@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "1503f578-50db-4e43-96f5-d2f72b8d8643"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-03-28"@en, "1922-09-29"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcfed/items/1.0345418/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ RITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST NDUSTRIALUNITY: STKENGTH- Official Organ Vancouver Trades ind Labor Council (International) POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY FOURTEENTH YEAR. No. 34 FOUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY 1IORN1NG, SEPTEMBER 29,1922 $2.50 PER YEAR FOR MINERS PAY venty-two Out of the Twenty-six Are Married aces of Children Tell Story of Miners' Struggle [By Maud McCreery] {(Federated Press Correspondent) Marion, 111.—All but four of tha |l men In the Williamson county all Here, Indicted in connection fclth the trouble at the Lester strip jilne near Herrin, which was precipitated by the Importation of Chi- ;ago gunmen, and the murder of hree unton miners on June 21, are lathers. Two others were the sole lupport of young orphan brothers fnd sisters. Four of the indicted were supporting widowed bothers. t Fifty children are nightly pray- for the release from jail of lers and brothers and their free- i from charges of participation t the recent trouble here. I have aome of these children, and ny heart has been wrung by the expressions ln their eyes, al- hough they are so young, it seems |hey could not understand what it i all about and why their fathers ^re kept from them. Then I remember that at their bother's knee and almost at her ; the children of coal miners am the story of.the early strug- s of the union. X remember that y know of the blacklist; of be- driven from pillar to post; of Ludlow and Homestead and other I mining towns where not only fathers have been persecuted, but mothers and babes been ground to fceath under the feet of horscB rid- Ben by Cossacks hired by the operntors, and, as In Ludlow, burned to peath In pits like so much rubbish. When I recall these things it is ^ot hard to understand the oddly .erious looks on the faces of these r mites. "A wife and three ohildren;" I'wife and five children;" "supporting a mother, Ave brothers and a plster, all too young to work," This ihow the record of the men In jail 1 in all but two instances. "Alt I am worrying about is mo- (ther and the kids," says Phillip Fontlnetti, of. Italian extraction, Who nerved two years and a half in fthe world war in the United States navy. He was the sole support of a widowed mother and five brothers and a sister. The union fs caring for the dependents of the men In jail, and (everything humanly possible ls be- . done to ease their minds in this [trying time. There ls no need for capitalist Red Cross or any bther agency to bring alms here. The miners of Illinois take care of khelr own. Evidence of this waa (given'when the recent convention i Peoria voted to give 1 per cent, [of the earnings of 90,000 members this State to the defense fund hnd to caro for the families of the Dependents. Essen- Qermany—Conservative few Radical miner unions are flght- Bn£"the Hugo Stlnnes proposal that ■they work overtime to pay the reparations bill. Safety Laws Broken and Forty-seven (^liners Forfeit Ijires Jackson, ,Cal.—ThjglT Argonaut miners who were sta J "9 d and stifled to death in the goldj&iine seem to be haunting Vlnceij? ! Garmarihl, head of the compat which owns the Argonaut mine. . Me goes about with protectors clos jit hand, less someone take rev,: ^je for the deaths of those men. Mt is said that Garbarlni Is preparing to leave Jackson. Their deaths were unquestionably due to the violation of the Btate safety laws by the Argonaut company, In that there was a con' creto bulkhead where the escape- exit required under the statutes ought tp have been. The high voltage wires into the mine were not properly protected nor inspected as required by the law, according to reports by miners engaged in the futile attempt at rescue. Correspondents for the big newspapers and press associations here —with the exception of a Scrips re- presentative — appear to have overlooked the existence of the con crete bulkhead, the building of which as a piece of capitalist spite work, was reported by the Federated Press. IS EXPOSED BY mi-: Australian Workers' Rep> resentative Exposes Capitalist Plot I UD OFF POLICY U.S. Railway Executives Forced Shopmen to Strike I fichigan Falls in Line With Other States Battle Creek, Mich,—Following six other state federations In the 'past three months, tho Michigan Itate Federation of Labor in convontion here, went on record for amalgamation of eraft unionB Into industrial unions, one for each Industry. The resolution is substantially the "Chicago resolution," twice passed with overwhelming votes by the Chicago Federation of Labor last spring. The Minnesota and Wisconsin federations led the way for state bodies ln July, followed by Washington state, Indiana and Nebraska in August. Utah fell in line in September, and now Michigan has followed suit. Sponsors of the resolution here anticipate a favorable vote at the forthcoming Ohio and Illinois state conventions. The advocacy of amalgamation by the Trade Union Educational League, of which William Z. Foster Is secretary, has drawn forth unqualified denunciation by Samuel Gompers, president, A. F. of L. The amalgamation movement has gone particularly strong among the state federations," says E. R. Browder in Labor Herald, organ of the Trades Union Educational League, ln the October issue. The movement haB taken "on such Impetus tbat It has run far beyond the Immediate membership of the league. Consequently many organisations may have adopted, the proposition without our getting to hear of lt." As Indications of a tendency toward amalgamation, Browder cites the American Federation of Textile Operatives, the signs of unity seen ln^4.he boot and shoe industry, the leaning of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America toward one organisation In the needles trade, and the 'attempted leadership of the International Typo- \\ graphical Union ln amalgamation of the printing trades. Unions Ignore Injunctions —Measures Arc Fantastic (By the Federated Press) Chicago—Ripping the Ud off the anti-labor conspiracy ot the gov* ernment and the rail executives, the shopmen's unions ln federal court here, showed how 26 bankers and financiers dominated the industrial life of the country, and how eight of them conspired to smash the rati Labor unions. The demonstration was mnde by affidavits, diagrams and charts In the hearing before Judge Wilker- son to determine whether the Daugherty "open shop" Injunction, forbidding every kind of active strike measures such ns speeches, picketing, messages of cheer, etc., should bc made permanent. In an affidavit read to the court In his absence, B. M. Jewell, president, railway employees department, A. F. of L., declared. further state from my Intimate and detailed knowledge of all mattors leading up to the suspension of work of July 1, 1922, and events occurring since that date In cosnectlon with said suspension of work that snid. suspension of work was forced upon the shoperaft employees by the concerted action of the dominant group in the Association of Railway Executives, who adopted, with the termination of federal control, a deliberate anti- labor union policy, and who through the operations above described, were able to force the railway employees Into a position where they were required to choose either to"submit to the degrading results of persistent efforts to destroy the effectiveness of their organizations and to disintegrate them or to demonstrate by united action und by the solidarity of their action in support of their common Interests that they are able to com maud from thc railway executives full and fair consideration of thcli interests and rights as human .being, Including the right to receive fair compensation for work performed and fair working conditions and their right to negotiate ngree ments through representatives of their own choice with representatives of the employers, and to obtain adequate recognition of and compensation for the Investment of their lives in the transportation Industry." Of the 26 financial key men dominant when . the anti-labor conspiracy was hatched, William Rockefeller has since died; The others are Robert S. Lovett, H. W. De Forest, A. H. Smith, G. p. Baker, H. Si Vanderbllt, Samuel Rea, L. P. Loree, A. J.County, A. W. Krech, F. N. Davis, Fairfax Harrison. W. W. Atterbury, J. E. Reynolds, Charles Steele, Howard El- lliott, M. H. Smith, Charles Hay- den, A, H. Harris, Jnllus Krutt- schnltt, Charles E. Ingersoll, E. T. Stotesbury, E. V. R. Thayer, T. De Witt Cuyler and H. Walters. Tho first seven named were, with Rockefeller, those dominant in the railroad autocracy, the remnant of which is attempting to pi-event the spread of Individual settlements with the shopmen. President A, H. Smith, of tho New York Central lines, has capitulated to the men after a brief resistance. The government is attempting to show that interruption of interstate commerce, with whatever laudable pro-Labor motive, is criminal. Attorneys for the unions counter with citations from the constitution, the Clayton Act, the Each-Cummins transportation act and the acknowledged rights of men to' cease work and seek to better conditions. No attempt on a large scale has been made to enforce the temporary Injunction anywhere* in th* Communicates with Police and Has Men Arrested By W. Francis Ahern (Federated Press Correspondent) Brisbane, Queensland.—A plot to bribe a Labor member of the Queensland Parliament has been exposed. Two journalists, acting under instructions from Big1 Business interests, approached Labor Member Frank Brennan and offered to pay him $17,500 if he would vote against the Labor government and throw it out of office. At the time the offer was made some of the Labor members were absent through sickness, and one vote would suffice to put the government out of office. When the offer waa made to Brennan, he communicated ■ with the police, and arranged for detectives and shorthand writers to be hidden In his home while he interviewed the two men offering the bribe, and made arrangements (apparently) for the paying over of the money. On the day appointed to pay over the money, the detectives were close at hand, and at a signal from Brennan arrested the two men. When they were searched they were found to be in possession of the $17,600 in bonds and cash. At the time of writing they are before the courts charged with attempting to bribe Brennan—a crime punishable under the criminal code of Queensland by seven years' Jail. The discovery of the plot, the admission as to who is involved in lt, and the arrest of the two men, has caused a political sensation in Queensland. Miners Got Raise Coeur D'Alene miners have had their wages Increased from 60 to 76 cents per day, while the miners of Bingham, Utah, have been successful in Increasing their wages 60 cents per day. The increases are no doubt due to the organization which is taking place among the metalliferous miners of the Western States and the demands made by the Butte miners for an increase of $1.25 per day, Washington — Revival of the Cumberland Evening Leader, the trade union dally published at Cumberland, Md., is announced, following the return to work at that point of some 700 strikers under the settlement signed with the Baltimore & Ohio road. It Is tho organ of railroad men and coat miners. When tbe strikers marched back to work, the strike-breakers, some 760 in number, decided to quit. Except for a group which wont over to the Western Maryland Railway, which ls still under strike, the non-union men were shipped out of the region. tan Francisco—The Machinists Union of this city has adopted resolutions protesting against the arrest of William Z. Foster, on a chnrge of violating the Michigan criminal syndicalism law, as "a part of the programme of the combined anti-union labor forces of this country to crush organized labor and Its loaders, especially those who would meet capital's attack by a solid labor front." British Writer Deals with Wtfch ami French Antag onisms—Says Britain Fe*ra,Frepch Aeroplanes, also Points to Difficulties in Enforcing of Payment of Pebts By H. N. BRAILSFQRD A CONVERSATION may be Interesting-, in one or two ways. Il may be. interesting by reason of wliat ia said, or by reason of whut Is suppressed. It bas hitherto been the )«Wt or M. Poincare to develop die dramatic possibilities of tbe latter < style. The conference at Genoa came near bursting from the violent efforts to suppress Uie Immense number of Important things, which might not he ssld. It Is not a healthy form of art. It i* Macterlimk at a green table, and Freud In polities. On this occasion, also, one conceives tbe talk that Is going on at this moment as a milled dialogue of sound and silence, Thsy ara talking debts,♦plain language, it amounted to this, no doubt, but ara thay talking \"""** ............... . aeroplanes? In this particular It must bs admitted that for once we have adopted M, Polncare's - peculiar technique on our side of the Channel. Two very notable steps were taken by way of preparation for this talk. Lord Balfour wrote his circular note. He published it to the world, and It has been discussed in all languages of Babel. Even the House of Commons found time to debate it The other pre-. paratory step, though It was no less notable, has been passed over ln significant silence. So deep was the silence that some will be surprised when I mention it. It was, of course, the announcement which Mr. Lloyd George made on Thursday, that he proposes to add 600 new aeroplanes to our defensive forces, ,. ,. Afraid of a Break. Hitherto we have talked with M. Poincare at a disadvantage. He has a conscript army. He . has colored troops within call. He la building submarines. He has built aeroplanes. We lack most of these things, and perhaps because lack them it had become a habit with most of us to assume that a definite break ln the Entente Cor- diale—ironical name!—which binds us to France would be dangeroua and disastrous. Dangerous to' whom? We all said, of course, that it would be dangerous to Germany. We rarely speak, or at least print, all our thoughts. If, to anyone I seem unduly cynical, let me quote a striking passage from a letter by the American banker, Mr. Frank Vanderlip, shrewd and liberal observer, In the current Nation: "What I believe ls the true reason for a semi-paralysis of British action has come to me as the greatest shock of anything I have learned ln Europe. Bulldog Eng* land, with a history full of such courage that she has seemed to be afraid of nothing, ts today afraid of a break with France, She fears 2,700 French aeroplanes, manned by the most daring and skilful airmen In the world. She has 800,- 000 reasons for fearing French military force, for France has the most formidable army in the world. She fears that undersea fleet. ... It is this fear that prevents England from taking a course so strong as to . result in a break with France. . . ." Mr. Vanderlip wrote a week before the Prime Minister's announcement. Five hundrod aeroplanes are not enough, not nearly enough to equalize the disparity of forco. But they are a beginning, and these tools are quickly constructed. Tlio Balfour Note. Let us now interpret these two measures in combination, What, to begin with, did the Balfour note say in effect? It said many thingB, and of course It said them well, for Its author is one of the ablest minds of our time. But It said so many things that not everyone has fully grasped the ono vital, effective, actual thing which emerged. It said that since America is steadfastly resolved to exact her debt from us, we are going to collect an equivalent amount from Europe. The prefatory sentiments were admirable, the hypothetical generosity warmed the heart.... But, in thai' ire deihand £854,000,000 from the Continent. Now that ls a staggering in* tlmation. No one, until thla week, had taken, these debts seriously. They figure up to £3,400,000,000, but'.thts unimaginable sum weighed on nobody's conscience and finance ministers up and down Europe did not.j_ej_.unt; it among the smallest .and nfbst distant of their anxieties. Wtt'rtduce it, to be sure, but we als*L !intimate that we intend to exa&rit. (That is a wholly new situation. At the same moment we begin fto linild aeroplanes, 'jQfbt-jftollectlng Difficulties Exacting debts, as the French should kpow, is not the most pac ific business. From whom shall we collect;this sum, and In what propoirtionS? No one knows. From Ruuirik, with the ruble at some tens of millions (I forget how many) to tbe pound? From Germany, with, .the mark at 4,000 to the pound? From Italy; from France? Imagine where the franc and the lira .Mil stand when we begin* and* finish. The mere publication of the note set all the exchanges waltzing to perdition, and the French, who had seemed at last to be hearing reason, started talking sanctions again. To put it bluntly, this courteous, .cogent, high-toned note was about the most mischievous thing which anv .British statesman has perpe* tnated^sirjee the treaty of Versailles was .signed. We have lived amid suoh tt procession of disasters since 1»14 {hat one despairs of finding language to convey the impression that this hour is what even the black hoilra thut preceded it were not^the immediate moment before Irreparable ruin. Let me give an illustration. I was in Vienna at WhlUun,.and X changed £6 to 260, 000, kronen. On the eve of this bahk'jhollday I could have bought the ■sf.ipie number of kronen for £1 It is laughable, perhaps, but it is also j'fagic. For It means that tomorrow, If not today, kronen will not be exchangeable for any kind of sound currency whatever. | A Menace of Famine Veil, and what then, Then food can no longer be imported, and Vienna will literally starve. Vienna, to be sure, Is a big city, but Austria, you may say, ls very small. Then, look at Germany. The mark -has been falling quite steadily one year behind the krone. The two curyes run almost exactly parallel with that time allowance. In rather less than a year the mark will be worth no more than the krone today. And then? Then Germany, too will no longer be able to import either raw1.'materials or food. One feels as men must have felt in the Volga Va|)ey a. few months before tbe harvest was due last year. They counted the cracks in thc earth. They saw the withering stalks. Theyijnettsurod the inches of rainfall. "'/That curve of the mark predicts [famine no less surely. In'this situation, it seems to me, there'wuh one thing to be said on the* subject of debts and reparations, ;.one.thing only, and with all his subtlety It wns the one thing which Lord Balfour neither said nor hinted. The thing to say was, ln plain and undiplomatic language, this: Force and fraud have (Continued on page 4) Of Oppose Competition Technical School Boys " The regular meeting of Local452, of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners on Tuesday ovening, was the best attended meeting for some time, and eight new members were admitted. Matters of interest to the followers of the carpenter trade were discussed, but the main discussion centred around the report of the Central Labor Council meeting of last week, the members deciding that they were opposed to the making of tables by the boys at the Technical School, and the delegates to tho Trades and Labor Council were Instructed to bring this matter before the council for further consideration. During the discussion, it was claimed that the boys were not only muking tables, but were producing doors and sash which were being used ln the city schools. Emphasis was laid on the next meeting of the organization, which is the quarterly meeting, and owing to tho number which is expected to attend the meeting, lt was decided to take the O'Brion Hall to accommodate the members. The meeting will be held on Monday, Oct. 0. Delegates were elected to attend the Union conference called by thc Trades and Labor Council on Oct. 6, and many matters of routine business were transacted. Patronize Fed. advertisers. country, the unions Ignoring he fantastic and drastic provisions with Impunity. MAKES ITS ORGANIZED LABOR STRIKEBREAKERS RUSSIAN MASSES Chicago Federation Labor Opposed to Arrests Federation of Minneapolis Puts Up $1000 for Dunne Tha Chicago Federation of Labor, by unanimous vote, adopted the following resoltuion In connection with the arrests In connection with the alleged Communist convention held at Bridgeman, Mich.: "Whereas, the arrest of more than a score of men noted for thetr progressive views and activities in the labor, movement on the charge of violating the so-called 'Criminal Syndicalist laws' of Michigan "creates a crilss that canont be Ignored by anyone concerned In the maintenance of American civil rights or ln the struggle of workers for a decent standard of human rights; and "Whereas, The unlawful Invasion of a public meeting and the indiscriminate arrest without warrants or due process of law of men and women and the cruel treatment of union men and women by the police Is contrary to every principle of American right and justice; and "Whereas, the arrest of Wm. Z. Foster and Earl Browder, members in good standing in recognized trade unions of Chicago, Is an outrage and disgrace to every real American, therefore, be It Resolved, by the Chicago Federation of Labor, that we protest against these unlawful practices and declare our fullest confidence in these men both as union men and as peaceful citizens." Minneapolis Also Opposed The Minneapolis Federation of Labor appropriated $1000 for ball of William F. Dunne, one of the Michigan victims, and adopted the following resolution: 'Whereas, it appeara that certain progressive members of. t he working class, including W, Z. Foster and Wm. F. Dunne, are being made the victims of an attack by certain labor-hating, labor- baiting detectives reputed to be ln government employ, and "Whereas, such methods as are being used both as regards action by such officers ond publicity, as to their actions, ure the ever-present methods and tactics of tyranny, and of financial tyrants and exploiters in control of government; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Minneapolis Trades and Labor Assembly lhat we hereby avail ourselves of the empty right that we thought we reserved to ourselves ln the constitution 'To petition the government for redress of grievances,' and hereby petition the President of the United States, and the Department of Justice to assign William Burns and his able coterie of thugs to the prosecution of the financial plrntcs and profiteers, who during and Bince the war have so enriched themselves at the expense of the starving workers und farmers, and to relieve Wm. 'I. Foster, W. F. Dunne nnd other representatives of the workers of the pleasure of their unscrupulous attentions." Similar resolutions huve been adopted by the Chicago Feedrntlon of Labor and will he brought before every other centrnl labor body in the land for their consideration. ARE BULLIES Associated Press Gives Its Employees the Straight Dope New York—From no leas an au thorlty than the Associated Preu comes tho admission that the men supplied by professional strikebreaking agencies are bullies and thugs. Not, that the Associated Press reporter or correspondent should use one ot those words to describe any strike-breaker ln any of his stories he almost certainly would be looking for another Job the next day. But just between the "world's greatest news gathering agency" and Its employees the Information may, apparently, be regarded as "flt to print." . It Is given among some news writing suggestions recently sent out by the Associated Press to its correspondents, as follows: "Look out for that word 'strikebreaker.' It is associated In the publie mind with the bully or thug supplied by professional strikebreaking agencies, and should not be used to describe men who act individually In accepting positions.' Which may explain why, in the Associated Press articles on the railroad strike, there not only have been no thugs and bullies, but no strike-breakers. They were 'replacement. men." MINERS ALLIANCE BE RESULT OF Always look up the Fed. advertisers before making purchases. Portland, Ore.—The I. W. W.f and the International Longshore men's Union of this city are plan nlng a Joint strike on the docks. Bloomington, 111.—A verdict thai he "met accidental death, falling into the pit and drowning," was rendered in tho case of Tony But- kls, a strike-breaker, whose body was discovered when it was brought up from a cinder pit in the Chicago & Alton shopB by the clam shell used to remove cinders. The pit lies between two tracks, and It is thought Butkls stepped in the wrong direction after cleaning an engine. Katonah, N. Y. — Brookwood Workers College opens here Oct. 6, with 40 students, which is all that can be accommodated. Eighteen of the students are returning for second year courses. The rest were selected from a large list of applicants recommended by trade unions und other organizations. Courses In Labor history and Labor problems and statistics have been added. David Saposs, Stacy May and E. D. Martin are additions to ths faculty. Seattle—Union mine workers who havo been on strike since March. 1921, and have established the mine colony of Unlontown near Newcastle, recently turned out In full force and built a schoolhouse for their children when the county declared lt had no funds for the work. School district funds,were exhausted by the regular school In Newcastle, attended by children of strike-breakers, The total property valuation of Newcastle is onty |172,000 despite the rich coal property of the Pnclflc Coal Co. Portland, Ore.—At the Episcopalian convention here prelates tell about the rapid spread of Bolahe vlsm i in China, conscription In French Africa and "spiritual unen Hglltenment" at home. ; Berlin—Union of thc Majority Socialist'and Independent Socialists at ibo convention in Nuremberg Sept. .24 la forecast. Both Vorwaerts and Rote Fahne de^jitc a page a week to working elate athletics. Berne, Switzerland—Switzerland has'about 400,000 factory workers, of wb»m &2.000 are now out of employment. This is explained by the fact that Swiss manufactures nrt_f mostly articles of luxury, which poverty-stricken Europe can not afford to buy. Another reason assigned is the fact that several surrounding countries, among them especially Germany, have Issued orders forbidding the Importation of .Swiss wares, so as not to compete with; tlio home product. The cost of lining ha* advanced 50-60 per cent, over pre-war times. Bloomington, 111,—Disappointed in'the sxpectation of an overflow of Hoiks at the shops here, the Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. nn- ndontjes that its striking shopmen above! 45 years of age are given until I Sopt. 21- to return to work, Snd nfter that date the 46-year nge limit-will be rigidly enforced. PnBt privileges enjoyed by the strikers, the announcement states, will not be curtailed if the men return to werkj but their seniority will date ftom .the t(me of thcir reemployment; The announced policy would mean that all strikers above 4fi years of age, refusing to scab, will not bo re-employed. Next Dance Set for Friday, October 20th The first of the whist drives and dun-en to be held during the winter season by the label committee of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, held at the Cotillion Hall on Tuesday night, was a decided success. There was a good crowd on hand, those who do not step the light fantastic step, were uble to tuke part in the whist drive, and good prizes were provided for the winners. The feature of this part of the entertainment was the fact that three men tied for ilrst place, their relative positions were finally arranged and the result was us follows: First prize, gents, A, F. Reld; second prize, gents, H. Nelson, while J. D. Gow took the booby prize. Two ladles tied for first place. Mrs. A. Cooper being finally awarded the first prize, while Mrs. Petrie and Mrs. Hardy took tho second und booby prizes. The special pi tee, a union suit, to be made by Perry & Dolk, union tailors, wus won by Mr. Armstrong. The ..ommlttee which had charge of the uffulr, left nothing undone for the comfort nnd entertainment of those attending, the refreshment committee excelling alt previous efforts. The next dunce will bc held in the Alexander Pavilion, corner of Robson and Hornby streets, on Friday, October 20. This dunce hall ls considered to bc second to none in town, and the committee Is looking forward to an even greater success for the next whist drive and dance and a further boost to tho union label. United Mine Workers and British Miners Consider Project Object Is to Prevent Coal Being Sent in Case of Strikes By Harry Godfrey (Federated Press Correspondent) Atlantic City, N. J.—The Importation of British-mined coal to assist In breaking any future coal mine strike In America will become impossiblo If a proposed alliance between the coal mine unions of this country and Great Britain Is carried out. Suoh a project, it has been learned, not only is under a consideration between officials of the United Mine Workers of America and the Miners' Federation of Groat Britain, but a conference of representatives of the two miners' unions is being arranged for an early date. The announcement is made by William Green, secretary-treasurer, U. M. W. A., who has been attending the meeting of the executive council, A. F. of L., here. Members of the A. P. of L. executive council also have expressed approval of thc proposal. Mutual AM The allanee, if completed, would enable the coal miners of Great Britain and the United States to aid each olher in time of strike, and not only would be designed to prevent the exportation of British coal to America at such times, but would contemplate the prevention of American cool exports to Great Britain to help break a strike of the British miners. The suggestion, Green suid, came from Frank I lodges, secretary of the British union, aB u result of correspondence about British coal shlped here during thc recent coat mine strike. "We were agreeably surprised to receive the suggestion," Mr. Green said. "The suggestion for a conference will be submitted to our executive board next month, and probably acted upon. "I do not believe the 'thousands of tons'of British coal which came to this country during the last strike had nny effect, but I took thc matter up with the ofllclals of the British Miners' Federal lon und tbey appeared to want to eo-uper- ato," Important Factor If such an alliance is perfected, the attitude of the marine und transport workers of Brituin and the United States will he nn important factor, lf the unions of these workerB become parties to such an arrangement, the exportation from either country in time of strike even of non-union coul could be effectively stopped. Lnbor union officinls nre of the opinion lhat an alllnnco Riich as that under consideration if successfully carried out, would be one of the most formidable labor forceB in the world. The U. M. W. A. has approximately 600,000 members,, while the British Miners' Federation has a membership of about 1,000,000. Tho latter organization. Green said, has sent a cheque for $22,000 to tho U. M. W. A. to help defray the expenses of the recent strike here. Herbert Smith, acting president, Miners' Federation of Great Britain, who attended the 1922 Cincinnati convention of the A. F. of L, ns a fraternal delegate from the British Trnde Union Congress, was quoted nt Cincinnati us huving said that closer CO-Operation was needed to protect the mutual Interests of the American nnd the Hritish miners' organlzaionn. Ifl Frank P. Walsh Gives fiis Impressions of Workers' Republic Organized Labor Is the Basis of AU Activities (By the Federated Press) Washington—"Russia hu gone to state capitalism, the state own* fng the land, the essential industries, the large factories, the railroads—with the control in the hands of the working men and working women," Frank P. Walsh, roHner chairman of tbe war labor board, thus sums up his ■/»bservattons made during a business trip to Moscow, Smolensk and the Volga valley in July and August. He has returned convinced that the Russian people will soon .have rebuilt their industrial plants and restored the properties ruined during eight years of war. He found the mosses ardent- ' ly devoted to the Soviet government in spite of the fact that tho new economic policy has permitted speculators to return and grow fat. Volga land Good "I travelled 600 miles Into the Volga valley, and found the rich harvests almost gathered," he said to The Federated Press. "Theso Volga lands are equal to the best Mlssisslpl bottom lands—black soil that produces heavy yields. Yet, because the famine last year resulted ln the killing for food of all domestic animals, even to the dogs, not enough land could be cultivated by hand thla season, and there will be suffering before the next harvest. 'Rail transportation is good on the main lines, snd bad on branch roads. Oreat shops are now repairing the locomotives and training boys from all over Russia ln repair and construction work on engines. At the frontier stations I saw 30 to 40 new Oerman locomotives coming In. The United States could furnish this rolling stock If our attitude toward "Russian trade were different. "Banking In Russia has all been nationalised, and ln Moscow I met the director 'of the Moscow state bank, working devotedly and willingly for (100 a month in place of the (20,000 to 130,000 a year he received when director of a Moscow bank which before the revolution had 1500 branches throughout Russia, They exchange money on cable rates received dally from London and Paris. Facilities are as good as In either of thlse cities. My Brown Brothers letter of credit was recognized In Moscow precisely as In western Europe, and I was paid my draft In American currency. Factories Opened "Factories are being reopened. A cotton textile mill in Moscow that had _500 employees before the war now employs 6000 people. They have taken the big while palace of the former owner, np on the hill, and administer and maintain it through a committee of tenants. The hovels from which these mill (Continued on page I) BANKERS PUT Vancouver, Wash.—The Methodist convention here condemned the criminal syndicalism laws and advocate their repeal. Would Like to See Conviction of Herrin Miners Chieugo.—Fifty thouaund dollars to secure convictions of Illinois union miners hns been set by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce as the new goal for Its Herrin fund. The ante was raised from 125,000 when the bunkers and manufacturers went gallantly over the top ln thc untl-iubor drive and poured in $31,000 to nuance Attorney-General Edward S. Brundage's part In the prosecution. It in rumored that Brundage will be tho business candidate for governor against Smalt. The campaign, so lenders of the Illinois chamber tell the Manufacturers' News, has proved to be one of (he most enthusiastic ever put on by the association. The response to the nppeul was immediate und satisfactory. Already 21 cities in Illinois have reached their quota and sent in the money. They are: Aurora, Albion, Bridgeport, Centrnlfa, Charleston, Danville, Gibson City, Havana, Hlghlund, Kankakee, l,a Grnnce, LaHallc, Uiwrenrevllle, Morris, Mt. Vernon, Nupcrville, Peoria, Pontine, Rockford. Sycamore and Tuscola, . Others ure putting on campaigns now. Many sorts of organizations havo engaged In the work; Chambers of Commerce, Manufacturers' associations, Botary clubs, Kiwanis clubs and other business and professional organisations. A number of cities in other slates have written lu asking for an opportunity to put on campaigns. The reply has been, however, thnt Illinois Is able to and should tnke care of her own misdeeds. A number of cheques sent in by individuals Trom other states hnve been accepted and thnnks returned to the donors- One dollar and fifty cents Is the cost for a six months subscription «lo the FwUraitonlst *r PAGE TWO FOURTEENTH YEAR. NO. 84 BRITISH COLOMBIA FEDERATIONIST vAwoinrwt. a a FRIDAY September 2j. IM IIM COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Published every Friday morning by The B. C. Federationist, Limited Business Office: 1129 Howe Street Editorial Office: Koora 30C, 319 Pender Street West Editorial Bourd: P. R. Bengough, R. H. Neelands, J, M. Ciark, Georgo Bartley. Subscription Rates: United Statea and Foreign, $3.00 per year; Canada, 12,50 per year, $1.50 for six months; to Unions subscribing in a body, 16c per member per month. Unity of Labor: The Hope of the World FRIDAY _. September 29, 1922 The Near East and the Conflicting Imperialistic Interests ^AR IS IMMINENT. War is certain, and again war is averted, and onco again war is almost certain, have bcen tho features of the news from thc near cast during the past week. Meanwhile, thc average person is bewildered by the kaliedoscopic nature of the "news," which has appeared in tbe daily press, so varied has it bcen that even thc Vancouver Daily Sun has noted that all the news is propaganda conveyed to thc public by the interested powers for their own particular purposes, ' • * e ' The people were told some few days ago that the Turks were responsible for the burning of Smyrna, on Wednesday the press carried a news item to the effect that it wai the Greeks themselves who were responsible fjr this destruction. In the meantime, chaos reigns in the Balkans, and it would appear that even more rulers than Coiistantine would have to abdicate before the situation is cleared. • * * Great Britain demands the freedom of thc Dardanelles, has been a feature headline for many weeks in thc press of this country, but we learn that Kemal has stated that this will be aesured, and to back up his statement, and to prove that he means what he says, he has stated in an interview that Turkey has never considered thc question of the Straits as a national question, but as an international one; he further clinches his argument by the following statement: "Besides, as you know, there Is the treaty with Russia under which Turkey guarantees to tuke thto point of view towardu Russia, tho Ukraine, Georgia, etc. After this statement we can easily see that the alarming pronouncements from the British government that we might close the straits are baseless. Tt is humane and a duty toward the peace of the world to make known the real meaning of the English statement regarding the straits and their closing." e * * Thc cause of the struggle in the near east is the rivalries of France and Great Britain for thc exploitation of Asia Minor. Russia has also played a part. Great Britain, now so anxious or apparently ao, for the freedom of the Dardanelles, does not want the Straits open to all, but docs desire to have them closed when the occasion arises to the powers whieh she thinks will be innmical to her interests, and this includes Busaia. • * * Aa stated last week, the people of Asia Minor (re not engaged in any struggle of their awn, Mit in a straggle started by two imperialistic bowers for the privilege of exploiting the oil- fields of Asia Minor. After pointing out the connections which France had with Turkey, a* a result of the Angora treaty of 1921, entered ihto between Turkey and France, a writer of bote in Europe point* out that this treaty gave France an excellent opportunity of bringing pressure to (war on the British government every time • revolt was threatened against the French reparations policy. The writer in question turns up the situation as it existed in the early days of September, in the following words: "Lloyd Oeone attempted again and again by means of Entente conferences to remove this dan- tereua source et conflict. It was just as futile aa similar attempts nude ia regard to. the German or Russian questions. The last Oriental conference met on tho 26th of March ot this year in Parts. Fresh "peace conditions" were put forward there for terminating ths G-reco-TurkMt war. They already betokened the surrender of the Sevres Treaty by Bag- land. The Turks, it Is true, were to rocelve Smyrna, but wtth unendurable restrictions: they were to receive back Constantinople, but under the control of an international, i. o„ English commission; Adrla- nople, the centre of European Turkey, was ultimately to be handed over to Greece. The Turks, instigated by France, refused these proposals. Greece too,, was dissatisfied with the Impairment of the Sevres Treaty. Tlie decisions of the Purls Oriental conference Intensified the Anglo-French conflict. This fact was strengthened when some weeks ago. Greek troops landed at Rodoato and threatened to advance on Constantinople nloiiB lhe Tchataluah line. f_lnc« the time of the armistice, Constantinople has beea under tho control of the Entente, lt is occupied by English, French and Kalian troops. England, however, lias file upper hand. The Hritish general Harrington, is oflkiallj In command or all the Allied forces. The Turks announced that they would reply to the Greek advance with a general assault upon the straits and Constantinople. Through the close co-o|>e.ation between France and Turkey, therefore, there exists the danger of a direct collision between the English anil their Greek proteges on the one hand, and the Turks and the French on the other. Everyone can imagine what an enormous world political danger exists in this formation." Wc thus sec that while thc press blows hot and then cold towards war, and thc propaganda is more or less of a see-saw proposition, the world today is facing a situation that may again plunge Kurope into another bloody struggle, and not his time for freedom, but for oil and the exploitation of Asia Minor. Thrift and the Profits Wrung from the Farmers A RECENT issue of the Christian Science ** Monitor calls our attention to James A. Patten, who at one time played a largo part in thc manipulating of thc grain market. It will bc remembered that in the year 1909, this worthy gentleman, who started his operations on the corn market with $2500, hardly sufficient to purchase a farm of any value, and insufficient to equip onc with thc latest machinery for agricultural purposes, bought some 30,000,000 bushels of wheat. Still later, in the year 1912, he cleaned up a cool two millions on an accumulation of 12,000,000 bushels of corn. * * * The usual apologist for the present system, ch is redtfting the average farmer to penury, will inform the producers of wheat and other agricultural products, that if they were only more thrifty and worked harder they would become more prosperous. The farmer, however, who works harder than most folks imagine, and who works his wife and children from sun up to sundown, will, if he is of an enquiring turn of mind, ask how can I work harder and how can I be more thrifty than I amt For he never has any money to spend, and all he earns, after providing himself with the barest necessities, has to be turned over to the individual or corporation which has a mortgage on his farm, or to thc implement trust, which supplied him with the tools of production. « * at But Mr. Patten was not thrifty, nor was he industrious, that is, in so far as the production of wheat was concerned, when he made his pile. He manipulated the market from an office building which most likely never harbored a bushel of wheat. Yet this man was able to purchase the wlieat and sell it and make a profit by so doing. In fact, his profits were so enormous that they were the talk of the entire world when he reaped in the fruits of the unpaid labor of the wealth producers. ♦ * * Bot Mr. Patten, while not actively engaged on the grain market any longer, is a large shareholder in banks and financial corporations, and his profits are still rolling in. He is not at the head of any industrial organization directing its operation, but his wealth gives him the power to still draw from tlie workers of all kinds the surplus wealth which they create. This is capitalism. It is the system which starves the farmer and givos him a steady job. It is the form of society which starves the industrial worker because he cannot get a job, and if he does, all he gets out of it is the barest existence while working. * # * The farmer imagines that if the city worker would only work cheaper and be "more reasonable" in his demands from his masters, then the farmers' position would be easier, while the city worker inns away with the idea that he is paying too much for his foodstuff and thc products of the farm. They both lose sight of thc fact that it is not the workers, cither industrial or agricultural, who are doing the gouging, but that the same interests skin thc fiair of them. When they realize this, they will organize on a common basis, and with a class concept of their position in society, sweep the parasites who live and fatten on thcir sweat and misery from the position which they now hold. Mary and Dong, and the People's Taste in "Art" IF there is a place on this earth which is supposed to be more disposed to the enforcing of law and order, than Vancouver, wc have yet to hear of it. In faet, when the workers in d*ys gone by quit work because they did not like thc treatment handed out to their fellow workers in the City of Winnipeg, tho lovers of law and order made it known to all and sundry by a display of force in the shape of machine guns, that law aud order—their law and order,—would be maintained even if blood had to bc shed in the enforcing of it. * * * Last winter the idle workers were told that they could not hold demonstrations, ag it was feared the peace would be disturbed, bnt during the week, law and order were swept into the discard, and that holy of holies, private property, was outraged. As it was not "our" property, we feel that the workers will not feel any misgivings beeause of this sacrilege, but will view the situation with due calmness. * *. » But why was the peace of our city disturbed. Was it beeause there was a labor demonstration, or because of a strike. Oh, no, dear reader, but we had two people in our midst whose position and actions have given them salacious headlines in thc press, and thc screen played a minor part in their notoriety. They were no less than Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, who reap great benefit by posing and, acting for the benefit of people who inhabit a world which George Bernard Shaw has suggested is used as a mad house for the rest of the worlds in thc cosmos. * # * We were told on Wednesday morning that gates were torn down, and windows smashed. This exuberance of spirits on the part of a law- abiding and loving people is passing strange, for so far as we can sec the objeots of this "joyous" reception have never done half as much for the advancement of huvtan society as did Hulet M. Wells, who on his ti'rival in the City of Vancouver to speak on behalf of the starving Russians was kindly but (irmly seized by the immigration officers and returned to thc land which is thc home of Doug and Mary as well as of the free. * * * Capitalism has, however, developed many strange things. It has developed a stale of mind In the people which is passing strange, and to emphasize this point wc again quote Bernard Shaw, who in discussing the theatre, stated: "Wellington said that an army moves on its belly. So does a London theatre. Beforc a man acts he must cat. Before he perforins plays he must pqy rent. In London wc have no theatres for the welfare of thc people; they arc all for the sole purpose of producing the utmost obtainable rent for thc proprietor. If the Twin Flats and thc Twin Beds produce a guinea more than Shakespeare, out goes Shakespeare and in come the Twin Flats and the Twin Beds. If the brainless bevy of pretty girls and the funny man outbid Mozart, out goes Mozart." * # # Wc might bc permitted to add to the words of Shaw, and say that the people who tore down the gates at the C. P. R. Depot to facilitate thc seeing of thc exponents of modern "art" have evidently fallen in line with those, who have destroyed all that resembles real talent in the interest of greater profit and degraded tastes. Exit art, Mary and Doug visit nur fair city, and the people demonstrate their lack of cither sense or tho fitness of things. i ■ , - , ii.n.M".", tee .. ,-,ii,i,,m , ,n,ii The Rise and Fall of the Entente (Continued from laat Tjfeek) ' By *J. T. WALTOX XEWBOLD ■■ hmi ■» i ■«» »■ »« ■■■■»* and Holland and Prance. Here' *gl$*_ capital, to unite in one pro- While London, England, is placarded with "no more war" Signs, wo have not. noticed that the workers on tliis continent are preparing to resist being slaughtered for oil instead of liberty. Will the Canadian Congress give thc Canadian workers the lead? It—ECONOMIC ORIGINS T-HE multiplicity of political frac-. * tlons which haa rendered the, Interplay of French affairs''almost unintelligible to the-English observer, and which has now beeft modified very consUcrably by the formation of the "Bloc National," had a bat.it- in the economy of the Third Republic. The Home of the Bourgeoisie France is, and has for a century been, the fountain head of bourgeois democracy. It has been thus, the nursery and school house of middle class pontics,- because it has been the one country in which material conditions have made for the survival of tbe middle class ae the dorainent class. Capitalism in France grew up In and has continued to draw its substance from an economy of land cultivation and the working up for the market of the produce of the farm, the field and the vineyard. Thus in ita earlier stages (1. e„ in the 18th century) French capitalism was a stronger and richer growth than its English and Scottish contemporaries. Fortified by these resources, the bourgeoisie of France tried conclusions with the autocracy and its landlord supporters and, in the great revolution, swept them away and built up a new political cystem on the razed ruins of the old. ' Immediately thereafter, it sought under the eagles of Bonaparte; to recover the fields of exploitation which It had lost by reason of'the ineptitude of the later Bourbons, and its absorption In the revolutionary struggle. It failed. It failed heroically under the spectacular leadership of Napoleon the Great. It Called less conspicuously but none the less surely under the Restoration, and under the rule of Louis Phillpe. It failed inelo-dramatifuilj; under Napoleon the Little. It tailed obscurely in the earlier years of this, the Third Republic. The reasons for this failure—long drawn out and productive of so much discontent within and disturbance without—were not to be sought tn the political crises and upheavals which accompanied it. Cotton and Corn . The French bourgeoisie failed in1 the 20th century because,, after the1 industrial revolution in Britain' (which occurred simultaneously' with their political revoultfoh) tha materia] basis of British production became bedded Jn Just that prime neceaalty in which France is, so conspicuously lacking—coal. Not only had and has France very inadequate supplies ot eoal, but those she has lie In scattered fields, remote from her iron* mlnen and distant, also, from good harbors and navigable waters. Moreover, the great cotton manufacturers upon which the liberal bourgeoisie of Lancashire and the west of Scotland grew rich and prospered so exceedingly, took their rise just at the very time when the blockade prevented the French obtaining adequate supplies of cheap raw material. Thus the French cotton manufactures labored under an enormous initial handicap. Furthermore, there has been no heavy Import of foodstuffs in France to foster a big export of finished articles. The textile man-. ufacturers at Uie north have had to depend on sources of raw material dominated by British capital. Cotton has contributed much, directly and indirectly, to the establishment «f the Entente. Credits ond Colonies Then, at successive periods, British financial houses have, -dene a great deal to help French governments to stabilise themselves.- The Restoration In ISM drew upon the Barings, The men who Imposed thcir will upon Louis Phili-»pe In 188*9 were financed by the Kothtt- chlldo ©r-hy the Liberal Catholics who had financed Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipation. Other British bourgeois lined their nest in aid or Napoleon III. When In 1848 not only did the Liberal l>ourgeoisie of the Rhine- land fait to set up a German Republic financed and rule*.: by Frankfurt capitalists, but thtf.:process of unification under Prussia made Berlin and Dresden of more importance, many of the Radical bourgeois hived off -to Antwerp, London, Liverpool and Paris. These gentry became very powerful in tbe Third Republic. They were cosmopolitans. They were an influence making for solidarity between Britain, France nnd Belgium. They desired Uie overthrow of the Bmudcn burgers' Kateer and a bourgeois alliance of republics run by and In the Interest of bankers. 'n tho Third Republic, Gnmbet- ta, Rouvler nnd Palnleve successively pursued the aim or establishing an entente with the LiberaTaml the Ltbei'iil Unionist bourgeoisie of Great Britain. , js, Such wero the deepening ciujrents which made for co-operation" with Britain, with Liberalized Britain, as a definite principle of French bourgeois statecraft. Not. howevor, until the Monarchist-Clerical-Nationalist reaction had finally beon pulverized into acceptance of the Republic na k fait accompli was It possible to set about deliberately to cement fin alliance with the State ln whostf Empire and whoso spheres of influence the banking oligarchy of Republicanism nnd Radicalism had so many milliards of francs invested. Because of their material interests in the Rand, in Egypt, In Argentina and in tho strategically exposed areas of Madagascar anfi'In- do-China, tho bankers (whose agont wns Rouvler) made an' entente with Britain, Not only so, but In 1898 it become obvious to all the parties of the French bourgeoisie thnt In opposition to Britain they could not hope to extend their Empire. But tho year that saw Fashodn saw, also, the passing through tho Reichstag of the first German navy law. The logic of the situation was plain. The lessons of history wore obvious. Here was the hereditary enemy of the seas challenged by the hereditary enemy of the land. Here was Britain challenged by Oermany aa sho had boen of old by Spain were the two great industrial capitalist powers coming into conflict. Coal aud Iron These two rivals were each rivals of France. They were each more powerful than her in this stage of economic development by reason of the fact that they had what she lacked. They had coal and iron in abundance and organised industries reared upon the exploitation of both In conjunction. France needed to gain control of coal and iron. As yet she scarcely understood the immeasurable potentialities of the iron-ore fields of Normandy and Anjiu, but she had jyet begun to appreciate the riches and to exploit the ore field of Briey. The latter field was, besides, a part of the great Luxemburg-Lorraine field, exploited and contributing almost the whole nativo supplies of ore to Germany. It was, however, on the very frontier. It was necessary to bring Briey, to bring the whoie field, back behind the frontier of France, safe behind .the guns of French fortresses. Britain was in need of Iron ore. Britain was jealous of Germany's competition In the steel trade. Britain was jealous of Germany's increasing coal exports. France had one important coalfield, but this was only part of a larger field underlying both her own soil and that of Belgium. It was, moreover, a field that con- tinued eastward and emerged again in the Ruhr valley. It woula be possible, by arrangement with Bel- ductlve system the colliery industries of the Nord, the Pas de Calais and Belgium, This arrangement could, however, only be Arrived at in conflict with the German capital already involved in Its development and by agreement with Great Britain, the friend and patron of Belgium. To safeguard the Nord—producing three-quarters of her coal— and the Meurthe and Moselle— producing nine-tenths of her iron ore—as welt as to extend the areas of exploitation was possible If only she eould pick a quarrel with Germany in which she could throw one great industrial rival ngainst the other. France learned tbe lesson of Fa- shoda and set herself to teach Great Britain, who never needs much Instruction in such cases, the lesson of the German navy law. First, Germany must be destroyed and, if possible, argued the bourgeoisie, the typical bourgeoisie of France, dispossessed of both her iron and her coal. Then, Britain, weakened in the struggle, might be overwhelmed in a second conflict with the already powerful and Increasingly ambitious Empire of the United States. Cold, calculating, relentless, ruthless, inexorable logic of the most true-to-type bourgeoisie in all the world, logic such as we are familiar with as the logic of M. Poincare, mathematician, premier of France and tool of the Comite des Forges, is it not thun that the haute banque, t. e.. French high finance, may have argued it out amongst its own experts and advisers? (To be continued) LONDON LETTER By Evelyn Sharp (Federated Press Staff Writer) LONDON, Sept 6.—Tha decision of the Trade Union Congress to increase the assessment on its members for publicity and to enable the Labor party to take over the Daily Herald as Us official organ, has more than a party or even a national significance. That the British Labor party should have at least one doily newspaper devoted to the interests of the workers is essential for British labor; and If this is not possible through an independent paper, auch as the Dully Herald has beea until now, the next best alternaUve is an official labor organ. The Dal ly Herald has struggled since its fighting start as a strike leaflet ia 1911. Almost alone among European countries, Great Britain cannot boast of a working class sufficiently intelligent to run and support newspaper* of its own, but prefers the poison provided in ihe ordinary press. The new editor, H. Hamilton Fyfe, has a sound jearnalistlc reputation behind him, united to a recent conversion to labor ideals. The man who has been mainly instrumental in bringing about the change In the Herald fortunes ia George Lansbury, perhaps tbe moat beloved leader In the labor ranks, though he would prefer to think of himself as a comr.ide. His resignation of the editorship will free him for his many activities outside a newspaper ofllce that havo suffered from his recent absorption in journalism. The 54th Trade Union Congress, meeting at Southport, represented with Its 800 delegates the Industrial side of the labor movement. But it was by no means neglectful of the political side of the movement. Tlie strong resolution It has passed on the European situation shows a statesmanship which, if labor had not been excluded from Versailles in lfile, might have averted much of the present chaos on tho continent. Labor's international policy as here outlined demands the abandonment of the occupation of the Rhine and of the policy of force, asks time for the payment by Germany of reparations, and for an Invitation to Germany nnd Russia tojoin the League of Nations on an equality with other nations. The resolution urges the French people to adopt a polley of truat towards the German republic, to reconsider the plans for *he reconstruction of the French devastated areas made by Germany and accepted by French labor but rejected by French capitalism, and to Join in support of all those who believe in a reconstituted and -ill-Inclusive league of nations, pursuing a policy of progressive universal disarmament. Deliberately we say that, God. helping us, thero will be no next timeV said thc Archbishop of Canterbury in his sermon on war to thc delegate* «f the Leaguo of Nations, assembled at Geneva. Well. one can only hope that when "next Ume" Is again foreshadowed in tho haneelleries the ehurch will come out boldly in defense of CbrlsUan principles. There was perhaps a greater safeguard against war In tho appenl to mothers of Mrs. Coombe Tennant; the British woman delegate to tho assembly, exhorting them to remember wht Internationalism did to tbem in tho war and to take an interest henceforth ln international affairs, Tho European situation has been very slightly relieved by the compromise arrived at by tho reparations commission, which at least delays a settlement which would force France's hand. What will become of Turkey's defeat of the Greek nrmy in Asia Minor has yet to bo seen. ' In Ireland guerilla warfare continues, but over all tho happenings in that unsettled country hangs the shadow of past wrongs. The decision of the acting chairman of the provisional government, William Cosgrove, to summon parliament and his assurance to the Irish Labor party that the latest postponement was caused only by the deaths of the late president of Dail Eirann and of the chairman of the provisional government (Arthur Griffiths and Michael Collins) has reassured the national executive of the Labor party for the time being, and the resignation of labor members is held over. Seattle—Refusal to aid Russia's recovery and the continued persecution of political prisoners In this country were tbe two Issues stressed by Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, in a message to Seattle Labor. Revision of the Versailles tiouty, the application of the best economic opinion to the settlement of industrial controversies at home f and a lighter emphasis on the reputed efficiency of court orders and arbitration in strikes were also main points ln his letter. 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ICNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CAB- poavaro and Joliwri, Uetet 442-Prual- --lent, Wm. Dnnn; recordinf eecretary. [Geo. Snell: business aieat, fine. H. Hardy. l provided the mill resumes operations). The eompany expects to have the sawmtll gomg hy the flrst week in October, and as there nre some millions of feet of logs already In the water, left over from previous operations, these will be cut first. Then several millions of feet were left lying In the woods, just ns they were left by the fallers and buckers. These will have jto be taken «ut before any more Umber wUl be felled, so that fallers and buckers will not be needed for some considerable time. The following is the present wage-scale: Per Hr. Millwrights from Vancouver....65c Millwrights, local SOc Steam engineers. 55c Boom-men, firstrclass 50c Boom-men, second-class 40c Laborers 40c Board costs $1.50 per day;' hlankcts free; board medium. The company has been negotiating with a Chinose labor contractor to supply Chinese labor to the mill, offering 30c per hour. The contractor wae holding out for 35c per hour. Single fare from Vancouver costs $3*6.00. Single fare from Prince Rupert costs $9.10. Fellow worker, compare the above scale with the one in effect In 1919-20; compare the number of members in the L. W. I. U. of C. with pnid-up cards, at thc present time and tho years 1919-20; can thero be any connection between them? Is it possible that the smaller tho number of organized members in the union means a very much smaller flgure on the old pay chetiuc? Reason for a moment with yourself, then lf you aro satisfied that a stronger organization would mean more pay and better conditions in force In the camps, why, rejoin, pay up those back dues, and do not be a piker all the rest of your life. W. E. D. [The opinions and Ideaa expressed by correspondents are not necessarily endoned by The Federatlonist, and no responsibility for the views expressed Is accepted by the management.] Trades Council Proceedings Bdltor B. C. Federatlonist—Sir: The Federationist gave a report on the Trades Council proceedings of Vancouver, where the report of the delegate to the recent Trades Congress was heard. Notice that one Wilkinson, who was a delegate to that Congress, was considerably criticised for his action ln regards to the resolution before that Congress asking to bring pressure to bear upon the Dominion government, In extending a loan of fifteen million dollars to Russia. This waa Wllklnaon who appears to be a resident of the City of Vancouver, blew into Bdmonton laat spring. He waa to organize the carpenters In the city. While be failed to do so, he did succeed in getting tho local building contractors to understand that & cut In wagea could be brought into effect very nicely. This gentleman did everything in his power to get tho local carpenters to sign an agreement with Ihe bosses for a wage lower than was then paid anywhere ln Alberta. While endeavoring to get the carpenters to see the need for a cut, at one of his meetings, he was told that he was evidently working for the Builders Exchange,, for he seemed to be the only one who wasn't organizing anybody, and at the same time waa the only one, or practically so, who was wanting a cut. That agreement waa never entered into, in spite of the efforts of Wilkinson. Then Wilkinson died— to come to life again a month before the Trades Congress was to be held. At a meeting of the carpenters, the Nova Scotia resolution was read and adopted. Wilkinson, who believes in democracy, spoke In favor of the resolution, favored trade with Russia, although he said he had no use for their form of government; this is only natural when one is democratic. Wilkinson statod, however, that he wished to go to the Congress, and he wanted the confidence of the local. He made it clear that he would support these particular resolutions to the limit. The brothers, believing the man to be a good democrat, gave him their confidence, and so Wilkinson arrivod at the Congress with credentials from an Edmonton local. Now the delegate isn't back yet; but at the last meeting of the local, n brother wanted to know how Wilkinson had got on; so one who had ■seen The Federatlonist read the part where Wilkinson waa prominent, and then, a scene followed which no wards can describe. Motions te tell headquarters who tliis brother is? I want to know how this follow got here? Someone else, who paid him? Yet another said he had no words at his command which would anywhere near express the contempt he had for him. I don't know when Wilkinson will be back, or whether he will ever be back here, but I do not think that we will ever aend another delegate who believes la democracy to the Trades Congress. Those people who never lose an opportunity to voice their disapproval of the Russian government; who always point to the undemocratic method of government there; who always etick their chests out when speaking of democracy; do not seem to be very particular when It comes to applying some of it themselves. Wilkinson knew he was not expressing the sentiment* of the workers whose confidence he asked for; he did not state that at the Congress as far as we know. He did not say that the local whose credentials he can-led, had adopted the very resolution he helped to defeat. ^ The moral of this lesson Is: People who live in glass houses, should not throw stones. Yours fraternally, PAT GRAHAM, Trades and Labor Hall. Edmonton, Alta., Sept. 19, 1922. In the case of the flag they are taught that the white stands for .''purity^'' the red for "courage," and th? blue for "truth." j The -king stands for "gracious- ness" and "nobility" qualities, that nobody- doubts .that he possesses. Kings, however, ae legendary beings, as distinguished from their human understudies, are beed as trade marks for the "big" interests. Wh'en these' corporations, In any monarchy, wish to flnd men to flght their battles, they say: "Your King and oountry need you." And very likely the Shah wouid say, "The King of kings needs you." iU saying that the flag, too, is used as a trademark, I am referring to the* world at large, and not and In achool they must abide hy the prescribed text books and rules; Indeed one pf the questions asked each month to every teacher ln thla province is, "Did you obey the rules?" But there Is no reason ln the world why people ahould depend on theee achoota alone—useful as they are as far as they go. Such institutions as "The Vancouver Labor League" might be developed and expanded. The deficiencies of other schools might be supplied there as It might also, and no doubt le, in economic and other classes. As I said, capitalistic society fs crumbling, and when it la helplessly decrepit, If It Uvea eo long, there muet be sufficient people j capable of helping along the new order if we don't wish another relapse to barbarism. Both orders are overlapping now, the nucleus In Russia of the newest is spread Uke the tall of a comet over the whole civilized world. Let us hope they will continue to have the wisdom to use to any particular country. Each their machinery in the Interest of nation eulogises Its flag, and the) the nation. *ame is.described to Its young people as an emblem embodying the highest Ideals—truth—amongst them having a very salient position. Consider Christian nations for a moment. They all, more or lees, profess the same ideals; yet they win-form two sides composed of millions of people each. On each side there will be found thousands of piatformere, pulpiteers, and scribblers of high rank, who arc ready, one and all, to swear that tbe other sets of millions are diabolical Hare and fiends, with the exception of the canaille, whom they are sufficiently charitable to dub as fools. Vet a fourth class child of the public school, if the circumstances were explained, would understand, beyond a doubt, tbat the millions were fighting for the world's markets. All up-to-date nations are in that position, while those that are not up to date are gradually lining up, with the result that the markets are gradually growing scarcer. Rivalry for these markets causes war, and it seems to be only the visitation of the terrible and worldwide desolation and devastation, which forces people to look back at their school days and entertain strong doubts of the wisdom of their former credulity. "Oh Canada, we stand on guard for thee," says the aecond reader pupil as ho commences the first lines In his book, never suspecting that although for the present it is necessary to fight for Canada, yet after all he is fighting for the flnanclal interests of the group of nations of which Canada Ib only ft factor.' ' The 'fourth class boy begins his first lesson by looking at the picture of a military figure blowing a call to'arms as he recites: "For Ood; for home, our legions .Shall win or fighting die" And wben he finishes the book his last wards are: "Ood grant us wisdom to value our ,„ .birthright, Courage to guard what we hold" —a most commendable prayer Indeed, yet one that emphasizes what the fight is for when one sees large placards posted over the country bearing the inscription "Your King and Country need you." Am I blaming the Bourgeois for their system of education ? Undoubtedly not. It is an economic necessity to them. They attained their position ln the natural course of evolution, and in the natural course of evolution they are preparing institutions and developing machinery and Industry lor humanity, composed of those who labor with hand and head and embracing practically all len. 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They aro all American trained girls, mostly from the sunny clline of California, whero Mrs. Morgan for many years was connected with tho Greek Theatro at Berkeley. Federationist: In two weeks ago, Their success in that line would' be a brilliant example to the rest of the world ae a way out of their difficulties. They would demonstrate the fact that produce could be raised without the necessity of foreign markets, also that machinery, lf given free scope, could produce an unlimited amount Instead of having to shut down every time the dwindling market Is sup- Piled. In the meantime "education" should be the watchword. The education that won't prevent the young people preparing for an enemy, but will endow them with sufficient vision to he able to recognize such, and treat him accordingly. No better soldiers would then be found to protect thetr democracy from its foes whether at home or abroad, F. W. MOORE, (Teacher), Lund. Turks, Greeks, and Others Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Sir- So much "news" has been given through the press recently that the pros, and cons, of a possible spreading of the war now being waged, principally between Turkey and Greece, form one of the topics of tho day. What the actual detailed facts are as to the situation in and around the Balkan States Is difficult to say, but I think the general facts are fairly well known to those desiring to know. The preaent conflagration is the Inevitable outcome of the Versailles Treaty, which is based upon the poisonous theory, long since exploded, of the one nation guilt, for tho great war. Back of this treaty Is the competitive system of production for profits, whicb cannot exist without periodical wars, largely for the possession of raw materials and markets for manufactured gooda. Since 1871, when Oermany formally annexed Alsace and Lorraine, we .have been continually told that "never again" shall there be another "Alsace Lorraln." But we flnd the annexations, spheres of Influence and other committments, arising out of the Versailles treaty, have Alsace Lorrain backed off the map a hundred times, with Great Britain and France the worst transgressors. To those who thought further wars Improbable, the last few days have brought a rude awakening. The lesson learned by those controlling the press during the war evidently have not been forgotten. The sudden announcement by many papera that 129,090 supposed Christians had been massacred by the Turks waa an effective psychology producer. By thla and otber ways efforts were made te THE FAMOUS Astoria Shoes for Men We have just received a new Fall shipment of this well known make of footwear. They are the favorite shoes for men who demand style plus service and comfort. 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Should the preaent atruggle spread (and If lt does not at this time lt will later on), an attempt here and elsewhere may be nada to force men and boys to again go to war, to kill their fellow workera who they have never seen, and have no quarrel with. To those who wish to voluntarily fight the battles of capitalism, we have no quarrel, and have ao desire to put any obstruction In their road, hut we de object to any form of conscription, whether it be statutory, economic, or otherwise, and while we express primarily our own sentiments, believe the overwhelming majority of workera, at lest in and wound Nanalmo, feel similarly. It ia aa wall to ba ob guard; tha recent demonstration shauM warn us that tho praaa Js ready Cor a campaign, and tha church, st least in soma places, Is apparently prepared to bask another war. It Is reported thlt tho Trinity Methodist Church In Toronto (ths hsad- duartors of Canadian Methodism). Sundsy, September 17,! by a standing vols, pledged themselvea to give ott possiblo support, In oase the present war spreads. Reports aro now coming la from all ovor tho world, and la asany cases contrary to previous roports, considerable appaolllan to a war with Turkey la evidenced almost everywhero. If the workera refuse to right, there will bo no more wars. Speod the day. T. A. BARNARD. Nanalmo, Sept. 22, IS!!. Petrograd — One hundred and ninety-eight locomotives hare arrived from Oermany In ths course of the summer via tho Petrograd harbor. It la expected that 15» more wtll bo delivered before ths shipping season clones. Patronise Wet - , JsTew Torlt—Union members and others, In purchasing furniture, [ilanos, phonographs, etc., are urged by the union woodcarvers of the United States to seo that they obtain hand carving, and not composition ornaments. Hand carving Is invariably union made, while ■■.imposition ornamonts, mado of colored putty, are almost unfailingly non-union work, the woodcarvori organization asserts. Editor B. C. your issue of you ask if some teacher would explain what ideas Incidental to our economic life are inculcated by non-red teachers in this country. In the absence of better I send you the following: There Is no doubt but that the non-red teachers of the world would be both surprised and shocked if told that when they Imagine, quite unconsciously, that they aro most intent on Imbuing their boys with the spirit of bravery and patriotism, they are really engaged in preparing them to be the docile instruments of International rlva( corporations, without conscience^ and prepared to shed the blood or half the world in the name of wha^ Jock London used to call the Qod "Blsenas," and equally prepared to shed oceans of crocodile tears because the hated rival—a name that includes each side in turn—was so diabolically unfeeling as to bombard a town wherein were women and children; as if forsooth, the party who did the weeping, only attacked towns In which there were but old bachelors bred and born. , If ona looks at Article III ia the School Laws, he will see that It Is decreed that the "lessons, recitations and otber exercises on the laet teaching day preceding Empire Day, shall be such as bear directly on the history and resources of Canada and the British Empire, and tend to promote a true spirit of patriotism and loyalty. -Concerning tho flag, It Is laid down that it is desirable that on the day school reopens a function of a public character should take place ln connection with Its hoisting. This Uttlt celebration should Include the singing of tho National Anthem as tho Union Jack is raised; a march past of the child ith marshalled ln rank, and might well be brought to a close by short patriotic ripeech from the chairman or othor member of the board of school trustees.1 But whut, we might ask, does the "flag," and the "king," signify as emblems to tha .hivanlla Aind? i l s I i To Holders of Five Year 51 per cent Canada's Victory Bonds Issued in 1917 and Maturing 1st December, 1922. CONVERSION PROPOSALS t*T*.__ ] MINISTER OF FINANCE offers to holders theie bonda who desire to continue their investment in Dominion of Canada securities the privilege of exchanging the maturing bonds for new bonds bearing 5} per cent interest, payable half yearly, of either of the following classes:— (a) Five year bonds, dated 1st November, 1922, to mature 1st November, 1927. (b) Ten year bonds, dated 1st November, 1922, to mature 1st November, 1932. While the maturing bonds will carry interest to 1st December, 1922, the new bonds will commence to earn interest from 1st November, 1922, GIVING A BONUS OF A FULL MONTH'S INTEREST TO THOSE AVAILING THEMSELVES OF THE CONVERSION PRIVILEGE. This offer li made to holders of the maturing bonds snd ii not open to other investors. The bonds to be issued under this proposal will be substantially of the sams character as thoie which are maturing, except that tht exemption from taxation does not apply to the new issuo. Dated at Ottawa, 8th Auguit, 1922. Holders of the maturing bonds who wish to avail themselves of this conversion privilege should take their bonds AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30th, to a Branch of any Chartered Bank in Canada and receive in exchange an official receipt for the bonds surrendered, containing an undertaking to deliver the corresponding bonds of the new issue. Holders of maturing fully registered bonds, interest payable by cheque from Ottawa, will receive their December 1 interest cheque as usual. Holders of coupon bonds will detach and retain the last unmatured coupon before surrendering the bond itself for conversion purposes. The surrendered bonds will be forwarded by banks to the Minister of Finance at Ottawa, where they will be exchanged for bonds of the new issue, in fully registered, or coupon registered or coupon bearer form carrying interest payable 1st May and 1st November of each year of the duration of the loan, the first interest payment accruing and payable 1st May, 1923. Bondi of the new issue will be sent to the banks for delivery immediately after the receipt ofthe surrendered bonds. The bonds of the maturing issue which are not converted under this proposal will be paid off in cash on the 1st December, 1922. w. s. FIELDING, Minister of Finance. - m I ^AGE FOUR FOURTEENTH YEAR. 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Sept. 25—604—12th Ave. W„ Htggen & JohanBon, dwelling, $5000; 3571 Broadway \\V„ Bernard Construction Company, $3500. Sept. 26—823-25-27-29 Oranvllle, F. T. Sherburne, offico building, $100,000. Help the Fed. by 'Helping our advertisers. The secret of good beer lies in purity- That's why Cascade Beer has for 35 years been British Columbia's favorite health .beverage. No expense has been spared to ensure purity. It has cost a million dollars to build a plant to accomplish this. But after testing Cascade Beer, you agree that it has been worth it. Insist Upon Cascade UPU. Russian Crown Jewels Give Press Great Scope [By Harry Godfrey] (Federated Press Correspondent) New York—This Is a fact-story. The facts are taken from the nowspapers from which the public gets its facts. If any of the facts seem not. to agree with any of the other facts, it must be the fault of the facts, for are not American newspapers—by their own confession— honest? It's about the Russian crown jewels—the czar's crown, and the czarina's crown, and the rest of the spangles and fandangles and sparkling frippery and gorgeous, dazzling, priceless tinsel with which the poor dear Romonov, used to deck themselves tn the good old days. You knew, of course, from having read the facts in the newspapers, that these wonderful gems had been ripped from their settings and smuggled all over Europe and even into the United States, by sly Bolshevist agents, and sold to get money to carry on the naughty Bolshevist propaganda? No one ever will know how many times these marvellous precious stones were sold to help Lenln bolster up the "tottering" soviet regime. But a few such transactions and attempted transactions are given herewith—together with the newspaper headlines just to show the accounts must have been genu* ine: "Lenin Selling. Jewels for Red Propaganda—Gems Sent Through Germany to Dutch Markets— Czar's Diamonds Offered."—New York Times, Dec. 24, 1919. "Russia's Royal Gems on Sale in Holland."—New York Globe, Jan. 5, 1920. "Russian Crown Jewels Smuggled Into England—Czar's Crown Was Among Gems Offered for Sale to Swell Bolshevist War Chest."— New York Tribune, Aug. 4, 1920. "Russian Diamonds Were Intercepted—Supposed to Have Been Imperial Jewels—Were Consigned to L. C. A. K. Martens and Seized by Customs Officers."—Headline in New York Post over an Associated Press dispatch from Washington, Aug. 13, 1920. "Martens Got Czar's Gems to Sell Here—Trafflc in Crown Jewels Between Soviet Russia Agents Here and Abroad Bared, Federal Agents Assert."—New York Tribune, Aug. 14, 1920. "Russian Crown Pearls Offered fn Berlin; Jewelry Identified by Czar's Crest."—New York Times. Oct 1, 1920. ■ "Dead Czar's Gems Brought to America—Crown Jewels Sold by Soviet Government, May Be Put on New York ■ Market."—New York Times, Jan. 30, 1921. "British-American Syndicate After Late Czar's Gems—Hopes to Sell Them in United States and Dodge French and English Claims." —New York Herald, March 6, 1921. "Find Part of Czar's Crown fn Red Envoy's Baggage—Italian Customs Officials Think Delegates' Trunks Contain Imperial Treasures. "—New York Tribune, March 23. 1921. "Twenty Thousand Dollars of ex- Czar's Gems Are Lost Here."—New York Tribune, May 3, 1921. "Russian Crown Jewels Pawned ln Germany."—New York Evening World, Jan. 16, 1922. "Russian Crown Jewels Pledged to Stlnnes; Pawned for 60 Per Cent. of Value, Berlin Hears."—New York Times, Jan. 16, 1922. No wonder Lenln has been able to keep his government going and to keep up propaganda all over the world! Why, the salo of the Russian crown gems so many times must have brought uncounted billions of dollars to the soviet coffers! This being, perhaps, not strictly a news story, but a "fact" story, the final part will be added as a postscript. The postscript appeared in; the "rotogravure" section of the New York Times on Sunday, Sept.' 17, 1'922. It consisted of a very large photograph, filling almost half a page, of a mammoth table, every inch of which was covered and piled with gems nnd Jewels and crowns and diadems and everything, under which was a caption reading Jn part: "Gems Valued at 'Sixty Billion Dollars,' Crown Jewels of the late Czer and Czarina of Russia. Now in the Hands of the Soviet Government of Moscow. "From a photograph just received in this country of the entire collection of the former Russian rulers. . . The men grouped ubout the priceless treasures include the Soviet treasure fund administra- , tors, with Farberger, the French 'Jewel expert, who made the official valuation quoted above." Says Trains Are Late and Equipment Is Defective Poor Work Costs More Than Efficient Union Labor [By a Local Striker] According to daily press reports one would not realize that the Great Northern Railway running into Vancouver were interested In any way with the railroad strike In the United States. They are reported in our local dailies as running on time, on schedule, and carrying more freight than at any time previous to the strike. Such careless, untruthful reports as these should be verified before being given to the public, as they (the public) have tb a certain extent to rely on the veracity of our papers. Passenger trains are Ute, have been ever since the fourth week of the strike, when the1 motive power began to show its weakness, through the want of proper care and attention and competent hands to do the work. Previous to July 1, orte would seldom see the local freight leave Vancouver with less than- twenty cars each night. Now a train made of of five or six cars and running about every other night, is. as much aB Is going from thlta great terminal. It is quite possible, for this railroad, to make up a very long train of loaded cars between here and Blaine, provided they could get these loyal scabs to repair the great number of loaded cars that lay between here and the boundary, as every spur and side track Is filled with them. At White Rock on July 1 there were cars with draw-bars ^-pulled out that are still there, and at New- Westminster loaded cars are still standing in the same place they were six weeks ago. A week ago at Westminster a flat' required, two new brasses and the* scab started to apply them.i r-Early in the day he jacked up tHe> body THE "ORIGINAL" HARVEY LOGGING BOOTS HAND MADE BOOTS for LOGGERS, M-HEPS, CRUISERS AMD PROSPECTORS SEW DOWNS A SPECIALTY Established In Vancouver since 1897 H, HARVEY Phone Sey. 8634—68 OORDOVA ST. W.—Vancouver, B.0. Russian Masses Devoted to Soviets (Continued from page 1) workers moved to the palace were the worst I ever saw—except perhaps 'back of the yards' In C'ht- cago. , "Housing is the property of the Russian state,,and the two biggest and finest hotels in Moscow—the Metropole, which Ib larger than the Waldorf, and the National, which Is in the same class—aVe now filled with soviet officials; street cleaners, street railway workers, and so forth. The same classes of citizens are to occupy, the blocks of beautiful new modern apartment houses which are being co.mple.ted.. These two hotels nro now called the First and Second Houses of the Soviets. "Organized labor Is the basis of everything over there. You call vote only through a union, but the law enables everyone to belong to a union. For instance, the 1000 doctors ln Moscow can belong to the sanitary workers' union, which Includes some 6000 street cleaners and sewer constructors as well, Russia is a poor place for lawyers, but they aro not discriminated against; 15 per cent, of the Judges are now lawyer*; "Spinners In the cotton mills receive twice the wages they had before the revolution. Thev nino irat boxes, were still in their place and as tlghfa as ever, so he released his jacks and made another attempt,. This' he kept up until afternoon next day, when two more scabs* came down from Vancouver along with the local car foremen, and on the third day the twp new ^brasses were in, their place; a Job that the. average' car man would do in as many hours. These kind of things are happening all along the line, and with this class of help the railways are paying at least three men's wages for the work of one man, and not getting a satisfactory Job in the end. We have it on authority from the officials that not two per cent, of the scabs are mechanics. If all were running as smoothly as thc railway officials would have us believe, and that the class of humanity that they have working at the local roundhouse so efficient, why is lt that Engine 1067 has been doubling on the Vancouver-Seattle run so often? It does seem a pity that this engine coming In here twice with a broken frame, nnd once "with the side rods defective, thut there is no engine available to give this poor old hard-worked machine a rest. But no, they have not got an extra engine, and to keep this old pluggcr going they huvo to send for their old standby, the Vancouver Engineering Works,' to holp them out. (Birds,of a feather flock together.) The strike is not over yet, though the disgraceful Daugherty- AVilkerson Injunction has been passed upon. " ' Thc demand of the striking railroad shopmen through their locnl general strike committee for the impeachment of Daugherty and WIIkciHun, is not so ridiculous us some people may regard it. Their action stands out in strong contrnst to thc government's failure to act ngainst the Pennsylvania and other roads when they first de- fled the United States Ruilrond Labor Board, without which defiance by the railroads, the shopmen never would have gone out on Btrike. . This strike was forced upon us. The strike has not been lost, and national settlement will follow if all continue to do their full duty. There are a large numbor of railroads that have accepted un {agreemont to .put the men back-to the' positions they- originally, held on June .30, 1922, and at , the- same point and tit. the present rates' of pay, all men- to be put-to -work or under' pay noi^ later tha)n thirty days after signing the agreement, m New Methods Demand Amalgamation of Unions Chicago~"In the small, undeveloped machine shop of early days, the Machinists Union functioned fairly well," reads the report of the metal trades section, as presented by Delegate Knudsen at the national conference of the Trades Union Educational league. "Around the corner was the blacksmiths' union, and down by the river bunk stood the small fouairy employing members of the Molitrs Union. As long as this condition existed the various craft unions functioned effectively and were Ideal and logical. "But now things have changed fundamentally. The machine shop in its growth has added ono department after another, firBt a drafting room, then a foundry, and as the industrial development advanced, there followed in quick succession a boilr shop, carpenter shop, pattern shop, making of the former primitive machine shop a gigantic institution, the modern metal industry." The reports lists over 30 trades now- included in the metal Industry, running from structural iron workers to jewelry workers. It gives as the total of men employed in the industry 4,47*3,137; The report says of them: "These millions of workers are not organized, because we ure so blind that we have not yet constructed our metal trade unions so that they can be organized. Once united, this tremendous mass would have such enormous strength that they could soon put an end forever to the damnable conditions under which metal trade workers as a class live." The report suggests that there be six departments to an industrial union of metal workers; steel workers, machinery and engine builders, shipbuilders, automobile constructors, shop crafts on the railroads, and jeyelry'and small instrument workers. Against the argument that this would split the crafts, the report argues that the metal, workers on the railroads, for example, would be members of the metal workers union, but would still be affiliated with the railroad unions, paying part of their dues into both organisations. It cites the amlgumution in the Germnn Metnl Workers Union, und shows that u multitude of insurance and fraternal features attaching to the former separate of the car, and after examining the found that the old 'bi-assesAunions had been handled without ' T.uscon, Ariz.—A collection 'of 56 rare works In Spanish has/been donated; by President Obregon to the Carnegie library *.*%£, The list includes history, philosophy and literature, ••■*'•>'•■ i Try your neighbor for a ■ubecrlu- aon.- preference in housing and in food, as employees of the stute, ^hey are producing '■ a .wide variety of calicoes, prints, spool cotton, etc. Kot_ plants are constantly bein^-opened. Russia is keenly alWanfrttonfldt'iit .other future," ',. .-'^j '--Walnh told with* bmuA&fent ■ of being-shown, ln; ah' airdrome at Smolensk, some 23 nirpitpjes "donated1 by ell tHe'riattoijS"—i, e„ captured from. the various reactionary , armies during. t vie civil wars. The Moscow officials also pointed out to. him many American motor cars, likewise picked up on thc battle field and devoted to government uses. "Any factory worker or other citizen can now secure 20 acres of land, free, if he will till lt," Walsh reported. "Russia is In this respect the only place I know where the means are preient to destroy pauperism." Debts and Aeroplanes (Continued from Page 1) difficulty. I MILITARISTIC PAIS I MAD brought us all to the edge of the abyss. Tlio Indemnity Curse. There are only degrees of danger. We are solvent, but we have our million and a half unemployed. Germany is bankrupt, but she works—on starvation wages. Austria is bankrupt and in immediate danger of being workless and food- less. The root . f it all fs this curse of debt, and nbove all, this indemnity debt. N it all the parade of force will ennl le lt to be collected. Each violent feature only shakes the exchange -_, little lower. But It does worse than that, It prepares such passions of hate that when the economic crisis comes in its ultimate form, as it sonn will come, despair will take the color of brutal murder, first perhaps in civil, and then In international war. And then should have come the offer. What Franco Must Do. What America will do Is irrelevant. If she Is so foolish as to exact our debt from us she will suffer for it, as Europe Is suffering from its similar folly. Let her do what she thinks fit, we at least will scrap our debts—roubles, marks and francs—on one condition. But that condition is absolute. France must consent at last to a real peace. How do you define it? She must end the Rhlneland occupation. She must allow wretched Austria to unite with Germany. She must write down the total of. the Indemnity, and agree to receive it in bricks and girders.to rebuild the devastated zone. If she will do this we will forgive her the,whole of her debt and forget the estrange' ment of recent years. But If she will not do this the Entente is over. Of all this there was not a word in the Balfour note. It has angered America, yet the one chance of winning America was to have said precisely this. For America's reason for severity is that she realizes that we are all ruining each other by militarism. More Talk. With this beginning one need hope no more from the talk with M. Poincare than the Prime Minister does himself. It will not bring the appeasement of Europe. There will be one more inconclusive talk, one more period of delay, and one more slide of the avalanche toward the abyss. And then? Well, perhaps the aeroplanes will be ready, and, poor though we shall be, we shall doubtless manage for a time to buy petrol on credit. These are little men. They can neither prepare peace nor wur. They build SOO aeroplanes when 3,000 are scarcely enough. They scrap debts, and hold back £854,- 000,000. They perorate ubout devoting their lives to peace, and dare not demand the evacuation of the Rhlneland. Half peace, half war; inadequate armaments; niggard generosity. It is peace and war in orte coalition. From that mixture comes war. Rave Because German Teacher Wins Point Berlin—That war is a hindrance to culture may now be taught Ih the schools of Prussia, In uccordunce with an order from the minister of education, Dr. Boelltz. He basis his decision upon Article 48 of the national constitution, which prescribes that teaching must be conducted "in the spirit of German national ideals und of the reconciliation of nations." The opinion of the minister was handed down as the result of a controversy between a Berlin teacher, Dr. Erich Witte, and the Berlin board of education. Witte had put into hfs course of lecture topics such as international courts of arbitration, self-determination of nations, international Ufe of today, and the culture-destroying nature of war. . His achool board objected, Witte was told that he must not mix politics with education., Witte took his case direct to the minister of education, who sustained him. The reactionary and militaristic papers of Germany are enraged over the Incident. The Tnegllchc Rundschau calls the permission to "hnmmer the thesis about the destructive influence of war upon youthful brains a daring one. It certainly isn't tho business of education to tnke one-sided slogans of an international clique of pacifists nnd to hnnd them out as ethical principles." $100_2__ REWARD The above reward will be paid for information leading to the rocovery of J. W, Green, mleslng since Monday, Sept. IK Age ll years; height I feet B Inehes; blue suit, brown shoes and brown soft het Addreee all communications te Special! Special! AU Wool Sox 2for$l We are showing an extra fine quality of all wool cashmere sox and also pure wool worsted sox at the above exceptionally keen price. They come in all sizes to 11%, and in a big range of shades. CD. Bruce LIMITED Cor. Homer and Hastings Streets 'THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE ANO LABOR" Phoenix, Ariz.—Effective Oct. 1, all mine employees working by the day will receive a 10 per cent, increase in pay, according to notices posted in the lufger mining camps of the state, Lelpslc, Germany—German journalists deplore the economle pressure exercised over them by the capitalists and long for a German Federated Press. rvR. W. J. CURRY Is to again take up his course In "Biology and Social Science," the proceeds, as usual for The Federatlonist. For the laBt two winters, these courses were conducted In this city with great success. The initial meeting for this season begins Oet. 6, and will be held every Thursday evening in the W. P. Hall, 805 Pender West/ near corner of Hamilton This season considerable new material will be introduced, and the course Improved. For instance, astronomy, biology and science in general have all, through the ages, been opposed by organized religion. Several evenings will be devoted to this "warfare of science." The economic basis on what Upton Sinclair terms tho "Prophets ef Religion" will be examined. The origin and evolution of some ancient creeds and priestcrafts will be dealt with, while some of the modern branches of "American Mythology," so conspicuous in Vancouver, will have their Intellectual and financial basis exposed. The importance of this subject is evident when we realize the mental chaos existing In our midst, and the ease with which spiritual Impost ers, and "healers" bleed their victims. Modern science is based on "matter and force," and tells us that "mind" is the product of organized mntter," while religion or metaphysics has Its feet in the clouds, and puts mind before and above matter. After that the forming of the worlds, the beginning of life in the prlmordnl seas, the struggle of life1 upward, to human forms will be taken up, and all Illustrated with lantern slides. This course will Include studies In physiology, and a review of Joseph McCabe's great work, "The Evolution of tho Mind," will also be reviewed. For two successive Sundays last spring, the Empress theatre waB crowded to hear the "Brown- Curry" debate on "Evolution versus Creation." The course this season will give you a,chance to examine this subject thoroughly, and will be the best possible basis.for understanding the greut problems of life, and the atruggle of "Labor for Freedom." You are Invited to come and take part in these discussions every Thursday at 8 p.m., ln the W. P. HaU at 305 Pender West. "The Truth Shall Make You Free." Hand your neighbor this copy of The FederationiBt, and then call, around next day for a subscription. AT THE EMPRESS "Sllpy McGee," some times known as the Butterfly Man, written by Marie Conway Oomler, up to that time a practically unknown ' author. It was originally published in April, 1917, and made a very modest showing for the first few months. The readers, however, were big "pluggers"—they recommended the book to their friends— so much so that a new edition waa ** issued in August of the Bame year.. From that time on the success ot "Slippy" has been phenomenal. Edition after edition has been exhausted until today it is undoubtedly the most widely read and circulated book ln America. It is a i strong, human heart interest story' that will appeal to everybody. The lovable character of Father de Ran- coe, whose life ls devoted to the uplift of the "Down-and-outers" of , his little community—the regeneration of the worldly wise and thief , nnd notorious crook Slippy VcGoo. The delightful unfolding of the sweet nature of the beautiful Southern girl, Mary Virginia; the manly traits of the boy, Lawrence—the beloved physician, Dr. Westmoreland; the laughable courtship ol Major Cartwrlght_and Sally DeKter, and the scheming- machinations of George Inglesby, the boss of Ap- pleboro and his secretary, Howard Hunter; the environment of the rural atmosphere of the old-fashioned Southern village; all tends tc blend into a play that will yield a very enjoyable, and memorable ■evening's entertainment. ••• EMPRESS M em o.U _*S ■ WEBE.O** OOI. i R E S s AuocUt.d Stoek Pbyeri, IM. Hill Ibrilott and Hr. tu In the modern comedy.dnm. "Slippy McGee" From the book by Marie Conway Oemler. Dramatiied by E. E. Rose. Startling thuntionu. drimatls cllmaien, wonderful comedy. 60c-Mon. Nit* Bargain NiU-BOc Usual Wed. and Sat. Matinee* awe Bans It, ■eon..TfM> Wakery Prirere* Local tTl, ot 9hont Tail-wont t4«B et War HAND. ACROSS IHE SEA FROM Soviet Russia needs machinery— vast quantities of it. The peasants cannot harvest the crops unless they procure harvesters, binders. They cannot prepare the fields for the winter unless they are furnished with tractors, plows, rakes, etc. The factories in Russia will remain idle if the workers do not obtain .machines, lathes, engines, pumps, etc. American Workers! American Farmers! YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE WITHOUT TOOLS Help Provide Tools and Machinery for Soviet Russia Stretch your hands across the sea in brotherly help, in working-class solidarity. Do what the capitalist governments refuse to do. Today Help-—At Once International Tool Drive for Soviet Russia —Conducted by the— Friends of Soviet Russia 201 WEST 13TH BTREET SEW YORK OITT Help Build Vp the World's Flrat Workers' Republic Accept my roiKrllHitlun of 9 lo help hulld up Soviet RumIb or the Workers nnil PcaMMta. Nunc Address . 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