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BRITBJS COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST industrial UNITY: strength <JF OFFICIAL ORGAN OFTHE ^DERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ^ polit^t, ttvttv. vt,™™ SEVENTEENTH YEAR, No. 5. FOUR PAGES OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PUBLISHED Df INTERESTS OF AIL WOBKEBS VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1925 POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY 5c A COPY What Is Behind the Movement and Who Is Going to Profit Thereby? DECIDEDLY EXAGGERATED Some Aspects Worthy of Serious Consideration by Intending Emigrants and Others. WfE have been taking more than paaaing intereat in the recont persistent drive that has been put on by our daily press here regarding the development of the Peace Kiver district. Having been schooled in an institution where experience has been our bitter teacher we have long ago grown suspicious of suoh manoeuvres on the part of many of our present- day institutions, especially the press, such as we have been experiencing in connection with this new country. The sad feature of the whole affair is that there will be thousands upon thousands of our good peoplo - who, finding the struggle for existence growing harder and harder, will fall a prey to the traps that are being laid for them. They will again part with some of their hard earned dollars to learn to what extent the "paid press" will go in an effort to serve Its own ends—the one institution in ull the world that should be beyond reproach, is undoubtedly, one of the most corrupt. Why should it be so? Lund Yet Undeveloped Why are they so anxious to devel- ope the Peace River district when we have so much land within reach of the railroads, already at our dls posal? Surely it is not true that all this available land is being utilized to Its fullest extent as yet? When thousands upon thousands of. our good citizens aro feeling It encumbent upon them to dispose of, yes in many instances, to return to the mortgage holders everything that they possess and to walk away themselves, empty handed, whut is there about this new country to attract? Can it offer any greater opportunities than the lands we already have witltln reach? Unhesitatingly Exaggerated Of course, wo realize that the "paid press" never hesitates to exaggerate, even to .the extreme, to gain its own ends. In the instanco of the Peaco River country we believe that we have a wonderful example of auch exaggeration on thoir part. We understand that McKenzle und Mann interests have some wonderful coal areas in the Peace river. Wo under stand, too, that there used to bo somo Germans who owned what wus Known us the Hoppe leases, just north of Brule. After these individuals had to get out at tho time of the onset of the war, we under stand that thero was a considerable amount of juggling of these leases. . They may now evon been reserved by the government—we believe that such an arragement could be made to work very advantageously for the muny friends nnd henchmen of this or any other government. Wood, Gundy and Company, we are informed, owns a considerable amount of land just sputh of the Peace River block in British Columbia. They may have a finger in the pie too. Settlers Weary We are not unmindful of the fact th there are many deluded settlers in that district too. They erred rather in their Judgment when they sought to go to such a God-forsaken region, and It is hardly fair that they should ask the rest of the people of Canada, who already are over burdened with taxation, to hare a still greater burden.ln order that a railroad might be built up Into that district. To build the railroad would cost anywhere between ten and twenty, millions of dollars. Of course i little sum like that means nothing in the young lives of our politicians, and the railroad contractors wouldn't mind making a few dollars out of the Bcheme. The founders nnd operators of the Canadian Pacific Railway have never been noted for passing anything up in this country that was really worth while. We wonder If they have nol gotten a report on this district that has influenced their staying away as they have done thus far. Perhaps they realize that there ls more good land In the forty-mile or so, stretch between Edmonton and Wetaskwln than there ls ln all the Peace river district. Why are they building, at present, sometthlng like a million dollar bridge on this road if they ought to build a (road somewhere else? Seems funny. Too Many Tricks Then last, but not least, we wonder If there Is not yet nnother little nigger In the fence. We wonder If our preacher friend, "Mr. Wm. Rae, Is helping out our local press in an effort to develop the Peace River district so that he might be ablo to return to that country, If he Is successful In helping them pawn off some of their land to some unsuspecting immigrants, and in assisting tho various grafters, that we hnve flonllng nbout this country, to get in their innings again, then he will, perhaps, return to that wonderful land. It apparently holds no special charm (Continued on page 3) [^employment THE*.reject of unemployment will be the topic for'', ussion on WEfc^SDAY EVENING February 4th, at 8 p.m. At 319- Pender Street W. (Room 109). Comrade Angus Mclnnes will open the discussion. All those interested are urged to be present and contribute. This is the vital question of the day. Come and let us have the benefit of your opinion. Varied Opinions Expressed at a Meeting Called by the Native Sons of Canada. MANY THOUSANDS IN B. C. Urges Production for Use and Not for Profit as Solution of Question, •THERE was held on January 19th Her Leoture Harmful, Not Helpful—Half Truths Are Not Facts. WASTE TIME AND MONEY ol en nut j Street he OriJ a meeting, under the auspices of the Native Sons of Canaijp., in their hall - on Granville the question of th country. Over 270 organ'j invited to attend. Some 3: sented at the meeting, speaker was a principal city schools. He obvio acquainted with the $ discussion and took up a vet*^ consid- orable time discussing the negro problem of the United Stales. He did suggest, however, that we should endeavor lo develop the orientals that we have here, mentally. physically and splrltunlly, and that we might send some of them to some of the other provinces to make tho Inhabitants there a little more tolerant of us in our nttitude towards the Asiatics. He didn't say who should he responsible for sending them! Many Thousands In B, C. Another speaker informed the meeting that In 1921 there was something like 23,500 Chinese ln this provinee, 1,000 Japanese and 950 Hindus. In the whole of Cnnada, he stated, there were then 39,000 Chinese, about 10,000 Japanese and 1,100 Hindus. A Vital Question Another speaker asserted that the oriental question was the most vital question that we had before us today, and that lt must be faced If we are to survive. Others urged that we get to work and formulate some definite platform, upon which we would all be united, and then bring pressure to bare upon our government in order that they might take auch action as we might advise. Others pointed oui that the government either could not or would not deal with the question ag they ought, because lt was felt outside pressure was being brougbt to bare upon them in order to make them leave the matter more or lest alone. Ladles Voiced Tlieir Opinion* A number of ladies were present, One especially referred to the opium traffic and how the orientals were (Continued on page 8) South Vancouver Unemployed Are Organizing—Now 300 Strong—Meet Weekly. The South Vancouver* unemployed are organizing. We are about 300 strong and we get about 100 at our weokly meeting at the municipal hall, Forty-third Avenue nnd Fraser Street every Tuesday night. We are hoping to get the reeve and council to recognized the unemployed, and let our organization give out the work slips, so that we know whnt Jittle work thero Is, is equally distributed. At presont the most persistant men yet the work, while the Weak and undernourished are pushed aside. Mnny men huve had two or three turns of the two-day's work, while more needy cases have not hnd a turn at all, Some of the cues are very distressing. Certainly the council huve relieved fifteen of the most urgent canes, but most of these men require I a few weeks regular food before thoy would be fit to do a fair daft, work, V*. D. BKHJWKil, 485-1 James Street. Secretary, Capitalist Propaganda — Ill-Balanced Outbursts—Lenin's Smile —Russia's Power to Live. (Mrs. Rose Henderson.) A/IKS. SNOWDEN has come and gone, and now a few people are wondering what the object of the "Educational Council" was in spending so much money to bring from England a speaker to re-hash "ancient history." It would indeed be too bad if Mrs, Snowden went from Canada with .the idea that the bulk of the Canadian people -were-fools, and did'not "fcfeep up with changing events, or1, that she had in any way contributed to thcir enlightonment. Mrs. Snowden may have succeeded in making "the dull and stupid middlo class" (as Roger Babson refers to the middle class) more mud- die-headed, but she certainly had no message for tho Intelligent and the awakening masses. Capitalistic Propaganda The council might very well have left the subject of Russia to the press, which never falls to regail the public with lies and distortions, freshly manufactured, and daily ladled out from their mills at Riga or Helsingfors. They might have used the money aud brought to Canada a Fascisti to enlighten the people as to the glorious achievements of Moussollni, through his rule of flre and sword, Instend of paying for "ancient history." > Mrs. Snowden whose ifluent orations, the Glasgow Forward referred to as "ill-balanced hysterical outbursts," laid stress on the horrors she saw in Russia, the result of bolshevism. She referred to Petrograd as a dead city, the population of which is reduced from over two millions to seven hundred thousand; of the loads of dead children being taken down the Neva; of the poor nnd famine-stricken every where; of the eight thousand odd who were shot; of the spy system, and the desolation; but she told not half the story. Half truths are more dangerous than lies, und It is because of these half-truths that the world is in the condition lt Is today. Tlte Truth Mrs. Snowden fulled to tell her audience that the loads of dead children, the thousands dying from famine dally; the lack of fuel, and medical supplies was largely due to the blockade Imposed b.v the allies, and directly responsible for the death nnd desolation of hundreds of thousands. The dead children were the victims of what is now ironically called the 'English Famine," victims of the 'Oreat Ood Mammon," which not only starved millions to death but maimed and stunted them for life; victims of the counter-revolutionaries who blow up bridges and rnllroads; | destroyed communication, medical, supplies; and worse, destroyed the grain and seeds for the following spring crops, thereby prolonging the famine a full two-years longer, and wan financed b.v Winston Churchill to the tune of our £100,000,000 ol' tho taxpayers money of Great Britain, Russia's Realists A revolution is nol a gala Russian holiday and It being realists would reply to Mrs. Snowdon's anguish over tho Ir.sH of eight, or ten thousand lives during tlie revolution tluisly: "What is this loss of life compared to tho three millions slain, and the four million Russians lost and maimed In tho great war for a de- (Continued on page 3) F. III. E His Subject: "Peace in ItB Relations to the League of Nations." BEFORE THE OPEN FORUM League an Age-Old Idea—Perpetual Peace Approved by Rousseau aad Voltaire. "TTHE lack of constructive and leading statesmanship ia one of the most important factors leading to war." "Armaments are not ln themselves the direct cause of war but are rather, I believe, the result of pur present international economic rivalry and strife," "Unless Canada is prepared to chance a voluntary commitment, on her part, . in the affairs Europe, through the medium of the League of Nations, she muat ultimately face an involuntary commitment later on." The above were some of the outstanding remarks of Prof. Slack Eastman in his address before the open form in the First Congregational Church on Bunday last. His subject was, "Peace, in its relations to the League of Nations." Prof. Eastman started that the idea of a "League of Nations" was nothing new. It was an age-old idea, Leaders of men, all down through human hiBtory, have aspired towards such an idea, and that through it mankind might achieve peace and be free from the fear of slaughter. He referred to the "Perpetual Peace" Phnmphlet of 1796. He told how Rousseau and Voltaire were prepared for such an organization, and of how, after the Napoleonic struggle there were many who felt the urgent need of universal peace. The professor pointed out how a century or bo ago, such an idea, was more or less impracticable, as an all Inclusive organization, owing to the very slow means of communication and transportation our nation could have detached and conquered another nation nearby, long before the others had had any opportunity of hearing of the struggle. Today only a few seconds would'/ be- necessary fo inform the whole world of such activities. The Hague I conference of 1S99 was referred to. This he stated, resulted merely in the formation of a voluntary tribunal of arbitration. The world conference of 1907 accomplished but little. Now he felt there was a great need for just such an organization as the League of Nations nnd, although he frankly admitted ft was, as yet, far from perfect, nevertheless lt formed the nucleus of, or the foundation for a structure that would ultimately lend tlie world to Us desired goal, a universal peace. Scott Nearing, Ph.D. OP NEW YORK LECTURER, AUTHOR, DEBATER AND PAMPHLETEER OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION One timo lecturer at Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania. Director of Education of the Band School of Social Science, New York City. **. Member of the American Leaguo for Industrial Democracy, New York. Lectured in Toronto in April, 1923, In Massey Hall. Prof. Dale of the University of Toronto ln the chair. Recently lectured in Montreal for a week. Dr. Nearing frequently meets ln public debate such well- known preachers, scientists and Socialists as Rev, John Haynes Holmes of New York, Bertrand Russell of England, Morris Hlllqult of New York, and others ln Carnegie Hall, New York. During 1917 and 1918 Prof. Nearing was prosecuted for the publication of a pamphlet called "The Menace of Militarism." The case proved to be one of the most famous of the trials under the Espionage Law and ended ln the acquittal of Dr. Nearing by the Jury and the declaration by the Post Office Department that the pamphlet was mailable. Will Be in Vancouver on February 22nd at 8 P.M. He Is speaking at the OPEN FORUM at the CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH at & p.in. If you can't come, listen ln on the radio. He will speak for the FEDERATED LABOB PARTY In a downtown theatre at 8 p.m. Be sure and reserve this date. Comprehensive Review of Agricultural Conditions Exiiting in Canada COMPETITIVE SOCIETY Illimitable Aores of Fertile Soils Able to Produce All Onr Needs ARTICLE VI. (Concluded from last week.) UL Election of Officers for Ensuing Term—Menace of Unemployment. Victoria, January 28,—Mr. C. E. Morlarty has been elected president oC the Victoria Trades and labor Council. William Hose waB elected vice-president, Alderman E. S. Woodward, secretary, and R. W. Marsh treasurer. The executive committee is as follows: S. Q. Peel, C. E. Copeland and H. Marsh. The labor situation remains unchanged, and the menace of unem ployment still continues. New Zealand Labor The government and private employer!) ln New Zealand have been trying to enforce the 48-hour weok throughout the country. The New Zealand Federation of Labor hut. informed the government that It will not agree to any increase of working hours from 44 to 48 per week. Fully 79 percent of the workers of New Zealand are now working on a 44- hour week basis, and Industrinl trouble is threatened if the 44-hour week Is not mnde universal. Let the schools teach the nobility of labor and the beauty of human service—Peter Cooper, li, I*. MEETINGS WITH ii view to making the " business meetings of tho Federated Labor Party, which nro held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at Hli) Pender street west, iis interesting as possible, it was decided at tho last meeting Unit. ahort papors would be read or addresses given un Labor subjects by poisons connected with the Labor movement. These to lie followed by discussion. Comrade Angus Machines will lead off at the noxt meeting, to be held Wodnesday, February 4. Ills subjeet will he "Unemployment." A cordial Invitation Is extended lo nil. Come and bciii- lbe working class Viewpoint nn topics of the day. [By G. F. Stirling.] W/E have seen in the previous articles that wasteful methods of distribution are the main cause of economic depression. To have diagnosed the trouble puts us on the right path for finding a remedy. In a, word, the cure is control of distribution. But we cannot control distribution without socialising the means of distribution, and wc cannot socialize the means of distribution without socializing ihe moans of production. The Competitive Age Is past, or is' fast passing ' into oblivion. Every where one hears talk of co-operation, municipal ownership, government ownership, state control, state social ism, socialism. Since the wnr wc have seen four of tlie grentest powers of Europe, Britain, Germany, France and Russia passing under tho control of socialists. Everywhere we see the breakdown of tbe competitive capitalist system. Tho world has parsed through vnrious forms of production, barbarism, slnvery, feudalism, capitalism and is now emerging into another form based on the socialization and collective control of production and distribution. Wo see everywhere operative stores, eo - operative creameries, co-operative elevators, wheat pools, associated fruit growers. We hear everywhere demnnds for government control of freight rates, control of banks and banking. All this Is a determined nnd growing demand for the abolition of the private profit system and will ultimately end In a co-operative commonweuUh. But In the meantime there ls much to be done In the way of organization on the economic field. For over a hundred years we have had trados unionism organizing the workers ln tho industrial field. They have had to fight every inch of the way ngainst an embattled capitalism. They were Jailed, and banished to Botany Bay for organizing the workers in unions, but when the first factory act was placed upon tho statute books of England, the death knoll of cnpltalism was sounded. That factory act introduced tho principle thnt private capital could be restrained, and that the state hnd the right to interfere in ■ uch questions as hours of labor, whicb practically meant the limiting of profit. In thc field of agriculture, howover. there has been no organization economically. The farming community has beon content lo listen to tbe seductive oratory of political spokesmen leaving them Into two self-destroying forces, ami neither of these two i lit leal parties bas over attempted ii wrestle with tbo fundamental ills r agriculture. All their tinkering has ended In futuity. Tho one party has been milking the ram, and tbe itbor pnrty has been holding the pall. Farmers bave been orgnnized nn- LAST GREAT WES! The Cry For "More Population' Means Call for "More Money" For Business Interests. WHAT TBE DAILY SUN SAYS il.*i* !li.*; ie t ,wo politi. *nl Im nnd. lnu Ihey hu* **i* not yol hi id nn .'[■on omlc ar'Sanlscii Hm which won Id force tin* polltlchl 1" trtlos to ml; i* nolle. ■ of Iholr ue ___ nnd their di *mi mils. .Ml*. K arn ior, you t tro gl hi- ! o In* crushed ll(J wn into tin* il Ill « ■hlch vou nil mil -tt» you ftu it 1 'Ull 1* Idol atlon iriil doll >i*m Inc to orgi nils if . IK 1111 coo nninlc unit. As lllo pr nl s.vHtein ■•unt him* s ti i dlslnlogr ato It will lie II cnn*. nt pausing the bin •k friini till* (Continued on page 2) Premier Off to Ottawar—Dominion Government WiU Not Assist Unemployed. DREMIER JOHN OLIVER has again gone to Ottawa, calling at different points on the prairie. He is of course, not looking for a Job on a farm. Farming was alright for him when he could obtain cheap Oriental help for his farm in the Delta, but not so new. It is rumored that he Is now after a job ln the senate. Well, we don't blame him for preparing for old age, for the "old man's home" ntOttawa'Is tho usual domicile prepared for broken-down politicians. He was also accompanied by his "candy kid," the lady member for Vancouver. She is, no doubt, opon for another trip to the old country to again urge more Immigrants to come to this "Last Great West," If tbe money thus spent on "assisted passages" lo job-seeking politicians was utilized fn asHisting the destitute unemployed of this province, it would be put to much better use. • * * The Dominion government lias announced that it does not accept nny obligation for unemployment resulting from the war. The soviet government of Russia has also announced that it will not accept any obligation for the debts resulting from the war. That viewpoint is not shared by the dominion government. It believes that tlie war debts should bo paid. Soon nftor the war, the politicians at Ottawa were falling over loach other in acclaiming their Indebted- nest, to the returned mun. Now lhat the returnod men aro among the unemployed, and are asking i'or work or full malntalnance, tho dominion government will not acknowledge Its indebtedness. There must bo something wrong with their logic In Ihnt regard. II Russia should pay Ils war debts, then Canada should do likewise, and visa versa. We have at Ottawa what is called a "Responsible government," It admits its responsibility for tho prosecution of the wnr, hut will not accept Its rosponsl blHty for dealing with the effects of the wnr. Now unemployment is one of the effoctH of its prosecution of the (Continued on page 3) IE By Mrs. Fielding1*—"Walt Whit. num tlie Prophet of the New Demooraoy." SPLENDID PROGRAMME JUNIOR LABOR LEAGUE Business Meeting WiU Be Held Tonight—Sooial Evening Next Friday. tonight's meeting of the J. h, h„ will be held at 888 twenty-seventh avenuo east. Tliis will bo tho regular business meeting. All those who ire intending to Join the league hould be present. Many children mtler fifteen years huvo been disappointed In nol being aide to Join tho cogue. The oxecutivo committee expects to be able to organize a strong Juvenile league as soon an arrangtf* ments can be made for a suitable meeting place. owing to the C. h. V. having arranged for dances every wook In the I. O. O, R and Ash halls alternately, the .1. I,, li. has cancelled their Satur day night dances. Next Friday evening lhe members will tnocet nt tbo usual ptueo loi' a ocial evening, everyone interested fn Ibo league have n standing Imitation come nlong and go I acquainted. Secretary pn- tem. m, Mitchell, phono Fairmont 8820 X Fint Meeting-of Newly-Organized Modern Arts and Letter! Olnb a Succes*. 'PHIS first meeting of the newlT organized Modern Arts and Let* ters club was held in the Women'a building on Friday evening last. President A. M, Stephen occupied th* ohair. He reviewed briefly the alms and objects of the club for the benefit of those who had Just joined. Many new members were added to the roll, and if thie meeting is any indication of those that are to follow it might confidently be expected that the Modern Arts and Letters club will, be a permanent and virile Institution. At the commencement of the programme Miss Nellie Harrison favored the club with a piano selection* "Valse Brilliance," by Mana Zucca, a woman composer who ls now living In New York. She has written many selections, both primary and orchestral. Her second contribution was "Danse Negre," by Cyril Scott, a well- known American composer, and perhaps the best known modern composer of piano selections. The address of the evening was given by Mrs. Edith Fielding on "Walt Whitman the prophet of the New Democracy." It was listened to with rapt attention. Mrs. Fielding dealt with Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." She said, "The whole book breathes of liberty—a chant to the greatness of love and democracy. . . He is not an academic writer, but a poet who embodies in himself that clear free state towards which we are gradually coming; that state where man and we woman shall bo equal; that new age about which we hear so much and which according to some, has already uttered its natal cry, but which is as yet stilt hampered by the swaddling clothes of tradition In' which its parents has enveloped it. "Whether it shall grow to lusty youth and manhood, revelling in tha clenr, sweet, wholesome things of Ufa or whether it shall lie ovor long In the soft lap of conventionality, thereby stunting its growth and usefulness, Is In the hands of thoi-'e great souls whom Whitman lends, the pioneers— those who, having had a vision, will fight and struggle on though all hopo appear to be lost. Whilo his contemporaries were chiefly parroting the phrases and sentiments of their legitimate sires, Whitman was laying down a new tradition for his country, creating new standards, stnndnrds of the open ftlr, of love of man for mnn, of love of man for woman. Standards wliich would not be Judged by their teohnioil precision so much ns by their illumination of life, and a reconciliation of religion wjth both science and life. Only man Impedes man and, through a false standard of valuos, a lon vision of the true and the beautiful, himself locks the shackles on his brother without noticing that the chain will presently trip bim too. Never did Whitman omit to mention womnn utongslde of man as his equal," stated Mrs. Fielding, "and It6 always wrote that not yet had the literature of any land done full Justlet to her. Perhnps It Is that womnn has not yet fullly realized herself. Hav*- ing the superstition of centuries behind her, she has naturally beef rather timid about venturing into new fields, and it is this timidity aud nervousness which has plunged her Into those excesses which have brought criticism down upon her for she hns hnd to wear a veneer of self; assurance and bombast, which sh6 was vory far from feeling, in order to hide the tremulous beating of her heart beneath. But with this new order, with the hampering garments of tradition flung aside, woman will march forwnrd, not behind, not ahead of, but together with mnn over thc threshold of understanding Into the Innd of freedom.*' The whole address waa Interspersed with reading from Whitmans work, "Leaves of Grass." The next meeting will be hold ih the Women's building, 752 Thurlow Streot on Fridny evening, Fobrunry 6th. at X p. in. Mr. A. 1'. Crnk.r, lately from Dublin. wJU speak on "Dublin and thc Modern Art," nml Miss Helen Ramsey will render Irl.ih sotlgs while Miss Ottallie Planta Is Contributing some piano selections. Ml wbo are in anyway Interested in modern an. drama or culture, aro cordially Incited to come ami Join tho club. Come nnd study art for life's sake rather than Ju»1 tot art* Membership fee is one dollar. Pr i**i •liter 1 Will 1 (. uhl \V null Al a I'C I'i'llt IllCi'll Rfl *.r the Hlll-lx*!**' nil. ('. E. Horn *tl WHS i irpwntotl ih n RI lid V null, ."III tniily o ni: nv**d, lhe iii'iu lii'l'xhl P. III* li ni Iteen esldent nl the ml on for ririi'in ni's, ri, I'.lTI lllu * stm' ,vs upon tlio mir- *i* il* IW II [* Willi w i uhl ne --. l-.-li tm* mix. in list * livo ll oIqw.—Dr Mli'ii. PAGE TWO SEVENTEENTH YEAR. No. 5 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER. B. c. FRIDAY January 30, 192B British Columbia Federationist Published every Friday by The British Columbia Federationist Binint-im And Editorial Ofit.ro, 1129 Howe St. The policy of The B. C, Foderntionist Is controlled by the editorial hoard of the Fed- anted Labor Party of British Columbia. ■Subscription Rato: United States and Foreign. $3.00 per year; Canada, $2.50 per year, 11.50 for six months; to Unions subscribing in a body, 16c per member per month. Tha Federatlonist is on sale at the following news stands: VANCOUVER B. J. OALLOWAY 940 GranTille StTMft KELSON'S NEWS STAND _ 1071 OranTUU Stint P. O. NEWS STAND 325 GruvUU tin* JOHN GREEN 291 Oarrall ttrMt INTEBNATIONAL BOOK STORE Oor. Hastingi ud ColnmfcU Atmii B.O.E.S. TRAM NEWS Oor. OarraU tnd LOVE'S NEWS STAND ...134 Haatfega Itmt East WALTER OAL10W4T „ 136 Haatinga Strati Bait rLAOE BLOOK NEWS STAND 163 Halting! Street Wait MEWS STAND .._ Oor. Haitingi and Abbott fltoraata W. H. 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W., Oalgary LABOB NEWS . ...808 Centre Street, Oalgary NATIONAL NEWS 304 First Street W., Calgary BTAB SMOKE SHOP 126a EigWh Ave. E., Oalgary UNION OIOAB STAND „._ 810 Second Street E.. Oalgary SASKATCHEWAN LAYCOCK STORES LTD Swift Current SEATTLE. WASH. BOKHART NEWS STORE - ..Seattle F1UDAY January 30, 192 "CZAR NICHOLAS PROSTRATED BV GRIEF" We noticed in the daily press a nuws item, dated January 23, 1905— just twenty yeara ago. It is as follows; More than a thousand casualties retained from fighting between troops nnd strikers in St. Petersburg yesterday. Czar Nicholas Is reported to be prostrated by grief. This outbreak of n people driven to desperation was ehort lived. Finally Justice has triumphed. It has been a hard fight, but now the people of Russia have their destiny In their own hands. We willingly grant that their pathway has not been, nor will It be for some time, Btrewn with roses. At any rate they are worlting it out In their own way —that cannot help but be a source of wonderful satisfaction to them. Just twenty years ngo, because the Russian mnsses dared to stand up tor what they consedered their rights, they were shot down like beasts, on the streets of the city theu known as St. Petersburg. Czar Nicholas was reported to have been prostrated with grief. No one could make us believe that piffle today. The Czar received apparently, what was his Just due. There is a limit beyond which, even tho common herd will not endure. Wc ilncerely hope that we may never have to pass through the unfortunnte State that the Russian people have bad to pass through, In our effort to gain our emancipation. Time alone Will tell. We must be ever on our guard. uncommon happening to hear of one of them being caught. In most of these rhetorics the workers live in tenements provides by the management. These are described as unclean to a degree, abounding in rats, mice and vermin. When one shift leaves the work they take (he beds just vacated by the new shift, many of them too tired to cleanse themselves or even to take a meal. These soul-crushing conditions do not assist in producing strong healthy workers and many of these poor creatures contract tuberculosis, malaria and dysentery. Smallpox in Osaka is rampant and we are told that in one week 227 cases out of a popuation of 1,000,000, 65 per cent of these came from the mills. As the employees have no trades unions or federations, there is no judicial or other machinery to adjusl Ihese horrors, although there are signs that movements are nfoot which may lead to the emancipation of the proletariat of Japan. Facts like these are eloquent In the appeal for the International ideal and a Common Cause to help the workc wherevpr the needs be. And the needs are world-wide, in Japan as wc see there has been so far little move- men; a small sect who call themselves the Peoples Party are working and we will hope the Jap worker will soon begin to feel his strength and demand proper conditions aud reasonable hours of work. Farming Situation (Continued from page 1) a LETTERS TO I 'mtm FACTORY CONDITIONS IN JAPAN IT WOULD appear from a recent report sent to one of the British Socialists papers that the conditions Of the workers In Japan Is moat serious. We have known that the state Of things was bad enough but the picture described by Mr. S. B. Jack- ■on In an article entitled "Horrors of the Japanese Mills" is profoundly impressive and records a terrible indictment ngainst the Capitalist System In that Country. Tho author hns spent some threo years in Japan and his report bears every Impres.. of being strictly cor rect. Ho describes visit lo factories In Osaka nnd Kobe, the former city known aa the "Manchester of llu Bast" and tells us that tho wages arc extremely low nnd the hours of the Workers correspondingly long (an usual)—from 8 a. m. to fi p. m. or Vice veraa according to tlie shift, wilh half-an-hour off for breakfast and Bani" for dinner, working seven days' a week. Those long hours are spent ln fnctories badly lighted, 111 ventilated and dirty; sanitnry arningmnenls ure ex trenu'ly bad; machinery Is unprotected and nccidents are frequent, ■ome of the women take thoir young- stern with thom and as they crnw! around the machinery it ia not an head of society to the foot. The financiers at the head will feel a gentle pinch, which they will pass on to the wholsalers, who will pass it on with increased pain to the merchants, who will pass It on with increasing pains to tho industrial workers and tho retailers, who will finally bring the supreme load of wretchedness to tho shoulders of the farming community. With n strong agricultural union we can use our forces intelligently to alleviate the conditions during the phase of disintegration of the old, and birth of the now order. Wo can organize a more direct distribution between producer and consumer gradually eliminating the unnecessary handling of our product, and forcing tho unnecessary handles into the ranks of productivo enterprise. We can organize production along the lines of lho neods first of our own people in Canadn, eliminating as much as possiblo the unnecessary hauling of products all mound thc globe lo tho benefit of transportation companies. Instead of wearing clothes made in England from wool grown In Australia we can raise wool here, and organize the woollen industry, nml all other industries which are needed for tlie welfare of our people. Instead of Important embalmed eggs from China and butter from New Zealand we can organize the production of all tho agricultural products which are required for the sustenance ance of our own people, and thus we can gradually get from speculative indstry based on tbo elusive and tottering foreign markets, into a self- supporting, happy and contented people. The only solution for international industrial problems lies in each country thus organizing as far as possible along self-supporting linos, exporting nothing until the needs of Its people are supplied, nnd Importing nothing which can be supplied equally well from Hs own well-directed enterprises. These are thlnga that we can do through the transition stage upon which we aro entering. But we cannot do this until we are organized as a strong economic force demanding those rights which agriculture for centuries has been unable to enjoy. Tf you are dissatisfied with your position as a slave of the farm, in the grip of the seller when you go to buy, and in the grip of the buyer when you go to sell. If you are dissatisfied with your position as a laborer on the soil with no limitation of hours of labor, and no certain assurance of returna for your labor; If you are dissatisfied with producing food for the people, purchasing containers to ship It in, handing it to the distributors nnd getting nothing in return; If you are dissatisfied with the crazy attitude of society and society's governors to your essential and Important labor of producing food, then In heaven's nnme organize before you are forced down lo the position of a serf. Everywhere throughout the country thero Is n growing unrest amongst the farming claases. Everywhere intelligent farmers are waiting and watching and hoping for the sunrise of thoir promised cmnnclpatlon. Nothing will bo done for you until you do something for yourself. Too long our business has boon in the hnnds of others. We must tako control; we must take control at once; we imiat mint) our own biiHlnesH. [The opinions and ideas expressed by correspondents are not necessarily endorsed by The Federationist, and no responsibility for the views expressed is accepted by the management.] All Umt "Very, vory sad, sir," said tho doctor, "I greatly regret to tell you your wlfo's mind is completely gone." "Woll, I'm not surprised, Doc," re- Mirned the husband, "she's been giving me a piece of It every day for tbe last fifteen yoars." Here's a new one—There's a Hvi wire merchani out Texas way wh' invs Interest on ensh purchases. No1, why not? Don't Savings Banks pa' 'Merest on doposits? Isn't It jnst fl ■eiiaona'blo than to pay a price whl<-' "-Imijiirso for "bum aocounts?"- I'alntcV and Decorator. Oriental Question ' Kdilor, B. C. Fedorationist: lt was with some interest that I read a letter primed in a recent issue of The Federationist, and signed by "Old Timer," the same to be full of wrath against the oriental, and very nijueh annoyed, because the daily press wilt not proclaim to the world, the menace they are to the white race. He suggests that, "if we had a daily labor paper, we could then burn them up." A daily labor paper, speed tho day, "but not to be Introduced with the intent to burn up poor yellow wage-slaves, but for the purpose of educating ignorant white wage-slaves, as to the cause of the condition under which they live and work. He laments tho fact that the oriontal is organized and that the boss is at his mercy, "Oh it is funny and also tragic. The writer has a kick but us usual It is misdirected. I am afraid he is like a great many more working men, finding out that he Ib not quite so important as he thought he was. The workers of every nation have been pumped full of false notions, as to their superiority. All the armies of education have been, and are "controlled by the ruling class." The means by which tho mind of the human race could have been developed and progressed to a higher civilization has been used to bear false witness againat thom, so as to conserve the interests of their maatera. The mnsters have pampered the vanity of working men, whilo thev hilf-starvod their nffan''in"« Certalnlv, some nf tbo wo-iror* c**- fanod from the awful struggle undo'- the present system, but woro so buoyed up with their own im!pqrtan',e that tbey did not notice that million" of their kind were crushed under the heel of the exploiters. Now, the tentacles of the machine aro strn'chlng out and they nre getting crushed In turn, so now they arc silting up demanding what is thc mntter with tho world. _i\\t being well-trained slave? they cannot get at the cause immediately, nnd are being led by thoae whose Interest It is to koep then' fooled along such trails as "oriental menaces" " equalized freight rates," "beer by the glass," "cross-word puzzles," etc. But then wo are a great people; at least a reverend gentleman said so. Ho was appointed to pray for the city council. His prayer was something about us being a groat poople; we had high ideals; high sottled principles; and ho hoped tho elly council would not forget wbat we stood for. His reverence did not say what wo stood for, nnd I was anxious to know so I had lo think myself, and I remembered that the day previous, hundreds of hungry men invaded the council chamber but very few except the hungry, seemed interested. Then I remembered wo had stood for our legislature member talking for this last five years. Wo stood for excessive horse-racing, bootlegging, nntl hold-ups. The murder of an innocent girl, unemployment, hungry children and, to crown nil, I remembered we had stood for a world war, and lo alt appearances likely to stand for another. So I arrived at the conclusion that it was no credit to hnve stood for those things. They were only mnde possible by the Ignorance of the mnsses and the arrogance of the classes. Then reading the letter of "Old-timer" in The Federatlonist, I was not surprised that he fell out with the thing nearest him, his fellow wage-slave. I would like to Inform him that his salvation depends upon tho organization of the oriental, not only the oriental worker, but the white worker, industrially and politically. Thero is no remedy until the white man is organized to the point of the boss being at his mercy (net the boss worker) who is paid a few cents more than his fellow man, but the bosses of the earth. As for the press, lt Is controlled the world over by the employing class, Our halls of legislature are occupied by the trustees of the employing class. "Don't sell our birth-right for a mess of pottage!" Why man "our birth-right was stolen from us centuries ago, Slavery has been the portion of tho workers for generations, Feudal alavery was tho last system, the present system is called wago slavery. The question is naked who controls our immigration policy. Who but the employing class, who is get ting the benefit of yellow labor; who but the employing claas, they get the benefit of every worker's labor irrespective of color. Not only our childron but our grand-children will Buffer, Tes, but not because of yellow men, but because of the system we live under. The writer called "Old- Timer" has raised a big family. Well, that is his function—to produce wealth and reproduce himself, and the larger the family the larger th" bread and battle lines. The state ment that the curse can be cured b' tho workers. Yes, but remember thr curao is capitalism—not yellow men And all tho hypocrites of our time cannot cover tho unclean thing, o" calling from tho house-top how groat we are, will not redeem a bleedim world. Talk about high ideals and hipt smiled principles will not drown the wait of misery that is sweeping the oarth today, the lime for putting in to practice somo of those boasto1' principles ls long overdue. Send a couplo of dozen James Woodsworth' to parliament (Hear, hear, some one says) but first understand what yon tend them for; study lhe polltl-al and economlo systems, find out the history of tho workers of lhe human race, and above nil think. There arc only two classes in society, the masters and the workers. Thc system is in process of decay; the employing class must get cheap labor; the markets of the world are getting less. The British workers have no oriental to contend with and still they are in an awful plight. The masters of Britain are taking their capital whore there are millions of native people, who can be exploited cheap, the eye of tbe capitalist is centered on China. She is the world's grab bag. Japan Is working overtime to build empire. The following is an illustration as to what is required for the building of empire: I have spent throe years in Japan to make Investigation of the Industry of Japan (ln part). In most of the factories the workera live In tenementa, provided by the management, and as one shift leaves off work, they immediately enter thc beda vacated by their reliefs, many of them ao tired they cannot even partake of a meal; they work from six to six, seven days per week. In illustration of what conditions wore when the masters of Britain commenced to build empire is given by Henry De Gibbons: Sometimes regular traffickers would take the place of the manufacturer and transfer a number of children to a factory district, and then keep thom, generally in some dark cellar, till they could hand them over to a mill owner In want of hands who could come and examine their height, strength, and bodily capacities, exactly ns the slave owners of Americnn markets; after that the children wero simply at the mercy of their owners, nominally as apprentices, but in reality as mere slavos, who got no wages, and whom it was not worth while even to feed and clothe properly, because thoy were so cheap and their places could so easily be supplied, (our portion today). Tiie hours of their labor were only limited by exhaustion nfter many modes of torture had been unavailingly applied to force continued work. Children were often worked sixteen hours n day, by day and by night, Millions of our people hnve gone under, millions moro are living in awful conditions; millions will have to accept the low standard of living of the Jap or olse change the system. This position of the mnsters can only lead to war; in fnct, the war hounds are on the track even now. This article If written In an attempt to bring understanding to the worker, also as a protest against the hatred being fastened agninst the yellow race. As a woman I believo in peace. To me the only thing of value Is human life. Wo woman pay a terrible price that humans may be born. If it were not for tho system of organized Ignorance we live under, human values would dominate. And just as long as the disciples of the Frince of Peace are content to remain tlio henchmen of the war lord/*, to glorify and uphold war, just tip long will the world run riot. The time is ripe now, for them to remember lho words of the Master, "Take wp thy cross and follow me," leaving the children of men to be eat up by tlie wolves In sheep's clothing, Is no doctrine of Jesus of Nazareth. Let the workors refuse lo be spoon fed oir "oriontal menace." The timo s ripe for thom to think, and think ;eriously of tho condition they find themselves ln. (Mrs.) C. LORIMER Vancouver, B. C, January 28, 1025. Canadian Book Shelf (By Rienzl.) TfTHEN Canada produces a great " critic tlfen, indeed, will the future of our literature be assured. Critics who possess the creative faculty are much rarer than artists of a similar status in the world of letters. The crying need, at present, is for the application of modern twentieth century standards of criticism; and yet, we are forced to face the fact, that the present .guardians of our literary thresholds are, for the most part, academic fossils whose knowledge of art Is based upon Victorian traditions. These timid, conventional souls are constantly striving to conceal from themselves the truth that we are living in a changing world which Is relegating to the scrap heap many of the ideas of tho previous centuries. Only thoae forms which are capable of holding the wine of the new civilization will be preserved. Lately, there has come to our notice a bulky book entitled, "Highways in Canadian Literature," written by Professor Logan of Acadia university | and Donald French, of Toronto. We are told that Mr. French Is responsible for the chapters devoted to fiction and drama. The professor has dealt with Canadian poetry. Despite the fact that Mr. French lacks a string of letters after his name. He displays, in this instance, a much sounder knowledge of literature than his colleague. In his contribution to the book Dr. Logan has added nothing to Canadian criticism. Almost all that he says has already been said, either in publisher's advertiaements or In otber books. This, in a textbook, would be incidental were it not for the further fact, that he indulges his prejudices in regard to certain Canadian authors. Dr. Logan consigns Robert Service Mortality and religion are but words to him who fishes In gutters for the means of sustaining life, and crouches behind barrels in the atreet for shelter from tho cutting blasts of a winter night.—Horace Greely. Loss of life Is deeply to he deplored, but It is doubtful if the protection of the boss's cash-box Is the noblest incentive to heroism. Of course, the daily papers are proclaiming that it is. quarter's Salesmanship Customer—I want b worth of carbolic acid, Proprietor—Veil, dis is a pawn shop; but,, mister, we have razors, ropes and revolvers.—Central Colonel. nm}QfyQ__\____-i_______-a€)*non !QiESTI0NBt)X| [Note—As many enquiries reach this olllce from time to time, tho editor will reserve space to deal with such matters, under the above heading. Communications addressed to "Notes and Queries Editor" will be handled as quickly as space permits. ■Ed.] A. E. PARKER—(a) Regret cannot obtain the Information you ask at once but will hope to later, (b) A dally Labor paper is a dream for the future which wo hope in timo Will become a realty, but not yet. F. S. SCOTT—Further reference to tho subject of your query is covered in editorial on Japan's Horrors. P, J. BED—It's no use blinking the fact the wheat supply Is dangerously near tho famine limit (aeo market reports, Provinco, January 27th). Of course, it is through the manipulations of the capitalists speculators and that only; see our previous editorials on this subjoct. If the handling of tho production and supplies of the world's wheat were in the hands of the proletariat, proper international arrangements would see to it that ample were grown the world over to supply all wants, covering dofic- iences through nature's vagaries. While capitalists control tho markets—well, you should know what to expect. FRANK S. SMITH—It ls In no unfriendly spirit to the Old Country or our brothers there that we criticise the efforts to land needy immigrants hore. In the first place Britain can digest all her own folic and use them all to her own great benefit, if they will do away with landed gentry, private parks, the great land-owners, royality sharks and other out-of-date monstrosities. Secondly—Are things any too good here thnt we cnn welcome more workors when we cannot find work for those that are here. ALICE HARRIS—The poll tax Is all you say of it; our fear is, it Is only in Its Initial stage of horror. It can easily be increased unless Socialists return members enough to parliament and City Government to to watch the doings of those that would make the worker foot the bill even More than he Is doing now. Rich and Creamy! and Stead to a class which he arbitrarily labels "the vaudeville Bchool" of poetry, A certain difference between Dr. Logan and Mr. Stead, aired in the Canadian Bookman, may account for the critic's attitude towards the author of "Kitchener." However, we hold no brief for Stead as a poet. But, when a professor, in the conventional atmosphere of a university in Eastern Canada, tells us that he does not like Service, we smile knowingly. Life at high tension, blood and iron, the spirit of the open spaces ln the West, we cannot expect him to understand. Drummond, he tells us, embodied for posterity a phase of Canadian life in Quebec, Why, then, discount the value historically of what Service has done for an equally picturesque period in the Canadian WeBt? Happily it ls not within the power of academical critics to prevent any work from reaching posterity. We are still persuaded that only the creator has any right to crltize creative work. Dr. Logan has had verse of his own manufacture included in Canadian anthologies. It is of the soft which any literary gentleman of leisure could produce, If he gave the matter the requisite time nnd effort. It is absolutely devoid of the "vital fire" which Is neede'd to make a poet or a critic. MEANDERINGS (By Peripatetic Pagan.) T wonder if J. B. (who's J. B. do you nsk, why J. Butterfleld of the Province, of course)! Knows anything about Ibanez. All he seems to have caught on to Is that he (Ibanez) has spent most of ills time lately Jn abusing his king. Well, why wouldn't he? That said king needs something more drastic than abuse, and, ,1. B„ read a little about the beauty, his court, his generals, and the doings of tho Spanish government generally, and then, perhaps, tho appreciation of a spirited soul like Ibanez may arise in you and save your satire for some other subjoct. * * # Look at Advertisement in "Glasgow Bulletin" by the C. P. R.: "How to own a Farm in Canada" ond "How to obtain word in Canada — Farms ready for Immediate occupation close to market, railways, schools and towns." And then about tho same dale, Dec. 20th, in "Toronto Globe": "The Salvation Army will start on Monday. December 22, to provide a hot moat supper for 200 needy men. distributed—The Sal- does not pretend to be thc 15,000 unemployed ut it will do what it can, Ivision will continue dally permit. If friends will ributions, every cont e spent in food, without any charge being mnde for services." * • * "My bravo boy, your King and Country will need you by and by" . . . . "Yos, pop! every time I see grandfather's sword I want to go to war; but every time I see his wooden log I cool down." * * * A Yorksh ire wool merchant has died to leave nearly a million-and- throo-quartcrs of money. A Iot of working-class sheep wore fleeced for that pile! t * * Flour up to 1)2 oents for 10 pounds, watch out It will blossom out at 102 cents before long. Then will you ask why and how! * • * Every sign of prosperity in Vancouver—that is, nearly overy store has a sign to thnt effect, "forcod out." "must sell," "stock taking sale," "no stock-to-take-selling sale," etc., ad nauseum. Why. said a London Johnny, "all the bally town seems up for sale." ♦'■•'• "We owo much to the rich" snya Sir J. Foster Fraser. "Yes," said the WISE WOMEN Aro buying Coats, Dresses nnil other apparel now. ThlB Ib tho timo whim stork*, aro Btlll complete and prices at their very lowest. And they buy at tho "Famous" because there they aro confident of getting values that are alwayi BIG I Famous SK&'Sl 619*623 Huting. Strwt Wut pLEAB, golden, sparkling beer, with the rich, ripe mellowness of fresh barley malt and hops, "Cascade" never fails in purity and quality—it's good, always good! You try it! Insist on "Cascade"—the BETTER BEER It costs no more Vancouver Breweries, Limited Tliis advertisement .is not published or displayed by tbe Liquor Control Hoard or by the Government of British Columbia. Vancouver Turkish Baths Will Cure Tour B_.umi.tiBm, Lumbago, N-uritii cr Bid Oold MaiMft a Specialty PACIFIC BUILDING Tii Haitian St. W. Phono Ser. 9076 Bird, Macdonald & Co. __.BBIIT_.1H, SOUO-TOM, ITO. .01*40« Metropolitan BnUUii 137 BarUnie St. W. VAMOODVBH. B. 0. Telephone!: Seymonr 6166 and 6667 Store Opens at 9 a.m. and Closes at 6 p.m. SEWING WEEK February 2nd to 7th DISPLAYING THE NEWEST SPRING WASH FABRICS View the Windows 575 Granville Street Phono Seymour 3540 •-•-.•-••^»t-t..«..#.., curate, thinking of the National debt, "we owe them too dam'd much." • • * Note for the day (every-day) have you read your "Fed"? Have you passed it on? * ** • Senator Borah declares nation will avoid any European scheme tlmt legalizes war. THK UNEMPLOYED OF SOUTH VANCOUVEIt South Vancouver unemployed nre increasing In numbers. The muniei. pal hall was packed at our weekly meoting last Tuesday. Ex-councillor Mangel and now councillors Smith and McDonald, with new Police Commissioner Ford were presont and wero cordially invited to address the meeting which they all responded and assured us of their determination to be loyal to thoir trust and see fair play to all parties including the unemployed. We, elected a central committee amalgamating the forces of North Vancouver and the city, also a committee to wait on tho reeve and new council at their first meeting after election. We hope to get tho work distributed evenly through our own orgnnization, so that the most needy cases shall hove a fair share of ihe work. All interested inquire of E. D. Brewer, Secretary, 4864 James Street, Soutli Vancouver. Membership in tho Almagamated Meat Cutters has doubled In tho last threo years, according to statement of Soerotary-Trensurer Dennis Lnnc of that organization. Phone Sermour 2364 DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST SUITE 301, DOMINION BUILDING VANCOUVER. B. 0. The Enemy Of Loneliness lVTO NEED of reeling lonely " when there is a telephone ln your-house. Through it you cro pay a visit to your friends, whether they live three blocks or three hundred miles away. B. 0. TELEPHONE OOMPANT LJAVE you ever had a real drink 11 of Pure Apple Oder durliut Un lawi few yeunt? To meet iht- dMirea of many elienta, we have introduced recently a pare dear ■parkllng apple older In pint bottlea, either pur* sweet or government rcpil* tlon 3% hard apple elder. Thue drinke are abaolutely pure and free from atl caabonfc acid faa or preaervatlvea nf »ny nature* Writ* or phone yoar ordor today, Highland 9ft* VAN BROS. LTD. Ctdar Kuifaetuon 19SI Commorcial Drift, Vaacoarar, B. 0. 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Soy. 4288 PAGE THREE International Unity Workers Forging the Needed Weapons Big; Revue Hit ut the Orpheum The Orpheum circuit has booked a big Kevue hit wliich will be on the bill of vaudeville which opens at the local playhouse on Thursday, Feb. 6, (J and 7. Harry Koye and Billee Maye, are the featured dancers. One of tho prettiest and danciest bevy of maids ever grouped together make up tho specialty ensemble. They are Margie Finlay, qonatance Crowell, Penelope Howland and Evelyn Joyce. Royo and Maye are famous for their Spanish tango. Thc most extraordinary attraction to appear in Vaudeville Is Charles Kellogg, the well known California naturalist. Mr. Kellogg Is the first human being to sing bird songs—not imitate them, but really sing songs of birds. Miss Sylvia Clark, the vivacious little singor, is returning with a new series of song characterizations. "Escorts Suppled" is Lhe title of a witty little offering presented by Art Henry and Leah Moore. Combe and Nevis are billed as "thoso syncopating entertainers" and have comedy and music intermingled In a vory snappy act. Snell and Vernon, present an artistic diversion featuring "the ono man feet catch." Robin and Hood have a novelty act, Topics of lho Day and a funny Aesops Fable with the Orpheum concert orchestra in musical selections complelos a very snappy vaudeville programme. "Browslcr's Millions" nt tlie Orpheum Tlio distinguished English actor, Percy Hutchison, and his powerful London company, will occupy tho boards on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at the Orpheum. Mr. Hutchison's name la connected nil over the Englisli-speaking world. It is a real entertaining and amusing show, nnd Is as follows: Montagu Brewster has been left a fortune b.v his grandfather and he had nn sooner come into It and wns receiving lhe congratulations of his friends, before Mr. Grant goes to seo him, and announces that ho hns been loft ;i fortune of two million pounds sterling, which Brewster will Inherit on condition that he spends the grandfather's fortune In one yenr. Tho sporting Monty decided to take on the conirnct, and then the fun begins. Ho engages his friends to net ns his secretaries, business managers and what not. and tho situation that follow, with Monty doing his bost to spend his money, nro funny in the extreme. He buys shares against tlie ndvire of his friends, nnd they go up he finances nn actress, and she fs *t howling success; but he gets one stroke of gond luck when n bank breaks that he hns a few thousand dennsilcd in. So it goes on to the Inst art. which reveals Monty in his dismantled house with two immense files of receipted hills, and absolutely broke. At two minutes to 12, when _#*ls time for spending Is up, the sec- retarv npponrs nnd hands him back ton thousand. By a stroke of good fortune he manages to get this spent by giving It to Grant as a fee, United Mine Workers' committee refuses to aid 12,000 striking miners In Pennsylvania unless thoy return to work. Vancouver Unions ALLIED PRINTINO TBADES COUNCIL— Mwti ifcond Mondiy In the month. Pr* ■irfont. J. R Wtdt«; ■eeretary, R. H, NhI* ■ nit* P n Box (tS. rEDERATED LABOR PARTT, Riom 111— 310 Ptrndor St: Wflit—Builnm meetlni* •very Wedneidiy eronlnf. A. Mielaili, ehftlnun; B. H, Morriion, iit-tri-M.; Om. D. Hirrlion, 1183 Ptrkar Stntt, Vineouter. *i. C, corrMpontlnf leereury. Any dlitrlet in Brltlih Oolunbli 4«ilrl«t Information re Mooring ipMken or thi formation of local branchei, kindly communicate with provincial Beontary J. Lyle Telford, 524 Rirke Bldf.. Vkneoanr, B. 0. TeU- phone Bgymour 1382, or Bayvinw 5520. BAKKBT (ULKHMEN, LOCAL 871— tf»ti ' afeond Thnreday evory month In Holden Building. Prwldent, J. Brkhtwi.il; Aninolil iecretary, H. A. Bowron, 020—llth Avenni Fait. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF Bollerroiken, Iron Shipbuilder! and Helper! of America, Local 104—Mooting! Int and third Mondayi In each month In Holden Building. Preildent, P. Willli; aeeretary, A. Fraier, Offlce houra, 0 to 11 a.m. md 8 to S p.m. CIVIO EMPLOYEES UNION—Uvltl flnt And third Prldayi In each month, at 449 Rlchirdi Btreet. Preildent, David Cuthlll, 2RS2 Albert Street; looretary-treiinrer, Oeo, Hirrlion, UBS Parker Stroot. ENGINEERS — INTERNATIONAL UNION of Steam and Operating, Lecil 882— Meeti every Wedneidiy at 8 p.m., Room 806 Hidden Bldg, Preildent, Charles Priee; bunlneii agent and finanoial leeretiry, F, L. Hunt; recording iecretary, J. T. Venn. MUSICIANS' MUTUAL PROTECTIVE UNION, Local 146, A. F. of M.—MeeU In G.W.V.A. Auditorium, 001 Dunamulr Street, aeoond Sunday at 10 i.m. Prosldent, E, O. Miller, 091 NeUon Street; secretary. E. A, Jumleson, Ml Nolson Street; financial lecre- tary, W, E. Wllliami, 001 Nelaon Street; oritanlior, F. Fletcher, 001 Nelion Street. THE VANCOUVER THEATRICAL FEDERATION— MeoU at 091 Neh'in Street, at 11 a.m. on the TueidiT preceding tho lit Sunday of the month. Presidont, Harry Pearson, 001 Nolson Streot; Socrotary, E. A, Jamio- son, 001 Nolson Street; Business Agent, F. Fielrher, 991 Nelson St. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION, No. 228—Preildent, It. P. Pettlplece; vlce-prenldent C. ■b\ Campbell; sec ret ary-tre aim ror, R, H, Noe- lands, P. 0. Bus bu. Meitx lam aumln> uf eaeh month at 2 p.m, ln Holden Building, IS Hinting* Street East. PRINCE RUPERT TYPOORAPHIOAL UNION, No. 41H—President, S. D. Mao. dnnald, secretary-treasurer, J. M. Campbell, p, O, Box 680, Meeti lait Thursday of each month. [By Rose Henderson] TN looking over the past ten years *■• with Its record of slaughter, its unprecedented phase of unemployment, its millions of orphans and de- dependent widows, its criminals and paupers, its limbless, sightless, hopeless millions in every land, the tending of many who have labored ln the cause and have watched this slow decay and horror, is to say, "what's the use?" "Never In our day," und to seek release from the whole stupid folly, and human madness. But there Is no release. Hourly the wholo human family are growing more interdependent, growing more conscious of the causes of their misery, are finding out who their real enemies are, and are stretching out hands of fellowship across land and sea, uniting against a common foe cooperating for a common ideal, marching toward a common goal. True, the masses are not consciously aware of the changes taking place nor their origin or their goal. Truth and vision never belong to the masses, not until truth is almost decrepld with age, hoary with years of common usuage, does it become the possession of tho many subcon sciously, however, led by a conscious minority, they are forging the most powerful of all weapons, international solidarity driven onward by the social forces making for their freedom or enslavement. Tho press, and party platforms pervert and crush in embryo all young living truths, considerations of personal benefits, and "expediency," turn justice nnd righteousness upside down until life seems a hidedus jumble of contradictions. Commercial magnates knowing the masses are nothing but the raw material out of which they can mould people into any industrial, political or moral shapes, thoy require, direct and control all avenues of information and education. They realize "as man thlnkoth so he is," so he will respond and net. Therefore they turn every effort toward maintaining the "status quo". Evolutionary forces beat them at overy turn, through perverting education, the use of force, economic pressure, and savage persecution they may retard awhile, but in the end the social needs and aspirations of the masses rise superior. For tho past six years the vilest of lies and misrepresentations have been circulated lu every nation against Russia. Press, pulpit, school and platform havo been used to create hatred in thc minds of old and young ngainst this nation. Millions upon millions of the taxpayers' money has been used in supplying forged documents, armaments, and propaganda to poison the minds of the masses and make them ready tools to do the foulest work of re-action. Light ls penelrating the mind of tlie people. The laws of evolution aro more powerful than tlio lawa of capitalists, hero, there, nnd everywhero this fact is daily being manifested. For the first time in its history a delegate from the Russian trade unions attended the trades union congress held recently in Hull, En?' land, and wns given a rousing reiop tlon. The peoples of two great nations met, unity and progress Joined hand and marched a step further. This was merely the introduction to something greater. Recently a delegation of British trade unionists carried fraternal greeings to the trades union congress Just closed at Moscow. Those who have witnessed Russians greeting foreign comrades can well imagine the reception accorded the British delegation. Again the reactionary press tried to minimise and to garble accounts of this historic event in lhe life of the labor movement, but again their attempts will fall*. Out of this conference an Anglo Russian unity committee was formed, the significance of which is so far reaching that it cannot yet be real!- lzed by the rank and file. Behind this committeo Btand two of the most powerful and class-con- sciouH labor movements of the world representing millions of workers and their dependants who have been artificially kept apart and antagnostic toward each other by their own common enemies. The unity and better understanding between theso two powerful working classes will do more toward abolishing war, hate, exploitation nnd, oppression than all other organizations put together. In fact, the working unitedly of the labor organizations is the only hope of humanity, There will be powerful Intorests both inside and outside the labor movement who will try to be-little this move toward united action. tn the end they will fail; they must fail, for the star-s in their courses testify to the triumph of man over mammon. The British delegates (as, indeed are all honest people who have visited Russia recently) were deeply impressed with the achievements of the Russian workers. When Mr. Purcell was asked his Impression of tho Russian trade unions, ho said, "Considering that the Russian trade un on* were organized only seven years ago, nnd considering that during that period tho Russian workors suffered fnmino. blockado, civil war, and was attacked on all sides by imperialism, from without, it is almost a miracle lhat trade unions could bo organized to the extont they nro, I can my without hesitation that the congress which I had the pleasure of attending has made a very deep Impression on me. Wo see hore in Russin. in spite of hor suffering, a continuous progress, while in Western countries Last Great West (Continued from Page l> war, and Is today included among the fruits of "victory" enjoyed (?) 'and far from going forward and has by the returned men. The politicians been frequently compelled to retreat," I an unjted in claiming that "nothing was too good for the returned men," well, they have got "nothing", and Mrs. E. Snowden (Continued from page l) The British fraternal delegate the American Federation of Labor conference made his position toward Russia very plain when also addressing the conference: "We feel—I feel," said A. B. Swales, "that there is nothing to lose or to fear from Russian workers, their temperment and conditions may be different from ours, but I have faith that they will solve their problems if given an opportunity. We will help them, and they will help us. Perhaps we have not fully understood them, nnd they have not fully understood us in the past, but this ls rapidly changing. We coming together not for bolshevism as parodied ln the capitalist press, but for brotherhood." This movement toward world unity is not confined to industrial workers only. Mexico ls separated from Russia by many thousands of miles of land and sea, and has not as far as we know, come under "bolshevlst terror" or "propaganda," yet the sec. ond congress of the league of agrarian communes of Vera Cruz has affiliated itself wfth the peasants international at Moscow. And not being content with mere resolutions has drawn up a programme of action 1. That recognizing the absolute necessity of national ns well as international organizations in the economic struggle for the better defense of its common Interests, it will dei- cate all Its efforts possible to the construction of a national economic peasants' organization which will fight against organized International capital, 2. To affiliate with the peasants' international at Moscow which stand for the abolition of capitalism. 3. The peasants' international at Moscow, being the only organization which satisfies the aspirations of the field 'proletairat, this congress will work for tho most prompt adhesion to that body. .Talapa, Vera Cruz, Dec, 1924. Unity and co-operation are the two contructlve forces to protect life, and humanize the world, the only power that can solve the problem of mankind. The sooner all workers whether by hand or brain realize this basic law of life the sooner will they end their miseries. Oriental Problem (Continued from pace 1) the tahnr movement has been zlg corrupting the youths of our city. She felt that that was sufficient reason for some action being taken. She referred also to the building freaks condemned thom in no uncertain terms. She said that sho knew thai that were allowed in Chinatown. Sho such freaks (such as extra doors) were tbere because her husband help to build them. That puzzled us a little! Another lady thought that it might bo an excellent Idea to star/ patronizing the orientals altogether in an effort to make tho-^e who are employing them realize how serious would be the situation If it were carried to its logical conclusion. Minimum Wage Urged A member from one of the local liberal organizations urged that a minimum wage law be enacted, He felt that If that were done, the oriental problem would not be a serious one. Employers who, if forced to pny the same wage to thc oriental as to the white man, would employ the white man. Labor Heard From Labor representatives were present at this moeting, too. One of tbem stated what he believed to be labor's attitude toward tiie oriental problem. He stated that there were three factors which tended to bring the oriental to this country, and that until these were dealt with intelligently we need look for no solution. The oriental, he said, were here as the result of the oppressive economic conditions that existed in their own country; they were looking for some easier place to earn their livelihood, and, on top of that, the employera of lnbor in this province were desirous of cheap labor, hence, he asserted, thc oriental problem. He felt that the orientals woro not themselves to blame, It was a desire on the part of these big employers of labor to make huge profits. The present agitation, he -claimed, was due to the small business men feeling the pressuro brought upon them by their having to compete with the oriental ln business. So long as the oriental was only In competition with the workers, tbey, the business men, were not concerned. They wero now getting a little of their own medicine. The minimum wage was not accepted as a cure. It was shown that were auch a standnrd to be raised here thnt our capitalist would all take their money to China or elsewhere, where cheap labor could be procured, and there, having manufactured their wares, they would turn around and ship thom back into this country nt a greatly reduced prico, a price that we would be quite unable to compote with. Again, our peoples were going into China nnd exploiting the people there; therefore, wo surely could not object to thom coming here. If so, by what right, he asked. Socialism the Solution The labor delegate argued that tlio ultimate and only solution was the Introduction of socialism, n system that was concerned only with production for use and not for profit, nnd that it was not until such P system was inaugurated would there be nny final solution to this vexing problem. Chinamen and Japanese are likely to have it for some time. Meanwhile it "would be pertinent to ask that if we have a "responsible government" at Ottawa, then to whom is it responsible? And if It is responsible for the events that have led up to the present state of destitution among the workers, then it is obligated to provide some re lief for such a condition. Until such time, as the Dominion government makes some attempt to live up to its war obligations the less such government should say about soviet Russia, the better. • * * The Vancouver Daily Sun recently gave us tho following interesting piece of information: "Vancouver's status as a wintering place for residents of the frozen prairies Is rapidly making a come-back" It also states that "hotels and transportation companies report that there are hundreds of farmers spending their present winter at the Coast." We don't doubt that for one moment, in fact, there are so many from the pralrio wintering in Vancouver at present, that certain aldermen in the city are suggesting usual legal means of keeping them away. The Sun wants the prairie farmers to come to this city, while the city fathers are devising means of keeping them away, that is, the unemployed, of course. Someone must bo wrong in that respect The hotels are full, so It is claimed, of men from the prairies, and it might be added that if the city council was not paying the rent of a large number of these men, such hotels would be everything but filled. The transportation companies also know about the large number of men who eame from the prairies last fall. The box cars were-full of them. Ol course, traveling "de luxe" means more to the railway companies than traveling "a la box car." These who wei'e compelled to come by the latter method are classed as "floaters", and are considered "undesirable," Those who have enough loft to "blow in" after paying the railway companies for bringing them here, are ill right. They are desirable—thai is until they are broke and have to lino up at the City relief offices. * * ♦ Willie the crying need of Vancouver is "more population" it Is plain be seen that if such population havo no money, they Had better stay away. In otber wordn,. the cry we boar for " more population" is the cry for "more money.'! It is the orj of tho business element, whose "pros perity" consists in its ability to fleec. all and sundry, of any loose change Ihey* may happen to bring with then to Vancouvor. After fleecing the harvest hands who return to the city. and alter piling up thc farmer's products In the elevators to overflowing in the interests of the wheat combines, it Is only logical that they inveigle the farmer horo to blow in his "stake*!. It is little wonder that the "Star" prints in glaring headlines, "Citizens Arise, Prosperity Era It within Grasp." Peace River Drive (Continued from Page 1) for him just new. Then he might offer his services to the poor dupes to go to Ottawa someday. These are aspects that are worthy of our seri ous attention. Too many such tricks! We feel we are using a very mild term in describing such tactics which, we believo they are pulling ol Let us, at least, keep our eyes and ears open. We have a duty to our children and to our children's children even though we may not care for ourselves. We must remember that we are holding in our care n sacred trust—that of the generations yet to come. They will be over bur dened enough, as it is, without adding more to their list. Since this article was written, a sketch with some accompaning prined matter appeared In the Morning Sun stating that W. A. Rae, or Grand Prairie, was the candidate for the new Peace River electoral district. If all this boosting of tho Peace River country is or the purpose cf electing Mr. Rae to parliament it wouid appear to us to be rather a high price to pay. We realzr tl,n similar prices have been paid bofore fore such services, but then why repeat our errors. How Ho Knew Here's a bit of real boy. Archie, aged 5, had found a cat and given it the name of "Mary." "How did you find out that it's a girl cat"? asked his grandmother. "Well," replied the youngster, "I saw her washing her face and she washed her oars, and nobody but a girl cat would wash behind the ears."—Boston Transcript. mocracy and freedom which the mas- ses have not obtained?" The Russian people aro not In need of Mrs. Snowden's help or sympathy. Their spirit is well summed up in the reply given to her on her arrival in Petrograd: "You will find we are hungry, but we have our freedom.' They believe their suffering worth the price they are willing to pay over again, if attacked by the civilized gov ernments, who are according to all accounts planning another attack, desirous of bringing back the old regime, and capitalism. Mrs. Snowden didn't need to go to Russia to see starvation, dying children, and filth. She can see it any day within sight of her residence. A poverty, not the result of a revolution, is described by Tom Johnson, M.P., as "slums that reek foul, filthy, fetid dens that would disgrace a Kaffir krali, under feeding and starvation." The once sturdy British stock has deteriorated; no, not under "bolshevism," but under civilization to a B.C. population, of this she had nothing to say. scribed Trotsky as a "great pacifist" In one breath Mrs. Snowden de- in the next, "for cruelty Trotsky would make a Roman Nero rise from his grave with envy"—yet gave no evidences of this monster's cruelty. We would remind Mrs. Snowden— that ln the land she hails from, it is said, there is a modern hero who has put all others to shame, namely, Mr. Winston Churchill, whose militaryi escapades in Gallipolli, Russia andl elsewhere nre still fresh in the minds I of the people. , Lenin's Smile ! Not until Lennls ' died did Mrs.' Snowden understand the cause of his peculiar smile when he greeted her, and she attributed it to "mental train." It would probably be nearer the truth to say that Lennin was smiliiv at her, and wondering how It eame, lhat she was sent to Russia to represent the toiling masses of England. And who ean say that she has not served her masters well, as Lennin no doubt perceived she was sent to do? Russia, Mrs. Snowden informed us, Is on her "knees to capitalism." If Mrs. Snowden had any grasp of economics, or tho new economic policy of Russia, unless she deliberately wanted to mlspresent she would not mako such a statement Russia covers one sixth of the globe; hor resources are immense; her population Is between 130 and 150 millions of poople; her economists having laken a survey of her wealth, and balanced them against tho needs of her poople, concluded that certain of her vast resource.11 will not lie needed for centuries; nnd, lileo business men. have leased tbem for a term of years, to be exploited under the terms of tho Soviet laws, and for these concessions thc lessee pays toll to the Russian government, of from ten to twenty per cent. It would be a good thing for Canada, yes and England too, if their governments wero on their knees to capitalists—or the same terms. Instead of this we turn over our natural resources to outside exploiters; and Instead of getting paid for tbe privilege of exploiting them we pay a high rate of intorest and often subsidize these exploiters, and permit them to control our government, press, and education, to nn ever-growing extent. Russia's Powor To Idvc If there is one fact that the Russians havo proven to the world, it is their ability to live practically without the rest of the world. For seven yenrs they have lived, THE WORLD RENOWNED Hudson's Bay "POINT" BLANKETS Are obtainable only at the Department Stores and Posts of this Company throughout Canada. They are pure wool, with a camel-hair finish that makes them impervious to cold and dampness. For Prospector, Lumberman, the Auto and the Home—they are unparalleled. Made in Grey, Red, Khaki, White and Stripes. 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The present output of agriculture which employs elghy-flvo por cent of Russians, has risen lo eighty per cot of tho pre-war figure," Tho Manchester Guardian CIS*12- 2*1) hns a full pago article proving that Russia hns made great strides, since 1920, and pointing out the absolute necessity of Britain obtaining part of hor trade, before It ls too late, and urging upon tho government that its first, and so far most important duly Is to make nn "Anglo-Russian treaty "al onco." Harming thc labor J'lirlj It ill becomes Hrs. Snowden, sinco; her present position and that of her! husband's Is due to thc sacrifices of1 tho Jabor movement, to come to < Canada and practically undo what ln-] bor is trying to do lo establish trade With Russia, and to Eay In her "hy- j stericnl outbursts" what she ill I for the party. She well knows thc np-; paling conditions obtaining nil over England, and also knows that thero Is no hopo of betterment until thore Is Increased trade. if she would servo her country and serve the party her husband belongs to, we would advico her to cense wasting her time, re-hashing the horrors of tho Itus- dnn revolution, horrors which seem to pale besldo thc excesses of the French rovolution and tho great war. Suggestion to Council Wo fool suro the Educational Council are sincere in tkeir attempt to educate tho pooplo of Canada, as to the great changos taking place in England and would suggest that next timo they invito John Whcntely, Robert Hmi'llii', Thomns Johnson, or Ellon Wilkinson to give them up-to- date fncts as to labor's alms and ideals. Tin* stato supreme court of Washington has ruled lhal n worker suffering from npendicltlH, contracted during employment Is entllled lo compensation. TO THE MEMBERS OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS Boost for The Fed. 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BURNS'ANNIVERSARY Heir of Ancient Tradition Champions Cause of Oppressed in Prose and Poetry. f.l. p.m PUT CONVENTIONS ASIDE 346 Hastings Street East Sey. 2399 More Scottish Vernacular Verse Written Since Burns' Time Than Previously. (Continued from last week.) LTERE was the reformer. He dignified his own clasa. He brought ithem to know themselvea as they had never before done. No longer were they contentedly hinds, the serfs the menials. Thoy were brought to realize the dignity and value of labor. "Is there for honest poverty that hangs his heid and a' that, The coward slave will pass him by. We'd dare be puir for a* that." The Idea of equality irrespective of rank was by no means new. For a generation it had been gaining ground among the tax-ridden, po erty- stricken peasantry of Europe, the writings of Rousseau and Tom Payne had played their part in its development. But Robert Burns was the first poet who by means of the medium most readily understood by them, brought these ideaB to the minds of the common peope. His was no lay of a last minstrel sighing over the assumed glories of a bygone age. His was rather the prologue, prior to raising the curtain on a new era, heralding the coming of an ideal, the Idea that the rank is but the guinea stamp, that the heart's aye the part aye that makes us rlcht or wrong, that nature and all her handiwork, the birds and beasts and flowers are wonderfully fair and an honest man the noblest work of God. With the striking of this note, the people began to take their rightful place In literature and in the world. To the rythm of his music thc people marched forward leaving behind them for ever the mists of feudalism. In Scotland tho poetic promulgation of the idea of natural, humnn rights was all the more notable because of general conditions in which It found utterance. The very idea of independence was stifled by the political, social nnd ee- :leslastlcal conditions then existing. Lord send a roughshod troop o' hell O'er a' wad Scotland buy and sell. was Burns' malediction on an aristocracy who had sunk Scotland politically Into a mere appendage of England . Thc government was simply a corrupt bureaucracy manipulated in the interests of a few territorial famine.-;, A semi-feudallstlc industrial system and a religious life which bad degenerated In superstitious fanatic- Ism was the sum of Scotia's ills, The return for Scotland's sacrifices for a race of degenerate kings was the transfer of her hopes and intrigues of the aristocracy to London, when their interest in their own land lay only in securing by rents sufficient money to maintain them. At operas and plays paradin', Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading And maybe in a frolic daft, To Hague or Calais tak' a waft, ' To mak a tour and tak a whirl, To learn bon ton and see the world. These conditions imposed upon a country for hundreds of years by Increasing warfare with powerful neighbor had reduced Scotland to a poverty-stricken condition and naturally the common people were the sorest sufferers. Toiling long hours for a miserable pittance—men, women and children alike. Gilbert Burns, the poet's brother, was the principal laborer on the farm at the age of IB years. The utter helplessness of their lot coupled with their narrow spiritual outlook formed the environment from tho midst of which Burns waged war against the forces wfilch create pover- try of mind and body. This war was not waged deliberately, because Burns was not a man of deliberation except towards the end of his days, but Incidentally, Instinctively and impulsively. Yet the case for the masses against privilege has never been more powerfully stated, -fie did not really believe that man was made to mourn, Was he not the great singer of universal brother hood ? He believed that man waa made to rejoice and that if he wns kept from realizing his natural herl tage of happiness, It woh becnuse of these conditions which man had created and which mnn himself would change. We ure told that in his latter years he had read Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations twice over, which book was lent to him by Graham of Fintry. But he did not need Adam Smith to explain to him tbat riches and poverty are corelatcd as cause and effect. He had been learning that all his days in a hard school. In these extracts from his letters he shows that these things were well known to him. Tbis to Mrs. Dunlop: "Tis now about the term day, and there has been a revolution among those creatures who, though In np> penrance partakers, and equally noble partakers of the same nature witli madame, are from time to time—their nerves, their sinews, their health, strength, wisdom, experience, genius time, nay, a good part of their very thoughts—sold over months and years not only to the necessities, the conveniences, but the caprices of tho Im portant fow." And to Mrs. Peter Hill he wrote "I do not think that avarice of the Appreciate Support in Recent Election—Delegates and Social Committee Appointed. The regular nieeting of the Collingwood branch of the F. L. P. was held on Monday evening last. The accounts pertaining to the recent civic election were dealt with. The branch and their candidate expressed their appreciation of the excellent support accorded them ln the civic campnign. Locally their candidate was most heartily supported and the results augur a well for the future. Comrades Neelands and Browne upon request have offered to assist the branch In addressing any of their gatherings. Comrade Cropley was elected as the official delegate to the C. L. P., while Comrade J. W. Wilson was elected as the delegate to the F. L. P. Federation with J. Neville as an alternate. A social committee was appointed to arrange matters as should come under their jurisdiction. It consisted of Comrades Mr. and Mrs. J. Neville, F. Hammond, Garllch, McGougan and J. W. Wilson. BI Lord Dawson of Penn Champions the Cause Before National Commission. CHURCH EVADES PROBLEM good things we have is born with us, but we are placed here, amid so much nakedness and hunger, and poverty and want, that .we are under a damning necessity of studying selfishness In order that we may exist." Burns waa no dreamy mystic. He had no illusions concerning the world In which he lived. Like all poets he was an Idealist, but he waa a realist, which all poets are not. "Nursed In the peasant's lowly shed, To hardy independence bravely bred." He had no misconceptions concerning the world in which he lived. He was born, lived nnd died In poverty, and he knew that his fate was the fute of all his social compeers. His attitude to that fate was never acquiescence, but rebellion always. "Why should ae man better fare than a' men, brithers.". Even in his kindest and most philosophic moods, as in his flrst Epistle to Davie, he never fails to enter his protest. When frosty winds blow in tbe drift Ben to the chlmbla lug, I grudge a wee the folks' gift That live sac blen and snug. 1 tent less and want less Their roomy fireside, But hanker and canker To see their cursed pride. A study of the rise and development of democracy will prove the existence throughout the long struggle of two lines of criticism—the one destructive and the other constructive, The former prising from a sense of injustice and which aimed first at proving that conditions then existing were wrong; then these facts becoming established, we find the constructive idea gaining ground, and utllmately becoming established. Burns throughout the whole of his career was doubtless innocent of nny intention of attempting to become a leader of men, or to establish any new line of social philosophy. Being raised under conditions of extreme poverty, he saw his own father beaten down to thc grave, while yet a young man, In an unavailing struggle to keep the wolf from the door. His grave heart never recoiled from the expressing of truth as he knew it. He used his genius to describe graphically the horrors of the peasant's lot, the klaugh and care of their daily Uvea, the howkln' in sheuchs, the biggin o' dykes wl' dirty stanes, and the tholln' o' the factor's snash. His criticism was destructive, doubtless, but lie proved that he had a conception of the principles on which remedial processes must be built, for, having given to the world his Impressions of the true social conditions, he gave utterance to a new and more noble conception of life, as it should and would one day be, and which rested on a better understanding and more charitable out- look In the relationship of man to man. "Gently scan your brither man And gentler sister woman Tho' they may gang a kennan wrang To step aside is human. One thing must aye be deeply dark, The reason why they do it But still as lamely can we wark How much perhaps they rue it. A nobler and truer conception of patriotism of defense—not defiance. "Let haughty Gaul invasion threat Then let the loons beware, sir." "And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile, Then howe-er Kings and CoronetB be rent A virtuous populace may rise the while And stand a wall of flre around their much-loved isle. A Home of Liberty In his note at the end of "Scots Wha Hae:" So may God ever defend the cause of truth and liberty as he did that1 day. Amen. And brotherhood: "Then let us pray that come It may, As come It will for a* that, That sense nnd worth o'er a' the earth May bear the gree and a' that." These principles could never have been so widely spread or so deeply rooted in the hearts of thinking men and womon today, if this Robert Burns had not lived and sung In the eighteenth century, in such a way as to appeal tn the semi-dormant minds of the Scottish peasantry of that day. Ills faith and confidence in the honor of generations to come, and the directness and simplicity of his appeal are the factors Wheroin He the Broad Principles of Doctrine Must Be Frankly and Seriously Discussed. T ORD DAWSON of Penn, physician to the King of England, has with Incisive courage again come forward as one of the most authoritative champions of Birth Control. In his recent evidence given before the National Birth Rate Commission set up by the English' National Council of Public Morals, Lord Dawson roundly denounced the current hypocrisy of the churches and made a strong plea for sex love as essential to a happy normal life. Sex love, asserted Lord Dawson of Penn, is and should he the physical expression of a lasting affection, cementing the unity in marriage of spirit, mind and body. "The right view ls that sex love has, apart from parenthood, a purpose of Its own. It ls something to prize and cherish for its own sake. It is an essential part of health and happiness ln marriage. . Without the physical deBlre and Its periodic satisfaction for Its own sake, the union is a poor spiritless thing, feebly cemented—without glow or fire. . . . Sexual union under proper conditions makes for health. When love has come and men and women are united in marriage, sexual intercourse is right and desirable, provided both parties are fit." There nothing shocking in these simple truths so courageously stated. But there is something supremely fine and noble in a man who dares to state such simple wholesome truths In an unfaltering voice to his nation and to the world, as Lord Dawson haB so courageously done. Furthermore, Lord Dawson hns the Insight to recognize that there can be no substantial happiness in marriage without the recognition nnd acceptance -of the ethicB of Birth Control. By Birth Control he means what we all mean: that the conception of children should be a matter of choice, not chance. The regulations of child- births is being brought ahout, in the opinion of Lord Dawson, by these factors; (1) increasing density of population; (2) increasing sense of tho value of child-life and of the responsibility of parenthood; (3) the desire of parents to equip to the vory best of their ability their children, both in body and mind; (4) tho social and domeatic difficultiea in the homes of growing numbers; (5) the desire of increasing numbers of women for a larger share In the work and the Interests of the world—a share they ennnot take If enslaved to unceasing nnd involuntary maternity. Church authorities, continued the physician to tho king, have evaded tbe real problem. They have counseled restraint and abstinence. At times they apologize for sex-love; at times they seem to Ignoro this dominating force. "That Is the moving force," to quote further from Lord Dawson's evidence—"and man glori-! fles In its possession. Why not take account of it? Why not give it Us fyjace? Why apologize for it? Mere statements that it is immoral, is contrary to the teachings of Christianity, or is condemned by the Bible, will only bring disrepute on those who make them, and especially among the young, who matter most." Bravo! Lord Dawson of Penn! Our only re- great Is that there are no men in public life In America courageous enough to speak so openly on the legitimacy of sex love and its Importance to the individual and the nation and the world at large. It ls especially gratifying to the directors of the American Birth Control League that Lord DawBon's pronouncement Is in agreement with our stated policies and program^ This agreemont with our principles is doubly satisfying not only because Lord Dawson of Penn is one of the most distinguished medlcat authorities of Great Britain, but his position as a legislator in the House of Lords gives emphasis and authority to his opinions. Discussion of the principles and the methods of Birth Control, ho says, should be kept separate. The methods of Birth Control Bhould be set forth by the scientists whom they properly concern. This position Is that of the American Birth Control League and determines our program, both practical and legislative. We hold that laws should be revised to enable the physician to work in clinics. Lord Dawson, whose reported evidence before the English Birth Rate Commission shows every sign of deep and clear thinking upon Birth Control and all its allied problems, has arrived at the same conclusion. On the other hand, he realizes as we do that the great broad principles of the doctrine, which touch at every point the fundamental problems of humanity, must be openly and frankly and seriously discussed. TENDERS FOB VALVES THE undersigned will receivo tenders up to 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday, February the 10th next, for tho supply of tho following: 25 6-lnch Valves. 25 8-inch Valves. 25 12-Inch Valves. All for cast-iron pipe, Full particulars and specifications can ho obtained at the offico of the City Engineer. JAMES STUART, Purchasing Agent. strength and power of his message to humanity. The influence of his songs, ringing around the world for a hundred years, has been worth more to the cause of human progress than whole libraries of philosophy. ( To Be Continued) CORPORATION OF POINT GREY TENDERS SEALED TENDERS addressed to tho undersigned will bo rocolvit-1 by the Council up to B o'clock p.m. of Monday, Feb* ruary 2 prox., for installing a heating system in tho flre hall building at Thirty- eighth Avenuo nnd Carnarvon Street. Plans, specifications, forms of tender and further information may bo obtained on application to Messrs. Sharp & Thomson, Architects, 620 West Ponder Street, Vancouver, B.C. A doposit by certified cheque of ten (10) per cent, of the amount tendered must accompany each tender as security that tlie teuderor will, if called upon, enter Into a contract nnd provide a required bond for the performance of tho work. Canvassing membors of the Council for this business will be held to be a disqualification. Tho lowest or any tondor not necessarily accepted. Municipal Hall, 5851 West Boulevard, Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 21, 1925, HENRY FLOYD, C.M.O. NOTIOE IrpHE UNDERSIGNED will receive I •**• Tenders up to 12 o'clock noon, Monday, the 9th day of February next, for the supply of Drugs for the several City Departments for the ensuing year. Printed forms can be obtained at my office. JAMES STUART, Purchasing Agent, PRINTINO TENDERS TENDERS WANTED—Printing 500 copies Vancouver School Board's Annual Report. Particulars obtainable from Municipal Inspector. Quotations endorsed "Tender for Printing" to be submitted on or before 12 noon, 4th February, 1925. , J. B. GORDON. A man who knows how to Bee, to think and to judge, though he may possess but an nverage intellect. Is able to get at all Important truths himself, without taking them at second hand.—James Bayard Taylor. North—Do you let your wife have her own way? Weat — Absolutely, and when it comes to rain I let it rain and when It wants to snow I let It Bnow. DR. FORSYTHE, PALMER GRADUATE Chiropractor, 709 Dunsmuir St.; 10 till fl. Hey. B798, Evgs. by appt.; Sundays, g UU 4. Phone Sey. 1198. 312 OARRALL ST. G. S. MASON & CO. " H-tlbllS-Md 1888 A FACTORY FOB BEPAIRINO HIOH- OBADE WATCHES, CLOCKS, OHBOHOMEIEBS AHD JEWELBY Eyes Tested .nd Glasses Fitted by registered Optometrist Columbia NEXT WEEK "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" Admission Only 15c and 25c Country Storo Wednesday Watorville Rovuc Friday lh* Wm Not A Quitter "Hello Joe, who are you working for now"? "Same bunch—wife and five kids." Pitman Optical House Saves Rent Working Upstairs; Sells for Less Did it ever occur to you that the working man Is helping to pay for high rents in the down-town district —other people's rent! Every time you pay a price that is higher than Its value, you are putting the differenco into the pocket of some rich landlord or corporation, because the merchants have to pay high rents, and they have to get it somewhere. So tbe ultimate consumer,—YOU, for Instance,—havo lo do your bit and hell). But here is one firm tbat has the knack of getting around that. The Pitman Optical House maintains an establishment UPSTAIRS, 615 Haatings Street West, ovor Wool- worth's next to Famous, and they aro ablo to furnish sorvice at the lowest minimum of profit. Tt Is excellent service, too, as many union ' workers can testify. In fact, there are union men who wear tbe Pitman glasses, or whoso folks at home wear them,-—these people say PITMAN OPTICAL HOUSE la one of the best In town. Not only with fair prices, but with better service. The Pitman Service does not cease after the main salo Is made, ns this firm takes a personal interest In each case until permanent satisfaction Is established. Workers! Support Your Own Press! START THE YEAR RIGHT 0Q FREQUENTLY we hear worjeerg complaining about the injustice of the "daily" or "capitalist" press, and about how unfair it is toward the cause of labor—and yet they continue to give their hard-earned money to perpetuate that institution. YOUR OWN OPPRESSORS The capitalist press today is thriving on the one and five-cent pieces of thoughtless—or ignorant—workers, while their own press has to struggle against long odds in its efforts to serve them. Why be your own oppressors? Why serve in the ranks of the enemy? THE REMEDY IS SIMPLE If you are desirous of improving your own condition, and that of your fellowmen, then support the press that is honestly endeavoring to fight your battle for you. That is the very least you can do for your own cause. BE A "REAL" BOOSTER FOR LABOR Show your own sincerity of purpose and willingness to serve by subscribing for The Federationist—the workers' friend. Pass your copy on to some fellow-worker after you have read it. Urge him to subscribe. Help The Federationist in its fight for the emancipation of mankind. The greater our circulation, the more effectual will our efforts be. Apathy and indifference on the part of the workers is more to be feared than the antagonism of the forces of reaction. Be true to your cause! Help boost your own press. B. C FEDERATIONIST Official Organ of the Federated Labor Party ........■.........■.-.■■.■■^.■.-.■■-.-.*™
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