in this city. Although they have been decreased in. numbers, there still remains not a few who must be provided for. This can only be done through thorough organization of the workerB in the trade. ^Therefore, memberB of organized labor in this city are asked to patronize only the refreshment places taking the place of the public licensed bar, which employ union help. The following appeal explains itself: To tbe Six Thousand Members of Organized Labor In Vancouver, B. O.j Greeting: Bartenders' Local Mo. 676, working under a charter from the Hotel and Restaurant Employees1 International Alliance and Bartenders' International League of America, and in affiliation with the A. F. of L. and the Vancouver TradeB and Labor Council, wish, to call' your attention to tjtae conditions which confront our members, and solicit your co-operation In an effort to pre* serve our Identity as an integral part of or* ganized Labor in the city of Vancouver. The adoption of the B. G. Prohibition act has so changed conditions in the indu«* try, in which our members were engaged, as to render it imperative to reorganise the craft to meet the nev%*» situation created thereby. , The Immediate effect, of course, has been to deplete the membership through withdrawals and transfers, but notwithstanding these, there yet remains a considerable number to be provided for. This we propose to do by endeavoring' to control the bev* erage end of the catering Industry In such places as remain in business for that purpose. To accomplish this, it goes without saying that the maintenance of our organisation is necessary. Thousands of organised workers will, no doubt, continue toV patronise places of refreshment substituted for the licensed bar, with which many of them have so long been familiar. And tt Ib to the patrons of these places that we appeal to assist us In i>s>- serving wages and working conditions commensurate with a decent standard of living. Many, of our members are at present employed In such places, but, as yet, conditions therein, are more or less experimental and disorganised. We will endeavor ro stabllse them with a view of providing em* ployment for as many of our members as possible. With your assistance we believe this can be accomplished. To this end we propose, from time to time, to furnish you with the necessary In* formation regarding such places of refreshment at are worthy of your patronage— places employing our members exclusively, wherein wages, hours, etc, will be such an to commend them to our membership. In this manner we hope to maintain the place on the roster uf local labor unions which we bave occupied for Ihe past fourteen years. JOHN MARTIN, President. WM. MOTTI8HAW, Secretary. P.O. Box, 424, Vancouver, II. C. Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 19, 1917. TWENTY-HVE YBABB AGO Trtdti and Labor Council. Friday, October 21, 1892 Geo. Pollay in the chair; Geo. Gagen, seeretary. Credentials received as follows: Brotherhood of Curpenters and Joiners, A, D. McDonald, vice A, Wilson, resigned; Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, D. J. McPbulen and Charles Kaine, vice W. Pleming and Thomas Oliver; Shaftesbury Assembly, K. of L., Thos. Allan, vice J. T. Beuttie, resigned; Bricklayers, C. Oarmlchael, vice R. Dickie, resigned; Printers, W, S. Fowler, vice Percy Whitworth, resigned. Secretory Nanaimo Miners' union wrote re non-union conl. Following appointed to draft a labor plntfortn: R. Watson, D. J. McPhalcn, Robt. Cosgrove, Frnney, Geo. Walker, Dan Stewart, Geo. Pollay, Colin McDonald, W. S. Fowler, 0. Bartley. Affiliated unions requested to tne members for putronizing non-union shops. One of the most valued labor exchanges that com-cs to us is the A. F. of L. Weekly News Letter, Washington, D. C. It consists of a Bingle sheet, printed only upon one side. Those Who Get "Shook" Land on Spots Just as Fat and Soft A great deal of criticism of the "Victory Bond" committee ia beard among financial men, for there ia not a aolitary aoul on th--* cummlttee who knows anything about selling bonds. It la another illustration >f the Borden government's way of doing thlnga— paying for political favors. Of course, the bond committee will be expected to do its work for nothing. It will be interesting, after the flotation has been made, to see just how large a percentage of the amount raised the expenses will reach. Just like other government appoint* ments, the men who know least about them, get the jobs. This city will soon be flooded with a lot of literature asking the people to go down in their jeans for more money to keep tne war going, and, incidentally, to provide more fat spots of office for government heelers of one sort and another. Little else might be'eipected from an administration wholly inefficient as Sir Eobert Borden's. The iocalled "union" government is no bettor than the old. It iB made 'ap of opportunists, selected entirely because of the coming elections, in hopes thnt the tide of pub* lie feeling which is strongly set against Borden and his war boodlers, will be turned long enough to' firmly set the whole crowd back into offlce again. In making room for the "Liberals" in hiB ministry, Sir Robert had the devil's own time finding soft jobs for those whose placeB would have to be disarranged. Before tbe government risks an election all the crowd will have been provided with soft tbinga. Dr. Clarence Jameson, Conservative member for Digby, has beon given a $5,000 place as civil service commissioner, something about which he knows very little, if anything. Dr. Adam Shortt, whose place he is to take, will get something similarly soft and fat. ' The position of inspector of storage dams on tbe Ottawa river has been given to Gerald Brabazon, Conservative member for Pontine, and in our own British Columbia, Frank Barnard is to be Inspector of dredging. Everybody knows Burnard knows nothing about dredging. A. C. Boyce, another of Borden's marionottes goes on the rnilwny board at *8,000 a year. For eight or nine years there have been only Ave members of the board, though the act stipulates six to Handle tbe herculean task of the politicians who comprise it. J. D. Hazen, who had to be displaced ob minister of marine and fisheries, to make room in the "union" ministry, lands equally well as before, aB Canada's representative to thc United States. Sir George Perley is *o lie recalled as minister of war overseas and Sir Jim Lougheed is to get the place and "reorganize" it. Sir Jim sure will. The whole thing is n mess for which the people of Canada are pa'ying. 'Some More Party Patronage. Vancouver evidently hnsn 't been doing her bit for thc Borden profiteers, judging by a survey of the olllce furnishings such ub filing cabinets being used by rcgristrar's department of tho Military Service Bonrd, otherwise the conscription tribunals. All such things nre to be shipped from thc east, where the makers and dealers arc heavy contributors to the Tory campaign fund. All you expect; all you hope for—that we promise you in a Semi-ready Suit or Overcoat. Semi-ready quality And style—and price— And perfect fit.* These we guarantee you will be satisfied with— We want you to come—to come and welcome, whether 'tis to buy or but to see. You'll be pleased and we'll be glad to show you the new designs which mark the Drift of Fashion. $15 to $40. THOMAS & McBAIN 655 Granville St. Autumn and Winter Styles in Ladies' Coats and Suits —are very smart thla aeanott, yet there haa been no sacrifice ot comfort. Fashion and Utility have been mut happily combined, Tbe Ladyware creations are de- algned and man-tailored in oar awn workrooms here In Vaneoaver—every bit ot tbe work pernonally supervised to meet tbe truly metropolitan tistei of tbla community. Seeing and choosing at Ladyware li a particular pleasure to oar cuito- men, where all the garments are practically on open display in a big. bright, cheery salesroom, presided over by a bevy of expert salesladies who know their business. LADIES' OOATM16, $17.50, $80, $82.80, $80. $87.80, $80 ta $80. LAMBS' SUITS—$80. $83.00, $39 to $80. 564 Granville St. Opp. Drysdale's Spend money where you can save money It pays to watch your expenditures for drugs and medicines just as well as for clothing, household supplies, etc. You ahould be careful when purchasing drugs, however, to avoid buying preparations which are of inferior grade, offered to you as "substitutea" or "just ns good," even if the price should be lower. Wben baying drugs, stick to standard lines, The Vancouver Drag Oo. offers full lines of standard drags—absolutely pure—true is to name—fresh u to quality—at ttu lowest prices. Call at or phone to our nearest store whenever you need anything in the line of drugs or medicines. Mail Order Department—We^give the same Bervice and price to out-of-town customers as is given over our counters. Address Mall Order Dept., 407 Hsstings Street West. VANCOUVER DRUG SIX STORES CO., LTD. . CENTRAL LOCATIONS SUPERIOR SERV1CB MA1NSTOBE. '408 Hastings St. V. Phones Sey. 1985 * 1(88 BBANOH SXOBES: Ttt Granville Street Seymoar 701S 2714 Oranrille Stnet B»y. 2814 * 17440 412 Msln Street Seymour 2082 2003 Fonrth Ave. West , > Bv. 1688 1700 Oommerdsl Mrs High. 238 A 17SSO '"vVtaSjCiiafMilwt' Imtfim&STWftoflof aJmnc* Union-made agar** '— Umaa:tmttmama4m<^*mo^tmo>^ao.el^\)Cmm, aiuattauaitaaia,ima. ,imaaiJ .—.-. Ii—i. .^.i..La.TT1 ^«^i»iiwe^iuniiww*»'[iu^**i*nr*»icFrw^»?rii*^M^,«M«^ MM CsJMtl « *mm~ VMeJIM *a mm). 5KB Whon Buying a Cigar 8ee that this TOION Blue Label io on tho box Be Fair to Yourself YOU want the best street railway service you can get for the money. The street railway wants to give you the best service it can give. But the street railway may be prevented by lack of revenue or public support. A street railway that is unable to replace old equipment and install new devices as progress brings forth, cannot give good service to the publio, You owe it to yourself to see that the street railway is able to give progressive service and not forced to die a gradual death owing to inadequate revenue. Remember that a street railway must continue to grow and develop unless it is in a community that is dead. (jf€&&etiric PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAT... ...October 19, 1917 THE B. C, FEDERATIONIST Published every Tflde ,,«„, Friday morning by tbe B. C. Federatlouist, Limited R. Parm. Pettipiece Manager Office: Labor Temple, 405 Dunsmuir St. Tel. Exchange Seymour 7405 After 6 p.m.: Sey. 7497K Subscription: $1.50 per year; in Vancouver City, $2.00; to unions subscribing in a body, $1.00. REPRESENTATIVES New Westminster W. Yates, Box 1021 Prince Rupert S. D. Macdonald, Box 268 Victoria A. S. Wells, Box 1688 W E ALL KNOW how the German people were molded into willing tools of their autocratic government through deeadeB of careful nnd thorough schooling in the tenets, concepts and • 'TO BE TAUGHT '' kultur'' peculiar- DEMOCRACY'S ly to tho liking of BENEFITS" the autocrats who would use those people for tho purpose of satisfying the world ambitions of the kaiser and his junker following. What thrilling stories we havo been told of the artful cunning uaed by the Prussian military maniacs iu cultivating the Teuton mind into an abiding faith ia the divine mission of Germany to conquer the earth and bless it with the true "kultur" and the true Seatness. Ever sinco the outbreak of e present* war, we have beon amply regaled with thrilling chronicles of the manner in which all governmental activity for the past forty years haa been directed to the sole purpose of mentally and materially equipping the German people for the glorious task of purifying the world of the contaminating influences of the decadent and enervating civilization foisted upon it by the deluded, inferior-and wicked people of leas favored lands. And much of the initial success of the Teutonic powers in the present war has no doubt correctly been attributed to tho artful and thorough administration of citable educational dope into the common herd, during the years leading up to "tho day,'* to properly equip it with the requisite degree of ignorance and docility to make the big drive when the hour ahould strike. That the Prussian government has proven itself it pnst master ia the noble art of administering the dope, ia beyond question, but that it is by no means alone in that line of busineu, current, events are amply proving. '• ♦ * We are now officially informed, that "systematic education of school children in problems of democracy and community life, is about to begin by the United States government, "on request of President Wilson." "Leaflets as guides to school teachers" are to be "sent broadcast by United States Commissioner to teach children democracy 'a meaning." Being in the democratic United States this will no doubt cover the democratic significance of voluntary and involuntary wage slavery In industry; conscript slavery in military servitude; enforced deportation, by gunmen and civilian and homo guard ruffians, of industrial slaves who may have usurped the right to kick about being forced to remain hungry under free institutions; the murder of a Frank Little for the exercise of his legal privilege of criticizing the obnoxious features of the sort of democracy Dieted out to slaves under the United States brand thereof, and his murder going unquestioned and unrebuked by either government authorities or tne loud«mouthed disciples and advocates of democracy outside of government; the tacit governmental approval of the breaking up of legal and peaceful meetings of citizens by hoodlums, some of them, at leut, wearing the military uniform; the oppression of publications without other warrant than that of criticism of the government and objection to its arbitrary and impudent assumption of autoeratic powers utterly subversive -and destructive of aU democracy;, the creation and maintenance of an abominable and far-reaching secret service to dragnet the land for individuals and organizations who may offer objection to the rape of democracy and the destruction of the last vestige of the liberty that may have been wrung from brutal and rapacious autocracy and tyranny in the past; of the arrest and incarceration in filthy and lousy dungeons right in the capital city of tbe nation, of women guilty of no other offense than that of plcketting the presidential shack for the purpose of calling the attention of the chief democrat to their grievances, all other efforts having met with failure, through being ignored, and a thousand other brutal and atrocious crimes against all that is democratic and pro- Sresaive, that hu been and is being aily perpetrated by tho powers that be and the baneful and deadly influences that lurk in the background and shape their course. * * * The general trend of thc instruction that is to be given thc children, "on tho request of President Wilson,'1 mny bo gathered from tho following; "Not only will the great present necessity for winning tho wnr be j taught, but emphasis will bo laid i upon the continuance of efficiency during titaes of peace to come. The . production, distribution nnd conservation of food will bc iVnt arvii. with i the purpose of emphasizing the interdependence and co-operation that are necessary in order .tto meet tho fierce industrial competition thnt will follow the making of peace." Very nicely summed up. Democracy in a nutshell, as it were. Not only efficiency for tho purposo of "winning the wnr," but "the continuance of efficiency during times of pence." In other words, the children nre to bo taught how- to accomplish tho greatest amount of work upou tho smallest nmount of compensation, for that is all thero is to "efficiency," from thc present, or capitalist standpoint. Whnt other construction can bo put upon tho matter of doing the utniost possible, either in timo of war or in time of pence, and at tho same time effecting the greatest possible conservation of food, etc.f Tho maxim'jm of effort and of cennomy is to bo taught, not only for wnr purposes but also for those dnys of peace thut ere to follow, thoso dnys that aro to be happily marked with a "fierce industrial competition." The children of Prussian militarism were molded nnd doped into suitable shape for uso by their grandiloquent ovorlords in their particular schemes of world conquest and domination, but at least thoir overlords did not have the impudonco to make pretense that their schemes wero prompted by any love or admirationfor demucracy. The children of the United States are to be molded and doped into suitable mental obfuBcntion and trained docility, to enable their industrial and military overlords to beat tho Prussian autocrats at their own game of war now, und defeat all comers in the "fierce industrial competition" that is to follow in the future. * * * And these self-appointed autocrats have tho unsufferable gall to profess an undying love for democracy and to make pretense that their schemes are calculated to conserve her cause and establish her dominion throughout the earth. And whilo the Ho is given to their words by their every aet, the pity of it all is that so mnny well intention- ed but extremely gullible democrats are stupidly lod away from all that even bears Bemblance of democracy and uBe their talents and their strength to further the destruction of all liberty and democracy and buttress and bulwark all that is viciously reactionary and brutally autocratic and execrable. The Labor movement of this western continent ia especially culpable in this respect, so much ao in fact as to load somo to feel, that whatever thero is that may be properly classed as progressive and democratic is to bo found only outside of that movement, While the powers of government are at all times used, as far as for the moment may appear to be oxpedient and safe, against Hie workers and for the .purpose of checking their aspirations for industrial betterment and social uplift, the organizations of labor almost without* exception are among the loudest in their vociferations of intense loyalty to that which oppresses them, and among the most blatant in professions of patriotic zeal in defense of the world-conquering and brutalizing schemes of the master class which rules and robs them. The entire attiude of the Labor movement, as expressed through its fulminatlons and its zeal for enlistment in ruling class service, with the only proviso that the doily recompense of slaves Bhall not be unpatriotically stinted, speaks volumes for the calibre of workers, as slaves, well deserving their slavery, but not ao much aa a line for their calibre as men deserving their liberty. They havo evidently been fairly well educated along the same lines now being followed with their children, "on request of President Wilson." If the children are ever taught the truth, in regard to mutters political and economic, it looks ar though thoy will have to be taught out side of the so-called public schools. THAT WHICH IS TEEMED the wealth of nations now runs into figures that stagger the human mind. ThoBe figures become more imposing each year and, aB strange as it may appear, they THE PARADOX have gone up by OF WEALTH leaps and bounds AND DEBT. during the laat three years, years that have been marked by a far greater consumption and destruction of what is ordinarily termed wealth, than has ever occurred within any similar period of history. Newspapers, statisticians and alleged economists boastfully proclaim the wealth of this age, and fairly slaver nt the mouth as they give voice to the juicily suggestive figures. Millions are no longer referred to. It is no longer considered good form to mention such trifles. The term billions iB now required to express the wealth of evon third-rate nations in the great family of national bandits. Now of what does this wealth consist f In what respect is the world any more wealthy now than a thousand years ago! Is that which wo commonly term wealth really wealth, or is it wealth in outward appearance only! Is it, in fact a hollow mockery and a curse to the Useful portion of human society, the Mai wealth firodueers, while at the sahWtimo serv- ng ns a veritable haven of refuge for the useless, the reactionary, and the parasitic! We shall aeo. * * * Tho wealth of Great Britain has beon recently estimated at ♦80,000,000,- 000, and the consoling reflection has been drawn that as the national debt is now but $463 por capita, or about 120,000,000,000, her financial showing is excellent. But the fact is that all computation of a nation's wealth is based upon what the producers of that nation are able to pay as an investment. The stocks, bonds, deeds, mortgages, loans (public and private) and all other forms of invested capital constitute the sum total of the national wealth. In the estimated total of #80,000,000,000, as above given, is and must be included the national debt, for that is as certainly an Investment of capital, and thereforo an asset, as is any other capitalist venture or undertaking. These capitalist investments are wealth only when viewed through the eyes of the holders thereof, the capitalists. The value of their holdings arc. hieasured solely by tho returns they ore ablo to realize out of the productive labor of the wealth producers. To the latter all R>.ich holdings appear as debt, upon which they ae to pay perpetual revenue or proflt. Thc principal can never be paid for the self-evident renson thnt thnt which called it into being (tho necessity of selling on credit nil commodities taken from lnbor, becnuse there never wns, is or can be anything with which to make actual payment) precludes such payment. The national debt is owed to individual capitalists, ntld even if paid off by the government, that nmount of capital would be again in the hands of those who hnd loaned it to tho government and would be available for other capitalist investments and enterprises. The total of debt resting upon the producers and upon whieh they are to pny revenue in tho Bhnpe of some form of proflt, would not-be lessened, It is a perpetual chargo ngainst thc class of wenlth producers. Trom tho capitalist standpoint it is wenlth; from thnt of the producers it remains nn everlasting debt, It is a ease where black is white, and white is black. It is n paradox. * * * One of our brilliant Vnncouver dailieB .marvels with the usual editorial profundity over the astounding fact, that "fhe wealth of the United Stntes hns increased by the war profits of the laBt three years, so that it can withstand any strain the war ir* likely to plnco on it," Now that is renlly an astounding facf, that is it would be if it wero really a fact. But the joke of it is that it is not a fact. Certain capitalist interests in the States have ncnimtilntcd credits right valoriously sinco tho breaking out of tho glorious melee. Hut that is nil. Thoy havo it is true, gathered a right tidy lot of orders on tho future, but that futuro has long since become so burdened with that sort of j thing that it is more than problematical whether the obligations now outstanding nre roully worth fifty cents on tho dollar of their original value. Judging from the present nigh prices of all commodities—which only spells depreciated ' currency—and their continued rise ;'i spite of all price-fixers, it looks as though another year or two of this accumulating wealth by war, would result in a currency level of value being reached very similar to that of the Southern Confederacy when it went broke in 1865. The possibility of a nation becoming rich by running in debt will then be most convincingly demonstrated. Also the possibility of skinning slaves and trading in their hides as a safe and sane cornerstone upon which to erect the fabric of civilization. And also the possibility of ani- mnl society, either huhian or otherwise, existing upon the planet fbr nny length of time under the circumstunces and conditions of the wealth producers being enslaved and robbed by their own kind. * * # The sheet in quostion quotes somo statistician as saying, that "American wealth amounts to $2280 per capita," thus making that country tho richest on earth. This means, if it moans anything, that the wealth producers of that country can pay revenue 'upon that much por capita. In other words, they are in debt that much to tho American capitalists. They are worth that much to their ownera, for surely if they owe $2280 each to the capitalists, thc latter own them body, boots and breeches. And right there is ample additional proof of the atatement we have already made that debt can never be paid. $2280 per each man, woman and child in the country. Does there exist one so simple as to imagine that such a sum could ever be paid! Try as we may to explain it away, the fact still persists that all this talk about wealth is pure buncombe. There is nothing to wealth outside of the dailiy productive power of the working class of the world, and the results of that are 'used up by ruling class society as fast as they are brought forth. All food, clothing, shelter and all other usable things are consumed! as fast as produced. Nothing is stored up, nothing is accumulated except the credit tokens, figures and other evidence of the wealth that ia produced by the workors and is taken from them without any payment or recompense therefor. No payment can be made, for thore is nothing to pay with. The entire financial pretense ia nothing but a sham and a humbug. It is pure and unadulterated flimflam, ao involved and hidden as to even befool the majority of tho alleged experts who work it. It is now rapidly breaking down, and thereby disclosing ita humbug character to those who caro to aee it. By thia present war capitalism is stripping itself dear of all humbug and disclosing itself in obscene nakedness as the clumsiest and most transparent subterfuge ever concocted by the animal cunning of a vulgar iMling class, to covor up the hideouB crime of human slavery from the oyos of the victims of it. If the slave was not the original easy mark, he would have seen through it nges ago. It, or he, whichever you like, has been a good thing for rulers and robbers for the last ten thousand years. Their gnme is now about up, but it is no fault of the slaves. If the game was workable for another ten thousand years, the slaves would do their part. At least tt looks like it. LABOR TEMPLE MEETINGS FOR COMING WEEK SUNDAY, Oct. 21—Telegraphers. MONDAY, Oct. 22—Amal. Engineers, Boiler Makers, Steam Engineers, Electrical Workers, Pattern Makers, U. B. Carpenters No. 617, Iron Workers, Street Railwaymen's Exec. TUESDAY, Oct. 23—Butchers and Meat Cutters, Barbers, Machinists No. 777, Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 24—Teamsters and Chauffeurs, Street Railwaymen, Metal Trades Council) Mill and, Factory Workers. THURSDAY, Oct. 25—Machinists No. 182, Sheet- Metal Workers, Shipwrights aad Caulkers, Painters. FRIDAY, Oct. 26—Plumbers, Pile Drivers aud Wooden Bridge Builders, Shipyard Laborers, Timber Workers, No. 3. NOT LONG SINCE Secretary McAdoo gave -utterance to the statement, that after the war would ensue an era of competition of "un- pnralled ferocity." And now comes President Wilson WHY A "TIERCE ns authority that COMPETITION" a high state of IN THE FUTURE? efficiency in production and a thorough conservation of food will be "necessnry in order to meet tho fiorce industrial competition that will follow the making of peace." Just why the human animals that inhabit the earth should be called upon to engage in competition ngainst each other, either as individuals or as aggregations of individuals, in order to live, has never* yet been satisfactorily explained by those who tnke it upon themselves to marshal the competitive hosts and urge them on in the ferocious struggle. To no other animal is allotted the unhappy fate of being doomed to an eternal struggle of competitive ferocity against his kind in order to gain a living. That is a distinction evidently reserved for man, the onty animal in the whole lot that is supposed to be guided in his actions by intelligence and reason, instead of being left, as are the lower animals to the fallibility of instinct to guide him through the dangers and pitfalls of mundane existence. It would seem to be quite enough that , men must fight each other to the death Jin times of war, without being also ; called upon to engage in a perpetual and deadly "competition c* unparal- lellcd ferocity," during times of peace. But if that is tho best that the high priests of the present order havo to offer to the sons of toil, it would seem to be about time that thc lntter made effort to solve the problem of why they should be made to suffer such an unhappy fate. * * * As this penalty of competition appears to bo in some manner linked up with trade, and we are led to this con- elusion by noting thnt our high priests of political and economic wisdom couple tho two together, it only becomes necessary to npply the scalpel of enquiry tn that world fetish of trnde, to uncover the renson why we I can only escape the deadly Scylla of war, by immediately fnlting Into the j equally fierce and almost na deadly I Charybdis of a "competition of un- ; paralleled ferocity." And what is j trade! In its incipiency it may well ; have been a simple exchange of products between the individual producers thereof, who lived as neighbors in thc primitive community. It measured b\it a very short step boyond the time when our primitive forbears aided each other in their simple pursuits by nn exchange of lalmr. a practice thnt still prevails to a limited extent in mnny country districts.^. But trade has assutned an altogether different character. It has now become a world obsession and pursues its ruthless course by crushing all obstacles that may obstruct its I pnthway, under tho merciless pressure of Its cheap goods, cheap because they aro taken from those who produce 'hem, without anything being givon In return. Trade, as we know it now, is but tho world trnflic in the plunder accruing to the owners and masters of slavos, ns a result of thc oxponditure of the energy, tho life force, of thoso slnves in the operation of Industry. All that great volume of wealth, that presents itself to us in tho form of goods, merchandise, eommoditiea, factories, shops, warehouses, railways, ships, mines, and all that these Imply, represents only plunder that has been taken nut of tbe hide nnd sweat of the slaves of modern capitnllsm and Is being swapped, traded, transferred, peddled, und otherwise disposed of, by the mast- over here is $o see that when factories and numerous other things that might be mentioned, are built, the titles of ownership and the supreme control thereof shall bo secured to the capitalists, the modern slave owners and masters. ThiB precious thing which so many supposedly erudite persons refer to as "they" is nothing but an instrument of the ruling class, the purpose of pehich merely is to hold slaves in leash for exploitation. The toolB of government are the club, the gun and the bayonet, and houBeB are not built with such tools. No indeed. As to "surplus population," there will not be any by the time this delightful little government job in Europe is finished, that iB, if it lasts long enough. Very interesting indeed ia the story of the military adventures of the valiant soldier who carried the first American flag in attack against the Germans in France, aB told by himself through the columns of the press recently. In the course of his somewhat adventurous career along the battlefront during the last three years he was, according to his own confession, shot through the head three times without injury to his mentality. Of such stuff it is an easy matter to make heroes. ors and owners, not only bf the plunder, but also of the Blaves that brought it forth by their industry. By tneana of their ownership of the means of life, tho resources of the earth and the machinery of industry, the capitalists of this and all othor countries of the earth, as absolutely own the wealth producers as did the chattel slave masters of the ancient world own their human chattels, or the Southern planters own their "niggers" prior to the civil war in the United States. * * * Out of that which the producers of wealth—the enslaved workers—bring forth by their labor, they get just onough upon the average to keep them in working condition. The balance Ib forever lost to them and might just as well nevor have been produced, as far as they are concerned. In fact, it is worse than wastod to them, for the very reason that its production called for an expenditure of energy upon their part which brought them no corresponding recompense. That is what slaves have always been doing. That is what they are for. As slave masters find themselves* in competition with each other for the customers that m'ust be found in order to dispose of their wares—the plunder taken from their slaves—and as these masters (capitalists can only find customers and hold them by and through the cheapness and good quality of their wares, it is not necessary to seek farther for the reason why their slaves must bc driven to efficiency and mercilessly exploited in a "competition of unparalleled ferocity." The only known way to produce goods cheaply is by driving the slaves without merey and holding them down to the lowest possible amount of sustenance and shelter that thoy can be forced to exist and work upon. The common torm for this sustenance and shelter ia wages, and is only calculated to cover that which the chattel slave of the olden time got direct from the hand of his master in the shape of a hut, corn meal, molasses, sow belly and beans, and the horse, ox and ass of today gets as hay, oats and stable. And the beauty of it all - ia that wages aro squared with a paper promise, which is subsequently redeemed out of the very same products that have been produced by the slavos themselves. But even after this paper promise haB thus been redeemed it atill lives, no matter if the redemption has been repeated a thousand times. It is thc only created thing the immortality of whieh is beyond doubt. Hurrah for "competition of unparalleled ferocity! " It is announced by the Ogilvie Flour Milling Company, that its profits for the yoar amount to $1,358,847. That means that the eompany got that sura for nothing. It is the reward received bv the shareholders for their thrift and abstinence in refraining from doing anything in the shape of work, for the period mentioned. A very sad part of the affair is that the government of Canada stepped in and grabbed one- half of the swag in the form of taxes. Tbat almost looks like robbery. The brutal and autocratic, authorities in' their blind zeal to cram the youth of thc land with "Prussian kultur" recently added from 40 to 80 minutes to the school day for military training. Six hundred high school students immediately went on strike against it and Miss Anna I.ederer, as head of a students' committeo informed the authorities that 4,000 would follow unless military training was discontinued. Oh, by the wny, we forgot to state that this happened in the city of Now York, in the land of kaiser Woodrow tho I., not in Berlin or some othor city in the land of Kaiser Bill tho II. Mr. Samuel Gomper's precious creation known as the American Alliance for Lnbor and Democracy, is to send a commission composed of 50 appointees of Gomper's, to fix the Russian people up and instil into thom a due and propor appreciation of Samuel and his philosophy of himself as set forth by himself to nn astounded world of his own creation. It is to be hoped thnt the Russian workmen are sufficiently familiar with the hollow mock- cry of Samuel's impudent pretense of being anything other than a cheap political booster for Wilson "democracy" and a bombastic reactionary to whom all progressive thought Is a stranger and who is utterly nnd hopelessly ignorant upon all tnattcrs having any hopeful bearing or influence upon any labor movement worthy of the name, to ignore his committee except by requesting it to remain at homo und devote its energy to greasing the ways for Mr. Gomper's slide into the oblivion of useless and diacardod things j where ho properly belongs and into which he is due to be launched in the near future, and also to which ho should have been long sinco consigned. A prominent Labor man In England asks: "Will the govornment, in peaco times, use the factories they have built in war time to foed and clothe tho surplus population which capitalism has always Wt to starve!" Without expressing admiration for that sort of grammar that nlways refers to government as "they," we would beg to remark that governments in Europe may build factories, but ovor on this side of the pond such things are always bnilded by labor. All that government does That pious old soul, the Rev. W. G. W, Fortune, goneral secretary of the People's Prohibition association, while on a recent tour of dry triumph through the interior, came "across a ease of a man who had refused to come out of the hills until the bars were closed. 'I want my wad,' " he told a friend. And now tho dealers in ginger beer, pink tea, reduced rain water and ice cream Are laying for him when he does come to town. It is not written in the book of .fate that wads should long survive in the dizzy whirl of city dissipation. If he comes to Vancouver, tag day will get him if nothing else does. The only serious tactical blunder ever made by the late Sir Richard McBride was when he responded to a call from Ottawa. His subsequent pilgrimage was disastrous and he cut no further live figure in Canadian politics. Premier Brewster recently responded to a similar call, but having been given the "once over" by the wiso mon of the east the cannery magnate has been returned to the political wilds of B, C. And many there aro hereabouts who opine that to be called but not choBcn, may even lead to greater disaster than overtook Sir Bichard, who was not only called, but safely ran tho gauntlet of keen inspection. There are more reasons than one why erstwhile prominent .politicians subsequently succumb to tho oblivion-compelling weakness of inocuous desuetude. The production of coal in the United States during the year 1016 amounted to 600,000,000 tons. Thp production for 1917 will be at loast 10 per cent, greater. This would be equivalent to six tons por head of population* or 30 tons per family, or in other words more than sufficient coal to supply the legitimate and necessary requirements, of the ordinary family for an entire generation, under living conditions uot based upon slavery, trado, commerce nnd proflt. The slaves of the coal Industry produced all of that coal and got nothing out of it but their baro living. Being slaves that is all they were entitled to. And we note with much pleasure that their officials are emphatic ia affirming the coal miner's loyalty to thc governmont of his masters and owners, and his sublime willingness to continue at his llghtsmoe task and even increase tho amount of juice delivored from his servile bones, if the exigiencies of his master's war- needs ahould require It. Upon auch u solid foundation of docility and servility as afforded by the dyed-in-the-wool wago slave of today, the noblo structure of capitalist pomp, power nnd pelf is reared and rests securely. "We will stand with the world against militarism; We are not in this fight because we \ love war. We ure fighting because we love peace. Wo know that this world is not big enough for peace and Prussian militarism. Militarism, ait militarism, must be destroyed, no matter what thc cost,'' says Clarence Darrow. Quite so, Clarence, quite so,. But believe us, Clarence, when wo whisper it into your ear, that we are building up the finest replica of the Prussian military machine that even a Prussian junker could wish, and with that inborn cowardice and servility that has been bred into us by then thousand years of alavery we are meekly preparing our fool necks -for ita merciless iron heel in a tffhnncr . that would do credit to tho meekest and most docile German helot that ever did his cowardly and cringing bit to make the hideous monstrosity of Prussian militarism possible. If this war lasts long enough to enable our most worthy and puissant rulers and masters to perfect their military machine and plats so as to make tbo world safe for their kind of domocracy, we will have our work cut out for us in destroying militarism right here at home. Don't forget that, Clarence, And also do not forget that militarism will not be destroyed until thc last slavo is freed from his slavery. The military establishment nnd slavery nre veritable Siamese twins, Born together, nourished together, thc former to defend the latter nnd the latter to feed them both, as well as to fatten their common mnsters, they are inextricably bound together by the nexus of a common mission; that of.tho aggrandizement of rulers and the perpetuation of their vulgar right to rule and rob. Thoy must pass Into oblivion together. Thc one ennnot go without the other. Keep that in mind, Clarence; keep that in mind. Mr. Samuel Gompers says that "peaco when It comes must mean the crushing of militarism for nil time to come." This scorns to us most unduly rash and 'quite dangerous, indeed. A most startling innovation and fraught with most terrifying possibilities. Why, fully 35 per cent, of the BlBbeo, Ariz., deportees, that woro chased out of the stato, by the gunmen nnd thugs of the copper companios, belonged to organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Lnbor. Mr, Gompors should not forget that these deportees wore rescued from their pursuers at tho Arizona stato lino, by the military forces of the United Stales, and hnvo since boon cared for and protected in their "democracy," thoir right of '' colloctivo bargaining'' and their "right to Btrike," by these same mill tary forces. And Mr. Gompers would crush '' militarism for all timo to come." Mr. Gompors would thus do stroy all that stood and yet stands between the valiant souls placed under his economic shcphcrshlp and the sad fate of being eternally chased across the barren deserts that He outside the hostile precincts of tho Arizona copper plantation. Had it not beon for the paternal interference of the military authoritioB the deportees would no doubt still be kicking up the desort dust In frantic effort to outdistance the pursuing gunmen, and their "democracy" and other sacred rights would still be most Beriously jeopardized. Just Why Mr. Gompers would have the only saviour of tho deportees destroyed, is beyond our ken, And more especially ia viow of the outstanding fact that he does not seem to have been able to pull off any saving stunt in their behalf, either on hia own account or on that of his organization. Ono of our exchanges remarks editorially, that "If overy man amongst us realized bis duty thore would be no politics in this Dominion, there would be no mischief-making, no misleading of the less well-informed public, no manufacture of party capital oat of issues of the battleeld, no misrepresentation of motives, no profiteering, no misstatement of facts by politicians who know the truth, no fac- tionism, no opportunism, no slackers, no weakness, no cowardice, no sedition." Now this may" all bo true, but still such a picture has itB dark side. If we all realized our duty and fearlessly performed it, no doubt all of the above would be true, but what a list of horrors loom in tho background to darken the picture and cause dismal forebodings to affright us, and terrifying chills of apprehension to course fitfully and furiously lengthwise of our ordinarily placid spinal column. Just think of it. Without the above we would have no masters and no slaves, no rulers and no ruled, no robbers and no robbed, no autocrats and no Wilson democrats, no Sam Gompers and no American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, no spiritual shepherds and heavenly gold- brick peddlers and no Billy human sheop to be shorn of earthly wool and simple easy marks to be spiritually gold-bricked cMt of yellow-legged chickens and other toothsomo delicacies, no riproaring Roosevelt and dull- witted Tnft, no lousy penitentiaries for suffragists and I.W.W. 's alongside of a most noble struggle to "make the; world safe for domocracy," no kings,1 no queens, no emperors, no kaisers, no presidents, no governors, no General Sam Hughes, no sheriffs, no constables, no courts, no judges, no banks, no mortgage companies, no landlords, no rent, no interest, no profit, no police to arrest us and no jail to lock us up in, no gallows to bo hung on, and no hell to be sent to after Wo are dead, no lawyers, no politicians, no platform and editorial liars, no uplifters, no tag days, no food controller, no censor of either the press or of public morals, no sooial evil, no redlight district and, in fact, a thousand nnd onc things that aro provided by the presont delectable order of society and to which we have so long been accustomed that thoy have become necessaries of life to us and by means of whieh our parched and thirsty souls attain a satisfaction that the panting hart could find only in thc water brook. Bui the picture is too dismal and forbidding. With a shudder we blot it out. Even with all of the humorous, the ludicrous, the absurd, the comical, the laughable, the paradoxical, the impossible, tbe fantastical, tho grotesque, that is so lavishly displayed in this capitalist civilization, life is gloomy-enough to satisfy the wildest ambitions of a confirmed hypochondriac. Why make it worse by wiping out all the funny stuff enumerated above! 'EVERY LITTLE MOVEMENT HAS A MEANING* OP ITS OWN" General Isaac R. .Sherwood, Toledo, civil war veteran and Liberal Democrat who was re-elected last year oa an anti-war platform, issued a statoment on the recent pritaary election in Toledo, whieh he said gives an indication of the trend of publio feeling toward the repreasionist methods of the administration at Washington. "Under the municipal code, recently adopted," ho said, "the primary is to settle the question of who is to get on tho ticket, only three being allowed to run for any office. "The whole number of votei ia To* ledo is about 22,000. "Edward T. Usher, president of the Central Labor union, composed of 91 locals representing over 10,000 men, also editor of the Union Leader, a labor organ, and follower of Samuel Gompers in the prosent war, received only 524 votes in tho entire city. This is official. "Hayworth, the socialist candidate, received 2259 votes, and is one of the throe men nominated. "The socialists carried eight wards out of a possiblo 16. In seven wards they polled 10,504 voteB, and in eight they polled 11,054, or more than half of tbe aggregate in the entire eity. "This is conceded to be the most re- markablo primary ever hold in Toledo, Last fall, with a socialist candidate running for congress, they polled only 2000 in the entire district. In one ward, thia year, they polled 2628 votes, "The result is very remarkable, owing to the faot that tho socialists apparently made no campaign. They endeavored to hold one meeting in Memorial hall, but were driven out of the hall by the authorities. Then they attempted to have a meeting outside on the Btreet, and that mooting was broken up by soldiers, so that thoy wero unable to make any campaign."—Tho Co-Ope- ratlvo News. "National Service" a la Private Oar. Mr. Robert J. Fleming, general manager of the Toronto Street Railway company, with a party of friends, arrived in the city early this morning in the private car "Ontario," over thc Canadian Northern Railway.—Daily Province, Oct. 18. J. Edward Sam OSes: Uy. 4141 SEARS & PATTON Biniitm, Sallcilari, Caanjraactn, Ele. Victoria and Vancouver Veaooovar Offlw: 516*7 Roger, Bldg. VANCOUVER, 1. O. THE INCOBPOBATED ISM BANK OF TORONTO Deposits -JTS,00O,000 ... M.000,000 JOINT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS A JOINT Savings Account may be opened at The Bank of Toronto in the name* of two or more persons. In these accounts either party may sign cheques or deposit money. Por the different members of a family or a Arm a joint account is often a great convenience. Interest is paid on balances. Comer Hastings ud Camiit Sti. The Baaksf British North America ^^^^^ 1 ll ISM ^^ Braaohw throoghoat Canada aad al NSW TORK, SAM fRANCISCO AND DAWSON Striata Saaartaait -SAVE TOUB MONET- O. N. STAGEY, Manager Oranvllle and Fender STABT A BANK ACCOUNT TN THE MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA Don't itow away yonr apart cash ln tny old corner whut it is ln danger from burglars or Art. Tht If erehantt Bank of Canada off en yon perfect safety for yonr money, tnd will give you fall banking aervice, whether yonr account li large or amall. Intoreat allowed on savings deposits. W, O. JOT, Manager Hastings and Carrall The Royal Bank of Canada INCOBPOBATED 1860 Capital puid-up ..... Beserve Funds Total Assets t 12,911,000 14,324,000 287,000,000 BEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL 410 branches ln Canada, Newfoundland, West Indies, etc., of which 102 art west of Winnipeg. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Optn aa aeeonnt ud make deposits regularly—My, tvery payday. Interest credited half-yearly. Nt dtlay In withdrawal. * SJHMsMMB FBIDAT. .October 19, 1917 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST M ARY ILES INTER -IN- "Annie of Spite" Second Episode of "FATBIA" with. MRS. VKRNON CASTLE HON. - TUBS. — WED. GLOBE Empress ; Theatre PHONE SEY. 2492 One week commencing Monday, Oct. 22 The great laughing hit "A Pair of Sixes" PRICES: Night: 15c, 30c and 40c Wednesday and Saturday Matinees: 15c, 20c and 30c The Broadway Corner MAIN tad BBOADWAT For Friday and Saturday This Week Jack Pickford and Louise Huff -IN— "FRECKLES" Monday and Tuesday Edna Mayo -IN— "Salvation Jones" Wedneediy tod Thursday I Sessue Hayakawa -IN— • ' . "The Jaguar's Claws" BROADWAY Popular Prices Main and Broadway —OOMMO WEEK. QOTOBBR 88* 8:80--TWIOB DAILY—8:!0 HAM' HALPBBIS in a Ohoreeter Song Cycle JEAN ADAIB * OOMPAHY in "Maggie Taylor," Waltreu DIERO Original Mister of the Piano Aecordeon Nallia—KOOKS—Sara A Short Song Recital McOARTY * FATE "Suicide Garden" 1KB AOT BBAUTIFUL William Ejdlrettu and his Posing Horse, and Dogs Mr. Martin Beck Presents tho Official British Oovernment Pictures of THB BETREAT OF THB OEBMAKS AT THB BATTLE OF ABBAS The Supreme Picture Sensation of the Oreat War PRICES (Including Tail: Ifatiiaa: lSe, soe. 80a aat SSo. Eicept Holiday matinees. "Tf: lie, SOe, ita, SSe aad SSe From the Front Trenches ******* ******* ******* Of Tyranny's Armageddon With Democracy Rampant While Autocracy Shudders Guiltily in the — Background Ovor' 1100 conscripts have failed to roport to mobilization camps from New York city. Thua autocracy scores a point and "democracy gets a shock, while the draft boards are in a devil of a stew over the matter of rounding up the wicked delinquents. The federal authorities are holding twonty-eight members of the I. W. W. in the Fierce county, Washington, jail, as political prisoners. Russia used to send her political offenders to Siberia. The difference between autocracy and "democracy" may be clearly noted. Hundreds of prostitutes are clustering around Camp Lewis, Washington, and the .military hospital is laid to be filled with venereal oases. The military authorities are said to be muoh dis* turbed. It is aot stated whether these prostitutes are financed with "Hurf" money or not. Postmaster General Burleson should be called upon to exclude them from the males, he being a past-master at that sort of thing. A naval commander in uniform congratulated three sailors, also ln uni* form, at the White House gate recently for having valiantly torn a banner from the hands of Miss Alice Paul, national chairman of the Woman's Party. The banner bore the startlingly revolution* ary demand of "Mr. President, what will you do for woman suffrage!" and Miss Paul weighs less than 100 pounds. The commander should have bestowed upon the valiant trio war medals at least as large as pancake griddles. Four militant suffragists wore given sentences of six months each for the crime of picketing the White House, the residence of the democratic kaiser of the United States, recently, by a police court judge. Declaring that they will obey no law in tho making of which women do not participate, the suffragists announce tnat they will hold a monster demonstration in front of the Whito House on Nov. 10. It seems that these feminine rebels against tyranny are not so obsessed with the duty of obeying every law made by masters to govern the conduct of slaves aa are their masculine compatriots. To refuse to obey their masters' law is about the last tiling that he-cowards would ever think of doing. The New York papers admit that never before had such a tremendous crowd come together in that city for any purpose, as gathered around Madison Square Garden recently in a huge protest against the brutally Prussian action of the government at Washington in suppressing the socialist dailieB. The garden will hold 20,000 poople, but long before the time for the meeting to come to order, the police was compelled to close the doors and a detail of 200 pa trolmen was required to keep the immense crowds that packed adjacent streets in order. It iB conservatively estimated that fully 50,000 people participated in the demonstration. Tens of thousands marched' through the streets from Madison Square Garden to the Union League club on Fifth avenue and then through the hotel district, after the meeting, shouting "Down with capitalism," "Give ub a free presB," and "Revolution." Wilson'B battle ory for "democracy" seems to be going fine. Twelve conscripts have been stmt to the insane asylum from the Ameri can Lake cantonment during the last two weeks. Reports from many pointB show that a large number of men have killed themselves to avoid the degreda- tion of enforced military slavery. Thousands have been imprisoned as draft evaders. PAGE EWE B.C. Unionists Should Receive ****** ****** ****** ****** And Pay for Their Own Paper THEATRES October 6 was a veritable field day for Wilson democracy. On that day occurred the battle of San Antonio. Casualties—three killed and one wounded. Draft resistors routod—Fred Fair- child, formor socialist candidate for governor of South Dakota, arrested by the government; eleven members of Working Class Union sentenced at Enid, Okla., to six years imprisonment for opposing draft; Milwaukee Leader barred from the mails; Rainer Valley Citizen barred from the mails for patriotic organizations, charges filed against editor; Capt. Donald Fry brave* ly leading home-guards Btorms a pacifist meeting and captures 15 prisoners and an American Hag; congress votes to< investigate Senator LaFollette and adjourns. The morale of autocracy has been considerably shaken in con* sequence of these brilliant strategeti- cal moves of militant "democracy" of the latest type. IMMIGRANTS AND UNIONS More than ten yeara ago the officers of the International Typographical Union started a campaign among, its members, urging them to make the subscription price of the I. T. U. Journal a part of the per capita tax. At that time the Journal had a meagre circulation and* its influence affecting matters printorial was practically nil.' The international officers, however, recognizing the imperative necessity of a more representative journal, were persutont.and in the cd.irso of time tho educational campaign vigorously carried oa had had ita effect and the referendum finally carried. The result is now patent to anyone acquainted with the Typo, union and its monthly official journal. All this was made possible by placing a regular assessment of only five cents per month on the card of each member. Intermittently for tho past eight years the management of The Federationist haa been advocating the adoption of a similar policy to that of the 6S.O0O members of the Typo, union, in this province. At the Rovelstoke convention of the B. C. Foderation of Labor, laat January, the proposal waa mado the subject of considerable discussion, resulting in the matter being referred to the executive, with Instructions that it be made a Subject for roport to the next convention, to be held in Vancouver threo months hence. Meantime the eiroulation of The Federationist has been moro 'than doubled by the unions and unionieta of B. C. But the plan has not been adopted by the B. C. F. of L. as a fixed part of its constitutional requirements of the afflliated membership. Secretary-treasurer Wells will Issue a circular to the unions of B. C, covering the subject, in tho course of a week or two. The Federationist hopes that the membership will give the subject the consideration which it believes it deserves. The adoption of such a polloy by the B. C. F. of L. must at once be manifest to those desirous of seeing a medium of publicity developed in tbe Labor world. It would solve the problem of securing circulation. It would result in a better-informed membership. This would soon reflect itself in a more militant Labor movement. It would tend to make "the unity of Labor" a possibility before the membership of thia generation all die. The burden of financing The Federationiat would be placed where it properly belongs—upon the rank and fife. Five conts per month, with a circulation of 20,000, would mske the proposal possible even for the present weekly edition of eight pages. That amount would work no hardship upon the individual member. . But, in the aggregate, with no eost for collection, it would mesn much to the success The Federationist. Surely this question ean be disposed .< A* *ie ioaS.nf JsMsry eonvention of the B. O. Federation of Labor, by the adoption of the policy whieh has proved auch a boon to the membenhlp of the Tvpo. union and other Internationale aince then. At any rate, the delegates should eome to the convention prepared to deal with the aubjeet in earnest. A BIG SPECIAL IN LADIES'HATS THUESDAT, FBIDAT AND BATTJEDAT We will sell a limited number of practical and up-to-date hats for the very SPECIAL PRICE OP Set Onr Window PiipUj 532 Granville Street Phone Sey. 8291 li WORKERS Thli Week. Orpheum—First-class vaudeville. Pantages—An excellent bill, with variety. Globe-—Pictures that have crowded the house. Broadway—A splendid reel of pictures. Impress—A play splendidly acted and of gripping interest. Next Week. Pantages—The manager says the -ahow will be equal to this week's. Empress—Another offering of the Empress stock eompany. Orpheum—Vaudeville of which the manager expects public approval. Globe—Pictures. Broadway—Pictures. | Oom«d> Week at tbe Empress. Commencing Monday night, the Empress theatre will present New York's biggest comedy success "A Pair of Sixes," and Vancouver theatre goers are assured of one of the greatest laughing hits in local theatrical history. "A Pair of Sixes," contains one of those unique plots that is distinctly original, and Is brim full of side-splitting situations that keep the audience convulsed with laughter, during every moment of the action of the farce. The entire company will be seen ln the classy comedy, and those who don't want to miss one of the biggest laughing hits of the season, should order their seats In advance, as "A Pair of Sixes" Is sure to pack the Empress at every per formance. At PantagM. Not often does a spectacle of the beauty of "Dream of the Orient," next week's Pantages headliner, visit Vancouver, If the advance notices are not too enthusiastic. Headed by Madame Makarenko, there are ten people In the cast, all Russian or Polish, and all flne singers and dancers; there nro two scenes of richness and beauty, and fourteen musical numbers are the foundation for the offering. "Dream of the Orient" is an ambitious affair, and makes the whole bill somewhat longer than usual [By Bev. Charles Btelzle] "Thim dagos is just apilin' this country for us Americans,'' aaid a patriot, recently. ThiB remark reveals some interesting phases of the immigrant problem. Fourd hundred yeara ago the original Americans—the Indians—looked with great disfavor upon the coming of ■foreigners," and they gave protty strenuous evidonce of this disapproval. Ever aince that time, history has been repeating Itself. Those whom the Indians hated, scorned the "riffraff" which followed them. Theso in turn despised the Germans, the Germans could not tolerate the Irish, the Irish will fight the Italian, and already the Italian considers himself superior to the Slav. But each incoming race lias succeeded in lifting itself out of the ditch, until today it is difficult to distinguish the foreigner from the real American. The intermingling of tho races has actually resulted in a better typo' of manhood than would have been possiblo in the pure stock. The ideal man will onc day come out of this mixture of blood. It is generally supposed that the for* eigners who have beon pouring into our country during recent years really dominate the political and. economic life of the nation. As a matter of fact, Uie percontago of foreign born in the United States was practically the aame in 1910 that it wob forty years before. It is true that there are many more foreigners in America, and that in some cities tho percentages are greater, but as a whole the American is holding his own in the matter of equal reprcsenta- There is practically no danger to the economic life of tho nation through the coming of the foreigner. At any rate, tbe danger is no greater than it was forty years ago. There are other dangers in our social and in our political life, but safety from them depends more upon the American than lt does upon tho immigrant. The American must show tho immigrant how to bake the most of himself. In this task the trade union can help immensely. Indeed, the trade union already touches the immigrant, directly, as no othor organization docs. Hore is a job which should engage the attention of the best statesmen in the labor movement. 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The striko has lasted nearly a month and its effects have beon aggravated by tho simultaneous paralysis of ocean and river truffle and the destruction of telegraph linos, causing hinny points to be completely isolated. * The Rude Inter)ector. "Your son must be forced to fight." "Of courBe," said the old maid. "Hear, hoar," snid the married woman without a child. "Quito so," snid tho clergyman who was exempted by the politician. "Exactly," said tho solf-exempted politician, who was blosscd by the clergyman. "Them's my scntimontB," said the usurer, who was waxing fat on blood- money. "And mine, too," said tho Big Employer, who drenmed of cheap colored labor and bigger profits. "How perfectly unanimous we are," ejaculated the politician. '' In staying at homo,'' said the rude worker, who was keeping the lot of them,—Australian Worker. Vancouver Plasterers' Remembered, That the membership of the Plasterers' union ore "doing their bit" is evidenced by the fact that over 25 per cent, of them are serving overseas. At the meeting Wednesday night it was decided to send a Christmas ham- To Hold Labor Conference at Border Towns This Month "Fourteen thousand Mexican miners work in the copper, silver and gold mines of Arizona. Over half or the membership of the Arizona State Federation of Labor—an integral and representative part of the American Federation of Labor—Ib either of Mexican blood or birth/' says the Mexican Review. "In this state, the wage- workers of the two sister republics have come to a fraternal understanding which marks the beginning of the end of all future border wars. With the inevitable spread of this understanding throughout the Labor movements of the united States of North America and the United States of Mexico, military aggression, interventions and conquests will become impossible, and to thu end the convention at Clifton of the Arizona State Federation of Labor, during its second day's session, August 6, 1917, eleoted a committee of five to hold an international conference with representatives of the Sonora Workingman's Congress of Mexico for the purpose of devising practical plans for mutual aid in in* dustrial actions." This statement was made by the secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor conference committee, John Murray, at a meeting of this international body held in the A. F. of L. building, August 20, presided over by Samuel Gompers. In the course of his report Secretary Murray explained how the laat great strike In the Clifton- Morenci dlatrlct, Arizona, had been won by the solidarity of the Mexican miners. He asserted that the I. W. W. movement had no hold; on either the Mexican or American miner in Arizona or Mexico. It was due to the mine ownors and their managers falsely proclaiming every labor organizer to be an "I. W. W. agitator" that caused the lawless bands of vigilantes, under the direct control of these same copper barons, to terrorize and >'deport every wage-worker not to their liking. Proof wns given to the committee that the copper mine owners financed these vigilance committees, tho same copper interests that operate In Cananea and New Mexico, as well as throughout Arizona. The proposed international conference will probably be held in October, on alternate days, in the two towns touching each other on the border lino, Douglas and Agua Prieta. Invitations nre to be given to the governors of Chihunhua, Sonora, Arizona and Texas to bo present, as well as the members of the Pan-American Fedoration of Labor Conforonco Committee, with its representatives from Porto Rico, Santiago Iglesias; Cuba, Antonio Cnrrea Gonzalez; Yucatan, Carlos Loveirn; Federated Syndicates of Mexico, Ed mundo Martinez; and Cardenlo Gonzalez, representing tho Chilian Labor movement. As Mexico has today In hor various Labor organizations ovor half a million mon and women, this international conference moans not only the binding of Labor tics across the border, but tho beginning of an understanding between peoples of the westorn hemisphere guaranteeing a lasting peace. PRESSMEN THREATEN STRIKE Montreal Job Men Out for More Money —Got 20 per Oent, Increase Laat July. Two hundred and eighty job presB' men are on strike in Montreal, They demnnd nn increase in their scale of wages, which now runs from $16 to $23 a week. The pressmen woro given a 20 per cent, increase In July, but claim the money paid them is not as large as that paid in Toronto. THANKS, BOYS, THANKS The Federationist WIU Do Its Utmost to Deserve Larger Circulation. Much credit for tho rapidly-growing mailing list of Tho Federationist Is due the business agents and union secretaries. All seem to bo trying to outdo each other in an effort to mako big additions to the mailing Hat. Thov want tho membership to read Tho Foil. and they appreciate that tho management is doing ita best to give them a Labor paper worth while. The addition of more than 1,200 names during the past three weoka gives one some idea of the progress being made. STEREOTYPERS SMITING International Arbitration Board Deadlocked on Issue Two years sgo, Looal No. 88, International Stereotypers and Electrotypers union, served notice on the local Newspaper Publishers' association, asking tor a new agreement, embodying among other items, a wage scale of tt per day and 15.50 per night for journeymen, and a 7%4-hour day. The wage thon in force was til per week for an eight-hour day. After considerable going back and forth and dilly-dallying on the part of the publishers, a demand was made by the latter that, under the terms of sn International contract, to which the local union and publishers' association were signatories, it be submitted to arbitration. Some months ago the local organisation went to the mat. The local board consisted of Messrs. Ban and Nelson for the publishers, and President McKinnon and Moses Cotsworth for ths union. Mr. Burd, of the Province, presonted the case for the publishers and Mr, Bonson of the Typographical union for the stereoptypers. Prof. Turnbull, of the B. C. University, was chairman. This board, on the casting vote of the chairman, refused to grant any ef the demands of the local union, upholding Mr. Burd's contention that the cost of living was cheaper now than three years ago, and making an agreement to run three years. The local union, of course, could not see this way, and apepaled to the international board. This board consists of three international officers from each side to tho dispute. / This board has been sitting in Indianapolis during the past week, and from a letter received from President Freel of the Stereotypers', the information is conveyed that the board has deadlocked on the question. Ahd there the matter st present rests. What the outcome will be is hard to say, save that, until the issue is settled the boys must continue to work for a scale In effect three years ago. Naturally, tho members of the local are restless, as well they may be, for with Mr, Justice Murphy granting an increase of 17 per eent. to the Electrical Workers' in their recent arbitration proceedings under the Lemieux act, and the company going him ono better and granting 25 per cent, (owing to the increased cost of living) thoy find it hard to believo Mr. Burd's contention that living now is cheaper than three years ago. Tho international board will meet again and tuke up the appeal of No. SS, but the outlook is not rosy for the local. A visit is expected from Vice- president Fitzsimmons, to soe wbat be can do. In tho meantime, No. 88 is not obeying tho sentiment of the old Methodist hymn, "Walt, taoekly wait, Nabob .Mill" llll-XM) ^"^ ICOFFEE Canada's Best Coffee N' fABOB COFFEE is now packed by the vacuum proeess in a tin which keeps in all ths flavor, fragrance and richness. Tou sre sure to like it when you try it. Order a trisl tin today. ■sltr, Dsaglsi ft Oo, ltd. Vsuwniver, a O. OLD ST. PETER Now, I think there lta likeness 'twixt St. Peter's life and mine, For he did a lot of tramping long sgo in Palestine. He wss union when the workers Ilrst began to organise, Asd I'm glad that old St. Peter keeps the gate of Paradise. When the ancient agitator snd his brothers carried swags, I've no doubt he very often tramped with empty tucker bsgsj And I'm glad he's Heaven's picket, for I hate oxplaining things, And he'll think a union ticket just as good as Whiteley King's. He denied the Savior's unton, which was weak of him, no doubt; * But perhaps his feet were blistered, and his boots hsd gives out. And the bitter storm was rushing on the bark and on the slabs, And a cheerful fire was biasing, and the hut wss full of scabs. won't wsnt to talk to angels who have never been out back, They might bother me with offers of a banjo, meaning well, Or a pair of wings to fly with when I only want a spell; I'll just ask for old St. Peter, and I think when he appears, I will only have to tell him that I've carried swsg for years. I've boen on the track, 111 tell Ute, and I've done the best I could; And he'll understand me better than the other angels would. He won't want to get a chorus out of lungs that's worn to rags, Or to graft the wings on shoulders that are stiff with humping swags; But I'll rest about the station where the work-bell never rings, 'Till they blow the flsal trumpet, and the great Judge sees to things.'' —Henry Lawson, in Maorlland Worker. N0T"1G0,"BUT E RAY'S Ar-Ray of Week-end Specials Is Worthy'of All Union Patronage 200 baskets of Blue Concord Orapes for Wine and Jelly; to sell at, eseh .. dOe Sunkist Oranges, to sell st per doi. Wc, SOc, 85c tnd 80c Bipe Tomatoes, 2 lbs. for ... Ue Eating and Cooking Apples, 48- A box ........ .-.. 11.80 MEATS Sirloin and Wing Bib Boast, per T-Bone Boast asd Steaks, lb tie Pot Bosst of No. 1 Beef, psr lb UVie, IBs sod lit Sausage, Minced Beef, Veal, Mutton and Pork. OBOOBUBS Laurentia Cream, special 5 tins for Ue , Liptons Cocoa, %-Ib tin .... SOe New Pack Salmon, tin SOe Ray's Hastings St. Public Market Phons Sermonr 38M-S805 Gifted Writer Sufteits An ■•* Invincible Army of Patriots meekly wait and murmur not.' business agent dzuotobt Aik for Labor Tomplo 'Phono Exchango, Seymour 7195 (unless otherwise stated) Boilermakers—J. H. Carmlchacl, Room 212, Labor Templo. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers—Roy Mam-car, ltoom 208. Brotherhood of Carpenters, No, 617—Walter Thom as, Room 208. Brothorhood of Carpenters, No. 2647—F. L. Barratt, Room 208. Electrical Workers—K. H. Morrison, Room 207, Phone Sey. 8510. Cooks and Walters—W. McKenzie, Room 209, Labor Templo. Doep Soa Flshermon's Union—Russell Kear- loy, 437 Gore avenue. Office phone, Sey. 4704; residence, High. 713R. Longshoremen's Association—Gordon J. * Kelly, 804 Pender stroet west; phono Soy. 8829. ;. L. A. Auxiliary—E. Winch, 480 Howe stroot. Phono Sey. 6369. Machinists—D. McCallum, Room 212. Moving Picturo Operators—S. Halg, Room 804. Musicians—E. A. Jamioson, Room 805. Painters—H. Grand, Room 808. Pattorn Makers—H. 'I'. Nlghtscales, Room 212, Labor Templo. I'ilo Drivers and Wooden Bridgemen—W. Ironsides, Room 206U, Labor Temple. I'lumbors—J. Cowling, Room 206ft, Labor Tomplo. Phone Soy. 8611. Sailors—W. S. Burns, 213 Hastings stroet wost. Phone Soy. 8708. Shipbuilders' Laborer*—W. Hardy, Room 217, Labor Templo. Shipwrights and Caulkers—J. Bromfield, Room 212, Labor Temple. Stage Employees—H. Pearson, Room 304. Stoam and Operating Engineers—W. A. Alexander, Rom 216. Street Railway Employees—Fred. A. Hoover, eorner Main and Prior street*. Phono oxchange Sey. 6000; residence, Fair. 64 IR. Teamsters—,1. F. Pool, Room 206H- Trades and Labor Conncil—Victor H. Mldgley, Room 210. Typographical—R. H. Moolands, Room 206. [By Nellie E. Johnson, in Boston Journal] "I wiah to write juit a few Unci in defense of our boyi who do not feel enthusiasm enough about entering this war to be anxious to enlist.... I should like to see any army composed of our ministers, our bankers, our newspaper editors, who were anxious for tbis war, our senators and representatives, our president and our rich capitalists and food speculators and all those who were anxious for it, go over to France. Let Mr. Wilson lead one division, Col. Roosevelt another, Mr. Taft another, and lot our patriotic capitalists be lesser officers. When we seo that army going to tbe front we will work as never before to grow foodstuffs enough to prevent tbem from suffering the pangs of cruel hunger, because we shall know, then, tbat these mon mean wbat they say. Then tbe German army would be ready to talk 'peace,' because they would know wo were in earnest. But for these men to cull our boys 'slackers,' 'malingerers,' while they tuke good cure of their own hides, is nnything but fair. "Almost anyone cnn hoist n flag nnd hurrah as lung an he knows be will be safe. "Life is sweet to tho most of us, especially whon we are young. It ib a gift from Ood, and we do not feel like throwing awny the gift. We all know that when we die we are a long time dead and vory soon forgotten. "Some say wc are fighting for the freodom of the seas.' That chu not be. For if that were so we should be fighting England as well us Germany. Somo say we are in this war because Germany killed American citizens. That can not bo Iho reason, because if it were we should be at wnr with Mexico. The newspapers say wo are in thiB war to democratize Germany. Charity should commence at home flrst. When England, Ireland and India arc republics it will bc time to talk about democratizing Germany. If this coun* try's doesn't come near being an autocratic form of government nt present, show mc one that docs. "No, you mon who nro staying nt homo, don't call our boys, who liavo just commenced to live, unmet* until you go yourselves. You fttt, middle- aged men can flght ns well as you oan piny golf, und soldiers' rations and ditch digging will reduce this surplus weight you are dragging about with you. Now, enlist, or'don't say 'slacker' to nny boy who wants to follow in your footscps! You will make just as good cannon feed as they will, and it won't be so bad for the country if you pass out, as you have lived long enough to do quite a lot of damage as it Is. Leave the boys at home and you go." EL DORA For Sslt ETtiywkSM The Cigar They All Know and Like Mcleod, NOLAN * COMPACT, London, Csnsds. D. J. Elmer Sslos Msnsfer for British Columbls snd Tnkon. 3118 Alberts St. VANCOUVEB, &0. oo or BIOTOUS Ther *'. tb. Soeit bit of workmsn* hip in Ih. bicycle world; 8 different model. In virl.tr of colon. Prteo. fron S18.J0 to 165.00. oa may payment, tf dwirid. HA8KIN8 * ELLIOT! "The Pioneer Bicycle Store " SIS Hew. St, SIS Button st w. —FEDEBATIONI8T PHONE- BET. 7495 AFTEB 6 p.m.—SET, 7S97K INVESTIGATEC|(C|C= rrwartTirWhlllli." HtenGeuye wttttlU.. sTt.tnmU*itkt«tm."Sherman T I VS S .ll Ua SnkTupal.(«... 10 »«ki 25c. S I THE PUBLIC 122 Em 37th SMI. New Y«k B To Federationist Subscribers: Plo.ee remember tbnt no letter acknowledgment of subserlp* tlone or renewals ire made. The iddroe. libel on Tour piper cirrlei the dite to which yonr subscription ia pild. tf, a.t.T forwarding monlei to this office, tho correct change ' In yonr libel dite I. not mide, notify oi it once. When yoa hive i kick to make regarding delivery, or otherwlie, kindly ■ind It to tbls office—not to the other fellow. Thai yon will rt*l mitten adjusted, and we'll all be happy. B.C. Federationist B. PARM. PETTIPIECE. l*bor Tint-pit, TueoiTir, B. O. PAGE SIX THE BRITISH CpLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAT.... ...October 19, 1917 33 : ffi New Methods In Dentistry t-EOM time to time every line of business develops something t new for efficiency. This is true of the profession of dentistry. ^ OT all of these, however,, stand the test of time and prac- IV tice, and prove of the efficiency first claimed for them. T\ R. LOWE, the dental specialist, uses everything in conncc- AS tion with his business that has been PROVED to have MERIT or is NEEDFUL or WOBTHY as shown by scientific practice to be necessary in SKILLED DENTISTRY. Om -rS-<JW.(bvntut Opp-UU Is^ccrdtiWvuX) aU_ AUym j^!08Ha,tii^Sft«tW.,(Ccr.AbtK^^^ We put the Union Label on all Suits and Overcoats we make for Ladies and Gentlemen--- We do this as a guarantee that you have received the best of jrork- manship throughont the building of your clothes. Our cutters and fitters have for years given our patrons the satisfaction of knowing they i were wearing clothes that fit—clothes that were built for them. See our fall and winter samples for ladies and gentlemen. The prioes on our made-to-order Suits and Coats are the lowest consistent with standard goods and expert workmanship. M. LANGTRY "TAILOR TO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO CABE" 322* — HASTINOS STBEET WEST — 322 Mechanics' Shoes This store has made special provision to meet the Footwear requirements of the workingman. See what wc are showing in our heavy winter calf boots in black or tan, leather-lined or unlined, bellows tongue, double sole to heel. Soles and uppers are both waterproofed. $7.00 to $12.00 The Ingledew Shoe Co. 666 ORANVnXE STBBBT Peerless m^aaammwrnaaammmimmmmmmaa^m^m^^a^mmmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam Near Beer There is no other beverage available that will refresh and revive like a glass of delicious Peerless Near-Beer, which is brewed by union workmen, in, the most modern plant on the Pacific Coast. For safe at all hotels. Brewed and bottled at the brewery. '■''■■' _______ Vancouver Breweries Limited Free Homesteads BRITISH COLUMBIA Along line of P. G. E. Railway open park line lands. The finest mixed farming lands in the province. Good water, best of hunting and fishing. The settlers who have gone in there are all boosters, as they are making good. If you want to go back to the land, write A. S. WILLIAMSON LAND CRUISER Pacific Great Eastern Railway WELTON BLOCK - VANCOUVER, B. C. Canadian Northern Railway TRANSCONTINENTAL THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PASSENGER FARES TO EASTERN DESTINATIONS MODEBN EQUIPMENT—CO0BTKHJB ATTBNDANTS- , TBAVBL COMPOBT CONSULT OUB NBABE8T AOENT OB WBITE DMTBIOT PASSENOEB AOENT, MS HAfTXNM W, VAHOOUVEB w$te TO Revolt In Italy Certain ****** ****** ****** ****** Tho Fill Of Plutocracy. Editor B. 0. Fatofttionht: Yesterday I received tbe following letter: •'Fairbanks, Alaska, Oct 1, 1917. "Dear Friend: I am in jail here charged witb speaking disrespectfully of tbe flag. Don't worn. 'Please take necessary steps re publicity, Sentence 13 montbs and 91,000 -One. Case appealed. "CHAS. LESTOR." This old world It now entering upon the greatest crisis of human history. Greatest because universal tnd because the next surge onward most ltnd ut above capitalism, the last phase of hnmtn slavery. Victory U mainly a record of class struggles and similar causes produce similar effects. In onr struggle upward from the animal world, so far, we have been ruled mainly by the more brutal types of man; the human tigers, Jackals, weasels and cuttlefish. The claw and fang still dominate the jungles of civilization while the Christs uf reason and brotherhood are still crucified for sedition and blasphemy against Mammon. The flag which Comrade Lestor disrespect ed represents tbe state and ttae state Ib but the executive of the world's economic rulers, the capitalist class. In fact, the politicians htve for the most part been purchased tnd are themselves among the exploiters. Sir Robert Borden, for instance, In 1913 hid an Income from Canadian bank stock of $8,000 per, and from official reports, we letrn that 38 others, members of parliament, are also shareholders In the banking trust of "our Canadian democracy." So we find thtt the flags of the world represent interest on capital tnd, to the world's rulers, a mil* lion men crushed In battle, a million children made fatherless, t million mothers tnd wives mtde destitute, and burdens of debt tnd toil' for coming generations weigh as nothing compared with tbe unfolding of their flag over a few square miles of added territory or additional opportunities for trade. And this is the class to which we must bow I Through these ideals, empires have de-' veloped. Invasion, slaughter, victory and "benevolent assimilation for God and country," sueh is the process of growth. After all, the destruction and casualties of peace are about as grett as those of wtr tnd tbe grinding up of tender and tougher flesh and blood into dividends is the sacred process guarded by the forces of state and church, This is .what our flags today represent tnd this Is why they tre ao sensitive to insult. It Is rule throught brute force, not reason. Mr. Editor, we must remember thtt tret- son, sedition and patriotism are relative terms. They depend on what le, in our opinion, the most preclouB—property or humanity. The thousands of socialists and rebels against war and military autocracy now in jail are represented by men like Karl Lei- bknecht, Bill Haywood; women like Gurney Flynn and socialists like Balnbrldge and Lestor, and we who are still at liberty are indeed traitors to the state which places property rights above human welfare. The Bordens, the Hughes, the Roosevelts, the plutocrats and profiteers of Wall street and Canada, the lords of Britain tnd the junkers of Germany and their statesmen, press and pulpit—all of one class, htve said so tnd they are right. We plead guilty of the charge. Our concepts of things material, mental and spiritual are antagonistic to theirs tnd to their interests ts exploiters and rulers. We place property tnd dividends, territory tnd trade below human life and happiness. We would use material, mental and spiritual forces to promote the happiness and progress of mankind and we believe that - the producing classes > are in reality superior mentally and morally to the class that rules and robs them. Producers are a'ways superior to parasites. Mr, Editor, let us understand the present from the past. The ancient empires, such as Rome, 'were also built on slaughter, conquest tnd exploitation. In ancient Rome the patricians, the war lords and profiteers ruled and their scribes and priesthood and officials tre represented todty by our press, churches and parliaments, But oppression breeds revolt; it is the law of life and prog* ress. Primitive Christianity was t slave revolt. Jesus tnd his followers were trtltors and blasphemers according to the standard of Rome. On the other hand the rebel, Jesus, scourged the temple of priests tnd traders as a "den of thieves." He and thousands of his comrades were jailed and crucified even as We modern traitors are today. But who were the real traitors, who were tht real patriots t Was the Nattrene with his message ot brotherhood, of peace and industrial democracy, the destroyer tnd the enemy of Rome or did Rome rot tnd go down to detth because of the class representing property and militarism, t cuss which ruthlessly deitroyed human life tnd Chappiness even as tbelr successors tre de- slljpying them todty I No; the social gos- ef of Jesus, htd it been tdopted, would ave saved the ancient world, and the same it true today. Economic freedom and cooperation alone can save the modern worid from detth. Again, Cromwell, Garibaldi, Paine, were branded is traitors In their dty. John Brown wis executed for "treason." Love- joy and Lincoln and Phillips were "traitors" according to the masters of chtttel slavery tnd yet the soul of Jesus tnd John Brown tnd thousands of the martyred comrades "goes marching on" and upward to victory. We may know a man toiay by bis enemies as well ts by his friends. The hope of the world is In the workers, poor tnd ignorant as they are: they tre still "the silt of the etrth tnd the light of the world." And todty they are hearing gladly the message which will In due time enable them to overthrow the cltss enemies of our rice, and establish a social order in which peace and co-operation will prevail If Peace Is Not Declared The Boldiers will be out of the trenches by winter or there will be a revolution in Italy; the socialists are in control today, and the government cannot stop their revolutionary propaganda/1 said Vincenzo Vacirca, a leader of Italian socialists in thia country, this week to the New York Call. As a basis for his statement he drew attention to the numerous outbreaks of workingmen in Italy that have been ignored by the capitalist press, ' but which became known to socialists of other countries by underground channels. Eighteen workingmen in Turin were killed just one month ago while on Btrike. Sicily, Piedmont nnd Sardinia have been convulsed by strikes. In Modica, near Syracuse, in Sicily, where no socialist activity was known before this year, the peasant women marched in a body to the city hall only three weekB ago, and nine of them were killed by the carbiniarie, while many more were arreBted. There are SOO cities in Italy controlled by socialist mayors and with majorities of socialist councilmen, On a certain date not far off, every elected Socialist official will resign as a protest against the war, and the masses are then expected to riBe in revolt. This arrangement was made through a public announcement by Constantino Lazzari, general secretary of the socialist p^rty of Italy, a veteran of 35 years* service, and the government did Dominion Bldg., Oct. 17. _W. J. CURRT. Btwtrt of Dominion Portrait Oo. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Beware of the Dominion Portrait Cft., being a branch of a non-union firm of Chicago, and turning out t very cheap portrait and also using the drawing game. They are also supposed to give twiy a ptlnting thit they sty Is worth 910 or more of t scene of some building in England, and tbey pay from 10 to IS cents to the men that make them. I will leave It your own judgment as to what It It worth. This firm is sending agents to British Columbia to canvass for portraits tnd we feel lt our duty to notify the union members of this unfair firm, tnd their methods of taking orders. Hoping thtt you t ' not dare to prevent the letter going out, /The government has censored, but has not had the temerity to suppress, many of the socialist, syndicalist and anarchist papers in the cOJntry, und the 100 socialist publications have doubled , and trebled in circulation as a result of their anti-militarist agitation, .Avaiiti, the great daily of 100,000 circulation, the central organ of the socialist party, despite the terrible pov- erty of the Italian workingmen and Jieasants, has .raised a fund of 100,000 ire, by contributions, .many of them, being aB low as 2, 3 and S-cent contri- tuitions. Much of it came from the soldiers at the front. "Italy will be the first country to follow Russia," said Vacirca. Sugar is sold at 69 cents a pound, and, as the wife of a soldier is only allowed 15 cents a day to live on, the poverty and privation of the people can be imagined. The priests, Bays the Italian exile, who at the beginning of the war blessed the regiments and offered praters for victory, have heeded the warning of the pope and. are now working for peaco, feeling that the entire population will go with the socialists unless they also join in the movement. Although the Catholic party is negligible in the national chamber, it retains great strength among tho peasants, and its force for peace is of great value, he said. "Not to overthrow the monarchy, bat to upset capitalism, is the purpose of the Italian socialists, and they are planning for a triumph within a few months," declared Vacirca, "But, did you take notice of ther teeth?" HOW often is that remark made—behind your bfok, of course— if you have defective teethf , IT'S a perfectly natural remark when speaking about a person's appearance, for there is nothing which leaves such a bad impression as the sight bf defective teeth—oil too prominent when you talk or laugh. CALL at my office and learj) how perfectly those detects bay be remedied—those missing teeth restored and you will understand how, at little cost, your countenance may be made as nature intended—not marred by conditions which cause critical remarks. - OFFICE OPEN TUESDAYS AND FEIDAT8 UNTIL 8 P. M. Tu-ysar written manatee nt, i su dentafworh PHONE 1ST. 3S31 Matt Buds on phons appointments Dr. Brett Anderson Crown and Bridfe Spodallit 602 Hutlngi Street West, Cor. Seymour -Empress Coffee- is Honest Coffee We put good coffee-the blond that will make a satisfying and appetising beverage—in every package. We make the package so thot it will "keep iu" all the coffee novor nnd aroma until it is used. If you buy a package of Empress Coffee that don't come np to these specifications, take it to your grocer's and get your money back! Empress M'fg Co. Tbt Home of Pnrt Pood Products VANOOTOBB, B. O. will bring this before tbe members of your, union and have them notify the members of their family, I remain fraternally yours, G. R. OBERG, Sec. Commercial Portrait Artists' Union. .Chicago, III, Oet. 9, 1917. A Plea for B. 0. Prisoners. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: On behalf of those Individuals who have the misfortune to be Incarcerated in the jails of this province, may I take this opportunity of reaching the executive of the Trades and Labor Council with tbe following suggestion: That whilst It may appear Inconsistent with the policy of organised Labor to deviate from points at issue, would it not ue in the Interests of Labor to appoint a committeo to approach the minister of justice with a view of obtaining from him, sanction to allow a visiting committee from this body, to monthly or quarterly visit such jails to Inquire Into any irregularities, complaints and general conditions and to gather tny data deemed necessary. I appeal to Local 617, U. B, of 0„ to put this to their meeting tt the first opportunity. Likewise to secretaries of any local interested,. on the ground that an injury to one Is an injury to all. \ Whilst the above action mty not appear essential. I am of the belief that such sctlon Is imperative. Indirectly I letrn that at present over 600,000 prisoners are tt present serving sentences for political offences igalnst the law In the United States. Among these are membera of organised Ltbor. Hence It would even be consistent with our policies on this side of tbe border to take such steps as are considered Essential for the protection of organised Labor. Officials of til locals should bear in mind thtt certain business conected with strikes may in the near future assume t more serious aspect. From dty to dty internttlontl press news tetches us thtt t vast change Is taking place ln the Labor situation, and increased wages tnd the phenomenal raise In the price of commodities portends to perpetuate continuous strikes tnd political strife, which nUfcM (ha an.OBllnil ",ln„.1u " "ring-leader," In plates tbe so-called thankless position. In no tone of hysteria do I call on the central labor body executive, but simply with the facts confronting it, compelling action along such lines as will protect its very existence. . The Defence of the Realms act hts powers J not to be found In tny other statute passed in Canada, covering all points, and with a scope covering all emergencies. 8, H. COOKE. 17 Hastings St. West, Oct. 16, 1917. Mr. Barker's Point of View. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: The action of Labor recently, as seen through those supposed to represent It, at conventions, congresses and central bodies, has been of more than usual Ipterest lately, As a trades unionist who .endeavors to take an intelligent interest in the doings of such gatherings, would It be asking,too much to be allowed to comment thereon! If allowed, I would flrst of all congratulate the Trades and Ltbor Council upon1 its receiving tnd accepting the resignation of Hr. Kavanagh as Its president. I venture to assert that If the delegates had truly represented the rank tnd file of Labor, Mr, Kavanagh would never have been elected to the position, as his Ideas are out of harmony with those of organised Labor. As official Aead of the 8. P. of Canada, he might bv all right, but as president of the Trades and Labor Council, he was-out of Bltce. In many ways he it* to be admired. [e seems to say what %e thinks tnd whtt he believes tnd you know Just when he will be In tnd when he will he out, tnd thtt Is something to one's credit these dtyi. I wish I could say the aame of all Ltbor leaders In Vtncouver. , As to the re-election of Mr. MeVtty, I wish I could congrttultte there, but I can't, ta I believe t more prolonged rest from the duties of president would nave done neither him or organised Labor any harm; it would at least htve given mother the chance of becoming acquainted- with the duties of president, so that if anything should happen Food Sharks Are Illegally ****** ****** ****** ****** Manipulating Egg Market One of the daily papers the other day'"predicted" another rise in the price of egge. Eggs would not go up in' price if the so-called food controller for the country would make some effort to actually "control" prices. Commissioner O 'Connor, appointed under Food "Controller" Hanna, recently Btartled the nation by the publication of figures showing how much food was piled up in cold storages and warehouses by food sharks. In this report it was shown that tons are in cold storage in Vancouver and thereby it is made possible to manipulate prices for the benefit of the bank accounts of the food gamblers. f This report showed there were 837,- 370 dozens of eggs stored here. These eggs, placed on the market now when the hens are laying off, would keep the price at a reasonable figure,'' But tbe unpatriotic food gamblers would not reap u rich proflt. Therefore .Hanna and. Lib crowd of eastern proflteors do nothing in the way of "controlling" prices/ JuBt how long Hanna will permit such conditions to exist is a question, fat it is not expected he will raise a finger to benefit the public by placing a limited price on necessaries of life, and thus interfere with the food sharks, Eggs keep a long while in cold storage, and it would not be surprising if the price in Vancouver is run up clone to a dollar a dozen. Oh, yes, thc eggs will keep all right, and the sharks will keep them. In Japan they have a way of keeping eggs a hundred' years, and, as a matter of fact, eggs one hundred years old are considered a great luxury by the Oriental epicure. If the Vancouver food sharks ever discover this ' way of preserving the labors of the fruitful hen, who knows we may yet be eating sonie of last year's eggs many years hencef However, Japan eggs a hundred years old are no higher in price than the Vancouver cola storage article. to Mr, McVety—and something happens to ub all some time or another—the Trades and Labor Council would htve someone toj fall back upon to fill the gap. At present I think they are to be condoled with, lu apptrently htving no alternative to Mr. McVety or Mr. Kavanagh, tnd mty I suggest to Mr. McVety that abnegation on hie part for a brief period, at least, would have looked well !* About yourself, Mr. Editor, I really thought that the election and resignation of a president of the Trades and Labor Council, under such circumstances, would have called for editorial comment and perhaps most of your readers expected it; but then you may Btlll be going to deal with that question, or can It be, that The Fed- erationlBt is not the fearless paper that some htve been led to believe that It Ib t Then there Ib' the B. C. Federation of Labor and Its "down tools" chatter. Did they ever mean anything I If they did 1 trust the wty things have shaped themselves will be-a lesson to them another time, and if they did not mean anything by their chatter, then it seems to me that the true interests of organised Labor would have been better served if they had chattered. Jess about "down tools." The same applies to The Federatlonist. I think It must now be dawning upon the most foolish of the "down tools" babblers, that there will be no "down tools" policy, Trades and Labor Council resolution notwithstanding, for the Dimple reason that those most concerned do not want to and would not lay down their toola at the behest of either the Trades and Labor Council or the" B. C. Federation of Labor at the present Juncture. Now we are going to htve political action and such action at the right time, the right (lace and with the right candidates, would e all right. But is It not significant that the three standard-bearers for Labor on this occasion are three vice-presidents of the B. C. F. of L., the body wblch hts been indulging In so much silly ttlk tbout "down tools, t policy which nevor bad the slightest chance of being put into force and which, If It had, could only bave ended In failure tnd disaster to organised Labor. The political campaign will cost money and Labor will pay for it. Let us hope thtt the lesson Labor seems likely to get will be worth tbe money expended. Personally, I venture the opinion that tbe sun Is just about as likely to rise fn tbe west the morning after election, than that either of the Vancouver Labor candldatea will be elected at this lime. In closing, permit me to suggest thtt the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada—notwithstanding your severe criticism—in passing the resolution which it did concerning conscription, more truly expresses the sentiments of the rank and file of Labor In the west than does The Fed, If that is not so we may expect the Labor candidates to poll a large vote, if not elected. We shall soon know. Mr. Editor, I have told you how things appear to me. I believe the rank and file of Labor In the west-have been badly misrepresented of Itte, by delegates to central bodies and conventions. BeJJfcvelng so, I think I tm entitled to ask you to publish this letter as my protest agalnit such misrepresentation, WM. BARKER. 522 Eighth avenue eaut, Oct. 17, Same ODtr Here, Brother! When one sizes up the excessive prices for shoes on the one hnnd, and, Ib informed on the other hand that tho Centrnl Leather Co., a pretty close combine, increased itB profits of $3,500,000 for the three years before tho war to $15,500,000 in 1010,-one may be able to reason from cause to effect and guess why people are being patriotically but nevertheless effectively plundered by the slacking profiteers wbo stalk behind the battle Tines like so many ghouls.— Cleveland Citizen. "We cannot surrender that democracy we have inherited after so great a struggle," says Mr. John Spargo. Heart heart say we, most lustily and noisily withal. We cannot surrender that which we never had. And besides tbat we have already surrendered it. And still further, the democracy we have -ulreudy surrendered never belonged to us anyhow. It Is capitalist democracy; the democracy of the capitalist class. 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The cost has been staggering—both in money and in life. The cost of tke war In actual cash to the various -belligerents may be Bet down as follOTrs: Allied Powors, Great Britain £4,800,000,000 Dominions 500,000,000 France 3,000,000,000 Bussia 8,400,000,000 Italy 1,170,000,000 Belgium 120,000,000 Servio 86,000,000 Boumanin 90,000,000 United States 286,000,000 Others 60,000,000 Total '. £12,500,000,00 Enomy Powers. Germany _% .£3,860,000,000 Austria 1,360,000,000 Turkey 176,000,000 Bulgaria 125,000,000 soldiers would havo ereated in three years had thoy not been fighting. The loss to the world in these matters is greater than the entire cost of the war. ' And, lait but not least, we have not taken toll of the damage to humanity —the heartbreak of widows, of mothers and of orphans; the pitiful cries of millions of mothers whose babes have been starved; the sob of millions hiore whose husbands and (ons have been buried neath Mother Earth; or the wailing of countless children who cry in vain for their "daddies." These agonies cannot be reduced to a cash LOCAL TIADBS TOIO* DniOTOBT A booklet'which every thinking wage-worker should read 'The Genesis and Evolution of Slav ny' Hm vi ai vrvAot «•» Br E. T. KINGSLEY The merit ind teal worth of this publication is shown bf the fact that since it wat issued on November, 1910, orders for thousands of copies have been received from all parts of the world and additional orders are coming ln by erery mall. In a* clear-cut and concise style this booklet goea thoroughly into the question of the economic position of capitalist aoclety and the position of the working classes In relation to lt. The troublesome phased of the relations between the capitalist and the worker are dealt with In a manner which solves in plain and forcefnl logie many points on which the worker of today is often "at sea" when me-»*'»» ■»•# ments. sea'' when meeting argu- THB BOOKLET FORMS A VALUABLE TBZT BOOK AMD WORK Or REFERENCE FOB WOBKBBB AMD STUDBNTS OP ECONOMIC PROBLEMS —tha notad writer on wag* werkara' {irobtaBU who Ua given tha last word an hia lublact In "Tm Otnsals ud Brahi- Paekagai of 100 copUi or moro, 6 cents por copy (carriage paid). Single copies, or ia any number up tt 100 copies, 10 cants oach (postpaid). tton of Slavery.' Many labor organisations aro now sending "repeat" orders for quantities of' this booklet, their first orders having been readily diipoaea of by sale or die- trlbutlon. Theae advices state that tha booklet la eagerly sought and read with * keen Interest br their membera. Address all orders to The B.C. Federationist LAIOB TBULB B. FASH. PBTtiraoB. 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MM BOBION — Opp. Court Hooje WINTER MODELS FROM $19.75 Total £5,500,000,000 Making a grand total of Eighteen Billion, Pounds Sterling. And it is being continued at a daily coat of £26,- 000,000, or three hundred pounds per second—a sum that is well beyond the comprehension of the human brain. The cost to humanity has been 6,000,- 000 killed outright, with a further 10,- 000,000 maimed in some form or other —making in all a total of 25,000,000 men. This is the actual Iobb in war, and does not take into account the losses sustained othor than on the military fiold. How much is eighteen billions of money? Unless the sum is visualized it is almost impossible for the human mind to conceive, If the combined debts of all thc world's nations at the outbreak of war were turned into actual gold and gathered into one vast pile; if to. thnt pile were added every gold and silver coin of the world'a currency; if still again were added the actual vnlue in gold of the imports into the United King' dom and the exports from that country for the year 1914—the aggregate value of this collective worth would atill be £6,500,000,000 short of the coat of the war. If, in addition to the above huge sums, the world was girdled with a ring of sovereigns laid edge to edge, and evory man, woman, and child in the world (be they white, black; brown, red, or any other skin-color) were given five half sovereigns apiece as spare cash, it would make a Bum equal to the cost of three years of war in actual cash. If we had enough shillings in tho world to represent tfce cost of the war, and they could bo laid edge to edge and they were laid In onc unbroken line—thnt line of silver would reach from the earth to the sun. Were a man to walk along this silver trackway at the, rate of four miles an hour, hour aftor hour, day after day, year in and year out—nevor ceasing—-it would take him (provided he could live that long) over 2,600 years before he would reach the last shilling—and he would havo been walking along shilling every foot of the way. Eighteen billions of money would pay the entire pre-war debt of ovory nation in the world twice over, and would leave a sovereign to be donated to evory inhabitant in the wide world; would be seven times greater than the entire world's supply of minted gold nnd silver; would build 250 Panama Canal projects, and leave onough over to build half u dozen transcontinental railroads across Canada; or would ex* tend railroads and steamship lines to every known corner of the globe. Bo enormous is tho eost of tho present war that, if every nation in the world was called 'upon to pool their wealth in actual currency to pay the bill—they could only pay 2a. ll^d. in the pound sterling. If the entire population of Australia and Now Zealand was' completely wiped out, it would not equal tho loss in actual dead sustained in threo yoars of war. Were the corpses of the war's ii-tims luid head to foot it would pro- ide an unbrokon line over 7,000 miles long. If the entire population of Australin, New Zealand. Canada, Ireland, and Scotland were maimed nnd broken they would nbout eq.ml thc loss in wounded and sick of threo years of war. Wore thoy to pans n givon post on their crtitcheB ut the rate of two a minute without ceasing, hour after hour, day after dny year after year, they would tuko nearly nineteen years to pass. Were thoir bodies laid out in single file, hend to foot, it would give us an unbroken line of human wreckage reaching from Australia to England, thence to New Tork, acros» the United States to San Francisco, with a tail-end reaching as far as the Hawaiian Inlands. If the combined bodies of the dead and wounded wore luid head to foot we could form with their bodies a human bracelet around thc entire world, with enough bodies loft over to lino evory foot <>f the Canadian Pnciflc railroad from Vancouver to Montreal. But we hnve suid nothing of thc losses, other than netunl money aiyl lives on tho battlefield—the losses of non-belligerent nations, of hunger, dis- cuflo, increased infantile mortality, and other incidentals to ihe wnr. Wc have not dealt with tbe outright 'destruction of property, cities, ships, railroads, shops, factories, warehouses,' bridges, industry, agriculture, and so on. Nothing has been said about the loss of pro* duetion, decrease in foodstocks, metals nnd other materials, derangement of the machinery of distribution, and trade. Neither have we computed the dead loss of property whloh 25,000,000 Pete IQinch'e Separation. Judge Jones, strolled down Hyack Canyon, and accidentally went into' Hank James' tavern last night. "Anything new down your way, judge!" queried Hank, "Yes, you hcer'd about old Pete. Klinch awhile ago, wantin' a separation from his wife—all over a difference of opinion about a bone dry town. You know the ease, Hank, don't yer!" "Yes, yes." "I thought so,"- continued the judge. "Well, you see, on my way down the road, I had a most sorrowful and calamitous experience." "By the horn-spoon, judge, you're awfully shaken up—have a drink— what's th' matter!" "I'll tell you, Hank, soon'a I get this down—I met Pete near Bogi Green's bunkhouse—you know where it is!" "Of course I do —but what was it!" "Just this. I was hurrying along as fast as I eould, when I ran slam bang into Bete and knocked him into—you see I'm all wet and kiner cold, but don't mind that." "No, no. Forget it—come to the point." "I win, if you'll have patience. I was about to ask him how his wife—you ought to Have seen Pete gaze at me when I mentioned his wife. You know Pete's odd ways!" "Sure I do—go on, Judge." "I thought you knew Pet* alright." "What in h—1 does that matter! We both know he's an. old fool." "You're right there, Hank. As I said before, I was hur- ryin' along aB fast aB I could, when I knocked him over into the old well alongside of the road which wa$ full to the brim after the rain and poor Pete went to the bottom." "Great heavens, Judge, you don't mean to say he was drowned!" "No, Hank, I pulled him oat when he came up for the fust time." "Why didn't you say that before!" "Just because you'ro too darn anticipate'. But that's not the pint in this story, Hank. 'Tis and, Hank, to relate—" "Have another lotion, Judge—(Judge takes another four fingers)—then what was it!" "Pete met bis old friend, Col. O 'Leary, here this morning, didn't he!" '(That'a ao." "Then what'd he propose to Pete!" "The Colonel wanted Pete to start for France with 'im tonight—but I took no notice of that there yarn." "Well, Hank, was on the way there when I knocked him in the well." "Who'd thought it!" "Yop, ho wanted separation and was bo darn stubborn he wouldn't see his wife afore he went. However, he wrote her a letter thusly: 'Dear Mag: I'm off to France. Yours truly.' She wrote, 'Dear Pete: Von voyage.' See, she wrote the shortest letter-r-and you know what that means. She'll tell it all over how Pete wants her back again.'" "Well, well," said Hank. "Let's drink to Pete's health and separation allowance." Then tbey both swilled more booze. PAGE SEVEN The Lyall Shipbuilding' Company has been able to write off the entire cost of its special plant for the manufacture of munitions in the last two years and, besides this, declare an eight per cent, dividend. A display of manna falling down from heaven, aa it is reported to have once upon a time fallen upon the wandering Jews in the wilderness, would nor command passing notice in those glorious days of war for democracy and the rights of weak nations against the strong. Rheumatism A Hm Citi Bfm Ir On Wke 1st It In tha sprint of INS I wai attacked bv Muscular and inflammatory Rheumatism, I ■uttered aa only thoee wbo havs It know, for over tbrea years. 1 tried remedy after remedy, aad doctor after doctor, but mch , relief ea I reoelved wai only temporary. i-Finally, I found ft remedy tbat cured ma completely, and It hai never returned. I have Uven lt toft number who wan terribly afflicted and ave* bedridden with Bhcoma- ttim, and II effected ft our* la every caae. I want every sufferer from aay form of rheumatic trouble to try thli marvelous beating power. Don't send • centi limply mall your name aad addreu and I will aand It free to try. After yon ban uaed tt and » h" —— tteelf to be that long-looked-for — perfectly eattifled ».ouu ■* »■»* mm* fair? Why auBer any looser wben positive relief ti thai offered yea mar Don't delay Write today. Hark H, Jackson. Ho. MfDOuroey Bldf., Mr, Jaokeon la responsible." ' Above state- mast true —Pub. _ Leckie Shoes FOR THE BOT It's always tho part of wisdom to give a little thought to tho Boy's School Shoes, We mention it bceuuse the "House of Leckie" turns out a splendid wcuring, medium-weight shoo that'll delight him. —Or, for his ordinary stroet wear—for the lad's tstrenuous clumhering ahout during the holiday*, lit him out with a pair of "I.cckio" hnrd wearing trim- ly-built -street shoes for boys. Tho. whole family'11 appreciate them quite as Wjch as the boy. Uke everything made by "Locklo," thcy'ro made right. AT YOUB DBALBBS Alltod Prjattal Tradts Coiiaeil—B. H. Neelands, Box 60. Barbers—8. H. Grant, 1301 Seventh aruuu Bart.nd.rs—W. H. Smith. Box 424 Blacksmith.—Malcolm Porter, View Hill, Bookbinders—tfT. H. Cowderoy, 1885 TUrtr- foarth avenne <aet. ' Boilermakers--A. Fraier, list Howe street Boot and Shoe Worken-TM*-££, IM fempleton drlTe. " B'T!2F J*—*"—*• E- -iamelt. Suite 1, 1738 Fonrth avenne weit. t * BrlckLvere—William 8. D.gull, Labor Brotherhood ot Carpenter, Dlitrlet Oooaeil— 8. H. Pate, Boom 208, Ubor Tempi!. Brotherhood ol! locomotive Enilneere—L. T. Bollowar, 1167 Harwood itreet. Sermonr Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Entinemen—H. O. Sange, 1285 Hornby Brotherhood of Hallway Carmen— Brotherhood of Halatenaaee.of.War Employees—I. Corado, 219 dark drln. Batch***-, and Heat Oatlera—Alw. Morriion, 82 Eleventh aveane west. Cltarmakors—B. Cralt, cars Van Loo Oinr Factory, Georgia atreet. * Ollr Firemen's Onion—Syd. Jackson, Ho. 1 Fin Hall, Seymoar atnet. Civic Employees—O. Hsrrlion, 1815 Woodland drive. Civic Employees,. North Vucoaver—O T. Jenkia, 151 Sixth stnet weit, North Vaa- coaver. Room 109, Labor Temple. ^^ D^,%7%nl^..D""-BM"a *~. ■mftflrftS1 "• ——• ■"■ ■.nijneers (Steam aal Openting*)—W. a. Alexander, Labor Tempi, Graaite Oilten—Edward Harry. Hotel. " °*™.at Worken—Ada Hawkiwortb, Hod Carrlen aad Baildlaf Laboren* _^^^^^^^^^_^_. UiS.1",,• *"*"*"• 4" *"'« »- «"«■«« COtNOIL-MEETS Motormen, Conductors, Automobile Drivers, Shipbuilders, Machinists Want These Warm Wool Coat Sweaters—Best , Values in the City FOB 110X—High-grade pure wool eoat, jumbo stitch, perfect knitting, heavy weight. FOB 17.76—A similar eoat, knitted to the actual outline of the body; jumbo stitch, elaatic knit, medium heavy weight, shawl collar. FOB KM—A lightweight pure wool eoat, elastic knit, smart-looking, with shawl collar. FOB $6.50—A heavy weight pure worsted coat in jumbo stitch; an excellent eoat for mechanics, motormen and conductors; will give splendid satisfaction. FOB 13.96—Choice of four different coats at this priee. All made of good worated yarns and ranging from a comparatively light weight to medium heavy. FOB W.M—Penman's' heavy worsted coat with shawl eollar; a coat designed for hard wear; in brown and mole. FOB W.00—A good heavy weight wonted eoat, designed for men who give a eoat hard wear; in grey, oxford ud dark heather. NOTE: In the above details, where colon are not stated, they consist of khaki, giev, fawn, maroon, Oxford and brown," all of whieh are dependable. Full range of sites in aU coata listed here. DAVID SPENCER LIMITED nne eaat. Utter Carrlen—JUbt. Wight, ITT Sam- teeath avenue vaat. Longshoremen—F, Chapman, 104 Pender atreet vaat. Longshoremen'a Auxiliary, Ho. •••M—I. Winch, 1318 Hove atlWt. Machinists—J. Brooks, Boom Sll. Labor Templt, Machinists, No. 7T7—W. Street, 13 Fraatr block. North Vancouver. Machinists, No. 730 (Geregemcn)—H. B Trail, 740 Gilford atnet. Muilciana—E, J. Jamieaon, Boom 80S, Labor Temple. Molders—G. F. Nichols, 131 Sixth avenue veit. Moving Picture Operaton—A. O. Hamas, P. 0. Box 845. Order of Railroad Conductors—<*. Batch, 761 Beatty atreet. Painters—D. Lemon, Boom 808, Labor Temple. Plumbers—J. Have, Room 200Ji, Labor Temple, Phone Sey. 8011. Pile Drivers and Wooden Bridgemen—W. Ironsides, P.O, Box 1830. Pressmen—E. Waterman, 1107 Georgia St. Press Assistants— Plasterers—Geo. Buah, 3370 Fourteenth avonue vest. Phone Bay. 3315L. Pattern Makers (Vancouver)—E. Westmoreland, 8847 Point Grey road. Railway Mai) Clerks. Retail Clerks' Association—A. P. Glen, 10T8 1 Melville atreet. Seamen'a Union—W. S. Buna, P.O. Box 1805. Structural Iron Workera—Roy Massecar, Boom 308, Labor Temple. Stonecutters—Alex. Duff, Box 104T. Sheet Metal Workers- Shipwrights and Caulkers—Room 313, Labor Temple. Colnmbl* __«-—«^_—_. f * ubw I VANCOUVER UNIONS | PBOVINCUL UNIONS ra—Labor I I ' ■ •nth ava- TBADES AND LABOR mmimr—-****»* ■-' - Shipyard Laborers' Union—W, Hardy Twenty-third atnet waat" «-™'' „ 445 .... North Vancouver, ' Steam Shovel and Dredgemen—Chas. Fane, 06 Powell stnet. Street Railway Employees—A. T, Lofting, 3681 Trinity atnet. Stereotypers—W. Bayley, c|o Dally Provinoe. Telegraphers—E. B. Peppln. Tailors—H. Nordland, Box 608. Teamsten and Chauffeurs, No, 056*—B. Showier, 1070 Bobaon atnet. . Theatrical Stage Employees—Geo. W. Allln, P.O. Box 711. Tllelayen and Belpen—A. Jamleson, NO Twenty-third avenne east. Trades and Labor Council—Victor R. Midgley, Room 310, Labor Templo. Typographical Union—H. Neelanda, Bot 00. T.B.O0THBBRTSONACO. Men's Hatters and Outfitters 630 Oranvllle Street j 610 Hastings Stmt Wait flnt and third Tbundaya. Executive board: Pnaldent, Jaa. H. McVety; vice- praaldant ,■ J. Hubble; general seeretary, Victor R. Mldgley; treaaurer, Prod Knowlta; sergeant-at-arms, Geo. Harrison; truateee, J. H. MeVety, O. J. Kelly, A. McDonald. A. J. Crawford. ALLIED PBINTINO TRADES COUNCIL- Meets aacond Monday In Ihe month. Praaldant, Geo. Bartley; secrotary, B, H. Nee- lands, P.O. Box 00. ' BARTENDERS' LOCAL NO. 676—MEETS flnt Sanday of each month, Labor Temple. President, John Martin; flnanclal aeeretary, J. Smith, 610 Holden Bldg., Box 434, Phone Sey. 3673; ncording secretary, Wm. Motti- sfaaw, P.O. Box 434, Vancouver, B. C. ... C. FEDERATION OF LABOB—MEETS in annual convention In January. Exeea- „. ,, .— .Ufa offleen, 1017-18: Praaldant, J. Barter, general secretary, Box 416, Cumberland; vlee-pnaldenta—Vaa- — "—' "—' " oouver: Ju. H. McVety, T. B. Mldgley, Labor Temple. Victoria: J. Taylor,, Box 11816. Vaneouvar Ialand: W. Road, South Wellington. Prince Bupert: W. B. Thompson, Box 094, Nov WootmlMter: W. Tates, •00 London straet- Kootenay District: A. Goodwin, Box 80, Trail. Crows Noat Valley: W. B. Phillips, 176 McPhenon avenue. Soentary-tnaaunr; A, 8. Wells, Box 1686, Victoria, B. C. JOURNEYMEN BARBERS' INTERNA- tional Union of America, Local No. 130— Meets second and fourth Tuesdays In the month, Room 305, Labor Temple. Pnaldent, L. E. Herrltt; secreUry, S. H. Grant, 1071 Alberni street. BRICKLAYERS' AND MASONS', NO.l- Meets second and fourth Wednesdays, 6 r.m;, Room 807. President, Chas. F. Smith; corresponding secretary, W. S. Dagnall, Box 68; flnanclal secretary. W. J. Pipes. BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS, LOCAL No. 017—Meets every flnt and third Monday evening, 6 p.m., Labor Temple. President, R. W. Hatley; flnanclal aeeretary, G. Thom; recording aeeretary. G. H, Hardy, Boom 308, Labor Temple, Phono Soy. 7405. BREWERY WORKERS, L. U. NO. 381, I. U. U. B. W. of A.—Meets flnt and third Wednesdays of each month, Boom 802, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. President, F. Graham; secretary, A. E. Ashcroft, Suite 1, 1788 Fourth avenne west. BROTHERHOOD OF BOILER MAKERS and Iron Ship Bnllden and Helpen of America, Vancouver Lodge No. 104—Meata every Monday, 8 p.m. Pnaldent, A. Campbell, 330 Second street; secretary-treasunr, Angus Fraser, 1161 Howe stnet; business agent, J. H. Carmlohael, Roomi 313, Labor Temple. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF STEAM AND Operating Engineers, Local No. 620— Meets every. Monday, 7:80 p.m.. Labor Temple. President, D, Hodges; vice-president, P. Chapman; secretary-treasurer, W. A. Alexander, Room 316, Labor Temple* Phone Sey, 7485 SMITH'S BUTTON WOBXS Hemstitching, buttons covered, scallop- ping, button holes, pinking, sponging and shrinking, lettering, picot edging, pleating, roenlhg, embroidery, hemming, - 668 OranvlUa St. 1310 Douglas Si VANOOUVBB, B.O. VIOTOBU, B.C. Phona Say. 3101 Phona 1160 TOUB HEALTH DEPENDS ON TOUR FOOD Milk It the Natural rood Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, famous food expert, saya: "Milk differs from every other food substance known in the fact that it is a complete food." When you drink a glass of milk, costing 2%e, you fortify your body with as much energy and nutriment as you would obtain from a can of tomatoes or a half-pound of chieken. Eat less heavy food and use more Milk, Butter, Cheese and Ice Cream. Be Healthier, Spend Less. DAISY FSODVOIS PUBLIC- ITT BUMU.V I . I DEEP 8EA FISHERMEN'S UNJON OF THE Pacific—Moeta evtry Tuesday, 7 p.m., at 437 Gore avenue. Russell Kearley, business agent. ELECTRICAL WORKERS, LOCAL NO. 313 —Meets in Room 205, Labor Temple, every Monday, 8 p.m. President, D. W. MeDougall, 1163 Powell street; recording secretary, John Murdock, Labor Temple; flnanolal secretary and business agent, E. H. Morrison, Boom 307 Labor Temple. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Local 8863—OBce and ball, 804 Ponder atnet east. Meeta ovary Thursday. 6 p.m. Secretary-treasurer, F. Chapman; business agent, J. Gordon Kelly. — I, L. A., LOCAL 81-63, AUXILIARY— (Marine Warehousemen and Freight Handlers). Headquartera, 480 Howe atnet. Meets flnt and third Wedneaday, 8 p.m. Secretary and business agent, E. Winch. MACHINISTS' NO. 183—MEETS SECOND and fourth Thursdays at 8 p.m. President. Wm. Small; neordlng secretary, J. Brooks; flnanclal secretary, J, H. MeVety, Room 311 Labor Templo, Soymonr 7406. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERA- tors' Union, Local 846, I. A. T. 8. E. ft M, P. M. 0— Meets flnt Sunday of each month, Room 304, Labor Temple. President, J. R. Foster; business agent, Sam Haigh; flnanclal and corresponding secretary, 0. A. Hansen, P.O. Box 845. VIOTOBIA. B. Oi VIOTOBIA TRADES AND LABOB Council—Meets flnt and third Wednesdays. Labor Hall, 1434 Government stnet, at 8 p.m. Pnaldent, E. Christopher, Boi 887; vice-president, Christian Slverti, 1378 Denman atnet; seeretsry, B. Simmons, Boi 303. Victoria, B..O, NBW WBWMDfBTBB B. O. BARTENDERS' INTERNATIONAL LEAOUE of America, Local 784, Now Westminster. Meets second Sanday of each month at l :30 p.m. Secretary, F- W. Jameson, Bog 490. PBflTOB BUPBBT B. O. PRINCE RUPERT TBADES AND LABOB , Connell—Meets second and fourth Taos- daya of each month, in Carpenten' hall. Pnaldent, S. D. Macdonald; eeentary, J. J, Andenon, Box 378, Prince Bupert, B. C. SOOTH WBLL1NOTOB. V. 1 LOCAL UNION, NO. 878, U. M. W. of A.- Meets aecond and fourth Sundays of each month, at 8:30 p.m., Rleharda Hall. Pnaldent, Walter Head; vice-president, A. West- ley; neordlng soontary, Jaa. Bateman; flnanclal secretary, W. Macdonald; tnaaur- J. H. Richardson. TRAIL. B. Q. BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND Jolnera, Local No. .888—Moota la Minora' Hall, ovary Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. President, -*_ ; secntary; Jamea Graham, Bo» 8., Trail, B. C. . NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that Tho North Short Seal Estate Company, Limited, Intenda to apply to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, one month after data, to approve lta change of name to Patton A Company, Limited. Vancouver, B. C, September 26tb, 1917. SEABS * PATTON, Solicitors /oi tho Company. SOU-VAN MILK Should be in the home of •very mania xr or Yoraa? —Phont Pflirmout 2624— PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF NORTH America (Vancouver and vicinity)— Branch meets aecond and fourth Mondays, Room 204, Labor Temple. Pnaldent, Ray MeDougall, 1038 Orant street; financial aeeretary. J. Lyons, 1548 Venablea street; recording seeretary. E. Westmoreland. 3347 Point Grey road. Pbone Bayvlew 2970L. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, LOCAL No. 188—Meeta second and fourth Thura- days of each montb, Room 808, Labor Temple. President, H, Pink; vice-president. D. Hughoii; financial secretary, G. H. Weston; ncording secretary, D. Lemon, Room 303. Labor Temple. RETAIL CLERKS' UNION, LOCAL 270— Meeta In Labor Temple every flrst and third Tuesdays, 8:15 p.m. President. Chas. D. Bruce, 1022 McLean drive; secretary- treasurer, Archibald P. Glen, 1073 Melville street. Phone Sey. 6846B SHIPYARD LABORERS' UNION, NO. 1566 —Meets second and fourth Fridays of each month, 8 p.m.. Labor Temple. President, C. Scams; recording seeretsry; W. Hardy, 446 Twenty-third street west. North Vancouver; financial secretary, S. PnelpH. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EM- ployees, Pioneer Division, No. loi—Meets Labor Temple, * ~ days at 8 p.m president, K. 8 second and fourth Wednes' President, J. Hubble; vlce- , ,.. _. Cleveland; recording aeeretary ,A. V. Lofting, 2561 Trinity street. Phone High. 16BR; financial secretary and business agent, Fred. A. Hoover, 2400 Clark drive, offlce corner Prior and Main streets. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF America, Local No. 178—Meetings held flrst Monday In each month, 8 p.m. President, J. T. Ellsworth; vice-president, W. Larson; recording secretary, W. W. Hocken. Box 608; financial secretary, T. Wood, P.O. Box 603. Greatest Stock of Furniture in Greater Vancouver Replete in every detail 41 Htfttifi Stratt Waat GENERAL TEAMSTERS'. AND CHAUF- feurs' Union, Local No, 655—Meets every Wednesday st 8 p.m. Preiiident. J. If. McVety; buttinoss agent, J. P. Poole, 416 Twenty-first avenuo east, Phone Pair. 715R; financial secretary, Bert Showier. 1076 Hobson street, Phone Sey. 6670, Office, Room 206%. Labor Temple, TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, ,NO. 226— Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. President, W, H. Armstrong; vice- president, R. G. Marshall; secret ar)-treasurer, R. H, Neelands, P.O. Box 00. Efory Union Han Who Virfts tht Labor Tomple Should patronUo tho Labor Temple Cigar Store COSTS NO MOBS, mniumM BAGGAGE DMlTtnd to ud from All Trains, Botts, Hotels and Residences FURNITURE and Piano Moving In Padded Vans by Experts —Phone Os Day or Night- The Great Northern Transfer Co. Sej. 404, 405. OTTION STATION Jingle Pot Coal Greatest for Heat—Lasts Longer McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd. Fall. 1800. 16» MAIN ST. PAGE EIGHT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST FBIDAT.. October 19, 191 Dr. Wm. H. Thompson 602 Granville Street ti High-grade Dental services at prices you can afford to pay f Phone Seymour 3314 Evenings by Appointment WINNING OTHBHS- APPRECIATION [By Eev. Charles Steele] Bill thought that he wasn't appreciated. He was perfectly honest about it. He hadn't the "big head." He did not imagine that he was a wonderful genius who would turn the world upside down'if he were given half a chance, but he did feel that there were eome.things in him for whioh he was not receiving credit. Bill was a gang-boss iu a big machine shop. He had working with him, half NEWS STANDS The Federatlonist la on aale In Vancouver at the following news stands: UNIVERSAL NEWS STAND, 184 Hastings Street Eaat P. 0. NEWS STANDS, Foot Graandlle Street PANAMA PACIFIC NEWS STANDS, Corner Haatinga and Colombia McFADDEN NEWSTAND, 422 Richards Street CLUFF'S Family Shoe ^^^^_' Store —A big ahoa store to All the footwear wants of every member of • family. Tbe stock of Shoe* for Man, Wonen. Boya, Oirla and. the "Wat Kiddies" la not surpassed for quality or quantity anywhere In thla vast Waat. Every purchase guaranteed 100 per eent. satisfactory. CLUFF SHOE CO. 648 HASTINOS STBBBI WBST Opp. Buk et a dozen men and two apprentices. One day he wondered if other folks felt about themselves aa ho did about him self. Then it occurred to him that he very rarely spoke a word of praise or of appreciation to anybody in his gang. And as he continued to think about it, his file flew faster, as the sweat stood1 out on his forehead, and when he finished the job In his vise, his body wae all aglow—not only because of the physical exercise of the last half hour, but because his mind had been working harder than his body. With this thought fresh in his mind ho walked over to one of his apprentices and said: "Jim, that's a pretty neat It—that patch you pat onto that lever." Jinf looked rather sheepish for a motaent. Then he murmured somewhat indistinctly: "I didn't think that you had noticed the job." That is all that was said. But at the close of the day, when they nodded "good-night" both Bill and Jim felt that a new tie bound them closer together. When the apprentice told of the occurrence at the supper table that night, he remarked that Bill was the most "observing" gang-boss in the shop. Jim's father was a machinist in another department. Next morning he told the boys on his job that Bill was one of the finest gang-bosses on his floor. When the men got together at lunch-time, somebody remarked that Bill Norton was "all right." In less than a week a dozen men had Baid the same thing. One night Bill's wife told him that she had called that day on Dick Sander's wife, and that she had told her that the fellows in the shop thought a whole lot of him. "Oh, get out," said Bill, "she'a only jollying you." But just the eame Bill felt pretty good about it. He forgot to growl at the newsboy because he delivered tne paper ffiteen minutes late. But the change had really come a week before—the day that he had spoken tbe words of oppreciation to Jim. He had learned a very important trnth that day. Long ago it had been expressed by the Master Workman: "He that saveth hit life shall lose it; and he that loseth hia life—-ahall find it." True, it wasn't a heroic Bervice that Bill had rendered, but in forgetting himself ln his appreciation of others, he had found the secret of winning others' appreciation. I LIVED UP TO Company Towns Still in Existence As 6f Old and Unworried Brewster's Head Hunters Are Abroad Hustling Poll Tax ALTHOUGH THE Brewster government has been in office many months now, and has held two legislative sessions, nothing seems to have been accomplished toward opening the company, or closed towns, about which spellbinders during the past months, aye years, raved and raged with much noise. It seems it is quite the thing to lambast company towns, which are a curse to any province, before electron, but after election, politicians have a habit of forgetting all about company towns and, in fact, they sidestep their boasts as regards them. This no doubt has been the case with the Brewster government. For many moons just previous to the election, the citizens of this province had continually dinned into their ears the evils of company towns, how certain interests with political pull had acquired valuable property upon which they had built fair-sized towns which contributed comparatively nothing to the exchequer of the province, aside from an acreage tax. The electorate, after so many rears nf the old regime at Victoria, lad a right to expect the new gang would make good in some particulars. But it will tako a microscope to discover where a solitary pre-election promise of the Brewster government has been carried out. Organized labor fought for years, and is still fighting against company towns, over which the authority of the companies "owning" theta is as strict as the throttling clutch of military power. A good deal of labor support went to the Brewster gang at the election because of the noise that was made about company towns. The new regime has been on the job at Victoria for many months now, has held two legislative sessions, and if a man should go tomorrow to Anyox, tho town at the mouth of Goose Bay, owned by the Granby Mining, Smelting ft Development company, he couldn't set foot upon the wharf if he didn't happen to look just so. Or, if his business wasn't known, the eompa* nies have a perfect right to put him out of the town as a trespasser. This is also true of the Britannia mines on Howe Sound. All of which is a nice state of affairs which not only has gone on unchecked in the past, but is permitted to exist even though the government made a great ahow of naving passed some enactment or other purported to be directed at the regulation of eompany towns. Is the Brewster government afraid to monkey with.the moneyed in High-grade British Pure Wool Underwear THOSE who seek warmth without weight, comfort and wearing qualities, will flnd their needs well met in the following lines -. Women's Fine White, Wool Union Suits, in the "Wolsey" make, with Dutch neck, sleeves, Average sizes, $5.76. Large $6.50. and extra large, & Women's Natural Wool, light shade, Union Suits, High neck, long sleeves, and ankle length. Highly recommended. Average sizes, $7.75. Large and extra large, $8.50. Women's White Pure Wool Union Suits, in the "Pesco" make; medium weight, reinforced, high neck, long sleeves and ankle length. Average sizes, $4.50. Large sizes, $5.00. 575 Granoille "Phone Sey. 3540 I TO DEPORT President of Labor Council Demands Explanation From Authorities M ) ens Suits Right Style patterns Fabrics Prices Right Right Right At Dick's Two Stores Remember also that we carry everything in Men's Furnishings of high quality by the best makers Let Us Dress You t oreat b owning these closed townBf If ao, why! What trade unionists demand ib that company towns be thrown open to public business competition, the same na any other towns. That public streets bo cut through them, that the public have a right to land on the company shores, walk the streets, engage in business or seek employment, just the same as in other portions of the province. The Bystem of company towns, ia be g permitted by the hypocritical'Brewster-government just tne same aB by (tmifatt 33/47-19 HwnNos Sr four. pust regimes. However, the public is not closing its eyes to the manoeuvres of the powers that be in trying to sidestep the promises they made so as to win office. The Brewster government has not made good. Its speakers during the campaign made many wild assertions about the dilapidated Btate of the provincial treasury and credit, which may or may not havo been all true. The electorate took it for granted that the Brewster crowd, which apparently had facts and figures by the ears to the everlasting condemnation of the old regime, would bring about better conditions. Nothing Doing Bnt the Poll Viz. But it has failed miserably to date. In place of improved conditions, all are heavily burdened with taxes, directly and indirectly, especially the working- man, who must pay a head tax of $6 for the privilege of living in British Columbia, and the farmer, for the privilege of making a living on laud upon which he has toiled and sweated for many years clearing and making ready for cultivation the primeval growth of forest and brush, haB had lis taxes doubled. Then there is the amusement tax, by which a person is taxed for spending a few hours in enjoying him* self after a hard day'a work. The sum and substance of what the Brewster government has done comes down to this: It has doubled the taxes on the poor man, and let the rich, relatively, alone. ThlB in spite of the fact that it would have been much easier, and more honest and equitable, to have taxed big business which is using up thc natural resources of the province at a great rate without a commensurate return to the provincial treasury. Every ton of oro taken out of the mines, every ton of coal, cannot be replaced. It is turned into money, and that la the end of it. The provincial treasury gets a very small proportion of the profit. The lumbering industry is reducing the standing timber at a tremendous rate and, though there will in a century or so grow up new timber, it will be of no benefit to the next few generations. The industry co\ild have been taxed even very slightly, whereby the government could havo raised a great deal more than by the poll tax, which is a relic of the dark ages of government. Furthermore, Premier Brewster has cost the province by running round the country with a minister or two always tugging along with him, more money than a thousand poll taxes would pay for. Also, there are enough collectors, or head-hunters, out rounding up unfortunate men, to eat Up whatever amount may be collected through the imposition of the poll tax. Thc electorate is being steadily convinced that it has been oadly buncoed in electing tbe Brewster crowd, and looks forward to the coming bye-elections, when the government can be induced to bring them on. Up to date, the government has been so fearful or public opinion, it has not had the courage to hold tbe bye-elections. TheBe arc to be held in Vancouver, Alberni and Newcastle, bIbo possible Nanaimo, in the event of Hon, Bill Sloan, minister of mines, resigning to run for the federal house. In these elections, the government is due for a big surprise, if present indications are any forecast of >the results. Council Last Night Decides Not to Withdraw From Labor Congress Efforts which were made to deport two employees of the Pacific Dredging company on account of their activities in the late strike against the conditions imposed by that company, which was satisfactorily settled, wcip reported to the Trades and Labor Qouncil last night. President McVety and Business Agent Midgley explained that they had demanded that the deportation order be withdrawn and an explanation given. Failing to receive a satisfactory explanation the matter would be taken before the minister of the interior. President McVety also informed the council that an organizer for the Paper- makers ', who was here recently, had been deported, which was another subject of inquiry that was being carried on with the immigration authorities. Communications. A curt letter of thanks was received from the office of Food Controller Hanna, for thc resolution of severe criticism of his department which the council passed at the last meeting. The letter was filed. A resolution, passed by the Brantford Tradea and Labor council,,recommended that the authorities take immediate steps to prevent an imminent coal famine. The executive recommended that the resolution bo concurred in. Action was accordingly taken. It was suggested that any such recommendation regarding the fuel situation would be treated ns Food Controller Hanna had treated the suggestions made to him. E. Gold's letter on bis candidature in South Vancouver waB filed. Miss Laura Hughes, a Toronto speaker, will not come to this city to deliver an address. A letter was received asking the council to give its assistance in the way of $50. It was decided not to invite her. W. B. Trotter opposed tho suggestion that Miss Hughes be brought here to "shoot off any fireworks." In answer to a question aB to whether she belonged to any Labor organization, President McVety Baid ahe had done good work for the movement in Toronto. Qeorge Hardy had heard her and said she did a lot of ineffective talking and -the Labor movement, he said, would do better to give $50 to a local committee to organize the women here. McLeod's Cafe Unfair. The Cooks,' Waiters' and Waitresses' union reported McLeod's cafe on the unfair Hst. It was proposed to .point a committee to intervene and place the cafe on the unfair list if found necessary. Del. Welch BuggeBt- ed that the business men who are eating there should bc pat on the unfair Hat also. The following now delegates were obligated: Pattern Makers'—W. Brown, C. Heys; City Firemen—J, Anderson; Teamsters' and Chauffeurs'— Bro. Qrant, Bro. Phillips; Blacksmiths' Helpers'—W. Winakill; I. A. of M.— H, Fleming, Geo. Walker; Bailway Mail ClerkB'—J. A. McLeod; Longshoremen— W. J. Gillespie, A. Newton, A. E. Shirley, W. Steen, J. WebBter, A. Hooton, E. Winch. Business Agent's Beport. Business Agent Midgley reported that the strike of waitresses at McLeod's cafe was being carried on effectively, and that for the first time in tho history of this city girl pickets were seen on duty. It was noticed that some business and professional men were patronizing the cafe now in an effort to break the strike. The Teamsters and Chauffeurs were going strong. The Timber' Workers were not making very good progress, owing to overlapping of unions. The business agent, during the week, Visited the North Shore Civic Employes, who were being well organized. Two members of the Dredgermen's union had boen ordered deported by the authorities, probably by reason of their activity in the strike of the employes of the Pacific Dredging company, but this order had been withdrawn after the matter had boen explained to immigration officials by President McVety and Secretary Midgley. The business agent further reported that a bank manager had called on him regarding labor conditions. He wanted to know if the "unrest" was caused by any "unruly" clasB. The business agent set him right, Fall and Winter Suits and Overcoats You men will find here the largest stock we have ever had. Styles in profusion, fabrics of a great number of weaves and under "Our Right Selling Plan" prices to suit any pocketbook. $15, $18, $20, $25, $27.50, Our guarantee of satisfaction under test of wear or money cheerfully refunded is always in force and remember we have a UNION CARD. BOYS' DEFT. Sscond Floor CwKstlBtrtSdalbtr tun 153 HASTINGS ST.W. shoremen had endorsed the action of Del. Kavanagh in resigning as president of the council. Beports of proceedings from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada have arrived and show that out of 245 delegates only 10 voted in favor of conscription. Last meeting a resolution that the council withdraw from the congress on account of itB position on conscription was post- toned until the reports got here. Del. 'rotter explained that the whole aitua- tion on conscription had been badly mixed up and that after the vote was taken on the committee's resolution not to tnke any action to interfere with the government, the straight question, for or against conscription, was demanded, resulted in there being but ten delegates in favor. There were several amendments and the delegatea were all muddled. Del. Hardy, who also attended the congress, said it waa hia opinion the delegates were all afraid to place themselves on record after Secretary Draper had said it would be illegal to pass a resolution asking for the repeal of the conscription act. Del. Tree was in favor of dropping any organization that had failed to function us the congress had. Del. Trotter wanted to know what Dol. Tree meant by "function." Del. Tree replied that he meant that when Labor waa in a position to make de- mauds, and enforce them, they had failed to do so, Dels. Midgley and Welch opposed the resolution at considerable length and Dels. Tree, Thomas and others supported it. After a long discussion the resolution to withdraw was lost. Del. MisB Gutteridge waB elected by reclamation to fill the vacancy in tbl board of trustees .for the rest of the term, A committee of Dels. Midgley, Swartz and Miss Gutteridge waB appointed to go into the matter of the Bartenders' new wage scale. A committee of Dels. Trotter, Alexander, McVety and Midgley was appointed to inquire into the McLeod cafe strike. Dels. Hardy and Dickinson were appointed a committee to work with the proportional representation election system association. Just before adjournment, Del. Miss Helena Gutteridge delivered a brief address in the interests of the Labor candidates in the forthcoming federal campaign. Del. Trotter drew the delegates attention to the fact that a nieeting of the city council on theNqueation of proportional representation was shortly to be held—on Nov. 5. The city council, he said, had the right to put the system in operation. The city should get away from "tinpot" politics and ward politicians, he continued. The statement waB being made that very few people wanted ft and the coun Six girl tobacco strippers hnd gone on atrike at one of the cigar factories, the business agent reported, but on investigation it was found that there were about 24 still working. This emphasized the need of a minimum wage and better working conditions for girls, he said. So numerous have the duties of the business agent grown that he waB compelled to ask for volunteer assistance. Several dolegates volunteered to givo what assistance they eould in the way of attending meeting whieh the business agent could not get around to, Beport of Unions, Various delegates, reporting for their unions, spoke very encouragingly of their organizations' prospects. Del, Morrison reported the success of tho Electrical Workers' in settling the strike with the B. C. Telephone Co. Bcporting for the Letter Carriers', Del. Wight said the minister of labor seemed to have no power to deal with labor questions in connection with civil servants. The letter carreers in the smaller cities were in favor of a strike and those in the larger cities favored a conciliation board. Del, Hardy of the Carpenters' reported the big joba were 100 per cent, organized and a meeting waB contemplated to discuss a demand for another increase of 50 centa a day. Del. Tree reported! that the Long- fact. Del. Trotter said some of the aldermen were afraid to submit themselves for election at large. OFFICIAL LIST OF DELEGATES AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING INCREASE IN A. F. OF L. MEMBERSHIP Interesting Figures Given Out By Secretary F. Morrison The membership of the national and international unions and tho local unions directly affiliated to the American Federation of Labor has materially increased during the past fiscal year," reports Secretary Frank Morrison. "Wo had an average membership of 2,072,702 for the fiscal year, which ended September 30, 1910, and an average membership of 2,370,205 for the twelve months of this fiscal year, ending September 30, 1017. Notwithstanding this fact, tbe membership for September indicates that we have now moro than 2,500,000 from whom we receive per capita tax, through the national and international unions and ftirectly affiliated local unions. Last year we had a paid* up average membership of 35,163 mem* bers in the directly affiliated local unions, and thia year we have e paid- up average membership of 68,416 mem* bers for the twelve months ending Sep* tember 30,1017. "Notwithstanding the number ot local unions organized, there are man; crafts and callings that have no na tional or International organizations and that are poorly organized. Amongsl these callings are the stenographers, typewriters, bookkeepers and asisstants The American Federation of Labor hai started a special campaign for tl fiose of organizing this calling. InertS s a good spirit for organization eiiit-j started a special campaign for the pu " ' "lei ing among nearly nil the < workers! which Ib augmented by the fact than the increases in wagea received have] not been sufficient to meet tho increased! cost of the necessities of life.' Garment Workers'—No delegates. Civic Firemen—C. Buddiuk, C. A] Watson. I. A. M., No. 777—H. Fleming, F| E. Edney, O. Walker. Letter Carriers'—F. Knowles, B| Wight. Longshoremen—O. Kelly, A. Tree., OS Thomas. Lathers'—J. H. Lelghton. Machinists', No. 182—J. H. McVetjfl cil should V shown Vhat"was"»ortbe |*,A,,?A'.![0™**J!-. Attendance Boll Prepared by Statistician Fred, Knowles of Central Labor Body, I. L. A. Auxiliary—B; Winch, W. J. Gillespie, A. E. Shirley, G. Webster, A. Hooton. Bricklayers'—W. Pipes, W. Dagnall. F. Vaughan. Barbers'—S. H. Grant, B. B. Herritt. Bartenders'—J. A. Smith, W. Mot* tlsbaw. Bookbinders'—No delegates. Brewery Workers'—G. Gilbert. Boilermakes'—J. MoAninoh, W. Marshall, Young. Ironworkers'—B. Massecar. Cigar Makers'—G. Brnst. J. Walters. A. P. Tletzen, C. F. Swartz. Civic Employees'—V. B. Midgley, G. Harrison, J. McFarlane, Cooks' and Waiters'—A. Graham, W. McKenzie. Bro. of Carpenters—G. C. Thom, J. B. Campbell, A. MoDonald, G, H. Hardy. Amal. Carpenters'—R. Jackson, B. Edmonds. Deep Sea Fishermen—B. Kearley. Eleotrleal Workers'—E. H. Morrison, H. Woodslde. Moving Picture Operators'—A. 0| Hansen, Molders'—J. Dickinson- Printing Pressmen—No delegates. Plumbers'—F. Welsh, G. Bose. Pattern Makers'—O. Heys. Painters'—H. Grand, B. Bryce. Printing Press Assistants—No dele| gates. Piledrivers'—W. Ironsides, M. NasbJ A, J, Campbell. Plasterers'—No delegates. ■ Betail 'Clerks'—No delegates. Bly. Mall Clerks'—J. A. McLeod. Street Bailway Employees—J. Hub-] ble, F. Haigh, H. Cottrell, A. V. Loft-| ing, B. Bigby, Kermode. Sheet Metal Workers'—A. J. Craw-| ford, J. W. Friend. Sailors'—W. 8. Bums. Shoe Workers'—A. Collidge. WJ Stage Employees'-«No delegates. Shipyard Laborers'—M. Phelps, Hardy, G. A. Kilpatrick, H. Wingei Steam Engineers'—J. McDonald, WJ Alexander, F. L. Hunt. Shipwrights'—No delegates. Dredgemen—No delegates. Tailors'—H. Gutteridge, J. P. Ellsl worth. Typos.—W. B. Trotter, H. C. Bensonl G. Bartley. Tilelayers'—No delegites. Telegraphers '-—No delegates, Teamsters'—Poole, Petrie, Showier! Grant. Musicians'—A. J. Malacord. North Shore Civic Employees— _ Bathbone, Meat Cutters'—B. W. Lane, A. Beresford, T. Brown.* Blacksmiths'—W. Winskill. Visitors—W. A. Pritchard. Total delegates, 00; visitors, 1. Only Friday and Saturday for These Sale Prices Thia sale will positively come to an ond on Saturday. It haB been one of our most successful sales, and there is a good reason. We urge you not to miss the opportunity presented by the few remaining days. Ntw Chiffon Taffetas—We offer a i. markable bargain tn thli 30-inch taffeta, Yonr choice of 14 good shades, also black and white. Reg. $1.75, (2.00 and $2.26 01 AQ per yard. Bale price ¥*•*» Crape da China and Oeorgette—In the new pastel shades and evening colors tbat have aroused ao much , discussion; 40 inches wide. Regit. SS "ff^ff $U* HebuUi Silkt—A heavy quality Hebu- tal in 80 good shades, as wellies black and white; also in striped effects, 88. Inches wide. Regu lar 11.25 And |1.65 yard. ng. Sale price VOC Silk and Cotton Crepe de' Chine— Ths Is a most exceptional value we are offering. If we were buying tbls stock today It would cost ua more wholesale than the price we are putting on lt retail. The material Is 88 inches wide, and it auttable for dresses, undergarments Hf'-tA *<">* washing quality, la 80 different shades. Reg, — 75c yard, for Lining Satins—In five 55c Besnl.r 11.60 per jsrd""" aTgjji '*H SAJBA BROS., Limited THB .gOX SPECIALISTS; ttt OBAjmHE BJPBEET Nstetewi
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