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».-™^?v.;a^ » THE BRITISH INDCSTBUL UNITY: STRENGTH. TWELFTH YEAR. No. 3 OFFICIAL PAPEB: VANCOUVEB TRADEil ANg^lgOR COUNCIL, AND B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C., FRlbiy-jpNlNG, JANUARY 16, 1920 ******* and Dourasoff SOTLER ****** ' ****** ****** Are Sent Up for Trial ..... Sudeten Termination of Perjury Cage Before Magis- LIEJLL trate Shaw Wednesday—Police Magistrate Says Case Too Important for Police Court Trial The prosecution of Alexander^ where they sell liquor?'* Do Lira i off and Barney Roth in the local police .court, on a charge of commit Ing perjury as secret agents for tbe mounted police, came abruptly to ah end on Wednesday afternoon, when Magistrate Shaw intimated hit decision that the accused should be committed for 'trial ln the higher court. Meanwhile; a remand waa granted till Monday morning, in order that arrangement! for bail, eto., might be made. Nick Tlatoff waa tha concluding witness for the prosecution. He ttstlfled that fcr had kept the restaurant at 128.4 Hastings atreet during the present year, having 'also been ln the restaurant busl- j ness ' previously elsewhere. His partner, till about May, waa Harry Sabanoff, who then aold out the half-interest to Oaz Acheff; the latter in turn sold out on Auguat 27. Witness was in possession of documentary evidence of the transaction, which he undertook to produce. . Mr, Rublnowits: "Did George Chekeff ever have anything to do with that.place?" Witness:- •*•/' "Did Boris Zukoff?" "No." "Now, you listen to this, and then I'll ask- you some questions. This le what Dourasoff swore on Oct. 17th, 1919." Counsel theh repeated the sworn statements of Dourasoff to the effect that the place was run by Chekoff and Zukoff as a gambling house, that there was no real kitchen and no j cooking, that Chekoff and Zukoff •old liquor there at BO cents a glass or $10 a bottle, Hint the place was open from. 12 midnights to 8 o'clock In the morning, anil to forth. "Now, you've heard) ■ what Dourasoff swore. Would j that be true or false?" "That's not true." "Haa liquor ever been aold on thoae premises?" "No; never." "Listen to this: Barney Roth •wore on October 17th, 1819, that he was there and' aaw Chekoff and Zukoff running a gambling Joint many times; he aaw Chekoff And Zukoff together running the rambling Joint, Would thoie statements of Barney Roth be true or not?" "No." "Dourasoff saya there waa a "It was a kitchen and restaur ant.". .... $20,000 RAISED M Defense Committee Will Decide Future Action Tonight The defense committee reporting In connection with fhe Liberty Bond campaign, states that the quota.set by the B. C. committee tor this province of $20,000 haa) been realised, and that when all returns are In from outlying points] much more than this sum will bo) found to have been raised. A full report cannot be made until all returns from outlying points are in, but there haa been received to date more than 120,000. The sum of 110,000 was forwarded to Winnipeg last week, at the request of the secretary of the Winnipeg defense committee, and as funds are needed the balance will be forwarded except that portion which will be needed to take care of the families of the men arrested In this province, or who were arrested In Winnipeg, but whose residences were here. | As Thursday was the day set for tlio close of the campaign, thc..J)e- fense Committee will hold a meeting In the Federationist offlce to- nlgiit (Friday), at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of deciding the future actions of tbe committee . "Was there a, range theref" , "YeB, like In a restaurant." "Chekoff .and Zukoff were arrested on July 19th. After that, you remember, the trial at the 'Immigration Board?' "Tes." ' "Did you and Gazi come down to the Immigration station?" "Tes." "At that time did the police come to your restaurant?" "Yes." "Some time in October?" "Tes." "Tou remember a case In the police court after that?" "Tes." "Did you see Barney Roth here, from time to time?" "Tes." Mr. Reld: "What case Is this?" Mr. Rubinowitz: "Something that happened In October." Mr. Reld protested, and the magistrate said he must have something definite. There were cases every day, and this might be any one of them. Mr, Rubinowitz: "Tou remember those cases In which Barney Roth came here to give evidence?" There was further objection, I sustained by the court. Mr. Rublnowltx: "This man would remember the names,' Objection was still maintained, and the matter was dropped. Mr. Reld (In cross-examination): "Are you still running the place?" Witness: "Running1 the place the same till six days ago." Mr. Reid: "Waa there a raid on the place? Were there some men arrested there for ga/nbllng?" Witness apparently wished to make some explanation at thta point, but Mr. Reid didn't want any explanation; after a.squabble between counsel, witness replied, "Yes." Mr. Reld: "Were they fined for gambling?" Witness: "YeB." .Mr. Rubinowitz: "When was that?" Witness: "I don't remember.1 Mr. Rubinowitz: "Not when Qazl was partner?" Mr. Reld: "My friend can't cross-examine." Mr. Rubinowitz protested, and tbe magistrato aaid: "He can reexamine on anything connected with that raid, I think. Tou brought It up." Mr. Rubinowitz: "Was it before the perjury charge, or after?" Witness: "After." "Did you see Barney Roth In the police court in connectoln with those cases?" "TeB." "If you had been there, would you have allowed gambling to go "Labor" Men Take Exception to Criticism in Federationist Writs Served Wednesday Evening—Suits Will Be Defended On Wednesday evening; writs were served on A. &'. Wells, manager of the B. C. Federatlonist, and the B. C. Federationist, Ltd., ault being entered by Birt Showier and John Sully for Ubel. The plaintiffs claim that an editorial appearing In the issue of November 28, was libelous and malicious. The editorial in question was a criticism of the attitude assumed by the plaintiffs Showier and Sully towards the Winnipeg defense fund, and to utterances made by them af a meeting of the International Trades and Labor Council meeting held on November 20, when Showier and Sully inferred that the funds collected for the defense of the men arrested in Winnipeg were being used for purposes other than those for which they were collect- Mr. Reid again objocted. Mr. Rublnowltx insisted that there was no genuine raid; it was a case of "stool pigeons" being (Continued on pago 8) I TOP FOR 0. B. U. Prospects of New Organization Are Very Bright in Winnipeg (Special to the Federationist) Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 14.—The O. B. U. is steadily making progress In this city; the Steam Shovel and Dredgemen here last Tuesday night went over tbe top for, the O, B. U,, This Is an Indication of the general trend of events In this city. Au the present time the International Union of Plumbers and Steamfltters are considering the question. This organisation held an exceptionally Interesting meeting recently; and while the decision of the meeting has not been disclosed, the fact remains that an International organiser waa ejected bodily from the meeting. ■ It' Is not saying too much, that with the large movement towards the new organisation In this city, amongst the other trades, that the possibilities are bright for not only the plumbers, but also many other , organizations shortly joining the ranks of the rapidly-gi'owing O, B. u, Letter from Secretary Browne Shows International Is Losing The following letter from Edward Browne, secretary of the Coal Miners of Alberta and Eastern Hritish Columbia, speaks for itself: Taber, Alta., Jan. 8, 1920 V. R. Midgley, Secretary General Executive Board, O. B. U., Vancouver, B. C. Dear Comrade— Enclosed you will find cheque for per capita tax for November. The coal operators started to lock out some of the camps. Four camps wore locked out, three of them we have-won out: Western Hem Mine, Monarch Mine, Brule Mine. At these mines the coal operators hare withdrawn the Checkoff. The other mine Is Mountain Park, and we would like lf the coast boys would collect what dollars they can, so- that relief from a financial standpoint can be sent to J, R. B. Roberts, who is our seoretary, Mountain Park, Alta. We are doing our best here. We are advising our boys to refuse to sign the American checkoff, but not to strike. Let the operators lock them out, and, Mldgley, we have the International licked. This is their last dying flght; they cannot make the closed shop stick. We are fighting them in every camp that we can get them Into. They have- some of the mine bosses going around with them. They try to escape us In every damp, but they cannot make it, In my district (that Is the Taber district) they cannot even get - smelt. Our lads here have a local checkoff In the ofllce, and they are receiving the 14 per cent, advance. Drumheller going flne, Nordegg solid. Brule and Cadomin Mines also. Splendid report.from majority of camps, at Executive Board meeting on January 3, In Calgary. Give report to B. C. Federationist Yours for the suoeess of the One Big Union, __ EDW. BHOWNK, I (Secretary. I Rumors as to Dofense Fund Prior to these statements being made it had come to the knowledge of the loc^l defense committee that certain individuals were spreading rumors to the effect that large salaries were being paid from the defense fund, and that they were being used for O. B. U. propaganda, A statement was made by the committee warning any persons making these statements, and informing all Interested parties that the books of the committee were open for Inspection by any one appointed by a bona fide labor organization. This was taken advantage of by some, and after examination of the books they were perfectly satisfied that the funds were being used for the purposes for which they were raised, and. the committee also issued a flnanclal statement to all organizations represented on the defense committee, which Is composed of representatives of the Socialist Party of Canada, the Federated Labor Party, the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and the B. C. Federation of Labor. These organizations are perfectly satisfied with the actions of the committee. As a matter of fact, the committee has collected nearly thirty thousand dollars, and the cost of collecting this amount haB not exceeded three per cent., and no member of the committee received a single cent for services until the Liberty Bond campaign j started, and then one man was employed to handle the provincial- wide campaign, but the secretary of the committee has for the past two weeks been handling all the affairs of the committee, and no onc is at present on the payroll. Suit WUl Be Defended Some little time ago the directors of the Federatlonist received a communication from Messrs. Farris and Emerson, legal representatives of Showier and Sully, asking1 for a retraction and an apology for the statements and criticism in the editorial In question. They decided that there was nothing to apologize for, and that under the circumstances the criticism was fair, and the communication was filed without any action being taken. Now that suit has been entered, the directors will puf up a defense, and further action may be tuken by the defense committee. F. L. P. Debating CM Meet Again Satur Evening . On Sunday evening next rade J, w. Hon. will be the,;i er at the Federated Labor./ meeting ln the Royal Theatre, will take as M» subject "Th«.; litlcal' Outlook." Comrade Batt will occupy the chair. Mi Ing begins at a p.m., doors open at 7:80, " ,'--t ''-am -Owing to the ban being ilftjM and the war over (?) th. liter*- ture that has been held, up t* again coming through. A large number ot Labor Leaders havi.sgf rived from England and for M» past two weeks have beeft hibfe ln demand than any other 'Wjtgn the committee has. 'Another put* Mention (hat contains som. gool articles Is the Liberator, from Ht_ York. Altogether the lHeriitir* stock Is again coming ' back * to normal. -' -^r The Labor Party' School contlHi^. ues to grow.' Last Sunday saw thi largest attendance of this seasotii The subject for discussion for ne/ Sunday Ib "The 'rewards'frWIl they are and what we think thi should be." The ' school meel, every Sunday afternoon at 2:80 'IB the O'Brien Hall. **-,( The regular monthly busifttijty meeting of the Junior Labo: League will be hold Friday. J.nll ary 23, at 1546 Charles Street, if 7:30 p.m. prompt.' A full turn* out Is looked for as there Is torn Important business to come Up. '\. tbo meeting of the F. L.P. De« bating Club that was postpone^ from last Saturday will be bet. tomorrow (Saturday) evening' 'lfi.\ the Labor Party rooms, B10 DO' minion' Building, at 8 p.m. Th) subject for debate is,' "RcboIvm that the worker cannot bitter hi relative position under the prAwn system." POLITICAL TJMTY: ^CTQBlf $240 PER YEA* I Comrade Sogar Passes Oat We regret to have to report, the', death of Comrade Segar of Soul Wellington, This comrade came to" Vancouver about a month ago. He was suffering from a weak hearf and died in his sleep. .Having no; C, Comrade Lestor delivered theff of tlje working-class _ movement. He leaves behind him a widow and five children to whim we extend our deepest sympathy. Secretary Will Appear Be- for Social Service Commission " tast night's matting, of the .Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, while not as large as the laat one, when the hall was packed to the limit' with Interested people to hear Mr; J, E. Bird, was /nevertheless well attended, nine new delegates being seated- from th amalgamated unite, and two from the loco Oil Workers. Owing to the nature of the last Meeting, nomination and election of officers was carried out the same evening. President Midgley being elected by acclamation, in fact there was such a iinaminlty on 'tlie choice of officers that ho contests were staged. W. A. Prltchard was re-elected to the executive. R'. J. Campbell, who was oh Monday night at the General Workers' Unit elected as secretary, waa on , the understanding arrived at at the last meeting of the" council; elected as Joint sectary of the couhcll and tha General Workers' Unit. J. Shaw waa elected secretary-treaaurer; - Dole- gate King as sergeant at arms, and the following were elected ns trustees: Delegates W. A, Prltcnhrd, Merson, Clark .and Wilson. Delegate Mldgley was elected aa delegate to the O. B, U, eonvention. The ' financial statement of the secretary-treasurer was read, the auditors' reporting - the books In ■splendid shape, the reports of the secret ary-treasurer and the audit committee were both adopted, . Tlie' Marine Firemen and" Oilers reported that they would retain their identity for the time being, and that they had been successful In organising the Gas Kn- jglneer*. The loco OU Workers Reported that they were making good progress und that the change To the O. B, IT. had been beneficial jre*them. It waa decided that the Council would meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays In each month lend the Genernl Workers' Unit on the 1st and 3rd. ft A general discussion on thc O. fe.. IT. constitution was theu started and an amendment proposed ****** ****** ****** L HANDS M Lumbermen Gel FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY ****** use (or orthodox religion, hts*} by the Rteam Engineers and Hill- funeral was at the request of hit family conducted by the S. P. of Yorkers, to amend Clauses 11 and is) .to provide for central bodies Or district boards, having the ceased in the undertaking parlotsf of Nunn, Thompson and Clegg. . Comrade Segar wae 62 years oti&bt receive the endorsation of the age, and was a staunch supporterfi ' oration over the remains of the fli-||'i>Mrer to elect officers to UU any j ._ .».- .._.--.-.-.-- ___._^_! ^ggjDjjy inBt#a,| Qf them being appointed wu Introduced, but did etve th council. The secretary was Instructed to" submit the amendments proposed by the council to the constitution some time ago to #rthe convention. ■ ■"' ' —. '*" ] The question of health insur- Post Office Workers Unite , !*«<» was then raised, and after The process of workers'uniona!.«""«:mf* ^»*>«» the secre- belng merged Into larger tkij\*Z. *■•■ "»«»«<? to .appear be- stronger combinations I, making .'«" *• c"mn' 's">n **•?"'** rapid progress In Britain. The Iat ?'*Z, **! i™ "/*t" *'.at est Instance Is the amalgamation "■« f n« mi*ht f postponed for of the three principal orgahlsa. •._",'-Um' £"'5* t0 "V; ,lneM ot. tlons of postal employees. The J;r-.E' & H. Winn, chairman of Amalgamation With Limber Workers Is Bit; Success Final Meeting WIU Be Held to Close Old Unit Considerable enthusiasm Is now being displayed by Mill Workera aince arrangements have bsen made to have them become a part of the Lumber Workers Industrial Union, and by the way new mem' bers are Joining up, it looks as though they will be in a position within a very short time, to establish the minimum wage of $6 per day of 8 hours, that was endorsed at the recent- convention of Lumber. Workers, t - It Js now up te the Mill Worker who la not organised to get a hustle on and become a member, lf they desire to get a'share of the hug eproAts their masters are at present making out of their labor, and members should not lose-sight', of the fact that the quicker they] get their fellow worker to join the organization, the sooner will they be in a position to get better wages and working conditions. A buslneas meeting for members of the Engineers and Mill Workera Unit will be held ln room 302, Labor Temple, on Monday evening next, Jan. 19, and all members who can attend, should do so, as arrangements' will be made to dispose of the furniture and effects belonging to this unit, also other matters' will be taken UP regarding holding future meetings, etc. Now that the General Workers Unit of the O. B. U. has been brought Into being, members of the Engineers and Mill Workers, who will be transferring over to the General Workers Unit, should get'In touch with*their secretary, and arrange to have their account transferred over In a regular manner. Members who will be transferring over to teh Lumber Workers Unit should see that their dues are paid up to date, as in future only members who have their dues paid in advance will be mailed a copy of The B. C. Federa tlonist, Chance to Negotiate Loggers' Convention Decides to Give Employers ft Chance to Play Square—Coast District Opposes the "Speed-up System" for Workers The convention went on record*can now rest on their oars. Thie ' as favoring giving the employers' association another opportunity to negotiate with the members . of this organisation as a body. Past experiences do.not Indicate any great probability of success. The employers in their Ignorance think that by refusing to recognise the union that consequently it does not exist, Instead of which all it does Is to compel the men to adopt other methods to .obtain the desired end. And It must not be lost sight of that the human animal is a creature of habit, and If necessity compels the men to resort to action on the job to enforce negotiation of grievances, it' will not be long be-, -— »...« ...«...«.» fore they acquire the habit, and and economical Interests of then, of course, loud and long will j workera Let your slogan the employers raise tbelr old well- known walls about the Impossibility of doing business with tlie' men owing' to their unreasonable atti tiide. The fact af the matter ie that some "Bolsheviks" in the employers' association are dragoon1 ing many of the members into f course of action that inevitably means disaster for the industry, particularly for those employers who whilst themselves perfectly willing to negotiate wtth the men and come through with the conditions which they and the provincial laws demand, are dragooned Into refusal by the voice and bunk roll of those who would pose as "captain;, of industry." It Is time the decent members of the em-: ployers' associations put their house In order, otherwise they are likely to bs running around with a foreclosed mortgage Instead of a clear deed. This of course would not greatly worry some of the highly paid czars of the lumber companies. Standing Together The policy of dlsorimlnation [ against active union men Is still is not the case. This year muat be even more strenuous than lut; when enly the nrface of the Indus* jj try wu ecratehed. except In & Ci where ft haa Maaaged to get down to good solid bottom. If the L. W. I. U. falls to reach' that 60,00» : membership, then the golden.op- - portunity has been missed. It eaa; however, only be attained in one way, by every member, getting int* the-flght, eaoh doing hie bit, and wasting neither time, energy, hor words in scrapping with individuals over non-essential questions; there is only one way, big solid organisation; there Is only one objective, to advance and maintain the social ^^^""^™^^^"^^^~il "the . mM_m 60,000 members- in l»80 to eomr, pel .Hie camp regulations to be lived up to/* " Invaleable Experience J Chase strike le still being actively maintained; It Is costing the organisation quite a sum each week ' to maintain the pickets, but fhe cost is small In view of the big questions at-Issue-ahd the great experiences which the men are'. acquiring in how to ce*duct such activities, on experience .which will be invaluable to the organisation In the future. In the meantime the few scabs . the- Adams River Lumber Company has raked together are the most expensive luxuries it has. indulged In for a long time, and an experience It is not likely t% want to repeat for. many a long day. Tou. can put a scab In a camp and give him an axe or saw,, but that does not give him the necessary experience to know how to use it. The trouble at the Premier Mine, Stewart, Is not yet settled. The company's representative bad apparently Axed up a settlement, but „ „ , ,, , .when twenty of the hien got to the being followed and would In sev-lmine the manager ropud|ttted the in strikes had not the employer reconsidered his uction when he Haw tlie intention of the men to stand together. In some cases the member discriminated against in' settlement. Union men keep away. new organization will be called the Union of Post Offlce Workers, and will commence with a membership of 110,000. Consolidation of forces for mutual protection Is not the only motive of the movement. There Is a growing feeling among the postal workers that they should have a share In the control of the department. the board. .The council adjourned to meet on January the 29th, ■J T^e O. B. U. Central Labor Council at Fort William has succeeded in organising some thirty' I'Cenjent Finishers into the O. "& U. PROTEST MEETING AI I AVENUE Where is your union button! OF- KIMBERLY MINERS Company Will Soon Have to Settle With Its Late Employees ' The strike of the Kimberly miners Is still in full swing. The company is making strenuous efforts to settle the strike, because the few ranchers that they have working for them, will soon be going back to their, stumps, and this will leave the company in a bad way. Two. miners, Ed. and Harvey , Handley; are alleged to be working, for the company, although they have been offered work at better wages by another company/ The company now has a blacklist In circulation containing 268, and all foremen at other properties are Ins .i ucted not. to employ any of the'je men. A fore-, man and a shift bess have been fired for refuSlny to flre a black listed ex-naval service man. Six girls are also on ihe blacklist of the company. AV. Green, the cook, has returned to work, and is busy feeding the hogs. The foreman of Sullivan mine, W. Lindsay, has been visiting the miners In their homes, trying to persuade them to return to work. The company is also being affected by the trouble In District 18, on account of having to purchase its coke from the United States at a greater cost then heretofore. The strikers are badly fn need of financial assistance. Forward all monies to Secretary Kimberly Miners Union, O. B. U. ' Metal Trades Council Will Hold Public Meeting Sunday As the result of a resolution presented by the Boilermakers at the last meeting of the Metal Trades Council, a mass meeting of protest against the sentence imposed upon R. B. Russell of Winnipeg-will be held In the Avenue Theatre on Sunday afternoon. F. AV. AVelsh, president of the Aleut l Trades Council, will tuke the chair; und the different organizations in the city connected with the working class movement will be represented by speakers. Mr. J. £. Bird, who was counsel for the defense, will also speak. A resolution will be introduced, and supported by the different speakers, and then given to the meeting for final action. Doors wUl be open at 2.30 p.m., the meeting to commence at 8 p.m, sharp. ELECT OFFICERS Youngest Bond Holder Nine-year-old Arnold J. Smith, of Fernie, B, C, sent a letter to the A'ancouvcr locftl of Engineers & Millmen, enclosing 92 for a "Workers Liberty Bond" for himself aud his mother. The Feder-. attonist wants to know lf this is the youngest bond holder. Spontaneous Welcome Is ! Given to Geoffroy, Victim of 1918 Strike j Laundry AVorlters Unit No. 1, OB, U., met for the first time thi| year, Wednesday night, in the Labor Ttmple. A splendid feature of the evening was the fiQiitaneous welcome given to ro. Geoffroy on his return from "doing his bit" in the cause of Labor. Geoffroy was sentenced tol 18 months' imprisonment for an I alleged assault on ;t strike-breaker during the Laundry Workers' jjjrike of 1918. Laundry Workers were convinced at the time that it was a frame-up in an Attempt tin''.'break the strike. Following this the election of officers took place, the following being elected: President, Bro. Little; vice-prc sident, Miss Good; trustees, Bros. Cutter and Nelham and Mr?. Law- !'i^n; finance committee, Bros. AV11- tVbX,' Taylor, Cooper; «uanl, Bro. Dalzlel; financial secretary, Bro. Leavy; delegate Trades and Label!' Council, Miss Allan, Bro. Aubrey, Bro. Little. Something Itotten On Saturday last the S. S. Ven ture got stuck on a mud bank near Bella Coolo. A commercial traveller wishing to make a call at this place induced the captain to agree to take him ashore ln a lifeboat. The "lifeboat" did not function, and the traveller got a ducking. When the attempt was made to launch the lifeboat one of the ropes broke and the aft end of the boat came apart. The inspector's report, which is posted on the Venture states that everything was O. K. In this case no harm resulted to anybody except the traveller and he received a wetting. But what might have happened had there been a storm raging and the ship In distress, can only be surmised. Rotten rigging, boat unfit for use. Possibly all other means of life- savlng in case of wreck In a similar position. Surely it is time that the authorities, after the Sophia wreck, took greater care of the travelling public. Who was the inspector? How often does he Inspect? W. r. Dunn Pays a Vlilt W. P. Dunn, mojpbcr of the Mon- ^^^ tana Stale Legislature, wh? wai at slsted that his fellow-workers take 'J one time an active worker in the no further action at present, as he I labor movement in this province, did not wish them to be penalized;"Iand.a vice-president o£ the B. C. It muat be impressed upon all-Federation of Labor, was a victor members that it is useless carrying! in the city, laet week. W. t. a card unless you have the spirit!is now on the editorial staff of the operating of which the card or.Butte Daily Bulletin, and has.many button is merely the symbol, co-! interesting stories to tell as to how operation and solidarity. An In-1 democracy iB conducted in the Jury to one Is an injury to all. | tT' S. A. Hi* experiences read moro like a story of darkest Russia than J. R. Knight, organiser of the genernl executive board of the O. B. U., has recently made a very successful trip through the Cobalt district in Northern Ontario, speaking at a number of meetings of the miners on thc question of thc One Big Union. Opposo Speed-up System The general convention went on record as opposed to the contract, piecework or bonus system, but left the question up lo each district for action. The coast district convention on Saturday said 'definitely that as far as that district Was concerned it was absolutely opposed to any such "speed-up" system, Non for That 50,000 Some members may be inclined to pat theipselves, or each other, on the back and think thut because of the sp'endld progress made by the orguinzation last yeur that they those of a "great' deuioora«y.' TO E II I LABOR JURY UROBD BY SEATTLE UNIONISTS Pass The Federationist along and help get new lubieribeii. Besolution from Organized Lata? Calls for Labor Tltiry at ie W. W. Trial The Seattle Central Labor Coun. ell has unanimously passed a reso- tlon, previously passed by the Metal Trades Council and the Longshoremen, calling for an extra jury of twelve men from Labor organizations to ait at th* trials of the eleven victims of the lumber trust at Montesano, accused of murder in connection with the.Centralla shooting fracas, The action of Judge Wilson In ordering the trial to take place at Montesano, tfter stating from the' bench that a fair trial was impossible there, was condemned by the I couneil in the /rtrongest terms, The Nanaimo Coal Miners have elected Jos. Naylor as their representative to the AVinnipeg con vention, STEWART MINERS ARE STANDING FIRM Company Finds That Scabs Arc Bear**—Only Three Working The miners of Stewart, B. C„ who are on strike against the Premier Gold Mining Co. are standing together .solidly. The company has only been uHi. to get three scabs onto the Job so far, although many workers have been on the scene for the purpose of going to work, but all of them hdve been persuaded to stay off the job. The strikers are holding Some pretty lively and Interesting meetings at their hall, and no for as Is known, there isn't any of them lo'sing any sleep over the manager's ultimatum that ihey Would never idraw another cheque from the Guggenbeimers, O. B. U. Units Join Forces and Elect Officers—To Subscribe to Fed International Trades Council Elects Officers for Term Delegates from (ho Milk Drivers' Union and the Bakery Sidesmen Union were obligated at the regular meeting of the Vancouver (In tenia tional) Trades and Lahor Council, Thursday evening, A communication wits read fruiu a bank clerk, representing a number of other.", asking the council to put an organ leer on the job to ^ be in a position io demand a liv-1 price of admission is: Oents, Ing wage. The matter was left In | ladies, 25c. Tickets mav be The only regrettable feature about tlie meeting held on Monday night, for the purpose ol' amalgamating the O. B. U. units in the city, was the snuillness of tbe hull, wliich whs much too small for the number that attended. The units that are amalgamating are the Food Supply, Construction Workers, Transport Workers and Gen- Workers, with a small num-j ber of the Steam Engineers who do not come within the scope of the lumber industry. The committee appointed brought in a comprchen slve report as to the financial .standing of the different units, and the number of members In good eland Ing, which is 040, with many mem bers not paid up, which makes this unit one of the largest organisations in the city, and with the present progress In the taking In of new members, will in lime be the largest individual organization In the city. After the details had been disposed of, the eleetion of officers took place, the results being as follows: President, A. J. Wilson; secretary-treasurer, J, H. Campbell; recording secretary, J. Shaw; doorkeeper, J. O. Wood; executive committee, It. HatXy, J. G., Smith, W. Hates, J. McDonald, J. Marshall. Delegates were also elected to the Trades and Labor Council.] The question of subscribing to the Federationist was raised, and it was decided that as soon ae finances would permit, to subscribe in a body. The next meeting will the hands of the executive cum- mlttee. The council decided to pny IJtl each fnr two delegates to attend the meeting of the Bourd of Governors of the General Hospital, with the object of getting labor representation on thc board of directors. Delegates McVety and Welsh were elected. The nomination and election of officers was held and resulted- as follows: resident, F. W, Walsh, acclamation. Vice-president, John Sully defeated F. Hcrriott by 13 to 9. Secretary, Mrs. 11. Fern, acclamation. Secretary-treasurer, J. H. McVety, acclamation. Sergeant at arms, F. Poole, acclamation. Trustees (4), Graham, Showier, Hcrriott, Stark. Auditing committee, Howard, Stark, Henaflan, Mrs. H. Fern was elected to represent the women workers of the city on a delegation of womi. n who intend to make demands for certain pieces of legislation In' the interests of women. Delegate McVety informed the council that stool pigeons were operating among the unions, one man In particular carrying five different cards, for the purpose of getting union men Involved in actions that could be construed as seditious conspiracy. Elect Officers for Coming Term at the Last Meeting At the regular business meeting of the Women's O. B. U. Auxiliary held on Friday the 9th inst, the following officers were elected: Frsident, Mrs. .Horsebourgh; vice president. Mrs. Sinclair; secretary- treasurer, Mrs. Alexander. The next meeting of the auxiliary will be held on Friday, the 23rd InsL, at 8 p.m., and all members should arrange to bring u new member. Meetings will be held on the second and fourth Fridays In each month, providing members show sufficient enthusiasm in the move ment. Arrangements have been made to hold a whist drive and dance nt the Labor Temple on Friday, February 13, and any membor of tlie working class desiring to attend should do so, as tbey can be assured that the members of thc auxiliary will -do their best to make them H'end a pleasnnt evening. The 60c; pro cured from members of the auxiliary or at the dance. Kamloops now has an O. B. U. barber shop. The barbers In that city are evidently following the example set by the Barbers' Un- ---.~„ .Ion at Winnipeg who'came over be- held ou Thursday, January 83.1 In o. body to \\i% O. fi. U, AT THEEMPRESS An Address of More Than Usual Interest Is Predicted for Sunday The usual propaganda meeting of the Socialist Party of Canada- will be held In the Empress Theatre next Sunday night, when W. Camfleld will occupy the platform, and an address of mofe than ordinary interest can be expected. The capitalist system has now reached a very critical stage in its. development, and the position of the working class is indeed becoming more an'd more hopeless as the days pass by. If a'more desirable, state of affairs Is to be brought about, one thing Is certain, and that Is, th* workers themselves must become acquainted with the nature gild cause of the problems with .which they are now confronted. Intelligent aetion must be preceded- by Intelligent understanding. The policy of the Socialist Party of Canada la purely educational, to anftlyae and explain the social ordor under which we UT*. Th* meeting begins at 8 p.m. Doom op*n at 7:10. 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Cal., Jan; 8.— Yesterday a transport arrived at this port from Siberia with almost a thousand troops. 1 had the pleasure of meeting one of them who had been over there more than a year, and with a Uttle diplomacy on my part, had him relate some of his experiences over* there, as well as what he thought of going over to flght the Bolsheviks. It was down In one of the large newspaper pressrooms where we met. Before leaving this city—Smith aB I will call him—waa employed on this daily, and on hla return the flrst thing that he did was to-see his old1 pais, and above all see. if his Job was safe, seeing that he left to do his part for his country. Leaving the paper office we 'both started for Selghton's Cafe In the Slave Market. After getting the American's favorite dish of coffee and doughnuts, he started td tell me of the hell-hole he had just left. The flrst question .that I asked him was if he had aeen any of the Bolshevists troops, and what was his opinion of them. The words uttered in answer to my quetsion still ring In my ears. What do I think of them? Let me answer your question In this way: the Siberians are rapidly becoming Bolsheviks. On our way out en route to Vladivostok, we heard the Bolsheviks say, "Wait until these old troops leave and the youtigsters arrive, we'll get them," and laughingly, he said, you bet they will. The Reds that we came in T&uch with were a fine bunch of fellows. Many a time they would give our prisoners something to eat while on their way back to the .Red's line, and after feeding them and treating them well, would let them return to their comrades. The Pince of CRUCIFIED HERO «««««« ****** ****** ****** KinTUIKIP Dl IT Strike Breakers "" Railroad Worker Hands the-Minister of Labor a Wallop—Shows Him in His True Colors The Canadian legislative boardtor, and it ia unprecedented in Ca- of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, composed of the legislative representatives of ninety-seven lodges, together with. the legislative chairman, board of directors, and the vice chairman for eaoh province, convened in the capital city of Ottawa on December 8, for the purpose of devising ways and means to secure legislation which will tend to make "the yoke easier, the bur* den lighter" for the weary-laden wealth producers of this country, who exist at present, principally for the proflt and delectation of their exploiters. The' board was addressed at the opening session by the mayor of ther clay, the Honorable R. L. Borden, the Honorable New Wesldy Rowell, and the selected, not eleoted, Minister of Labor, the Honorable Gideon S. Robertson, The Usual Bunk After the usual remarks of the premier and other dignitaries present, and which were similar to those uttered on such occasions, the "Honorable" Gideon'Rober.wdnt*- , , , , , . . , minister of labor, was introduced' and the knout in'the days of darkest Russia; treatment which synchronizes with 'American Injunction, and Canadian order-in-coun- cil, and mark well this fact, sir, if tlie railroad men of this country ever have to take issue with vested Interests aa did the Winnipeg trade unionists, regardless of his pet name of "Old" notwithstand- He did pocket, actions speak louder thin words, and we will receive nadian hiBtory that any British subject, regardless, of his or her offense, should be cast into the penitentiary, under such circumstances—without counsel without trial and refused fall, as was done bjf "Old" Robertson'B orders, to the Winnipeg strike leaders." Chairman Intervenes At this point tht chairman called the speaker to order, stating that the remarks were not relevant tft the question under consideration. Bowing to the chair's ruling, Brother Stewart continued: Savors of Kaiserism "I arise, sir,'to second the motion for a vote of thanks, and with your permission will say, that not only the thanks but the undying gratitude of organized labor Is due, particularly, Ml.iister of Labor Robertson, for his treatment of the Winnipeg strikers, treatment which was uncalled for, uncharitable, un- ■British, and If I mistake not, unconstitutional — treatment which savors of kaiserism and the mailed fist, ln the days of autocratic tyrannical Germany; of czarism by the chairman, as Minister of Labor "Gid" Robertson, ahd referred to as being the flrst minister of labor who has the honor to carry a union card. The Honorable minister echoed to a large extent the sentiment of the previous speakers, referring with pardon; uble pride to the many good things he had during his short regime. not mention the part he played in the enactment of the Canadian National Railway steal, the Conscription BUI, the Disfranchisement Act, the Deportation BUI, the many anti-labor orders In council, or last, but not least, .the part he took in breaking the Winnipeg strike. He put over his usual "get together" "harmonious relations between capital and labor,*' etc., reciting the fact that owing to hav- the same treatment at the hands of the present minister of labor as did the Winnipeg strikers. "The leopard does not change his spots, neither the Bthoplan his skin." Before the vote was taken, the minister asked to say a few words, and assured the body that he had 'acted as his conscience and judgment dictated, and would take the opportunity, at a more convenient 'season, of explaining his position ing a union card ln his pocket at the recent industrial conferenco, he^^i^^^8'^^^^.^^ q",^' was able to bring what might otherwise have been conflicting in terests. Into one harmonious happy family. At the conclusion of his address tlons that might, be put to him, ■but he never returned.—Workers' ■Weekly. We heard on the boat, while on i Brother Klullingsworth, the tale'iit- the way over, that a wireless was; ed brotherhood poet, representing caught stating that the American Government was returning to Russia hundreds of undesirables, Bolsheviks I believe Is what they meant. His face grew hard and he said, "Yes, but we have come to take their places." Why, he continued, . if this government thinks that we haven't learnt -a thing or two over there, it is greatly mistaken. One who has gone to the wilds of that country, and hasn't changed his ways or ideas, well he Is not human. I can't understand, he said, what this government ^neans by sending those kids to Siberia to relieve us. The class of boys who are being sent into that God-forsaken country will never make soldiers. They are falling for the dope that is everywhere in Vladivostok, falling for the vodka and falling for the' climate. In the ship's h< pital there were 100 soldiers victims of dope, drink and disease. In the brig were eight men; one was brought back here a murderer. All the men, he declared, wero victims of vodka. Eight hundred men of Kolchak's regiment just before we came over killed their officers, "went over the hill"—deserted to the Bolsheviks, .He also mentioned about; the revolution that started in Vladivostok where 800 of ' General Galda's men were killed. This was Lodge 6o. 5 St. Thomas, Ontario; In a. well-worded speech, moved "a vote of thanks to the speakers; He gave many reasons why we should' be thankful for having such mas-' ter n\lntls at the helm in th'ejHT troublesome times. Gideon Gets Hts J. Tt. Stewart, vice-chairman for Nova Scotia, rising to second the motion, said in part. "On the grounds of habit and custom, which has almost become law, It is meet and right that we thank our distinguished visitors for their valuable time and counsel on this occasion. The thanks of this body is due, particularly, the minister of labor, for not only his presence here, but more so, for the part he had in breaking the Winnipeg strike. Permit me to quote from the evidence submitted at the trial now going on in Winnipeg: "Gift's" Part in Striko . "The next witness called was Wm. R. Graham, chief warden of Stony Mountain penitentiary. He said that he had received the eight strike leaders as prisoners on June 17 and had searched them, Papers taken from R, hi. Bray were filed as evidence. They were credentials, the flrst from the Retail Clerks an4 Warehousemen's Union, stating that Bray was their official rep UNEMPLOYED Labor Party Urged to .Block Business to Enforce Action (By the Federated Press) London — Representatives of 800,000 union men have called upon the Parliamentary Labor Party to block all business in the House of Commons until the government has restored the unemployment dole. If the government fails to comply, direct action to enforce the demand is threatened. It Is declared that a relentless fight will be carried on against the measure to abolish the dole, which leaves utterly without resources many tnousands of unemployed workers. These recommendations were Included in resolutions adopted at a conference of the South Staffs and Worcestershire Federation of Trades Councils, which demanded that the government make some provision for its masses of unemployed until It has solved the problem of unemployment itself. ordered by Kolchak, who is hatod1 reaentative at the Winnipeg Trades by all in Siberfr. He showed me ^ Labop council, ana tne strike EDUCATION TO KILL some of the photographs he had commmw. the second was an .of- ™"OA««« „._ - taken, also eleven kinds of paparlfldal document from the Trades money that they are using in the Qnd Labor CouncIi bating that Mr. territory that Is under Kolchak's ;Bray was the|r 0ftC\a\ repreaenta Goodwin Shoe Co. 119 HASTINGS BTSUIT SAST regime. It takes 326 rubles to ex change for one American dollar over there, while 400 rubles buys enough flour to last a family a month. These conditions are driving the Siberians to tho Bolshevists' cause, and it would not sur- prlce me, be went on, if the Reds don't run the whole bunch out of the country by spring. But you don't know how glad I am to got back and so are the rest of my pals, who ore the last of the A. B. F. contingent. The rest that he mentioned we all have heard before, more or less, so it couldn't be of any use to repeat it here. Nevertheless, what Impressed me most was that the boys who _are coming back have the "Reds'" viewpoint. Thc words of Trotsky are coming true. "Today there are many of us, more than there seems to be—tomorrow there will be more of us, and the day after tomorrow millions will rlBe, millions Who have nothing to lose but their chains and the world to gain." The benefits of co-operation is shown in the following quarterly report just received from the flun- dorland (Enpt.) Co-operative Socioty: The sales for the IS weeks amounted to $587,170, an Increase, of $68,220 over the corresponding period ot last year; 983 new mem- Hers were onrolled during the quarter. Share capital had increased by <26,760, whilst the Small- Savings department had gone up by leaps and. bounds, Twenty-three houses had been sold on the various estates, the cash receipts for -which totalled 141,975, and $27,220 had been advanced to members on security ot co-op«ra- tlvely built houses. Collective Life Assurance claims amounting to $860.00 were paid to the legal representative ot 28 deceased members. Paris—Agitation ln favor of a general strike is being oarried on by independent Socialists of Germany, as a protest against a nsw increase in the oost of foodstuffs, according to A dispatch reoelved here. tive to go out and explain the strike to the workers. Mr. Bird cross-txamlned Mr. Oraham for the defense. In - answer to questions, the witnesssald It was not cuBtomary to receive men in the penitentiary previous to conviction. He said he had admitted '.torn on the strength ot letters from Senator Gideon Robertson and A. J. Andrews, K.C., and warrants from the Immigration authorities, which appointed the penitentiary as tlie place for their detention." Prince of Strike-breakers "I am not citing this to the disparagement of the Minister of Labor. As a rule, public men rattier enjoy having reference made to THE SLAVE SPIRIT British Labor States Its Views on Conditions ot Educating Children (By the Federated Press) London.—Education for the children of workers Irrespective of thetr flnanclal condition, education to kill the slave spirit, and to develop to the fullest every child, was the aim set forth at a joint conference of labor, co-operative and educational bodios ln London, The conference as was required, dratted labor's view of the education that should be provided London for the next decade under the education act of 1918. The conference urged ln resolutions the need of the establishment of nursery schools, with provision their efforts and utterances on our^for open-air education: the pro- behalf, and I have no doubt, when/gresslve reduction of the size of the Minister of Labor mieBTTilS I classes! adequate dental and medl- constltuents on the hustings,"! he . cai treatment for cnliaren In all will .refer with pride to the fact, j schools; provision qf centres .for that he Is, if not the king, at least the prince, of strike breakers in this country, and In this connection I desire to point out th*f the Winnipeg strikers were engaged' In a common cause with ourselves'ttnd were contending for colleotlvB bargaining and the right of representation, two things we have enjoyed for years and which we ltaff" to take at the point of the strike in .days gone by. Their chief offotiso, :however, was that they had taken a page out of the book whloh sue cessfully guided the Allies to victory, namely concentrated, concerted action, and they vyere liable to succeed In their Jutt and righteous demands. The profits ot the ironmasters Were in danger. Vested wrongs and Intrenched privileges were menaced. Something had to be done, and done, quickly, ' ant right nobly did "Old" Robertson respond, and order the arrest and Imprisonment of the strike leadeTs, British Subjects "I wish also to point out the (aet that theso representatives ot 'tht trade union movement In Winnipeg were not aliens, hut Canadian!, British subjects, and M euch were entitled to the right, privilege* aid usages «tte*AMit Ok wok •» fti>tt» physical training and recreation; adequate maintenance, allowances for children over 12, graded so as to carry them through tbe secondary school, continuation school, and university; the establishment of free public continuation schools tor boys and girls not attending full time, with recommendations respecting the Improve went of the status of teachers. London.—The threatened strike of 800 bakers tn Northumberland and Durham commenced on Saturday, the object being to enforce a demand for $2.50 weekly advance. The employers contend that they oannot afford to give lt unless thoy are permitted again to inorease the price of bread, the advance of $1.26 given under the recent arbi tratlon absorbing the additional profit due to the last advance. The Co-operative Societies in the area and a tew small owners have conceded the advance, and about 600 men consequently remain at work, FAKE Gulled People but Could Not Put It Ove* Russians A modern Co-operative Laundry hM been opened by the worktn ot Portland, Ore,, as the roam ol Ike Laundry Workers' •trlhe, la whloh they Were defeat- Id (Dy (ft iaereaM ot w»ge», Atashkin, 'Victim' of Crucifixion, Still 'Seeks' Mother Thoughts ot resurrection and crucifixion generally run together, one wakes thoughts of the other; and the following story which appeared in the Vancouver Sun April 14, 1918, will perhaps act In that manner on the reader, although the similarity between the mun of Galillee and the individual who ts the principal actor ih this story ends there, "Crucified by Bolsheviki and left to die on a publlo cross as a warning to the terror stricken populace, to have been brought back to life after the torture, only to be shot through the mouth and Jaw by the revolutionists and to have lost both parents In the war, are the harrowing experiences of Nicolai Atashkin, a patient at Shaughnessy Heights Military Hospital. All this before 21 years of age. "The Atashkin family lived in Vancouver prior to the war, with the exception of Nicolai, who went to Russia to complete his education. The father went overseas with a local battalion and was killed. Nicolai went to France and joined a foreign legion and was sent to the Austrian front, where his unit was consolidated with the Russian forces. He was wounded and sent to Petrograd. 'After recovery Nicolai was transferred to tht Russian navy, where he served until the Treaty of Brest Lltovsk. It was agreed therein that they should turn over to the Hun the Russian navy. The British naval force at Helsingfors called for volunteers to destroy the ships that were to go to the Germans. Atashkin volunteered and carried out his part of the scheme by blowing up two submarines. He was arrested by the Bolsheviki, taken to Petrograd and Incarcerated In the Petropavlovsk fortress. Shortly afterwards he was condemned to death and the form specified was crucifixion. Accordingly he was strung up to a cross, his arms outstretched, and tightly tied by the wrists nnd ankles; he was left In this position to die, suffering untold agonies. His crucifixion was quite a spectacle for the people, as he was hung up In a courtyard open to tho people." While Nicolai was on the cross, the British ambassador not yet having left Petrograd, heard of it, and as the sinking of the submarines was carried out under British auspices, he immediately Intervened. Atashkin was cut down; he had been on the cross Ave hours and was unconscious, but was brought back to the land of the living In tlie British Red Cross Hospital. It was several months before he recovered. Later Atashkin secured permission from tho Bolsheviki to leave Petrograd; he went to Vladivostok, jolnod the Czecho-Slovaks, got wounded in the final flght in which he was engaged, which resulted In hts being brought to Shaughnessy Heights Hospital. But although Nicolai has suffered Intense physical tortures, be Is most concorned about his mother. His parents lived In Alaska, where he was born, his mother being an American named Amelia Duncan. It ts over her he is most concerned. Still suffering from the persecutions of the beastly Bolsheviki the longings for tho loving touch of mother sympathy are taxing the limits ot human endur- ance." Now on flrst reading of the abo\*e story it might possibly wake Indignation at the beastly Bolsheviki and pity for the sufferer, and one is not surprised that to the emotional and sentimental natures of certain susceptible females of the bourgeoisie at Shaughnessy Heights, Nick's story sounded heroic, so much were some of them affected by It that they took him home and gave him a good time, with cigars and other tit bits, nnd actually wept over thc miseries and loneliness of the poor boy— Ills fathor slain, his mother lost, and ho himself crucified!—almost Biblical—only the hero of It all remains on earth as-yet, very much so, for on approaching a fellow- countryman last week in the city of Victoria, his first request was as to the possibilities of procuring a shot of Scotch. He Is a trained and adept liar, but after, a sojourn of several months In Vancouver, a few weeks in Nanalmo, he arrived last week in Victoria and tried out the dumb show stunt, which seemed to work very well, for the Young Men's Camouflage- Academy took him ln and passed him on to the kind, elderly, lady in charge ot the Red Cross. She seemed to think that Nick was an object tor the most tender care and pity, and after attending to his physical necessities, he waa given a ticket to Winnipeg (to continue the search for his mother, I suppose), where doubtless he-will be looked after by other equally kind, and gullible members of, the Red Cross, The remarkable part of the story Is that while Nick Is armed with papers, passports and document's of recommendation, there are certain of those papers whloh his benefactors .overlook, Intentionally or otherwise. For In stance: He has a dischargo from the Bolsheviki fleet, datod January 18, 1918, That discharge Is sealed at Irkutsk, Maroh 1), 1918, yet the report says he was crucified for sinking Bolsheviki submarines, and It was several months before he recovered. Also the sinking of the submarines at Helsingfors occurred at a time when the Oulf of Finland was frozen over, when the German fleet was boss In the Baltic and the German army ln Finland. And then, the foreign enemy Nothing But Bargains "PROM MAKER TO WEARER" The lady who buys at our January Clearance Bale Is getting remarkable value—visit the'Famous and see for yourself. This Is an honest, above board sale—every garment Is from our regular stook and bears the Famous mark of superior quality. It will pay you to buy now—before high spring prices "ecome effective. FAMOUS JANUARY CLEARANCE To secure floor space for spring showings'we have cuf onr prices to cost—Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Coats and Sweater Coats—aU re* duced for your choosing. "OUR GARMENTS MAKE US FAMOUS" HASTINGS ST. W. Near Oranvllle ambassador, under whose auspices the sinking of the submarines took place, secures the release of the counter revolutionary Nick! Another point worth noting is that he has a passport from the commandant of Kiev military hospital to- return to his regiment, whioh was known aa "Her Majesty's the Grand Duchess Olga's Atlrsky Battalion," although the Sun says he was In the French Foreign Legion. Finally, the workers should take note of the fact that Nick was an associate of the notorious Russian spy nnd stool pigeon Dourasoff. While Mr. Atashkin was able to delude the educated, good people of Vancouver, he was unable to work that game with some of his own uneducated countrymen, for It is well known to some Russian people here that he was born In Riga, his father being a Cossack and his mother Lettish. The story which appeared in the Sun was given wide publicity and never contradicted, but we don't think Nick will show up In Victoria again, and his activities ln Winnipeg also may be curtailed, for the workers of thia country are about fed up with the paid liars and hirelings of the capitalist class. After al! the only conclusion to be arrived at ts that the capitalist press and institutions, having been gulled, would feel rather bad if such a yarn leaked out, and rather than permit that to happen, they tolerate the antics of Mr. Atashkin in his search for his mother, aided by the Y. M. C. 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TISDALL'S LIMITED Tho Complete Sporting Goods Store 618-620 Hastings Street West. VANCOUVEB, B. O. NOTHING IS MOKE HEALTHFUl After a day's labor than a Bottl* of tf tf Ask fcr it It'* Union-Mad* For Sal* at all stands WMtalaitW Brewery Oo. rawsaw i ■ i assattH "" m tarn mob If HIS TOR Bt THB IOu.li iU WuaKEBS or IBB o. a. V. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST 1 TBII FAOB II DBT0T1D TO mBB-| un or TBI unmi wobkbm mm or in o. b. v. TWELFTH YEAR. No. 3 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1920 12.00 PER YEAB News of the Lumber Worked Industrial Unit of the O.B.U %t»f. ■50,000 in 1920. Convention Proceedings (Continued from last week) ' Wednesday Afternoon Session Meeting: called to order at 2 p. m. by Chairman . Cowan. Resolutions committee report continued. (Note: All ' clauses carried unless otherwise specified.) 8. That we recommend that each district of the Lumber and Camp Workers Industrial Union establish an employment ofllce in Its own, and that it be administered by an experienced logger, 4. That before a camp goes on strike, the matter shall be fully discussed by the members in camp, and the demands of the workers be submitted to the management in writing. 5. That no union- hall of this organisation shall be used as a place for storing baggage or any personal property. 6. That any manufactured article bearing the O. B. U. label may be advertised in the official publication. .7. That a monthly report be made between district secretaries as to members from other districts paying dues to them. 8. That the delegates to the O. B. V. convention recommend the establishment of schools and labor colleges for the workers. 9. That the official receipts issued by this organization be a universal 0. B, U, receipt. 10. That although similar attempts In the past have not been Successful, it is suggested that the Incoming executive again approach the Employers Association to see If they are willing to negotiate the Improved conditions, and so prevent, 'if possible, the unnecessary job action which lt would otherwise be necessary for the members to take. 11. That in future troubles, the members are recommended to rely upon action on the job, or, when necessary, the Intermittent strike, as this Imposes less penalty upon the workers, IS, That ln view of the present conditions of the lumber industry, tt is necessary to take the most energetic action forthwith to spread the organisation as widely end strongly as possible, therefore every dollar available should be devoted to this purpose. 19. That the constitution be printed In French, Finnish, Russian, English or any other language found necessary. Report- of Past Management Com- mittee Presented by Fellow Worker Baxter. The following report has been submitted to the past management committee by the executive com mittee; The executive committee are of the opinion that the present form of organisation is not the most effective in view, of the tremendous growth in the membership, and the extension of the activities throughout the Dominion. The membership, as nearly as can be estimated, Is 15,852, but as Jt is a frequent experience to have members In camps or at, headquarters pay- months of back dues, It is safe to say that the live mem- bershlp is much greater than shown. The amount owing by districts i to headquarters for organization, i expenses, supplies and per capita r is $8285,82; cash lu bank and on 1 hand at headquarters and districts, (7656.99. In connection with Port Arthur district, an investigation into thie affairs of the district is* necessary ft owing to the inability of the sec- L retary to get any payment f**** [ supplies and per capita. f The delegate system has been * the bnsis upon which the success r ol the union was built, and it i should be Impressed upon all mem- | bers the absolute necessity for I having a delegate In every camp— I never mind how small—and any f delegute who does not actively at- t tend to his duties, should be re t called, but the election of a camp i committee will greatly assist the I delegate In attending to the inter- < ests of the members. The dele- ' gate should Inspect all members' books regularly, reporting to the 'camp nieeting members in afrcars. 1 Regular meetings, lf possible .weekly, shouldbe held In every camp to discuss the affairs of the ; camp, organization or working class. Headquarters Bhould be formed separate ffom the local affairs of any district, as the combination of headquarters and district activities Is not In the best interests of tbe organisation. Any new district organized and formed by the general organization should remain in the control of headquarters as far as the office activities are concerned, until the district is self supporting, and has repaid to the general fund the toost of its organization, or made home arrangements concerning name satisfactory to that body. This will mean that the secretary- treasurer will be appointed at headquarters. Each district should have its own executive committee. In districts where the membership Is centred around and in easy reach >f their headquarters, It may be possible for the business meetings ;o have the power of "executive lotion." But In those districts irhere the headquarters Is only a omlnal centre, such as exists ln ie majority of cases, then the usiness meetings at those district eadquarters should not have any lore executive control than has a imp meeting. ) The balsc principle upon which [fie O; B. U. must be built, must j absolute control of the organl- Itlon by Its members. Neverthe- |ss the exeoutlve most emphati- klly Insists that effective organi- plon and administration necessi tates centralized authority for administration purposes, whether that authority be in an exocutive or salaried officials, they must hnve the poWer placed in their hands to conduct the affairs in accord with Qielr instructions and policy of the genoral membership, and with this authority must also go the responsibility, but experience has shown that in some centralized point must be placed the power .to act, if"mnecessary, t\t a minute's notice. During the past term, many questions have been submitted to the executive, all of which it was possible to deal*wlth by correspondence, without Incurring the expense of getting together. In connection with the Worker, and the committee's action in not conforming to the letter of the constitution, the executive consider that in view of the full circumstances of the case, their action will receive the endorsation of the membership. The July conven tion instructed that the paper be issued weekly, the funds at the time were exceedingly low, and after paying the expenses of the convention, there was only $260 left in the bank, and in addition to which the editor stated that he would, for the weekly Issue require the services of a stenographer, which would call for a further increase of $20 a week. At this time, there were many strikes taking place, all of which were potential causes of increased expenditure. The executive, therefore, decided to live up to what they believed to be the spirit of the constitution, and the wishes of the membership, and so instructed that the paper be continued as a twice a month issue, the same as it had been previous to the July convention. Later, owing to calls for organizers from territories unorganized, the advisory committee sent organizers east, which used up funds which had accumulated. Owing to various circumstances, the connection with the Worker, the Union Finances and the B. C. Federatlonist, etc., the secretary submited to the executive certain information In relation to these maters, and asked if the execu tive were in favor of the various questions being submitted to a referendum of the membership. The executive, by vote of 9 to 1 authorized the issuing of this referendum, which resulted as follows: Question 1—Tes, 433; no, 1946; question 2—Yes, 1936; no, BOO; question 3—Yes, 1786; no, 616. In the meantime the business meeting on November 9th, 1919, instructed that the Worker should* come out weekly, independent of financial consequences. The secretary wrote the executive asking for their specific instructions on this matter, and by a unanimous vote, decided unanimously to stand by thcir previous decision, and to refuse to recognize the right of the business meeting to override their decisions. The responsibility of having ordered the paper to be Issued twice a month, Instead of weekly, of the subjnisBion of the referendum, is entirely that of the executive committee. lt is recommended that part of tho duties of the general secretary shall be to attend to ihe union page of The Federationist. Although similar attempts in -the past have not been successful, It Is suggested that thc convention should instruct Its incoming executive to again approach the Employers Association to see if they are willing to negotiate the Improved conditions, and so prevent if possible, the unnecessary job action, which it would otherwise be necessary for the members to take. In future troubles, the members are recommended to reply more upon action on the Job, or when necessary, the intermittent strike, as this imposes less penalty upon the workers. That the constitution beprlnted fn French, Finnish, Russian and English. Report of the Past Management Committee 1, We, tho past management committee, on going over the work of the oxecutive committee, find that under the circumstances, and owing to the Incomplete form of the constitution In providing central authority,,by forcing the executive committee to be either working in the woods, or out organizing In compliance with Article, Sec. 10, and that they during their term of service, were obliged to conduct their business between themselves by correspondence, which we deem to be inefficient. 2. We also find that owing to this circumstance, local and general problems requiring immediate action, have either been delayed or acted upon by a few members of the executive only, thereby in some instances, causing trouble and discontent. Under the circumstances, during the past six months, have carried its activities over a vast territory with very favorable results, we are of the opinion that the executive board has done its duty to the best of their'ability. 3. The Investigation Into the affairs of Port Arthur, as recommended by the executive committee, leads us to the conclusion that some of the mall between these two points (Port Arthur and headquarters), has gone astray, thereby causing considerable confusion. After our investigation had commenced, wires were sent by Fellow Worker Bryan to Port Arthur, asking for per capita. Reply was received, stating the money had been sent. The secretary-treaaurer, during our course of investigation, received $400, with a telegram explaining more was on the way. In order to conduct an efficient and complete investigation of the affairs of Port Arthur, it will be necessary for a committee to go to Port Arthur on account of the incomplete information at our hands. 4. Whereas, lt has been stated to this committee by Fellow Workers LaBell and Keane, ln the presence of Fellow Worker Hath- erly, that they were approached by Fellow Worker Hatherly with a request to join the I. W, W. Further statements by Fellow Worker McKinnon and Fellow Worker Hatherly to the effect that, the I, W, W, was Intending permeating the ranks of the L. W. I. V„ O. B. U. with their literature, i with the intention of swinging this union over to the I. W. W. We also wish to draw your attention to the case of ex-member Wenistein, who was sent out by the advisory committee to organize the Prince George district for the L, W. I. U„ O. B. U„ and who (upon evidence and advice from Prince Qeorge district office to the Edmonton district office), was found to be organizing, propagating and working in the Interests of Local I. W; W. Therefore, In the interests of this L. W. I. U., 0. B. U., we hereby resolve that no member carrying a card of the I. W. W. be allowed to hold office or function In any official capacity in the L. W. I. U„ of the 0. B. U. 6. Various recommendations embodied In the report of the executive committee have been referred to the future policy committee for consideration. Paragraph 4, as later drafted by the special committee: Whereas,- It has been stated to this committee by Fellow Workers LaBell and Keane, in the presence of Fellow Worker Hatherly, that they were approached by him with a request to join the I. W. W„ and from statements made by F. W, Hatherly and McKinnon, before the committee, the committee came to the conclusion that a concerted move was being made by these two members, and others, to spread I. W. W. propaganda and literature, with the Intention of swinging the L. W. I. U. over to the I. W. W. We also wish to draw your attention to the case of ex-member Weinsteln, who was sent out by the advisory committee to organize the Prince Qeorge district for the L. W. I. U., O. B. U„ and who (upon evidence and advice from Prince George district office to the Edmonton district offlce), was found to be organizing, propagating and working in the interests of Local 500, I. W. W. Therefore, in the interests of this L. W. I. U„ O. B. U., we hereby resolve that no member carrying a card of the I. W.W. be allowed to hold office or function in any official capacity In the L. W. I. U. of the O. B. U. Moved that the report be adopted. Amendment: That the portion relating to Fellow Worker McKinnon be investigated by special committee formed for that purpose. Amendment carried. Nominations for special committee were: Fellow Workers Lamont, McKnight, Fay, Higgins, Hastings and Grace. Future Policy Committee Report Dy Fellow Worker McKnight Owing to the fact that the or. ganization has extended its activities to the Eastern Provinces, also to the extensive growth, the future policy committee find the constitution, "under which the L. W, I, U. was administered during the lost aix months to be inadequate for the future needs of the organization, The future policy committee, therefore, recommends to this convention, that the present constitution be amended, insofar as affected by the following recom mendations: Article 1 1. This organization .shall be known as the Lumber and Camp Workers Industrial Union, of the One Big Union, 2. It shall have not affiliation Or connection with the Industrial Workers of the World. 3. lt shall be Industrial in its scope, and nny wuge worker In the lumber industry or construction camps, shall be eligible for membership. The purpose of the organization shall be to advance and maintain the social und economic interests of its members. 4. None but actual wage workers shall be eligible for member ship. b. Entrance fee shall be one dollar. Monthly dues, one dollar. 6. Any anplicant for membership carrying a paid-up or withdrawal card In nny other wage workers' Labor organization, will bc admitted without payment of entrance fee, providing he surrenders his card. 7. Ex-service men applying! for membership,shall be admitted! without payment of entrance fee upon production of their service! papers. 8. Joining members paying entrance fee only, are not entitled to attend meetings, or to take any part In the business of the organization for a longer period than 30 days from date of joining until they have nlso paid dues. 9. Members producing proof of sickness, or accident lasting over one mouth, are exempt from paying dues during the poriod of their disability. 10. MemberB owing more than three months dues are in' bnd standing, and are not eligible to attend meetings, to take any part In the business of the organization; or to claim any of the privileges of membership until all back dues have been paid, il.. Any member objecting to another's membership, or opposing an applicant being received into the union, must state the objection in wilting, so that it can be properly investigated by either the central or district executive. board. If they find that the charge' is not well founded, he shall be subject to such a penalty as the central executive board may impose, i • 12. All members with paid-up dues are entitled to legal advice and assistance, which does not entail court action, or out of pocket expenses, beyond the retaining fee paid by the organization. Article 2 18. A central headquarters shall' he established, which shall be separate and apart from all districts. 14. A central executive board shall be elected, consisting of a secretary-treasurer and at least four other members. 15. The central executive board and general secretary-treasurer shall be elected for a period of six months. They shall be nominated by delegates attending conventions, (a) The three nominees for secretary-treasurer receiving the largest number of votes at the convention shall be submitted to a referendum vote of the ejitlre membership, and the member receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared elected; (b) The twelve nominees for central execu. tive board receiving the largest number of votes at the convention shall be submitted to a referendum vote of the entire membership, and the four members receiving the largest number of votes by referendum shall be declared elected. Amended; The period to be one year. "■16. No member who has carried a card in any other wage workerB' Labor organization since July 1st, 1919, shall be eligible for nomination or election for general secretary-treasurer or member of the central executive board. 17. The duties of the general secretary-treasurer shall be to secure the equipment for the efficient carrying on of the business of the organization ,and to check up district accounts and publish the same each month In the official publication and supervise the administrative affairs of the organization, except where specific provision for same is otherwise provided for. He shall attend to the Insertion of news and views of members and Items of general Interest in the official publications. He shall keep a complete and accurate record of all flnanclal. transactions, giving and receiving a receipt In eyery instance, have such record always available when called for by the C. E. B„ or anybody officially authorized to call for this information. 18. The books shall be checked up every month by a firm of chartered accountants, who shall every three months prepare a statement which shall be published in the official organ or publication. 19. The general secretary-treasurer shall be bonded in a responsible surety company for the sum Detail Statement for December, 1919 eeceipts Dues _ Peos Delegate remittances . Less commissions .... Less expenses „ ..691.90 .. 29.72 ...$2,032.22 •4 2,405.00 76.00 121.62 District members paid O. B. U. Buttons sold ... Princeton per capita tax .: . . Princo Rupert per capita tax Prince Rupert District, on account ... Port Arthur District, on account Port Alberni, for books to bo bought E. Hclgcson, cash hold for him Merritt per capita tax Kamloops District, on account j. L. W., repayment of loan Prince George per capita tax * Collections for hospital, Christmas Prince Georgo District, on account ... M. M. & 8., union dues paid Cranbrook District, on account Cash deposited with Union S.8. Co. ... O. B. U. Folders sold .... Defenso fund collections Worker fund collections Btrike fund collections Refund from Trout Lake expenses ... Cash on hand November 30 . December receipts - 1,930.00 77.00 ... 134.00 .. 223.00 ... 178.00 82.00 35.00 50.00 20.48 22.00 28.00 10.00 ... 289.00 81.55 ... 500.00 .- 153.20 ... 1,000.00 ... 200.00 4.50 ... 3,777.30 4.00 75.95 35.45 $11,374,03 4 1,500.50 . 11,374.03 $12,875.10 .. 10,388.00 Xess expenditures t ..j Balance on hand (December 31, 1919 ....; » $2,486.53 EXPENDITURES Offlce Janitor servico '< Rent ■ * Telephone account Stove and furnishings for office ....... Office supplies Postngo Organization (Stevens, Owyet and Ontario organizers).., Delegates commission and expenses paid Worker B. C. Federationist (Nov. and Dec.) Literature— Winnipeg Bulletins , Oakland Worid . 095.40 . 160.00 50.00 6.00 20.55 14.08 184.43 344.10 18.50 477.32 1,401.62 Bub. to Thc Guide . .4 75.00 ... 13.80 3.00 Sub. to Tho Sun 3.20 Indicators a 112.06 Books - 2.25 Express on literature from Winnipeg 12.32 Sub. to Provinco 3.00 Chess for Reading Room 4.50 Papers - 8.40 O. B. U. November per capita tar Trades and Labor per capita B. C, Fedoration of Labor per captia Nimpkish Timber strike expense Cltnkc .strike expense Comox strike expenso Capilano strike expense O. B. U. buttons Princo George district Sudbury district Kamloops district Merritt district Fort Francis district Sudbury district M., M, & S. Union expenses Advertising Printing—circulars and ballots Telegraph account O. B. U. folders Carrying striko banners Exchange on cheques Hospital patients Janitors' supplies Signs for headquarters E. Helgeson, payment of money due him ., Books bought for Port Alberni Hospital patients' Christmns collection Bird, McDonald, retaining fee (Dofenso fund payment ', $10,388.00 DIRECTORY OF DISTRICT OFFICES Cranbrook, B. 0 J. H. Thompion....Box 18 Kamloops, B. 0 .J. L. Petenon Box 812 3 Victoria St, Merritt, B. 0 Andrew Dickie Box 8 Nelson, B. 0. R. Barrow .'. General Delivery Princeton, B. 0 R. S. Baxter Box B Fringe Oeorge, B.C...F. Knowlei Drawer 20 Prince Rupert, B.C. .J. H. Burrough ....Box 833 Victoria, B. C. J. Stevenion 1424 Gov't Street Edmonton, Alta. 0. Berg 10333—lOlit St. Frince Alb'.t, Saik...W. Cowan 108—8th St. E. Sudbury, Ont T. Mellowi* Box 600 Sudbury Hotel Fort Arthur, Ont. ....R. Lockhead 281 Bay Street Fort Francii, Ont T. Mace Box 390 Webiter Hall of $5000. The bond shall be approved and paid for by the central executive board. 20. The wages of the general secretary-treasurer sahll be $46 per week.- Amended: To $50. 21. The duties of the central executive board shall be to act as general organizers, also to -provide for and supervise the extension of the organization Into districts not yet organized, or that are not in a condition to maintain themselves financially. 22. To secure all necessaries and supplies used by the organisation, and supply them at coat to district offices. The appointment, payment and control bf organizers and secretaries, ln new territory, or In districts which are not financially self supporting, shall be in the hands of the C. E. B„ who shall provide for and control Ub operations subject to the rights of the individual members aud locals, as provided for In the constitution. The C. E. B. shall have power to take charge of the affairs of any district or local which does not fulfill.its obligations to the central organisation, and take whatever action they deem necessary to safeguard the Interests of the organization. 23. The central executive board to meet every three months or at such times as may be necessary. 24. The wages of the members of the central executive board, other than the secretary-treasurer, shall be |S per day and all legitimate expenses. 26. Should the office of general secretary-treasurer or any other member, of the central executive board, become vacant through any cause whatever, the remaining members of the central executive board shall have power to appoint another member or membors to All the vacancy, until the next general convention. 26. Districts must have the sanction of at least one other district before It can Initiate the recall of the general executive board or any member thereof, 27. Before the central executive can institute a referendum vote or recall, It must be submitted to districts and have the sanction of two district executives, 28. Only by referendum or general conventions can a general strike be called or constitution changed. A majority vote in all cases, unless otherwise provided for In the constitution, shall de clde all questions. No official or officials, unless so authorized by a majority of the members effected, 29. No general appeal for funds shall be sent out except upon the authority of the central executive board, but any district may issue an appeal for their own purposes, but must distinctly state In such appeul that lt is issued by the district, and not by the general organization. Article 3 30. This organisation shall meet Jn convention in January and July of each year. The convention call to be issued by the central executive board not less than one month before the date of holding Bame. 3). Each convention shall fix the locality for tho succeeding con vention. 32. The central executive board shall have authority to call special convention whenever they deem it vitally necessary to do so, 33, General conventions shall consist of central executive members and delegates from all mem bers of the Lumber and Camp Workers Industrial Union on the following'busis of representation One delegate for thc first 200 members, and one delegate for each succeeding 200 members, or major fraction thereof, 84. Any district ln arrears with Its per capita tax for two months or more shall not be entitled to representation at general conventions, or have either voice or vote in the administration of the affairs of the union; except they have not sufficient members to be self-supporting, or have been engaged in such strikes or for causes satisfactory to the C. E. it. such as may render it Impossible for them to pny their per capita tax. 35. All,. conventions of the Lumber and Camp Workers Indus, trial Union shalt pool transportation of the delegates, transportation to mean railway and steamship fare only, same to be paid by the districts in the proportion to the number of delegutes sent by them, Artlole 4 36. All district offices shall pay a per capita lax of £0 cents per month per member to general headquarters. 37. This per capita tax shall be used for paying O. B, U. per capita lax, supplying members of tin union with working cluss literature, extending organization, nnd for carrying on the general admin iM rat ion of the business of the union. 38. All district offices shall re pay to general headquarters the intial expenses of organizing that district, 39. General headquarters shall supply all district offices with all official supplies at cost. Article 5 40. All districts shall hold a convention every six months, at which a district secretary-treasurer, and district executive shall bc elected, 41. No districts' ofliciul elected at a ditrslct convention, shall have any authority odtelde of the district that elected him. 42. District conventions shall have authority to pass bylaws affecting, their own district, providing the said bylaws do not conflict with thc constitution of the Lumber and Camp Workers Industrial Union of the One Big Union, 43. All district offices must furnish thc central executive board Minutes of Business Meeting Minutes of regular business4 meeting held on Sunday, January at 2 p.m., In the Dominion; Hall,i Pender street, Vancouver, B. C. Fellow Workman Cowan in the chair. Minutes of previous meeting were read and adopted. The executive committee reported an amalgamation between the Engineers and Mill Workers Unit, who were engaged In the lumber Industry, and the L. W. I. U. Mill Workers will continue to hold meetings twice a month to discuss questions relating to their Jobs alone, at which meetings any other member will have the right of attendance and participation In the proceedings, the Mill Workers having the same right of attending the business meetings of the organization as any other member. The present business agent of the Mill Workers to be retained to function In a similar capacity as he had done in the past. On motion, the report was adopted. . Hospital committee reported members fn hospital being regularly attended to. Literary committee reported orders having been placed with (he book store for the volumes missing from the library. Report adopted. Trades and Labor Council delegates reported that the previous meeting of the council had been entirely taken up with a report hy Mr. Bird, one of the lawyers for the defence of the men at Winnipeg, he giving the council detailed account of the trial, Report adopted. Financial report given In detail showing receipts since last meeting: Receipts, $7094.47; expenditures, $6331.62; balance ln defence fund, $1279.45; general fund, $3636.28. Report adopted The secretary reported that at the general convention, a motion was adopted that owing to the decision of the convention to separ ate headquarters from the Cosst District, that a meeting of the Coast delegates should be called to make arrangements for carrying on the business of that district. The Coast delegates convened in the Dominion Hall on Saturday, January JO, 1920, at 10 a.m. Coast District Convention Present, O'Donnell, Watson, Grace, Chadwick, Alexander, AmoyI, Plain, Carlberg, George, Huland, Thompson, Lemolne, Me- ' Kinnon, Hastings, > Moore, Hig - glngs, Kinney, Sullivan and secre- ' tary. On motion, F. W. Cowan was \ fleeted chairman. . Moved that the Coast District ' take in the full group of the Q. C. I. as the dividing tine north, ■ and the Cascades east, and those camps In the locality of the dividing lines shall choose their own district. Carried. Moved that we nominate and elect an executive committee and , secretary-treasurer for the Coast District. Carried, Moved that the executive committee consist of Ave members and the secretary-treasurer. Carried, Nomination for secretary-treasurer: J. M. Clarke, the only nomi-. nee accepting, was declared elected. , . Nominations for executive: J, ' Grace (16), M. George (19), H. . Huland (10), W. A. Alexander ' (18), Watson (IS), Thompson ! (14). The Ave receiving the high* ■ est votes were declared elected. Moved that the wages of the secretary-treasurer be.$40 per week. Carried. Moved that the meetings on 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month be for educational and propaganda purposes only, and that the dls- trlst secretary attend and glvt such information as the meetings call for. The minutes of " the meetings to continue to be inserted in The Federationist. Carried. Moved that this district continue to have its books audited by chartered accountants. Carried. Moved that all contract and piece work and bonus system shall j cease immediately. Carried. Moved that all men hire through the Union hall, and that an experienced logger supervise the employment branch, with the right* of selection, Carried. Motion to adopt report was carried. On motion, Secretary Midgley of ' the O. B. U. was given the floor, and gave an outline of the activities of the movement since it had come Into existence.. Motion* to adjourn adopted at 4 p.m. wtih a flanncial statement, twice a month, upon the official forms provided for that purpose by general headquarters. 44. All district offices muat obtain their official supplies from general headquarters, 45. No district office shall publish or cause to be published, circulate or have in their possession, any lietrature or printed matter of any description, without the sanction of the general executive board. 46. pistrict secretary-treasurers shall be bonded for the sum of not less than $1000. 47. Upon their own Initiative, or upon the complaint of the members, the district executive board shall Investigate into the activities of any district official who may be suspected of exceeding his authority, or falling to fulfill his duties. If, upon investigation, they deem the charge of sufficient Importance they shall immediately suspend the official, and submit the matter of recall to « referendum vote of thc entire membership of the district. 48. All new district offices shall be opened up and supervised by the central executive board until such time as they are sufficiently organized to conduct their own business. 49. That the advisory committee be discontinued. 60. That districts make their own regulations concerning the holding of business meetings in tlieir district. 51. That leaflets be printed In various languages. 52. No membor, camp delegate or organizer of the L. W, I. U of thc O. H. V. shall organize for the Industrial Workers of thc World, Workers International Industrial \'j nlon, A merlcari Federation ot Lobor or any olher union not affl Hated with the One Big Union* ■ 53, The central executive shall prepare an agenda of subjects to be submitted to district conven tions, which shall be held prior to the general convention, In order that district delegutes to general convention may be properly In titructed how to vote on them at the general convention. Report as a whole, as amended, adopted. Moved at the close of this convention, meeting be called of the delegates of the Coast District, to arrange for tlie conducting of the business of that district, owing to its separation from headquarters. Carried. Grievance Committee Reported by Fellow Worker C L. Patterson. Reported two small matters having been brought to their attention, in one of which they found no cause fur complaint—in tlie other, it had been remedied. Report adopted. Motion lo adjourn until 10 a.d. adopted. sent as district representatives. Amendment carried. Moved: "That whereas, the iBSue at stake In Winnipeg Is not simply a few men on trial, but the right of collecive bargaining and general or sympathetic strike; and whereas, we, as workers, have got nothing to sell or withhold except our labor power, and If the right or freedom to dispose of that commodity IB taken away, we muy as well all go to jaii with R. B. Russell, as the men on trial in Winnipeg were only carrying out the intsructions of the rank and file of the workers, who voted unanimously for the O. B. U. Therefore, be It resolved, that this convention instruct Its delegate to the O. B. U. convention to vote for W. A. Pritchard and R. J. Johns of the present general executive board of the O. B. U., whether they are sentenced or allowed to go free. Carried. Report by Fellow Worker McKnight, of the speciul committee's report in connection - with the clause referring to Fellow Worker McKinnon, in the report of the past management committee: The committee report that upon investigation they find the report of the management committee used the wrong phraseology. What It was intended to convey was that they were led to believe that the membors referr.ed to were carrying on an active propaganda with the Idea of permeating the ranks of the L. W, I, V. of the O. B. V„ with the intention of capturing it for the I. W. W." Motion—To adopt report, carried. Moved, that this committee meet after the proceedings and draft that portion of the past man- agement committee's report relating to the member referred to. Carried. A member raised a question concerning rumors being circulated that members in thiB organization were being asked by men holding official positions to take nut cards in another organization, and asked for information concerning same, including reports of organizers that had been sent out. A long discussion on this mutter occupied the balance of the morning session. At noon it was moved to adjourn to reconvene at 2 p.m. Carried. Friday. January flih, 1020 Meeting called to order at 10 a. m. by the chairman. Moved that only those who are going back to the men who elected them, and who have credentials signed by fifty men, shall have their transportation paid. Amended—That those who were sent down by a camp that is stilt running, and have the necessary fifty names, be paid their transportation, and also those who were Meeting called to order at 2 p. fn. by the chairman. Moved; "That Fellow Workers Walton and Anderson be paid for their services In presenting a report of the finances to the advisory cam mittee." Amended: "That the recommendation be referred to a committee, with power to act." Amendment carried. Motion adopted: "Timt this matter go before the future policy committee." Fellow Worker' Baxter brought before the meeting tha question of there being no appeal from the decision of the Workmen's Compensation Bonrd, uud Instanced a cuse ln Princeton District, in which a returned soldier hud received an accident in the mines of which he had two witnesses, and his doctor's report that his condition was the direct outcome of this accident; nevertheless, the Compensation Board decided that his condition was the result of his war experiences, and refused to grant bim compensation. Tho , (Continued on page 0) PAGE FOUR twelfth tear. no. i THE BRITISH COLUMBJ& FEDERATIONIST vancouveb, b, o. FRIDAY January 16, mo I B.C FEDERATIONIST Published every Friday morning by Tbe B. 0. Federatlonist, Limited A. 8, WELLS.. ...Managor Offlce: Labor Temple, 405 Dunsmuif Streot. Telephone Seymour 5871 Subscription Bates: United Statos and Foreign, 12.50 per year; Canada, $2.00 por year; to Unions subscribing in a body, $1.50 por member per year. Unity of Labor: The Hope of the World FRIDAY January 16, 1920 THERE has never been so qiuch hypocritical matter in the press as ■ appears in these days. Pleas for unity, pleas for "sanity" of the capitalistic kind, and pleas for everything but that whioh will benefit the UKE common people, have ap- 81QET8 peared in the editorial UKE columns of the daily press from one end of the country to the other. The ever-increasing volume of the voice of an enlightened working olass has been the signal for a. flood of verbosity that is both platitudi- ous and hypocritical, in every newspaper in the oountry. The so-called liberties of the Canadian people have bcen flaunted by every hack writer in the country, and pharisee like, they have asked the people to be thankful that we are not as other nations. A little examination of one of the examples of this type of humbug, which appeared in the Montreal Daily Star of December 27, will not be amiss in this time of cant and hypocrisy. Thc Star, referring to the New Year, says: "Canada will enter thc New Year with gratitude, for all that has bcen accomplished in the half century of Confederation, hnd with high confidence in the future.!' , After making a plea for unity, and the casting aside of prejudices, and a reference to the many people who have oome to this country with a disposition to impose thcir inherited grievances upon us, the Star goes on as follows: "It ia sheer nonsense to preach Bolshevism in Canada because a corrupt autocracy produced-Bolshevism in Bussia. The causes which bred % Socialism in Germany or Austria have not operated in Canada. In this country the workers have had complete political freedom and an equal franchise. We have free schools, a free press, an honest judiciary and responsible government. A good deal of the outcry over 'class government' is sheer nonsense. Nor is it true that employers generally have been inconsiderate or Capital heartless and arrogant. No doubt there are greedy employers and predatory capitalists, but there are also shiftless workers and irresponsible demagogues." » ' #■ * The naive admission that autocracy produced Bolshevism in Russia is one that should be called to the attention of the Dominion Government, as it has developed an alarming tendency towards the autocratic methods once prevalent in the land of the Soviet government under the regime of the late Czar. It ii particularly interesting to loarn that the causes which bred Socialism in Qermany or Austria do not exist here itt thia Canada of "oursj'' and to know that the workers have had golitical freedom and. boen blessed with a "free" press, an honest judiciary and a responsible government. Wc have been under the impression that the present government was not responsible for its actions, and that the financial interests were the dominating influence, not only of the government, but of the prostitute press. * « « If the press is free, we would like to know how it is that it doos not publish the truth as to Soviet Russia, nay, how it is that the facts as to many happenings in this country arc not truthfully recorded. No sane individual wishes to aee in this, or any other land, violent upheavals or bloodshed. No sane person would wish to see Canada or any other country go through the same experience as has Russia, but, as we have so many times pointed out, like begets liko, and only under similar conditions can similar events take placo. The extension of the repressive measures adopted by the Canadian Government, with the suppression of free speech, the limitation of the political freedom of the people, the crushing of labor organizations and their activities by judicial findings, ahd the arrest of labor's spokesmen, will not, however, tend to make the people of this country passive. The people who have come to this country, with their inherited grievances, are mostly men who have oome from the old lands, and particularly from Great Britain. They are not the type to be suppressed with force, and, aB they have shown throughout tho history of the British people, have ever been ready to sacrifice all in their struggle for a fuller and greater freedom. It is sheer idiocy to think that the people of this country can shut themselves off from the rest of the world. It is nonsense to say that the conditions that make men see thc futility of thc present system do not prevail in this land. It is true that many came to Canada thinking that they would get away from industrial slavery of the old lands, but in most cases thcir dreams are sliat- tered, and only in very isolated cases will it bo found that men of the working olass have risen above that class, even in this oountry—which has been pictured to the prospective immigrant as a land flowing *ith milk and honey—and their inherited grievances have become grievances that are not those ot other lands, but real ones caused by the same conditions which tho wage slave the world over has to face. Many of the active workers in the labor movement of this country were never iu any labor organization in the land from which they came. They have learned all they know about capitalism and the exploitation of the workers that takes place under the present system, right here in this oountry. Only under a capitalistic environment could they see the Socialist philosophy. They could not become Socialists except the exploitation of labor was carried on, and it surely is carried on in this country, just as it is in Germany, Austria, Great Britain and the United States. Like begets like. Capitalism in any land will produce Socialists. As the capitalistic method of production has spread to Japan and China, so has Socialism, and as the system develops in those countries, so will the Socialist movement. Anarchy is always the outcome of thc government of a people by force. It is the result of repressive measures, but the Socialist, with a knowledge of the present system, and thc function of government, is not an advocate of force, but is thc advocate of change. Change, he would bring about by the most peaceful methods possible; he knows, however, that the change in society will and must take place. How, he cannot say; time and conditions will alone determine how those changes will bo made, and he has no fool notions about Canada being any wit different to other capitalistic countries, except it be in the degree of thc intensiveness of the exploitation of the. workers. May we point out to our piffle writers, that Canada is just as much entangled in thc present system as is Germany, and can no more stand aside from the inevitable results of capitalism than can any other country. As the proletariat of the world advances so will the Canadian workers come within reach of the goal of the working class, which is industrial freedom and democracy based on a system of production for use instead of profit, and in that day will thero be unity and not until. LAST WEEK we had something"to say as to the ruling class and constitutional methods when that class should be faced with extinction. Reference was also made of the result of the Spen Valley election, and HOW the stir that it had made in "THEY" the minds of ruling class DO IT politicians. It is quite evident, judging from press repqrts, that the consternation iu ruling class ranks is greater than anticipated, and that there is to be a new alignment in the political parties in thc old land. Great Britain, however, is not the only land that is suffering from a political scare. It is true that Canada has not yet reached that stage where Socialists or radical men have bcen elocted to Parliament, but the Farmers have captured Ontario, and have made gains in other places. This has caused considerable fluttering in the political circles of this country. Every politician is giving his views, both in and out of season, as to the danger of group government. What the state of mind of the ruling class will be, when labor or, better still, Socialists of the left wing are elected, passes comprehension And if ever the Farmers of this country line up with thc industrial workers on a socialistic ticket," our old-time ruling-class politicians' plight will be pitiable. They wll drop dead with sheer fright, for they witt be able to see the day when they will be compelled to work or have starvation facing them, and they would rather do anything than that. Work is all right for working people, ^but very degrading for our rulers. * * # The United States is another country that has elected some men to thc legislative halls that do not belong to the ruling class political sohool. Determined, however, to keep that great country safe for democracy, the democracy of the Garys and the Rockefellers, thc elected representatives of the people arc refused a seat in the legislative halls by the old-time politicians for fear they will pervert that great and free country. Not being well versed on constitutionalism, because the ruling class has the final word in determining just what is constitutional, we do not know whether the refusal of a scat to Victor Berger, twice-elected member of thc fifth district of Wisconsin, for thc House of Representatives, and Ave members of the New York State legislative assembly, is constitutional or not. Freedom is always defined by a ruling class, so it is possible that thc land to the south of us has departed from the old constitutional methods, and is securing freedom—freedom from working-clasB mterferencc— by methods which Abraham Lincoln never dreamed of. * "* * * Stripped of all camouflage, to rule is to subject. To rule is to hold a rul.d class iu subjection. That is all it ever meant, and ever will, and from tho day thc first slave was shackled, the only reason for onc class to rale another was so that the ruling class could exploit the class that was ruled. And the ruling class of the United States is performing its function to perfection. It is the last word in the art of subjecting a people to the rule of the minority in thc community. Major-General Leonard Wood recently stated that "America would never stand for autocracy." More recently he has said, "My motto for the Reds is 'Shoot or Ship.' I bolieve that wc should place them all on ships of stone,' with sails of lead, and that their first stopping place should be hell." Now that is a nice statement for a man who stands for democracy, and who is likely, if press reports be true, to be in tho running for the presidency of the great Republic to the south of us. Mr. Hays would stand the I. W. W. memberB up against a wall and shoot them. Now it is a peculiar thing that the Democrati}! Party, which is in power, is doing what it can to deport all Reds. General Woodtf and Mr. Hays, who are Republicans, an vicing with the democrats in their denunciations of those that are opposed to the present system, and so the Red hunt in the States takes a political aspect Strange as it may appear, the real crira, inals of the States are allowed Mdro; freedom than in any other country in the1 world. There are more murders, lynch- ings and other democratic methods to im: press the people of the U. S. A. of the greatness of 100 per cent. Americanism than any other country in the world would stand for. These criminals, how. ever, are not molested, or only in a perfunctory way. But the crime of thc Reds is the greatest crime in thc eyes of a ml ing class than can bc committed. Their crimo is thc crime of undermining the rule of king capital. With these examples of ruling constitutional methods in the "greatest democracy" in the world before us, can it bc wondered if the working class views with doubt the utterances of the, ruling class as to the adoption of constitutional methods for bringing about a change in the system of society. Is there any wonder that with Gene Debs in gaol in the U. S. A, and R. B. Russell in Canada, that thc workers of the two countries discount all the phrasemongering as to unity of purpose within the nation, and the coming together of oapital and labor. Can the workers be blamed for thinking thc extension of America!? ruling-class methods to this country arc an evil portent, and that they may not be able to bring about the changes in society that are long overdue, by constitutional means. Can they be> blamed if they come to the opinion that the ruling class will oppose constitutional changes by. unconstitutional methods? It is high time the people of this country had, their eyes opened as to what is being done in the way of government. Arthur Henderton, while a member of the British Cabinet, found that he did not know just what the real powers of the British Empire were doing. The people of this country do not know what the government of this country is doing, and the members of the House of Commons either do not know, or they are in with the ring t^at is running this land on lines that would never bc tolerated by the people of the old land. While the censorship is sUJ>-j posed to have bcen removed, there i$ a strong suspicion that in reality it exists. Criticism of the government, strikingi in sympathy with other workers, and the spreading of Socialist propaganda, %ie crimes in this country, if thc Winnipeg trial of Russell is the standard of .the law. What share world politics have had in recent events—and particularly American—In Canada, wc are not In a posi^pn to say. But we are sure that British law and British politics have been outweighed by some influence that controls the government of this country. We are also sure that the function of a ruling class is to rule, and those that oppose that rule will be dealt with according to ruling class laws, and definitions of constitutionalism, and liberty of the "subject." In the meantime it is a pleasure to watch thc constitutionalists play with words, and act in direct' contradiction to their utterances. They are, however, giving air example to the people that trill not be forgotten in the future. The greatest teacher is experience, and the experience the working class of the world is gaining now will not bc lost in the days to come. But the workers arc the greatest living example of conformity with constitutional methods. They not only conform to constitutional methods of rule, but even allow their rulers to say what is constitutional, and what is not. Thoy arc indeed a subject class, but they do not know it. Some day, however, they will. The effect of ruling class constitutionalism will then bc seen. 0. B. I). IN SOCIETY After fifteen months of suspension, thc Western Clarion is to again appear. Banned by the censor, what for no one ever knew, its reappearance in the list of working-class publications will be welcomed by all old readers, and many new ones, who never heard of it until it was suppressed. The Clarion fills a niche that the Federationist has never attempted to do. As a medium for the exposition of scientific Socialism, the Clarion in thc old days held the premier position in this country. Under the guidance of Bwan McLeod, who has been appointed editor, there is every reason to believe that it will, on its reappearance, at least reach its former high standard, and we hope excel, if that is possible. For a student^ho is seeking the truth, and an understanding of scientific Socialism, the Clariq^will be invaluable. Mayor Gale's re-election wbb noj.^due to his popularity, but^due to the unpopularity of his opponent. Ex-Alderman Kirk was defeated by reason of his attitude towards his employees, and *fiich caused the laundry workers' strike: in 1918. At that time we said that if Alderman Kirk wished to know whMl the people thought, he would find oufj'tf- he ever ran for public office in thoi city. Any other level-headed business man in the city, with any experience in public affairs, would have defeated Mayor Gale. But even business men would not support a man for mayor who displayed thc attitude taken by ex-Alderman Kirk. They realized that prejudice is not a very good qualification, and especially of thc type displayed by Mayor Gale's opponent. Members of thc employing class, who aspire to public offloe, should note thc fate of Alderman Kirk. It denotes the faot that the workers are remembering things much longer than they have dono in the past. It might also be pointod out to members of the working class who truokle to the employing claas, that their deeds will also be remembered in the days to come, Makes Social Function One of Successes of the Season Dead Organization Social Function Best Ever in Capital If there be anything in Clio old proverb that "Nothing succeeds liko success," then tho future ot the social end of the O. B. U. ia assured, as far as Victoria Unit la concerned, aftor their January concert, dance, whist drive, supper —if indeed they do not suffer from an excess or respectability as a result of their entry Into tho "society column." Too bad the Fed. is publishod too early for our report: but as a matter of fact the local dalllfs woke up and Interviewed and phoned for particulars. They were, of course, courteously answered by the blushing committee, who took occasion to point out that it Is wise sometimes to know something about a movement that never has been dead before writing it olt as "defunct." But apologizing for a corpse that'won't behave as such is becoming rather stale—let's to our social. It was all a labor of love. With scarcely an exception, every contributor to the preparation and Perpetration peroration, was a member of the One Big Uuion. or connected with families that wero; and thus it was that envious experts were compelled to admit It as the "best ever"—and that the committee Is encouraged by a balance of ISO or so on the right side. After a compact and enjoyable little volunteer programme of songs, recitations, violin and piano solos had been gone through, willing hands cleared the floor, and the ,M. C. succeeded the chali'man. Everybody was automatically Introduced to evorybody else, and partnerships were in order for the next dance—and the next! (In passing, It should be noted that encores of the concert numbers were demanded by tho audience, but were politely though flrmly denied by a hard-hearted chairman, Inflexibly bent on retrieving the radical name from the deserved reproach of being constitutionally unable to work—or play—.to a time-tablo.) An especially large room was devoted to refreshments and cards, and the former lavish provision was so hugely appreciated that the overworked ladies' committee was cheered by results, and it is to bo hoped feels amply rewarded for its labors. All kinds of card games were going early among tho non- duncers, semi-dancers, or conscientious objectors; but after supper the regular whist drive was commenced and carried through to the bitter end—lady's prize, gent's prize, booby prize and all. Meanwhile tho ballroom filled to the perfect team-work of the amateur orochestra, and over one hundred couples at times enjoyed the floor, the music, nnd themselves; and even then there were "wall flowers"—both roses and thorns— on the comfy lounges around the sides—but that wasn't the M. C.'s fault! Among those present wero: (Deleted by censor). It was quite a long waV into tomorrow morning before the revels showed any signs of slowing down—and if everybody had been "out of work" perhaps they wouldn't have quit then! The one "wheeze" of the evening was—"Say! when is the next one coming off?" Tho answer Is: "First Monday in February if possible; watch for further details." And the education committee wishes to thank" very heartily everybody concerned for the splendid success of this one. Meanwhile business is carried on na usual as the new stand, tho Crystal Theatro: O. B. U. Unit every Friday evening; Open Forum Sundays, when suitable speakors are available; and a free-for-all reading room with a baby library, on Oovernment Street, open all the time. Next Week's I'lay One of the greatest novelties in the show world will be presented next week, when the Empress Stock Company present "The Show Shop," and all the Empress patrons wtll get all the inside high lights to the theatrical business. Three of the principal characters work from the audience, which is only one of the many novelties of this great play. Some of the biggest side-splitting situations occur ln "The Show Shop," and have a background- of juat enough pathos to bring out the light and shade. The entire Empress Stook Company, te well as some extra people will be required to All out the.cast, and Vancouver will see a play en tirely different from anything that has been presented here be fore. Gang politicians of Michigan admit that »17M0» was spent to eleot Newberry to the United States Senate. The grand jury which indicted 184 ot these men, inoludlng Senator Newberry, oharge that $600,000 to 11,000,000 was spent. These men have been let out on (1000 ball eaoh. At the same time the leaders of the coal miners union were arrested, although they had called off the ooal miners' strike In obedience to Judge Anderson's Injunction. Their offense had been that the miners had refused to obey them. For this alleged offense their bail has been fixed at $10,000, or 10 times as muorl as 'the ball fixed to hold politicians who tried to corrupt the ballot, destroy the franohlse of the people, and overthrow popular government, ' Give a Uttlt encouragement to our advorliicrs, in oil . TRUST IS HIT Profiteering in Australia in Oil Receives Rude Check During the war, the American Oil Trust, by securing; advances In the selling price of oils, secured a great profit in AustraUa. During November they tried to notch the price of oil up to $4 per case of 8 gallons, and so glaring was the evidence that came out that they failed. It was olucidated during the course of evidence that the Vacuum Oil Company—the name it goes by in Australia—was a branch of the Vacuum Oil Cpmpany of New York or Rochester. The capital In the Australian company was |8,- 000,000 in ?50 shares.' All shares except one Were held by the company in America—the one In Australia being iu tlie name of the Australian manager. It also leaked out that the real capital of the company was only J4.000.000, and that the rest was capital ou paper only, but that out of this capfta(of J4.000.000 no less than nearly $12,- 000,000 had been made ln profits during the five years. It was also discovered, mainly on reliable evidence, that the company was able to increase the selling price of kerosene from |1.66 to $2.78, and the selling price of petrol from $3.20 to $4.72 per case of 8 gallons between February, 1!)15, and July 1916. The courts in refusing the application to further increase the prioe of this company's oils, delivered a stinging rebuke on the misrepresentation adopted by the company to conceal its profits in order to get higher rates, and produced American trading lists to show that the company was soiling the same oils iu America at prices a couple of hundred per cent, below what they were asking in Australia, Washington.—That the world Is practically bankrupt, ia the interpretation put by economists upon the move of Secretary of the Treasury Carter H. Olass in urging that the short-time credits be extended to tne allied countries to long-term notes, Week-End Specials Tn Celebrate New Stores Opening Friday ud Saturday Standard Household Itomodtes 1.00 NnxalelT'Iron 67 .50 FruilBtiTes .32 .25 TU 16 .50 Gin Pills 31 .25 Nature'* Kontody Tablets 16 .50 Therinogone 33' 1.00 Reid's Syrup of Hypo- phosphites 63 .25 Mecca Ointment 17 .60 Reid's Kidney Fills 89 1.80 Nujol 1.09 .25 Reid's Cascara Tablets 16 .85 Jed Salts 63 .60 Reid's Syrup of Figs 89 .26 Beecham's Pills 19 .50 Reld's Embrocation 31 .26 Cartor's PUIs - 15 1.00 Reid's Iron and Nux Vomica Tableta 52 .25 Meutliolatiuu 16 .50 Peps .33 1.00 Rold's Liver Tonie 63 .60 Pormainint 83* .50 Kaston's Syrup 83 .50 Parish's Chemical Food 39 .60 Syrup of White Pint snd Tar .38 .50 Bland's PUIs 26 .25 Glycerins 17 .25 Aspirin Tablets. 1 doi. 10c; l 8 for 25 .10 Packages, Epiuiu Salts, Boraeio Acid, Camphorated Chalk, Sulphur, Borax 06 Soaps .85 Cutlcura Soap — 23 ,15 Savar's Soap 08 .40 Witch Kaeel Soap 35 .15 Mother's Favorite Soap 08 .20 Empire Bath Soap *..10 .10 Lavender Bath Soap 05 Toilet Preparations .50 Orchard White 33 M Calox Tooth Powder '. 81 1.00 Dorina Faoe Powder ,63 .35 Creme Elcaya - 26 .50 Reld's Dry Shampoo 86 .60 Pompeian Massage Cream 37 .25 Manners Talcum 16 .50 Face Powder .'.85 ,60 Sempra Giovine « 43 .50 .Palm Olive Cold Cream 87 1.00 Reid's Hair Tonic 68 .50 Usf Rum 97 .60 Hind's Honey and Almond Cream _ 43 .50 Reld's Brllllantlne 28 Rubber Goods 1.75 Hot Water Bottl 88 1.50 Wellbllt Hot Water Bottl* .. .87 1,50 Victor Atomiser 89 .50 Household Glovel 27 3.50 Female Syringes - 1.88 .85 Infant Syringes 83 .35 Ear-.Syringes 93 Prlcis include War Tax Vancouver Drug Co. 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One greets another oa the street with "Hollo," but then mm sees the other and there ia no need to announce tha person speaking. On the telephone It is different. Vou anticipate what a penon wants to know when you reply to a call, "This is Hoe * Company, Mr. Blank Bpeaking." B. 0. TELEPHONE OOMFAKT. COWAN & BROOKHOUSE PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, STEREOTYPERS AHD BOOKBINDERS Onion OOelala, write for prloea. Wt give SATISFACTION EMPRESS Pbone Stymour OtOt NEXT WEEK'S PLAT "THE SHOW SHOP" A Real Theatrical Novelty Laughter Galore Don't Miss It THIS BROTHERHOOD HOl/'BE 33S Abbott Btreet. . Sunday, ft p.m. Men's Brothdrliood Speaker—R. Sparling Principal of Aberdeen Sohool Soloist—Mr. W. R. Dunlop Doors Open 2:30 p.m. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 1160 Owrfte Stmt Sunday aervloea, 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. Snnday eohool Immediately following morning service. Wedneaday testimonial meeting, $ p.m. Free reading room, 001-908 Birka Bldg. 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Or ur CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS AOENT PATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS Named Shoes are frequently mad* in Non-union factories DO NOT BOY ANV SHOI No matter what its name, unless it bears a plain and readable impression of this UNION STAMP. All Shoes without the UNION STAMP are always Non-union Do not accept anv "xcuie for aosence of tht Union Stamp BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 846 SUMMER STBBBT, BOSTON, MASS. O0LLI8 LOVELY, GonerM President—CHAS. L. BATNE, Oenewl Spc.-Tkm. TRYING TO CHEAT IB OF PAY New South Wales Government Acts in Interest of Ruling Class Some Ume ago, the anti-labor government ot New South WaleB offered a cure-all for induitrlal unrest, to create a board of trade to fix a "living wage" for the workers every year—this "living wage"- to be the minimum wage paid for adult labor. In due course the board of trade was constituted and fixed the living wage for a worker, his wife, and two of a family at IB per week. Though the cost of living in Australia Is considerably lower than in America, this "living wage" figure was absurdly low. Even when it was fixed, the majority of the workers! were getting much more than this wage per week. It should be said that right from the start the Idea of fixing a "living wage" has been resented by Australian workers. They claim that no coqrt has the right to say what they s^all eat and drink and how much it' shall cost. They claim, too, that once they allow the precedent to be established that the court fixes such a wage, Increasing as the cost of living increases, so to be logical, they must agree to Its bein reduced as the cost of living falls. They also object, too, to the court fixing a family afc-two children and making no provision for larger families. Be that as it may, the "living wage" was announced, and became the standard from which all arbitration awards were fixed—difference being paid for added "skill" up to 70 per cent, above the bare "living wage" figure. Possibly because-' it was so' absurdly low, the bosses and the anti-labor government hailed tho new scheme of a "living wage" as the very best antidote for all Industrial trouble. Now under the constitution of thia Board, of Trade, lt has to meet every year and fix this living wage. It recently met to fix the living wage for the current year— September to September, its year runs—and fixed it at $4.08 above the figure for last year, making it (10.08 for the current year. This Increase staggered the bosses, aud they commenced to roar in a mighty loud voice. And despite the fact thnt the anti-labor government had created the Board of Trade itself, It commenced to look around to flnd means to defeat the llord's judgment. It set up the argument that the "living wage" of $19.08 was for a family of four—therefore a single mun should get very much less thun a married man with a family. It decided that it would have the Board of Trade fix a "basic" wage for adult labor somewhere around fin per week, and then pay sustenance for children ou a basis of a'j'.ut $2 for each child up to two, but no sustenance for any above that. So as to make It look as plausible as possible, it said that alt employers of labor would have :o pay into a fund for every worker they employed, roughly about 12 per week for each worker. It claimed that out of this fund It would be able to pay the mothers tlie sustenance allowance, leaving the cmrlcyers to pay the bare "basic" wage to employees. At first sight it looked a mighty good proposition to the bosses. But the workers of New South Wales were too thick in the heads as to quickly recognize that they were being robbed somewhere. They took quick and swift aition, and bofore the government could force its "children's maintenance bill" through Parliament, no less than 70 trades unions had forced tbelr employers to pay the higher wage of $19.08 without discrimination. Tho position at the time of writing is thli. The government is trying to force its measure through Parliament ln the interests bf the bosses, but the latter folk are demanding that the government shall not do so. The reason is plain. The workers have made it plain that they will not stand for the wages being reduced to the "basic" wage—if the employers attempt to do so, there will he the biggest strike the country has ever seen. The bosses know that they can't force the men back on to lower wages now, while the workers have also discovered that tf tha "Chil* drsn's Maintenance Bill" passes Parliament, they can also demand the sustenance allowance over and above what they have already got. The bosses are caught In a cleft- stick as it were and don't know where the devil to get off. How the. matter will work out remains to be seen. Certain tt le that the men will not give way— the employers admit that they have no chance of pushing tht mea back to the lower wage. They are Imploring the government to drop the bill, but the government has to save lis face In the matter somehow. It has declared that a sustenance allowance Is necessary, and caii't very well go back on that statement. Between the two it seems that the workers of New South Wales have scored better than they anticipated. bor, and called on the people of Hungary to acknowledge the holy orown of St. Stephen and the Double-cross. The entrance of Horthy Into Budapest marked the triumph of the Hungarian Counter-revolution; the champions of the Revolution havo been put to death or imprisoned; the organisation of the working classes has been broken up; the country has been put under martial law, and a bloodthirsty soldiery holds unrestricted sway under the symbol of the cross -and crown. A monarchy has already bcen decided upon as the future form of the State, and there only remains tho questidh as to who is to wear the crown. Hungary will be in future the domain of a feudal regiment, headed by a king, whose power will be absolute, as long as ho follows the dictates of this regiment. Yet the King's selection is full of difficulties and perils. The miserable little throne whioh the Hungarian aristocracy has to offer is not likely to entice a descendant of any reigning houae of Europe, To proclaim one of the Hapsburgs as king would be a most dangerous threat to tho liberty and peace of Central Europe, and might give rise to seri- ofiB and disastrous disturbances. The historic borders, of Hungary were destroyed by the revolution of October, 1918. The Jugo-Slavs, hitherto ruled by the Hungarian Oligarchy, have united themselves in tho Jugo-Slavonic empire; the Roumanians of Transylvania were 'incorporated into tho Great Roumanian, realm; the Slovaks of Hungary foil a prey to the Craoba* Slovakkian Republic, and the German population of West Hungary was given by tho Peace Treaty to the Republic of Austria.. The new Hnpsburgtan kingdom will, of courso, attempt to reunite these peoples within the old histori-' cal boundaries, and will thereby sow the seods of new wars in Central Europe. The might-and splendor of tho Hapsburgs rested on the compulsory 1 Eighty members of the Loi Angeles exchange of tho* Pacific Coast Merchant Tailors' Association adopted resolutions in'fnvor of making war upon the radicals among their employees. The Social-Democrats were successful tn alt camps In the recent municipal elections iu Moravia, Bohemia aud Silesia. There were no elections in the purely German cities. Of the 2,758,200 votes cast tn the elections, 67.34 per cent. fell to the Czechs,* 32.18 per cent. to the Germans, and less than 1 por cent, to the .Tews. Patronize Fed. advertisers. Counter- The Danger in Hungary—Democracy of All Europe Threatened (By JULIUS BRAUNTHAL, Vicuna, in the' Labor Leader.) m&E Commander-in-Chief of thefunion of the former Austro-Hun- I Hungarian Counter-revolution, Admiral Horthy, took poi* session of Budapest in mld-Novejn-f -tions could only be achieved by the garian monarchy '■ peoples. The deliverance of these suppressed na- abolition of the dynasty. Its resurrection, therefore, threatens grievously their newly won independence, and it is to be feared that the sparks of the conflagration, which it muat cause, might ignite also neighboring countries. No reigning house roused sueh a bitter hatred amongst the millions living along the Danube as the Hapsburgs did; nowhere are they more hated and cursed than in the principal and industrial cities of the new National States, erected on the ruins of the fowner monarchy. If Admiral Horthy triod to ad vance with his troops towards German-Austria, Vienna, Prague, Agram and Belgrade would rise in disgust, and rebellion, with all its horrors of death and destruction, would mark his progress. Vienna is face to face with this danger, The counter-revolution in German • Austria is obviously strengthened through Horthy's triumphal entry into Budapest, The massed clique of discontented officers, reactionary students, and the notorious Christian-Socialist bourgeois gain in self-confidence; tho language of their press is bolder than ever. Horthy's expectations ans built on these symptoms. The Vienna Arbeitcr Zeitung has pointed out what powerful holp the counter-revolution would receive from the reactionary tendencies and intrigues of Poland. It writes: "In fact, there are in .Poland strong forces at work which, not satisfied that Poland is already en* gagod in a campaign in the East against Russian Soviet Republic, desire that it should also take over the management of the counter* revolution in the South, i.e., in Hungary. Poland is disputing with the Czocho-Slovnk Republic over the districts of East Silesia and those of Arva and Zips, whicli latter are inhabited by a Slovakian population. This open conflict comprises a still graver hidden conflict. The Polish Imperialists nro indignant with the Czecho-Siovukla Republic I'for having forced itself between Iptfland and Hungary. What they Bwtint is that Poland Bhould border Immediately on Hungary. y'r' Still less do they agree that tho 'Viiipatlio-Russiim territory should ■^'handed over to the Czecho-Slovnk [(Republic. For in this case it would _ j,bf impossible for the Czechs, to in* ;,suiro a Ruthenian movement and Secret About Germ*n.s.Rin i»«»™«> <_« East Gaii™;a "v v* *7T, *"■"?.* "mJivemont which would prove tho Owned Pacific PoSSeS- ;>tlforc dangerous to Poland ' if the • — . T • , , [iCfjeehs were to unite themselves SlOnS LOaieS 10 Light _jWjjl, the Ukraine or with a Bussian Government ruling the Ukraine and Most well-belie Hns people areHj^ng daim u Kn8t __u„ih. The under the idea that the highestvvpJai. 0fvthis possible development is motives actuated tlie Australian f>«*f without justification, as tho anti-Labor governmont to seise th. J""™? »f ,Dr- Krammarsch to Gel- eral Denikin proves." Gorman-owned Pacific possessions of C0M,0) the ca>i(,8t soiutiOIl for in the early daya ot th<j war. True! tho poliah imperinUats would be tho lt was that there were many who foundation of a Kingdom of Hun- had a, shrewd suspicion that there garJri jj woui,i meail tho separa- was something more than "patriot- tjou 0f y,0 Carpatho-BiiBsian terri- ism" in the business, but during (orics from Czocho-Slovakia, and the war it was not possible to air tlieir incorporation in the new mon- one's views with the aame freedom jarchy. A Polish-Hungarian alliance as formerly. would follow, and strengthen the ag- But now it appears that, having gre&ive power of tho Hungarian gained possession of the rich is- j Aristocrats. landa of the Pacific—at least hav- V Thus a new antagonism would be ing got a mandate to administer. created, this timo between Hungary them, which perhaps is the same'and Jugo-Slavia, which has so long thing only put in a better sound-! sufferod under the tyranny of the ing manner—the political folk tn Hungarian Oligarchy, Australia who stand for vested in-1 Thus tho seeds of rebellion and terests, have no objection to let-! social disturbance are sown, and ting the workers of that country Central Europe has, In fact, become know exactly what did actuate a now Balkan, them in seising the former Ger-I. For tho flame 6f civil war wiU 'man potsesslons. I spread also to Germany. A war of So It waa that In the Australian monarchist Hungary against Rs- parliament on September 24 last, publican Austria would strengthen a member ot the anti-Labor gov-,'he counter-revolutionary move- ernment-who was minister of the,™1!1 ln Germany enormously. Navy at the outbreak of the war- . The restoration of the Hapsburgs made the following sensational an- ™ Budapest would be followed by nouncement: attempts to restore the Hohenzol- "I was ln Sydney when the war lc™ ,"> *?rh\ ?"TV?™ broke out, and Immediately after-' ^ai" bo shaken to her foundations • by ternblo social wars between irreconcilable elements of the R wards. People of all kinds came to me, and amongst the first to Interview me were two gentlemen who understood the islands well, and who explained to me the enormous prospective value of Nauru Island. As a result, I immediately telephoned t» the government, and askod that the Australian flag be hoisted at once at Nauru, .because it was essential that we should make our claim early. The gov* eminent acted with promptitude, and a ship wag immediately sent, with the result that the Australian flag was hoisted there." It should be mentioned that the island of Nauru is easily the richest of the many held by the Germans in the Pacific, It lies .lust beneath the equator ln the Mar- first place—were never consulted at all in the matter. In other words, it was not to free the natives of Nauru thut the Australian government took possession of that island, but rather that the rich phosphate deposits there might fall into the hands of the Australian capitalists. Somehow or other the natives of that Pacific island do not understand our civilised methods of Instituting "democracy," with the result taht at the time of writing, the native chiefs are Instituting proceedings in our courts, aiming at the compelling of tbe Australian government to recognize their rights and pay them compensation. Whether they will succeed Is, of course, an entirely different mat- tor. Past precedent does not hold out much hope for them, awakened revolutionary will of the proletariat and the emboldened reactionary spirit of tho Oerman monarchists. And all thia would hoppon under tho patronage of democratic England and Francel The insatiate Imperialism of both tiie»e countries seems to ba Btill thirsting for more blood. Budapest, at tho geographical centre of Europe, has becomo thc political danger-centre of tho peace of thc whole Continent. It is no longer the revolution alone, but every democratic achievement- which is at stake. The victorious entry of Admiral Horthy into Budapest calls for tho unitod efforts of the entire democracy of shall and Caroline group, and be-„ .Europe against the counter-revolu* cause of its extraordinarily rlohjtion, deposits of phosphate rock, Is re-* ?oUtftH°ft!?fteAW0T,rthKn*.i \T ^"laOUTH AFRICAN KEORO $2,000,000,000. Probably the other German Islands In the Pacific, though not so rich as Nauru, were annexed from Germany because of the same reateons—that is, their en-, (jj ormoua prospective value. It should be stated here that, notwithstanding all that has been) said about self-determination, andj all the other high-sounding phrases of the war period, the natives of the Island who were the real possessors—and from whom the Ger- HAS SOME(?) FREEDOM Stelf Determination Does Not Apply to Natives of South •_. Africa K.'Kimberly.—South Africa under ■British rule ts a country where the .dative must get a pass to live with ills wife, another puss to visit his [(jamtly down the street, and , , ., . . , , _. J'-other to work for Mb tiny wage mans confiscated the island in the: Q a ahminff and a half ^ weeki Tfoere is a Labor party to which no laborer can belotig, a Socialist pnrty which ts smothered to death, and a church which has had a special law put through the English Parliament to keep the natives out. Natives pay the general tax, and a special tux in addition to punisli them for being natives. With the proceeds of these native taxeH the British build schools—for white children only. The negro In South Africa cannot rlne above the serf condition, since he Is not allowed to buy laud. And tho cannot leave a job that pays him $10 a month for one that pays him $15, without thp -written consent of the first employer. Did you ever try to rustic a sub.f If not, why uotf Industrial Captains Spoiling for Fight in New Zealand [By W. Franclg Ahern] Signs are not wanting that the big Interests of capitalism In New Zealand, aided by a time-serving government, are out to smash the Coal Miners Federation In that country* How far they can succeed depends, of course, on the strength of the unions to withstand them. Signs are not wanting that the industrial bosses of New Zealand are spoiling for a big Industrial upheaval. They want lt before the fcrthcoming elections, if possible, In order to defeat the rising tide of Labor. But falling to beat Labor at the ballot box, they still hope to beat the workers by smashing their unions. How far they will go to defeat the mlnere is shown by the. price and freights of foreign ooal imported Into New Zealand. A large shipment of American coal recently landed, cost $27.50 per ton wholesale, and $36.25 retail. The coal Is Inferior to New Zealand coal, yet it was landed at a flrst cost of nearly $15 per ton dearer than, it" would cost to produce In New Zealand. That might be good business for the American coal barons, but the coal was used by the. New Zealand govornment, so the extra cost comos out of the pockets of the workers. And this, too, while there Is plenty of labor in New Zealand to produce all the coat necessary for local requirements. Bad Conditions at Mines. The only reason why New Zealand cannot just now get enough coal for local use la because of the I conditions offering at the mines. Hundreds of men have left the country and are still leaving the mines because of bad conditions and low wages. These the owners refuse to grant, and perhaps, it is "part of the policy to defeat the miners that they do not, having in mind that once the miners are defeated, the way for the cheap labor coolie Is easy. This, of course, Ib not of new business. It was tried in Western Canada some years ago, I believe, Turner, Beeton & Company, Limited WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MPOSTESS Dry Ooodi, Oenta' ForoUMagi VICTORIA, B. O. MANUFACTURERS OF "BIO HORN" BRAND SHIRTS, OVERALLS, Ete. P»ctorr oigulnd undw "UnlUd Gumtnt Wodna ot Annie*" alio in the United States, though while that clau ot tabor Bulled the proAteer, it wis not in the best intereiti of anybody «1» eave the profiteer hlmielf. Government Won't Aot The miners 'have tried to get their grievances rectified, and have approached the New Zealand government to do so, but the only' answer from the government Is to refer them to the Arbitration Court, knowing full well that the men have no faith in that Institution, and will have nothing to do with it. Meanwhile the Australian mainland miners have refused to mine coal for New Zealand, while the longshoremen in New Zealand have now refused to discharge foreign coal, whether from Australia or America. If they can maintain this attitudo all might be well, and it may be that the New Zealand government will be forced to compel the coal *ar- ons ot that country to give the New Zealand miners decent wages and conditions and so bring about a resumption at all the mines in that country. Plenty of Cool. There is plenty ot coal waiting to be mined in New Zealand, It can be mined eheaper,' and, of course, sold cheaper than foreign coal. If all the demands of the men were granted It would not mean more than &0 cents per ton In the increased price of coal. Tet rather than pay this, the government will allow the big Interests of New Zealand to Import coal at around $16 per ton dearer than it is in New Zealand. It the full demands of the New Zealand miners were granted, New Zealand coal could be sold 50 per cent. cheaper than American cool 1a that oountry, and. II par ont I cheaper than imported Australia* coal. But until tha man In N«# Zealand are paid decent WKM ant given decent condltlona of trae% they-will rerun ta mln* the moA, and the government of that country must take the eonieauenoefc.-' MINERS' STRIKE LOOMS UP IN FRANCE Pensions for widows of Minen U . Demanded by Ble Conference Paria—Every mine In Pranoo will he closed by a strlk* on February it, unless the operaton agree to th* demand* ef th* miners. This decision was made at th* convention here, when, under th* leadership of Secretary Bartuel of the Federation of Underground Workers, the delegates adopted resolutions demanding adeqpat* pensions and proportional retirement. The minimum demand I* for a pension ot 1.100 franca and 750 franca for the widow! of miners.. The question was put squarely UP to the ohamber of deputies and the other governmental, powen, with notice that accession to the miners' demands muat material!** before February 11.' Three hundred and eight el*- vators are owned by the farmers ot Saskatchewan on a co-operativ* basis, A three million dollar terminal elevator is now being planned for Port Arthur by the Saakatcbewan Co-operative Elevator Co. The company has 22,001 shareholders. A Guide to Good Suit Values $25.00, $35.00 and $40.00 When a man sees the great range of prices asked for ready-to-wear suits —$20 to $75—he naturally wonders how much he should pay in order to get satisfactory clothes. If he will let himself be guided by the-specific instances of good value given here he will have no occasion for regretting his purchase. We will say this of all the following, "that better clothing value is not offered hereabouts." Choose now, according to ' the funds at your disposal, also according to the fitness of these materials for your purpose: A great suit for service Is this medium grey home-spun, built ln 3-buttoq sack style and very smart. A suit that Is an excellent example of real value-giving at a low figure. Price lis. Suits of Donegal tweed will be somewhat at a premium in the spring. For satisfactory, splendid wear and great comfort the tweed we are showing at 135.00 cannot be beaten. A Bannookburn suit with an extra pair of pants. An economy that appeals to most men and a value that is not excelled anywhere. The material is a heather mixture and the model adopted is a smartly cut sack with soft rolling peak lapels. Made by one of the largest and best plants ln Canada. Suit $15.00 Suit and extra pair of pants 110,00 A dark grey suit with subdued stripe, made of a drossy, soft worsted. There is jutt enough stripe ln It to distinguish it from a plain grey. Three-button coot Willi distinctiveness in Its every line i ■ $35.00 We have a few waist-line models for youths eeeklng their first long-pant suit. Hade of novelty and plain brown tweeds. Some are lined throughout, others are unllned, except for silk yoke, usually sold for $211,00. Clearing at $11.7$ Matchless Values in Men's Overcoats $25.00, $27.50 and $30.00 While price is the outstanding factor ot thia offering; for we realize that any merchant can sell good coats al some price; wc emphasize the quality of these garments. 'The splendid make-up and material will appeal to every man, and he will be astonished how we have effected such low prices for such obviously fine overeoats. But they are here lor every man who has a coat to buy to see with his own eyes. There are other fine values, but we like to bc specific rather than general in our remarks, so wc have selected four models for special mention, and men can come to the store more or less informed as to the kind of coats and the value offered. $25.00 $30.00 $27.50 $30.00 DAVD SPENCER, LTD. A Scotch Frieze Raglan of excellent weight, fn medium grey; hai slush pockets, convertible collar and "claas" all over It Sold regularly ac $37.60. Sale price $2.1.00. A young man's waist aeam model with detachable belt; made of an excellent quality dark brown tweed; lined to waist length; welted horizontal pockets. A distinguished mode) for a young man. Sold aU the season at ?U'.r.o. Sale price $30.00. Another snappy waistline model tn a smart brown check tweed, fully lined with twill sergo; the pockots are slightly sloping. A coat that will command Itself to any young man who wishes to combine style with economy. The regular price this season was $35.00. Sale price $27.50. The Hudson Wrap, developed In Scotch frieze, In dark greys and brown. A particularly stylish raglan with Vertical pockets, trimmed with silk. An investment that no good dresser can make auy mistake In buying. Regular price $40.00. Sale price $80.00. PAGE SIX TWELFTH YEAR. NO. S THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vawoooteb, a c. PBIDAY. 1890- •1920 30th ANNIVERSARY Clearance Sale MEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS MUST GO All Our Winter Overcoats 20 Per Cent. Redaction MEN'S RUBBERIZED COATS—.25. *30 end $32— Ann tjm To dear at „ VMi I O MEN'S SHIRTS—Colored Skirts, soft and hard cults. *| A JJ Reg. tl.70 to .2.50. To clear 91 a*xO MEN'S SWEATER COATS—A range at $5 to *7.50. *A ("A Io clear 9*taOV ALL BOYS' OVERCOATS at 20 per cent, discount. A Big Reduction on several lines ot Boys' Suits Clubb & Stewart Ltd. 309 HASTINOS STBEET WEST Education of Today and Tomorrow I Strenuous Efforts Being Made to Convict Centralia I. W. W. .The stage Is practically all set (or the trial of the eleven marked to be a sacrifice In connection with the Armistice Day killing at Centralla. All possible efforts to rush the case through the courts have been made by the mercantile ami lumber Interests In Lewis county. Skilfully concentrated efforts have been made by the enemies of organized labor in this region to prevent friends of the defendants from raising funds or gathering evidence. Witnesses have been threatened, defense offices illegally raided, the collectors of defense funds Jailed without warrant. And the labor haters have sought to tie up every competent trial attorney so that he could not touch the case. It It now practically certain, however, that George F. Vand^r- veer and Fred H. Moore will take charge of the defense. Reliable informants tell of incredible cruelties Inflicted upon the me narrested In the. Centralia case for days following the riots. Hot Irons were applied to their feet; ropes drawn taut about their necks; and the prisoners were strung up by their wrists for hours. All this waa done in an attempt to force them to make statements to bolster up false stories circulated by the lumber trust and its kindred about the Armistice Day alf ray. Funds are being collected In behalf of thc eleven accused men by George Williams, secretary of the Northwest Defense Committee, 318 North Wyoming Street, Butte, Montana. The Edmonton police force Is asking for a 16 per cent. Increase In wages. Where is your union button! Vancouver Unions VANCOUVER TRADKS AND LABOR COUNCIL—President, V. R. lUdgUyi vlM-presldent, E. Winch; seeretary, J. C, Weed; trewartr. J. Shaw; >scrgMtU*»t* ami, W. A. Alexander; truiteei, W. A. Prltchard, J. lUrshah, B. J. Pritchard, B, W. Toup|Mh. j JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF America. Local No. 178—Meetings bald i Srat Honday in each month, I p.m. Prosldent, J, T. Kis worth; vlee-presldmt, A. R. Gatenby; recording aeeretary, C. lie- ! Donald, P. O. Box 508, Phona Seymour | 8281L; flnaneial aecreary, Robt. McNeill, P. O U ALLIED PRINTINO TRADES COUN- ell—Meets aacond Mondty In tht ■oath. President, J. T. McConnell; ieo- rttarr. R H. Nwltndi, P. O. Boi BC KtlbGE STRUCTURAL ORNAMEATAH and Reinforced Ironworkers, Local »7 ^Meets aeoond and fourth Mondays. Pmldent *M. Hastings; Inanclal see- tetenr aad tressurer, Roy Massecar, Room ill Labor Timple. ELECTRICAL WORKERS. LOCAL, No. Sll—MeaU it 440 Pender Street Vest, every Monday, I p.m. President, H. B. Woodilde. 440 Pender W.; recording aeeretary, J. Murdeek, 440 Pes.; 4<r Street West; (Inanelal aeeretary ***** business tfent, I. fl, Morriion, 440 Pender Street Wi P. R. Barrows. ffott; assistant secretary, Uilt of the O. B. U.—Meeting! erery Monday, 7:80 p.m., Labor Temple. Pre* •Mtat, P..L. Hunt; iecretary-treei»«r, W. A. Alexander, Room 816, Ltbor Tem- jle.. Pheae,. Betpionr 6860. ■ HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM- ployees, Local (6—Meeti erery flrst Wednesday In the month at 2:80 p.m. •ad every third Wednesday in the month at 0 p.m. Preeldent, John Onmtnlngs, aeeretary aad buslnrts agent, A. Oraham. Offlee tnd meeting ball, 014 Pender St. W. Phone Sey. 1081. Offlce hours, 8 s.m. to fl p.m. INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORK- en' Union—Meeta Snd tnd 4th Prl- daya, 308 Ubor Temple. Preildent, W Wilson, 323» flranrille Street; iecretary. treamir, P. J. Basil, 144— 88th Are, j. CUMBER WORKERS' INDUSTRIAL Unloa of the Ono Big Union—Afflliated With B. 0. Federation of Ubor and Vancouver Trades and Labor Council— An industrial union of til workere la legging and conatructlon camps. Head- tuarteri, 81 Cordova Street Weat, Vaneoaver, B. C. Pbone Sey. 7881. E. Wlneb, eeeretarytreastrsr; legtl tdvis- tn, Henri. Bird, Macdonald * Co., Vaneoaver, B. C.j auditors, Messrs. Batter i Chltne, Vaneonver, B. O. INTBRNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association; Local 38-52—Offlcs and hall, 804 Pender Street Weit. Meets flnt and third Fridays, 8 p.m. Secretary- treaeurer, Thomas Niion; business agent, Peter Sinclair. . AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND Butcher Workmen's Union No. 848— Meett int aad third Tusidtyi of etch Month, Labor Temple, 8 p.m, Preeldent, John Stark; flntneltl eecretary and buil- »•■ sgent, T. W, Anderson, 887 Homer Street. MINE, MILL AND SMELTER WORK- en' Unit of the One Big Union, Metal- llferoua Minors—'Vancouver, B. C, head- intrten, 61 Cordora Street Weet. All worken engaged In thla lnduitry nre srged to Join the Union before going on th* job. Don't wait to be organised, but organiie younelf. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE Of North America (Vancouver tnd vicinity)—Branch meeta eecond tnd fourth Mondays, Room 204 Labor Temple. Preildent, Wm. Hunter, 816 Tenth Ave. North Vancouver; financial secretary, E. Ood- dard, 656 Richards Street; recording iecretary, J. D. Russell, 926 Commercial Drive. Phone High. 22Q4R, SHIPYARD LABORERS, KIGGKRS AND fasteners, I.L.A., Local Union 8BA, Series 8—Meets the 2nd and 4tb Frldaya •f the month, Labor Temple, 8 p.m. Pmldent, William Maylor; flnanrial sec- rettry and builness tgent, M. Phelps; corresponding aeeretary, W. Lee. Offlce, Roomi 207 Laber Temple. STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY Employeea, Pioneer Division, No. 101 —Meeta A. 0. F. Hah, Mount Pleasant. 1st and Srd Mondays at 10.15 a.m. and 7 fJH. Preildent, R. Rigby; recording . ..etary, r\ ti. Griitln, 64ttt Commercial Drive; treasurer, F. Sidaway: financial teeretary tnd business tgent, W. H. Cot- trell, 4808 Dumfries Street; offlce corner Prior and Main Streets. 'TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 228— Meett last Sunday of ttoh month tt 2 Ii.ru. President, W. S. Thomson; vice- president, C. U. Collier; aer retary treasurer, R. H. Neelands, Box 60. Provincial Unions B. C. FEDERATION OF LABOR—Meeta In annual convention In January. Ex* eutlre offleen, 1916-19: President, J. Kavanagh, Labor Temple, Vancouver; vice-presidents—Vaneourer leland: Cumberland, J. Naylor; Victoria, J. Taylor; Princo Rupert, Oeo. Caaey; Vtneonver, W. H. Cottrell, P. McDonneil; New Weit- minster, Oeo. McMurphy; Weat Kootenay, Silverton, T. B. Roberta; Orow'i Kiel Pin, W. B. Phillips, Pernio, W. A Sherman. Secretary-treasurer, A. 8. Weill, Labor Temple, 408 Dnmmnlr St, Vancouver, B. C. VICTORIA, B. 0. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES and Ltbor Council—Meete flnt tnd third Wednesdays, Knights ol Pythltl Hall, North Park Street, it 8 p.m, President, E. S. Woodsworth; vlce-prealdent, A. 0. Pike; secretary-treasnrer, Chrlitlm Sirerti, P. 0. Bon 802, VUtorll, B. 0. PBINOB RUPBBT, B. 0. PRINCE RUPERT TRADES AND LA- bor Council—Meeta aecond and fourth Tuesdays of each month, In Carpenten' Htll. President, 8. D. McDonald; rice- 8resident, A. Ellis; aeeretary, Geo. Wad- ell, Boi 279, Prince Rupert, B, 0. PRINCE RUPERT CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, 0. B. U.—Meeta every eecond aid fourth Toeaday ln the 0. B. U. Hall, comer Sixth avenue tnd Fulton etreet, tt 8 p.m. Meetinge open to til 0. B. U. memben. " Secretary-treasurer, D. 8. Cameron, Box 217, Prlnee Rnpert, B.C. Phone Sey. 321 Dap or Night Nunn/ Thomson A Olegf rUNERAL DIRECTOR! 531 Homer St. Vancouver, B. 0. The Bolsheviki has captured the Important iron and steel manufacturing city of Ekaterinoslav, in the Province of the same name, 250 mllet northeast of Odessa, according to Moscow advices received here. They also took Novomos— kovks. The capture of these two cities, If substantiated, means that the broken sections of Denlklne's armies are falling back rapidly toward the sea of Azov. What about renewing your sub. I All Royal Crown Products carry Coupons, redeemable for useful articles*! ONE OP THE FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION Everyone knows that cheap goods can only be procured by using cheap materials and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER is produced from the highest grade materials procurable —Cascade ia a UNION produce from start to finish. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED In the normal portion of human-' Ity, which constitutes ' for the greater part of the non-owning classes of the earth, great concern ie felt at the ever-increasing numbers shown in the annual disease statistics of our various pseudo- elvillzatlons. Among the menially stricken owning classes these numbers cause little concern and elicit merely a few platitudinous expressions which pass unmeaningly from mouth to mouth at their pink tea gatherings of the feeble-minded find at the luxurious club-houses of the unemployed; for when a mania of any kind takes possession of the mind few other feellngB except the purely animal and elemental ones remain with it. The ravages of tuberculosis are becoming so threatening that *o- oietles arc springing up in nearly all considerable centres of population with the object of combatting the plague. The medical profession and other men of vision of the uuexploiting classes are responsible for these efforts, but their labors will be of little use and for two reasons. They attack only the effects of the trouble, as the roots lie deep in the social system under whicli we suffer, und the governments have such gigantic expenses to Incur for armies and navies and other props of their system that they ever dole out with a niggard hand all revenues voted for altruistic purposes. Venereal 1)1 wanes Insanity and venereal diseases are also advancing with gigantic strides ln their tolls upon humanity and a report recently published in that God's-one-land to the south of shows eleven per cent, of their children suffering from defective sight. When K was found necessary to educate the slaves to make them effective tools In the new conditions arising from the invention of steam machinery, the owning class caused, a great wail of sorrow to spread through the land at the revolting state of ignorance of those poor slaves but there was no more real feeling in their hearts than there is in the alarm clock which dispels your dreams in the dark of a winter's morning. Economic Necessity It was the wolf of economic necessity masquerading as tlie tender motherly sheep. Then those rulers passed an education bill, and blessed It and said it would regenerate the human race and restore the glories aud the joys of the long-lost Eden. The boy, the embryo man, possesses an undeveloped physical body, a budding mind and the moral sense of a savage and true education consists In a slow drawing out and expanding of those possessions to the fullest and ripest development each organism is capable of attaining, and this process of expansion—this education —should be applied to all tljree of these possessions or the result must be disappointing; and the process should be a gradual one corresponding to the natural growth of those parts. M the natural development of those parts does not always advance in equal proportion, a careful watch should he kept on each child, and the educating influences applied accordingly. Requires Skill The proper training of a child then is a matter requiring considerable skill and unceasing and unfailing sympathetic attention on the part of the educator, which is the reason I suppose why our far- seeing rulers pay those educators worse than they pay their street sweepers. With these Irrefutable and elementary facts to guide them, the originators of our educational system, after much wise consideration and much head nodding and ripe reasoning evolved the following most logical scheme. Hard and Fast Methods The child's school life was divided into years and a hard and fast syllabus was prescribed for each of those years. The scholars were crowded into huge classes of forty to fifty and the eternal Inspector created to Insure that those poor little victims were efficiently and sufficiently crammed with the indigestible stuff prepared for them. The examination system, a system I think from China, was Installed and the end and aim of education deteriorated Into frantic attempts to push those innocents, not two of which corresponded In ability or natural tastes, through the test of an examination, and much misery nnd retarded development hss heen the result. To such a pitch has this mania for crushing a pupil through an examination, grown that a child oi seventeen recently told me with tears ln her eyes that lf she followed out the instructions of her teachers, each of whom prescribed a two hours' home lesson course, she would have to devote fourteen hours each night to her home tasks—the logic of idiocy exempli' fled eurely. I recently heard of a broad minded chairman of a school board who had evidently devoted much deep and serious thought to the training of the child, claiming that the manual training of the children whose parents were petitioning for Its resumption, Interfered with their studies In tho matriculation class—with passing a sacred examination, Manual Training The highest educational authorities of tlie world hold that a course lu manual work Is of the highest value In the training of thc hand nnd eye of the child and so benefits him through his whole life. To this chairman It Is clear the end and be all of education is to press an examination which ts not education at all. The result of all this cramming to pass these tests Is that we have a host of young people with heads full of unasslmllated and, for the most part, useless facts, Impaired sight, enfeebled constitutions and minds filled with the comforting assurance of their own importance tn the scheme of things. Passing an examination Is not a proof of intelligence in a pupil, (By Nemesis) „...fand a generous allowance of pure air (»t least 600 cubic feet) aHot- for In the majority of cases it 'j«|tet^° each ohm*, while Indoors, marely the result of a mechanical: and Injurious repetition of facte marshalled and arranged with thai, end In view. ■ .■'■.■"_$■'.- Responsible for Disease There is an opinion growing among many working men, the, only class who thinks altruistically, that our modern educational system is in a large degree responsible for the ever-increasing figures in our diseuse statistics and, considering the large numbers of children crowded together in the class rooms and the system of concentration into large centres, together with the vicious cramming operations in vogue, I think here may be goud reason for that opinion. However destructive criticism Is at all times a simple mutter, because human effort from various causes Invariably produces Imperfection, and our educational system, devised as a means to support social system, which ItBelf Is a colossal crime, must necessarily be quite useless as a truly educating influence because it was not designed with thut end In view. It Is not my Intention therefore to offer any suggestions how to Improve this system because It would be quite futile. It can only function along the lines for which it was devised and will remain just as long as our present social system remains and not a day longer. The New System However, as the sun of reason Is breaking faintly through the clouds and the hope revives that soon the old earth will be flooded with its light I should Hke to trace the lines along which our future educational system, devised to educate find not to instruct merely, will operate. The originators of that future system will have in view the one aim to expand the mentality of the race together with its physical and moral sides, and this aim, being altruistic, will in the course of time produce something nearing perfection. Environment Changed In the flrst place the environment of the children will be revolutionized. They will be gathered together into much smaller groups STRONG IN 0.B.1 I i_a Lockouts Fail to Drive1 MenIntoU.M.W.ofA,;! —Operators Beaten ^"! Calgary—In Alberta there 'haftr has been some at lockouts in pr-f der to force all the men to sign ihei U. M. W. of A. checkoff. The only lockout effective at the time of going to press i« at Mountain Park and we have a message from that camp on Wednesday afternoon that the men are standing firm, only about half a dozen having agreed to stand with the operators in their alliance with the international. Organizers' reports show that the present membership of the O. B. U. in the mining district was over 6000, and reports from other caift>s where It has been Impossible to send organiers show, according to Secretary Browne's statement, that thc 95 per cent. vote taken last summer in favor of the One Big Union still holds good. Chairman Beard stated: "At Livett, for Instance, from which camp I was driven at the pofntof a gun, 90 per cent, of the working miners want the Q. B. U., but the town is company property, and we cannot send an or- ganieer. We have advised the men In the camp to abstain from making any trouble,, but thug rule is making them desperate." , Ruthless Attacks Made on People to Keep Down Subject Race (By the Federated Press) London—The British policy in India Is such that any grouping of people leads to ruthless atack. SludentB are shot down for collecting In the street, and frequently airplanes hover over tho streets, dropping bombs on defenceless men, women and children. Indiana who come out of tftelr churches a minute later than 8 f>. m, have been arrested and flogged to. death in the public square!' ' After the Armltsar tragfe'dy, when hundreds of defenceless people were mowed down by macHIiU guns, the dead and wounded']Iky for 27 hours, because the autft'611- tles did not want to let the people know the number of victims. ' - .... January lt, 1921 FAILED TO SEE Seattle—Business Agent Majvof the.Longshoremen's union, reports that shares of the Co-operative Stevedores' Association are beitig sold at the rate of more than'YOO per day. In five days of last week 600 shares were sold to Longshoremen. The association is incorporated for $50,000. It proposes to do away with the middlemen, who has always been a disturbing factor, by handling cargoes from car to keel. The room in which he works will be complete with every comfort and made as beautiful as human love and effort can make it. The greater part of his training, however, will take place In the open air where he will be protected from the direct rays of the sun and from wind and rain by roofed and revolving shelters such as are built st present for the victims of disease. By this means he will be assured of obtaining the maximum amount of clean fresh air and the minimum of his neighbor's breath. The spnclous grounds will contain gardens where every possiblo kind of plant will be found growing and large playing fields, part of which will be roofed In. The School Day The school day will be considerably curtailed. For children between six and eight one hour's education in the morning will be considered ample after which he will be passed out into the playing field where his games will be supervised by expert teachers. Children between nine and fifteen will take the full morning session of three hours at tbeir studies and their afternoon session of two hours they will take at their supervised games. From fifteen to eighteen they will be sent to larger centres where they will specialise in subjects selected by themselves with the advice of their parents and teachers. By this time the natural bent of the pupil will have.been ascertained and hts mental energies directed in a logical direction. By this shortening of the hours of confinement to study and.by a generous breathing space It will be found that child diseases and epidemics so prevalent in these evil days will shrink to a minimum and the drudgery of school life as we know it being removed, they will develop mentally much more rapidly because they will love their' work. — The Curriculum But the greatest revolution In educational matters will be the curriculum of the future. Reading, writing and arithmetic, the flrst essentials to acquiring all knowledge, will receive due attention but the great life studies will consist of history, the sciences, modern languages, logic and ethics. I say life studies because they will be conducted in such a way that the student wtll never cease to pursue them because of the love he will have for them. At present when he has passed his examination he closes all his books, bids them farewell forever, ond considers himself a finished product. History, as we know lt, the doings of kings, .princes, nobles and the accounts of war and plunder will be discarded as unworthy, being but the records for the most ■ part of bad characters and bad morality. The history of the future will start with the theory of the evolution of suns from nebulae and continue through the concentration and cooling till the appearance of the life germ; through the life history as traced in the rocks, in biology and embryology, etc., down to the forms existing at the present time. It will specialize on the development of man through prehistoric and historic times ln all Its features. fr-.udy of Sciences The study of the sciences will commence with the youngest pupils by observation lessons of the plant and animal Ufe of their gardens and will widen and deepen each year till the time of specializing when each student will take up the subjects of his choice, The working of the natural laws will be studied at first Jn the ordinary occurrences of every day life and later and more thoroughly in their specialized studies. Telescopes, microscopes, chemical balances, barometers, cameras and every kind of scientific instrument will be supplied for the use of the students and their use demonstrated and encouraged and they will become objects of every day experience. Original research work during the last stage will be a special feature in their education. Modern languages will begin in the early stages In the child's school career and will be acquired by him as he acquires his own, practice first, the rules afterwards. Logic also will start early with the simple rules and be continued through each year to the end. KiIiIch of Capitalism Discorded The ethics of capitalism will be discarded entirely and the true science substituted. The brotherhood of man will be the basis of that new morality. Selfishness will be shown to be the grent sin nnd love will be proved by irrefutable logic to be the .savior of the world, the cause of man's existence and thc only logical premise on which to base his hope of an eternal existence. To some the above rough sketch of our future education may se a little chimerical ,vct this and much more will come to pass before the history of man closes up' on our planet and it will come when the Illogical and Immoral system of profits, now tottering to its downfall, collapses and millions of men of vision, scientists, the best of the clergy and others whom the dollar tyrants in their insolvence nnd monomania are little aware of, are eagerly awaiting the day when the new era will be ushered in with shouts of Joy that will echo and reecho in every land on enrth. Winnipeg.—Magistrate Sir Hugh John Macdonald dismissed the case of William Staples, who was arrested at the conclusion of the ft. B. Russell trial for cheering ln the courtroom. The magistrate held that the courtroom could not he considered a public place under the section of the act on which the charge was based. Unity, Saskatchewan, has become an Incorporated city, and has put a good mark on Its entrance into civic responsibility by electing a Labor mayor as its flrst chief magistrate In the person of D. P, Moffat, formerly of Winnipeg. A beef shortage for the next seven years is predicted for the United States. In the past year the number nf cuttle slaughtered for Interstate shipment declined by 290,000, and M. F. Korlne, statls- Iticlan for the Chicago stockyards, declares that the present shortage ;uu juunc a fiuuuuQu «» at Btvivt is not lees than 1,000,00 head. So T. A. Barnard Expressed Himself at the Royal Sunday JiiBt "to see how far we have progressed as to the new social order" was Comrade T. A. Barnard'B modest proposal at the Royal on Sunday evening. To feel sick inside and cold outside, probably did not conduce to throw a very roseate huo over the general situation; though he looked far beyond the horizon of Canada, he failed to see much evidence of that spiritual order—that better world to live in— which was to develop out of the "grand spirit of brotherhood which grew up In the trenches," where he, like others, hod fought und endured to put the old order to Its lust lung sleep. The speaker recalled in detail tlie fervid protestations of eloquent patriots that "never shall things go back again to what they were," etc., etc.; the nudlence responded with expressions of derision. Borden's 1917 manifesto, promising that wealth should be conscripted, that widows and orphans should bc cherished, and wo forth, provoked only the light laughter of contempt, in similar mood was received the more recent grandiloquence of the "Wizard of Wales," so passionately protesting that "entrenched selfishness" should no longer prevail, that "the old world must and wilt come to an end,'.' and that, ln future, "indolence alone shall suffer want." The speaker had only to mention Lloyd George's promised "new world'* in the same breath with thc recent "bread line on Hamilton Street and Pender;" his hearers acknowledged the thrust with scoffing laughter. Loud and glad applause, however, followed when he cited thc Spen Valley election as showing that "he evidontly is found out." "Canada. Is the tall of the United States," the speaker asserted; this country was controlled form Wall Street, and principals put into operation there were also to operate here, "lf there's one country In the world I'd like to go to, it's Russia; or else the Old Country; It begins to look pretty good there, too." (Applause.) Touching further on that "most wonderful ol all countries, Russia," the speaker evidently delighted his audience by remarking on the altered tone of the press, which was now declaring the military autocracy of the Bolsheviks to be "a mennce to the world," whereas they were "just a few Mongolians" a few weeks ago. (Laughter), As to Lloyd George's last cry that "Russia has been the burying ground of armies," the speaker agreed that It had, and would continue so to be. As a preliminary to recognition, Lloyd George had required that the Russians should moke peace among themselves; they had taken him at his word and "started to make peace with Kolchak, Denikine, etc." and the speaker suggested they had been "pretty successful." (Laughter.) "Today they are top dogs agninst all comers." (Hearty applause.) Kropotkln no longer opposed them; the Mensheviks were withdrawing all opposition; and the Bolshevists now represented, the speaker estimated, some SO or 86 per cent, of the Russian people. Kerensky was now their strong supporter; he was a prisoner in England because he refused to be used by the government against them. "If Bolshevism Is based on justice, all the governments in the world cannot stop it." (Loud applause.) The League of Nations was to stop further wars; yet the U. S, and Britain were now competing as to which should have the greatest navy. The league was a capitalist machine. Any peace based on revenge was only the starting point for another war. "The only league of nations that can make peace is a league of the workers of the world." (Applause.) The speaker went oh to explain the attitude of the United States on the question of the Armenian mandate and the status of Fiume, mentioning that the Standard Oil Company were Interested ln the project of the Berlin-to-Bagdad Railway to the extent of $21,000,000. The peace treaty prevented the Germans from building this railway; on the other hand, the .Standard Oil Company said it must go through—"nnd it's going," tlie speaker declared. "The league we have, so far, Is a farce —a mockery. Navies are meant to kill people with—to fight with. Already the armament race has start* ed again. It Is for us to bestir our. selves." Coming to Canadian affairs In particular, the speaker referred to the comrndes at Winnipeg, "arreBt- ed for trying to bring about what Lloyd George says must be brought about." It was the most unfair trial ever known in Canada. The judge was reported to have Bald that the length of Russell's period of imprisonment would depend on his own actions. "In other words, if he Is prepared to sell out, he can come out tomorrow." The speaker declured that "Russell would rather stay there and rot." (Applause.) Woodsworth, again, was "on trial for quoting parts of the Bible." As to the cry for greater production, the government were unsteady handing out $40,000,000 ln the spirit of charity, sapping the life and independence out of the men, who had to stand in the bread line for hours and hours. This was encouraging "bums" — encouraging men to get something for nothing—the way they lived themselves. It would take forty times forty millions to deal with the matter-that way. Reinforcing small Incomes was simply helping the sweating capitalist. "All the capitalist hus to do Is to drop the wage beyond thc line arranged, and the government steps in." In concluding, the speaker urged "Unless you are prepared to take hold of the government of this eountry you are not doing your duty as citizens." While the international and O. B. U. were fighting, the capitalist was taking advantage. The F. L, P. was separate from either pnrty. The government however, had recognized one of Exceptional Savings on Paris' Solid Footwear You will save more money on a pair of these shoes than you have ever done before. Men's fine shoes in every desirable Bhape—recede or round toes—tan calf, mahogany, brown or black. Beg. lines to $11.. Now „..-. $6.95 The very best buy In Vancouver today Boys' heavy weight chrome boots, canvas lined. Regular $5.50 values. ' $3.95 REPAIRING Save those old shoes. A new' sole or heel will double their life. If you want your work done well Lot Paris Do It. Solid, sound show for growing glrli. Mahogany calf, black gunmetal and Havana brown; low heels. Regular $8.00 lines.. $5.95 Ladies' smart black kid bals., 9-inch top; soft pliable leather, with Louis heels. '. Ladies' mahogany calf walking boots, with medium Cuban heels $6.95 $6.95 Men's heavy chrome work boots; all sizes and all weights; single slip or heavy soles. January clean-up price, regular to $8.00 tr.__ P.PARIS 51 Hastings Street West them, even to the extent of collecting Its per capita tax; and "any organisation recognised by that bunch at Ottawa, I don't want anything to do with." (Hear, hear.) Convention Proceedings (Continued from page 3) men ln this district consider lt should be possible to appeal to some other authority from the final decisions of the board, and also Insisted that the men should have full freedom In the choice of doctors. Meeting concurred In the views expressed by the Princeton delegates. Nominations were called for general uecretary-treasurer. E. Winch nominated. All other nominees declined. On motion, nominations were closed. Carried. Nominations were then called for Central Executive Committee: H. W. McKnlght, E. R. Fay, G. A. E. Clarke, S. Manley, W. Cowan, G. Lamont, W. J. Labelle, R. McKay, J. M, Keane, R. Higgins, J. McLaughlin, C. E. Hastings. On motion, nominations were closed, Fellow Worker Winton declining to stand. Ballot cards were given to delegates. * Moved that ballot cards be collected. Carried. Moved that a committee be appointed to count ballots. Carried. Committee elected: Grace; Baxter and Clarke. Committee reported the ballot as follows: McKnlght, 26; Fay, 10; Clarke, 17; Manley, 9; Cowan, 28; Lamont, 21; Labelle, 15; McKay; 6; Keane, 6; Higgins, 10; McLaughlin, 6; Hastings, 4. Good and Welfare Movod, "that we refer back to report of wage scale committee. Lost. Moved, that tho coast delegates convene tomorrow at 10 a.m. to make arrangements for. a district conven im. Carried. Moved, that th* suggestion from Port Arthur for an O. B. U. button be referred tu the O. B. U* convention. Carried. Moved, that a committee be elected to work in conjunction with the1-secretary-treasurer In getting out the proceedings of the convention for a referendum vote. Carried. Committee olected: Fellow Workers Cowan, Fay and George, - Member asked would lt be possible to take some action to get the assistance of other" organizations to flght against the employ ers* black list. Member wm Informed that the shop stewards fn Great Britain had already been written, asking for their moral, and lf necessary, aetlve eupport, In protecting our members from the employers' black Ust. Nominations for place for holding the next convention were: Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Cranbrook and Port Arthur. The final vote gave the majority to Winnipeg by 28 to Vancouver'! 17. Moved, "that the matter of organizing In Nelson district be referred to the executive." Amended, "that the question of organising be left to the respective districts." Amendment carried. General discussion took place on various questions as to whether district secretaries should be given any instructions as to whloh papers, to favor In sending out their communications; also whether any action should be taken to prevent gambling and the selling of liquor by members. Fellow Worker Le* moine stated his views with reference to a report that he had sent In relating to the wage scale committees' report at the last oonvention, and his size-up of the present gathering. No action was taken on the matter. Motion to adjourn waa aopted a 4:45 p.m. The price* of wheat has been raised from $2.30 a bushel to $2.80 and the priee of bread has been raised one cent a pound. The bread for which the consumer pays one cent a pound more Is not made from wheat for which the farmer has received $1.10, but from wheat for which the farmer has received $2.30 a bushel, less II cents deducted to cover all costs of forcing his orop away from him. Tha balance of the Canadian crop Is hot in the farmer's hands, he has no wheat to sell. It Is all ln the hands of the miller and speculator who, by offering the farmer $2.80 for something he has not got, can charge the consumer an arbitrary proflt of 50 cents ii bushel' for something he must buy. Olmuetz, Moravia—Under the requirements Imposed by the Entente, particularly France, Germans, Poles and Ruthenlans In Czecho-Slovakia are virtually without rights or representation. Eight million non-Czechs are governed by six million Czechs under this system. UNION •** OFFICES This Official Lilt of Vancouver Allied Printing Offices CAM SUFPLT TOD WITH THE ALLIED NUSTIHO TBADBS DBIOM LABEL BI.OCHBEROF.R, F. H„ 31(1 Bro.dirt, Eut F.lrmont 90S BRAND, \V., 62, P.nd.r Street Writ Sagrmoar S67S B. 0. PRINTING It LITHO. CO., Nmjthe >nd Homer. S.,mour 11,1 CLARK A STUART. 330 Sermour Street S.,moir 3 COWAN A BROOKHOUSE. 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I THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST tancctovbb, b. a PAGE SEVEN Working Men's Clothing Specials for This Week Mackinaw Shirts $9.00 up to $13.00 Pants _.,... .. . '-. $7.50 _ Bannockburn Tweed Pants...$6.00, $7.00 Blankets, $4.00 per pair up. Tin Pants and Raintest Clothing Sweaters , $3.00 Sweater Coats ._-. $3.00 to $12.00 Underwear of all kinds, per suit...$3.00 W. B. BRUMMITT 18-20 CORDOVA STREET And 444 Main Street PATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS 10 Sub. Cards Oood for one yew's ■ubmrlptU* to Tkt B. O. Pederotlaatat. will bi moiled to sny addreu la Csntds (or f 17.50. (Oood onprhere outiide ol Vonoouver oity.) Order ten todsy. Remit whea sold. HELP ALONG! v Patronize.Federationist Advertisers The Hope in Raissia Mnny will remember a big meet." (By K. W. Nevlson In London"*!!! grow, the outlying nntional! Hero Tbty An, Indexed rot Tou Mb union Hu, Out Ibis Out am curt It to Ton wifo Banks Bank of Toronto, Hatiingi * Cambie; Vlotoria, Merritt and. Now Weit* minater. , \ , Boyal Bank of Oaaada, 12 Branches ln Vancouver, 29 in B. C, * Bheiiy's... Bakeries .Phone Fairmont 44 Tisdall* Limited..., I, A. Flett. Pocket Billiard Parlor... Bicycles Billiards ...818 HaBtings Street Wert ........Hastings Street Wast -.48 Hastings Stroet Gut Con Jones (Brunswick Pool Booms) . .Hastings Street Eut Boots and Shoes Ooodwin Shoe Co., 119 Hastings Street East Ingledew Shoe Storo . 666 Granville Street '^"Boot'Shop.... ; Pierre Paria. Wm. Dick Ltd. 319 Hastings Street West .....64 Hastings Street West ....Hastings Street Eut Bank Buffot....... Trocadero Cate... Cafes ........Corner Hastings and Homer Streets . ..156 Hutings Street Wost Chinaware and Toys Millar k Coo. -Ltd. - 419 Hutings Street Wost Clothing and Gent's Outfitting Arnold * Qnigloy H6 Oranvillo Street Clubb k Stewart - .309-316 Hastings Stroet West i, B. 0. Outfitting Co. 348 Hastings Street West Wm. Dick Ltd - —..... 83-49 Hutings Street East Thos. Poster k Co., Ltd ~ . 614 Oranvillo Streot 3. St. Poster k Co, Ltd 346 Hastings Street Wost J. N. Harvey Ltd -..-... 186 Hutings West and Victoria, B. C. Ths Jonah-Prat Co.. New York Outfitting Co.. David Spencer Ltd W. B. Brumitt. Thomas * McBain... Woodwards Ltd... ........._'..'. 401 Hastings Street Wost .-. 143 Hastings Street West .Hastings Street ;_:_.. _. Cordova Streot ...OranviUe Street Victor Clothes Shop... D. K. Book ...Hastings and Abbott Streets .118 Hastings Wost Kirk k Co., Ltd.. tlaodonald Marpole Co... _ 117 Hastings Streot West Coal .989 Main St., Seymour 1441 and 465 _ 1001 Main Street " Frsser Valley Dairies... Dairies .\......„™...8tli Avonuo and Yukon Street Dentists Drs. Brett Anderson and Douglas Cassolman..... Dr. W. J. Curry Dr. Oordon Campbell l»r. tt. B. Hall ttt. Lowe .____..— Dr. Grady •; ...608 Hastings West ..301 Dominion Building ......Corner Granville and Robson Streots ..191 Hutings Street East, Seymour 4048 Corner Hastings and Abbott Streets ....Cornor Hastings and Soymour Streets Bnnk Buffett— Britannia Beer... Cuscsdc Beer..... Hotel West... Drinks ...TOr Hutings and Homer Streeta Westminster Brewery Co. ...Vancouvor Breweries Ltd. ...444 Carrall Street Potrioia Cabaret— 1 Hob Boy Hotol ' Taxi—Soft Drinks... i Van Bros. —.•.— ...411 Hastings Street Esst .....57 Cordova Street West 409 Dunsmuir Street .Ciders and wines Vsncouver Drug Co.... Drugs ..Any of thoir six stores Fitmous Cloak k Suit Co,.. Oordon Drysdale Ltd.. Dry Goods ...683 Hastings Street West Granvillo Street Florists Brown Bros. * Co. Ltd....- .48 Hastlnga East and 788' OranviUe Street Funeral Undertakers Center * Hanna Ltd ..-.!...-.. 1049 Georgia, Seymour 8485 Uonu Thomson * fllegg -— — 531 Homer Street Furniture * 41 Hutings Streot West Groceries Hastings Stroot Opposite Pantages Hastings Furniture Co... Cal-Van Market. "Motors" (threo stores) Hastings, GranvUle and Main Streots Woodwards. - .Hutings and Abbott Streots JS" Ltd. —-..- .........Hasting. Streot Jewelers ...GranvUle and Georgia Streets Birks Ltd.- Manufacturers of Foodstuffs W. H. Malkin..™- -'- •••--- (Malkln'a Boot) Overalls and Shirts ■"Big Horn" Brand. ■■— .....(Turner Beeton k Co., Viotorla, B. C.) Paints Hunt«r-Honderson Paint Co ...™.........~ 648 GranviUo Street Printers and Engravers Oowm" k Brookhouse...... •••- ..Labor Tempi, TutEd-Dibble — •>••■••• ...™Twor-Building tteftand-Dibblc. Angoll Engraving Co.. A, H. Timms Whito * Bindon..... t. 0.1-.—— 518 Hostings West ...888-830—14th Avenue East 588 Pender Street Wost Railways ........and the....... (Tom 'the Tailor.. Tailors .....; 621 Granville St.; 318 HaBtings W, Tools j. a. wett- rrrx "
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