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INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH SEVENTEENTH YEAR, No. 9. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLISHED IK INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS ._ POLITICMj UNITY: VICTORY FOUR fe ES VANCOUVER, B. G, FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 27,1925 6c A COPY A GREAT MEETING Professor Nearing; Delivers Brilliant Address on Far-Beaching Effects of Dawes Plan. POLITICAL ALLIANCES Will Undoubtedly Ohange Balance of Power Prom West to East—Imperialism. AN audience which taxed the capa- ■"• city of the Theatre Royal, gathered on Sunday evening to hear Professor Scott Nearing. Before 7:30 the doors were closed, and to appease the numbers who could not gain admission, an overflow meeting was held in the I. W. W. hall, where another bumper audience listened with rapt attention, to Dr. Nearing outline the far-reaching effects of the Dawes plan, which, he said, would reduce the standard of living of the workers of all nations, stating it was the last .weapon of Imperialism to rehabilitate the disintegrating system of capitalism and introduce a form of industrial serfdom. Dr. Nearlng's evening address was a masterly presentation of the difference between the capitalists' meth- od of supressing and exploiting small nations, even empires, with the aid of its newly-formed imperialistic arm, the "League of Nations," and the democratic method pursued by the Soviet government. He declared that one of the most profound and far- reaching economic and political alliances now taking place waa that being ratified between the Japanese, Chinese and Soviet governments. An alliance, both from its moral and economic aspects, as well as from the fact of their vaat population, would undoubtedly change the balance of power from west to east. Hitherto, said Professor Nearing, the .peoples of the east had good reason to tremble at tho approach of christian governments, who treated them as inferiors, robbed them of their natural resources and drove them off their lands with factories, and their women and children Into sweated industries at starvation wages and long hours. Compare those Unties, snid .Professor Nearing, with tlio treaties made by Soviet Russia, which recognlmi the right of self-government, racial equality, the right of the people to exploit their resources for tho good of their r.wn people, no annexation, no indemnities, and the return >' property and all riff'it) taken from them by czarist imperialism, trmtles ot trade and coopjri-.lon only, and you have an econom'c alliance based on the )i in clple of the broth n'iior.J of man which will shake wev..»r_i capua'..i m to its fouu&i lions The latest encroachments, the brutal and high-handed suppression of common rights and political liberties of tho peoples of China, Egypt, and India, where In the latter country there are more political prisoners rotting in Jail than in any other nation, have awakened and dissillu- sioned these peoples and killed the last remnant of trust or respect left in them for British justice, or western civilization. Trust and respect are dead, owing to tho ruthless oppression of "the east by the west, declared the speaker. In these nations, said Professor Nearing, there are at least 100 millions of people possessed of untold unexplolted wealth, now awakening and facing the common foe of western imperialism, nations old in culture and communistic ln their traditions of life, evolving toward the ideal of cooperation and with the common desire to stop western exploitation of their resources and peoples. Thts combination of eastern 1 nations is the most significant and powerful force to be reckoned with I by imperialists; a force bound to change not only the destinies of Asia, but of Burope as well. It was Professor Nearlng's first | visit to Vancouver, but Judging from his reception he had already planted himself deeply ln the hearts of . many, no doubt for hts fearless cham- ■' pioning of peace, truth, and Justice to all mankind. He left the city ■with the wish of the many who listened to him that he return soon and remain longer. Canadiari % abor Party NEW WESTMINSTER Whist Drive and Dance TO BE HELD IN THE I. 0. 0. P. HALL, 8TH STREET Saturday, March 7th Whist 8 Till 10; Dancing 9 Till 12 TICKETS 50c REFRESHMENTS B. C. OUT-OF-WORKS GENERAL ELECTION Duties of Unemployed As Imposed by Oity Council of '" Vernon, B.C. IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS THE UNEMPLOYED OP SOUTH VANCOUVER \V7E are having Interesting and in- " structlve discussions at our weekly meetings at the municipal hail each Tuesday night and making some progress but we have not succeeded yet in getting our organization recognized by the authorities. This matter is still ln the hands of the government official, who gives out work slips, which consists of a few days' work. Our demand ls for full work or full maintenance and we know we shall get this lf we bind together ln one compact mass. All are urged to attend these meetings and get to know what Is going on for themselves, bo that we, can improve the situation and get the present distress relieved. It ls the duty of all unemployed and workers to support each (ther for the general good of one and all. B. D. Brewer, secretary, 4854 James street, South Vancouver. In economics we must do more thinking tn terms of human life than ln terms of dead wealth.—Macklnder. More the Persecution of Masses, Sooner Day of Awakening Will Come. [By Geo. Shovelenplck] ALL ye sick, lame, and lazy shall roport at the police station at the hour of 9 a.' m., Monday, the 16th day of February in the year of our Lord 1925, for the purpose of answering the following questions given by the chief of police of Vernon, B. C, at the request of the city clerk, as the Vernon council finds that work is getting pretty scarce, and only those in dire distress shall be able to qualify. Questions to be answered: (1) Your full name and address, married or Blngle, how many of family? (2) Do you own any property? in town; if so, how much? (4) Do you owe any coal or wood bills in town; it so, how much? (6) Do you owe any other bills lu town; if so, how much? (6) How muohfdid you earn in wnges last summer, and what did you do with-it all? (7) How much money did you earn this winter and what did you do With it? (8) Have you any money in the bnnk; if so, how much? (9) Have you borrowed any money from anyone in town; if so, how much? Now isn't that just a splendid routine to havo to go through to receive the large amount of two days work per week, especially when this beautiful world of ours is supposed to at least give every man, woman, and child, food, shelter and clothing? Here we are, at the mercy of a few, hav> Ing to tell all our private affairs to receive just barely enough to exist on. I say, wake up, comrades of thie working-class, and let us show those few that it was never meant that the masses should be dictated to (by those same few) as to whether we should, or should not, have food, shelter, and clothing. Until such times as we realize this, those same questions will have have to be answered by us. However, the more pressure those few bring to bear on the masses, the sooner the dawn of that great day* of awakening will come, Yours to be there at the great home coming when every one will be entitled to his or her portion on an equal basis of the only thing which we the masses have to sell (on our worlds markets) our labor power. Vancouver Branoh Resolves Federal Government Should Take Care of Unemployed. The regular meeting of the party was held on Wednesday evening, February 18th, at 319 Pender street west, The chief business of the evening was a discussion on unemployment. Nearly everyone present took part in this discussion and various proposals were put forward, not as a cure for unemployment, but as a means to provide the unemployed with the necessaries of life, and also to prevent the standard of living of those being employed being lowered. A resolution was passed to the effect that unemployed maintenance was a function of the fedoral government and should be taken care of by a P. L. P. Should Bring Ultimate Success of labor Party in East Kootenay. OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME Gives Enlightening and Inspiring Address at the Open Forum on Sunday. 'NEW SOCIAL RELIGION" Rural District Problem—Concerted Effort Necessary in Ways and Means. [By James Sims] TN the issue of February 6th a timely warning is given to those of us interested in the Labor movement of the approaching dominion general election. It is to be hoped that it will have the effect desired. Especially do I hope that the district of Eaat Kootenay will awaken from Its long winter sleep, and commence, or perhaps I should say resume, active operations. A reflection on Labor's past performances in fedoral elections in this district clearly demonstrates that they may look forward with confidence to victory in a three-cornered contest. As one who was actively ln> (3) Do you owe any grocery blllsfterested in the last two elections, and knowing of the lack of organized effort on both occasions, I do not believe that I am unduly optimistic in pronouncing a victory for Labor certain, if steps are taken to stimulate the workers' intreests In the forth coming election. I am not aware of what political organization exists In the Fernie district which has had a Labor representative in the' provincial house for years. In Cranbrook, there Is a branch of the Federated Labor Party, and tt ts to this organization one must look for the effort to bring about the ultimate success of the Labor party in a federal eloction in the East Kootenay riding. Having spoken in terms of victory, it will not avail us much if gained only by the way of personality or good fellowship methods, which, I do not hesitate to say, assissted us greatly in the past. Justico of Labor's Cau.se We must pave the way to victory by getting the people to understand clearly the justice of Labor's cause. A true democracy can only operate when surrounded by a people of understanding. Therein lies our great work in such a constituency as ours. I am under no illusion as to the task that is before us, i. e., to bring about a state of mind conformable to the principles of the Labor movement. It's a loud call, a clear call, and cannot be denied by those of us who are actively interested. Let us waste no more time, but commence to prepare our plan of action for the coming contest. Traveling afield from my own constituency I realize there are many ridings, or electoral districts, that Labor cannot hope to approach wtth any degree of success at thts time, yet 1 am of the opinion that no opportunity should be lost to contest the seats. It gives us the opportunity to place our viewpoint to a larger number of people than other times would permit. While at election time much talk Is given to the adopted platform of the party, I am sure the movement would benefit greatly If the Immediate causes leading to the necessity and construction of such platforms received equal attention. History has given students the key, but we are dealing with the man in the street, and we have to find the most effective talking point. Questions liaised For Instance, the questions, "What has aggravated this unemployment disease? Why this prolonged high cost of living? Why the necessity for immigrants, or visa versa?" We hear the farmer remarking "The bigger the harvest, the greater tho disaster," trade .unionists bewailing the fact that craft unionism is becoming Impotent. They rightly ask, "Are we Instead of Organizing for War, Organize for Production and Peace. T)EFORE the largest audience ever assembled at the Open Forum, Prof. Scott Nearing gave a enlightening and inspiring address. Hfs subject was "The New Social Religion." He asserted that the new social religion would concern itself with human nature. He did not believe that man was the fallen creature that we have been taught he is, but.rather that he was the product of the process of evolution. The great primary urge behind man today was the desire on his part, net alone to perpetuate his kind and to pre serve himself, but to improve his environments, to ameliorate the un fortunate conditions under which ho was forced to live. Today we are living in a state of fear- It is more or less the domln- atlng factor in our lives. The fear of hunger, of unemployment and of misery. But a small* percentage of the workers of America aro organ ized, and, therefore, the great masses of them, are more or less at the mercy of their employers. They are living ln a world where the standard of living is being forced down day after day. For human beings to live under such conditions and in a con stant state of fear, it must inevitably result in having a disintegrating and blighting influence upon the great mass of the workers the world over. Fear, greed and plunder were the predominating Influences at work today. It is a case of grab while the grabbing Ib good, he said. You could hardly expect a very high type of manhood or womanhood to be de veloped under such debauching con ditions. Not until we had a system ln which such factors were eliminated would we expect the highest type* of men and women, a system in which people learned to _ cooperate for the common weal rather than to grab for themselves. Instead of their future happiness and welfare being dependent upon fear and greed, and their ability to grab from the other fellow, it would be dependent upon their ability to cooperate with their fellowipen tn an effort, not alone to preserve themselves, but also to pre serve their fellowmen. So long as our habits are being formed In the present social mould we need hardly expect any marked improvement in the individual or society as a whole. "Instead of organizing for war, let us learn to organize for production und for peace?" "We should learn to organize as workers or as trades, not as national Hies." "Culture belongs to the human race as a whole, and not to one class alone." "Today we have a working c] and a leisure class. That Is quite wrong. We should all work and we should all have leisure," he stated. The professor was listened to with rapt attention throughout and hearty applause greeted many of his remarks. After the address some considerable time was given over to the answering of question from members of the audience. system of unemployed insurance, Mrs. C. Lorimer was elected ns aj poor people because Canada Is a poor delegate to the Unemployed Assocla- country tlon, Our members should keep ln mind that the regular meetings of the party aro held on the first and third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will bo on March 4th, Members try and get your friends active In the Labor movement, always welcome. It must be proven to the people that these things are the products of progressive capitalism, accentuated the more ft progresses, Experience teaches us that very few people now resent the suggestion that the late war was a commercial war, that ls, Visitors' for commercial supremacy. They may (Continued on page 2) NEWS OF PRINCE flUPERT Figures of Timber Scalings— Trades and Labor Council Elect Officers. (Ity Our Own Correspondent) PRINCE RUPERT, B. C—Timber scalings during past month were small, the total being 2,289,887 board feet and 12,600 lineal feet of poles, The lumber consisted principally of coast spruce, The Trades and Labor council has elected the ■following' urrtcers for the ensuing term: President, S. D. McDonald (re-elected/; vice-president, James Black; secrotary-treasurer, Frank Derry (reelected); statistician, E. W. Tucker; sergeant-at-arms, J. G. Anderson; executivo committee, H, J. Smith, J. J. Qillls, James Coombs, with the president nnd secretury. DR, CURRY'S LEOTURES This (Fridny) evening tho subject will be: "From Savagery to Clvillza tion." The meeting will bo held in the C, P. hnll, 660 Homor street. All interested invited to attend. Com munity singing. NEW PAMPHLETS MANY requests have been made to this paper to have the articles on the farming situation, by George Sterling, printed in pamphlet form. Orders have even eome in, in anticipation. Wc anticipate complying with the request, and we would appreciate others sending in thcir orders in advance so that wc might the better estimate the number required to be printed. A new pamphlet will be off thc press shortly. It is entitled,*"Womaii and the Game of War," by Mrs. Rose Henderson. No woman can afford to not read it. It is startling and frank, and contains a wealth of information for every earnest student of war and its causes. There are still some pamphlets left on "Bussia Today" and "Some Startling Disclosures on Child Immigration." Priees 10 cents and 5 cents, respectively. Send in your ' orders today. VERY DANGEROUS Opening Carrall Street to Union S.S. Wharf Is Absolutely Necessary Undertaking. TEMPORARY • P00T-BRIDOE J. S. WOODSWORTH LITTLE CRIPPLES Member for Centre Winnipeg Delivers Important Speech in Parliament. Annual Meeting of Society With the Object of Benefitting Necessitous Oases. GOVERNMENT OF INTERESTS Socialism Socialism naturally goes with an unselfish or altruistic system of ethics. The most characteristic feature of the old societies was the exploitation of tho weak by the strong under the systems of slavery, serfdom, nnd wnge labor. Under tho Socialist regime It Is tho privilege and the duty of tho strong nnd talented to use theh- superior forco and richer endowments In the aervice of their fellow-men without distinction of class or nation or creed.—Encyclopedia Brltannica. Decidedly Not One Representative of the Great Masses of the People. [From Hansard of February 10] T^HUS a very real and pressing need is brushed aside as of comparative unimportance and we have a .purely technical, legal, constitutional attitude presented. Even then the Minister of Labor might have remembered that so far back as 1920 a report on this subject of the draft conventions was submitted to the governor- general in council by the minister of Justice on March 2 and duly concurred in by the council and approved by his excellency the governor- general on November 6. In that re^ port we find the following statement: Unemployed insurance has a pronounced federal aspect and on the whole the minister thinks the estab Jishment of a system of unemployed Insurance is competent in the Domin< ion in the exercise of Its residuary legislative power with regard to the peace, order und good government of Canada. As I think I said last year in this House, where there Is a will there is a way. And where there is no will there is no way. The position of the minister of labor was very largely backed up by the acting minister of finance (Mr. Robb). In flat contradiction to the representations at the conference of Canadian manufacturers and to the evidence submitted by mayors and responsible officials from Halifax to Vancouver, ne said: T say trade in this country ls good. . . . That is the reason for unemployment. . . . There are too many peoplo flocking to the citios. . . . There Is work for them on the farms If they want work. Where can we got with statements of that character, In the face of the undoubted evidence to the contrary Since that conference conditions have not improved. According to the pres* despatches as published, we had a deputation here a few weeks ago from Eastern Canada headed by Pre mler Armstrong, in which he ls reported as having stated: That at the Sydney mines in one of the coal towns, so acute Is the situation that people were suffering from hunger and some were actually living on mushrooms picked In the woods. Such a situation, he said, required action by the * government, Thero were 23,000 people unemployed and more than 100,000 dependents affected. In my own city of Winnipeg we have at the present time some 1,200 married men and 800 single men In receipt of relief, very largely owing to their unemployment. Large and Influential deputation*! recently waited on the city council of Montreal to bring to the attention of the council the extremely serious situation which prevailed. Within a few days wc have had deputations from Toronto and Ottawa. We had evidence presented at the unemployment conference ' with regard to the serious conditions even among the immigrants from northern Europe- The Dunish consul and the Scandinavian emigrant station have both protested In the very strongest terms against the bringing over of Norsemen Into the midst of a population where there was a great deal of unemployment, I do not wish nt this time to discuss Ihe responsibility of the federal government, but I should like ngnin to take the position I huve tuken oh previous occuslons, namely, that the body which is so largely responsible for the immigration policy and for the flnanclal policy oi thin country ennnot possibly escape responsibility for the unemployment which in largely the result of those policies. Tho government which through its arrangement fulls to mnke it possiblo for people even to obtain the necessities of life—food, clothing and shelter—cannot possibly have a claim upon tlie loyalty of its people, It may be a government of certain interest; decidedly it in not a government (Continued on page 2) THEIR ALTRUISTIC WORK Difference Only in Degree Between Their Socialism and the Scientific Socialism. [By Nemesis] TiHERE is a group of Vancouver ladies who have banded them selves into a society, with the object of benefiting necessitous crippled children, of whom there are many, not only here in BrltlBh Columbia, but In all our so-called civilized countries. These ladles recently held their annual meeting, and gave an account of the results of their labors. Representing myself as a press agent, I was graciously permitted the privilege of listening to the proceedings. I say privilege, because there was an air of earnestness and enthusiasm through the whole proceedings, which was the more enjoyable as these ladies were giving their time and talents voluntarily In the Interests of others, and of others who could not help themselves in any way. I was soon impressed by the fact, that not only were they possessed by the truo altruistic spirit, but that they were also a highly educated and capable group of women, who conducted their proceedings In a thor oughly business-like way. The presidential address dealt with the history of the association, dating back ijome two yenrs ago, and was deservedly applauded. Her simple, well-chosen phrasing, clearly and forcibly enunciated, rlvettcd the attention of her audience. It was not of wearying length, as so many presidential addresses are. Secretary's Report The report of the secretary-treasurer followed, and showed that 41 necessitous cases had received benefit; that over $3000 had been collected, and that J2000 stood to the credit of the association, Invested in Victory bonds as a nucleus fund for a children's orthopaedic hospital In Vancouver. She appealed eloquently for more sympathy and practical sup port for their association. Two well-known doctors of Victoria also addressed tho meeting, one of them advocating a preventorium, an institution dealing with incipient cases of infantile paralysis, etc., by means of the various light rays which have proved very beneficial to such cases, as revealed by the work along these lines in Switzerland and England. This means, of course, curing the first stages of the diseases by the powerful, natural, health-giving (Continued on page 3) HOD LABOR LEAGUE Educational Meeting Tonight- Comrade Mrs. W. C. Nelson Leaves City. The Junior Labor league Is holding anothor educational meeting tonight ut 883 Twenty-seventh avenue oast. Several nf the questions which were brought up at the previous "hat night" wilfbe discussed. Tho com mittee has arranged for a social and dunce to be held at' the ElkB hall, Fraser and Forty-ninth avenue, on Saturday, Murch 7th. Good music and a good floor assure a good time. The league lost an active member when Mrs. W. C. Nolson, formerly Miss Eleanor Charlton, loft the city last Friday evening to Join her husband at Magna Buy, Shuswup Luke, 11. p., whore thoy will mako their home. Would Eliminate Great Danger of Accidents at the Present Railway Crossing. QPENING Carrall street to Union steamship wharf by temporary foot-bridge would give relief to 250,- people annually, who at present are compelled to make a long roundabout detour to reach these dock*, via the dangerous and congested level crossing at the foot of Columbia avenue, 125,000 citizens of Vancouver, men, women and children, seeking passage to coast resorts with the usual responsibilities of children in arms, luggage, etc., are compelled and ex- to this inconvenience and danger in trying to reach the Terminal steamship v company's docks. Also 5,000 passengers to and from the large number of logging camps, canneries and mines, not to mention our Important tourist traffic. AU of the foregoing facts are vital contributions to Vancouver's safety as well as prosperity, and have to take the present long roundabout approach to the Union steamship company's dock. 13 steamships leave Vancouver each week from the foot of Carrall street for all B. C. coast p^nts, as far north aa Alaska. Inconvenience to Passengers All passengers over the Pacific Great Eastern railway from the Cariboo, Lillooet and northern Inland B. C. points embark or arrive directly at the foot of Carrall street Two steamers, each carrying 1100 passengers, leave this dock daily during summer months carrying picnic parties, tourists, etc., for Bowen Island, Selma Park, Squamlsh and many other points. Every street car line wiin passengers from every district of greater Vancouver, Westminster and Fraser valley lines are bought ln very close touch to these wharves via Carrall street. Seventy-five per cent, of all B. C. const logging companies, canneries, pulp and paper companies, and mining companies, are dependent on these wharves at foot of Carrall street, and the present route is a source of much inconvenience and delay. On behalf of the principals of these companies or their employees almost every petition, representing these [Interests, can cite cases of missed boat connections, It is readily understood that tho greater part of this stream of traffic has its origin west of Carrall street, but is compelled to reach these doeKs by a detour of at least two long blocks. It Is a great inconvenience to mon und industries that contribute very largely to our cllyu prosperity and whose importance is fully realised at a time like this without comment. Level Orowilng Columbia avenue crossing, over C. P. it. tracks, owing to congestion of traffic, necessitates gates which can be closed legally for periods of five minutes to allow frequent passage and shunting of trains at thfs point. Frequently the delay is 10 to 15 minutes. This statement is easily verified by the complnints made to the steamship companies named bofore, by passengers who have missed their boat owing to the delay on top of ah unnecessary awkward approach. The daily reports of level crossing accidents throughout the country is too well known to require emphasis. At this crossing, ao far our city hns been fortunate, although the danger exists. By diverting the pedestrian traffic seeking tho boforo mentioned docks to the nuturul approach by an overhead foot passenger bridge at tho foot of Carrall street, the danger of accidents at the present crossing will be greatly docrcasod. The cost entailed in constructing the suggested foot-bridge will be comparatively small. Wilh the early approuch of spring, the logging and cannery season, its benefit will be fully appreciated and approved uy nearly every visitor, customer, businoss mun and citizen of Vancouver. The law as It exists is n norrlMe incubus on civlllazlion; ono of the worst expressions of the rotten oconomic system. By its menns the dead hand of the past presses heavily on the living present, and mankind are manacled by fotters forged by their brutal ancestors, r— New Zealand Workor. Progress of Hlu »Voria Tho progress of the world depends upon the men who walk ln tho fresh furrows and through the rustling corn; upon thost who sow and reap: upon those whoso fuces aro radiant with the glare of furnace fires; upon the delvers in the mines and tho workers in shops; upon those who give to tho winter ulr tho ringing music of the axe; upon those who battle with the boisterous billows of the sea; upon thc inventors and discoverers; upon the brave thinkers. —Ingersoll. I huve a terrible conviction that if the human race ln peace had ev»>r boen willing to undergo half the sacrifices—even tho money sacrifices— which it was willing to undergo in time of war, wo should havo had Utopia painted on the map of tho world long ago.—Robert Lynd. PAGE TWO SEVENTEENTH YEAR. No. 9 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVBR, B. c. FRIDAY February 27, 1925 Published every Friday by The British Columbia Federationist BnglKMl tnd Editorial Oftee, 1129 Howe St. Th» policy of The B. C. Fedoritionist is -joatrollfd by tbe editorial board of thn Fed- -rated Labor Parly of British Columbia. 3ub»erlption Rate;* United States and Foreign, »S.OO per year; Canada, $2.50 per year, 11.60 for aix montbs; to Unions anb- aerlbing in a body, 16c per member per •ninth, _______ The Federationlit ii on sal* at tke foi* IuwUik newa atands: VAHOOUVEB ft J. OALLOWAY 940 OraaTillt Btxaat MELSOM'S KEWS STAND .. 1071 OranvlUa Straat 1\ 0. MBWS STA1TO 825 OWMTllk «f«» .'OHM OB-BEN «» OarraU StTMt tUTBBMATIOlTAL BOOK STOBB ........ Oor. Hastings *ad OotamUa Atmi* B.O.E.B. TEAM MBWS .._ Oor. OairaM »nd Hutting Stntto LOWS NEWS STAND ____, n 1«4 Haatlmga itreet Bail WALTER OALLOWAT _- _ „...186 Hastlnga Strwt But FLAOK BLOOK NEWS STAND . 16S Haatings Strtat Wast WBWS STAND ..... Oor. Hastinga and Abbott Streete W. H. ARMSTRONG .....2402 Main Street BSM TOON'S BOOK SHOP 421 OfUTlUa BOULT'S BOOK STOBE....SlSVa Gambit St. OEOBOIA CONFECTIONERY.. 919 Oeorgia Straet Wast STRAND CONFEOTIONEBY 648 Georgia Street PBOOHNAU * OATES....169 Broadway Eait P. TUBNEB 916 Mala B. A. WEBSTER 699S Fraaer Straet NOBTH VANCOUVEB SHOEMAKER ft McLEAN....S Lewdale ATS. NEW WESTMINSTEB A. MUNOEAM 764 OelmbU Street DEPOT NEW STAND Interurbaa Depot DAN MACKENZIE Culnmbia Street VIOTOBIA O.REENHAUOH NEWS AOENOY _....Oor. Yatei aad Government FIOBSE SHOE STAND..1223 GoTernment St. IV. LEVY 844 Yatei Streit NANAIMO T. A. BARNARD 83 Commercial Street FOBT ALBEBKI ff. H. DENHAM... Newi Stand PRINCE OEORGE KARL ANDERSON News Staid VERNON EUGENE BELLEVUE Box 922 ALBEBTA VALLEY CONFEOTIONEBY DrumhlllM ALEXANDER NEWS STAND 201 Eighth Ave. W., Calgary BOSTON HAT WORKS... t ABOB NEWS . HATI0N4L NEWS . ..109 Eighth Ave. W., Oalgary Centre Street, Oalgary ...304 Firat Street W., Oalgary STAB SMOKE SHOP ...126a Eighth Ave. E„ Calgary US ION CIGAR STAND 810 Second Street E.. Oalgary SASKATCHEWAN LAYCOCK STORES LTD Swift Current SEATTLE. WASH. RGKHABT NEWS STOBB -Seattle FRIDAY February 27, 1925 TUE JUDASES AMONG the many books on child labor, none created a more pro found impression on public opinion than "The Bitter Cry of the Children," written by John Spargo. John Spargo was then a socialist, a writer and speaker of ability, and none seemed more aflame with the cause of humanity. During the war his brains and services were given to the rulers whom for years he denounced and unmasked; his principle;, became as dead weights; he threw them overboard and served his masters well. Having once renounced his principles and taken his stand with the exploiters, junkers and bei'oolers of miyikind, it is no surprise to find him today lined up beside thoso who uphold child slavery and bitterly opposing the child labor amendment. Another evidence of how far men can descend when once they sacrifice their principles to gain social or financial power. The tragedy of the labor movement has been, and still is, that there are so many of the Spargo type of leadership, ready to use tho labor movement aa a stepping stone tn their own advantage. Labor is enslaved by its own decree. Labor has been betrayed, not by the capitalists, but by its own loaders and their de- fen dura. manner, but he was neither jailed, hanged nor lashed. A few months ago two young men, sons of wealthy parents, provided with the best of education and every advantage that wealth, could buy, murdered * a child of tender years. They were proven guilty, and moral degenerates. They were sent to the penitentiary where, we are informed, they wore promoted to the teaching staff, but were neither hanged nor lashed. Had they been sons of poor men, we wonder what would havo been their fate- The Home bank has beon robbed, the thieves have been—for a wonder —hailed before the courts and found guilty. The judge did not order the lash for these robbers, whose education, advantages and environment gave no excuse for their dishonesty and betrayal of the people's trust. Judging from the past history of such cases, we venture to remark that the sentences of these criminals, If served at all, will never be served in full, If they were ordinary men, like the six who were recently hanged in the province of Quebec for the hold-up of a bank manager, and murder, there would be no extenuating circumstances, they would get the maximum penalty and probably the lash. An unprotected, friendless immigrant girl was recently murdered In the home of a prominent citizen of this city. This respected citizen had the undertaker embalm this gin and dump her into a "suicide's" grave. Doctor, undertaker, and prominent citizens, all in the know, yet not one facts, have been jailed, hanged, of those responsible, or knowing the lashed or brought to account. It looks to the man-in-the-street very liko class Justice, the law—reduced to the level of an organisation to protect one class of criminal, provided they have money and pull, against the penalty their deeds deserve, while on the other hand giving the full penalty to the unfortunates whom society has in most cases manufactured out of the raw material of childhood with the finished product to the adolescent or adult-crtminal. We aro opposed to the lash—it brutalises not only the delinquent but those administering it—and we are opposed to the present form of punishment meted out to criminals through the medium of Jails and penitentiaries for the same reason. Above all we are, opposed to the present growing practice of making examples of, and giving the full benefit to, society's poor victims, while letting the rich and powerful go, if not altogether free, with the minimum of punishment. We are op- posed to class justice. All should bo equal bofore the law. masses that one day they may have Intelligence and self respect enough to abolish the whole horrible system of exploitation and establish a system of cooperation and justice, where master and slave will be no more. Tho tory and liberal working man holding in one hand a trade unionist card and in the other a ballot which he casts for his master's political representative constitutes one- of these human anachronisms far too numerous on the backs of the workers. They retard progress at every turn and instead of "catering" to them they must be educated, In order that they may be abolished. They constitute a load which labor cannot afford any longer to carry. They are parasites, who through their ignorance, and on account of their numbers, are far more dangerous to labor than tho capitalists. The labor press must not cater to this human anachronism who while carrying a union card proudly takes his placo in the ranks of the enemies of labor on election day, striving by his vote and political activities to perpetuate the poverty and subjection of his class and undo what he tries to obtain through his union. This human contradiction must be educated, organized and enthused with self respect and not "catered" to. General Election (Continued from Page 1) J. S." Woodsworth (Continued from page 1) CLASS JUSTICE \ BOY of nineteen years, one of society's victims, a son of a son of toil, wns sent to the penitentiary last week for three years for robbery and assault on a woman. Robbery and assault, whether on man, woman or child, should and must be put down. The community must be made as safe as possible for the ordinary citizen. On this we arc in H.-ioIute agreement with his majesty the law, in sentencing this youth, whose en. ironment, we understand, tended not to elevate but to drag him down, the judge remarked that had his physical condition permitted he w*ui. ( have ordered the lash. T s wc consider—taking into account the youth of the culprit and the lack of opportunity his environ- ii 6i I afforded hli be wrong, ro- fo-ti-ig in h_r\-. [inn. Apart from the act thnt bavin| n "ind recent rol • ribs and mi rd i e ' omitted by rich and prominent people, it savors oi class Justice, and ■■' * • thinking people wondering ii there is imt a good foundation For thc growing belief that there is one law ror the .- i h and another for the poor, A while ago an atrocious ussault was commuted on a young woman, Which renultdd in her death, by a mtfvlng picture arttat. This man was i i'd and given his liberty, let froe to continue lit. debauchery, and is Hjaln entertaining ii' not edifying ihe public. He tnurtUred indirectly, in a foul IHREGULAIUTIES AT VERNON COME considerable dissatisfaction Is being felt in Vernon these days over the manner in which two of the councillors have been conducting affairs. It appears that the two men in question have been having business transactions with the city. This is quite out of order, it is claimed, since no alderman is allowed to have such transactions with the city while holding such an office. The locul press Is trying to belittle the whole affair, claiming that the offense Which has been objected to s one that has been overlooked for many years, and had not been considered a disadvantage to the city. Here, as elsewhere, ft would seem, our capitalist friends feel that so long as the sin that is being committed, is being committeed by themselves, then it is not a sin at all. If a member of any radical movement were to err so grossly ho wouid be punished forthwith and starved into submission if no other means were possible to accomplish their objective. There are principles which are Involved in such matters as these, and It Is with these rather than with the few dollars that might be concerned in the transaction, that wo are most vitally concerned. The transaction was a direct contravention of the municipal act, und should be, therefore, sufficient to disqualify a person from serving on the council. The resignations of the two aldermen, Oliver and Robertson, are being asked for and will likely be accepted, Doubtless they will run again and, having more or less tho support of the local press, they might be able to accomplish their ends. However, a number of the local citizens aro making a determined effort to make known the real facts of the situation to the local voters. representative of the great masses of tlio people. The speech suggests with regard to our big problems that their ultimate solution lies largely In Increased production and the development of new and wider markets, apparently ignoring the fact that already from one end of this country to the other we have production that Is altogether in excess of the bflying power of the people. Surely lt does not require a man of any great economic knowledge to recognize that If we havo already too great production we shall not solve our problems by having still greater production. It would seem almost obvious that what wo need to do Is to Increaso the buying power of our people. That is the point of view which again and again during the past two or threo years members in this quarter of the House havo boen trying to urge upon the government. There are only three or four factors necessary to production. We need the natural resources; we need labor; we need equipment, and under the present financial system we need financial capital. It is not necessary to speak of the natural resources of Canada; the prime minister has already waxed eloquent on that. It ls not necessary to say anything in regard to labor; I have already indicated that there aro vast numbers of our Canadians who are not able to obtain work and who could readily be utilized In developing these natural resources, In regard to equipment, you will permit me to quote just a few of the recognized authorities along this line. Mr, Beatty, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, says: Canada is blessed with moro railways than she has traffic for. The Jornal of Commerce declares: We now have a plant capacity which In many lines is 20 per cent, ahead of domestic consuming demand. In order to run full, 20 per cent, of the output must be sent abroad. The Shoe Manufacturers' Association declares: The productive capacity of the Canadian shoe manufacturing Industry and the distributing facilities of the shoe trade of Canada are much ln excess of tho requirements of the present Canadian population. Mr. S. G. Latta of Saskatchewan said: My province is now producing enough to feed approximately thirty million people. Our population Is about three-quarters of a million and we are not making a living out of our production. So much for the equipment that is necessary to develop these resources. But we have bcen told all along that in addition to these primary factors we must have financial capital Well, that problem Is now solved for us; for Sir Frederick AVllllam-Taylor, at the last meeting of tho Bank of Montreal, slated: It is a matter or nntional Importance that the commercial loans In Canada in nil our banks are $100,- 000,000 less than a year ago. . . . These figures indicate the ability J. the banks of Canada Lo finance a trade revival when It occurs. Furthermore, while there Is tills excess banking capital "In the country, borrowing abroad, which increases our Interest remittances — already too heavy—Is not a necessity. (To.be continued) debate with you ao to tne nation responsible for bringing It about, but their argument is not tenable any longer that one nation was solely guilty in the light of information now at our disposal for which a large measure of thanks is due to the late Mr. E. D. Morel, who was seceretary of the Union of Democratic Control. His colleagues looked upon him as the chief Inspiration of the movement, both in Great Britain and abroad, for democratic control of foreign policy. Canada's close relations in the past and at this time makes lt the boun- den duty of the Labor movement to be vitally Interested ln the foreign policy of Great Britain. Evils of Progressive Capitalism We now find the present government of Great Britain resolving to discontinue the practice, Inaugurated by the late Labor government, of submitting all treaties to parliament before ratification, ana publishing all agreements and commitments with foreign countries. This is surely a warning to us of the return to the era of secret treaties, the results of which expose fully the evils of progressive capitalism. For the immediate cause of unemployment and the high cost of living the real purpose of the late war can be held responsible. Capitalism can only function by deception, and the slogans used to encourage the workers to kill each other are now admitted to be mythical by thoso who used them the loudest. I am convinced that we must avail ourselves of the opportunities a general election will present to us to convey the truth to the people of how war af feels their economic and physical welfare, and for what purpose wars are staged- We must make it clearly understood that the next war is now being prepared, as a. result of the last. Let us demonstrate the Injustice of being afflicted by a war debt, from which there is no escape for us, or our children's childron, to gratify the avaricious cravings of the self-made privileged class. The best argument In favor of socialism is to prove the futility of war. People Indifferent The editor of Foreign Affairs trenchantly expresses this in the following words* in the January Issue: "The essential brotherhood of man ls either a truth or a falsehood. If It be as we believe, a truth, the supreme task which faces mankind ls to apply that truth in terms of economic and political science to the conduct of international relations." Socialists know that capitalism is paving the way to Racialism. Even now we regard it as obsolete, but are we all aware of the dangers lurking In Its death struggles? Our vision must be directed to its overy move, knowing that' the great majority of the people are Indifferent, in order properly to advise them of the obstacles we have overcome, so that the transition is peaceful and orderly. I am aware that the points I wish to convey are contained within the manifesto of the Federated Labor Party, but my purpose is to urge that the immediate causes for the prevailing conditions of today can be sufficiently illustrated by the cause and effect of the late war , The policy pursued by the Labor party in the past, of selecting their candidates just prior to any election, is, I think, detrimental to Its best interests, especially must this be so In respect of the up-country constituencies. Flagrant Patronage It is hardly to be expected that people residing in rural districts will support a man that they have neither heard of, nor seen; and when one knows of the flagrant existence of patronage, which is none other than economic tyranny in such districts, it is essential that provision shall be mado to meet such conditions. A worker in thc cause may accomplish a great deal with the individual, but it requires a candidate-elect to demand an audience. Rural districts (other than regular organized farming districts) will prove themselves to be a serious problem to solve, and will require a concerted effort of the whole movement in ways and means. Now, In conclusion, i would like to .make a suggestion, since we have been warned of an approaching election, that The Federationist set aside a column for the insertion of news relative to campaign activities in various districts. ij LETTEBS TO § [The opinions and ideas expressad by correspondents are not necessarily endorsed by The Federationlit, and no responsibility for the views expressed ls accepted by the management. J WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED IN WINTER Editor B. C. Federationist: The unemployed, to get work in winter, should organize a working clams union besides all these other unions ln existence; or, lf the government would do it, they could collect one dollar a month from all wage earners, to be used for relief work in the winter. If there were two million workers in Canada, this would mean $24,000,000 in on** year—say, $25,- 000,000, or fivo million dollars a month for five months. This would give work to 100,000 men from the first of November to the first of April, earning ?50 a month; 10,000 men to evory 1,000,000 inhabitants. 1 don't mean tho men to work every day in the month for $50. AH relief work should be close to the cities. What kind of work tho men should do, I don't know, but they could build themselves camps and work inside, lt is wonderful what a man can do with a dollar a month, and he would not lose nis dollar if it were used in tho way I suggest. He would get it back with Interest. Yours, etc., PETE. Kamloops, B.C., February 21, 1925. GET A NEW SL'USCIiUSER Tho grentebt assistance timt tlie readers of The Federutionlst can render us at ilils time, Is by securing a new subscriber- By doing so yon spread the news of the working class movement and assist us. Poverty is a tiling created by that which is called civilization.—Thomas Paine. satisfies! Clear, golden, sparkling beer — rich and creamy. Produced at Vancouver's most famous brewery. 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If labor paper has any excuse for ex- i ' \u-'\ suroly it In not to "cater" to . : perpetuate tiie politics of the 1 ,'essois and exploiters of lnbor, I tu ho educate and enlighten tho Purlin montary Power Whose fault ls it, you clothes mnk- ers, that any English child is in rags? Whose fault Is it, you bronzed hus- bnnctson, that, through all your furrowed England, children are dying of famine? Your own fault. At all events, It will be now, seeing that you havo got parliamentary power In yon own hands.—John Raskin. Socialist Propaganda Socialist organization is use] without propaganda needed to make socialists, and socialist propaganda without socialist organization simply means making socialists without en- enabling them to work definitely for the principles to which they have been converted.—London Justice, If you are really in sympathy with labor, be a booster. The Fedorationist is out to do its bit. Help it. 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OITY OF VANOOUVER TENDERS FOB PTPE THE undersigned will receivo tenders up to 12 o'clock Friday, tho 27th dey of February, 1925, for tho supply of 6000 feet of 30-inch stool riveted pipe- Specifications and other Information can be obtained from the offlco of tho Oity Engineer, A marked cheque for Five Por Gent. (5%) of amount to accompany Tender. JAMES STUART, Purchasing Agent. City Hall, Vancouver, B.C., Feb. 17th, 1925. CORPORATION OF POINT GREY TENDERS FOR CONCRETE SIDEWALKS SEALED TENDERS, addressed to tho undersigned, for laying concrete sidewalks will bo recoived by tho council up to 8 o'clock p.m. on Monday, Maroh 2, 1925. A list of tho si de walks, specifications, conditions and form of tender may ho obtained on application to tho municipal engineer on payment of Five Dollars, which will be returned if a bona flde tender Is made*. A deposit by certified cheque of ten (10) per cent, of tho amount of tho tender must accompany each tender as security that, if called upon, tho contractor will enter into a contract for tho work and provido tho required bond. Tenders must be marked on the outside, "Tender for Sidewalks." Tho lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, HENRY FLOYD, C. M. 0. Municipal Hall, 5851 West Boulevard, Vaneonver, B. C, Feb. 19, 192C-. Our competitive system of industry Is a vestigial insllttiilon. It is a survival from the militant ages of the past. It is a system of cannibalism. Instead ot instilling the feeling of . brotherhood, it compels us to eat each other.—J. Howard Moore, GET A NEW SUBSCRIBER Tho greatest assistance that the readers of The Federatlonist can render us at this time, Ls hy securing n nen' subscriber. By doing so yon spread the news of the working dum movement and assist us. Political Economy Political economy is a book wherein to read the life of man, and the ascendancy of laws over all private a ndhostilo influences,—Emerson. . The Fedorationist is out to hel\ the workers. There Is no nobler work. Join us In the fight. Get your friends to subscribe. EVERY HEADER CAN HEU* Every reader of The Federatlonist can render valuable- assistance hy renewing their subscriptions as soon ns they aro due, timl by inducing another wurkcr to subscribe. It does not tnke much effort tn do this. Try it. TO THE MEMBERS OF LABOB ORGANIZATIONS Boost for The Fed. OUR CIRCULATION IS INCREASING OET ANOTHER NEW SUBSCRIBER Vancouver Unions ALLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL— Meeta aecond Monday in the month. Pre' sident, J. R. White; secretary, R, IT. Noel ands, P. O. Ron 6fl. FEDERATED LABOR PARTY, Room 111— 319 Pender St. Wost—Business meetings every Wednesday evening. A, Maclnnis, chairman; E. B. Morrison, sec-trras,; Oeo. D, Barrlson, 1182 Parkor Street, Vanconver. B. 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ENGINEERS — INTERNATIONAL UNION nf Sleum and Operating, Local 882— Meets ov- r Wednesday nt 8 p.m., Ruom 800 Holden Bldg, President, Charles Prico; bushing* agent und fin an rial secretary, P, Hunt: recording secretary. J. T. Venn. MUSICIANS' .MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION, Local 145, A. 1<\ of M.—Meeti ln G.W.V.A. Auditorium, 901 Dunsmuir Street, second Sunday at 10 a.in. President, E. C. Miller, 991 Nelson Street; secretary, E. A. .Ininieson, 991 Nelson Street; financial secre- tnry, W. E. Williams, 991 Nelson Street; OrgAflllOft E. Fletcher, 991 Nolson Street. nil-J VANCOUVER THEATRICAL FEDERATION—Meets al 991 Nolvin Street, at 11 a.m. on the Tuesday preceding thi. let Sunday o( thc month. President, Harry Penrson, 901 Nelson Street; Recrotnry. E. A. Jamie* ion, 991 Nelson Street; Business Agent, F, in-Hdier, 9B1 Nelion St, TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 220—Preii- dent, R. P, Potll],looo| vice-president. C. I*1, Onmnballi secretary-treasurer, R, H, Nee* limits, P. O. Unx uo. Mi-i'tH lu-t Sunday of cu I'll month at 2 p.m. In Hidden Building, IA Hastjugs Street East, l'_.L\'l.l<; RUPERT TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 418—Preildent, S, 1>. Maedonald, Aoorelnrytrensurer, J. .'-. Campbell, I». O, Box 6AV. Meeti ln«t Thursday of each month. Woman and the Game of War [By MBS. ROSE HENDERSON.] (Continued from last week) The Betrayal Womon were asked, commanded in the name of democracy, God, and home, to hand over their sons to the state. Almost without questions they did so. In return they were promised that war would he abolished, life made more secure, and their ohildren rescued from poverty, ignoranoe, and slum life. What aro thc realities seven years after the "Peace that ended peace?" The men responsible for the war of 1914 have not ceased their diplomatic intrigues for one hour. Night and day they sit in every chancellory of the world laying plans for the "next war" whicli according to their own statements will be more terrible than the world has yet experienced. These old men fossilized in hypocrisy, corrupted to the core with their lust for power and greed. These old men not a hair of whose head was injured through war, these old men who waxed fat, achieved "glory," and "honor'"for heroic deeds, mostly performed on paper, at the end of telephones, or wireless, far away from the Hell of battle, are gathering up their sinews of war, laying .their plans and setting their nets to again ensnare and entrap the youth of all nations. These men no sooner "dispose," of one war than they set to planning another. They are planning wholesale extermination and debasing science for the purpose of war. The nations are groaning under a load of debt, the legacy of the late wars. Standards of health, education, and home life, are being reduced to alarmingly low levels in order tp obtain millions for the "next war." Every advance in knowledge and science heralds new discoveries in thc art of man killing. If there is another war it will be terrible beyond thought, the inventions of death during thc war were becoming more terrible, month by month, sinco thon the ingenious mind of man has gone on perfecting these hellish devices at a rate hitherto undreamed of, except in Germany where it is prohibited by the terms of the Peace Treaty. Experiments in the use of chemicals as war weapons are being openly conducted by all nations, and by the Signatory Powers who are party to the Washington Treaty, to prevent the use in war of noxious gasses and chemicals. lf the war had lusted a little longer, on the authority of our air lords, "we should have bombed many more regardless of sex." All governments are spending huge sums experimenting in laboratories with a view to making poison gas, lethal acids, high explosives, more le.ully, to bc dropped on innocent defenseless women and children from dragons of death, pointing the sky as their murderous bodies glide through the air. How Britain Prepares for Peace The exchequers issues as to war, given in the House of Commons last March (in answer to Mr. _. Johnson, M.P.) showed that between 1st of April, 1914, and 31st of Alarch, .1919, there were £9590 millions. Since that time another £1,290,000,000 has been spent on militarism. Francis Ahern. Australian correspondent reports the following interview with a highly placed military officer who was recently in Australia on a secret mission; "Behind closed doors of laboratories and in secluded workshops and in lonely bays or remote spaces of the world, has begun, with government secret funds, the strangest and wierdest battle of wits that has ever been embarked upon. "Tanks that swim, great metal sea destroyers that lly, uncanny ttir machines which dive silently beneath the waters to hide themselves, crews who must learn to live and fight in three different elements—land, sea. or air—it is with such marvels and closely guarded schemes that the great push has begun for world power. "Great Britain is carrying out tests secretly. A machine is being built for the air ministry by the Pairey Co., in which there are four of the new Condor engines, built by the Kolls-Royce Co., cleaving the surface of thc water prior to taking wing, and developing nearly 3000 horse power. "To keep abreast of the times, the British naval authorities have entrusted to a well known supermarine company the construction of the largest flying boat ordered by thein since the war. This winged vessel is intended to go out with the fleet for almost any length of time desired. "Its hull when resting on the water will ride out rough seas. It will taxi along the water lit_b a surface ship, or speed off through the air. It is to have anchors, foghorns, riding lights, and all the equipment of the ordinary vessel of the sea while its crew within the hull will eat and sleep on board just like the crew of an ordinary naval craft. Designs also in hand for machines which will be au amplification of such amphibians as thc 'Vicker's Viking'. "The new machine will fight like a tank on earth, be a super- destroyer on water, and climb to give combat in the air, and when concealment is required, it will fold its wings, seal its hull and dive like a submarine beneath the surface of the sea. "These uncanny monsters are to be called Tessaurins, meaning 'machines which live in all elements.' Science is striving to make these crafts both silent and invincible." In the next War "the whole of the Manhood most of Ihe Womanhood, and part of the Childhood of the Nation will be involved."— Army and Navy Gazette, 11/12/20. The British Air Ministry has given orders for the construction of a three-engined battleplane which will be the most powerful ami destructive weapon in the world. It will bc run with three 1000 h.p. Napier "Cub" engines, and it is expected to attain a speed of 140 miles an hour. General Swinton says that progress is being made in the development of rays for lethal purposes. "We have X-rays," he says. "We have light rays. We have heal rays. . . . We may uot be so very fa!' from the development of some kind id' lethal ray which will shrivel up or paralyse or poison human beings." General Swinton also prophesies the coming of germ warfare. "I think it will conic to that," he sttys, "and so far as I can see there is no reason why it. should not. . . We must envisage these new forms of warfare and as far as possible expend energy, time, and money in encouraging our inventors and scientists tn study the waging of war on a wholesale scale instead of. . . . thinking so much about methods which will kill a few individuals only at a time." Headlines _ the London Daily News (18-12-23) A Happy New Yenr! GAS MASK'S POR ALL Says Commander Burrieyi "Gases now exist that are more than 1000 times as powerful as anything used in the late war, and on a slill day I venture to think thnt containers carrying gas instead of explosives would kill more people than the same weight of bombs. There is one gas so powerful that the person inhaling il would be killed instantaneously. When the gas was tried upon a eat, the animal fell over dead without even a Ircnior. Such a gas would not give people time to put on gas masks." "With regard to germs and bacteria, I do not propose to enlarge ou this mallei', but. 1 am given to understand that flasks and containers filled wilh those could be popped into reservoirs and would thus poison I lie water supply of all 'towns." A pappy New Year I' The ramifications of war are international. War Lords and munition makers know no nalion.' Their patrioism is a cloak for profits In Bedford, England, they have a gun—"a trophy"—and in f>out, on a brass plate, is engraved: "Captured b.v the Bcdjords at Gaza from the Turks." And on the back, on a bigger brass plate, we read: "Made by Sir George Armstrong, Whitworth & Co." Japan, wc are informed, is turning out aeroplanes at the rate of 500 weekly. The Daily News of August 9, 1023, has a picture iu il. The Crown Prince of Japan is seen walking with lhe Chief of the British Air Mission in Japan. Underneath we. read: "Since the disarmament Conference Japan Iiiih been constructing huge fighting planes under the direction of British, aerial experts." Why are British aerial experts helping Japan to construct "huge fighting planes". And against whom does Japan propose to use those planes? Apparently Vickers are building some of them for the Japan Chronicle reports the accidental destruction by fire of "a new airship at Oppama," costing 170,000 yen and built by that firm. How America Prepares for Peace Successful tests have already been carried out by the United States Air Service with automatically-controlled pilotless aeroplanes. In these tests the automatic "pilot" was described as using a gyroscope for its brains, and pneumatic appartus, similar to that in an automatic piano, for its muscles. By the use of such appartus, flights of over 90 miles were carried out. Hertzian waves were not used in those tests. Thc American Government has built a triplane for war purposes capable of carrying 10,800 lbs. of bombs. This flying machine is the largest yet constructed in America it will weigh 20 tons, and it will be driven by six Liberty (!) engines, developing 2,400 h.p. Two pilots and two engineers will be carried. Poison Liquid The United States Chemical Warfare Service has announced the discovery of a new poison liquid so deadly that three drops on the skin will kill a man. Captain Bradner, the Chief of the Department, says that onc aeroplane carrying two tons of thc liquid could kill every man within a spade of 7 miles long and 100 feet wide. The War budget of the United States shows an increase of 74 per cent over pre-war figures, and on December 10,1824, chairman Hale of the senate naval affairs announced that he would introduce a new bill, which provides expenditure on modernization of thc fleet to the extent of $111,000,000. (To bo continued) Little Cripples (Continued from page 11 influences, which the present syatem of society denies to the great majority, causing the present deplorable state of the people's health, and the breeding of children such as these dear ladies are laboring to benefit. Altogether It was an interesting meeting of an association worthy of the support of the working-class organizations, as they deal only with necessitous cases. 1 must sincerely and seriously congratulate that association on the nature of their work and upon the success which has attended their efforts, but now probably I am about to offend them. Altruistic Ideas As I looked round at their earnest and Intelligent faces, glowing with enthusiasm for their altruistic ideals, the thought struck mo that here were gathered together a band of true socialists. To make lt clear what I mean, and to convince thom that I have no intention of hurting their feelings, I must explain my remark- No doubt, in the majority of thoso ladles' minds, the word socialist is anathema, and visions of plunder and violence spring naturally hefore their eyes at the mere name; that is the result of tlieir past training. I will willingly excuse them if they feel a little skeptical when I tell them that In their altruistic work- in their unselfish worlt in the interests of others—they" are conforming to tbe principles and the Ideals of socialism, and, therefore, Inasmuch as they are doing that, they are true socialists, Yet there is a difference between their socialism and the scientific socialism, but not in kind— only in degree. While the ladles of such associations as the one I havo been dealing with are engaged in a loving effort to heal the wounds of a suffering world, the true socialist is planning and directing his efforts to remove the unholy and law-breaking cause of those wounds, and to make humanity pure and clean; to free it from its ills and distrssea, and restore it to its lawful inheritance. While true socialism resents the pulling down of one iota of that which labor has created or filching from anyone a cent of that which he lias lawfully and honestly earned It claims for man the right to work to live, to enjoy and to develop the right which selfish greed has taken from him, but which shall bo restored to him In tho near future. JPtai-es lhe 'Fed.' MODERN ARTS S LETTERS Mr. James Taylor Lectures on "The Democracy of Burns"— Scottish Songs. On the evening of Friday, the 20th inst., the membership and guests of the Modern Arts and Letters club met at the Woman's building, Thurlow street to hear a lecture upon "The Democracy of Burns'* by Mr. Jamos Taylor. While Bums 1.. not of the twentieth centcry, in a sense, ho win? the forerunner of tin1 ?cn(u*' whieh is realizing thc Ideals of human broth-: hood, for which he pleaded so elo- i quently. In an age bound by a narrow theology and a social system which was artificial and effete, he: dared to voice the dignity and divinity of the ordinary man. His homely linos found n response In the heart of everyman and his unprecedented influence was due not so much to his artistry as to the fact that he had n message for his age. Ho combined the (he function of poet with that which is its natural companion viz., the role of prophet. This was the gist of the splendid address In which Mr. Taylor showed a deep knowledge of the poet and his place In the scheme of things. Mr. Hargreaves delighted those present with his rendering of several Scottish songs. A lively discussion followed upon the conclusion of the lecture. The President announced the fact that C. G. D. Roberts is expected In Vancouver about the 16th of April and urged the membership to support his Recital in overy possible way. Refreshments were served by the Indies of the club. At the next regular meeting of the club. Miss Mnrjorie Reynolds, playwright, will lecture upon "Rome Aspects of the Modern Drama". At'this meeting on the evening of March OUi, an instrumental trio will furnish examples of music by modern composers. Incidentally, the club have secured NEW SPRING UNDERWEAR FOR MEN Spring Weights—Lowest Prices \ COMPLETE size range from which to chooBC, in all •*•"•••- popular makes. Underwear we guarantee to fit comfortably and give good service—at this season's lowest prices: Standfield's Underwear—Of medium weight mixed wool. Shirts are single-breasted, with long sleeves. 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Fine Souls vs. Pine Sorlcty We have a debt to every fine heart, to every fine genius; to those who have put life and fortune on the cast of un act of justice; to those who have added new sciences; to those who havo refined life by elegant pursuits. 'Tls the fine souls who serve us, and not what is called fine society. Fine socioty Ib only a self-protection against the vulgarities of tlie street and the tavern.—Emerson. Virtue of a Higher Vatuiv Lot a man (Irst give his supreme attention to making Himself and all men free, »nd he will then begin to know the virtues of higher nature,— Peter Kropotkln. The Federationist believes in a "cultural revolution," not a "bloody revolution." Patronlzo Fedorationist advertisers May Kobson in "Something; Tells Sic' The stellar attraction of the season is May Robson in "Something Tells Me" who will appear at the orpheum for three days commencing Monday, March 2. "Something Tells Me" is from Al iss Itobson's pen and iB as fertile in the strains of unadulterated comedy as Miss Robson Is herself. Augustus Pitou, Incorporated, under whose management Miss Robson still continues, is being congratualted on Ills good fortune In securing both Miss Robson and "Somothing Tells Me." The theme of the comedy is one which Miss Robson ta£*s claim to as being original and from life. "Jane" is rich, ar.rf nuvrng known poverty n greater part of her. life, her desires nre to use hor Influence where she uses her money, in other words sho wants to have others think Just ns sho docs. Her younger brother "Tom" and hei' two neices are the center of attraction In her life but they are thrown Into all kinds of predicaments thrnugh ".Jane's" torn- * perament. The love strain is delightfully woven 'round tho young people, and "Jane" and tho "Doctor" conic in for their share, We patronize thoso who patronize T RECEIVED the cony of The Federatlonist which you woro kind enough to sond mo. I am In fullest sympathy with its principles. Each column is worthy of profound study. The B. C, F, gives practical instruction and its logic strikes the vital questions. Thero is more of interest In that little paper than all the N. V. papers combined. Organic Evolution, article XV, is especially Interesting nnd Instructive. Socialism, what groat significance! One of the reasons why It hns not dominated the world yet is because our principles and Its renl merits have been suppressed; the truth distorted lo represent a monstrosity-like murder Yes, murder to graft, to injustice, nnd the exploitation of the mnsses by the few. In this U. S. A. only 2i> per cent of one htindred and ton millions or so peoples are productive. Whnt a glorious world this would bo without the sham, suffering nnd brutality so prevalent In every form in all (he corners of tlm globo. Socialism Is feared when it should tie encouraged, Tt Is feared by those in power for, thfough the eyes of socialism what they do Is wrong, their mothods nre for thoir own fftUna rogardloss of how many suffer and toll to give them ense nnd luxury and lhe fine things, Matteotti, Mussolllnl knew, wns too able to define the word "socialism" to tho masses of the world. What happened? Matteotti was assassinated. Without stretching the Imagination one can see that socialism will somo day triumph. Wishing you lho sneers;, which Is rightly yours, (Signed) PIETRO OEXTTLK. Fuming a Living lUght not to bo necessnry for ng a living" to |,e (he objoet 'one's life.—Efpiltltit. Try your neighbor for a subscription. , B.C. 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Evgs. by »ppt; Sundays, 8 till i. comedy offering. Mr. Vavara takes a young prodigy from his first efforts in scales to his first pretty piece with just enough exaggeration to make it funny. Miss Doris Duncan Is a singing comedienne wtth a real voice. Another act that always registers is Zoe Delpmne ana company. The Aesop's Fables this ween is called "Cat and Magnet," Vopics or the Day and the Orpheum Concert orchestra make up a very snappy bill. Militarism Hostile to Liberty Overgrown military establishments are, under any form of Government, inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as peculiarly hostile to re publican liberty.—Washington. Help the press that's helping you. The daily, capitalist press is no friend of yours, comrade! Why help it? BIRTH CONTROL Higher Grades Introduce System; Spread of Scientific Knowledge of Child-Bearing. 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Heagerty's Views in His Article in "Social Welfare" Taken to Task. [By Mrs. C. Lorimer] AS it una in the banning, Is now and over shall lie—poverty, dis- cjine and misery without end; Amen. So fiaj'B J. J. Hoagerty, M.' D., -federal department of health, Ottawa. Writing in Social Welfare on "birth control," "alwaya lum been and over Bhall be," Is the pet phrase of reaction. The doctor is against birth control; and his article in question takes the poiniH of the birth control advocates and tries to build up a case, of which no thinking mind can approve. I, in turn, will deal with Dr. Heagerty's points: The chief factor, says the doctor, of the falling birth rate is voluntary restriction—the cowardly off-spring of "higher civilization." Thore is no mention made about the cowardly killing of millions of humans already born Into the world, or their potential off-spring; millions of men blown from the cannon; millions of men, women and children, slain with disease, misery and degradation, all of which is also the cowardly offspring of "higher civilization." "Why is it not mentioned? Has he forgot that *mrt of our culture? Statement two—That birth control first had effect in the higher grades of society, and then it reacned the more skilled workers; but now it has reached all classes. Many women no longer wish the pain and lnconvience of child-bearing;, and they are supported by the advocates of birth-control- And herein lies the bone of contention. There was no outcry when the higher grades introduced the system of ceasing their ouput of humans, and took to rearing pooaie dogs ln their stead; neither when the middle classes curtailed their quota of humans. They were wise in their generation economic conditions were such that they were and are driven to restrict their families, and, being educated, they realized that without such measures they must get into the poverty line—a place that has always been reserved for the mob. And that they must continue to be so is the opinion of the doctor. He admits there is overcrowding in many of our large cities. This, however, does not mean over- population, but is because of the herd- instinct in mankind. Such a statement is a poor excuse for overcrowding In our cities. The herd instinct does not make our population prefer poverty, and degradation to the clean wholesome life of the open spaces. The large per cent crowd to the cities because they cannot obtain a living from the land under existing conditions. In fa ct, the land has been stolen from the people of all countries; and they are driven to the cities to take part in machine production. Perhaps, Dr. Heagerty does not know that we live in the machine age; and that our cities, with their over-crowding, is a product of the machine. Statement four—That the arguments, more commonly in favor of contraception, are the economic and social uspects of the problem, yet the the report of the national birthrate commission "that there is no valid reason to believe that a reduction ln the birthrate would give a larger yield of wealth per head." No. That Is understood; because the higher grades of society control all wealth— that Is, the natural resources, the ma chines of production, and, last but not least, they control the wealth producers. It was Shakespear who said "he who controls the means whereby I live controls me." A few own the means of life; and, because of that fact, we have built up a system which we call "Christian civilization". Built on the highest possible achievement of the human mind! Oh rib; but on over-crowding, poverty, degradation, starvation, wars, and all the other abominations of our timo. Statement five—To destroy the race, because living conditions are hard, is cowardly: that is what birth control will do Is the opinion of the doctor. He does not see that living conditions, under the present system, are destroying tho race. Birth control will not destroy, but conserve. Thus wo will get quality instead of quantity. Statement six—Economic pressure has diminished wilh modern methods of production; misery and individual Buffering has decreased! and we have less of those evils man we had fifty years ago. The reverso is tlio case; misery ol' tho common peoplo has increased i»y leaps and bounds, nnq every year that passes adds to their miserable condition, owing' to the modern methods of production and distribution. The world war was an ■ outcome of their misery. Had they been properly fed. clothed and sheltered, there would have been nothing to fight about. All the manufacturing nations got their people to produce under a system of sweated labor. The workers not being able to buy back what they produced, the owners of the machines had to find a market for the goods. Then came tbe clash. They were all after the same quest—markets, trade routes, and raw materials. Statement seven—We cannot get away from poverty, from disease, from misery, because tne individual standing depends to so great an extent on personal initiative and energy. There will always be overcrowding, always economic pressure, that must be felt by all in varying degress. So the misery of the people is due to the fact, that they lack initiative and engery- -some statement. The doctor cannot see, or wtll not see, that it is the energy of those who get the least that makes all things possible. All wealth represents the energy of tne common people, and their misery Is due to the fact, that they do not control what they produce. The standing of the individual depends on initiative and energy? Oh, no, it depends on the depreciation of the pockets of the poor, or the ability of the individual to keep standing on the neck of his fellow-man. The doctor says the larger a family is the more unselfishness and sacrifice on the part of J^he parents; the same applies to the children. The child of a large family, with the asset of unselfishness nnd sacrifice, can better compete witli his fellow citizen. The doctor needs a lesson ln plain economics. To compete with your fellow-citizen means that you must eat him up or else he will eat you up, The asset of unselfishness and sacrifice is a pretty good thing for the master, to have when the child of a large family appears at the factory gate in quest of a job. He is offered work at two-dollars a day. So he thinks In this wise: that two dollars is not much, but if I do not accept thfs offer I will be in the bread line, and compelled to accept one dollar a day for breaking rock. He thinks of the need at home and accepts the work; and ten chances to one, he has ousted the head of a family who was being paid three or four dollars a day; perhaps he. has taken the Job from his own father, that also Is competing with yoi,r fellow-citizen. And, the greater the care, the more work, unselfishness and sacrifice, the doctor thinks so mucn or. "What is the result? A condition is created that is a menace to the workers, and thus the misery of the many goes to swell the coffers of the few. Dr. Heagerty admits conditions are bad,,but they aro capable of improvement. Nevertheless, they are not be- JfroPricfeoP Greater wtrcouver. ' fr — ,\\ W \\ r' Its Inconsistencies Exposed By a Believer in the Education of the Workers. 'FRIEND OF UNION MEN': The Real- Purpose of the Labor Press Should Be to Enlighten the Masses. tBy John Ph'kenshovel] '"THE writer has been a reader of labor papers for a number of years. He has done so for tlie reason that ho believes that tho func- lion of the labor pross Is, or should be, that of the education of the workers. He has been disappointed several times In that respect, but he recently had the surprise of a lifetime In. reading what appeared ln tho local Iftbor papor, "Tlie Labor Statesman." ln tho process of reading the Issue of February 20th, he came across what looked like u terse article on sonic working class topic, but was disappointed in doing so, to find that it was possibly an advertisement he wns reading. But it was the headline that occupied most of his attention. It ran as follows: "P. C. Gibbens, Father of City Markets, Friend of Union Men," and went on to describe him as one "who has ever been recognized as a firm friend of the plain people." In his surprise, he again looked at the head of the page to make sure what he was reading. Yes, it was the "Labor Statesman" alright. As regards what P. C. Gibbons hns done for city markets, the headline imparts no new information, for the daily capitalist press have already told us all about that. But it is information to the writer to learn that the same individual is a "friend of union men," and it Is from that source that he Ing improved. And preaching the hateful creed of submission and sacrifice will not bring relief to suffering people. Poverty has been glorified and sanctified too long. It is G. B, Shaw who says "poverty is a crime to any country wherein It may raise Its head." Statement—Various religious bodies, as well as the medical profession, have given the subject due thought. Yes; economic necessity makes them give the subject due thought. The profession of the cler gy ls to function at marriages, births and deaths; that of the doctors, at births and deaths. The church has alwaya been against the enlightenment of the people. It was they who were against women receiving an anesthetic to relieve the pain of child- bearing. The reason given was be' cause It was a decree of the Almighty to punish woman for being the cause of original sin. But science and pro gress won against reaction. There is always a fight going on between the false and the true, thnt is between superstition and science. May I ask who made the law that man should decide for woman whether she should bear children or not? It was Samuel Butler who said that if the first man who made God In his own image had been a perfect model, all might nave neen well, But he had no sense of proportion and no sense of humor, and accordingly, we see the result in a world mismanaged. The only original Bin we are suffering from Ib man's en slavement of woman. (To Be Continued) proposes to start out for further into rmation. | He learns that the said "Labor Statesman" is the official organ of the local Trades and Labor council, and that It is supported by thirty- four unions, also that it is managed by a press committee. It is admitted that the Trades and Labor council and Us 34 constitut'ent unions should know who are the friends of the. "union men." It Is also a fact that the said council is in a position of control in the local branch of the Canadian Labor party. That being the case, it might be pertinent lo ask that if P. C. Gibbens Is a "friend of union men" then why did that body nominate a candidate to- run against him in the last municipal election? The writer has Information to the effect that not only was thai individual interested in his own oampalgn—and against a labor candidate—but also went out of his way to work against ex-Aid. W. J. Scrlbbens In Ward 7, also a labor candidate. That is something that might bo explained by ex-Aid. Scrlbbens, \V. Dunn, secrotary of the Canadian Labor party, and P* R. Bengough, who was manager for that organization in the last municipal campaign, all three of whom aro members of the press committee, managing the "Labor Statesman." In other words, if P. C. Gibbens is the "friend of union men," what reason have they to offer for opposing hini in tho last municipal eloction? In the opinion of the writer such a policy is neither in accordance with fealty to labor, good statesmanship or sound logic. Of course, the item in question may have boen an advertisement. In that case, another question is raised. If P. C. Gibbens pays that paper to tell the readers that he is the "friend of union men" and thc same paper asks the workers to render financial support to a candidate nominated against him in municipal elections, how much different Is such a labor paper from the capitalist press? If that is its alleged labor statesmanship the sooner the working class disapprove of it the better. A working class press should function as a medium for conveying In- informatlon to thc workers. It should disseminate the facts, as they occur from time to time, and also strive to educate the workers as to the fundamental principles underlying the present system, and not forgetting to lead the masses in the trend of thought that will bring a new and more just system of production and distribution Into being. If it can survive only by the same method, Intellectual prostitution, as the capitalist press, then the less It should say about the capitalist class and its organs of public misinformation, the better. If the "Labor Statesman" can subsist only by camouflage and public deception, the workors should not hesitate in withdrawing their support from it. The purpose of a labor press should be to enlighten the masses, and the workers universally should repudiate all others. We Are Now Selling the ORIGINAL NANAIMO- WELLINGT0N COAL From the old WAKESIAH SEAM. This ooal is far superior to any mined on Vancouver Island today, having More Heat, Less Ash, and contains No Eock, No Shale and No Clinkers. If this coal is not satisfactory in every respect your money will he cheerfully refunded. A Trial Will Convince Every Consumer ALL WHITE HELP t Leslie Coal Co. Ltd. 944 BEACH AVE. Phone Sey. 7137 Society's Two Enemies Society has Just two mortal enemies —the man who will not speak his mind and the man who tries to close the mouths of those who do not think as he does.—T. L. M'Cready. Impressive Failure Never perhaps, in all history, has there been so Impressive a failure as that of the statesmen to whom the world In 1919 entrusted the task of making a real peace.—Sidney Webb. EVERY READER CAN HELP Every reader or The Federationist can render valuable assistance by renewing tlieir subscriptions as soon as (hey nro due, nnd by Inducing another worker to subscribe. It does not take much effort to do thts. Try It. Patronize Federationist advertisers Dr. Gallant, Chiropractor, 712 Robson Glum nol prcHcrliicd anlwn ■biolutelr aecewmrr. B«ml- MtloB* Made br sradvat* erealsfct Mpcelalfat. Hatlufsctlon nuranteed. We srlad oar own leasei aad do repairing. L.en»r» duplicated br wall. PITMAN OPTICAL HOUSE Former! 7 ll row n Optical nowt Be anre of tha addrcaai Above W-uolworth'a Store, near Granville •alt* M, Uavla Chamber* «1B Uaatlas* Ht. W. Phoae Ser. 1»» MUSICIANS' UNION LABEL CANADA, and U. S. A. Union MusiciansBiflqyed Exclusively fj LEND YOUR PATRONAGE TO THE MUSICIANS* LABEL. IBy George Bartley.] GJOJOURNEItS at English Bay this summer, and they will be legion, ftMF enthuHluatlc over tho popular announcement of the Vancouver Swimming Pool and Pleasure Pier, Limited, that it will this yenr erect and operate a hot water swimming pool, plefiHiire pier, concerts, etc., to fee located at 2024 Beach avenue, at the Uiot ot Chilco street, Vancouver. It rimy be stated that periodically since 18!i2 a natatorium un these lines has boen urged by many public-spirited citizens. But it remained for an enterprising compnny to come forward to carry out this much-needed Work that otherwise the city or parks board should have done but will not attempt to do. Under these circumstances thore Is no doubt that the company will be supported zealously In its efforts to bring its project to an eurly completion. Tlie English Bay swimming beach is incomplete without a hot Bait water pool. Thousands of citizens and tourists are being hindered from taking advantage of the open water on account of the chilling temperature, especially so In winter time. Tlie pleasure pier will be located on the roof of the pool and dressing rooms, and will be utilized for music and dancing and numerous other amusements. On this pier a modern bandstand will be erected, from which high-class music and vaudeville programmes will be offered visitors and patrons, for whom some $500 seats will be provided. Alao awnings will be put up so that pro-. tectton from weather conditions will be available. The site Is well adapted for such a popular resort, beln& easily reached by the street cars from any direction ln the city In a few minutes. The pool will be 25 feet wide by 75 feet long, a 'size that will meet with general approval, being standard for tournaments, etc. It will be finished In tlie, and the most modern devices in pool construction will be Installed. The water will be filtered and heated to a degree of comfort, While particular attention will be given to continuous water circulation, to the end that the wnter in the pool will always be clean and wholesome, and tiie poo] wtll be open every day In the year. As soon aB business warrants a second pool will be added. A gallery and lounge for spectators ls provided for. The whole venture Is capitalized at $200,000, divided Into 200,000 common shares of $1 each. It Ib estimated that the sale of 100,000 shares will amply provide for the project and sufficient working capital, Inasmuch as the company acquires the valuable crown lease of the foreshore lot 4690, granted to L. Qt. Thomas for a period of 21 years and renewable for a further period of 21 years. The whole Institution ls a genuine local concern, as the officers und directors will testify. They are as follows: President, Edward Wardner Dean, Importing agent, 325 Howe street, Vancouver, B.C. Managing Director, Llewellyn G. Thomaa, merchant, 2024 Beach avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Secretary-Treasurer, Felix Graham, accountant, 3613 Mayne avenue, Burnaby, B.C. Directors: John James orant, minv operator, contractor, 2847 Spruce street, Vancouver, B. C; E. H. Adama, comptroller, B. C. Electric Railway Co., Vancouver, B. C; .lames Patterson, M.D., physician, 736 .Granville street, Vancouver, B.C.; Ernest Stewart Weller, broker, 1016 Alberni street Vancouver, B.C. Workers! Support Your Own Press! START THE YEAR RIGHT 00 FREQUENTLY we hear workers complaining about the injustice of the "daily" or "capitalist" press/and about how unfair it is toward the cause of labor—and yet tbey continue to give their hard-earned money to perpetuate that institution. YOUR OWN OPPRESSORS The capitalist press today is thriving on the one and five-cent pieces of thoughtless—or ignorant—workers, while their own press has to struggle against long odds in its efforts to serve them. Why be yout1 own oppressors?" Why serve in the ranks of the enemy? THE REMEDY IS SIMPLE If you are desirous of improving your own condition, and that of your fellowmen, then support the press that is honestly endeavoring to fight your battle for you. That is the very least you can do for your own cause. BE A "REAL" BOOSTER FOR LABOR Show your own sincerity of purpose and willingness to serve by subscribing for The Federationist—the workers' friend. Pass your copy on to some fellow-worker after you have read it. Urge him to subscribe. Help The Federationist in its fight for the emancipation of mankind. The greater our circulation, the more effectual will our efforts be. Apathy and indifference on the part of the workers is more to be feared than the antagonism of the forces of reaction, Be true to your cause! Help boost your own press. B. C. FEDERATIONIST Official Organ of the Federated Labor Party ■.,,... _..,. -_. _____ . niiii||nUii ).,»..t..^|i.« I •■■l"*-*-l i|i<ii|hI' |i«n|i-|i'*i"i"*»'
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