British Columbia Federationist
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issued: 2017-03-28
issued: 1925-01-30
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note: 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 hand…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Vancouver Trades and Labour Council (1912) ; The B.C. Federationist, Ltd. (1912-1915) ; The B.C. Federationist, Limited (1915-1922) ; The B.C. Federationist (1922-1923) ; The British Columbia Federationist (1923-1925).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0345419
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver : The British Columbia Federationist
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text