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THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH< THIRTEENTH YEAR. No. 13. EIGHT PAGES OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER: tBADES AND LABOB COUNCIL. VANCOUVER, B. C, FRlDAWlfiiRNlNG; APRIL 8,1921. POLITICAL UNITT; VICTORY $2.50 PER YEAR Triple Alliance Now in Action Against Plutocracy Daily Herald Shows Up Hypocrisy of Premier Lloyd George British minera, 1,200,000 strong, Are now battling the master class against a reduction In wages of from 20c to $1.60 a day which the mine ownera are trying to put Into effect. The miners declare this is the Ilrst big after-the-war attempt to smash the unions. The Transport Workers and Railroad Workers are of the same opinion, as also are the workers in general, and these two organisations ln "triple alliance" with the miners have voted unanimously to back up the strikers. These unions are now in conference as to the best methods to adopt in aiding the miners. Mines Hooding With engineers nnd pumpmen withdrawn, the mines ln many localities are being gradually flooded, and although Lloyd George has asked the miners to allow the pumpmen to resume work pending negotiations, the, miners' officials absolutely refuse to be led Into any scheme to save the property of the ruling class, whom they are battling. Blnck ami Tans Sinco the proclamation to the - effect that "a state of emergency exists" which gives the government authority "to control the nation's water, rood, fuel, light, supplies, train service, transportation facilities or any essentials In the eVent of 'interference' with them Ten thousand of the "Black and Tans" have been brought from irelnnd to "protect" this property, and whrn one realizes the ruthless pillaging, shooting und torturing that hus been credited to these selfsame officers and Idlers In Ireland, one oan only look forward to similar scenes in England, Scotland and Wales. But there are a few million workera involved In the miners' struggle as against a few thousand Irish workers in the struggle In Irelnnd, Tbt miners are standing pat and are nut affected by the sob stun* tlmt le being used by Lloyd Qeorge and the mine owners to get the men back to work. Factories are being -closed, which add to the threo million who were unemployed before the strike, but the workers are taking It philosophically, inasmuch as they realizo that the time is opportune for a showdown in the wage-cutting campaign. Labor forces are lined up Bolid behind thc miners. The Dally Herald, the British labor dally, shows (Continued on page 6) J. AT THE EMPRESS Two Speakers Took the Platform Last Sunday j* A flne audience assembled at the Empress theatre last Bunday night, Chris. Stephenson and Tom O'Connor were the speakers. After a brief talk by the chairman, Comrade Stephenson was called upon to address the meeting. During the course of a well-constructed and forceful lecture, the speaker analyzed the propaganda of lately arrived religious organizations, who were preaching the doctrine of Primitive Christianity.wtth IU policy of non-resistance or pad* Asm, and attemptng to apply It to the social life and problems of the preient day. He referred to the fact that the necessary flnanclal support of these religious bodies did not come from their membership oi' from the ranks of the working class. Briefly sketching the social life of ancient Rome during the flrst hundred years of the Christian era, with Its extreme centralization of wealth and power, the speaker showed that the adherents ot Primitive Christianity were the hopeless and down-trod- dun slaves. But the downfall of the Roman state was not due to the teaching of Christianity. Although tho church did become a mi.itnnt power, even to the leading of armies on tho field of battle, it never relinquished Its policy of preaching non-re- shtance and pacifism to authority, to the slaves and st-rf:.. Vhe speaker referred to the widespread disillusionment among the working olaas since the close of the war, and the feeling that the tremendous efforts and human sacrifice had been all In vain. The problems which had harrassod and burdened the workers before the war, were now more acute than ever before, .ind could not be solved by the adoption of the principles of Primitive Christianity or any other form of religion. Modem Socialism wee the antithesis of pacifism, teaching ns it did, militancy and the class j-truggle. The emancipation of the working class could wily come by their own collective effort and the understanding of so-'iol problems, which came by a study of Scientific Socialism. Comrade O'Connor then addressed the meeting, pointing out that tne amount of time spent by the (Continued from last week) A Pointer (or Mayor Gale and Others THE solidarity of tlie workers in Vancouver is getting on the nerves of certain people, and vejy evidently Mayor Gale has not escaped. During the paat week he has shown his utter laok of understanding of the situation, in ao far as the unemployed are concerned. His blatant utterances as to his loyalty to the British constitution must turn every returned soldier who fought for democraoy, and who cannot get work, sick. Evidently the Mayor 'considers that one of the attributes of a "good Britisher" is docility and the temperament that will allow him to starve to ...death, and to see his children go hungry without making aw1 protest. The unemployed parades have b. ought the seriousness of the situation to the attention of the people who.otherwise would not realize the extent of the misery in the city. Those who understand the real cause ol unemployment have at the publio meetings, held so that all ean hear what-is said, told the workers the truth, but the. Mayor's conception of what is British evidently does net extend far enough to take in that which ia true and cannot be refuted. '■ - In his flamboyant moments the Mayor, however, may have expressed the truth when he stated, "Boys, lay off this Bed stuff. If the bunch we have to deal with are a bunch of Bolsheviki, if they believe in the Soviet form of government, as far as I am concerned I am through, and would fladty sit by and see them starve on the streets." Statements such as the above may be British, or the Mayor's concept of what should be British, but it demonstrates that hia concern for property rights is so great that he wonld hot hesitate to see men starve to death because of their politieal opinions. - • ! It is well known that the unemployed parades are not liked by the petty bourgeoisie in this city. If he could have done it, the Mayor would have stopped tbem, but he either did hot have the power or he did not have the courage; but that the city council has intentions along that line can be found in a clause that was inserted in the bill to amend the Vancouver Incorporation Act, which would give the power to the eity authorities to stop parades of this nature. The clause reads: "For prohibiting or regulating parades, marches, or processions of any kind or nature or publie meetings • or assemblies or other demonstrations of any kind or nature through or on tlie publie streets, squares, or places of the city." Repressive laws are, however, sometimes difficult to enforce, and in times of stress, when people are faeed with questions that are of great moment, they can.only be enforced by the use of force, and any attempt to prevent the unemployed meeting to discuss their position at a time like the present, could only be carried out successfully by force, and the city authorities might just as well realize this at this tinre so that trouble may be averted in the future. _ The words of a writer in the Manchester Guardian, on Fojce, may _Ht) $te city authorities food for thought at this time. They are as follows:, "The refuge of incompetence is force, It. is tempting because it seems easy. It oan be quickly applied, and it therefore evades the painful process of thought.'' ihw*ho at this time are advocating the curbing of free speech and assembly, should use what little gray matter they possess, and realize that the suppressing of the parades and publie speaking will not solve anything,-but only male |he situation more serious. Hungry men know no law but that of self-preservation, and that is a natural law which rio man-made law can ever suppress. POLAND FACES ILL Drive Workers Prom "Occupied" Factories Paris.—An attempt on the part df workers in the iron and steel Industries in Luxembourg to emulate the occupational movement last year of the Italian metnl workers, has failed. In the case of the duchy, the government , unlike that of Italy, had a reliable army on which to call. Accordingly within 24 hourB of the occupation, Fronch troops were on the march, machine guns moved Into strategic positions, and the workers, nt the point of the bayonet, expelled from the mines and the workshops. The situation Is that work in the principal, and practically the only Industry of Luxembourg, is at a itandstm. The movement originated on account of the reduction of wages and the discharge of workmen. In most of the great centres of the iron and ateel Industries the foundries and blast furnaces were occupied by the strikers, who had recommenced work under the direction of committees of shop itewards. when they were expelled by the troopB. The gas works, which-were on the point of being tlosed down by the employers, llso had ben seized by the workers. Will Celebrate With Social and Dance on Saturday The Junior Labor League, Sunday, April 10, will have been In existence just two years, The accomplishments of those two years have been of value to more than the membership of the league, in that they have become an example to other centres that need such movement, and soon are likely to have it, if the enquirers into the nature of the league's doings mean buainess. Tomorrow (Saturday) the league will celebrate their second anniversary with a social and dance to be held In the F, L. P. Hall, 148 Cordova Street West, at, 8 p.m. A programme has been arranged for the flrst part of the evening, and the dancing will begin at 9:30. No admission charge will be mode, an lt is felt that such a charge would exclude some who ought to be there, but a collection will be taken. A big turnout of young people, parents and others interested in the J, L, L. Ib expected. If there is anything you can do or give to help, whether It's bringing a book for the library or bringing your girl to Join the league, do It Saturday night. On Sunday afternoon a picnic will be held In Stanley Park by thc members. The Economics class will not meet this Sunday. The league will meet tonight at the club rooms, 52 Dufterin Stroet West, for the educational meeting. A debate and a discussion led by Comrade Woodsworth, also some business matters, constitute the programme. The regular monthly social evening will be held Friday, April IB, at 929 Eleventh Avenue East, at 8:80. Comrade Woods- worth's class will meet at 7:30, as usual. At a special meeting of the executive, held this week, It was reported by the committee tn charge of the dance held on April 1 for the Fed., that the net proceeds would be about 890, with some ticket-sellers Btlll to hear from. Edmonton Worker and His Wife Ordered Deported Winnipeg Defense Committee Takes the Case Up Once again the Dominion government authorities have, exercised the provisions that give them the right to deport a British subject from the shores of this country, without trial ln a court of law. and at the whim of a tribunal of Immigration officials, who usually are more noticeable for their lack of common sense than for their Intellectual attainments. During the month of December, 1920, a worker by the name of Joe Mallard and hla wife, of Edmonton, passed through Winnipeg on a'jJJe More Members Are En- ~ rolling in Ex-Service Men's Union Hel'd under the auspices of the (C.N.U.X.) Canadian National Nf FOR I German Communists Are ? 'Being Tried and Shot for Revolting Berlin.—How extensive the recent Communist uprisings through. Union of Ex-Servicemen, the mo.t- out mid-Germany mere, and how Meetings in OM Hall For the Coming Week 804 FENDER STREET' WEST SUNDAY—Irish Self-Determination League. MONDAY—Pjledrivers. "WEDNESDAY—General Workers. THURSDAY-Danc6, 9 to 12. SATURDAY—Dance, 9 to 12. trip to the Old Land, only stopping off long enough to pay a visit to the members of the working class, who were then in the Provincial goal. On March 81, the Winnipeg Defense League received the following wire from Comrade Mallard from Bt. John, N. B.: "Right to land challenged. Held here pending Investigation. Have asked for solicitor; wire advice quick. "JOE MALLARD/' The Winnipeg Defense committee got in touch wtih a firm of solicitors In St. John, who was recommended to the committeo by Mr. W. H. Trueman of Winnipeg. These solicitors now have the case in hand. On Saturday, April 2, the Winnipeg committee was notified by the solicitors in St. John that Hhe immigration authorities had ordered Comrade Mallard and his wife deported as undesirable Socialists. The case Is being appealed, and habeas corpus proceedings commenced. It Is interesting to note that Comrade Mallard and his wifo have been residents in Canada for the past ten or twelve years; thoy are of English birth, and were active workera for the defense of the men arrested as a result of the Winnipeg Btrike, In Edmonton, during the Winnipeg trials. Com rade Mallard ls a stone mason by trade. Ing last Wednesday (April «th), night was attended by more thail five hundred ex-ioldlers. It becomes increasingly evident that the men' who fought overseas realize the necessity of forming an organisation representative of the rank and file, and the enthusiasm which prevailed at the meeting demonstrated the fact: that those who fought for democracy are determined to' have a voice In the affairs of the country they fought for, Failure on tho part of other ofllcor-controlled soldier organizations to secure adequate re-establishment for retrun>; ed men is primarily responsible for the new rank and flle movement. Other features of the organization include affiliation with soldier bodies In every country, making for a strong international;i co-operation with labor in its flght, to secure a better standard of to oppose capitalistic militarism at every opportunity, At the meeting on Wednesday the secretary read out a number of communications coming from enquirers all over the Dominion, From Victoria to Glace Bay, C. B„ ex-service men want to know more about the C.N.U.X., and the possibilities are that several locals will be started before long. Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg will, In all probability, be the flrst to start up. Comrado Wells spoke at ■ome length and his address was punctuated with some very pointed remarks which were warmly applauded. He dwelt on the necessity of ex-soldlers. recognising (Continued on Page 8) rigorous the measures used by the government to crush the rebellion, is just becoming apparent In the latest government reports on the situation. ^Arrests of 7800 persona on charges of being concerned In the country-wide plot to seize the government and set up a soviet system were made during the progress of the fighting. ^ Communist Losses i Government forces lost forty killed and fifty seriously wounded, with scores of minor injuries. The Communists, on the other hand, lost more than 600 killed and unknown number of wounded, according to the best estimates. tho death penalty is being carried out without compunction agalnBt those found guilty of complicity in the revolt. Six Communists were lined up and shot after being tried in a central German town, and thousands of cases are now in the process of trial. The prisons are crowded and .hundreds of Communists have been transported -to prison "camps" built after the fashion of the wartime prison stockades, to await trial. THE "FREE PRESS" AND IHE Glaring Inaccuracy in Report of Pritchard Demonstration WE NEED IT NOW While May Day hu been Mt ae thn closing date for the raining of JH.000 Mr the Federatlonist, It ti hould be understood that we need tt NOW. Now watch the French army at. tempt to put down the German re* volt. A POINT TO REMEMBER Some merchnnts In town do not think your cut .toin Is much use to them, or they would advertise their wares In Thc Federatlonist to secure your trade. Remember tills when you arc about to make a purchase. WOMEN'S LABOR LEAGUE HELPS FED. Lmlysniith League Adds to Finances by Means of Danco— Nanalmo Next In Line Sixty-Bix dollars and sixty-five conts. was- realized for the Federationist at a concert and dance hold by the Women's Labor League of Ladysmith last Saturday. This shows .pretty good backing for the paper ln that locality. The Womon's Labor League of Nanaimo Is arranging for a social and danco for April 22 to aid thc Federationist, Moscow—The KuBslan government hae granted Isadora Duncan permission to come to Russia and establish a dancing school for 1000 children, Why You Should Help AS the days go by, and the straggle of the workeri against the present syatem develops, the methods of the ruling elass will become more and more repressive. The spy and seoret service .'agent will be used more and more, and legislation will be enacted without flourish, which will be unknown to the average men unless it is published in working-class publications. During the past year the'Federationist, on more than one occasion, has published news and articles showing up the methods used by the present ruling class and its agents. This in itself is of the greatest value to the workers. Through the Federationist the workers have been made acquainted with the whereabouts of certain agents provocateur and of their aetivities, and to that extent at least their efforts have been thwarted. The radical Labor press is the greatest power that the workers have against the spy and the repressive activities of governments, and for that reason alone, if there were no other value in the working-class press, it should be supported by the workers. On these grounds we are now appealing to the wage slaves of this country to support the Federation!^ financially, but ae yet they have not shown that conoern that they should as to the safety of the press which voices their views and conserves their interests. The ruling class'knows the power of such papers as the Federationist, and it is time that the workers also realized it. The way to show your appreciation of the wdrk done in the past is to insure it being carried on in the future by sending iii your donation to the maintenance fund. •«-4",-<,..,....,.-«.-«.i,-.«»_".■_",..«.-«.-,..,-..-- .,_,.^.,..,..^,-,..^.,n«M,..«.4..,..,..,_i..,-t..,..r.....4-f-« Winnipeg Paper States R. B. Russell Was Principal Speaker While the local press distorted the happenings when W. A. Prltchard returned to the city, tho Winnipeg Free Press went one better. The O. B. U. Bulletin calls attention to the following glaring misrepresentation of the case. The Bulletin says: When It le necessary in the Interests of big business to launch an attack upon the working class movoment, the press Is ever ready to distort, Invent and misrepresent ln order to stir up feeling antagonistic to the workers and thus defeat their projects. Even ln the reporting of commonplace news they are totally unreliable and are unworthy the support of the members of the working class. Here ls the latest example of their accuracy and reliability. This announcement, appeared on the front page if the "Winnipeg Free Press," on Monday last: "Vancouver, B. C, March 87.— Thousands of men and a few women took part ln a parade and open-air demonstration staged here today in welcome to W. A. Pritohard, Vancouver strike leader, recently released from Stony Mountain penitentiary. The procession, made up of men of many nationalities, including Chinese and Japanese, It patrolled the streets, gathering forces as lt went, bearing banners with appropriate Inscriptions, but carried no flags of any kind. "A brass band and a man on horseback headed the throng, which peaceably gathered at thc Cambie street football grounds and listened to speeches. Most of the participants were said to be un employed, "The chief speaker at the open air meoting wan II. B. Russell, strike leader of Winnipeg. He spoke chiefly of conditions In Russia, and his references to Mr. Justice Metcalfe, who sentenced him to imprisonment two years ago, and to prison officials, \ without bltternes-.. "The whole demonstration was without notable Incidents. The gathering was orderly and the speakers Indulged In no very extreme views." Tho only comment necessary upon the above ls that Russell haB not been out of Winnipeg. Strike of Railroad and Many Farm Workera (By John 81ms, Federated Presa Staff Correspondent) Warsa*—Astrlke st the 140,000 organised farm hands' has broken out in Poland.' For several daya tbt railroads In Poland were at a standstill and a general atrlke threatened. Tbe orlsls is by no means over. The living conditions, which are at the bottom the cause of lt, bave not bettered and the measures taken by the government to stop the strike bave only deepened the general discontent among tbe Polish workers. These strikes are sympathetic and significant for. several reasons. Both farm and railroad hands have been among the most conservative workers ln Poland. The farm hands only recently organised. The tall- road workers in Poland, as everywhere else, felt theft-elves somewhat above the others. During the offensive last year they gave their support to every move of the Polish Nationalist, and moved ou to Kiev and on to Wllna without hesitation. But times have changed. Wages have Increased, but the cost, of food more so. Workers on the railroads could no longer buy enough food with their paper marks. The government therefore agreed to supply them with a minimum amount ot food. But only a tenth of the amount promised has been actually delivered. So widespread is the misery In the Polish working classes that the railroad strike rapidly took the proportions of a general strike. The workmen know that there ls not at present food enough in Poland to go around. They do not Imagine that by striking they will create more food, but they do at least demand a more equitable distribution of that which exists. The protest of the workers reads "The government is cutting down on our bread rations to accustom us to hunger. At the same time the government hns reduced the price of coal and electric power to manufacturers, has given the salt mines to capitalist concessionaries, and taken other steps to secure private oapital large dividends." The flght of the farm hands Is less for food than for the right to (Continued on page I) UNEMPLOYED GEE STILL Ml C PASSER BOYS AT WALLACE'S STRIKE Wallace Shipyards Scene of Short Striko Over Wage Reductions During Week A short strike took place In the Wallace Shipyards during thc wer^JA when the passer boys, went out tr* the result of a wage cut of 80c n day. The boys went on strike Monday morning for a $2.50 wnge scale. Wallace advertised for boys nl $2.00 a day and enough showed u] to fill the places of thc strikers but the riveters refused to work with the new boys, with the resuli that tho firm and the boys com promised the next day on a f2.2r- a day scale. The boya were not members of the Boilermakers Unton, belnw too young .for admit' tance. Another Saviour of the British Empire Needs Meal Ticket Vancouver la going to have * funny paper. T. 3. McIIveen, ex- editor of the Western Lumberman, the Olympic Review, etc., etc., says that there is too much sedition going on around Vancouver and intends to save the British Empire by counteracting Sinn Peinlsm, Bolshevism, Rheumatism, and all other isms that are not popular with the rulers and exploiters of the workers of the British Empire. McIIveen thinks the dally papers of this city are not giving enough serious attention to this kind of propaganda, so he has induced some more men as fanatical himself to back him in publishing a paper called the Empire. Weekly, It will be Issued just as Boon as enough advertising can be obtained to supply this Bavlor with plenty of eats. McIIveen did not go to France to "make the world safe for democracy." He hung around here to aid the plutocrats, and now that the Empire Is again apparently ln danger ho will get bus/ with his comic supplement to worn the workers against the dire consequences of falling to appreciate the benefits derived from tho protection afforded by the British flag. If the Empire AVeekly falls to convince, then in all probability McIIveen will offer his services as captain of a troop of "Black and Tans." Mayor Gale Gets Flam« boyant in Addressing Workers Would See Soviet Supporters Starve on Streete A committee from tbe CouncU of Workers Interviewed the City Council on Monday, April' i, placing the following demands, passed by a mass meeting held on Sunday, April I, on tho Cambie atreet grounds. "Owing to tho City Council discontinuing the relief for- singlo men on Maroh 11, and the City Council stating that It ls impossible to raise any money for further relief, that the City Council requisition buildings, bedding and such foodstuffs as may be necessary to prevent wholesale starvation in tha City of Vancouver." A letter was read from the Ra te- peers Association. Insisting that no further relief be given the unemployed, .as those who were in receipt of charity were husky robust men, and could find work If they tried, also that the men bad earned good wages last summer, and spent it on riotous living. Mrs. Corse, speaking for the resolution, stated that lt was Impossible to get work aa conditions were becoming worse, and if th* council could not get money to continue the relief, then it was up to them to requisition buildings and food, as thore were thousands of women and children in the city on the point of starvation. Referring to the letter sent by tbe Ratepayers Association, Mrs. Corse pointed out that the unemployed were not, receiving charity, but had to work for It Referring to the amount, 16.60 per week allowed for single men, she said how Is tt possible for them to exist on that amount, when the aldermen kicked when they, were allowed only |10 per day tor expenses while In Victoria. The next ipeaker for the Council of Workers, Delegate Cowan, stated that during previous meetings with the City Council, that it had been pointed out that lt was Impossible to continue the relief, and that Aid. Bcrlbbln had asked if the Council of Workere could offer any suggestion to provide for the unemployed, the resolution that has been presented by us Ifl a way out of the difficulty. In the city there are buildings that to my knowledge that have never been occupied, also the storei are full ol bedding and the cold storages are full of food. The remedy Is very simple. All you have to do Is to take the necessary buildings and food supplies. Of course, wo know that the council will hesitate before they touch private property, but the question is, are the (Continued on Page 8) DAVE ES AT Mrs. Henderson I .caves for East Mrs. Rose Henderson has left Vancouver for the East, She will speak at Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Winnipeg on the wny, and will Inter go on to Novia Scotia. Mrs. Henderson has been a grent booster for the Federationist for many years, and will continue to do what she can for it on her way back to the East. A one, two or ilve-dollar bill to our maintenance fund will be appreciated just now. Activities of Federated Labor Party During: Past Week On Sunday last In the Columbia Theatre Mrs. Rose Henderson spoke to a large audience In her usual painstaking manner on "Anarchy in Ireland." Next Sunday, April 10, Dave Rees will be the speaker. At the general meeting on Tuesday Inst Comrades Scrlbblns nnd Frankhoff were appointed delegates to the Workers' Council. Tho members will also tnke part In next Sunday's parade, nnd will nssist in thc proposed Mny Day celebration. — Considerable discussion arose regarding the reported speeches and action of Mayor dale ln causing the arrest ot ft rattan Esmomle, and a resolution wns passed protesting ngninst the action; nnd also the mayor*! speeches against the right of free speech and assembly. The F, L. P. Sunday School meets at 1:45 every Sunday at 148 Cordova, and parents are urged to send their children to this class. Speakers' class every Thursday at 8 p.m., Comrade Woodsworth being the leader. Everyone interested is cordially invited to attend these classes. Try your neighbor for a subscription. A Meeting ofthe PRITOHARD DEMONSTRATION COMMITTEE will be held in LODGERS HALL 61 Oordova Street West On Friday, April 15th AT 8 P.M. for the purpose of winding up the affnirs of the committee. All members arc requested to attend. •VOETWO THIRTEENTH TEAS. Ne. 1» A dental saving you can't afford The vital point about dentiiitry is not the price but the worthiness of the work. Cheaper dentistry, even though you pay less for it, will cost as much again many times over. Actually, it costs more to repair thc damages of inferior dental work than to have it /done properly in the flrst place. Then, too, in this office you get the service of modern skill and equipment at its highest application—for prices just as reasonable as auy. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST — - ■ ' " i x VANCOUVER, B. C. The Late Deceased Legislature IT IS peopl Good Features Oood fMturu depend on teeth —for polio, form, ft look of character. Expreuiojn Work, by restoring and preserving the natural feature!, not only duplicate the original teeth, bnt greatly add to good appearance aa well. Let l**» explain tay apeeialty. Dr. BRETT ANDERSON 602 HASTINGS ST. W. Corner Soymour PBONE SEYMOUR S881 Offlce Opon Tuesday and Friday Evenings DR. BRB.TT ANDERSON, fcrmeri, ra.mb-r.of the F.ouHy ot Ih. Coll.se o< Dentistry, Uni.-r.H, ol Southern CltlornU, Lecturer .1 r?" _.'_""',""', BrWge*™*k. D_mos._rs.-r la Pl.tew.rk snl Opera- tin Deatletry, Loci sod Oeoersl Au_.ilh.il>. ., THE OFFICIAL RECEIPT This is a reproduction of the official receipt that is being issued by the B. C. Federationist, Ltd., for the maintenance fund: #5 British Colombia Federation.it $$ M21 MAINTENANCE FUND "TXHIS ii aa acknowledgment that the Rearer hat con. *"' tributed the sum of Five Dollan ($5.00) to aid in wiping out the indebtedness of Iho B. C. Federationist; increaie in field of operations; defend Labor in die every day itruggle and to become a bigger and more powerful a- Worker*' New* aid Propaganda Paper £_ tet Twisty Tsars ws Un Isssad this vain strap tor iss asdsr sar VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION CONTRACT OUB STAMP DISUSES: Pwc.ru OsllMttn Banslalni FssMls Both Strikes sad LMkssts DUpatu Ssttled by ArWtrsHoa Study n_pl.rm.ot aad Skilled WcrknsuUf Prompt DtUvsriu Is Dwlns sad PrtUe Peso* sad Success ts Worksrs sad Emplayars Prosperity sr SkM Ksklai C-srauaiau As lml lalos issa sad nan, ws uk ye* ts dsmsad ihoei tearing ths asm walea Stsmp sa Sol., Zassls or Lining, BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 14* SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Otitis Lmly, Cka.nl Pnsldut. Oksrlss L. Bslas, Oeo.nl Sec.-Treu. r_esh Out HowS-_,Pu_tsral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pet Planta Ornamental and Shads Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Hart-Is' Sundris* Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. ILOEIBTS AND HUBBEBTMBN _- BTOBEB _ 48 Hastlngi Street East 728 OranvUle Street Seymoar 988-678 Seymonr 9518 BEAD THE £'ONE BIG UNION BULLETIN" (Official Origan of tlie Winnipeg Central Labor ConneU) Subscription rate $2.00 per year. Foreign, $2.50 Chemise, money orders and postal notes ahould be mado payable to the Winnipeg Central Labor Counoll. , Send remittances to "One Big Union' Bulletin," Room 7 Strang Block, 449 Main Stroet, Winnipeg, Alan. (By J. L. Martin;) very evident that It the people of this province had or dered a number of skeletons from the British museum and had connected them In some manner with a gramophone, their wishes could have been just as well expressed and a great deal more .cheaply than has been done by the late legislature. Dead men Bee and hear nothing, and knowing nothing say nothing. The members of the British Columbia legislhture pn the other hand, while possessing the attributes of-human beings and moreover suposed to be more developed than those they are expected to represent, have shown no. more comprehension of modern conditions and requirements than could have been shown by Egyptian K.ummies. A legislature, In the op- lion of those whose minds are doped with classic ideology and who are unsophisticated in political chicancory. ie supposed to be a representative Institution. One would think, starting from the basis of the usual Idea of the. functions of a legislative body, that the alleged representatives in the provincial house would have at least reflected the prevailing conditions and requirements of the people. With the Phenomena of widespread unemployment, falling wages, and other oppressive .economic conditions prevailing throughout the province, the minds of the unsophisticated must be rudely shocked to learn of the absolute indifference to these questions of their supposed-to-be representatives, but with the exceptions later to be dealt with, such was nevertheless the case. That exception was the voice of labor. Though as a "voice crying ln the wilderness," it wa*' the voice of protest that not only ls heard ln this province but which breaks with cy- clonic effect throughout the world. Tbe Thim Party The reader has no doubt already learned of some of the things done by the legislature In question, but nevertheless, a review of the same might be opportune at this time. It was plain to be seen from the commencement of the session, that the "Third Party" the only real opposl- tlon, was determined to make its presence felt in the discussion of questions of vital importance, but lt might' be said that while Nee-; lands from South Vancouver, Uphill from Fernie, and Guthrie from Newcastle were naturally, new on the Job, they did remarkably. Weill and soon proved that they were not merely labor politicians,-but work' ers who knew what the worker wanted. Being new men at the. Job they were naturally confronted with the limitations handed down by archaic parliamentary procedure. The legislature, for years past, and in fact at the present through being dominated by tbe legal profession, has piled up for Itself, i debris of rules and orders, most of which might have been perfectly nice In the feudal ages, but which today ace nauseating to those who were concerned with the workers* necessities naturally fell foul with those who were concerned only with the correct Juggling of legal phraseology. The very mention by them of the unemployment, eonditlons was enough to get their goat. When Sam Guthrie proceeded to warn the house that the grave conditions ln the province might lead to direct action on the part of the workers, Premier "Honest John" so called who always has a point of order ready when anything Is said that in any reflects on the virtue of his government, arose and accused Sain of Intimidating the house. Of course, the member, for Newcastle was only handing out advice to the government to do something to prevent what he had anticipated from.taking place. The point he made, gained some approval in the ,public '.gallery even If lt .did fait to pierce the mahogany packed around by tho members of the government. The remarks of the other members on that question were also to the point and showed that the "Third Party" were determined to tell the government something about the conditions of the workers. UNION MADS The [jjjjr Loggers' Boot HaU ortHi pusoMllj attndet te Guaranteed lo Hold Caulks and Are Thoroughly Watertight MacLachlan-Taylor Co. Successors to H. VOS A SON 63 CORDOVA STIIKET WEST, VANCOUVER, B. a Next Poor to Loggers' HaU Phone Seymour 656 Repairs Done While Ton Walk 10 Sub. Cards Oood ior oae year's sobioriptJon to Thi B. O. Federationlit. will be nulled to tny addreu ia Canada for |22,M (Oood anywhere oatnida of Vaneouvar city.) Order ten today. Remit whtnioM, ONE OP THB FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION Everyone knows that oheap good* oan only be procured by using cheap materials and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER Is produced from tho highest grade materials procurable —Cascade is a UNION produce {rom start to finish. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED Called for Action Later on Harry Neelands Introduced a resolution calling for the house to immediately take action to provide work for the unemploy. ed. This was ruled out of order, on the grounds that the resolution would entail the psjsfng uf anothor resolution which would call for the expenditure of publlo money and such could only be movod when recommended by tho Crown, Having fulled ln this move, the lubor members made another attempt and this was done when Sam Outhrle moved that the houso go into committee of the-wholo to consider' the question of unemploy ment. This was carried, and In that the subject was not a palatable ono for the government to digest—It waa a point gained by labor. Thts naturally gave the chance that the tabor members wanted. The discussion that followed showod that the workers' -representatives knew what they were talking about, and at the same tiffce displayed the Ignorance oh the part of tho others as to the conditions of the workers. It also forced the premier to commit himsolf and in this regard, he mado one statement that should be welt remembered by the workers the next time they are told that "the alms of tabor and Liberalism are Identically the same." He said ln the course of hts remarks that ln his experience he had found that "tho higher the wages, the less efficiency." That, of course, Invoked the ridicule of the labor members, and he added that he knew whereof he spoke' becnuso he had paid tho bills, That statoment, coming from one who had repeatodly statod that "if you want good men, you must pay a good salary" made his last statement seem all tho more amusing. Wc are, of course, at a loss to know whethor ho paid high or low wages to the efficient Chinamen he had working for hfm whon he was "way down on the farm" ln the Delta. Ho also advanced as a solution for the unemployment that the unemployed go away from the "bright lights." This will no doubt bo regarded as good advice by those who know that the lumbor and mining oamps are closod down and 4hat tho means of transportation In these parts are not run on a philanthropic basis. The result of the dlscussloi^wai the adoption of a resolution'approving "of the relief measures of the government" ^nd pledging aup-i port to the government ln reapect to its further measures. The.^abor members naturally voted against such a resolution. Since that time it might be well to remind all those who approve of the government,'^ measures that the government hqa reduced the wages of its outside employees 75 cents per day, while at the same time lt is interesting to learn that the government has Increased the salaries of the ministers. .The salary of "Honest John" alone has been Increased from $7500 to $9000 per annum. It will be seen from that, that the "bright lights" at the parliament buildings are not keeping him poor by any means. Tho miners in particular were fortunate in having two live representatives in the House, Uphill and Guthrie It was easy to be aeon that they were the only mombers present who could talk intelligently on the requirements of the min- TMby had come there loaded with numerous amendments for the "Coat Mines Regulation Act.1 Tom Uphill early ln the session got down to business, and lost no time In presenting his bill to amend the present Act The bill wae at once ruled out of order on the grounds chat inasmuch as amendments anticipated the King's speech, the speaker ruled that the bill was not in order until the government bills were introduced. And when it was finally introduced, both Uphill and Outhrle gave it a good raking over and gained some points for the workers they represent The Eight-hour Day It may be remembered by aome that at last year's session, Burde, the member for Alberni, Introduced a bill to provide for the eight- hour day in sawmills. The bin. It will be remembered, was defeated by an amendment from the attorney general, that the.bill be tabled for six months. At that time fhe attorney general stated that If ho 8-hou;* day bill was enacted by the other provinces during that lime, that the government would brlnii in one at the next session. Well, the "next" session has just closed, and with It has closed the rankest piece of camouflage ever put over the workers. The 8-hour day woe brought in alt right, but the reader might be surprised to know that when lt was introduced, there Was mentioned almost every industry but the lumber industry, The-bill would have been passed without any mention of the Lumber Workers whatsoever. Not only that, the bill concludes with section-'' 11, ■ whtch is as follows: r' ' > "This Act Bhall come Into oporation on a day to be fixed by the lieutenant-governor by his prt>cta-i matlon, concurrently with or after] the coming into operation ln the other provinces of the Dominion Of laws enacted by the respective leg-' lslatures of those provinces, containing similar provisions to thoso contained in this Aot" Which means that the present government will not pass Labor legislation until the other provinces do so. It is easy to be seen what would happen if other laws contained the above section. If the "Legal Professions Act" contained any such section, you can rest assured that the legal gentry so numerous ln the House> would soon be heard from. The same clause as the above Is contained in the two acts to prohibit the employment of women and young persons during the night. Also the bill fixing the minimum age for admission ot children to "Industrial Employment." It constitutes an affron- tery to the workers' interests that should not be forgotten. As cunning a piece of business as was ever put through the House was checked in committee while going through the Vancouver private bill. One of the'Items In the bill was a section to give the power to the Vancouvor City Council to prohibit parades and outdoor public meetings. The workers of Vancouver must suroly realize what was back of that movo. At all eveh.ts, the thousands of workers who attended the recent arrlvel of Prltchard in Vancouver, and who attended lho meetings on the Gamble street grounds, know somewhat of thc intent of that soction. Through the alertness of Goorge Hanes and the Labor, members, the section was attacked,' and by a close vote, the section waB struck out. An attempt was made to have the bill re-opened on the third reading, but that was also defeated, What appeared to the writer to bo the crowning attack on the government came within an hour of the closing of the session. Sam Guthrie had intended certain amendments to the "Workmen's Compensation Act," -but in viow also of the ruling that hud boen givon regarding Tom Uphill's bill previously mentioned, he decided to await the-Introduction of the government bill. As the session wns proceeding towards the ■ end, ho put a quostion on the ord-cr, paper Asking the premier whon tht") proposed amendments were t|0. be introduced. No reply was given.to that question. Guthrie thereupon lest no time in preparing' his amendments, and gave them to the King's printer to be placed on the orders of the day. They were pot printed for some reason unknown- The last bill on the order paper having boon passed, Guthrie arose and aseted why his amondmopts were nol printed. The premier .re;, piled that he had no knowledge of the proposed amendments, and that he had nothing to do with lhe King's printer. Thereupon Guih- rlo handod the premier as stunning a rebuke as he has had for some time. He stated that the premier did know about the amendments, and that he had boen asked when he waa to Introduce tlie government bill so that his amendments could be Introduced at that timo. He charged that lt was another attompt on the part rf the governmont to shelve a bill cf vital Import* ice to the workers, and when Guthrie concluded by Baying: "This '.filature has done nothing for the workers," he uttoved tho truest words of the session. ' Now that tho sossion Is over, what are the workors going to do about It? Are the offorts of throe mon, the only Labor representatives In the Legislature, to bo treated with Indifference by the workors of the Provinco? Guthrie aays tht Houso haB done nothing for the FRIDAY. April 8, itfl ^ EDER/mOMST Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Will you please publish the following letter?: The workers In this camp are responding to the appeal made by The Federatlonist in the recent Issues of the paper for funds for carrying on the work of Socialist propaganda which is so necessary towards e.<" -eating the workers as to their class position in modern society. Ten dollars .is all we were able to scrape up this time, but we hope to make further contributions as soon as a collection can be got together. We are hoping to see the Federatlonist the largest labor organ of Canada, and, further, to win over more and more subscribers of that lying and prostituted organ of armchair respectability, the capitalist press. I am yours for a more educated and enlightened proletariat of the world. ' (Sgd.) R. B. W03TENIIOLMH, Jennings Camp (1), Angen, B, C, Maroh SI. B, G. Unemployed and tf* Prairie Farmers Editor B. C. Federatlonist: There is a large number of men being shipped to these prairie cities as farm help. They are shipped from the coast on a cheap rate by the Government Employment Agenoy. The wages offered them before they le&ve the coast are on a sliding scale, suoh as $46 and $50 a month and board. When they arrive here they are distributed to the farmers through the Government Employment Bureau here. Most of the farmers are in around the offlce ahd try and bargain with the men. There Is about one out of every four that ls willing to pay that much. They are very1 strong on the dollara day stuff until seeding and a large number wants to pay $36 a month right through. There ls lots of help ln theee cltlea, but they will not go out and slave from morning, to night at such a small wage so I am sure the coast workeri wltl do well to keep away from here and save the railway fare. _ The majority of these fellows arriving here are practically broke when they get here and flnd It hard to get to their destination. There is also 'a lot of workers drifting this way expecting to flnd employment in these wonderful oil fields which are getting so much pub- liclty in the dally press, but not talked about so much here tn Edmonton. It is safe to say by my investigation that there won't be more than fifty men employed to go in there, and most of them will have to be experienced and brought from other fields. Hoping you will give this a little space in your paper aa soon aa posslble, as the boys are coming In on every train from the coast A. E. TAYLOR. ; Edmonton, Alta,, March 29. ] P.S.—One who waa shipped here from Vancouver, The Independent Fanner Editor B. C. Federatlonist: The rank and file farmre, on the prairies of Western Canada, ls up against the hardest proposition he has h^en up against since* coming to this last West, the land of bumper crops. Right now the farmer Is negotiating with the different loan companies in order to get money to put in another crop; that hi, those who are lucky enough to still have something left nat already covered by mortgages. Ttu farm Implement companies hav< again raised the price of all farn machinery. For instance, seer drills are $30 higher than lost yeai The question of farm laborer. wages is now being discussed 1: all farmers' meetings, and ln th daily papers. Farmers claim tha $40 to $50 per month and board up tilt harvest time, ls all they can possibly pay, in view of the fact that the price of all farm products has fallen below the cost of production. Some very Interesting letters, both from farmers and farm hands, have lately been published in the Calgary Herald. The farm hands who have been getting from $75 to $90 a month during the last couple of years, naturally object to havo thetr wages reduced to $40 or $50, and they point out that work on the farm only lasts 6 or 7 months of the year, and that when the discharged farm hand goes tr town, he ls chargod Just as mucl for meals, room rent, clothing, etc. as was the case during war times Tho farmer on tho other hand, win has already been skinned by thi capitalist class, both coming and going, that is skinned on even Item he had to buy, and robbed on every kind of crop he raised, can't possibly pay last year's wages and still stay on the farm. Of course the form hand's wages Is only one of the farmers' many troubles, but the farmor can't beat the money-lender nor the Implement men down any on their price so he follows the line of least resistance, and starts on tho hired man. It is sometimes pointed out that farming Is the only Industry not being grabbed up by the big capitalists;, that land is still cheap and most anybody .With Uttle or no capital, can start farming. And so they can, but tho capitalists have long since discovered that lt was far more profitable for them to lot the land be farmod by people Witling to farm It at their own risk and responsibility, rather than farm it themsolves. Here ln Western Canada, the capitalists and big land owners had their government set aside every other section as homesteads, thon the government Invited the victims to (.nine to the land of sunshine and bumper crops to take up a farm. and becomo Independent. And thoy came from all parts of the world. Then when all the homesteads were taken and cultivated, the prico on the adjoining seotlon rose, and the land companies reaped a rich harvest. This make-be lieve ownership and Independence of the farmer has been a great thing for the capitalists. The farmer, whether he took up a homestead or bought land, had to have capital to farm with. The various capitalistic interests who followed the settler out into the new country, saw to it that he got started right The implement companies sold him Implements on time, at enormous prices, storekeepers sold him goods at high rates, white mortgage companies and banks loaned him money at usurious interest. From the very beginning, the farmers have struggled and worked to pay back the bills they owed. During these early years, a few farmeri succeeded in spite' of all the drawbacks, but the great majority did not, but the lut few years crop failures and last year's ruinous low prices, have put the climax In the farmer's misery, and he Is beginning to flnd out that his ownership and Independence have gone to tbe dogs. Aa one who has spent 18 years on the prairies, and passed through all tho various degrees of misery that goes with homesteadlng, sueh as living a long way from a railroad, crop failures, ruinous crop prices, "hold ups" on all necessities, laok of money, and paying usurious interest to banks, etc., I can fully realize that tbe present system of settling the land and leaving the actual farming in the hands of the Individuals, yfbo under the Impression that they were working for themselves, have tolled long and hard, have given great results to the capitalists. The privations, hardships and all round misery the settlers go through in a new country, would never have been tolerated by tke .feme men working for a corporation. They would have struck. The settling Up of the varloua districts of Western Canada has all been done at tho settlers' own risk. He has taken this chance with drought, frost, hall, Insect pests, ete., while the financial Interests who have aold him goods, loaned him money, and transported and sold his products, took no risk whatever. Dry years, frosty years, etc., etc., made difference to those Inteersta. Their notes came due exactly at thp date set, and the interest accumulated like clockwork for them;, there were no crop failures. Today the farmer ls restless, gloomy, apd he ls organising, but the majority aa yet do notv realise their helpless condition under our present capitalistic cystem, and all sorts of palliatives are advocated. Still there aTe hopeful signs of Intelligence breaking through. This winter I have visited a great number of N. F. A. locale all over the Province, and I flnd that practically at every point a few men can be found who understand the situation, who realise that the proletarian farmer and the proletarian workers are In the same boat, and that they must combine their forces and overthrow the present economic system, and replace it by a collective co-operating system. JOHN GLAMBECK. Special values in Spring Suits THE cleverest in mode and the most desirable in materials. Varying from the simply tailored type to the softer line suits with their touch of Oriental novelty in rolling collar,' wide-at-the-wrist sleeve and gayly colored embroidered trimmings. The special prices yon will flnd'here speak for themselves. FBOM MAKER TO WEARER 623 HASTINGS ST. W. Near Granville OET HT THB CTGWT When there Is t flght on the man who geta in and digs la the one tbat we like. Got tn now and dig. by patronizing the Federatlonist advertisers, i The United States Treasury Department Refuses to Accept "Bolshevist Gold" ' More than TEN MILLION people of Soviet Bussia and. Soviet Ukraine must suffer, and thousands must die, du* to their refusal to sell medicaments to the Soviet Government. WORKERS OF CANADA! Can you contribute $10,000.00 per month towards medical relief for the Soviet Bepubliot Pledge $1.00 per month immediately and do your "bit" Tear this out and matt to the Secrotary. - March .____ 1981. FRED W. KAPLAN, Secretary, Medical Relief Committee for Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine. Box Sill, Station B. Winnipeg, Man. Fellow Worker: Realising the urgent necessity of sending medioal supplies to our stricken comrade* of Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine, I pledge to contribute. ONH DOLLAR per month towards purchase and shipment of suoh supplies by your oommltte*. Fraternally yours, NAME i. -- ADDRESS . All twenty mines of the Dominion Coal Co. at Cape Breton, N. a., are Idle and 10,000 men, railroad workers, miners and other classes of labor are out of work, a* a result of the closing down of the mines. The order to olose all the Cape Breton collieries of th* Dominion Coal Co. follows oa tho heels ot President Wolvin's statement on th* bad condition of the coal market, and tt Is feared that the bottom of the decline haa not been reached. Latest reports from Brule, Alta., show that the miners are ln no way disposed to give up their fight against th* Blu* Diamond Company. It ls stated that th* company has begun/ejecting the miners from the company's houses, and that th* minera have rented four hundred acres of land on which ta place tents to serve as their homes. GIVE A HAND Beforo making a purchase, look np onr list of advertisers on page T, and then patronise one of them, and by so doing give The Federatlonist a boost. On* dollar and fifty cents ls tha oost for a six months subscription to the Federationist. workers. The question Is, "Can the workors expect anything olse but nothing for themselves. The workers ln this Provinco, who have riothing else to do other than tt discourage political activities on tho part of the workers, have just got what was coming to them fron the Legislature, and that ls a cold fact. I UNIONISTS-ATTENTION! The B. C FEDERATIONIST IS NOW m A POSITION TO EXECUTE ALL KINDS OF PRINTING AT SEASONABLE SATES When You Need- Superior AT MODERATE PRICES LETTERHEADS ENVELOPES OASDS INVOICES STATEMENTS CONSTITUTIONS CATALOGUES , FOLDERS ANNOUNCEMENTS INVITATIONS PROGRAMMES OS ANT KIND OF PRINTING-GIVE US TOUB OBDEB AND WE WltL GIVE TOU SATISFACTION. TELEPHONE SETMOUB 5871 Printing The FEDERATIONIST can supply all your Printing needs. Nd Job too luge oi too small. First-class workmanship, good ink and high- grade stock have given pur Printers a reputation (or SUPERIOR PRINTING Union Work a Specialty. Our Prices are right and we deliver when wanted. Mail Orders Promptly Executed B. C. FEDERATIONIST BOOM 1, VIOTOBIA BLOOK 842 PENDEB STBEET WEST . Oor. Homer and Pender Streets, Vanoouver, B, 0. WUDAY.. ...April I, 1911 mimebnth ram. ko. ii THE BRITISH COEUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancouveb, bc PAGE THREE Lumber Camp and Agricultural Workers Department of the One Big Union THIS PAGE IS PAID FOR BT THE LUMBER OAMP AND AGRIC UL'l'l! K/iL WORKERS DEPABTMENT OF THE ONE 1116 UNION. OPI NIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN ABE NOT NECESSARILY EN DORS ED BY THE FEDERA1IONI8T. t ' I ir ■ ■ ' ■ ——— Camp Reports EDMONTON BRANCH Owing to the illness of the district secretary, the bulletins for the last two weeks have not appeared as usual, and the mall to the camps has been delayed. We hope that no further delay will occur. The referendum ballot is now In, and sent to Vancouver. There was only one member in this district who voted to remain affiliated with the One Btg Union. This surely is » big change. It was not so long ago that when the vote was taken to Join the O. B. U. that we only had one vote opposed to so doing. The Brule miners are still looked out. The miners who are ln tbe city from Brule have been using the Lumber Workers haU to hold meetings in. We quite often hear the remark made on the street by some workor who ought to know better, "that we ought to go up to Brule and ■cab the International out of existence." This 'a. and has always heen the pet hobby of the seisosrs to scab some organization out of sxlstence, and underlying lt all Is only an excuse to go to work at the expense of his fellow workers. When this class of animal gets talking about scabbing, some- organisation out of existence, remember that lf ha Is out of a job whenever you are on strike in the woods he will use the same argument against you. We know that the olty li full of men, and that Jobs aro scarce, -but there is no Justification for any man to take a Job ■cabbing on any organisation. If this strike ls broke, It can nevor bo said that the Lumber Workers did not do all ln their power to tack up the .strikers. The camps along the Great Waterways Railway Is about the only place In tho district now where any work to speak of !■ going on. Quite k few delegates aro already at work among the workeri along this line. But we still have to make a determined effort to line the camps up this spring. Wo will need to havo a man continually on the road during the coming summer in order to bo able to successfully organize . the district. Meetings must be held tn the camps every week by the members, and camp committees elected who will act between meet- bigs, and give their reports to the members, ave you got a camp oommlttee In your camp? If not ■et down to business, and hold a meeting In your camp and olect your committee. Spring will soon bo here, and you can hold your meetings, out ln the open. An organisation that will func tton for the workers must bo built up by the workers, and if you want It to function on the job, there Is where you must build it Organ! anions can not be made like a ready-to-wear suit of clothes;, nor do they grow up on gooseberry bushes. If you want an organization, flnd out what kind you want, and then dig In and do your share to butid tt up. Is there a delegate ln your oamp? If not, see to lt that one li elected. If not enough members In the camp to hold a meeting and olect a delegate, write In for credentials; but do not do as some delegates have done In the past, carry credentials for as high as 6 months without using them for f«ar that the boss might flnd lt out. Wage-cutting Ib a common thing these days. The cook on the floating gang of the B. D. & B. C. rail- Way, who received $126 per month, was flred last week, and another cook was hirod to take his place at 976 per month. The last oook Is alio to do the work without a flunkey, while the $125 cook had a flunkey to help him with the work. Bome of the members objected to the new cook, and succeeded ln getting him removed, but the company secured a new cook at apparently the same wages; but lo and behold the latest one claims to be "olaas-consclous," according to reports—so is the boss, The workeri employed by the Boos Timber Co. at Swift Creek, B. C, camp 8, went on strike for botter grub a few days ago. The men were handed a time check for the amounts due them, which they would have to go to Kamloops to oash. As most of the men were out of money, they had no way to S«t to Kamloops to receive what Uttle was due. to them; others Wanted to go to Edmonton in place of Kamloops, and they took the matter of collecting the wages due them up with the Provincial police in Lucerne, but so far they have not been paid off. The case ll now tn the hands of an attorney In Bdmonton, In the Cranbrook Bulletin we read where the secretary is making an appeal to the workers to quit supporting the bootleggers, who he describes aa parasites on the back of the workers. It Is time that the workers took this matter ln their own hands. As long as the em ployers can, they are going to help the bootlegger to exist, ond they Will not enforce the laws to remove Ihis parasite, as lt is to the Interut of the boss that booze Is sold. No one knows better than a district Hcretary what effect booze and lhe bootlegger ls having on the or- Pnlzatton and the membership. It time that we declared war on the bootlegger, and used our organized efforts to get rid of this parasite, fhere are plenty of them in Ed- ■onton. No member of an organisation such as thli ihould patron be thom, and buy their uolson. I know that I may be stepping on langeroui ground when dealing With this matter, as a good many members resent to have any one Interfere with what they call their personal liberties, but experience ■as taught me that the bootlegger ll the host ally the master has got, and a member who comes into' town and blows his hard-earned money with the bootlegger at $10 por bottlo, and then Is either for- ood to "mootch" from hli fellow workeri or go out on a Job at any wage at all, l5 of littlo value to the organiiation. Tho Worker, the official paper of •ur organiiation, has appeared, and 6 being mailed out from the office, you want this paper to progress, It Is up to you to support lt. The general secretary Is acting as edl ior until tho paper geta on Us feet •gain. Come on now, dig In and lit ui havo a paper that will be a credit to our organization. If you have not got your literature stamps get them from your delegate, as noon as camps open again I am sure that we will not be short of funds for literature. We have had the record in the past of scattering more working class literature way, and has secured some substantial improvements In the conditions of life In the camps. If those Improvements are worth regaining the organization that secured them must be maintained. The membership comprises the organization. If, through apathy and Canada. Let us keep up this record in the future. There is all kinds of rumors floating pround about the oil strike up north.. Inquiries are reaching this office as to whether men are needed by the oil companies, and in some cases members are asking If it ls true that the companies are offering $300 per month for workers and giving three-year contracts. There ls nothing to this. The Imperial Oil Company has at least 600 men listed on their books for Jobs, and they state that they do*not know what they are going to pay; all the men hired by the oil companies will not go above 60, lf I am any kind of a judge. So do not come to Bdmonton expecting that an oil boom is on, because lt is not, They are hiring no men at present, The next two or three months will tell whether this oil boom that we hear of tn the papers ls a bubble or not We will keep you posted on slave market conditions and quotations when there is any change In the market. At the present time, Bdmonton is a good place to keep away from. Wages offered on extra gangs aro 36c per hour. Send In your report from whatever camp you are In, so that we will have more news In the Bulletin. An effort will bo made by the employers this spring to break up what organisation there ls, because to them all organizations aro bad, (outside of their own.) The best way to meet tho attack' of the masters is by more determined efforts to organize. Don't get discouraged lf we have not gone aa far as we at one time thought we would. Remember that we have not been organized very long yet, and that In the short time we have been organizing, no other organiiation can show better results than our cwn. than ; any^ other organization in neglect, they allow the organization to die from lack of the neccessary activity, the gains made will be IpBt in short order, and they will be the flrst to suffer, with no one to blame but themselves. In reply to the Inevitable criticism that the writer is getting his meal ticket from the organization, and that the sole object of writing In this strain is to safeguard lt, it can be pointed out that his term of offlce expires ln June next, and that he is not eligible for re-election. Moreover, when the district organization was forming ln June, 1919, all tho money he drew for three weeks' work was $27.16, and aince that the salary has been as follows: From August to October, 191$, inclusive, $90 per nibnth; from No-. vember to October, 1920, Inclusive, $120.00 per month; from December to February 7, 1921, Inclusive, $160.00 per month. The standard rato of wages for district secretary has always been $40 per week. In view of the out of wages borne hy the men who pay his wages the secretary, In consultation with lome members in Prince Rupert, consented to a cut ln hts own wages of $10 per week, and this will date from February 7, that being the laat date on which he drew wages, The next month will tell the Uie as to whether the Prince Rupert District Offlce Is to continue open or not. If the membership wish It to bo kept open they must provide' the necessary'money. Let ui hear from you, The District Owing to the fact that no news has been received from the camps there ls little that can be circulated here, Local information ls to the effect that the Buckley Bay oamps will open on May 1, under the management of the Whalen Company, although this has not been confirmed. If it is true, and this company pursues the same policy It has done In the past, of letting Its camps to contractors and then bringing pressure to bear on them to reduce wages, there is a prospect of trouble ahead, There Is very Uttle doing along the Q. T. P. as far as Hazelton. Hanson's pole camp at Carnaby ls still working, but is expected to be worked out in a week or two. The Royal Mills at Pitman are expected to start logging on the flrst, and the Amesbury mill has a few men working. There ls practically noth Ing doing at Usk. Members coming North report that no work can be got at day wages for falling and bucking, Everything ls being let by contract. After the long period of idleness tho membership is broke and with- out any choice ln the matter, which was doubtlesa taken Into consideration by the bosses. The prices range from 66c to 75c per M. The state of unemployment in Prince Rupert has eased some, what; the drydock has about SOO men,working, and Is gradually taking on more men. The two ships are expected to be finished ln about eight months. Vancouver scales are being paid. The bosses have scented a period of low wages and high profits ahead. Things look good to thom. Their prosperity, as ever, will be built upon the toll and deprivation of the wealth producers, ,,. Are the loggers of this district going to lay down to tt, or are thoy going to accumulate some ginger and use their organized power to put the brakes on the downward process? It is up to them, and the next few weeks will show of what mettle they are made. Let us hear. How about those organization fund and literature stamps? Remember that 50 per cent, of the organization fund receipts stay in the district. All camps of whloh this offlce has any knowledge are now suplied. J. H. BURROUGH, District Secretary. March 27, 1921. PRINOE RUPERT DISTRICT How About It? Financial Report for March, 1021 Offlce Reclpts— plies „ .'. $ 12.00 Sundries... _.......... 8.85 Remittances , 70.60 $91.36 Balance Feb. 28 16.79 $108.14 Expenditures— - f>ec. wages to Feb. 7 $ 40.00 To P. O. offlce 46.56 Telegrams 8,96 Postage 6.00 Envelopes 86 Paper fasteners .60 Pencil 20 $97.55 Balance March 27 10.69 $108.14 Note.—Of the total of delegates' remittances received, $50.60 was collected from a delegate of the P. Q. district to that offlce, 1 $3.65 for telegrams ln connection with the process of collection. The total remittances from delegates In this district was $20.00. The' following table shows thu way ln which receipts have shrunk since December, 1920: Balance Doc. 31, 1920 $153.04 Balance Jan. 31, 1921 38.09 Balanco Feb. 28 16.79 Balance March 27 10.69 Delegates' remittances for the ■ame period were aa follows: Dec, 1920 $ 62.50 Jan., 1921 $147.60 Fob Nil March 20.00 No unnecessary expenses have been Incurred during this period— tn fact, they havo been cut to the minimum. The mimeograph and typewriter have been paid toy. The secretary is getting by on what he has done without In the past—not because he likes to, but on account of the fact that the receipts over expenses have not been sufficient to pay his wages, and It la necessary to keep something In hand for the conduct of the offlce. Lately that has chiefly, meant postage, which has absorbed about 50 per 'Cent, of the receipts. The rent for March has not been paid, and the contribution for the upkeep of the O.B.U. headquarters ln Prince Rupert of $20.00 per month (which ls an asset to the Labor movemont In the North) has not been paid since December 16, and that was the first payment (being ordered by referendum after the October district convention). It goes without saying that the small number of camps working since the shutdown last fall Inevitably meant a serious reduction in revenue, but the camps that have been working have not made good on their responsibilities to the organization, with one or two small exceptions. They have been receiving regularly the usual number of papers and the Bulletin, and the monthly financial report has been regularly submitted as ordered by the Dlitrlet Convention. When delegates leave the camps there seems to have been no effort made to put men In their places. Instead of eaoh member looking on the organization aa his, it appears to be regarded ai everybody's business, and each man leaves It to the root to tako tho necessary action to keep the organlaztton functioning. In view of the long period that has elapsed since any collection was made In the Q. C. I, camps there must he many many members who are In arrears. If they will oome through by the noxt mall the money would doubtless ho sufflclent to tide over tho slack period that li left until the rest of the camps open up. This applies particularly to the camps at Cumshewa, Thurston Harbor and Sedgwick Bay, which havo had men working all the winter. Repeated offorts have been made by this offlce to get the memberi ln tho camps to replace delegate! who have left, apparently without result. Tho organization haa been built up on tho delegate syitem, which ti the only praottlcal KAMLOOPS WEEKLY BULLETIN Two of our fellow workers who are well known to most of the jacks In the Interior have just bcen sentenced to six months in Okalla for trouble they got into while drunk in Revelstoke. Hore ts a copy of what one of them writes to tho secretary: "Revolstoke, B. C. . "Follow Worker,—I thought that I would write a few lines to let you know that I and have been through the ordeal of a kangaroo court. We were charged with breaking or trying to enter the King Edward Hotel. In the flrst place wo got drunk In the King Edward, and we tried to get more whisky. We were caught by Cecil McSorley, the proprietor's aon, and he was the ono who testified against us. When we triod to tell the magistrate, who Is one of the bunch, that we got drunk in this place, he said it had nothing to do with the cose, and he did not want to hear anything about lt. The polico got up and testified that wo were sober. Well I guess that I will .not do much driving this spring, and don't care much. I will close as nows ls pretty scarce here. "(Signed) " There you havo it, fellow workers. These two men, who when sober are as good men as ever worked in the bush, fell for the rotgut sold In this place. After they were broke they tried to get Into the cache for nothing else but moro whisky, and were caught. Remember that these men are not yeggs. Without the booze neither one of them would have the Inclination or the nerve to make th.'s break. Does tho bootlegger drop the case against them, or make It a simple caso of drunk and disorderly? No. Ho railroads them. Is the magistrate Interested In the fact that a man who breaks the law every day by selling whiskey is di rectly the cause of these men being drunk and being so crasy for more that they will break In to get it? No, Six months for an unsuccessful attempt to rob a robber. The"re are three men in Kamloops today who can swear that these men were drunk at the time they were arrested and what is more, that they got drunk In the King Edward. All this In Revelstoke, the town where tho Jocks have "blowed In" for years, I should say "have made Hoosiers of ourselves for years." The bootleggers In Kamloops or any other town are just as much our friends aB they are In Revelstoke, and we have contributed nobly to their support in the way of paying fines and serving time In the jails rather than tell what was at the bottom of the trouble we were in. Tou have all seen different car- tooons showing Capitalism riding on the back of Labor. What is lacking in these picture! are the figures representing Booze on one side, an.d Pieceworkers on the other walking beside Labor and holding Capitalism on his back. Without these two elements Labor would soon be able to straighten his back ahd lei the burden he is carrying slide off Into the mud, where it be-' longs, and then be able to walk easier and faster along the road to tho goal of Industrial freedom which lies at the end of the road, Wake up, Fellow Workers, and organize. We are not organized now. We are simply carrying cards, and waiting for something to happen that will never happen until we study more about our position tn society, and agree on some action to change it. A report comes In from Chase that there are three white men working at the mill, and ton or fifteen more at the Merritt mill, and both mills are hitting the ball for ton hours a day. All this in order to relieve unemployment and put the returned men to work. And then they wonder why we trado at tho Chink stores. The organizer has just got back from a long hard trip through Enderby, Lumby, Sugar Lake, Maple Lake, Hupel and many little camps ln that country. There Is quite a lot of work going on but it Is, mostly In very small jlppo camps, and Is all tie and pole work. The organizer's report on the Sugar Lake oamps Is aa follows: , The Bell camp ls a new type of oamp. It la 26x40, no windows except one Uttle skylight which ls nailed down, so there Is no ventilation In the camp and It Is like going into a tunnel. Double bunks and a pole floor that has not been cleaned since It was built. Some of the men hero seem to be well satis- fled with these conditions. Of course these men are afflicted with what is known as the Tie Trimmer's or Broadaxe disease. Nixon's camps: These camps are about 18x30, with double bunks and hay for the men to sleep on, and all wet clothes hung ln the bunkhouse. ThlB camp Is about 76 per cent, organized and there were a lot of the men who wanted to pay dues. They went to the offlce to draw some money but lt was refused, so my collections were small at this camp. Now, I blame the men, organized 75 per cent, and did not have nerve to tell the boss that they must have their money. When a man quits he gets a time statement, and has to go to Revelstoke, 200 miles away to get his money. Now, Fellow Workers, why not take a little action on some of these jlppos, and make them come through wtth what the law calls for? You all know that It ls against the laws of B. C. to issue time checks. And, where are our health inspectors, and why don't they condemn such camps. There is not one of these camps but what would be con demned if the inspectors did their duty. Don't wait for George to do It, Fellow Workers, but get in and do your bit Camp No. 4, Okanagan Saw Mills Co., Mabel Lake: This camp ls, without doubt, the best camp In the interior. Single Iron beds, springs and mattresses, wash-house, dry- house and showerbath. Camp is on good ground for drainage, ORGANIZER No. 3571. The flnanclal report follows: Receipts, Dues, $140; fees, $3; hospital fund, $25; sale of literature, $2.30; sale of stamps, $11.25. Total receipts, $181.65. Expenses: Transportation, $28.40; wages (15 days), $90. Total expenses, $118.40. Remitted with report, $63.15. Well, all wo can say is that a bunch of organized jacks must be getting pretty tame when they will stand for conditions like those at Sugar Lake, and then get turnod down for a few dollars of tho money they have coming to them and take it without a word. There must be pretty good tie timber around Sugar Lake. The prince George bulletin reports a walkout at Jennings camp No. 1, at Engen, B. C„ on the Grand Trunk. The Edmonton Bulletin reports that there Is little or nothing doing there, and that Edmonton is a good town to keep away from at present.1 There are ten times as many men on the lists of the Imperial Oil Co. as they are likely to hire for the oil fields, and moreover it is not yet proved that the oil boom is a boom 'or a bubble. Both the Cranbrook and Edmonton secretaries are knocking on the booze and bootleggers. I am glad to get a little support from them, for they can see as well as I dd that booze Is the boss* strongest ally. I'll admit that this point may be more clearly seen from the offlce than from the Job, but I'll say again that we will never beat the boss and booze together. The fellow workers across the line found that out and took pretty severe measures in some coses to make the bull-headed members see it too. Tho provincial parliament, after spending practically the entire session In debating the question of "to be (er) or not to ho (er)" oro about to close the present session. The sincere pledges of the Liberal party that tf thoy were returned to power that they would push the eight-hour low through at the flrst session has gone the way of moBt pledges of this nature. What's the answer? Job action, M. Dwyer has donated three dol lars to a fund to buy chairs for tlie hall. Who is next? Somo chain have already been bought and other Improvements made, but they a#e not paid for yet Somo claim that ours ls the best hall in tho country. Well, why not? Let's make It better still, and then commence to use more than most of us do at present. COAST DISTRICT The Lumberworkers are beginning another period of their existence dating from the time when tho referendum submitted by the January convention was made effective. Several changes, ot name have been made in the past and still another ono has to bo recorded. Whether the principle! have boon changed with the change of namo ta p point that somo nay debato, but the majority of the memberi who voted on the re.'e*endum expressed the opinion that thoy stand tny industrial unioi'sm today, Just the tame as they stcod when the B. C. Loggers' Union was formed. Another one of those unfortunate splits In tho ranks of the worken has taken place and whethor tho effects of that split will be good or bad time will tell. However, lt Is no use crying over split milk and repining over what is past, we must put our shoulders to the wheel ln order to push the old cart over the hill. Let ub put our pet theories into the Jack-pot and try to draw out something that will assist us tn our every-day struggles against the baneful effects of the capitalist syBtem. It is a well known fact that the slave status of the worker con never be changed under capitalism; the slave will never get more than hay, oats and stable while capitalism exists but by organization the quality of the hay and oats oan be Improved and the stable may be made more, habitable. All this may seem like playing with the effects of capitalism and some may say, "forget lt and Jet us go oh for the overthrow of capitalism," but let us come down from tho clouds and forget our dreams and deal with things as they are. The doctrine of misery has been preached ln the past and somo still adhere to that doctrine today, Nowl whtlo a certain amount of oppression may causo a re-action and cause the slaves to kick over the traces, lt is well to remember that thore Is i.! limit beyond whloh lt ts unsafe to go. The human being can be ground down ao far that thore Is ho reaction and they become, tn the memorable words of Marx "Degraded to a low-common mass beyond redemption." Therefore, that brings ua down to the question of "What ls the primary object of wage workers?" From the foregoing It would appear that the primary object ls to combat the. down- ward tendencies of the capitalist system by maintaining a decent standard of living and keeping the hours of labor within reasonable limits. Of course, their final object ti to finally bring about a change in the system by substituting production for the satisfaction of tho needs of all in place of production for the bare pleasure of a few. This may be termed revolutionary, Bolshevistic and lots of other things, but there are others who have expressed the same thing. The Me-. thodlst church for Instance, has said that production for profits must go and make way for production for use, but the members of that organization did not mean It, because they hove crucified some of their ministers who hove had the temerity to get out flat-footed tn opposition to this dog-eat-dog system. Thc main quarrel between the 57 varieties hae been in the post and is still a quarrel over tactics, at one time it was industrial veraus parliamentary action, and at an other Industrial versus geographl cal and a thousand and one more. The unfortunate feature about all the controversies has been that each sido has got out with their axes and proceeded to decapitate all and sundry who have differed with them, and while they have been engaged in this merry pastime, the boss has run off with tho bacon. The main point to remember Is that lf a thing Is correct the persons who oppose tt are either ig< norant or crooked, and tt is well always to give our opponents the benefit of the doubt, they may not know. Don't let us be evor ready to call tho other fellow a crook. /-A lot of ill-feeling has bcen shown over the brook between the O. B. U. nnd the Lumber Workers and the only one who has benefitted has been the bosa, the capitalist press has featured the squabble to satisfy tlieir own material ends, on the one hand we hove seen thc press publishing so-colled interviews with O. B. U. officials wherein they are credited with say. Ing that the withdrawal of the Lumber Workers was a courso of strength to the O. B. U„ on the other ha ml, the lumber barons papers have been publishing bunk about thc difference made in the logger by reason of the name of thl* organization being changed, These gentlemen would do well to remember that colling a rose skunk-cabbage doesn't make it smell less sweet. It Is not necessary at thts time to go deeply Into the merits and de merits of the squabble over the form of organization only to say that the Lumber Workers havo, by majority vote, decided to stay with the industrial form of organization and In that they are, to say the lenst, consistent. They have sees that as for as fighting for their dally bread and working conditions Is concerned their Interests are identical with the Interests of their fellow workerB tn the Industry from coast to coast, because at any time when they want improved conditions they ore always confronted with the argument from the boss, that he has got to compete with 'other concerns ln the some Industry back east and In tho United States. When the necessity of bringing about a change in the system Is taken Into consideration, which is the final object of u progressive working clasa organisation, thon there ls a necessity of the organization of the workers In geographical areas ln order to Anally overcome the powers of the modern state with Its geographical ramifications. Therefore, it would seem that the workera should organize both Industrially and geographically In order to perform these two functions. The time ls rapidly approaching when the workers wilt have to compose their differences and get together, International, Catholic, Industrial, geographical and all the whole shooting match In order to fight for their very existence, they will alt have to hang together lest they hang separately, so let us one and all seek to find a way of composing our differences and presenting a united front to the most rapacious master class the world has ovor known. CRANBROOK DISTRICT At a meeting held by the executive board It waa decided that the Secretary ihould, If possible, visit some of the camps. On Saturday, March lth, I went to Talk and held meetings. The following reports were sent this office by the camp delegates: Meeting hold at Camp 14 on March 12; Socretary Bidder present meeting oalled to order. E, McLaughlin elected to the chair, P. Perry recording socrotary. Fellow Workor Bidder then addressed the meeting and gavo tho history of the trade union movement and the forces that brought the O.B.U. Into existence, and the determination of tne lumber workers to maintain tho industrial form of organization, which was appreciated aa a large number of the workeri did not understand this matter. The eight-hour day and the carrying of blankets were dealt with, also the evils of piece work. The meeting was then thrown open for discussion, which waa mainly directed against the pieco work system. Moved that a oamp meeting bo held overy Saturday night; carried. A vote of thanks wai accorded the secretary and wo hopo that ho will flnd time to vlilt this oamp In the near future. Camp 14 Is a fairly good oamp; olean and not overcrowded; a real live delegate on the Job. The camp la well organised, a good cook, good grub, Campi 6 and 9 aro old camps, overcrowded and not vory clean. A large number of the men coming from the pralrio and having the psychology of tho farmer, are not Interested In organization or conditions arising out of their employment. They think they are landed proprietors and by working hard and practising thrift they will eventually lift themselves from the ranks of the wage workers. The fellow workers from Camp 4 camo to Camps 6 and 9 to attend a mooting called for 10 a.m,, there being 75 men present when the meeting was called to order. The same points were raised as In Camp 14, The meeting was thrown open for discussion and the carrying of blankets and piece work was thoroughly dtscussed. Johnson's Camp is one of the best camps tn the district; lumber shacks with 6 men in each shock, 3 single and 1 double tier bunk, The shacks are scrubbed every week. . The kitchen and dining room Is clean and lotty; chlnaware dishes. The dry and bath house Is without doubt the best In this district; there is always a plentiful supply of hot water; 2 shower baths and a washing machine for washing clothes, and the whole place was perfectly clean. Now, fellow wokers, It ls up to you to see that the camps In thts district comply with the health laws of B. C. This has been repeatedly pointed out, It'B no use coming to thts offlce and telling me that a certain camp is dtrty and Unfit to house hogs. It's up to you to take action on the job; call a camp meeting and Instruct tho camp committee to investigate and write out a report and sign the same, and lf the boss does not take immediate action to comply with the health laws of B. C, send the report to this office and I will place the same before the proper authorities and will also send a copy to the Labor members of parliament Yahk Is known as the worst Jlppo camp In this district, but the workers aro learning from the great teacher, experience. It was very encouraging to see the fellow workers take the floor and urge all the men tn the Yahk camps to refrain from working by the piece. Keep the good work going, Educate and Organize. Tho manager of thc camps at Yahk promised the men enrly last spring that the company would supply blankets as soon ns they could bc obtained, and the board would remain at $1.20 until the blankets wore supplied, aftor which lt would be raised to $l.r»ft per day. Tho board was raised, hut tho blankets were NOT supplied as promised. Now the fellow workers ore trying to get concortod action to get the blankets ond a reduction of the board. The mills at Waldo are now working, and the mill ot Wardner ls starting some time this week. It ls also reportod that the camps nt Skook- umchuck will resume operations about the middle of April. A number of letters hove reached this office referring to the official paper, "The Worker." No onc attempted to criticize, but all agreed it was just what Is required, as one writer expressed "it touches tho spot." Some camps are buying the assessments stomps, other camps have not yet taken any. Now fellow wokers, tf you ALL do your bit, the paper wtll be published every week. It's a real live paper and should be supported by all workers. We hope to havo an orgonlzer on the road as loon as tho camps resume operations. A meeting will be held on the first Sunday of each month nt Matson's hall, commencing at 7:30 p.m. All fellow workers tn town should attond. F. BIDDER, Secretary, given"—not transferable. __.M the atatioij, agent happens to have enough money on hand he cashes It If not, he must buy Express money orden at the usual rate. If these money orders are .presented at a restaurant or itore, the logger ts directed to a bootlegging establishment, where he gets the money for his labor. At this place he Is supposed to set up the drinks a few times. ' Funny how a lumberjack learns to drink booze, Isn't it? No. 210. WALKOUT Prince Georgo Dlstriot Jennings Camp No. 1, Engen, B. O. A "walkout" pi all men with union principles took place at this camp on the 23rd Inst. The trouble arose over the employer violating his agreement with the men, to wit: openly discriminating against active members by firing them, and refusing to offer any explanation, aa provided for in agreement entered into between D. Jennings and the members of this camp. Union men act accordingly. Keep away until further notice. BOOM CAMP, COURTENAY Good bunk houses, toilet and baths. No meetings as yet; grub rotten; Chinese cook. Wages 60 cents per hour; $4.80 per day. YAHK, B. O. "Bootleggers" Act as Bankers for C. P. R, Co.'s Log Campa The C. P. R. Company's logging department pays Its men with monthly bank cheques, but if a logger quits his Job he gets a time cheque from camp. Delivering this at head offlce In Yahk he getB a C, Q. card, meaning "clearance hauling out logs. REPORT OF ORGANIZER'S TRIP EAST—PRINCE GEORGE TO JASPER After my laat trip to tho western end of tho district, report! came to hand at the district office, that several of the saw mills along the O. T. P. east were starting to operate; some of these reports were conflicting, and not having anything authentic direot from these mtll oamps, I started out from headquartera on March 10, stopping at all campi along the line as for as Dewey. The Prince George Lumber Co, Is operating a saw mill at Shelley; there la no organization at thts oamp; conditions are rotten, and oven though I was able to get a meeting of tho Haves tn this oamp, I had to leave there-without being able to get a delegate elected. Some of the slaves tn thts camp aro old dyed-in-the-wool craft unionists, such as the sawyer and the engineer, who were hostile to any attempt being made to organize the slaves that according to their theory wero beneath them In their opinion, on the social ladder of success, and of course these lowly brow-beaten slaves were, as ls usually the case, looking to their Intelligent friends for a way out of their misery, Instead of tackling the laborious task of finding a solution for themselves. While lt is true that the finding of such a solution might embody a lot of mental labor, and is objected to for that reason, tt ls peculiar that these same slaves do not in tho least object to the boss enlarging on his demands for the exertion of more physical energy (labor) at a reduced wage, and also at a reduced standard ot living. It seems that some human beings are actually willing to accept gratefully the position, which to all intents and purposes places them on a lower level of present- day society, than that of the brute beast. But, of* course, lf these slaves can actually endure the existing conditions on this job, without putting up an effort to better them, all members that realize what this means to themsolves, will know how to act in regard to such an outfit. At Willow River, Glscome, New- lands and Alezn Lake, the mills are not operating yet, and there ls no logging going on cither. All logs are ln the water or on the Ice, waiting for "good old Sol" to come along and warm things up; and at that, tt appears that "old Sol" will have to work overtime on the masters' brains this season, tn ordor to got their dull senses set ln motion. A little extra heat may show these masters whero there ts a sufficient market for their lumber, which will make it possiblo for them to allow the Blaves to go to work in order that they may pro duce more profits for those who own and control all that the slaves must have access to in order to make out a bare existence. Theso masters, slave owners and slave drivers, are evidently about ready to admit that markets are o thing of the post, Inasmuch as one of them had to pertinently tell your humble servant that unless and until ho was able to come around and tell iho slnves (and incidentally thc boss) where mar kets were obtainable, he had no business talking about organizing these slaves. The organizer, howevor, promptly told the boss that ho (the organizer) was neither a travelling salesman for thc lumber trust, or a business promoter for that same trust, but that he was engaged In selling labor-power and as such had a right lo assist his fellow workers in tho work of organizing for the purpose of selling their labor-power at the best obtainable price, and under the best obtainable conditions. Tho boss was further informed that we did not propose to mingle in his business enterprises, as the slaves had no interest in so doing. We, as the slaves, did not own any of tho lumber, and therefore, we were not interested in finding markets for the boss. Fellow workers: Get you mind made up on this Issue. If tho boss cannot flnd a profitable market for his products, you don't work, and the boss is therefore ln reality admitting thut he ls Incompetent to carry on any longer; and therefore, thc sooner you organize yourselves In your respective Industrial unions fur tho ultimate purpose of taking over the Industries and operate them for thc beneflt of soolety as a whole, the sooner the boss will be separated from the ownership of the very things you need In order to live (not exist), and tho workors will then be able to show tho bosses that the different Industries can bc carried on and operated by the workers, and that tho workers will not moke as big a mess of the jot. an the bosses arc doing at thc present time. At'Bashaw's cnmp, Dewoy, a few good union men are working at Tho mill Is not Correspondence Tlie Health Laws In Campa Editor B. C. Fedorationist: IU Simon Taylor's camp, Rampart, I was amused when I read the repll of the Minister of Health to tho question of Fellow-worker Uphill that a complaint had been made aa - far back aa January 6, 1920, undor tho name of the East Kootenay Lumber Company's camp, Rampart. This Is the same camp and no proceedings had been takon to enforce the laws of health other than one visit from the inspector. It must have taken the Inspector a long time to get to Rampart, -as this camp was running nearly all the flnt part of last summer. This camp was opened by Simon - Taylor on tho 1st of January and run until the flnt week In Maroh of thla year. Whero was the unitary Inspector all this time? You might well aak, whero are they any time, as they are nevor to bo found when wanted, Where wero they all lait summer when thi Fed. was full of reports every week, about dirty campi from all over B. C? -Where woro they last November when all tho reports camo from Wass about the dirty camp of Howard Jordan? Thli camp waa a disgrace to the Black Hole of Calcutta. This camp was running nearly all last summer right up till the flrst - of the preaent month without any attempt to enforce the laws of health either by the Inspectors or the government. Last November this same Jordan tried hard to force the mon tbat were working for him to break tho law by signing a contract to tho effect, that they would not collect. any wages from him boforo May 1, 1921. The men refused, with the. result that they had several law cases against htm for thetr wagei. Nearly all of the companies and Jlppoi pay only onco a month with cheques and not cash. The lawi ot B. C. require all companies to pay twice a month in currency and not In cheques. The Attorney-General Is not enforcing this law very strong. It might as woll not be In force, as It la useless when tho government will not enforce It. Youn truly, J. HUNTER. WANTED Information wanted aa to the whereabout! of one Francis Earl Wing, late preildent of Michel Local Union, who disappeared from Michel after It was found that he had defrauded the local union out . of $60. Wing, who wai aiked to appear before the local union and give an explanation, failed to dc io, and nothing further hai been heard of him. Any one with information, please notify the under* signed. GEO. A. BROWN, SecreUry, L. U. 2334, Box 42, Michel, B. C Seattlo^The injunction granted by the superior court here to Steam and Operating Englneera Union No 40, forbidding its international ta revoke the local charter or organize a rival union, was so far modified hy Judge Frater recently aa to permit the International to proceed wtth the organization of a new unton. The action of the court was based on the decision of the International at Pittsburg revoking the local's charter. Seattle—One # thousand hungry . men, women and children are being fed dally In the Seattle Union Record's new building, In which machinery ts being installed preparatory to moving next month. The feeding Is being done under thc auspices of the Association of the Unemployed, GIVE A HAND Before making a purchase, look. np our list of advertisers on page 7, and then patronize ono of them, and by so doing give lhe Fcdcra- tluntst n boost yet in operation. From Dewey I returned to headquarters to attend the business meeting on March 18,, for the purpose of ascertaining if It would be advisable to proceed further east. The meeting decided that I should proceed to McBride, and east of there to Jasper. 1 found the pole camp at Eddy, and thc tie camp at Itausch Valley shut down. The bridge crew at minster Is still working, but ob tbere Is a delegate ou the job there, I did not go lo this cnmp, as it would have entailed considerable delay on the road. | At Jasper I got word from the Edmonton district officers, ro Otto BroB.' tie camp at Jasper, which did not necessitate a trip to this camp; $8 worth of literature and organization fund stamps were sold on thc trip, ond some literature was distributed in an effort to arouse tho slaves along the famoua Fraser River, but It will be a hard job to get this end of thc district organized, owing to thc docility of these slaves. All feltow workers who have the interest of the organization at heart, are requested to keep their eyes peeled for a chance to get in an the job at these milt-camps when they start operating, and help to get them organized. Remember, fellow workers, that the organizing that counts Is the organizing that is done on the job, where the teaching of the class struggle day after day establishes that feeling of solidarity that between workers brings about the realisation of their identity of interest In their common struggle wtth the capitalist class and their parasites. At Dome Creek and Penny thero Is nothing doing. At Longworth, Caribou Jack Is running a cheap outfit in the shape of a mill, which requires the attendance of a few good union men to put things In such shape that conditions will b% tolerable. A few Jack pine ranchers along the line Is wasting time and energy ln competing with the lumber trust, by way of taking out poles. Tt Is really too bad, fellow worken, that a fellow who haa the right conception and understanding of present-dny produotlon, cannot even wish these ranchers good luck in their competitive efforts. " p. HANSEN, Organizer 36. f?XGE POUR •thirteenth teak. »., i. THE BRITISH CQWIJflBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, aa 1 B.O. FEDERATIONIST Publishod every Friday morning by Th. B. 0, Federationlit, Limited •_. a WELLS-. -Manager Cfflce: Room 1, Victoria Block, 3.2 Pender Btreet West j Telephone Beymour 6871 8ub-cribtion Bates: United State, and Foreign, .8.00 per year; Canada, ,2.50 per year, ,1.50 I for six months; to Unions subscribing ln a body, 16c per member per month. Unity of Labor: The Hope of the World fRIDAT.. ...April 8, 1921 UNEMPLOYMENT, with its train of misery, always has, and always will Sause unrest. Some people, however, are Df the opinion that if the outward manifestations of the unrest, caused by the lack of work, oan be UNEMPLOYMENT suppressed, that all 'AND ' will be well. There PATRIOTS are many people of that type in British Columbia, and particularly iii-Vanco liver. During the past week this type of indi- Iridual has become rather active in this city. Some have written letters to the press and resolutions have been passed. One such resolution was passed by the Local Council of Women, which in effect L_ as follows: "In view of the recent aggressive action of the anti-British elements in this city, be it resolved that the Local Council of Women ^o on record as protesting most strongly and do hereby appeal to the chief magistrate of Vancouver to prohibit a recurrence of i these public demonstrations." It is impossible to say whether the above Resolution has any connection with the utterances of the Mayor made on Monday, the day on which the above resolution was passed, but it would not be the first time that Mayor Gale, like Adam, blamed it on the woman, or used the bourgeoisie women'a organizations for his own ends. The Mayor and the members of the Local Council of Women may think that P It is British to starve to death in silence, Wt we would prefer to call" such a state if mind on the part of the workers yellow -ind cowardly. It is not so many years igo that a prominent archbishop stated lhat men who would see their wives and ehildren starve to death in the midst of plenty, were cowards. We prefer the archbishop's version to that of the Mayor's. But while the flag-wagging patriots sre shouting their heads off in an effort to proclaim to all and sundry that they are defenders of the British constitution, a little investigation will show tbat thoy, at least, are not representing British interests, as the following figures taken from the Mining and Engineering Record, will prove: "Americans control 95 per cent, of the mining investments in Canada, 100 per cent, of the pulp and paper .investments in Western Canada; 75 per cent, of the lumber industries; 75 per cent, of the fisheries." From the above it will be readily seen that not only are the workers not being robbed at the point of production by British concerns, but that American capital dominates the situation, and must of necessity also control the powers that be. j3o much for our British institutions. Another ardent Britisher has rushed into print, and proclaims his veneration for those things that are bound up with British law and institutions. This individual is evidently the editor of a paper that has net yet appeared, but which is to appear shortly in order to safeguard those things which he and other patriots worship. He would use drastic methods to suppress working class meetings in our midst. He, however, does not say ■just how drastic thoso measures should be or _ whether someone should be sent to gaol, or shot at daybreak; but evidently he wants strong measures used. Other* have expressed the view that some organization should be formed to uphold their views, and quite evidently these people would like to resurrect the citizens' emmittee, an organization which, when in existonce, overrode the civic powers both in Vancouver and Winnipeg, something, by tho way, which is ■t quite "unconstitutional" and savoring of a soviet, which is quite un-British, according to their own expressed views. • » * When, however, thc paper appears, and the organization is formed, the conditions that make British miners behave in an un-British manner, and jinemploycd workers in Canada find an outlet for their Grotest against starving to death, which i also un-British, will still remain, and «long as those conditions are facing the workers they will protest and endeavor to Snd a solution no matter what the cost, they will do so because they must, not because they will. So what are our friends the enemy going to do about it. Breaking rocks or the Bending of a few men to gaol will not solve the unemployed problem. Neither will patriotic dope- peddling newspapers. That is a problom that the workers alone can solve. * « « Tljy trouble, however, is not because > the unemployed have paraded. Had Mayor Gale been the principal speakor at the unemployed meetings not a word of protest would have been raised," beeause he would not have attacked the systom which is the cause of unemployment and ill its attendant miseries. Ho would have mouthed numerous platitudes and urged the workors to be patient, whilo the men who haye spoken have pointed out to tho unemployed that thcir position cannot bo improved permanently under the present system. If our British constitutionalists wish to see the end of tho red stuff, they nan only achieve their object by supply ing all the people with all the necessities of Life at all times. This they cannot do, aud it is because of this fact, and not because of speeches, that the workers the world over are adopting the Red Flag as their international anthem, and seeking to solve their own problems in thcir own way, and all the powers on earth cannot stop them, for their necessity is greator than the powers that would oppose them, and our patriots might just as well save their breath and energy for the day when they will be compelled to work, not because they want to, but because they will have to in order to live. THE expected has happened. The Provincial Legislature has adjourned and the unemployed situation is still unsolved. In fact, it is worse than at the time the House opened. The question of beer has been solved, "SKIM MILK" or should we say AND shelved, the govern- HONEST JOHN ment not having the' courage to deal with it and left it to Goorge, and it has now become, if not a family skeleton, at least a haunting apparition which will get the goat of the government. Now the Premier of this province has for many years been galled Honest John, Why he should be named that, we are unable to discover. We know many men who are honest, but we never saw any reason why they should be so labeled. The fact that they are not in gaol, or have not been described as crooks, is sufficient evidence that thoy are at least as honest as the average man, and thcir'friends and acquaintances are content to let it go at that * * * The question of skim milk, however, has been raised by the Premier; in fact he stated in the House that he was raised on it. He never, however, pointed out that the skim milk on which he was raised in tho old land was somewhat different to the particular kind of skim, or should we say skinned, milk, that wo are used to getting in this country. When the Premier of this province was being raised on skim milk, the skinning process^wkether it be of mUk, or slaves, was not-quite so effective as it is today. In both operations the machine plays a greater part than it did in the days when Honest John would have scorned the dishonest methods of politicians and milk dealers. However, that is by the way, and while we would hate to ohange the Premier's name at his age, we cannot help thinking that Skim Milk Oliver would fit the Premier just as well as does his present sobriquet, in view of the fact that he is a product of that beverage. * * « It appears that certain people interested in the welfare of children are desirous of seeing that they get milk that is at least nourishing; in other words, containing plenty of buttor fat. Tho question of raising the amount of butter fat that milk should contain was brought before the Provincial House, but Honest John took exception to it and stated that it was all nonsense, and pointed out that he was raised on skim milk—some recommendation. Now Honest John knows that to interfere With the standardization of butter fat in milk would affect the farmers of the province, and, being a politician, he did not wish to do anything that would lose him votes in the rural districts, in that he showed some political sagacity, but little sense or humane feelings. However, the questions of whether children should have skim milk, or men beer, when they have the price to pay for it, are but trilling affairs alongside of the unemployed.question/and the Provincial House did not solve' that, and could not if it had passed a hundred and eighty- five bills, instead of eighty-five, and that brings us to a point where it is once again necessary to call the workers' attention to the fact that governments are for the purpose of governing a subject class, and that slaves will never get more than skim milk, or skimmed legislation, from the present system of society, and while it is true that the members of the Cabinet had their salaries raised, the bread line still exists and the children will be lucky if they even get skim milk during the days that are to come. Slaves looking for relief from any government in theso days are as foolish as those that search for a pot of gold at the foot of a rainbow, for thcir ain't no such animal. THAT it is impossible for a ruling class statesman to see straight was again borne witness to on Saturday last, when Premier Meighen was speaking in Montreal. He first placed the number of unemployed at 180,000, NOT as compared with THEIR 90,000 to 100,000 BUSINESS " _, in "ordinary times," and then pointed to the conditions that prevail in Europe, and inferentially assured his audience that we in Canada have much to be thankful for. Dealing with the financial position of the country, the Honorable Artful Arthur pointed out that the per capita debt was only half that of the next best Dominion, and only alhird of that of New Zealand, and, compared with Great Britain, very much lower. Of course the unemployed who have bills to meet at the corner grocery store, if thero are' any lucky enough to got credit, will bc much pleased to know that "they" don't owe as much per capita as do their fellow workers in other lands, so far as the national debt is concerned, but that won't .cither pay the grocery bills of tho 180,000 unemployed or find them work. * # .» So far as the working class is conaern- cd, national debts eto very much like such abstract proposi.ions as "justice," "tho nation," "democracy," and many other things that OAly exist in the minds of bourgoois-mitded individuals who can- **=* not see that the present system is falling to function either for the ruling class or the workera. The workers will never pay any national debt, and were it a hundred times larger than it Ib, those who are compelled to sell their labor power to a ruling class would not pay it and neitior would it affect their position. At no time have the workers more than sufficient to feed, clothe and shelter themselves^'&nd most often they do not even have sufficient for that, and are to be found iwthe bread line or looking for a job, in order that they can exist at all. Under these conditions the payment of the national debt is none of the workers' business. But the securing of a living is a very vital question, and all the sophistry on the per capita, debt of the nation will not hide the fact that while the people of Canadft may not be suffering as bad as the p.op!e in Europe are, yet there is more unemployment at this time, than ever before in the history of the country. * • ♦ Not only are the workers in the cities suffering from the industrial depression, but the farmers are feeling the pinch, ahd the agriculturists, who sre supposed to b^ the backbone of the eountry, are near broke. Agricultural laborers' wages are following the general trend, which is downward, and no matter where one may look the same dismal outlook faces the people, And whyt Because of the national debt! No, but beeause the capitalistic system of society is disintegrating. Because it is impossible to carry on production under the present system, there being no markets for the commodiites that already exist, and as a result industry is at a standstill. Rosy pictures of the future may be painted by optimistic misleaders of the workers, but there is no hope of any material improvement in the conditions of the world's workers under the present systemf. The authorities in this country admit that they have done all that they can do to relieve the situation, and that they can do no more. It remains for those who have made possible the production of wealth to such an extent that they must starve to death because of a glutted market, to solve the problem of how to live., Ruling elass statesmen could not do it if ttey wished to; they may pay the national debts, or talk about paying them, and that is as far as they will get, but the problem of securing the necessities of life must be solved by the working class, and that cannot be done under capitalism. It remains for the workers to see the way out, for the Meighens and that type of statesmen have no interest in bringing the working class out of wage slavery; that is not their business. FRIDAY... ..April >, mi The War of Oil and Ships (By H. N. Brallsford In Gale's Magaslne.) V4 A LWAYS," ha Insisted, f\ "Capitalism compete* and scrambles. It Is the antithesis of collective action. It cannot develop Into' social unity, or Into world unity." As I read these remarks of Lentn to Mr. Wells, my eye fell upon the headlines of the day's Times. The contest of the naval schools provided columns of big type, displayed with rotund and eloquent headlines. Must we have more super-Dreadnoughts or shall lt be more submarines and aircraft? A really modem. post- Jutland super-Dreadnought costs, it seems, about $45,000,000 to build, and when the monster Is afloat under war conditions, it requires a whole armada ot destroyers to protect it from submarines, and a bomb-proof dockyard for shelter. To some pockets the oost and the vulnerability ot the capital ship may seem a disadvantage: to others, it ls clearly the reverse. The quest of • Fo* When Mayor Gale had Esmende arrested he desired to make a little gallery play. He did it, and then attempted to pass the buck to the Minister of Justice, who replied as follow^: "Impossible for me to give instructions. Enforcement of law is for loeal authorities. Proceedings instituted by you entirely under your control, subject to provincial authorities, Action must be on your and their, responsibility. Constitutionally, administration of justice rests with your province. I have no authority to intervene.". The Minister of Justice, however, did not tako this position when the men were arrested during the Winnipeg strike. Tho provincial authorities were sidetracked and the Dominion authorities carried on the prosecution and persecution of the workers' sppkesmen. Justice was evidently not on thatvpccasion carried out according to the constitutional rights of the people. How our ruling class does love the constitutional methods when it suits the interests of its members. A paper manufacturing firm back east is seeking to dispose of seven per cent. 15- year mortgage bonds. At the same time the same outfit sends a letter to its employees informing them that it is impossible to dispose of the goods on hand and to secure new orders. This gave rise to some questions being asked by intending investors, and the Financial Post states that the condition that the oompany faces with regard to the disposal of the products of the company does not necessarily argue that there is any fundamental weakness in Canadian industry. Just so. It only demonstrates that there is no market, and while it may not be a fundamental weakness, yot it is liable to bo fatal. Capitalism cannot exist if there is no market for thc commodities that arc produced under the system of production now in vogue. Referring to the miners' strike, Lord Curzon statod that "he feared what might happen if the Triple Alliance took part in the strike. Ho also stated, "No government rcan yield to such a menace; in such a case the government would cease to be the nominal of any party or coalition of parties; it would become the trustee and guardian of the liberty and rights of the nation and a continuance of society to protect society from destruction." Of course the average man always thought that was what the government really was, but evidently thoso who know don't think so. One worker at tho unemployed meeting last Sunday evidently has something under his hat. Ho pointed out that the Dominion Government could spend large sums of money to count the people, but not to feed them. In other worjls, the ruling class can afford to count its slaveB but won't attempt to see that they don't die of starvation. Then we have workers who will insist that all they want is work. Ye gods. Mayor Gale has a dog, an Airedale, and rumor has it that it has gone red, as it was seen with a red ribbon attached to iii in the oity hall during tho week. This red stuff certainly is catching. schools looms a new rivalry of th* naval powers. The Oerman fleet is at the bottom ot Scapa Flow. It is not quit* clear where th* nut enemy will be discovered, hut In our island story we were never long at a loss, I am old enough to have written unpopular leading articles ln the distant days when we were building against France and Russia. The new facts are, of course, that the American programme will give that kindred associated power a bigger navy than ours by 1824, and the new American ships, Uk* those of our ally Japan, will be Individually mor* formidable than any w* hav* yet laid down. Simple minds might rejoice at such an accession of strength to an ally and an associate. Are not these part ot the combination which made the world sate for democracy? Should we not rejoice that this insurance for democracy ls paid in dollars and yen Instead of pounds sterling? I have not beard that view expressed. There ls ln some quarters a shudder of alarm at the thought of competing ln shipbuilding with a power whloh has twice our population and four times our wealth, but no one ventures to suggest that the Americans ar* relieving us of burden. And yet, between us and our cousins there ls much Identity of purpose. We both want oil. The New Pacifism It needs a wide sweep of imagination to grasp-the new phases of world rivalry which open up after the war to end war. Our neit war will not originate in Europe. Europe is a ruined continent; It* dying cities and gasping civilisation will lure no conqueror whose fleet can carry him further afield. We ar* not vultures to quarrel dver .this corpse. The French, Indeed, may hav* parochial interests Ih the Ruhr coalfield, bu( that Is not our concern; A Oerman thinker named Spongier, who ha* lately written a book on the decline of Western civilisation, predicts that the future lies ln tha Paelfle. We are a mobile power. The Syrian ohlef in Disraeli's Tancred invited Queen Victoria to remove herself with her court and crown from London to th* east One need not do that. But lt would not be surprising lf tho now superfluous fleet which Lord Fisher concentrated ln the North Sea should gradually transfer Itself to the Pacific. The Cruse ot Oil A few weeks ago I was watching a Chinese general and his staff, very smartly dressed, motoring past the Kremlin. The Sam* evening I saw at th* Moscow Opera that mysterious Mr. Vanderlip who has since become famous. I was told to observe silence, and I have don* so, but since Lenin gave the secret to the world and Mr. Weils I heed no longer be reticent, I read the quaint document addressed to "His Excellency N. Lenin" by a group of American bankers who boasted themselves deep ln the counsels of the Republican Party. It .was an odd mixture of high morality, and shrewd business, and I gathered that Its main purposo was to secure the oil of Kamschatka, together with an eligible naval sta tion, for the uae of the American flett. OU ia always useful, wherever found, but when Providence has placed oil on the shores of the very sea hitherto dominated by your chief rival, what goodly republic would resist th* oall ot its manifest destiny? Mr. Vanderlip haB got his concession. Japan has already protested, and In the Kremlin a shrewd face raises a cynical eyebrow, as it watches the perpetuum mobile of strife whioh a stroke of Its pen has set going among the capitalist powers. No one, of course, ls thinking ot war. One arms to prevent lt Nor do I see how Japan, with her present disparity of force could faco a war with the United States. Our alliance with her haB a clause which relieves us of the obligation to com* In against America. Moreover, It will want the efforts of more pens than Mr, Bot ton-ley's to- work up a war fever against our cousins and associates. The thing' might be done, however; one ot the biggest naval scares and building Behind this rivalry of tk* naval booms in our history waa directed agalnat Franoe, immediately after our oo-operatlon with'her tt an ally tn the Crimea. Compete tad Scramble In any event ships are useful for the dry warfare of diplomacy. A great many concessions and much valuable raw material can be allocated, aa the Moroccan affair showed, merely by arming and counter-arming. That may go on tor years until someone murders a king. Two gaps in the peace settlement mad* the renewal of the old war ot stoel and gold Inevitable. Firstly, we refused even to discuss the frsedom of the seas, and thereby forced America to build against us. Secondly, the League of Nations waB created without power to ration the world's raw materials, Already from Baku to Kamschatka, from Mosul to Mexico, th* scramble for oil has set the ships and the aircraft moving, to an accompaniment of diplomatic Notes. There Is talk of disarmament, and there will be more, but there will be arming until the world's wealth Ib distributed by consent Diamonds Our Diamond window halts the footsteps of many a pedestrian to get a peep at our display of the latest in Diamond Jewellery. „; But don't stop there—welcome to a visit to our Diamond Boom if only to feast yeur eyes at a sight of literally hundreds of unmounted gems, Diamonds in every conceivable V size — special Mt quality stones ready to be mounted to your own design or from ideas and sketches of our 0MO£im "Tho Rouse of Diamonds" 480-486 GranvUle Stret. At Corner of Pendor Wt^__________________________^_________\ . I A POINT TO REMEMBER Some merchants la town do not think your custom Is much use to them, or tbey would advertise their ware* In The Federatlonist to secure your-trade. Remember this when you are about to nuke a purchase. The Mexican Oil Situation (By Arthur Thomson) A CONFERENCE wu recently held ln Texas between otl men Interested' In Mexican petroleum, among them being Edward L. Doheny, the oil millionaire. . Doheny and certain other oil operators are still openly hostile to Mexico's constitution, especially Article 27, dealing with the na- ti. imitation of petroleum and natural resources. Press agents of these interests have been filling financial journals and tht oil sheet* with hostile propaganda and opposing recognition of the Obregon administration until lt sells out to tb* petroleum interests. Th* oil problem la Mexico's mott dangeroua problem. It it it not solved satisfactorily to tht oil' interests they art going to cause trouble. Tht old Imperialists of the Doheny brand won't be satisfied with anything less than the abolition of the nationalisation programme, They will demand fret .rein* to exploit Mexican petroleum at they did during the Dlat regime. On th* other hand there are th* newer companies, such as the Ouffey interest*, whloh hav* not, and ar* not, opposing th* Mexican petroleum policy. They made no protests even under the Carransa retime. Also the British oil companies, such a* the' Corona and Aguiia companies, are not opposing the Mexican oil policy. From the standpoint of Immediate profits* th* Doheny group have no cause for hostility, They C. N. U. X. Headquarters The Office and Reading- Room of the Canadian National Union of Ex-Service Men, is located at 61 Cordova St W., first floor rear. Secretary can be found there any time. 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Re expects and demands th* co-operation ot -his government In this—and he usually gets it. - Central America has long been a stamping ground of American Imperialism. Outside of Mexico the governments of the republics to the south are merely puppets of corporations such as the United Fruit Company. And the determined opposition to tha governments of Mexco by the Interests during the last ten years has been because they could not handle them like they do ln Central America and as they did Porflrlo Dla* tn Mexico. The Harding administration Is not going to recognize ths Obregon Government' until It gives certain guarantees and special privileges to American corporations. Up to the present ths chief" opponents of recognition bave been the petroleum Interests and unless their demands are met lt Is safe to say that no recognition will be forthcoming. 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It, Phot a Sty. 6H. 3260 Halt St, Phona Fair. 1063 ibis m for compromise Titanic Straggle Between Communist snd Capitalist Forces (By Paul Hanna, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Washington—Russia will not bs forobd to abandon Communism as tho price of trade with the United States. When Secretary of State Hughes made publlo his note to Moscow last Friday some report- era tried to make htm Interpret the message as a refusal by the United States to trade until Communism ls overthrown, and Mr. Hughes flatly refused to do that On tha contrary, It was stated and reiterated to the newspapermen that this administration does not concern Itself officially with the political philosophy of any people. But upon natlona with strange social practices, as in tha oaso ot Russia. Mr, Hughes plaees tha bur* den qf proving that they oan reduce their theories to some practice acceptable . and profitable to the United States. * The basis of Lenin's probable answer to the American note was given by ttie Soviet premier when he addresnd the congress of the Third International last July. On that occasion war without quarter had been, deolared against the whole capitalist wcrld, ho stated, and when the Communists were sure of two things: That proletarian revolts would follow quickly in other countries, and that society oould not endure half Communist and- half capitalist. These two theoretical anticipations had proved false, Lenin deolared. World revolution had not come as fast oa he and his colleagues had expected. But this disappointment had been offset by another revelation of great and unexpected advantage to the Soviet government Russian Communism could not destroy world capitalism ln open combat, It was true; but world capitalism had emerged .from the war so weakened that it In turn, oould not destroy the Communist Infant its historical successor. A Communist theory had been exldoded, to the enormous advantage of Communism! A Wrecked Theory DIscardly forthwith a wrecked theory, Lenin turned ln character- Istlc mnner to the guiding star of new facts. A balance of power be' .tween the new sooial order and the old had unexpectedly been struck. History shows that powers evenly balanced always gave birth to compromise and "peace" to compromises on both sides that will permit of co-operation between the foes. * Hostile Social Systems The trade treaty just signed between capitalist London and Communist Moscow is a concrete expression of Lenin's worldly-wise genius, of his new vision of the peaceful struggle between hostile social systems which new truths make necessary. Secretary of State Hughes has written a note to Russia couched lti the exaot spirit of Lenin's shifting tactics. Lenin discards the open war on Communism. Both aim to find some meeting place that will bring temporary,, benefit to the constituents of eaoh. Mr. Hughes ls not such a copycat that he would bid the Russians enter and bf seated simply because Oreat Britain has done lt The pressure behind Hughes ls essentially the same as that which forced Lloyd George to aot. But the American statesman has his own tech' nique. He will outdo the British lf .he can and set1 a high watermark by wringing from Moscow tome public "confession" ot altered faith. Lonin Will Win Lentn cares little tor the forms which make and break other diplomats. That is his great- advantago. He will satisfy Mr. Hughes completely. I( may take several montbs to bring them about a table but they should be months of delight to the gods on Olympus. Lenln spars beautifully, and Mr. Hughes Is no slouch when he's Interested. Several senators have come, out with flat* statements favoring giving the Russian government a fair hearing, and, while others pussyfoot around expressing their fear that under the guise of business representatives propagandists will be admitted to the country, there is a strong undercurrent ln the Capitol that ls for a complete recognition of the Communists, DETHRONED hot permltte4 to know muoh about lit.thomaa- ranch br th* (tally M, but th* government'* report 111 rebuttal of hit ohargei wu given vory generous publicity. „ To Alloovtr how much ot tho blot antl-Britlih propaganda 1« ch»_ g••-la to ui unreliable, prejudiced or untruthful reporter la aotd very, eaay. A peraon hu to be preeent at-aar event, reportod to obtain knowledge ot the truth ot the natter. -When It la a queitlon ot put opinion or polity that la to 'be tasted, It li knowledge ot the opinion or polloy that la required. Ae an example ot mlirepresehta- tlon by th* reporter on the scene —In thl* oaa* a mlerepreientatlon to dlaoredit the- Brltlih Labor Party's polloy on the Irlih question —I would like to quote a despatch from Windermere, publlihed tn the Provinoe of Feb. li, Thli reporter •tates, In part: "Ur. Bromley seizes the chance to coeroe Lloyd Oeorge Into a aettlement of the Irish quea- tlon on English Labor llnoi, whioh hitherto havo been republicanism, or anything else that Sinn Felnere may dealre," New, any one familiar with the English Labor Party's polioy knows that during the per lod ■ covered by Wlndermere'e "hitherto" It WM Inclined to be Very conservative regarding It*' land, ud wig not In favor ot rt- publication. It tl oily recently that Bngllsh Labor* hu com* to support Blu F*la ln th*tr claims tet a republic. tou _ on, mi,. atatement, A aecond on* Is, that Bromley ytea attempting to coerce Lloyd Oeorge into a settlement of tho Irlih question. Windermere contradicts thta falsehood himself in a following aentonoe, where he aays It la a complete, open Investigation into the shooting ot two railwaymen at Mallow that Brom. ley asks for. ' Another method that ia uied to mislead publlo opinion Is th* comment found ln tho editorial col umns. Comment may .be blued, u lt certalny M, but no complaint eaa be mad* It It ts bued on truth. Ae truth hu beea shown, to be a •^eondary consideration ln other departments of a newspaper, lt la not surprising to find it wanting The Local Press and die Irish Question ■ URE BED World Shipowners Are in Harmony on Wage Reducing (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON.—Andrew Furuseth, president of the International Seamen's Union of Am&ca, has received word that the shipowner! o( Norway and Italy have followed the lead of the shipowners of the United States and ot Oreat Britain tn demanding a reduction ln aea- men'e wages, Ih each cue ln these tour marl- time countries the wage cut li Jus- tilled on the ground that that nation cannot otherwise compete wtth the others. And in eaoh the amount of tho out Is about the same—from 20 to 30 per cent.. The Italian seamen's co-operative —the Garibaldi Company—has been operating successfully at the full union scale of wages and conditions. It wos furnishing so much evidence against the claims of the shipowners, according to Furuseth, that the Italian parliament has •beon enlisted by the.,ihipownors to suppress the demonstration. The parliament has voted to take away the ships allocated tfy tho Italian government to lie Qarlbaldl for operation. AS IT IB with the Labor, Russian' aad related questions, th* looal press cannot stoop too low to discredit th* Nationalist Irish. Som* tlm* ago the New Republic (New Tork) carried a long article exposing and dissecting the falsifications, misrepresentations and suppression! of newa despatches published by the New Tork Times regarding the Soviet regime ln Russia. This expose revealed the faot that, according to the New Tork Times, Lenln and Trotsky had been murdered, imprisoned, kidnapped, oommitted suicide or fled, tlmea out of number; that Petrograd had been cap- tuerd and recaptured by counterrevolutionaries; that Wrangel, Denikin and the remainder of tho White Ouard family had emuhed the whole of the Bolsheviki armies again and again, and so on. Many of the despatches covering the foregoing "news" (?) were published ln one form or another locally, tt readen will no doubt remember. The truth about Ireland hu been and li being similarly distorted or suppressed locally, with the sole object of misleading publio opinion. As non* of thi dallies published her* are pro-Irish or favorable to Irish alms, and u the source from whloh most of th* news Is received Is English or British, and therefore anti-Irish, it Is difficult to make a thorough and extended oheck of the news that ls published. There are no pro- Irish statements wtth whloh to verify the endless anti-Irish propaganda, as lt li published. I have, however, made a cursory survey of the local press over the last three or four, months, and am giving hereunder examples of th* methods used to lead the publlo mind astray. Newi may be doctored In several ways. Misleading headlines, that is, whloh are not supported by the matter ln the body ot the despatch, form one of the more usual means. This method, of course, more easily misleads the rapid reader, the man who glances quickly through his paper, taking ln the headlines only, and forming hli opinion upon these, The careful reader, who takes in th* body of the despatch, may note the mis-statement or misrepresentation In (h* headline, but as his opinion will most probably have been shaped by the headline, th* discrepancy would be more likely to pass unnoticed. Some example* of thi* practice follow: Dally Sun, Dec. 2, 11120: Headlines reads, "Six Hundred Irish Murders." The facta stated In the dispatch give 200 odd killed, and 400 wounded. Dally Sun, earn* date: A sub-head for despatch covering the pub ll.aU.il ot the English Labor Party report on Ireland reads: "Absolves government from blame for massacre in Crook* Park." Perusal of the despatoh Itself, however, discloses that the report only absolves the government from anything In the nature of "premeditated reprisals." Nothing is said about them not being to blam* for th* massacres, Daily Sun, Feb. T. Small caption reads: "Victim of Sinn Fein.' Paragraph reporti that "High Sheriff McWalter of Dublin died today." There li nothing whatever about Sinn Fein being connected with hii death. Dally Sun, Jan, 19: Headline, "Sinn Fein gets no recognition as republic's envoy." The roport specifically statei that the repub llcan envoy did not ask acknowledgment. .Thia would be a, caae of deception by Inference, as the headline would mislead one to believe the Irish Republic had received still another rebuff. Dally World and Provinoe, Maroh li: Sub-head says, "Six Sinn Feiners convicted of complicity ln slaying of British ollicers," and "Oullty of complicity in kit ling officers of tho crown." Those statements are only half-truths, and are not ln accordance with the reports, but they serve the purpose tor whloh they were written. The report discloses that two rebels were guilty of complicity In killing offlcere, and the other four wore convicted of ambushing, at which no officers were killed. Another method: ot doctoring news Is to suppress matter ln the local officii, and, of course, suppress vital facts at ths source. That niwi hu been suppressed In' the local offlce ls som* times discovered by comparing different papers. It is fortunate for us that, so far, th* local papers do not always decide on the same suppression, and occasionally on* paper wtll Inadvertently publish a leat. ence or paragraph In a dispatch whloh Its contemporaries hav* omitted. For Instance, th* Province of Jan, 31, carrted a despatch from Ottawa, commenting upon the status of Captain Orattan Ba- mfinde, who at that time was held aboard the itakura off the oout of Australia, having been refused admission to that country. Th. last paragraph of this report reads: "It ta pointed out numeroue per- ■om in Canada have 'with Impunity openly expressed Sinn Fein viewi and that lt Is not the function of the Immigration department to dispense justice upon people coming Into the country who, lf they were residents, would not bo liable to prosecution under th* Criminal Code." This, tn effect, would show that Capt Bsmonde would be free to return to Canada, not being guilty of any orime. However, the Sun, which lt would appear at that tlm* wu about to perform on* of Its periodical stunte and work up an. agitation against Capt. Esmond*, by fair means or foul, must have decided the above paragraph would spoil lti can lf presented to It* readers, for on March 1, the morn- tng following the publication of the full despatch ln the Province, lt ran the despatoh In a prominent position on the front page, boxed,. and under the head: "Will Canada Let Bsmonde Land in the City? but 'omitted the foregoing extenuating paragraph. Another case whloh looks very much like suppression In the looal offices ls thc non-publlcatton of a report sent out from Ottawa, under date of April 2,'and whlih repoit would have tended to nullify the antl-Iriih drive of lut week-end. Thli report wan published ln the Victoria Colonist, Aprlf" 3, and reads: Tha Immigration department hns no knowledge of a speech said to have bcen made by O. Orattan Esmonds at a meeting in Vancouver lut night, in which he condemned the British administration ln Ireland. At the department lt waa said today that Esmond, had oeen admitted to Canada as a transient, which is defined u a person passing through Canada on his way to another country. An official of the department said that he had not heard of any undertaking on the part of Esmonds that he would not make speeches while ln Canada. He ennnot stay in Canada for any lengthy period he said. On. does not have to look far for th. reuon for this suppression. Th* publlo might decide that Captain Eemonde is th. victim of an agitation based on false grounds, > A further example of suppression locally occurs ln a despatch- dated Dublin, Jan. 25, published In' the Provinoe. It reports a letter to th* pariah priest of Headford, Oalway, from the Archbishop of Tuam, who laments that the "true* of Ood" wu broken flrat by th* civilians of hli diocese In th* Kil- roe ambuscades. Th. despatoh I* given more fully In the World of the same date, and showi that the nrchblBhop then went on to quote the causes leading up to these ambuscade*, He says that during the put six months hli people have shown magnificent restraint under great provocation; that arrests, floggings, Imprisonment*, raids and othor Indignities did not provoke them to violence. The Province suppressed this part of the despatch, thereby leading th* publlo to believe that the Irishmen of Kllroe were entirely to be blamed for the affair. As an example of news suppressed at the source, I might quote Mr. J. H. Thomas' speech In the British House ot Commons, Feb. 15, when he denounced the Crown forces' outrages on th. railway- men at Mallow, Ireland, We were YANCOtTV._B.-B. C on the editorial page. One ot the wont Instance* et editorial dishonesty that I dropped aorois li oharg- abl* to the Viotorla Tlmei. Thii papir carried a report of the Bng- llih Tmdu Union convention In London, at th* latter end of December lut, at whloh th* English Labor Party*• report on Inland Wu preiented. Th. deapatoh wu cut abort and did not contain any atatement by th* oonvention tta to ltt view ot Sinn Fain reprint*. Th* leading editorial of the,Tlmu dealt with thl* despatch, and attacked the commission's report because th* Labor Party had aot protested agalnat Sinn Fein violence. Whether the editorial writer kniw what lw wu doing may be debatable, but It look* v*ry much Ilk* a oan of wilful mlare- presenfation of faot* when it I* remembered that the Parliamentary Labor Party had "oondemncd aot* of violence committed agalnit agint* et the British government and other*, under whatever provocation." To farther itrengtheu tk* con agalmt th* Timu, th. Victoria Colonist, on th* morning of th* following day, publlihed th* nm* report from London at greater length, and Immediately following th* aentenoe at whloh th* Tlm*** deapatoh ended, wu a paragraph reporting a proteet nud* by ta* ooavaation agalnat Sinn Fein outrage*. Stated la a tew word*, tt might b* ntd th* Tlmn omitted a fact and thea hypocritically denounced th* omission, and all la order to debauch atlll further th* publlo mind on Iriah affairs. Another can of falsehood coloring editorial comment I* Capt SH- mond*'* ean. Th* matter printed •tatea la ao- many word* that Sa* mond* hu brokon a promln In speaking to th* p.ople at a private reception. Z wu taken off mr guard, aad bell.ved then statements. To my gnat aurprin, I hav* line* learned that Eamonde made ao promln whatever. I gun* tht flotltloui "promln" wu nquired to giv* a Uttle lit* to th* agitation. A* I atat* at th* beginning of thl* artlole, thne example, war* unearthed u th* result ot a our. NEW SPRING SUITS SEE OUR NEW SPRING SUBS IN BLUS • SERGE AND TWEED MIXTURES Now prices, $26.00 and |28.00. Other prie* up to fW.00 Spring Overcoats 110.00, $33.00, $*OjOO and up Spring Shirts in all the new weaves, in tb* celebrated Arrow, Took* and best English brands. Spring Hats in Borsalino, Stetson, Mai lory, Brool& D* Luxe, Wolthausen brands, at th* new prioes. Boyi' Clothing nm* a* Dad'* Clubb & Stewart Ltd. Men's aad Boys' Clothiers 2 Stores 809 HASTINGS W. 623 GRANVILLE ST. »ory lurvay—they hav* beea obtained in ordinary day ta day reading, anl only concern ono phase of current hlitory. A* th* Irish quution li handled, *o la *very other question of th* day, and In eloilng I am tempted to quote a mott damning ln"!otm*nt of th* dally preu that I ii:'ve mat, and lt I* contained In a phraee. It h und by th* F*d*ratod Frew League In one ot th*lr advertisements. At th* earn* tha* I would Wrongly urge *v*ry liberal thinking man aad woman to giv* thtlr practical rapport toward* th* oar- rylng on ot Th* Federationlit, whloh forma oaa at th* fnr *haa> aeto by whlife ratt will obteH, whtthtr tt bt Irlih, IngUih, M> •Ian or Frenoh—"New* ln sptte at th* new**ap*m" Juat think of tk* world ot meaalag aoatalaad la thai phrau. AtODITTO] Son* mudnats la town St ■*»• think yonr cdMom Is much nag p than, or they would advert!** tkatr wans In lb* ManUon** «* SC : when yoa an about to aiak* a pac Chan, TWENTY-THREE DAYS TO GO! —and a hundred and thirty dollars per day are needed The Federationist has earned the enmity of the employing class ' —that ln itself proves that the paper is standing for the interests of the Working Claw. But What Are You Doing For Your OwnPress?" ARE YOU WAITING FOR GEORGE TO DO ITT, As the days go by and the class struggle becomes keener, the need for a labor press will become more and more evident, bat papers cannot be run because someone needs them—unless tney are also willing to pay for them. TWENTY-THREE DAYS TO GO AND A HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS PER DAY MUST BE RECEIVED OR THB AMOUNT NECESSARY CANNOT BE SECURED IN THB TIME SET FOR THE DRIVE. THERE ARE ENOUGH SUP- PORTERS OF THE FEDERATIONIST WHO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PAPER IS NECESSARY, WHO COULD DELIVER THE GOODS, BUT THEY SEEM TO BE SLEEPING. THEY MUST GET BUSY AT ONCE OR THE OBJECTIVE WILL NOT BE GAINED. SET YOUR MENTAL ALARM CLOCKS AND GET UP AND SET ABOUT THB JOB IN EARNEST. WHAT WILL YOU DO? The Campaign Closes on May 1 But the money is not yet in sight and the situation is urgent Twenty-three days—and a hundred and thirty dollars per day must be secured if we are to reach the amount that was aimed at. PAGE SIX THIRTEENTH TEAR. No. 18 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER, b. c. FR1DAT April S. 1*11 i Drugless Healing The Split in Italy W. I. DOWNIE SANIPEAOTIO PHYSICIAN Master of Practical Drugless Healing DOWNIE Sanitarium LIMITED Fifteenth Floor Standard Bank—Corner of Hastings and Richards Phones: Sermonr SOS; Highland 2184L The Drugless Healer is one of the beBt things that has come into the life of the present.—Chas. Mayo, H.D., Rochester, Minn. I practice Chiropractic constantly. —R. C. Els- worth, M.D., Astoria, Ore. "What a patient wants is results. If the medical doctor cannot give them to him, although he learnedly tells him what is the matter with him, and the IRREGULARS can, "just so long those methods of treatment are going to have followers, and rightly, too.—Richard Cabot, Chief Medical Staff, Massachusetts General Hospital. .Same Authority A quack is one who leads his patients to believe he has medical resources which, in fact, he does not possess; who fosters in them all sorts of superstitions about drugs, plasters, etc. These men are authorities, known and respected internationally for their vast experience, knowledge and ability. (To be Continued) Vancourer Unions VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL—Preildent, R. W. Hatley; iecretary, J. G. Smith. Motto 3rd Wed- ntaday etch month In the Pendor Hill, comer of Pendvr and Howe streets. Phone Bey. 281. ALLIED PRINTINO TRADES WUN- cii—Meeti ucond Monday io tbt month. Preaident, 3. 9. McConnell: •«.- retary. R. H. Neelanda. P. 0. Boi 86. BRICKLAYERS AND MASONS—If yon seed brlcklayen or masons for bollei' mlii, etc., or marble eettera, phone Irlchltyera' Union, Labor Temple. JENERAL WORKERS' UNIT OP THB 0. B. U.—Preildent, E, Andre; secre- ary, W. Service. Meete 2nd and 4th iVedneaday in each month In Pender Hall, tor. of Pender and Howo streets. Phone ley, 201. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM- ployees, Local 28— Meets every second Wednesday in tbe month at 2:80 p.m. tnd evewfonrth Wednesday In the month at 8:30 ^k>. President, John Cumming!, lecrei / fd business agent, A. Graham. Office and meeting hall, 441 Seymour Ht. %. Phone Sey. 1881. Office hours, I ma. to ft p.m. INTERNATIONAL LONG SHOREMEN' 8 Association, Loeal 88-52—Office and hall, 162 Cordora St. W. Meeta first and third Fridays, 8 p.m. Secretary- treaeurer, T. Niion; business agent, P. Sinclair. INTERNATIONAL JEWELRY WORK- era' Union—Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays. President, J. E. Dawson, 1645 Yew St., Kitsllano; secretary, E. T. Kelly, 1860 Hastings St. E.; recording secretary, L. Holdsworth, 630—14th St. W., North Vancouver. XjUMBER, OAMP A AGRICULTURAL WORKERS Dept. of the 0. B. U.— An Industrial nnlon of all workers In log- Sng and construction camps. Coast Din- let and General Headquarters, 01 Cordova Bt. W., Vaneonver, B. 0. Phona Sey. TIBS. ■• Winch, general eecretary- trtasnrer; legal advisers, Messrs. Bird, Maedonald k Co., Vanconver, B. Cj auditors, Messrs. Buttar A Chiene, Vancou- ver, B. 0. MOVING PICTURE MACHINE OPERA- TORS UNION, LOCAL 848, I.A.T.S.E —Affiliated with Trades and Labor Couneil nnd Theatrical Federation, Vanconver, President, J. R. Foster; secretary and treasurer, T. W. Sapsted. Office and meeting room, 810 London Building, Pender flt. W. Regular meeting night, flrst Sunday In each month at 7:80 p.m. Bull- less Agent, W. Woolrjdge. Phona Fraser wt. (From The Socialist) THE ITALIAN Socialist Party has split, like all other parties of mixed composition which have heen forced to formulate clear definitions. But the split In Italy has given rise to a different situation from those resulting from the Congresses of Halle and Tours, ln Germany and France respectively. We may compare the position of the two present Italian parties with that of the Communist and Independent parties in Germany before the Halle conference. The Leghorn conference has separated the most resolute amongst the Communists from the rest of the party, Including the Reformists and the hesitating Communists. The final division has not yet been made, For some timo to come the Italian Communist Party wtll be deprived of the help of valuable elements, but it will flnd them in Its ranks again when the decisive mo< ment cornea for the Italian prole- tarit. To balance this, tt cannot fall, freed from the dead weight of Reformism, to gain ground among the revolutionary Syndicalists and workers with Anarchist tendencies/ who up to the present have kept aloof from the political party of the proletariat, not so much because of systematic hostility to politics as to aversion to mere "elec- toralism." We see, then, that the flrat salutary result of the split will be to bring Into the political organization considerable numbers of workers who had long held aloof, and who could hardly be expected to belong to a party which still had men like Treves and Turatl tn Its ranks. A socond advantage ls that the split will bring about the coh-a sion of all the revolutionary Marx- tan elements, by deprovlng the followers of Bordiga qf their justification for abstaining from all electoral action, since the latter party has now rallied to the thesis of the Communist International on tho question of parliamentarism. Above all, the division will result ln the formation of an uncompromising proletarian party, which will lead the revolutionary movement to the conquest of political power and the dictatorship of tho proletariat In such a party all the militant elements at present scattered ln the various trade union organizations and ln the old party will be welded together. The old party keeps two-thirds of the total membership of the party as lt was1 before the Leghorn conference. But It keeps also Its weakness; a pusillanimous general general staff, from whieh, as the revolutionary situation develops, the masses will become more and more alienated. The opportunism of the leaders of the Itallrn Socialist Party led a large number of workers to range themselves under the black flag of anarchy. The fighting spirit of the Anarchic te and the moral courage of their leaders (e. g. Malateata)— the only real spiritual heirs of Ba- kunln—attracted to their standard contingents of workers,, the like of which were not known In any other centre of Anarchism ln Europe. This remarkable phenomenon wat due for the most part to the mistakes of the Italian Socialist Party, to Its passive spirit In those crltl cal momerta when the proletariat looks for the word of command to be given. Thero Is no doubt that the Itat Ian Socialist Party, deprived as It now Is of the counterbalancing weight of the Left, will Incline more and more towards reformism under the Influence of the conciliatory spirits uf the C*i*ica Soc.alfl (Turati s organ)-. The Communists who have -remained In the party will then pull themselves togeLV r, and will resolve on a policy which they did not dare to follow out at Leghorn. Thu? another split will rake place. It may come as the rosult of . conference similar to that held at Halle fn Gorirany, or the party may disaggregate under tho attract'.on of the Communist Varty. The prest-i.ci. of Reformists and Communists In the aame party 1? Impossible ..t a time like the present, when the whole of Europe, and Italy more than any other country, is in the throes of an Intense class struggle. But the split at Leghorn must have an effect outside the frontiers of Italy. It must be looked at from an International pllnt uf view, and that Is Just what Serratl seems to have lost sight of. At the Moscow conference Serratl was opposed to the majority of the Communist International. He criticized the "opportunism" of the Bolsheviks, finding traces of opportunism ln their Ideas on the agrarian, national and colonial questions, and on the affiliation of the British Communist Party to the Labor Party. He also reproached them for abandoning the 22nd condition of admission to the International, dealing with the exclusion of Free Masons. Only on one point did he accuse them of taking up a too uncompromising position, and that was with regard to the exclusion of fATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF North America (Vancouver and vicinity)— Braneh meets seeond and fourth Mondaya, 819 Pander St. W. Prealdeat, Wm. Hunter, 818 Tenth Ave., North Vancouver; flnanclal secretary, E. Qoddard 158 Richards Street; recording secretary, 3. D. Russell, Booth Rd., McKay P. 0., Berneby, B. 0. ,, BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECO- raters aad Paperhangers of America. Loeal 188, Vancouver—Meeta Snd and dth Thursdays at 148 Oordova St, W. Shone Say. 8481. Business agent, R. A. jurkor. Employeea, Pioneer Division, No. 101 —Meets A. 0. F. Hall, Mount Pleasant 1st and 8rd Mondaya at 10.16 a.m. and - p.m. President, F. A. Hoover, 2409 Clarke Drive; recording-secretary, F. E. Griffin, 447—6th Avenne East; treasurer, E. 8. 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The opposition of Serratl and his group to the International Is thue of a very peculiar character. Ab far as tactics are concerned, lt is an opposition ef the Left, or at least It styles itself such, and thus can, and ought to, function inside the International; and yet, on the other hand, it comes up against a strict princiole of the Communist International in refusing to purgv the Italian Party of the doctrinaires of opportunism. We have here an astonishing contradiction; how can Serratl blame the momentary opportunism of the Bolfrhevlks in the Interests of the revolution (an opportunism which does no harm to Communist principles; and which concerns only certain aspects of the revolutionary struggle), and yet at the same time show his solidarity with avowed opportunists, however talented and morally honest they may be? He can do lt only at the.price of a contradiction which violates the action of hts party. Under the pretext of autonomy ln the Inner policy of the party, Serratl Is going as far as to break oontaot with the Communist International, to which he still protests he Is loyal, and whilst 21 conditions he approves of, and oven adds another to them. He does not see that his attitude must of necessity lead him more and more towards lie Right, and to a systematic disparagement of the Communist International and of the Russian Revolution. At flrst he was satisfied with protesting against the exclusion of Modigllani, whilst fully recognizing the necessity of separating the party trom the group led by Treves and Turati. But at Leghorn he upheld unity with the latter, and broke with Bombaccl and Terra- eclni. On his return from Moscow he wrote in a letter to the Nouvelle Internationale of Geneva (Oct 19): "I am for the Third International, for the dictatorship of the proletariat, for violent revolution. I have never given-anw adherence to the resolutions of the Reggio- Emilia conference (conference of the Right held at that town.) X have written against Its findings, although its resolutions were much mare to the Left than the ideas of Graber and Kaine.'.' He did not protest against the capital made out of his attitude by avowed coun- ter-revoluttlonarles like Merrheim and Longuet. At tbe very moment that he was criticising the Bolsheviks from a Left standpoint, he allowed the European Mensheviks, and even the bourgeois press to make capital out of his position, from the standpoint of the Right. Neglecting the International' point of view, he has put weapons into the hands of the worst enemies of the revolution, and thus thwarted the efforts of Communist groups in several countries. In the letter quoted above he wrote: "In my opinion, we must expel the Right opportunists, but we must do It skilfully, so as to keep the mass on our side." And now he, has not only failed to "expel the Right opportunists" from the Italian Party, but he Is helping the anti-Communist propaganda of the French opportunists. Whether he wished It or not—and we know that he did not—the result Ib the same. To claim that, In future, the Italian opportunists will be sub- ected to a stricter discipline Is an argument of no effect. The lessons of the past are there to prove that after each conference,. Turatl's Ideas remain Just as they were before, and that hts actions are hurtful to those of the party, whatever disciplinary measures may be taken. On the very eve of the Leghorn conference, Turatl was recommending en anti-Bolshevik book, and was even helping in Its circulation. Such-an attitude cannot be reconciled with the programme and doctrines of the majority. Again, to say, as Serratl did, that lf you expel Modigllani, you should expol Cachin In France, la a superficial argument, unworthy of a Marxist, and which will not bear examinatiin. No one denies that Modigllani went to Zimmerwald at the time when Cachin was a social-patriot. But participation in the Zimmerwaldian movement does nto confer on a man a certificate for life as a revolutionary, just as participation in the current of war—especially In a country like France, where you could count the number of revolutionaries who opposed the war on the fingers of your hands—does not imply the impossibility of recognizing one's mistake and of loyally serving the cause of the proletariat. It Ib not by the paBt that we can judge men, In a period of history in which thought evolves and ripens so rapidly undo the pressure of events, but by the present. And that Ib not all. The Italian. Party cannot be placed In the same; category as the French Party. Thc latter is greatly inferior to the former, not only In the Bpirit of the mass of the party, but also ln the quality of its militants and ln the influence lt exerts, This depends on a variety of reasons that we cannot go Into here; but It Is sufficient for our present purposes to state what Is an undeniable fact. The two parties are placed ln different environments, and evolve ln the same direction. Their development Is not parallel; their political maturity does not follow the same process; they do not grow to maturity at the samo speed. What is valid for the French Party today will only be valid for the Frenoh Party tomorrow. The Communist International cannot expect from the latter what lt Is entitled to expect from the former. It Is within the bounds of possibility that both Cachin and the writer of this article—who Is not always ln agreement with Cachin—may ln a year or two be outstripped by the Communist movement and expelled from its ranks, unless they advance with the general mass. But Serratl Is wrong In framing rigid formulae which do not adapt themselves to the varied situations of which they pretend to take account. When a party has risen to the level to which the Italian Patry attained before the Leghorn conference, one cannot trace out for them the same rules which might be quite applicable fo a party like the Frenoh, which has only juit recently rid THE NEW BASTILLE •—Drawn for The Federated Press and tha Australian Worker by Mick Paul. News from Germany The Fight In the German Chemical Industry In consequence of the owner's attempt to increase the eight-hour day, a strike vote has been taken, which has resulted in an almost unanimous vote to go out on strike. This represents 8400 workers of the Cologne district The exeoutlve of the union has refused - to sanction the strike and strike.pay, and as a result, a further 3600 workers In the chemical industries of Schlehbush have decided to go out on a sympathetic strike. A New Entente Attack on Soviet Russia For some time it has been known that the Entente intend to make a fresh attack on Soviet Russia, with the aid of Horthy, premier of Hungary, this offensive to be made via the Russian Carpathians (the territory north-east of the former Hungarian monarchy — that i has been included in Czechoslovakia). The foreign minister of Czechoslovakia "Benes" haB agreed to allow the white guard to penetrate the Russian Carpathians and Eastern Galicia into Soviet Russia. The Vorwarts ot Reichenburg, now espouses how far these plans have been advanced, aa follows: Russian Carpathla, although only a small piece of territory, is of great importance to European' politics, as it is the bridge connecting the small entente nations with Soviet Russia, over which the "White Guards of all the Middle European States are to attack Soviet Russia. The storm troops for this attack comprise 70,000 Hungarians, well armed with machine guns and in case of success,. a steady flow would follow of troops, amunltlons and arms from France through Bavaria,' Austria-Hungary and Russian Carpathla, also from Poland.—From the Communist Press News In Berlin. The Communist Press In Czechoslovakia Up to the present, Communist propaganda in Czecho - Slovakia has suffered by a- lack of good periodicals, the Vorwaerts of Reichenburg being the only paper. Since the split in the Socialist parties, there has been a great increase ln the Communist press. Now In addition to the Vorwaerts. there are the dally papers Volles- timme of Pressburg, and the Internationale of Kowotau, also a paper appearing three times a week in MachrlBCh-Ostran, also weekly papers In TJeplitz-Knimau- Inglan Frievaldau and in the near future special editions of the Vorwaerts will be published In the other German districts of Czechoslovakia. The Flght for the Third International ln Canada From Berlin, Germany, we received the following announcement: The question of joining the [.Third International is being discussed ln the Socialist Party of Canada. In the Western Clarion, the S. P. of C. Party organ, is a good article by Fred W. Kaplan In favor of joining. "PUSH" Itself of its Scheidemanns and Kautskys. After having made use of. bad reasoning, Serratl has envenomed the controversy, by having recourse to spiteful repartees against the Bolsheviks, unworthy the name of j arguments. For example, In reply! to Lenin's criticism published ln this Bulletin, he recalled a vehement article dealing with Zlnoviev, which Lonin published when Zlnoviev left the Bolshevik government for several days ln Nov., 1917, in company with several other commissars. One would have wilfully to misunderstand the revolutionary conditions ln which Lenin write the words "ignare" (ignoramus) and "peureux" (timid), the atmosphere of Btruggle and violence of that time, the perilous nature of the fight, and Lenin's habit of using hlg opponents rather unceremoniously, to trade upon these two words that political passion would surely suffice to explain. What! In the lives of Lenin and Zlnoviev, entirely given up as they have been to the cause of the proletariat and the revolution, sacrificed so that the Communist idea may live, has Serratl seen nothing but the disagreement of a day, and the heat of words exchanged on that day? Truly, Serratl has entered on a path which will- lead htm far, unless he finds the strength of character to get a firm grip of himself; the path he has taken Is that, along which Martov and Kautsky have preceded htm. ' j, Serrati'g quibbles, taken up ana developed in the counter-revolutionary press of the world, made use of by the scum of the political world and by the bandits of society, without a word of protest from Serratl himself, should serve to show us whether the "unified Communists" or the "uncompromising (lntransigeants) Communists" are the true Communists, lf we ever had any doubt about lt, The fact that the French "recon- Btructors" of the Populalre, who nre now no longer to be distingu tshed from Renaudel, Vareune and Albert Thomas, and who opposed the 21 conditions of Moscow as if they were murderous and criminal conditions, can now claim Serratl—avowed partizan of the 21 conditions and even of a 22nd—as one of themselves, without his rudely calling them to order, is a plainer proof than all the artlclos and speeches of the editor of Avanti! Atthough he has declared himself no be more hostile than ever lo the counter-revolutionary work of the international "reconstruct- ors," Serratl will roll down the slope of reaction unless he sinks his pride In time and returns, before it is too late, to take his place amongst those who are fighting for Communism,—Translated for the Socialist, by H. G., from an artlole by Varine In Le Bulletin Communist* (French Communlit Weekly.) Paris Loggers and Work Boots NJOT the ordinary cheaply made boots that will ruin your feet in . ■y the wearing, but boots that are hand lasted and fitted, made of soft pliable oil tan leather by well-paid workmen who know their work. These boots do not require breaking in but are comfortable from the time you start wearing them. They are guaranteed to. hold caulks because the sole leather used is of the very best quality. They have Paris' own special heel and arch to prevent broken down shanks and turned counters. 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P, hall was on the relationship of Prlmitlve~~~t*rls- tlanlty to the class struggle. The speaker, ae usual, reviewed briefly the 'subject of the previous evening, which had dealt with the property rights and sez relations under tribal communism when our ancestors held land and. the other means of life In common. He showed that morals and marriages have always been based on economlo forces and change, ln accordance - with social Institutions which bear upon them. Morgan's "Ancient Soolety," and Engel's "Origin of the Family/' were the basis of this subject, as dealt with by Dr. Curry, and the workers filled every seat, while many stood during the entire address and the discussion. The intellectual change whieh must precede this political and economlo revolution is on today, and nothing can stop It. Think of the revolutionary . ex-service men, and the red flag In the Vancouver Hotel, and the masters depending on their slaves to do their fighting! It Was shown last Monday that the Bible, Instead of being a pre- sentatlon of the earliest form of human existence ts, In faot, a very recent product, and presents knowledge of thev hundreds of thousands of years of man's early life upon this planet. The Bible knows nothing of matrimony or group marriage, that form of.sex organization existing when parentage, for obvious reasons, was traced through this maternal side of the house. tn fact the Bible is only our "spiritual and moral guide," and the book on which we swear today because lt represents the Institutions of private property, and the State whieh, everywhere except In Russia, represents a pro. perty owning and a parasltlo class. Holy men tike Noah, Abraham, Isaac,'Jacob, David and Solomon were possessors of property in oxen, sheep, asses and many wives, and they Insisted that these wives "be true" to them, on penalty of stoning for adultery, because they Insisted that their property be inherited by their sons-and not the snos of other men, who might have intercourse with their women. We eee therefore ln private property the basis not only of slavery, but of polygamy and prostitution, as well as many other specialties of our Christian civilisation. Primitive Christianity History is mainly a record of class struggles between slave and master, and Primitive Christianity represents this conflict Rome had conquered the known world and her legions had even invaded Britain. The object of ancient imperialism was just what; Britain and modern empires stands for today: Subjugation and plunder, the right to rule and rob. Perhaps the earliest record of the class struggle was of that between the masters of Egypt and their Hebrew slaves, who were rescued by Jehovah, the big war chief and tribal god. He enabled Moses to beat the magicians of Egypt at their tricks. The story given by the Bible ln Exodus is, however, so filled with worlts of magic, of stories of plagues of frogs and lice, rivers turning to blood, of the Red Sea parting to Allow the Israelites to escape and closing to drown the hosts of Egypt, that It is of value only as a portrayal of past superstition and of tho Egyptian darkness which' prevails In the mental dungeons of many priests and preachers and their dupes, even today. . But this tale of miracles played an important part ln the hopes and activities of the -early Christian church. Foroe of Arms Foiled The flrst revolts of the slaves of slaves. In 149 B. 0„ Varlathus ta Spain vainly attempted to throw oft the chains of Roman Imperialism. In 145 B. C. Bunlo made a slml lar attempt and as a result, 20,000 of his followers were crucified by the agents of law and order. - Sparticus began his war on slavery, in 74 B. C, and held the armies of the Roman powers at bay for four years, defeating them tn toi\ fierce battles. His defeat was followed by fierce and wholesale reprisals also. The result of this struggle was that the great Labor organizations of the ancient workers were crushed and what were left were driven to underground methods. But hope springs eternally In the human breast. If force of arms were vain, there was still the great war chiefs, the gods who were sometimes on the side of tbe common people, and so the slaves of Rome began to look upward for help. -aa*a Meeslanlo Hop* The ancient, prophets, sueh as Mlcah and Isiah had told of a divine leader who would take the chosen people and the world Into a golden age of peace and plenty. Physical force had failed, but they remembered how Moses had rescued the Hebrews from the yoke of Egypt through the aid af Jehovah, . Osborn* Ward ln hla "Anoient Lowly," claims to have positive evidence that Jesus of Nazareth was, In his own opinion, and U the opinion of his followers, the Messiah who was to perform this great aot Of bringing destruction to the oppressor, and tn leading the workers Into the Communistic commonwealth, where service and fraternity would be the only badge of greatness. The idea that the oppressed of Jndealr and Rome were hoping only for life beyond the grave. Is absurd. A land of freedom flowing with milk and honey wae the ideal then, as now. This ooncep-, tton of bliss beyond Jordan may apply to some hopeless alaves of] today, but it was not so In the flrst. centuries. It was tbe "kingdom of heaven among men" on earth they were looking for. Christianity was not then as now, the enslaving mistress of the State, "the chloroform of the people." It ls true that science had not been bom, and that miracles was looked for, and lt was because of thie religious guise of the early church, that the Carpenter was able to hid* the revolutionary character of His message so long before He was also crucified by the Black and Tan of the Mother of Empires. Subject next Monday will be. "Why and how Christianity became the mistress of the State, and th* enemy of the workers." ____ THE LABOR SPY (By Sydn.y Howard la Th. titer lowed . . . Th. tramway com pany unt (our car. out of th. barns Into th. mob. Th. .trlke- breakers ln th. car were armed, A man In on. of the car. shot Into th. mob, hitting a policeman. Tho mob wa. mad. up mostly of boys from 14 to 20 years of a«s. Mr. Hlld, the president of th. tramway company, stated In th. papers, the next morning, that "th. street car employees were not responsible for tho riot' "The following day, Friday, the Bast Side car barn riots occurred, Union pickets were lounging on some stone coping about a park facing the car barns when an auto- mlblle drove up with a man ln uniform in lt He stood up and, as ho left the car, turned toward the pickets and flred directly at them; then, holding a revolver In each hand, backed Into th. barn and the doors were closed. "Soon afterwards people began to gather about the barn. 'Suddenly an automobile drove up and four WE NEED IT NOW While May Day has been set M tho closing date for the raising of $5,000 for the Eedcratlonlst, It should be understood that we need It NOW. / Winnipeg — Frank Woodward, secretary of the Central Labor Council of the One Big Union, has been elected editor of the One Big Union Bulletin, to succeed John Houston, who died of pneumonia. Mr. Houston was well-known In various sections of Canada as a _^-^^^_-______1____ lecturer and writer on Socialism, Bome were through leadership of J and kindred topics. Republic) THAT INDUSTRIAL esplonag. _hould produc. violence _§ inevitable. Th. official record. of the business ar. the records of labor violence. Plnkerton provided the armed guards for'the battl. of Homestead Mills In Ult, east provoked the only congressional inquiry esplonag. has ever faoed, From that time to this, through every Btrike whloh has known, violent manifestations, th. detective, the spy, th. provocateur and th. gunman, all agents of th. industrial d.tectlve, hav. had thalr role, to play. Esplonag. Is th. heart of the Labor riot, Agent, of Baldwin Felts ran the armoured train in West Virginia and th. armored aU' tomobll. in Colorado. Detective. hav. never been cleared of th. charges of guilt brought by th. government Investigators, In regard to the dynamiting of th. depot tt. Independence, Colorado, in 1904, th. attempted train wr.ok.rt in 1001, th. murder of Governor 8t.u«ib.rg of Idahe by Harry Orchard, th. train dynamited at Calumet, Michigan, and th. dynamlt. plant, at Waterbury In 1920. Detective, wer. obviously lind directly responsible for muoh provoked violence In th. steel itrlk., th, Centralla affair, th. shooting at Everett. Washington, and ln alraoat all th. riot, attendant. upon th. recent street railway atrlku. It to Strang, thing that the., direct action employers of ours, these Qarya and Woods, ar. willing to ■Uk. th.lr reputation, a. cltlnn. upon th. acts of sueh man as thu. apis, of industry and fh.tr cousins, th. gunman and th. scabs. Th. following is tho conclusion of Mr. Luk. Orant In th. report of th. Commission en Industrial Relation.: Esplonag. la elowly related to violence Som.ttrae. It to th. direct cause of violence, and, where that cannot b. charged, it ls often th. Indirect cause. If th. secret agents ef .mployers, working a. members of th. Labor unions, do not always Instigate act. ef viol.no., they frequently encourage them. If they did not, they would not be performing the duties for which they ar. paid, for they are hired on th. theory that labor organiiation. are criminal In character." Thomas Beet, the Bngllsh detective of Scotland Tard, brings an even heavier Indictment: 'That there ls a sinister motive behind the employment of these men hu been ahown again and again. Have yon ever followed the episode, of a great itrlk. and noticed that most of the disorderly outbreak, wer. so guided as to .work harm to the Interests of the strikers. . . . TherefoM. Instead of preventing these acts, lt Is to the Interest of the employer that they should occur. In this, perhaps lies, usually, th. reason why private detectives ar. brought te the Mene." The present and recent situation tn Weit Virginia, now in the courts, Is an excellent example of the way ln which the system worka Down there the machine guns of the war between mlnen and mine guards are property ot the Baldwin Felts Detective Agenoy, The street railway strlk. of Denver, August, 1920, is anothor com in point Th. story of Black Jack Jerome's rift there to a perfect Instance: "The mob yelled, and the strikebreaker, ln the car, who had saw- ed-off rifles, flred. ... A riot fol- men, dressed tn polio, uniform, stood up and flred at th. crowd. Immediately firing began from th. flrst and second story windows of the car barn. About thirty were killed or injured. "There were no more riots after the federal troops entered town. Tt was stated that General Wood had said: 'There has been murder and the people responsible will suiter fer It' General Wood did not deny the quotation.. (Report of Alice Barrows Fernandez to the Cabot Investigation.)" From an affidavit of one of Jerome's men an Illuminating portrait to taken: "He stood up ln an auto with a gun Ui eaoh hand and escorted us to the south side barn. 'Now, boys, I want to tell you something,' h. said. 'You have come here to break this strike. We are going to do lt, and when you shoot be sure and shoot straight Those of you who have not arms, I will provide with BSF [These Firms Advertise in the Federationist You Can Help the Paper By Patronizing Them Here They Are, Indexed for You * Mr. Union Man, Cut This Out and Give It to Your Wife Dentists I Auctioneers __________ |)ve & Co 570 Seymour Street Bicycles ladalla Limited.. Billiards In Jones (Brunswick Pool Booms)—'— ,.618 Hastings Streot Went ..Hastings Street East Boots and Shoes mm Paris... ...64 Hastings Street West ■icLachlan-Taylor Company 68 Cordova Street West melt Bros. _ Clarke 66 Hastings Street West ■arre Palls . 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Dr. W. J. Curry Britannia Beer... Caseado Beer Van Bros. —. Drinks ti"_ Hustings West ..301 Dominion Building —Westminster Brewery Oo. -Vancouver Breweries Ltd. Ciders and wines Famous Cloak » Suit Co... Dry Goods ..623 Hastingi Streot Weit Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd... Florists .48 Hastings East and 728 Oranvllle Strut Harron Bros ____^__ Mount Pleasant Undertaking Co. Nunn and Thomson Funeral Undertakers 2398 Granville Street 183 Klngswav ..581 Homer Street Hastings Furniture Oo.. Home Furniture Co Furniture -41 Hastings Street West ..416 Main St, Phone Sey| 1197. Groceries Slaters" (three stores) Hastings, OranvUle and Main Streets Cal Van Market Hastlngi St W. Hatters Calhoun's, Ltd 61 Hastings Street Bast Black and White Hat Shop Hastlngi and Abbott Jewelerr O. B. Allan .480 Granville Street Masseurs, Etc. M. F, Hby, B.A., M.B 999 Broadway Weit Printers and Engravers Cowan li Brookhouse _, ...1188 Hows Street Taxi Service Stanley Steam Tail Co Theatres and Movies Empress Orpheum ........— .984 Abbott Street , Pant'ges i-^.-Tha art night In th. barn. J.r- J1B>. ord<nd within hearing distance" saying: 'Bon. we ai. going 491 otlirt car. Monday morning. I ttri tfif whol. thing. The tramway compter out tell m. nothing. Thl, is my barn. Shoot eraps, play , tt anything - you please. pay to going on. If you get trouble while yeu are running or get Into ail. I will get yoa hgnt. - Ton know me. Tou know 'that I can do It With reference te the money, boy.,' got th. nickels. Get the money and don't forget for the conductor te split 50-50 with the motorman." (Affidavit of William A. Ingraham.) Of th, riot thto quotation .peaki as follow.: "Boys, I knew thl. thing coming off. I hav. men In uniform out among th. striker, t know what to going on; I alwayi will know beforehand. I have paid men out among the strUun." Th. following verdict comes from West Virginia. (Investigation report of L. A. Lyneh, 1919): "Though the guard system was not th. caus. ef th. itrlke, It was without doubt the Immediate cause of. th. fighting. , . . The operator! accepted the men the Baldwin Felts send thun and asked no qusstlons." And to to the simple and uni* lected gunman recorded In thto amastng letter ef William F. Dunn, the editor of the Butte (Montana) Dally Bulletin: "The Anaconda Mining Co. began te ua. gunmtn In tht. locality early In 1914. Sine 1914, a large staff of thugs has been constantly employed. It haa been customary for the company to furnish the incoming sheriff with tt list of names of these individuals who wer. sworn Iii aa special deputlu." (A. in Colorado, 1914.) 'The gunmen here are divided Into two classes. There are the ■pedal deputlu who hold .ome Job with the corporation trom mine foreman down to tjmj keep eir," Only a few ol these men are actually dangeroua. In addition to thee., ther. ar. th. professional gunmen who are generally secured either front the Thiel or the Burns detective agencies. The Thiel men are generally hired through the Spokane offlce, but I have been unable to discover where the Burn, men are hired. . . "Ih the great .trlke of 1917, the gunmen travelled In twos and threes on the streets. Nobody know, how many were on the payroll at that time, but It to safe te say that jthere were at least 200. ... In tfnnneotlon with the Frank Little murder, lt taa mistake, to believe that they were after Littl. In particular. Thay wished te murder some on. who was well known and popular with th. miner, ln order to :lnolte them to Hot when the troopa. who were already on the scene, could get Into action with their machine guns, and drive them bask to work. Thta to proved by tb»:,fact that on th. night Little wai hung, th. nam. gang of thugs Visited my hous. during my ab- they also calltd at Tom Campbell's houss twice that night These visits were mad. before they got Little. ..." In 1918, two detectives—Shirley and Thorpe—were working ln the local branoh of the LW.W. Thorpe held the position of local-secretary and Shirley waa the most active of the members. - One was a Burns man and the other a Thiel recruit . . . In the employ of the Anaconda Mining Company. The utterances of Shirley were the most violent I ever heard.. This ts an instance of how th. "stools" can operate successfully and appear to be upholding the cardinal principles of working class doctrine. . . Jn the last strike of April, 19S9, the gunmen resorted to their automobile tactics but they proved in-1 effective, On April 21st, a crowd of gunmen fired Into a crowd of pickets without warning, killing two men and wounding nineteen. These men were all shot ln the back, as they wero unarmed and began to retreat when they saw the gunmen approaching. City police and regular sheriff's deputies were on the ground, but they made no attempt lo arrest the perpetrators of tills outrage. . . In this instance the local officers of the department of Justice cooperated with the company. Thoy Informed the gunmen of the time the picketing was to take place, and there Is more than a suspicion that some of* the men who took part in the shooting were on the federal payroll. The places where these men were lodged Is known, and It Is also known that the local federal operatives were ln communication with them. There Is at all limes the clos. co-operation between the company operatives and gunmen and the local department of Justice and the city and county authorities. In the last month of the 1917 strike, I was compelled to make several trips to Groat Falls whore the Anaconda Mining Company's smelter ls.located. On one occasion, we stopped over night in Helena—\vhlch ls about hnif way—we , irk travelling by machine—and t iat night a carload of gunmen . aited all night about two miles from Basin—a little town about 25 njilfes from Butte—and stoppod /e'ry'machine that passed. They might not have been waiting for us biut'-'thflit was our Information. i ©h another occasion in Great Fall.. I was returning from a meeting Of the boiler makers whero had ■ been urging a sympathetic striker Contrary to my usual custom .V was returning to the hotel alene,' and while I waa passing a rather dark alley, three man sprahg out at me, I had a .43 Colts ln my pocket—with my hand on lt —altd1! shot twice. Two of tho men dropped and the third man ran. I ran down the same alley they came out of and went to my hotel by the quickest route. I expected to seo headllnos about the affair the next morning, but thero was' not a word. Instead thore were headlines announcing that W. F. Dunn had disappeared,, and that it was believed he had beon taken off a train between 'Great Falls and Helena. I Immediately left for Butte and was mot at Helena by one of my "body guards," who gave me an envelope wliich had been sent to our headquarters, and which contained one of the "Vigilante" notlcos written with red chalk. This notice gav. me until August 12 to live, . Another timo when a party of us was going to Anaconda-—26 miles The Gospel of Hard Work (By Qeorge F. Stirling) "If we ar. .v.r to get on our feet," wy. Sir Phillip Olbbs, "we must get back to the goepel of hard work." We like that The gospel of hard work, the God's menage, the glad tiding!. What to thto gospel? Hard work. If every one was willing to get baek to the gospel of hard work, lt would not he Quit, ao bad, but thto gospel of hard work to usually preached to thew whoi. back. ar. already bgwed with overmuch lahor, by gentle men who wm their bread by th. sweat of thetr fountain pen.. Th. backs of the working farmers, and their win* and children, and th. back, of the Industrial workers tn the cities and mines, and lumber campa are bent wltli toll, because there are so many men ready to preach the gospel of hard work, but Unwilling to be caught at it Our civilisation hu grown up around the Idea that werk to degrading. Our "be* people" ar. th. aristocracy, who do hot work at all, but who mov. from ballot te banquet, and banquet te ballroom, and from watering place to watering place, looking for wme n.w fad or (.fancy to relievo them from the burden and boredom eaussd by haying no work to do. The next "but people" tn the social, ladder are thoae who "work" at something whtch will not take the crease Out of their trousers, our bankers, lawyers, financiers, speculators, ete. Then comes "the working dpss," th. sand pounders, the pick and shovel artists, th. skilled mechanics, the farmera and all thoae who ar. doing useful work In society, and lt Is to these that the voice of the modern prophet comes calling them back to the gospel of hard work. In reflecting upon our Christian olvHlsatlon. lt tt Interesting to _-l\ Are You Alive to the fact that the Logger .loots that we are making from'11 to 14 ouucm par pair lighter than soy other — boot on the market? And yet lt to gu. rantud to stand up an* give better satisfaction. THINK OUT THESE FACTS They are batter In quality, lower In priee, aad iter* to 46 years' experience behind every pair. Ordnr yonr pair today. PRICE $16.00, 10-INOHTOP-_-M.de to Yov Monro ' Shoe Repairing Price, an down. Bring yov repairs and ban them done by the New Method Process. The "New Method" Shoe Making and Repairing Co. 117 CAKRALL STKEirr All O. B. C. Help Ptssoe Sey. MIT from Butte—there to alao a smelter there—on a lonely stretch of road where there are no houses for 6 or 7 miles, an automobile- load of gunmen pulled up behind us and began shooting when about 76 yards away. I was ln th. back seat of our machine with another electrician, who to a remarkable shot We had, In addition to revolvers, a high-powered rifle apiece. The gunmen had only revolvers, and w. promptly shot their engln.l to piecei. We then pulled out of j range, and .hot off their tires. We did not try to hit any of them, but It ws. certainly amusing te see them trying to get cover behind a piece of sag. brush ahout u thick as a man', thumb. W. left and went on to Anaconda and needless to say there was nothing by the local press. Then Incidents are all known to the authorities and to the publlo, but nothing to ever done about them. We have never emphasised these incidents in detail, nor the dozens of minor plots, because few peoplo will believe them, I did not like to write about myself. I merely mention my personal connection with these matter. In order to give you an Insight Into th. loeal situation. Suoh to the gtot of industrial espionage—the heart of ao much labor trouble and the Inspiration of ao many horror.—a thing at flrat approached by us incredulously but Anally acoepted as Irrefutable, Anaconda confirms Calumet West Virginia substantiate.! Colorado. The street cars of Den-. ver are a parenthesis In the story of the steel strike. Espionage Is something whloh we must accept, a substitute for Industrial relations, covering the whole Held of American Industry excepting only thoss few cases wherein real Industrial relations do exist compare these two .tatemsnts. ■, Olbbs: "We must g.t buk to th. gospel of hard work." Jesus: "Come unto Me all y. that labor and are heavy laden, and I •will give you—REST." We preach the gospel ef ttt*. Damned b. th. gospol of hard work. Came unto me all /ye that laber, and are heavy laden, say. Sir Phillip, and I will give you the gospel of hard work. Tou tired farmers, slaving from mn up to sundown, crippled with rheumatism at forty, old men at flfty, listen to the glad tiding, of great Joy, "Tou^nust get baok to hard work." Tou mother, on th. farm, up before the sun In the morning preparing breakfast for th, hired men; dressing and preparing your bablei for th. ichool; milking th. cow., washing, nursing, mending for th. family, and than wasting your tlm. for 16 or 10 minute! every evening over the newipaper. or nugasln. before you throw your tired body your couch; Uie prophet of Mammon aay. to you, "Tou muat get back to the goapel ot hard work." Tou littl. ohlldren, herding cattle, feeding .win. er -driving the teem In the Held, wben you ought to be playing with the Iambi In the meadowa, "get baok to th. goapel of hard work." And you hard- fisted, greasy everalled wag. plug In th. factory and th. mln. and th. machln. shop, stop a minute, and listen ta Sir Phillip. . Listen to the sweet menage of the prophet ot Mammon, "If we are ever to get on our feet, we mutt get baok to th. gospel ef hard work. In the name of God, Sir Phillip, we say t. yon v.ry plainly, te th. Devil with your gospel ot hard work. We demand Justice. If the armies of exploiters, and the aohe- mers, and th. profiteers, ud speculators, and manipulators will get off our shoulders, and do some uss- ful work, lt will not be necessary for us to work half u hard u w. do now. Hard work to a ours., toll Is degrading, and from your Devil's gospel we turn to the message of the Man of Sorrows, "Come unto me all ye that labor, and I will give you—REST." Kill A POINT TO REMEMBER Some merchants in town do not think your cufctom ia much ass to thom, or tbey would advortlse their wares Jn The Federatlonist to secure your trade. Remember this wben you ara about to make a purchase. New Line-Up of Uirionfl With Nattmalfat Tendency , Ottawa.—Unions opposed ta Ma American Federation of Labor ra* cen tir met la Toronto "for tha par* _ pose of forming a dual tradaa aad . labor council in Toronto and a dual , national organisation to the Tradaa . and Labor Confrsss of Canada*" Tom Mooro. prosidont of the latter body, in a formal statement, condemns the Canadian Brotherhood of Railroad Workon. "the decision handed out *T - Justico Rose, restoring to the Cana* dlaa Brotherhood of Railroa4 ■*• . ployoes tha right of affiliation with the Trades and Labor Congress af ' Canada,- will not bo appealed,** tha statement saya Tbo Winnipeg oonvention of tho . American Fedoration of Labor's legislative congress wtll tako action, however. It will expel tha Canadian Brotherhood, aooerdtng to well-informed officials of tha A, F. of L., who Join with President Moore la charging that tha Canadian Brotherhood Is now making • war on tho International Seamen's Union* through the issuance af -t ehartere to seamen engaged ln tha St, Lawrence trada. Manitoba Employers Association has sent out a confidential bulletin to. all tho buslnees mon's organisations of the elty of Winnipeg, calling upon thom to oo-oporate la opposing the "radical" legislation now boforo tha Legislature. If yon want some sample copies of this paper for your neighbor* call around to the offlce and gal them. San Franeiaco—SeVenty-flve delegates, representing as many Labor unions, at a meeting here endorsed the American Labor Alliance for Trade Relations with Russia, whloh was established here last February to foster the movement for trade with the eastern republic. The present" purpose has not been to probe Individual outrages. So Intricate are the ways of Labor spies that no authority short of congress can ever reach the exhaustive and authentic evidence necessary to place the blame accurately and specifically. The prosont purpose has beon merely to presont an Impartial description of the practice, told ln the language of Its own men. We flnd that lt puts both employer and employee at tho mercy of a powor which ls, at beet, unscrupulous; that lt lays Labor open to corruption, misleads capital Into fol'y, Injustice and, often, actual crime; that lt creates, wherever lt appears, a turmoil of unrest and rage, and that lt ls at the very heart of Labor violence. Industrial spies, "many of whom would commit a murder for $2, aro undeniably the seeing eyes of more than ono honorable American employer. The system "which could not oxlst In England," Is un> denlably a characteristic of Am' erlcan industry and a factor In our industrial problems. It fs about as difficult to become a detective ln this country aa lt Is to get married or buy a license for a dog. This, ln view of the detective's powers and responsibilities, ls a curious thing. If ever there were a field for a congressional Investigation, an institution completely damnable, ethically, socially and economically, It Is industrial espionage. New Tork—More than three- fourths of the $1,000,000 lockout fund for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Aemrlca already has been collected and received at the general headquarters of the A. C. W, here. The membership tn Chicago alone raised more than )800,000 of the amount r«ce8ived. Vienna—Bela Paulik. political commissar for the movie theatres in Hungary during tho Bela Kun regime ln 1919, haq been found guilty of "agitation" and sentenced to serve two years in Jail, aays a report Just received from Budapest The Horthy court acquitted Paulik of having caused riots and violations of personal liberty. 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Unemployed Get Still More Rocks (Continued irom pace 1) lives of those msn and women who cannot flnd a job and what we call up against It, of less concern to you than the rights of property. Referring to a statement made by the speaker at Sundays' mass meeting advising the men not to leave town, Aid. Woodside asked If the single were offered jobs out of town and that their transportation was paid to the job would they go, so that what funds were available could be used to give relief to the married men. Cowan pointed out that the worker had always to go where the job was, as the job did not come to the worker. If the City Council would guarantee that there would ba a job when the man got there, that he had no doubt but that they would go. The alderman stated that all the single men in the country had floated Into Vancouver and had eaten up all the money that was laid aside to take care of the mar- ANNIVERSARY SALE 150 SUITS HALF-PRICE AND LESS // We Say It-It's So C. D. Bruce Limited. 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SKY. 1861 TH* 0UDXT STOM—OPPOSITE tBOVIMOB ried families. The delegate from the C.N.U. X. stated that the question as to the falrnesg of the single men crowding into the olty, and eating up the money get aside for the married men and their families, was all camouflage, and all such questions were only raised for the purpoae of evading the issue. He had, during the past 19 years, spent every oent of his earnings ln Vancouver, and all the single out of town workers were In the same category. He further stated that If all the single men withdrew their patronage from the city for a period of two or three years when work was obtainable and had some money to spend that Vancouver would be about as popular as Port Moody. Ho pictured the petty businoss men of Vancouver ln ft bread line, reaching around two city blocks with the big business men fight Ing for a place in the tail end of the line. Gale's Tirade Mayor Gale, attempting to create an impression upon the delegation and visitors, launched into a tirade upon those who took part In the Sunday parades wearing red ribbons in their coats. Thumping the table in a flrey, dramatic manner, he shouted: Boys, lay oft* this Red stuff, and let me tell you now, if the group we have to deal with are a bunch of Bolsheviki lf they believe ln the Soviet form of government, as far as I am concerned I am through. He also statod that he would gladly Bit by and see them starve. He further stated you can do what you wish wtth me. I did not have the pleasure of going to France to defend the British institutions. Dramatically thumping his cheBt, the mayor exclaimed, Vou can do what you wish with me; were I burled out at Mountain View cemetery I would not have done with British institutions. Hs remarks, however, fell fiat on the audience, most of thoso present being amused. The mayor stated that so far the City Council had not seen any go hungry, and that he did not think that any man who was will ing to work would. Soldier Hungry A returnod soldier got up and informed tho mayor that he had nothing to eat for two days, and that If any one would give him a meal he could eat it then. Arrangements were mado to provide a meal for those who were up against It. Mayor Gale asked how much a meal cost, ho was Informed II cents. On Tuesday morning the City Council made the following ar rangements for the relief of the unemployed: AU married men with families will be allowed 12.60 per week, providing that they break not less than six yards of rock, or $2.10 per yard, except that in cases of men with large families the Relief Officer may recommend that additional work be given. Single men will receivo $6.30 per week. Married men paid by the hour will receive 60c per hour, the maximum pay not to exceed piece-work pay. Mayor Gale alBo stated that men who applied for relief and who would not break rock would be arrested as vagrants and would be compelled to break rock at Okalla for nothing. UNIQUE ENSERK DURING VENN I National Guard Welcomes International Socialist Delegates Big Transformation Has Taken Place in Past Two Years (By LouiB P. Lockner, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Vienna—A few hours before the Vienna musical festival, given in honor of delegates and visitors to the International Socialist' Congress, held during the week of February 21 ln that olty, an even more remarkable spectacle had presented itself to the delegates to the Socialist congress. An Invitation J. Kavanagh at the Empress (Continued from pave 1) Provincial Legislature ln discussing the question of the gale of beer, was made possible only by the tremendous Interest shown on this question by the working close voters when the plebiscite W&e taken last Ootober. it the provincial members had ratted their own wages, It was because thoy figured that they had made a good job of tbe task entrusted to them. The speaker referred to the statements made by Sir Goorge Foster about the activities of the 'red propagandists," and compared them to the propaganda carried on by the master class through the press, the platform and pulpit, during the years of tha war. Dealing with the question of education, he showed that It actaully consisted of process of training, by which the workera were taught to perform tricks, tn nowise more intelligent than a circus animal. Reasoning and enquiry as to causes, was stret- ly discountenanced by the -educational institutions supported by ruling class. The school history books were full of the names and characters of kings and queens, or other prominent personalities existing at different periods In history. Also much prominence was given to the dates of battles, coronations, births and deaths of individuals. Bui the real story of the human ■race ln Its course of development from tho simple tribal life of the savage, to our present complex social ordor, and the motivating cause of changes In habits and institutions, could not be givtm by reference to names and date!.. Tho speaker then rapidly sketched: the course of institutional development from pre-hlstoric times, showing that tho diacovory of the use of firo in preparing food, and giving warmth and protection to savage man, brought about an organization of human beings, containing within it, tho germ of authority vested In governmental institutions. Dealing with the problem of unemployment, the speaker declared that it could only be explained by a knowledge of the development of the means of production. Why is It wo cannot connect with the means of Ufe? That ls the ques- tlin before the working class. A knowledge of the character of the state and {ts function alone will supply the answer. Relief work waa analyzed by the speaker, who showed - thut this work was performed by thoso who wore unable to buy or boII. A brief sketch of tho capitalist system of wealth production explulned this remarkable statement, and brought a burst of applause from the audlonce. Comrado O'Connor then showed how the Btate power was made effective through the working class. In conclusion, he stated that relief for the workers could not come through thc job, but that the capture of stato power alone would bring it. A completo chango in our social life was becoming Imperative, and sooner or later this change would come ln spite of us. Many questions wero asked at the olose of tho address, arid a good mooting came to a close at 10 o'clock, Next week J. Kavanagh will be the spoakor of tho evening. A great meeting is expected. G.N.U.X. Holds Big Meeting (Continued from page 1) their common intorest and common enemy, and organizing irrespective of nationality. The insular viewpoint of the Englishman came in for some caustic comment and caused not a little merriment. Comrade Smith spoke on organization and the vital need of each member becoming not merely a "passive card-packer, but an active, intelligent, militant unit of the organization. "Better by far," he stated, "that the new movement should be small numerically than to have a bunch of men in It who were allf willing to let George do lt." The new organization will be a vital factor In the. future when the need for solidarity amongst the workere becomes greater than ever. The movement is growing; 12 new members were enrolled at the meeting, each one pledging hlm- Beir to rustle another workor. Eligibility in the organisation Ib confined to men who, upon discharge from army (any army), were lower thau commissioned rank. Thc next business meeting of the C.N.U.X. will be held on Wednesday, April 13th, at 8 p.m., In the hall at 61 Cordova St W_- All interested are cordially Invited to attend. H. Walton PROFESSIONAL MAS8BUB Specialist In Electrical Treatments, Vlolot Ray and High Frequency for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Paralysis, Hair and Bcalp Treatments, Chronic Ailments. 810-811 0ABTBB-COTTO* BLDO. Phona Seymou 2046 108 Hastings Street Wast. New National Hotel 200 Outsido Rooms Special Rates by the Week Ph. Sey. 7080—lMl GranvUle had been extended to "witness a demonstration of the Wehrmacht (national guard) at the city hla!." I doubt whether any delegate or visitor was prepared for what he saw when he reached the big inner square of the artistic "Rathaus." Several thousand soldiers filled the place, and, as the delegates filed Into the seats arranged for them, stood at attention, while the military band played the "Song of Labor." There were no national flags ln evidence, but in front, next to the Improvised stage, were two huge red-flags, carried, not by civilians, but by the soldiers themselves. Forth stepped a soldier—a private—as chairman of the meeting, wolcomed the delegates, and then turned over the floor to a former minister of war. This ex-official then furnished us the clue to the remarkable spectacle that we were witnessing. The "Wehr," he explained, was made up almost entirely of Socialists—at least here in Vienna. These soldiers, he said, were absolutely as one with th£ trade unions and the political parties of the workers, and far from being an instrument of reaction such as the military usually is, were In the-service of the Republican army for one purpose, and for one purpose only, to conserve the revolution against reaction. This fact, he commented, that the army atood distinctly on the Left, explained why there is so much freedom ln Austria today, despite the fact that the government la overwhelmingly on the Right. He pledged the army never to take part again In a war against foreign countries—and the thunderous "bravo" from thousands of Ups showed how much In earnest these proletarian soldiers were. Then came another dramatic moment. The flret response'was given by a Servian delegate to the congress—a man who for two years during the war had been a prisoner ln Austria. With moving words he recounted the terrible damage wrought by the war, and pledged anew the solidarity of the Serbian workers with those of Austria. He was followed by spokesmen of the French and the English working class—former enemies—as well as by the leader of the German Independents, Crlsplen. Then, as delegates, visitors and such Viennese as could crowd Into an already crowded courtyard, filed out, the army band sent after us the strains of a familiar Austrian revolutionary hymn. Thrilling Performance Still another thrill was given ub the second day of the congress.. A special performance of that Wagnerian masterpiece, "Die Melster- slnger von Nuernberg," had been arranged in what was once the Imperial Opera—now the Stoatsopcr house. Here, for the price of 36 crowns (now six cents) for a par quet seat, we were treated to one of the most beautiful musical even ings imaginable. It was not mere ly the thought that here ln Vienna one hears the best1 music, perhaps, ln the world; that the orchestra of the opera is second to none; that the opera house itself is rivalled only by the Paris Opera; that the Eiccnery In artistic easily matches that of the Metropolitan Opera at New York, and that the soloists are among the best singers to be found, To hear "thia performance at the price of 6 cents was In itself thrilling. But far more striking was tho fact that a leading role of "Walther" was sung by a Communist; that the chorus and a considerable number of the stars were Socialists, and that the audience was entirely composed of members of trade unions. A Different Opera How different from average Americnn opera performances ? There were no evening gowns; nobody wore a swallow-tailed coat; Jewellery, was of a most modest sort, and not on display. There were none of the traditional latecomers, such as we find among the Idle rich. Thc applause was not that half-hearted clapping of kid- gloved hands, which one observes in "polite society," No, it was the whole-hearted, thunderous salvo of thousands of brawny, sinewy workers' hands who compelled the artists again and again to bow their acknowledgments, "Would you have thought this possible ten years ogo?" said a poorly-dressed workingman who stood next to me in the crowded street car which we had boarded after leaving one of tho most Interesting entertainments to which I had ever listened, "And to think that all the players and all the singers are our own," commented another working- woman, with beaming smile and dream-lost eyes. What we had attended was a "Commers" in honor of the delegates and visitors to the International Socialist Congress that took place here during tho week of Feb. 21. A chorus of 250 male voices—all workerB, chiefly from the Printers' Union; another chorus, of about 300 voices, mixed voices, men and women—again all workers; an orchestra of 60 pieces —and not a professional, among them, all, all workers. The performance was given In the Workers' Home of the working class district in an auditorium built and owned by organized labor. Red Flags Everywhere Such was the setting to which must bo added the red flags ln evi- dtneo everywhere; the singing of the International by the combined choruses, while the vast audience rose in tribute to this world-song of the workers, and the presence of the burgomaster and various officials chosen from the ranks of thc workers. Assisting in the programme was one of the most gifted singers of the state (formerly Imperial) opera—a prima donna who by this public token was anxious openly to align herself with the workers in the class struggle, It waa not cheap, trashy music thrown before the simple laborers who filled the hall, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Loewe, Wolf and Beethoven figured among the composers. Also there .were several songs, with orchestra accompaniment, written especially for this occasion, as, for instance, "The Day Is Dawning," by Kurka, every one of whose four stnnzns breathed the spirit of freedom. At the end of tho programme there was presented a tableau of two pictures. Tho flrst showed the results of Imperialist warfare; Labor nailed to thc cross; the flgure representing Labor maltreated by aI fat profiteer with whip ln hand and by a pitiless flgure of "patriot- ( ism" about, to,stick.a bayonet Into the bleeding mass of humanity hanging from the cross. Round about were the mangled forms of workers destroyed by the war, and defenceless women and children trodden down by the advancing hordes. The Workers* State The eecond tableau pictured the glorious future of a workers' state; every woman and child on the crowded, stage happy and In gay attire; the workers with their tools proudly displayed; allegorical figures representing work, play, music, literature and tbo other arts, and from every throat, to which were added the voices of the "" ss chorus stationed near the stage, the inspiring,"Song of Labor." The choruses and the orchestra were not hastily,'assembled aggregations of.men and women, The choruses were the product of some 270 -'Singvereine *, o$;' the workers, which have been established since the revolution,,and in whjch some 10-000 workera are, studiously acquiring the art of singing.. Fifty years ago' the police Interfered every time the.'/'Sqng of Freedom," which every Austrian worker knows, was sung1. It now forms a regular part of the Vienna Musical Festival. The orchestra, likewise, Ib an undertaking that springs out of the remarkable system of murflcal education evolved by the Austrian workeri elnce That was the very year when Austria's economic, plight was at Ita very worst. Thousands wore dying of starvation and cold; food and olothing were wanting; a staggering debt was. piled up on a country, from which all lte hinterland had been stripped. Tet In the midst of all their adversity the workerB conceived an elaborate scheme of musical education, opened up a series of workers' schools of music and annually Instructed some 200 promising children and older folk ln piano, violin, 'cello and other instruments, In musical theory and history, and in singing. Out of pure Idealism some of Austria's most celebrated artists gave freely of their time and energy to help this movement along. Already the results are noticeable in a marked degree. The choruses compared favorably with the large ohorusea of our metropolitan centres. Tho orchestra, while not yet of the calibre of a New Tork Philharmonic or A Chicago Symphony Orchestra, nevertheless made ft most creditable showing. Complain to The Federationist Complaints have been received from varlouB sources owing to subscribers not receiving the paper regularly. AU such complaints should be made direct to the Fed' erationlst office, either verbally or by mall, and they will be attended to promptly. Considerable trouble has been caused to both the Fed' erationst and subscribers owing to the attitude of postmasters In small places, and also to the actions of employers in camps and such like places who receive the mail for their employees and destroy the paper. By making complaint direct to the FederationiBt, subscribers will aid us ln stopping this kind of thing. Tbo Largeet Exclusive Men's and Boya' Shoe Store ln the Wert. Our New Price $9.00 Men's Goodyear Welt.' 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Where one seigneur, ae Prince Zeligowskl, possesses 32 villagos, the equality of the Polish peasant ln negotiating with the overseers Is hard to picture. If the last vestiges of feudalism are to be maintained farm labor must be prevented from organising. The Polish authorities are alao using "democratic" methods 'of strikebreaking. Their, flrst move waa to try to counter the railroad strike by declaring martial law, by mobilising the railroad employees and threatening them with being shot tf they made a move. The trade union headquarters, despite ths fact that the central body did not take an active part ln the strike, was raided and closed. Another Leader Left Andy RuBsell, ex-business agen'J of the Vancouver local of thii Steam and Operating EngineersI who got into ofllce by his attack*! on the O. B. U., and who though1! he was leader of the revolt anil break from the international orf ganization whtch he claims to havtf built up, has been expelled fron! the new organisation and Is olassi-f fled bb an outlaw by the Internal tlonal. Thus hath the might.] fallen, Labor and Socialist] Literature IN,ALL LANGUAGES can be obtained at The International Book Shop Cor, Hastings and Columbia Mall Orders Promptly Attended to Seattle Union Record carried LAltGKST HEX'S EXCLUSIVE STOKE IN TIIE WEST Suits that serve long after the price is forgotten New Conservative Spring Models for Men of Consequence tVe bought them for less *»•'* kept them as low—* Special: YOU can pay less—yes; but you will get less. There is no substitute for real wool—it has a quality you can't mistake. In materials, sound styling and priee these suits are the equal of any pre-war line wo have carried.' Fancy English worsteds—smartly simple—a quiet exeeC lence—nothing to jar the sense. 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