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[INDUSTBIAI. UNITY: STRENGTH OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLISHED IN INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS .* POLITICAL UNIT*: VICTORY (SIXTEENTH YEAR. -6%\ FOUR PAGES FEDERATED LABOR [Burnaby Branoh of Party Holds Its Fourth Annual Bally VANCOUVER, B. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 28,1924 5c A COPY AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Speakers: Dr. Telford, 8amOuthrie, H. L. A., and H. Neelands, H. L. A. PHE Burnaby branch of the Federated Labor party, held their fourth (annual rally on the 20th March, In the Oddfellows' hall, McKay, B. C, pihd had the uaual large and enthusl- .stic audience. The chair was occupied by G. W. Judge, president of the pranch, and Bpeclal mention should be nade of the three Burnaby artists who gave their services, and by the ikpplause each received, the careers of these talented gSrla are assured, amely, Miss Nellie McLean, who ave two very humorous readings; diss Doris Flower, rendering two Jaongs, as also did Miss Peacock, the patter being accompanied by Miss Gtoodmurphy, and Miss Flowers' accompanist being Mr. Stanley of Alta Vista. After a few well-chosen remarks trom the chairman, who has had 30 ears' experience with the labor move- nent, here and in the old country, Dr. [Telford addressed the gathering, and Was well received and given an attentive hearing. He dealt at some length on the question of education, !nd stated that the labor success in he old land was due to years of edu- atlon and propaganda, and pointed ut, that tf we are to. be successful in krttlsh Columbia as a labor party, we hould have to follow In the steps of he British Independent Labor party. The next speaker was Sam Outhrle, , P. P., who gave his experiences tn he house of assembly at Victoria, and old how the labor members had tried three successive sessions to bring the Workmen's Compensation act [or amendment, without success, but Iventually got a hearing in the fourth psaion, and we were then ruled out •order. He also told what had been P. with regard to the Eight-hour >ay bill. He dealt very fully with the rorkings of the coal mines in this | rovlnce, and told how the govern- nont went to considerable trouble to prosecute a worker who had been uilty of taking matches^ Into the hine, but when there were explosions busing loss of many lives, the labor Members had been unable to get the Government to investigate same, and le went on to pro-ve how, through neglect on the part of the mine owners i not keeping open the air drafts, the Ixplosions occurred, and that the owners got off scot free without even an Investigation. Mr. Guthrie told how, |i his opinion of Mrs. Mary Ellen nith, had gotten a cabinet position, fecause she had the highest number votes in the Vancouver constitu- Iicles, and because there waB no sal- Vy attached to It, she had to have a ■ft of some description, so was sent ]f the federal government at Ottawa the old country, to go around the lies and towns there to lecture and fduce people to come to this domin- He told an Instance of one man 110 landed In Canada wtth over £80 ver $400) and.after trying to secure >rk across the continent, had landed Vancouver island, but was Btlll un- qeessful In obtaining work, with y_e ult. that he called at the house of (rltament In Victoria, and interview- Mra. Smith. She asked him what Id Induced him to come to Canada, |d he told her that she had, and ned the town where he had heard |r, an sadd that there was a stream- behind her touring car bearing words: "Canada Needs You, Iu Need Canada," and she told the n he Bhould not have come until s spring—some excuse. The gov- ment of British Columbia has nt $70,000 on advertising for im- srnuits, and goodness knows what i been spent by the rest of Canada, Mr. Guthrie said, there ts no fcney available for the unemployed ht here, lHarry Neelands, the member for Irnaby, also Bpoke, and told ot ef- ftn made by the two labor men ln filament, and appealed to the work- to send more labor men to the I ubo to support them. [Refreshments were provided, and rally concluded with an enjoy- |le dance, the music being provided Burnaby boys, "The Melody Drift- he branch are taking steps to run andldate at the forthcoming provln- |tl election, and announcement to efTect will be made:soon. ' The next monthly meeting of the |irnaby branch of the Federated La- party will be held on Thursday Isnlng, April 3rd, at the home of |. Head, Neville street, Royal Oak. Sales of Autos In B. C. During February, 444 automobiles Ire sold In British Columbia, of plch 221 were purchased in Van- River. Other sales for cars to be fed out of province were 24. Wago Increase ICement workers throughout Great fltaln have been granted an increase %d. per hour-M>r 2s. a week—to derate from January 1 last. Great \vo& of Organisation fpr -w\$en for their Own Protection WOMEN MOSTLY EXPLOITED Unemployment No Myth—How the Workers "Are Gutting Eaeh Other's Throats" [By Frances Wills] fXNE ot the greatest Immediate needs In Vancouver today, ls for organization of women and gins, particularly those who are entirely self-supporting or who have to support others. This ls desirable for several reasons. First and perhaps foremost, the workers who seem to accept their conditions as divine will, must become, to some extent, class-conscious, Instead of tamely aequlscent. Thus there will exist some uniting force, so that they may In broad terms, think alike, and when crises arise, act alike, And so our ends will be attained more quickly; so products will be for use not proflt, so the soil and its wealth, tha Industries and their distribution may be common possessions while various 'privileges," education, art and a decent living, may be possible to all. But there are several more pressing reasons why women should be organized; reasons which concern the individual vitally. Female labor always has been more exploited thnn that of men, because It is, naturally, a more uncertain Quantity., But the lower rate of wages paid to women afreets men's mhor Indirectly, causing the latter l*** be cut out entirely, or employed at lower than standard rates, in many Industries. Vancouver, however, can hardly be termed an Industrial centre, as far as women are -concerned. They are moBtly employed ln the distribution of products, so the department and other stores might be considered first. Here, there is much to be desired, for In the majority of cases, the advantages lte entirely with the employer. A girl can bc dismissed at a moment's notice. True, she can "quit" at a moment's notice; totf/" Bartlre'Iwo cabos cannot fairly be compared. The employer has not the slightest difficulty in filling vacancies, whereas days, weeks, even months, may elapse before the girl can find work. What must this mean to aome girls? They haven't al) parent ond homes to rely on; nor have they all indefinite credit to subsist on. What happens? Unemployment Is no myth; it is absolutely undeniable, nnd there are jugly facts to faco. It would be amusing If it were not bo' Ironic, that certain firms enquire into one's religious affiliation. Ono wonders at this paternal Inquiry (or might It be anxiety) respecting the soul, while there is no corresponding anxiety for tho physical needs of those who, through bad trade, surplus supplies, overproduction, or individual Inefficiency, are turned loose at a moment's notice. But maybe, religious connection 1b a guarantee to the employer of respectability and suitability. Hitherto, there has been very little attempt at organization for the simple reason (apart from lethargy) that girls dare not show a disposition to rebel—to get their rights. Work Is precious, however poor the conditions. Rebellion by an individual Ib futile; another worker Ib willing to accept the same poor conditions, and thus the workera "cut each other's throats," So the workers cannot be blamed for their apparent apathy. Apathy there may be, but under the surface, there ls much boiling Indignation, much misery realized that, as yet, Is Inarticulate. But the workers are up against a stone wall that only organized effort, great courage and some sacrifice can break through. Hours of tabor and Holidays to Be Dealt with, Says Mayor Owen At Monday's meeting of the city council, Mayor W. R. Owen named Aid. Rogers, Aid. GIbbens, Aid. Almond and Aid. Worthlngton as representatives to. the city conciliation board. All questions of hours of labor and annual holidays raised by the estimates committee will be referred to this board tor consideration and report, the mayor announced. A delegation from the Civic Employees' Federation appeared before the council asking that this action be taken, but Mayor Owen forestalled any debate by announcing that he intended to appoint the aldermanlc representatives of the board. When the mayor made his announcement, Aid. Fred Rogers called attention to the fact that It wns reported the civic employeea were anxious to have a board under the federal Lemleux act appointed. If this were the case he was ln favor of granting civic assistance In the matter. The mayor explained that such action might be taken lf things could not be satisfactorily adjusted by the city conciliation board. Money and the Money Trick T MAKE no claims whatever to be-f ing a financial expert. I have never had much money to handle, X have never gone into the business of breeding money. But I know that without money, I would go without my dinner, sleep in the open and be unable to secure any clothes—in fact that I would be arrested as a criminal without any visible means of support. I know further that in present-day society, almost every door opens but to a golden key. I know that the people who work the longest hours, and doi the most drudgery, have the least money and get through the fewest doors. ■ i Hence I have become interested in this magical thing "money." What is It? Where does it come from? What gives it value? Who changes ItB value? How is the trtek done? These are the questions that confront me. ^ We speak of money as "gold." But, my Canadian friend, did you ever.see any gold money? Perhaps you may have seen a gold coin used as an ornament or keepsake. ' But were you ever paid in gold? These "bills" are bits of paper—easily printed. If you throw one into the fireplace, it goes up In smoke. You are the loser. Who gains? Before the war, a dollar would pay for a nice little grocery order. Now it will secure only about half. Why? In Germany ft takes millions or billions of marks to buy what once one mark would buy. Why? Tou go to no end of trouble to secure a few cents increase in wageB and you flnd your "bigger money" goeB no further. You scratch your head; the boss laughs up his sleeve! A conjurer^ trick Is ruining the world. Well, where shall we begin ? Money itself, as we know ft, will not satisfy any human need. You can't eat it, you can't clothe yourself in it, you can't use it for any useful purposes. Even gold Is one of the least really useful metals. But a ntckle will spring a slot machine and give me a stick of chewing gum or let me use the telephone. A quarter will let me Into a movie or give me a cheap meal or h| cheaper bed. Money, then, seems to be a sort of ticket. You can give the baker or milkman either a ticket or a dime and be will give'you a loaf of bread or a quart of milk. Money Is not wealth. As Viscount Milner said recently: "If we have the wealth we can always easily be able to provide the 'counters' to handle the wealth." You are still fooled by the idea that money ts wealth. Many of the "money-kings" themselves are still laboring more or less under this delusion. So long as the majority of the people believe this, money is "as good as wealth." But let a crisis come, and the wealthiest people will flnd themselves playing with shadows aa la the case In Europe today. "But gold, real gold, has real value"—yes, as a commodity—to make ornaments and fill teeth and put signs on windows. But Its use as money Is purely artificial. There! I've "said a mouthful." The bankers and "practical" men will laugh me to scorn, but sometimes out of the mouth of babea cometh wisdom! The farmera of the prairies are growing wheat and cattle. The factory workera of Montreal are making clothes and boots. Might It not be possible to trade wheat and cattle for clothes and boota? That Is what Is actually done. Yet some still claim that we need gold to perform thla transaction. They would send men up Into the wilds of Northern Ontario to blast the rocks and grind them Into mud and extract the gold to mike tickets to help in the exchange of the wheat for the boots. Gold tickets may be all very well. But if the supply of gold ran out, can you conceive that the farmers and factory-workers would be such consummate fools that they couldn't discover some other medium of exchange as standard of value? Nor is lt really different In International exchange. If RuBsia can "produce the goods," gold or no gold, she will flnd people with a surplus of other kinds of goods willing to trade. In the primitive days barter was the rule; money was unknown. Then gradually there wns realized the need for some common measure, some standard of value. In Canada among the Indians, a beaver akin was at one time such a standard. The value of a rifle waa measured In beaver sklna, Then when the exchange was with strangers or when the middle man appeared on the scene, It was found convenient to use a ticket syBtem. But the ticket must be acceptable, must be "good," capable of being "cashed." Since the condltlona were at that time neither stable nor atan dardlzed, It waa natural that the man who accepted a ticket should see to lt that the ticket had value in Itself. Various kinds of money were used, Gold wns found to be the beat. It was found In small quantities, of uniform quality, easy to be recognized, easy to be divided, and at the time for various reasons highly prized. But though gold money had intrinsic value lt was still a ticket. Then men learned to uae Blips of paper that could be exchanged for gold. The gold waa locked safely In the vault, the bank notes were more convenient. A wheat check, a credit allp, milk ticket, are practically good as money. People soon became accustomed to this "paper money1 [By J. S. Woodsworth, M. P.] and did not bother to get it changed for gold. Then the bankers conceived the brilliant idea of issuing more paper money than there was gold In the vaults. The scheme worked splendidly. Of course, lf some individual wanted gold, the bank would give gold in exchange for the bank note. ThlB arrangement waa known as the "gold basis." With an inaurance company, if one house burns down, the company Ib able to pay the claim. If, however, all the houses Insured should burn down at the same time, the company would be insolvent, banks considered themselves in sound flnanclal position lf they could meet the probable demand for gold. Confessedly they had not sufficient gold to redeem all the paper money In circulation. To thia day our paper money reads: "The bank promises to pay to the bearer five dollars"—I. e., five dollars In gold. Yet that ts today pure bluff. The bank will not pay. Try it yourself. It Ib under no legal obligation to pay—has not been for ten years, that Is since the early days of the war. We are not on a "gold standard" ln Canada. Now don't get excited! Your money may be as "good" aa If we were on a so-called gold standard. But let us make no mistake, we are running on a purely ticket system, and have been for ten years. " But bank notes are not the only kind of paper money. We discovered the use of cheques. Some wtll say that cheques are not money, but as the economist Walker says: "Money Is, that money does." Whatever performs the functions of money is really money. You are paid by a cheque. It ls as "good" as a "roll" of bills. It will settle your board bill. You can exchange It for bills. Today the greater part of our flnanclal transactions are carried through by means of the checking system—In Canada some 96 per cent. Dominion notea or bank bills are as lt were only the amall chang*. 'We work on a ticket ays- tern. And all thia vast amount of money has no corresponding volume of gold. Even lf the bank notea were legally redeemable In', gold, would auch a "gold basis" make any material difference? No! The basis of our existing money system is not gold but confidence. Confidence may be a sounder basis than gold or lt may lend itself to all sorts of confidence tricks. The bank managers are dreadfully afraid that one of these days the public will discover the hoax that has been played on them, and everything will go smash. There Js a danger here. The real way of avoiding that danger, however, ts not to perpetuate the hoax, but to educate the public to the real situation. That may not save the financiers, but it will save the public. But what determines the value of SUP III COIL MIKES About 600 Miners Thrown Out of Work on Island—Dr. Telford to Speak [From Our Own Correspondent] Nanalmo, B. C, H§.rch 27.—During the last two weeks, between 400 and 500 .miners have been thrown out of work on Vancouver Island. The mines at Cassidy, South Wellington and Nanalmo alt being affected. To many this will, ln all probability, como as a distinct shock. Every day we read in our dally press of attempts being made to bring Immigrants Into this country, when at the same time there is being experienced such a slump In one of our main Industries. Already, nn attempt has bcen made by those in South Wellington to get aome relief from the government for those who are on the verge of destitution as a result of being tht own out of work, but up to the present the government has done nothing. Paid hardly enough to keep themselves and their families supplied with the necessities of life during the time that they are employed, they are now thrown into the discard until such time as they may be again called upon to function for their employers. On top of all this, our government talks nbout Immigration, as the one solution for our social ills. The miners In Nanaimo fall to see the wisdom of such n policy. Cnn they be blamed? On Sunday, April Mh, Dr, Lyle Telford, of Vancouver, Is to speak before the. Labor, party at Nanalmo. There promises to be n big turn out to hear him. fthe particular col.i, or bank noie- er other kind of m;«ney?—that in our next problem. Money is the measure of all things —in that, money ls different from any other commodity. If money is cheap, all other things are dear. If money becomes more valuable, all other things, measured In terms of money, become cheaper. Let us take aa an Illustration a Bet of old-fashioned grocer's scales. Suppose I bore a hole in the underside qf the pound weight, and take out two ounces of metal. When I sell tea or sugar I give only 14 oz. The pound weight is light, the So the groceries become dear. If I should fill that hole with lead until the pound weight really weighed 18 oz., I must hand out larger quantities of tea or sugar. Groceries become cheap. So with money. Cheap money, dear commodities. Whoever controls the value of money controls the value of all commodities. Tea may he cheap or dear according to the quantity produced. So with sugar. But when tea and sugar and all other groceries become dear at the same time, lt ts well to examine the pound scale. The cost of living has gone uu. We blame "the butcher, the baker, the candle- sick maker"—the retailer, the wholesaler, everyone in stfght. But does it ever occur to us that it isn't so much that all commodities have become dear as that money has become cheap? Two years ago in Germany the people complained about the high cost of living. Now they know that the real difficulty is the low value of the mark. We,haven't yet learned that lesson. Who then controls the value of money and how can it be forced up or doWn? In the days of gold money, the value of the gold—that is, its purchasing power—depended upon the amount of tt in circulation. If a new and rich gold mine were discovered, the value of a piece of gold would tend to decrease. In this, gold was like any other commodity. If in a limited market, twice the quantity of potatoes are produced, potatoes will tend to be cheap—cheap In relation to other things. If a large number of Immigrants are introduced into an al ready crowded labor market, labor power becomes cheap. So it is with gold—at least according to the gen erally accepted qualitative theory of the economists. But as gold measures the value of all other commodities, food, clothes, etc., if gold ls cheap, It Is equivalent to saying that measured in terms of gold, theso other commodities are dear. This same law of value is true, we are told, not only of gold, but of pnpor money. The more bank notes in circulation to do the same amount of work, the less each Ib worth. That accounts for the depreciation of most of the European currencies—the printing press turned out no end of paper money. It became almost worthless, thus the cost of living increased by leaps and bounds. In the days of gold money, it was difficult to mine a great quantity of new gold. With paper money, it ls as easy to print a hundred-dollar bill as to print a one-dollar bill. One step further, we are told that cheque—money—credit —is subject to the same law of value. The more of lt to do the Bame work, the cheaper; the less, the dearer it is. This is what is meant by inflation and deflation. Those who control credit control to no small extent the cost of living. "What have I to do with the banks? I keep my money in my Jeans"—so declared a worker to me. Ah! He thought himself safe. But what is the ten-dollar bill In his pocket should shrink till it is worth only $5? That Is what has actually happened. He holds his $10 bill tightly. It is still stamped $10. But the value has been Juggled out of It. He is still so dumb-founded that he half admires the great conjurer who has done so slick a trick. But suppose his hill should continue to shrink till it is worth only ten centB or ten mills —as In Europe, Then he would seize a club and try to hit the firBt head that showed Itself. But then It in too late! There is nothing to be gained anyway by breaking hcada. What we must do is to try to understand a system that Is not only exploiting the majority, .but la bringing the whole world—including tho present beneft- cieriaN—to ruin. In a succeeding article we shall try to show at least In pnrt, how the trick la worked. Win. Bennett In thc Hmpltal Wm. Bennett, one-time secretary of Vancouver local Federated Labor party, underwent an operation at thc genernl hospital on the 19th, and la progressing favorably. In the paat he has heen obliged on more than one occasion to give up positions In sawmills on account or "cedar asthma," yet could not get compensation, as the Compensation Hoard has not yet "recognized" that disease. His present illness, caused by tho nature of his work, Is also not "recognized," except In rare occasions, and hln case Is not one of tho rare occasions. Wiwt'K of Ironworkft Laborers. Thousands of ironworks laborers are taking home lem than fl a week Will any one pretend that they can make provision for Insurance out of that limited earning capacity, or buy houses or even bread? asks Mr. Dukes, M. P. Conditions of children's employment ln making bricks and tiles was under British governmental Investigation ln 1861. When the weather was fine, tho working hours were from 5 a.m. till 8 p.m. During drying process, the hours lasted from 4 o-m. to 9 p.m. Work from fi a.m. (o 7 p.m. was considered "moderate." Boys and girls from 6 to 10 years old boing thus oc- cti"iM Cases were found where tots of 4 years woro made to work. Provincial and Federal Governments Unfair in Adding to Banks of Jobless PROMISES PROVEN FALSE Grand Army of United Veterans (Burnaby Branoh) Protest .Against Treatment [By A. E. Flower, Secretary G. A. of U. V. (Burnaby Branch)] HPAKING into consideration the pre- - vailing unfairness of the provincial and federal governments in adding to the ranks of the unemployed, by en- couraglng and assisting immigrants into this country through glaring advertisements, of so-called easily-obtained prosperity, we wish to solicit the co-operation__,of tbe numerous labor and soldier organizations, and all other bodies concerned, to draw attention to the fact that, honor, fairness and justice to the working classes (who, in a large percentage are returned men), seems to be eliminated from the government's daily legislation and misrepresentations. It ls now nine years past since the world struggle commenced, and, during the regime of the Borden government at Ottawa, he (Borden), with the government supporting him, made so many golden promises, to encourage the extensive army to try and bring about an early termination of hostilities, and, providing they were victortoua, thereby saving the empire, he openly announced in the federal house that there would be nothing too good for those that returned after suffering the frightful experiences, and by virtue of the fact, that during his visit to the front, he could readily observe with what the army had to contend with. Those glaring promises, we now realize, Is a true demonstration of the so-called Justice meted out to those who are still enduring and suffering in a life's struggle.for a mere existence, notwithstanding the truth, it ls a day after day, week after week, and year after year observance we aee men with disabilities of almost every sort, trying- tor -fljrtheir WMfTbto tKe miserable and inadequate allowances allotted. Therefore, can it be said in the name of justice and humanity that it ls fair that misguided immigrants should be used to bring about a (successful termination of the land colonization scheme, to make and build up a country, as they, the federal government and the provincinl government want It, beforc a settlement is made with the men who saved the country, the empire, and the throne, and who up to the present, have been practically ignored? Therefore, if the many sacrifices that were made, were worth while to defend the empire, and the liberties that we flnd on our return were taken away from us during our absence, are not worthy of a settlement in the near future, we contemplate that unemployment will be unavoidably increased, and the prosperity of this vast nnd most valued dominion wilt be extensively menaced. Therefore, be it resolved, if the conditions for those In British Columbia at present Is made somewhat more prosperous, an extensive display of advertisements would not be necessary. Any extensive advertising In respect of Immigration, will undoubtedly be frustrated by the individual determination of the worker of British Columbia to advise intended set tiers of the true conditions now prevailing; therefore, we are convinced that a prosperous community of workers is the finest asset and a most telling advertisement for British Columbia. Should this desired change come into effect, In the place af Ain- contented citizens absorbing extreme ideas, we would have a constructive community aiding and working for a lasting betterment of tho province. Many Leave Interior for Lack of Employment—Officers Are Elected [From Our Own Correspondent] Summerland, B. C„ March 27.—Owing to thc strenuous economic conditions existing In nnd nbout Summer- land, many workers hnve heen forced to teayo and to look elsewhere for work. As a result, the local labor forces have been more or less deprived of the help of mnny of their energetic nnd earnest workers. In spite of thnt fnct, they have the strongest dues- paying membership they ever had, and are holding the best meetings they have ever held. Officers wore recently elocted na follows: President, Wm. Simpson; secre- tary-treosurer, Jnck Logic; executive committee, Comrades W. Borton, T, Koch and H. Schwartz. The locul meeta every Monday evening in West Summerland. At their next meeting, they nre having Jack Logic speak on the aubject: "The Probloms of tho Farmer." During tho coming summer—sometime in August, lt Is expected—a summer school will be held nt tho Log Cabin, programmes for which will be announced at a later date. Maurice and Kingsley Laid 'he1 ' Foundation and Established ..' Principles of Labor JUSTICE, NOT 0HARIT7" Thoughts of Hell and Heaven Gave Way to New Ideas of God on Earth [By Rev. Jamea Adderley] rPHERE are atlll aome queer folk up and down the country who remain aghast at the support given by many of the clergy to the labor movement. It ts for thetr beneflt that I want to atate ln simple language what has led us on during the paat thirty years or ao to the position of not only tolerating with equanimity but positively welcoming with enthusiasm the advent of "labor" to power and authority in the state. Twenty-flve years ago I contributed a list of a possible labor cabinet to the Labor Leader, and on looking back at my newspaper cutting book I am quite a Utile amused to flnd that even the editor was surprised that I put Ramsay Macdonald down as my prime minister. I must admit that the rest -of my list la full of howlers (and liberals). To trace the history of our conversion to the labor movement we must go back to 1848. It is the spirit of Maurice and Kingsley which Btlll movea us, though It Is doubtful If those great prophets would "be with tia entirely ln our modern attitude,' Nevertheless, It was they who laid the foundation and established the principles. They noted with prophetic foresight that the bonis of society tn their day waa from the Christian point of view n rotten one. "Those who tell you that competition ia the law of life tell you a lie," said Kingsley, tont and artlsto- crat though he was. Bishop Gore has summed up the principle of the labor movement In a sentence, "Justice, not charity." The Idea that "the poor" are to have charity meted out to them as a substitute for justice la incompatible with the goapel of Christ. Justtr*, Not Charity It is because we have watched the labor movement from our youthful days standing by this principle through ovil report and good report, that we have accompanied it with sympathy and active co-operation. We have known till along what some people have only lately became aware of through the books of the Hammonds. The discontent of the masses which has sprung from thc injustice and the brutality of the early nineteenth century has eaten into their hearts ns Protestantism entered Into the heart of the British races at tho Reformation. Many do not at all realize what such injustices as the ill-treatment of children In the factories and mines, the wicked punishments for trivial offences, the filth of prisons, the robbery of the Enclosure acts, the tardy repeal of the Combination laws, and a hundred other cruelties meant to the people bf the time, nnd how they colored the corporate mind of the poor towards those whom they were taugtit In church to "call their "betters." Jt was when the clergy came to understand this and that they, the ministers of Christ, were to a large extent responsible-for thc mind of "the rich" wlvich could callously tolerate this Injustice, that they turned to the. labor movement wtih sympathy. The theology of the church all tended to encourage thepi and to introduce them to their new friends. The old individualistic religion of saving one's soul, sometimes at the expense of somebody else's body, wos dying out, Thc life of the Prophet of Nazareth was being restudtod, nnd His teaching began again io ring In the enrs of His disciples. The doctrine of the incarnation, thc human God, took the place of the doctrines of the angry or indifferent Jehovah. ■ Thoughts of hell nnd heaven gave way to new ideas of thc kingdom of God ou enrth. Again thc clergy found themselves turning to the socialists wilh their intenso moral zeal for the very things that they were themselves commissioned to believe in and to preach. I do not for one moment wish to give anyone the Idea thnt the church has, or even ought to, come over en bloc to socialism—that has never been my way. I have always maintained that our buelness as clergy ls more with the soul of Dives than the sores of Lazarus. Wc are not meant to be economists, but we arc mennt to be prophets of an ideal. Our religion compels us to put forward in the name of Christ a great social Ideal, thc kingdom of God. If we Hnd the labor movement preparing the way for the realization of that ideal we are, not unnaturally, attracted towards it. The a ntl -socialists have always made the great mlatakt; of laboring to prove lhat socialism is atheistic. What they ought to have done is to show lhat capitalism is Christian. To tell ub that a number of socialists nre non-roligious proveH nothing. It only provokes ub to nsk why, and to flnd the nnswer ln the fnct that so many Christians are ready to bolster up injustice and war and industrial havoc. If. thoy could show us that the old syBtem which wc want to change has been and is a beautiful religious system, based on the principles of Christ, (Continued on page 4) PAGE TWO SIXTEENTH YEAR. No. 1 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b.c. FBIDAY March 28, 192 onist Published every Friday by British Columbia Federationist Business and Editorial Offico, 1129 Howo St. Tim policy of Tho B. 0. FederationiBt is controlled by tlio editorial board of the Federated Labor Party of British Oolnmhia. Subscription Bate: Unitod Statos and Foreign, $3.00 per year;' Canada, $2.50 per year, $1*.50 (or nix months; tu UnionB subscribing in a body, 16c per member per month, __________ FRIDAY-. March 28, ini FEAR AND OUB CIVIL SEltVICE /T1HERE is no other emotion within A the realms of human experience, that wields so powerful an influence upon the lives of mon and women, as does that of FEAR. It ruins more Uvea than any war. It takes from childhood days the happiness that is rightly theirs. In the breasts of mothers it places a feeling of remorse rather than of gladness, whon she thinks of the future of her child. It Bhould not be. It muat not be. The future should be, and could be made to hold little else than happiness for all. Fear shortens life. Many actually die of fear when there is no need of dying. Lives of untold millions are tilled with fear and its deadening influence, from the dawn of consciousness until they are swallowed up in death. The struggle for existence today is such that no father, howevor callous he might bn, oan view the future of hla wife and family without some slight pang of fear. One needs but little experience with society today before one comes to realize its hearttessness and tta cold indifference towards the needs of those who suffer. Can it be said of the government at Ottawa that they are helping to rid, from the lives of those who have served it faithfully for decades tn many branches of ItB civil service department, all need for fear of what the future might hold in atore for them or thetr loved onea, in the event of sickness or of death? Would that government care to demonstrate how any man can save sufficient, out of an income of 966 a month, to ever justify htm taking upon himself the responsibilities of a home? Would they care to demonstrate how any married man, earning about $122 per month, can provide the preaent needa for himself and family, lfly by a reserve for use in caae of illness, and at the same time, carry sufficient inaurance to provide for the future of hla family in case of death? It cannot be done. So long as the government of our land Ib run by men who abaolutely disregard the just demands of those who serve it, what need we hope for in the line of social betterment? Fear, if not the outcome of the present capitalist system, finds in that system all that it needs to develop it to the fullest possible extent. Until capitalism is banished from tho face of the earth, fear will ever remain the most dominating influence upon the lives of men and women the world over. A SOAItUED GENERATION THOSE of im who have beon privileged to live during the past decade, have been living through one of the most strenuous periods ln the world'H history. Thrones have vanished; kingdoms have risen and fallen; more dictators have appeared during that poriod than ever before. Never has there been such slaughter and starvation rampant in the world. And the future looms as hazardous before as the days juat passed. Chemists mixing hellish brews; aviators rehearsing on phantom cities, engineers tinkering with super Berthas, inventors harnessing the forces of hell for a new onslaught on humanity— all these we view with the eyes of a condemned man who sees the gallows being erected. What comfort we get is the comfort that comes to the people of Italy who go back tb the slopes of Vesuvius after an eruption—per-l hundred and nineteen millions. Ac- greatly increased vote polled by the labor party candidate, fiom 2000 votea In the last election, to, 6000 in this one; and the very small vote polled by the liberal party, 291 votos out of a total of over 22,000 votes. Mr. Churchill was the man who said a few years ago, that labor waa not Ht to govern. It seems as though the people of Great Uritain do not agree with Mr. ChurchiH, since the labor party is now the government nnd, if the Abbey election is any criterion, is gaining prestige all along the line, while Churchill has been rejected for the third consecutive time. The results should be significant also, as regards the future of the liberal party. The labor party is pledged to a transformation of the means of production and exchange, from the control of monopoly and privileges (private interests), to the people as a whole, and to do that aa rapidly as Is practicable, from an international as well as a national point of view. The conservative party is out for monopoly and privilege, while the liberal party, at present, has no policy and is, therefore, doomed to oblivion. Over the demise of the liberal party, the workers will shed no tears. To put the forces of privilege and reaction into the same camp is a task that must be accomplished. Tho line of demaca- tion between "the opposing forces mus* become more clear before the government by the progressive forces ln hu- man society Is possible. Tho assertion that the working class is not fit to govern, Implies .that the present government is eminently fit to govern. With this implication we take Issue. It Is because the present ruling class has misused, mismanaged and wasted, not only the world's natural resourcea, but also the human material over which they have no control. Are the people who were responsible for the International conflict, whtch broke out in the summer of 1914 flt to govern? Are the people who were responsible for the peace of 1919 flt to govern? Is the class who have been floundering in the bog of economic chaos— where millions suffer from want midst a world of plenty—flt to govern? Take up an issue In the daily press—instruments for furthering the interests of the ruling class, though they be—and what do you flnd? The most appalling evidence of unshamed corruption; collossal waste and indefensible inefficiency; conduct actuated by no other motive than personal self- interest. Is that class flt to govern? We aay no, We challenge their right. Therefore, we call on everyone interested in bringing order out of chaos, in substituting peace for war, plenty for want, comfort for misery, hope for despair, understanding for Ignorance, altruism for selfishness, cooperation for competition, in a word', the advancement of mankind, through economic freedom and mutual help, to identify themselves with the forces of labor, that the day may be speedily ushered In. HALF A MILLION' LIVE ON CANADIAN TAXES HERE is something for every one to heed and ponder over about the excessive and almost unbearable taxation of Canada. A Toronto dispatch aays: - "It is a conservative estimate that something like half a million persons of this country are living on the taxes of the reat of us," declared Gratton O'Leary, Ottawa newspaper man, before thc Canadian Credit Men's association here on Saturday. "The national debt of Canada, which stood at onc billion three hundred and eighty two millions on armistice day, Ib today $2,400,000,000," said Mr. O'Leary "In other words, we have increased the public debt of Canada more since tho armistice than we Increased lt during the whole of the war. And this Is not all. There are enormous railway securities which the dominion of Canada have guaranteed, and which bring the gross publie debt of the dominion to three billion, two haps the next will be postponed till we die. But perhaps this is too pessimistic a picture. As always when an old idea is dying and a new one coming to life the race endures the pangs of birth. And If wc look around ns, this view is confirmed—an old system Is dying, lt is true, but a better Is coming laboriously to life. So whatever hardships wo experience, whatever agony we endure we can feel that we are factors ln the coming of a real brotherhood among mankind—that the forces of labor will take over the administration of the forces of, science, and direct them not to fratricidal strife ln the Interests of Imperialism, but to brotherly co-operation in the achievement of the common good. cording to a statement of the Royal Bank of Canada, the aggregate of debts of cur nine provinces total $428,000,000. Therefore, adding the debt of the provinces to the debt oi the dominion, and Including also the debts of the large cities, you pet the alarming faot that we have a total debt of five hundred dollars for every living soul In the dominion. o> ARE TIIE WORKERS FIT TO GOVERN? \N Wednesday, March 19th, Win- ' ston Churchill was defeated Jn the election hold to All the Westminster Abbey seat in the British house of commons. This makes the third time that Mr. Churchill has been defeated in election contests In eighteen months. The last election Is signlflcant as showing the trend of political sentiment in the old land. Mr. Churchill was In the field as an antl- socialist, candidate. Candidates were also run by the conservatives, liberals and the labor party. The seat Is traditionally conservative, and It was no surprise to hear that a conservative candidate was elected. The outstanding feature of the election was the "Why?" is a great word, come to think about lt. The liberal-conservatives of South Vancouver have chosen a candidato to contest that seat ln the next provincial election. Jack Cornett haB the job. r If he wins, no one will be to blame except the workera, who make up a vast majority of the voters in that constituency. If you are not on the list, get on, and roll up such a majority for thp labor candidate, who will shortly be chosen, that «o one will ever have any doubts about South Vancouver being for labor. Equitable Medium Surely we must see now that the difficulty is at the point of exchange and that there is a conspiracy on the part of all of us to make the things we have scarce so that they may be dear in price. The terrible obsession Is the proflt incentive. After 20 years of study of the different oconomic plans, I am more convinced than ever that this is the way out and that we may talk and plead and coax, but poople cannot live together harmoniously until we have an equitable medium of exchange.—H. S. Ross in Phoonlx, Arizona, Equitlat. The Pioneer ,,,„.„. ,.„.A SHORT STORY.****^ [By Margaret McMillan] TIE was born three and a half years ago in a mean street. Of. these earliest years little rises now Into the consciousness of the pioneer. Dim, vory dim, the first two years, like a mist hanging low on a valley. Then something wanders through this mist, a river of baby thoughts, dim, but welling up and flowing on at intervals. Behind all the world and nil the darkness something strong and warm stood always—a living presence. Eyes that smiled, arms like a aoft cradle—his mother. But he did not know, of course, that this was his mother, and would have noticed little of what she was to him, but that, one day, this strong, warm presence faded away. There was a movement aB of crowds in the little room, and then a great emptlnoss, where before there was the wall of protecting love. It was at this tinte that the river flashed out of the mist and little Paul began to "take notice." Paul went about his home and got to know it very well. It was a dark room, with stained and dingy walls, aind very full of furniture. There were two btg beds, in which slept at night Paul's two unclos, a grown-up brother, who was lame, and Paul's father. The larger bed was near the window, b t little light fell on it, for curtains heavy and dusty fell from the celling and kept out every breath of air and ray of sunlight. Paul wandered about all day in a forest of chair and table legs. Hla father always locked him in when he went to work in the morning, giving the key to the woman below, who brought him his dinner, and who sometimes nllowed him to go downstairs with her. This woman had a rag shop, and burned rags efery day in the yard, and Paul loved the blaze and did not mind the smell, which was wafted hither and thither and combined with the odors of the flsh shop next door. On Sundays, however, Paul saw the great world. He went forth holding his father'a hand and aaw that the world was made of stone. Qreat stony houses, cobbled streets, and __*.rd pavements. It did not awaken him out of the semi-sleep in which he lived, and he might have remained in this Btate for yeara. One Sunday, however, hia father took him past the camp, whose humble gate waa open, and Paul glanced Jt. It was a fair morning In June, and the three aspens In the front of the garden tossed their green boughs in the breeze. The roses were out over the trellis, and on the shelter's roof pigeons sunned themaelvea. Some flew down to the grass or swept between the pigeon house and the aviary. Paul stood as if turned to stone. He gazed and gazed, and only after a long time did his face begin to quiver. "Come along, m'lad," said his father, who wanted to gossip with the men at the street corner (men who stood there day in and day out, look ing dull or patient, or defiant, accord ing to their temperament. The world had no work for them to do). Paul was dragged away, resisting, and the gate was shut. A few days Inter he escaped from the lndy with the rag shop and journeyed back to the camp. It was a perilous wall*. Three crossings, and all, of them apt to become suddenly the theatre of heavy traffic. Paul reached the gate alive and safe. A crowd of children were going in. They lookod gay and confident and dispersed over the garden or disappeared ln the shelters. Near the aspena were groups of sad- eyed women-with children clinging to their skirts. These were the newcomers for whom there waa no room. Paul saw them all as in a dream. He went on doggedly, At the foot of the garden there were steps leading down to other shelters and a garden. At the foot of the steps he saw a woman standing. She had eyes that smiled, and he knew her at once. "Mummle," he said, uttering the word he had almost forgotten, and he held her fast by the skirts. She looked over his head at another lady—the principal. Another new one! We can't take him, of course." No, we're overcrowding already. So many are being sent away. It's a pity. But there is nothing to be done. Paul's hand tightened on the blue cotton skirts. "Mummle," he said firmly. "Where ls your miynmle?" asked the principal, Btooplng dowji to the curly head and lifting the little face. It was a pale little face, with a square chin and beautiful dark eyes. "Here!" said Paul, clutching with both hands. "Here!" The two women looked at each other, wondering. A shrill voice from the steps rang out. "Lors! He oome In here alone- bold as brass. I seen him crossing near a big dray, The driver had jUBt time to pull ln 'Is 'osses." "What ls your name, dear? What do they call you?" asked the principal. "Paul," said the pioneer. But he could tell her no more. Over Paul's head there was a buzz and riot of in quiry. At the head of the stalra loomed the flgure of a huge policeman, who, armed with* much information, hazy and imperfect, to be sure, do- parted at last to the polico station, to return In due time with an agitated lame brother, who identified Paul, During all of which happenings, Paul held on to the blue skirts as a drowning man to a rope, and was admitted to a shelter under tho protecting shadow of the long-lost presence. In vain was he assured that the new friend was not tho old. -Paul, wrestling among his small atore of dim, evasive memories, held fast to the only clear conviction that had pene- tratod the labyrinth of his mind. This was one who had come back, and who must now be held fast. All other good things would follow from this. And so they did. As time went on Paul shed all his illnesses and^misery, as he shed his old, stained clothing. Clean and fair, his curly hair shining, his cheeks rosy, he takes a leading part in all the life of the open-air nursery school. Who but he leads the nursery band? Who can climb the lb stalls like Paul, or give life and character to every detail of the work- and-play day? For he has found a new life, but more than this—he has found what was loved and lost in the dim old life. Nothing more wonderful, perhaps, can ever happen to him, even when he passes through the ivory gate that opens on the unseen. In extremity ho found it. Others, less desolate than he was, and less courageous, pass daily in a sorrowful stream out of our garden. Pass, till the hour comes when England wilt not have it so. wild and desolate Labor and the Poets ni'Lim mi |inii|inn..».,tininmn—■■■« [By Frances Wills] T AST WEEK we gave, a very brief survey of Shelley and his contribution to the world's progress, and particularly the struggle for freedom and justice, This week, Samuel Taylor Coleridge might profitably be studied. Though, by no means, as great as Shelley, Coleridge was possessed of great power. Like many another poet of his t'me, ■he waB devoted to the principles contended for in the French revolution; that epoch of glorious hopctt and great" achievement. Coleridge wns born in 1772, and early learnt the stern lessons of poverty. He was ieft an orphan and became an inmate of Christ's hospital — what we should now call a blue-coat school.- Here he encountereH hunger, loneliness and harsh treatment, but he consoled himself with books and made great progress which resulted tn a university scholarship. After two years In the university, he returned to London and once more, experienced desolation. Here he took Up the study of politics and later started a paper of liberal views, and at the samo time, writing much poetry. Gradually, he changed both his religious and political views, but we can not denounce him as a turncoat, and he made no proflt out of his newly- acquired ideas. But to the end, we can perceive that passionate love of freedom which inspires and that ideal- Ism which ennobles. Coleridge was by no means an unpractical dreamer, nor waa the contemplation of everyday life and Its commonplace features, beneath him. He and hla friend Wordsworth have Idealized the humblest task, the homeliest scene, because lt Is all life, and life is precious. Of the poems of Coleridge, moat people are familiar with the mysterious "Rhyme of An Ancient Mariner;" and the beautiful romantic allegory, "Christabel;" no leas than "Kubla Khan," and "The Ode In Dejection." These are indoed unrivalled works of art, for here Coleridge is at his best; we seo the romantic, mystic element. Poet though he was, Coleridge was with us, for he loved liberty; he worshipped it, and he abhorred war—«■ with one exception—namely, the war to end war; In other words, the attempt for complete freedom. We can hear him say with William Tell, that "stirring blood In freedom's cause, to rescue from the shameful yoke o> slavery," was no crime. But the war wherein the oppressed fight their fellow slaves—their fellow workera, ar- belt of another nation, was to him fearful. Though dire necessity forced him Into the army for~a short time, the flag-flapping, the martial music, the frenzied crtea of the war-drunk mob, only aroused in htm the sense of how sickening and ghastly a crime ta civilized war! His "War Ecologue on Flre, Famine and Slaughter" shows this. If we learn nothing else from Coleridge, we should do well to cultivate the same feeling so that when the next war comes along, we Bhall not tumble over ourselves In our hurry to become cannon-fodder lest "a land scape rise more than where— The white bear drifting on" .a field of ice Howls lo her sundered cubs with piteous rage And savage agony. But our landscape is still fair "with the wild grgvp and tangling undergrowth," and "the crescent moon in Its own cloudless, starless, lake of blue." Nature's temples are moat fair, yet— We recelye but what we give And in our life alone dees nature live Ours Is heu wedding-garment, ours her Bhroud, And would we aught behold, of higher worlh Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor, loveless, ever-anxious crowd: Ah! from the soul Itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the earth. And from the soul itself muat there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth Of all sweet sounds the life and element." This is the "music of the soul," the "beautiful and beauty-making power,1 which we must cherish if we are to reach our goal. t L H. II. VESSELS Officers and Crews Employed Under Dogmatic and Disciplinarian Conditions The officers and crews of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine, limited, are employed under very dogmatic and disciplinarian conditions aboard the vessels of the company. Quite a few officers, captains, etc., have been suspended recently for various infractions of the very unjust conditions that are imposed on them by such job preservers aa Sir Harry Thornton, Mr. Teakle, B. C. Keeley and Capt, Wright. Almoat the entire crew of the S.S. Canadian Rover quit the ship last trip, owing to the rotten conditions aboard the vessel, after leaving Vancouver, The men complain that they were short of butter, sugar, tea, meat, etc. Nothing unusual aboard the C. O. M. M. vessels, considering that the officials of the company have private railroad cars to travel around in, and allowed to make business trips to various parts of the world for their health. According to the Daily Province, of Monday, March 24, 1924, the commander of the steamer Canadian Winner, reported - that a stowaway had jumped overboard from that vessel, when passing through the Panama canal. The excuse was that it may have been owing to the Jesting of the crew, regarding what the boy would have to go through when he met the immigration officials at Vancouver, B. C. It should not be forgotten that this is the same commander who was one of the principals with B. C. Keeley (Pacific coast manager, C. G. M. M., ltd.), who had twelve stokers put in jail for refusing to sail with a filthy coon aboard the vessel In Feb., 1922. The steamer Olty of Vancouver, which is in port loading lumber for the Orient at present, has changed a crew of white men for a crew of Chinese. It Is not so long ago since there was a cry for a white British Columbia, by different bodies throughout the province, and evidently the J. J. Coughlan management have forgotten their appeal for workingmen to be loyal to their king and country? When that company were building the ships In False Creek, which were partly subsidized by the powers that be at Ottawa. This is the second Instance of the Coughlan management displacing: white crews for Chinese crews on Vancouver built ships sailing out of the port, and registered ln Vancouver, B. C.—Com. Store Opens at 9 a.m, and Closes at 6 p.m. These All-Wool Cardigans Are Selling Well at $5.95 jl/fODELS with fancy check front, five-button style with two pockets. Shown in combined colors of peacock and tan, champagne and brown, oyster and honeydew, and black and white. These not only look well, but fit well; a combination that particular patrons look for and appreciate. Your size is represented—$5.95 each. —Drysdale's Sport Shop, Fourth Floor 575 Granville Street Phone Seymonr 3540 In 1854, the Redjacket sailing clipper crossed from New York to Liverpool ln 13 days. In 1862, the Dreadnought (1413 tons) actually sailed the distance between Sandy Hook and Queenstown in the astonishing time of 9 days and 17 hours. Always look up The Fed. advertisers before making purchases. STOMACH SUFFERING Disappears u lf by nsgle whin JO-TO pains, acid stomach, tour ■ du- Dng Is uaed. stomach, tress relieved tn Stores. Qm . . burning snd all after-eating dis two minutes. All Insist on The better beer- pure—palatable- high in food elements At all Gov't Liquor Stores VANCOUVER BREWERIES UMITED Thli advertisement is not published nr displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by tbe (lovornmeut of Uritlsh Columbia, "FAMOUS" NOW SELLING LADIES' HOSE HERE'S a startling offerl We bought 290 dozen splendid Silk Hose at a speolal price. These we are now retailing to our customers at the unparalleled price of 65c a pair. Don't fail to see this wonderlul selection in the Bargain Basement. Famous SJVk 693 HASimOS STEEET WEST Ring up Pbone Seymour MM for appointment Dr. W. J. 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PITMAN Optical House (Formerly Brown Optical House) Be sure of the address—Above Wooiworth's Store, near Granville. ■ finite 36, Davis Chambers, 61S HASTINGS STBBBT WEST Phone Say. 1071 Vancouver Unions [ULLIED PRINTING TRADES COUNCIL—' Moets second Monday in the montb. Pre- ident, J. R. White; socretary, R. H. Neel- ihIs. P. 0. Box 68. Federated labor "party," Room rii- \ 31S Pender St. West—Business meetings fvery Wednesday evening. A, Maclnnis, bairman; E. H. Morrison, sec-treaa.; Geo. P. Harrison, 1182 Parker Street, Vancouver, H. C, corresponding seeretary. I Any district in British Columbia desiring formation re socuring speakers or the for- Lation of local branches, kindly communicate llth provincial Seeretary J. Lyle Telford, |)4 Birks Bldg., Vancouver, B, 0. Tele- tone Seymonr 1333, or Falnnont 4938. Bakery salesmen, looal sti—mm* 1 second Thursday every month In Holdon fnUdlng. Preaident, J. Brlghtwell; financial BtteUry, H. A. Bowron, 920—ljlth Avenue INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD * OF Boilermalters, Iron Shipbuilders and Help* |l of America, Local 194—Meetings flrat B_d third Mondays in eaefc month ln Holden ■hllding. President, P. Willis; secretary, A. ■riser. Offlce houra, 9 to 11 a.m. and 8 to S BUCKLAYERS AND MASONS—Ir you used "bricklayers or masons for boiler works. .c, or marble setters, phone Brieklayera' galop, 811 Holdea-Building. PVIO EMPL0TEK8 UNION—Meeta flnt land third Fridays tn eaeh month, at 441 Behards Street. President, David Cuthlll, ■62 Albert Btreet; secreUry-treasurer, Geo. jhrrison, 1182 Parker Stmt. BtQINKEBS — INTEBNATIONAL UNION i of Steam and Operating, Local 882— leets every Wednesday at .8 p.m., Room me Holden Bldg. Psosident, Charles Prioe; ■ulneai agent and flnanclal seeretary, F, Lv nnt; reeordlng aooretary. J. T. Vena. (TV hBEHQHTSRS UNION NO. 18— ^President, Nell MaeDonald, No. 1 Fireball; Ibretary, 0. A. Wataon, No. 8 FirehaU. ■ENBRAL LABORERS UNION—MBBTS ■every first and third Monday ln Holdon Hiding. President, J. B. Hawthorne; flnan- |1 seeretary, A. Padgham, Joyce Road P. 0., meonver, B. 0.; recording secretary, G. Vher, 2249—45th Ave. East, Vanoouver, .0. RrSIOIANB CIVIL SERVIOE CELEBRATE Various Branches of Sentee Meet Jointly for Annual Dance ' ami Supper The Federal Civil Servants of Vancouver met in Lester Court on Wed' nesday everting for their annual supper and dance. This was the flrst occasion on which the various branches of the service had met together for this annual function, and there were fully 100 couples on the floor during the evening. To the seductive strains of Garden's splendid orchestra, dancing was kept up with unflagging energy Until 1 o'clock the following mor* nlng. The committee, under chairmanship of Wm. Coates Taylor, and with H. G. Hunt as secretary, worked hard to promote the general enjoyment, and in this their efforts were must successful. The supper was unusually delightful, and this provision added much to the pleasure of the Quests. It Is likely, as a result of this experiment, that the various branches of elvfl service In Greater Vancouver will celebrate jointly In future. Hand your neighbor this copy of The Federatlonist, and then call around next day for a subscription. Band Act at thc Orpheum Henry Santrey and his Cameo re cord orchestra, peer of all such organ! stations, holds the spotlight in this week's delightful vaudeville bill. Mr Santrey and his ten talented musl- clans display aro a wonderful orchestra. Mr. Santrey has a baritone voice which is mighty pleasing in several numbers, selected from tho very latest New York hits. Harry and Anna Seymour havo made a big hit wit hall audiences in their breezy bits of mirth and melody. Thc comic songs of Anna are classics which defy imitation, and the duo have a clever pianist in the person ot Colby Davies, who adds materially to the general success of the act. As a little comedy surprise, Henry Santrey nnd Anna Seymour put on another act togethor, which gets many, a laugh. There's another big headliner who received great welcomes at each show. It ts Jack Wilson, that extemporaneous blackface comedian, who leaves a trail of laughs wherever he shows. He has with him Charles Forsythe, Willie Ward, and Ruth Wheeler. Wilson is In a distinct class by himself, and never uses the same material two shows running. Harry Kranz and Al. White present fifteen minutes of musical foolishness with great effect. Strobel and Mertens offer a European air sensation replete with thrills and particularly snappy In the way it is offered. "1/Episode Pecullare" is the title of a fascinating comedy sketch by Ed. artd B. Conrad, who have with them "Charlotte." There Is a good element of surprise In thts act, and It Is very entertaining. The usual good picture attractions and concert orchestra selections complete this bill, . which runs strongly, as will be seen, to mirth and melody. v p* v*«w. h MUTUAL PROTECTIVE [UNION, Looal 145, A. F. of M.—Meeta at bosa Hall, Homer Street, second Sanday, W10 a.m. President, Ernest 0. Miller. 991 ■risen Street; secretary! Edward Jamleson, Tl Nelson Street; flnanclal secretary, W. E IllHams, 991 Nelson Stroet; organiser, P [etcher, 991 Kelson Street. ADERATED SEAFARERS' UNION OF B. Kp.—Meeting nights, flrst Tuesday and Srd ■lday of each month at headquarters, 818 ■rdova Straet Weat. President, D. Gilles- ■b; rice-president, John Johnson; secretary- ■usurer, Wm. Donaldson, address 818 Oor ftva Street West, Braneh agent's address: ■eorge Faulkner, 676 Johnson Street, Vie* fcla, B. 0. Itreet and electrio railway em- pployees, Pioneer Division, No.. 101—MooU \. P. Hall, Eighth and Kingsway, let and ni Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. Pre- Jdent, F. A. Hoover, 2409 Olarke Drive; Koordlng secretary, F. E. Griffin, 447—flth ■rs. East.; treasurer. A F. Andrew; flnan- Bsl seeretary and business agent, W. H. Cot- ell, 166—17th Ave. W, Offloe, eorner Prior id Main Streets. Phone Fairmont 4604T FIB VANCOUVER' THEATRICAL FEDERATION— Meets at 091 Nelson Street, at 11 fo. on the Tuesday preceding the 1st Bun* iy of the month. President, E. A. Jamie* in, 991 Nelson St.; Seeretary, 0. H. Wll* _Us„ 991 Kelson St: Business Agent, F. ■etcher, 991 Nelson St. ■rFOGRfl-PHIOAL UNION, No. 226—Proal- Tdent, R. P. Pettlplece: vice-president. J. Bryan; secretary-treasurer, R. H. Nee- kids, P. 0. Box 66. Meets lsst Sunday of Jch month at 2 p.m. lh Holden Building, 16 listings Street East. ' BINCK RUPERT TYPOORAPHIOAL UNION, No. 418—President, 8. D, Mae- rnald, secretary-treasurer, J. M. Campbell, 0. Box 689. Moeta last Thursday ot eaeh oath. fohKliRS' PARTY OF CANADA—803% Pender Street West. Business meetings wry 1st and 8ri Wednesday every month. 1 Carpendalo, corresponding seoretary: 0. pother, flnanolal seeretary; J. Halliday, •nch organiser. , LAST SHOW SAT. NIGHT SANTREY'S BAND And Tip-Top Vand-fUla Wed. Night to Sat. Night MatteiM Tier.-.***, Friday, Saturday THE OREAT LEON & 00. SHATTUOK and O'NEILL The China Blue Plate Chas. Olcott and Polly Ann BREKER'S BEAR COMEDIANS Bobby Randall Grette Ardine Attractln Picturo Conor. Ordurlra NifliU. 18c, too, 710, |1 Ploi Hat. W»k__j......__c, 28c, 360 * 7% Mat. Saturday. Ue, Me, 60c Tax Opening, of Parliament A LETTER TO A FRIEND After-Eating Distress And all forms of stomach trouble, snch as gas pains, acid, sour, burning stomaoh are ell relieved in two minutes by taking JO-TO Jo-To gold by til Draggtsts. [By Lucy L. Woodsworth] * T^EAR FRIEND: I have an hour at my disposal—so you muat hear about the opening of the house laBt Thursday. Weeks ago came the big, cards of Invitation, and slips telling juat how we were to be apparelled— strictly evening dress. Later the newspapers requested exact details as to dress and jewels. As you know my way of dressing, and how many jewels I wear, you will see that one needs a saving sense of humor here. For your encouragement, let me say that it is not entirely lacking either. One woman, after telling the color of the gown she was to wear, added that she hoped to be wearing ropes of pearls—one little string of her own— and as many others as she could borrow. Isn't It amusing or worse? Here we are; most of us have been brought up very simply and are still living very simply ln oountry or small town. We have to keep track of every cent, because we know the family and other needs are pressing. Then suddenly we find ourselves ln an atmosphere of dress and feathers, and brilliants and diamonds just because our fellow-citizens sent our husbands here to see to the business that concerns us all. No; to*, you "amusing" isn't the wp/d, is it? Your husband gave hts best overseas; his health 1b broken. You have, had to flght for every cent that has come by way of pension and now that is cut off. He has no work. You must leave your children and go out to work by the day, just as we were hoping to see you growing stronger after your hospital expert* ence. It ls bitter and, my dear friend, the worst of it ta, that yours ia not an Isolated case. There are thousands suffering similarly. Right here in Ottawa one sad story follows another; of those who beg tor a chance to work and are sent away in despair. We are always being urged to' follow the lead of old England* Well, tt seems to have decided that her one and three-quarter millions, for whom she can flnd no work, Is a final argument for a fundamental change. I wonder how much longer things must go from bad to worse, before we decide to follow her exam pie. In the meantime, the third session of the fourteenth parliament of Can ada opened yesterday, and as I did not write to you about it last session, you will be expecting to hear something of the details in connection with the event this year. We were all seated on the floor of the senate by 2:15 p.m. The scene in the chamber was certainly brilliant with light and color. The compact room, with its lofty ceiling and woodwork carved in oak, always carries me back In thought to those wonderful buildings In the old,land, that you know so well, encrusted with wood- carving ever darkening with the passing of centuries. At the farther end just beneath tho deep-tiered gallery occupied yesterday by people in street attire, stands the throne. This year it has a brand new canopy, crimson to match the furnishing of the chamber, and covered with the various emblems in rich embroidery. A similar gallery runs across the opposite end. Its occupants were In evening dress. The ground floor is taken up with tiers of seats that ran from gallery to gallery, leaving a somewhat long and narrow central space, terminated by the throne. In this space, on croes- seats, sat the judges of the supreme court, consuls and pro-consuls, high dignitaries of the church, and the men of the scarlet coats and gold epaulettes. Every opening day I flnd myself wondering when the professed followers of the Prince of Peace will come to realize, and then teach that we cannot put our trust In two principles so diametrically oppoaed aa the gospel of love for one'a neighbor, and the need of being ready to kill him at notice. This last grea.t orgy of killing with its dire results to all concerned, ought to make for clearer thinking, and for courage to stand or fall by what we thua come to betleve. But to return: There were wide aisles separating the cross-benches from the long rows of seats. Of the latter, the first row on either side was occupied by the senators, aged men to whom we always entrust the fate of everything that our representatives in the house of commons' decide upon. Behind the senators were the* rows of fashionably-dressed women—the wives of the cabinet ministers, and of the members of both houses. Somehow I found myself putting all this elaborate dress In the same category with the war-knitting of recent times—something that keeps the attention of woman occupied when lt should be free to concentrate upon the great human needs of the present time. We had plenty of time to renew acquaintances of laBt session, as the governor-general was not to arrive until 3 o'clock. Lady Byng, escorted, by Premier King, arrived quite early, with several ladles accompanying her. At lost the hum of conversation was drowned in the booming of cannon, as the royal salute of fifteen guns was fired, and In a few minutes, Lord Byng and his suite entered. He was In full military uniform. We all stood while the procession moved up to the throne. When he was seated, the "gentleman usher of the black rod" waa dls patched to tho commona chamber to summon ItB memberi* to the bar of the senate to hear the reading of the spoech from tho throne. Presently he ushered them in, nt least as many of the two hundred and thlrty-flvo as could crowd into the narrow space at the back of the chamber between the doorway and the sacred bar beyond which they must not pass. Then Lord Byng put on his headdress, adorned with white feathers, and read the speech from the throne In Engliah and then in French. The speech intimated that after the bounteous harvest of the past summer, we' may hope for an era of unprecedented prosperity. (Two things only were deemed necessary. Taxes must be lowered and transportation cheapened so that many more settlers may come,in. Further, the cost of production' muat be lessened. But;—the way? Then their excellencies passed out and soon we heard the cannon booming in token of their departure. After this, the senate passed the uaual resolution of adjournment, and soon we found ourselves in the crush along the corridors, moving towards the chambers of the speaker of the senate. There we were kindly received by the speaker and Mrs. Bostock, and met many old friends, with whom we chatted as we partook of their hospitality. Afterwards we proceeded to the chambers of the speaker -of the house of commons, and paid our respects to Speaker and Mrs. Lemieux in similar fashion. ,- There for us whose husbands are just ordinary members, the day was over. I believe that a state dinner always closes the opening day, but, of course, I am not in a position to describe that to you. One could not fail to enjoy the hearty greetings being exchanged on all aides. It was good to meet the friends of laat session, and to look forward to meeting them again and again in the coming months. Let us hope that the challenge of present- day condltlona Is being accepted tn a spirit of earnest Inquiry, by many Who were there, to a degree that la not apparent amid the fluff and feathers of opening, day. , . OPEN DIPLOMACY »»»»**» ****** ****** ****** A Safeguard for the Nations [Nemesis] ' TV7ITH very few exceptions secreti veness implies selfishness and secret diplomacy, beloved of the present world's rulers, ts not one of the exceptions, rather lt is an example of the worst form of class selfishness. A statesman who had an idea which if put into effect would beneflt the great mass of the community, would not call together a few representatives of the miscalled higher clasa to consider it, for he would know that It would be ruthlessly oppoaed for any measure which would beneflt the masses, would necessarily adversely affect the Interests of a few at the top. He would, therefore, publish his Idea In readiness for the Inevitable life-long atruggle, which must precede In our present world any meaaure conceived tn the Interests of the great majority. It was curioua to hear a few yeara ago working men reviling the great Russian leader, because he had given to the world the secret treaties which he had unearthed. It was curious because secret treaties are never made in the interests of the world's workers, though their effects often fall upon thoae workers tragically and universally. The great Russian knew thiB only too well, and desired merely in the Interests of the vast maas of humanity to expose their sinister nature. Should anyone feel Inclined to question these statements, let htm obtain a copy of Mr. Seymour Cock's "The Secret Treaties," published in April, 1918, by the Union of Democratic Control,1 and his eyes will be opened. Secret diplomacy is individual in its nature, and carries with it the Individual conscience, and therefore can not be trusted. Being directed by selfish interests only, it has no altruistic impulse behind it. It is a product of class selfishness, pure and simple. We boast of our democracy, and plume ourselves regularly on our public platforms when we prate of it, and it certainly does make fine perorations for our wearying windbags—the political ear-tickling orators; but can we seriously and conscientiously boast of that democracy while we practice secret diplomacy, orders-ln-council and such like? I think not, for such things surely are contradictions of democracy. Naming a thing wrongly does not bestow the nature the name Implies upon the thing.. Till we rid ourselveB of such blights our democracy will exist only in name. When we get a world composed of true democracies, agreements between nations will be made ln the open and discussed in the open, and will not rest for success upon the superior cunning of some notorious diplomat, morally on the same level as the card-sharper or thlmble-rlgger. I once heard a man, engaged in a discussion with a friend, ask In a loud voice: "Why shouldn't everybody know what our governments are doing? Everybody has to bear the brunt of their blunders anyway." It was in a public conveyance, and many of his fellow passengers looked at him with a flne scorn on thdlr faces, for ho had voiced something which they had never thought about, and consequently something worthy of their contempt. But today millions of peoplo are thinking about this very thing, and it ls dawning upon them that a system of open diplomacy would be to the advantage of the great masH of humanity, for as the man ln the tram- car Inferred, It Is upon the proletariat of the world that the effects of these secret arrangements fall, and often suddenly and tragically. Open diplomacy carries with It the public conscience, whose Judgments ninoty-nlne times out of the hundred, are correct and logical. When lt errs, It does so through ignorance of the true facts of the case, or through prejudice, fostered hy a sinister and selfish propaganda orf the part of an Interested minority. With a true knowledge of the facta of uny cuse, the public conscience docs not err, but delivers its judgments unfailingly on true ethical principles. A public meeting called In the interests of temperance may be half- composed of drunkards, but the attitude of ihe public conscience towards drink wtlll prevail, and the meeting record its obhorrence of the drink habit. Not ono of tbo drurikards thero would have the temerity to pro claim his adherence to the vice. And it ls always so. A crowd of shallow gosstpers will voice ln public their objection to the vie© of evil-speaking of thoir fellows, and pass a resolution 'condemning it. They will bend la outward acquiescence at least to the public conscience, which they admit to themselveB is correct and logical. I have yet to hear of the man, outside a lunatic asylum, who Is bold enough to oppose and openly flout the judgment of the publio conscience. The majority of a community may be living the lives of hypocrites in antagonism to the public conscience, but that does not affect the argument. They do and must always bend to Its decrees, or accept the penalty, when found out, of breaking them. As with collections of individuals, so with the nations. The public conscience of the nations is correct and logical, and no single nation dare flout Its decrees. This great psychological fact la the cause of secret diplomacy, which can run in opposition to the public conscience when lta adherents for their own selfish interests so desire It Never was a aecret treaty conceived which was directed In the interests of the whole of humanity, or even In the interests of a whole nation, and no matter by what high-sounding name you may give to the government of any country, it surely is not a true democracy If lt countenances secret diplomacy among its activities. And that is why the proletariats of the world should work, and strive for open diplomacy, which has,the public con science behind It, and therefore must work through'all for the public good. Only those agreements between nations which have received the sanction of the public conscience of their own and the other nations are ripe and ready and safe for thc signatures. Premier Ramsay Macdonald is certainly to be honored for his intention of dispensing with secret diplomacy, a legacy from tho dark ages of the past, and even if the sinister forces wliich he will have to reckon with, are too strong for him, he at least, will have planted the open diplomacy idea in the minds of all nations, and eventually it will materialize into an accomplished fact—when the awaken ing world proletariat has rubbed the last traces of its age-long sleep out of Its eyes. RECONSTRUCTION j »«..#..l..tMMii|ii»iiS HiH..tiitii>i«ii> ■ l | i|ii|ii»ii|ihJ [By O. L. CI HPHE need of reconstruction of our social fabric being admitted, the next question that arises ls, "How are you going to go about lt?" That question may mean one of two things. (1) How would you do It if you had the power now vested in provincial nnd ,fed|eral 'governments? or (2) How are you going to fore? lt on govern ments who seem to have forgotten all about it? The first question is much easier to answer than the second, for this reason: One needs only let imagination run to picture the various steps necessary to so organize the exploitation of the natural resources of our country— or any country—that all would have employment; producing for use, not profit. A brief answer to question 2 to got your representatives into the housos of parliament, in such numbers that they will control, but Just how to do that sometimes puzzles even the wisest among us. Hammering away at the Ignorance and apathy of tho workers will tn the end do It. This article will deal with the picture, and endeavor to show what could have been done by government*, whose guiding spirit had been humanity—not dollars. \ Taking as a starting point, the close of the great war, Canada, with her great extent of productivo land, could have been bo administered that evory Canadian and many thousands of immigrants would be busy producing, collectively, the many thihgs needed In our dally lives. Productive land does not refer alone to agriculture, but covers agriculture, mining, lumbering and even the manufacture of tho products of tbo land and sea, too. All this needs capital, we are told, and whnt If it does? Tho government of Canada can borrow money in face of the fact that the interest amounts to more than tho principal ln most casos. But thero is an Inherent power in our federal governmont which would enabte tbem to carry out nny projects desired, without borrowing a singlo Intorest-bcarlng dollar. That New Shipments of English Footwear for Men Just arrived, via Panama Canal, some of the finest Shoes ever shown in Canada. The famous "Grenson" shoe- dressy, perfect- fitting and serviceable. Includ- ing: FINE BROWN WILLOW CALF AND BLACK BOX CALF SHOES Derby pattern, calfskin lined with English oak tanned soles; also brown willow calf and black boxcalf brogue oxfords and Lome models; also the famous "Escalibur" brand in brown c^lf Derby models; all made exclusively for the H. B. C. and marked at the new season's prices, $7.50 to $13.50. LET US SHOW YOU. VAH00UVBR, B. 0. inherent power ts the right to Issue money. The Indiscriminate Issue of money cheapens money and makes commodities dear, but If every dollar issued had behind It value given to the government In the shape of productive labor, It would not be cheapened. The gold standard means, or is supposed to mean, that someone sweat or froze as the caae may be to produce or win a certain weight of gold for whtch he received a "promise to pay" one dollar. If that person sweated to produce a bushel of wheat and received a dollar, the result would be much better. Wheat la more useful than gold. So la coal, codfish, crab applea, clothing or any other commodity entering into our dally lives, and daily produced for sale. The dollar paid by thc government for codfish or clothing would bear no interest, and so long as value was re ceived for it, an unlimited numbei could be issued, and tho govornment would be as solvent as ever; and as n mattor of fact, more so. A few years ago, we saw around us many thousands of men a who wero well clothed, well fed, given free medical and dental attention, supplied with free tools and schooled in their use, but the tools were in no sense productive, unless of pain and sudden death, and Canada borrowed the money to do it, and for every dollar borrowed will pay back two or more. This was in a time of national peril. But Is the nation In no peril now? Not "the same kind of peril, but is not chronic unemployment a peril? Is not the fact that many thousands leave Canada yearly on the hunt for jobs a peril? These are perils nnd just as entitled to thorough-going action as the perils of war. (To be continued) She Wanted thc Scales She was new as a driver. She just missed the flre hydrant, ran over the curb and brought her electric finally to a stop In front of a sidewalk fllling station, 'Bring out your scales, please," she said. "Scales ?"queried the tank tender, puzzled. Yes," she replied. "See how many pounds of air I neod in my tires."— Service.- The greatest assistance Hint tlie renders of The Federatlonist can render un flt this time. Is hy securing a now subscriber. By doing so you spread tlio news of the working clsm movement and assist us. j William Gilbert (1544-1608) wan the flrst to conduct systematic experiments on electrical phenomena. Hi*> great treatise was published in 1600 Prior to this date, the scanty know ledge possessed by the ancients and enjoyed tn the middle ages began and ended with facts familiar to Tholes of Miletus (600 B. C), namely, that amber, jet and one or two other substances possessed the power, when rubbed, of attracting fragments of straw, leaves or feathers. Band The Federatlonist to your shopmate when you are through with lt. Logging- Equipment for Sale WE have for immediate disposal At Lough- borougli Inlet tho following: fl'/i l-y 10 •_ Phoenix Compound, wilh stew pump, linos nnd full equipment; 150 lhi- pressure. 10 by IS Vancouvor Roader, with "Tootsie" electric whistle, steam pump, spark arrester, lines nml full equipment; 175 lb., pros suro. 11 li hy 14 Empire Yarder. with "Tootsio" electric whistle, cxtrn spool drum anil spark arrester, new sled, steam pump, lines, etc.; 176 lbs. pressure. 11 by 14 Smith k Watson Roader; steam frictions, extended flrobox, large water tank (BOO gallons), steam pump, lines and full equipment, 200 lbs. pressure. 4 h.p. Oas Engine and Plunger Pump. Filer's Equipment. Kitchen and Oookhonse Equipment. Blacksmith Equipment. 80 Acres with 12 Buildings. Work Boat 83 feet by 10 feet beam, witb 10 h.p. Frisco standard engine. Apply CANADIAN OREDIT HEN'S TRUST ASSOCIATION LIMITED, Trust*. 222 Pacific BuUdlnf, Vsncouvsr, B. 0. MUSICIANS' UNION LABEL C-XN/\__--\."and U. S. _\. , f Union Musician__iifl_y_d Exckjstvctyr | nmm*_&_i---__-7-^ LEND YOIIK PATIIONAGE TO Till*. MUSICIANS' I.AIIKI.. BRITANNIA for PURITY ALWAYS COOL AND SPARKLING NONE BETTER MADE Ask for BRITANNIA—the label li a Guarantee of Purity PAGE FOUR sixteenth year. No. is BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vawcobv-w. __._c FRIDAY March 28, 19 OFL Constant Need in Union Movement for Personal Interest of Every Member VICTORY WOULD BE WON Weye Men to Enthuse and Play the Game Like Baseball Pans Enjoy Oame •PHE difference between ■ a good, "honest-to-goodnesa" union man and a so-called "card member" only, Is aa great us day and night, aa hot and cold, and as high ns heaven Ib above the earth. The honest' man Is in the union to put into it everything he can; the card man la ln the union to' get out of lt all he can. It behooves the honest man to stir himself to Cully assume and fully sense hts Individual responsibility. In order to know your duty lt is most Important that you keep yourself well informed regarding the mission of the labor movement and be every ready to defend its principles and explain its logical programme. The labor press, especially the progressive labor papers, and a large number of splendid books and other good literature on the labor movement and on the social questions will all aid you to form sane judgments and help you to come to sensible conclusions. If we union men should become as enthused over our game—the labor game— as the baseball fan over his game, victory would be in the air we breathe. Bach man, 'if he is true to his team, feels that an important responsibility rests upon him not to fall in a single in- stance to make good for his team, Opportunities do not come alike perhaps for each member of such a team to make the winning score, but no one connected with the game knows for sure what part of it the next play wilt afford to bring ln the winning run, therefore the player must be on the alert every moment and be equal to his job and thus render a great service to his team-mates and credit reward to himself. There ls constant need in the labor movement for just such a personal interest on the part of each unit of the organization. This Interest must be put on legs and made to run, to flght, to use every means to win an honest game. We must be everlastingly at it. The most noted pianist must practice good and hard every day or soon the critic will notice the defect and then the audience. To score in the labor game we must get actively in the game and keep everlastingly active in ita behalf. In 1840, the government of Great Britain appointed a Children's Em ployment commission. People were shocked and disgusted at the revelations then made. The state of things In the coal Mines was most deplorable. Young girls and boys were employed In the dark underground passages In dragging tubs and trucks of coal about Just like beasts of burden. The coal-mine owners, furious at governmental interference, opposed every proposed reform. BURNING STOMACH E.lUud IB tsse ralantti with JO-TO Jo-To relievei gu pilni, aeld stomach, hart* burn, after-eating distress, snd all form* of Indigestion quickly, without bum, AU Drag Stoni TUBBY )Vhen It Comes To Suffering tubby Is No Piker By WINNER FRED T10II WES Talented Vancouver Musicians' Tragic Death Result of War Experiences The body of Fred Tlbbott, well- known song writer and a member of local 145, American Federation of Musicians, was found in the bush on 25th avenue, between Heather and Willow streets, Vancouver, on Sunday evening. Disabilities following his service with the army overseas were responsible for the untimely death of this brilliant young musician. He was subject to frequent fainting spells, at which times he suffered violent pains as a result of his war experiences. At the time of discovery of the body, Mr. Tlbbott had' been missing for a week, and the fact that Mb hands were tightly clenched on the grass wa-s proof of the Intense agony he had suffered when overcome by the fatal attack. - Deceased, who was a son of David A. Tlbbott, of the Vancouver Province staff, was very popular with a wide circle of friends. He was a talented song-writer and collaborated in the authorship of "Sleepy Town," "Van couver's Song," "Cat's Whiskers," and "That's Why I Am Longing for You." The funeral will be held on Satur* day morning, under the auspices of the local Musicians' union. Service will commence at 10:30, in the under taking parlors of Center & Hanna. Preparing the Way (Continued from page 1) we might listen to them. As it is, we see around us all over the world a mass of thoroughly un-Chrlstfan results in poverty, Inequality, want of education, strife and war. We cry out, Who shall deliver us? Who really wants to deliver us? Who honestly believes ln an ideal something like the Ideal of our Master? Who is prepared to work for this? Now, In one department of life, in the political sphere, we do think we have found' the answer. That Is why we join hands with the labor movement. EVERT REAVER OAN HELP Every reader of The Federatlonist can render valuable assistance by renewing their subscriptions as toon as they are due, aad by Inducing another werker to subscribe. R does not take much effort to do thto. Try It, OTOVES AND RANGES, both malleable and steel, " McClary's, Fawcett's, Canada's Pride, installed free by experts; satisfaction guaranteed. Cash or $2.00 per week. Canada Pride Range Company Ltd. 346 Hastings Street East Sey. 2399 Hyndman, Lover of Humanity HIS LAST YEAR? Ia0aata>0i0i0i0t0iaaim0mm****m0¥*iam#*i ; Ask for "OLD ENGLISH" Pale Ale A fall-bodied, fine floored Ale __Bt wfll compare in qnali^r with my of the famous imported _m, and st modi has coet to the At all Gomm_m Vendou m -_a ___wUs»ntnt _■ not pnU___Md or -tf-rti by tho Uqoar Control Board or br the Oortnnnent of Bf ItMi OMJIflMM-L ' ((TTHE Last Years of H. M. Hyndman,'! by Rosalind Travers, Is a finely written memoir, in it one sees social democracy lifted out of the atmosphere of cluss war and personal antagonisms, and revealed ln Its ideal aspect. "Each for all, and all for each"—society without competition, without capitalism, without "wage slavery"—nations transformed into "self-supporting, self-governing communities, living in equality, space, beauty, brotherhood and leisure"— this was the hope to which Henry Mayers Hyndman gave fnore than forty years of labor and enthusiasm. A pioneer of socialism ln England, he founded, in 1884, the still existing organ of the Social Democratic Federation, Justice, and was for many years its editor. Always a ready writer, his literary output was never greater than when his age, as men count time, was between 70 and 80. To thla period belong such volumes bb "The Future of Democracy," "The Awakening of Asia," a revised edition of "The Economics of Socialism, and his magnum opus, "The Evolution of Revolution." Nor was it his pen alone which was active. During the world war he rendered practical service as a member of the War Emergency Workers' committee and the Food Consumers' council. The author of "Fourteen Points on Agriculture" proved a sage counsellor In these days, and hiB wit often lightened anxious deliberations. We are told that "not only did he bring gayety ... but he informed such featureless things as flour, jam, cheese, bacon, and suet with interest, beside placing them correctly in relation to the individual, the state, and the capitalist system." He won the liking and respect even of those who greatly differed from him. The editor of the London Momtng Post, H. A. Gwynne, writing to Hyndman in 1919, thus expressed himself: "I look upon you as a man with a consummate knowledge of economics, with a very sane judgment and a marvellous acquaintance with all the currents and tendencies of foreign politics." A Far-travelled Han A far-travelled Englishman, In type Latin, rather than Teuton, a lover of his country with the wide view of a cosmopolitan, Hyndman numbered ln his long list of friends such personages as Mazzini, Eugene Debs, Catherine Breshkovaky, Clemenceau and President Masaryk. The friends who knew him most Intimately, were those who loved him beBt. Clemenceau said of him: "He passed through this world in perfect serenity of soul for he could not and would not see anything but the great things of life, never the small." And Rosalind Travers, who was his wife during those "last years" from 1914 to 1921, has given us such a picture of the veteran leader as we imagine Elizabeth Barrett Browning might have written of Robert Browning, In similar circumstances. The depicts him ns a man who, without distinction of persons, had the gift of addressing himself to the best in others; who "never stooped to do the smart, clever, popular, temporary thing;" who took a childlike joy in simple pleasures, and who "went through life, as if his eyos were fixed on the clouds, or rather on the sun behind the clouds." Attitude Toward Theology During' many years Hyndman decried theology as humbug. As G. B. Shaw said, he "dismissed popular religion as superstition and fraud; and was too glad to be rid of it to see any need for replacing it". But, as was Inevitable with so sincere a truth- seeker, this attitude changed. Doubts suggested themselves. He had seen a noble vision af brotherhood, but its realization tarried. Why? He had preached the saving grace of education, but education, per se, had not saved Oermany from the dream of military domination. And individual selfishness, apparent in all classes, raised the Inevitable question—even If capitalism went, would not self-seek ing remain? We flnd among his Iat est utterances: "I used to think that social democracy would take the place of a religion, but now I see that human beings want something more." Tabloid Issued by United States Department of Labor, at Washington, D. 0. Bolivia Labor Legislation—A Workmen's Compensation law has been approved by the Bolivian congress, and other bills abolishing peonage, preventing the taking of Bolivian workmen out of the country, and regulating the hours of work are pending legislative consideration. Chile Concession for Workmen's Village —By a reeent law, the Chilean government is authorized to expend the sum of three million and a half peiios for the construction of a workmen's village at the Talcahuano navy yards. England Dilution of Labor—With a view to Increasing the output of new houses, the minister of health is endeavoring to come to an arrangement with the building operatives' unions to introduce dilution of labor In the building Industry. Farm Labor Restive—Restlveness among farm laborers for Increased pay and better working conditions is again said to be acute. Housing Subsidy In Liverpool—Dur- ing the autumn of 1923, the corporation of Liverpool decided to grant to builders a subsidy of £75 for each house constructed according to certain specifications, and made ready for occupancy before October 1, 1925. Already, 650 dwellings have been planned and approved, the majority of which are under construction. Germany New Measures for Relief—In Its efforts to reduce .the drain upon the public treasury, the Reich has Introduced by decree, a new plan of unemployment relief, under which German enterprises guaranteeing to give work to 20 or more unemployed persons shall bo permitted to borrow, from the municipality in which they are located, the amount of money which would be paid out in unom- VANOOUVEE HABBOB OOHHXflSIONBRS WOTIOE TO CONTBAOTOBS PUBLIC FLOAT AT BOOEBS STBEET-END SEALED TENDERS marked ' 'Rogers Street Public Float," covering the construction of a small timber wharf, wooden float, dolphins, etc., addressed to tho under signed, will be received at the offices of thu Vancouver Harbor Commissioners, Yorkshire Building, until 12 o'clock noon of Monday, 31st of March, 1924. Plans, specifications, contract and form of tender may bo obtained at the offlco of the Chief Engineer, Yorkshire Building, on deposit of fifty dollara <|SO.0O), which will be icfundcd on return of plans, specifications, etc. The tenders shall be accompanied by an accepted cheque equal to ten per cent. (10%) of the amount of the tender. The accepted cheque of the successful tenderer will be re* leased on the substitution of a bond satisfactory to the Commissioners for twenty-five per cent. (25%) of the amount of the contract. A fair-wage clause will be Inserted In the contract. The lowest or any tender not ne* cnsssrily accepted. W. D. HARVIE, „ , Secretary, March 24, 1924. OOBPOBATION OP POINT OBEY TENDERS FOB OONOBETE SIDEWALKS SEALED TENDERS, addressed to tbe undersigned for laying concrete sidewalks, will be received by the Council up to 8 o'clock p.m. of Monday, Maroh 81, 1924. A list of the sidewalks, specifications, conditions and forms of tender may be obtained on application to the Municipal "Engineer, on payment of five dollars (96), which will bo returned if it bona flde tender Is made. A deposit by cash or certified cheque of ten (10) per cent, of the an.aunt of the tender must accompany each tender as security. that, if called upon, the contractor will enter into a contract for the work and provide tho required bond. Tenders must be marked on the ontslde, "Tender for Sidewalks." The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted, HENRY FLOYD, Clerk Municipal Council. Municipal Hall, 5851 West Boulevard, Vancouver, B. 0., March 22, 1924. In 1861, certain houses ln London, where books and newspapers were printed, were so notorious for long hours they worked and the terrible results thereof in the mortality of the boys employed In them, that they were openly known as "slaughter houses/' OOBPOBATION OF POINT OBEY Tenders for Uniforms POLICE THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS will receive sealed tenders up to 9.80 o'clock a.m. oh Honday. April 7th next, for the supply of seventeen uniforms, eaeh consisting of one overcoat, one tunic and two pairs of pants. FIREMEN The council will receive sealed tenders up to 8 o'clock pm, on Mondty, April 7th next, for the supply of nineteen uniforms, each consisting of one eoat and two pairs of pants. Samples of cloth are required with tenders for each department. Tenderers are required to state the time At which they will deliver the suits after acceptance of tender and to be prepared to givo security (If required) for auch delivery on time. . Tenders should be marked on the outside "Tenders for Uniforms." The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HENRY FLOYD, 0. M, C. Municipal Hall, 6851 West Boulevard, Vanconver, B. C, March 11, 1924, ployment doles to those workmen in one month. Hungary Reduction of State Officials—The Hungarian ministry Is instructed to discontinue all dispensable state offices and to take the necessary steps for the simplification of state administration. A 20 per cent, reduction is contemplated. Sixty-five years ago working conditions ln British brick works were terrible. The hours of toil were 14 a day. An instance is given where a young woman of 24 years of age made 2,000 tiles a day, being helped by two little girls who carried the clay for her, and stacked the tiles. These children daily carried up from the clay-pits a total of 10 tons of clay, walking with them from a depth of 30 feet to the surface, and then a distance of 210 feet to the place where the woman was at work. If you do not attend your union meetings and the other fellow doea, why kick. He is doing the beBt he can. Wby complain because George does it. Why not do it yourself? W. WILSON Loggen and Surveyor! BOOTS Made to Order Onr Specialty Repairing Neatly Done 28 WATER STREET VANOOUVER, B. 0. Phone, Seymonr »S6 WE CATER TO THE LABOR MAN THE CHOICE OF THE UNIONS CATTO'S VERY OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY THOROUGHLY MATURED—ONE OP THB MOST POPULAR BRANDS AT THB OOVERNMENT STORES OOLD LABEL lB-YEAE-OLD Aek for OATTO'S. For aale at all Government Liquor Storei Itli advertUomuit ii agt pubUih.d or dliplayod by tke liquor Control Bowd or by tbo Oovammtnt ot Brltim Columbia Freeh Ont Flowen, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Planta, Ornamental and Shade Treea, Seeds, Bulbs, Florfcu' Sundries Brown Brothers & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN 48 Haat-ncs Street Bast Z—8TORES—2 0M OranviUe Street Sey. M8-S72 "BAY IT WITH FLOWERS" Sey. 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