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THE INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH. OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVERifeiLDES AND LABOR COUNCIL. POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY TWELFTH YEAR. No. 24 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C., FRIDAY ffciRNING, JUNE 11,1920 II Is AD Right— Everybody Working, Says One Did Not Want to Stay in the Dominion to Work The Caecho-Slovaks marched through the city on Sunday, an#l are now on their way east. Very little real information waa obtained from them regarding the situation In Rusaia, partly owning to the shortness of their atay, and alao to the fact that they were under the Impression that It would not be to their advantage to talk too much, The Csecho-Slovak la supposed to be a native of Bohemia, but among the men who were here on Sunday could be aeen aome who balled from Saxony and Bavaria. Hiia la In aome cases due to their tieing residents In Bohemia In 1914, when War was declared. The Czecho-Slovak organisation in Canada contains aome prominent bourgeoisie memberB, who cannot claim Bohemia as their birthplace. These became Czecho-Slovaks during the war, and the real native of Bohemia amongst the late visitors was well aware of thla and therefore did not give htm hla confltV ence. Caar Could Not Trust, Them The Caecho-Slovaks surrendered In large numbers to the Russians Sn the early part of the war. Snipe went voluntarily over and offered to flght against the Teutons and on • the side of Rusaia. The Czar would not truat them, aome of, his officers Baying, :*lf you are traitors once you will be traitors always," and they were made to work In mines and on construction work. The Kerensky revolution enabled them to escape this arduous Ufe, and they enlisted In his army and agreed to fight against the Germans. Whito Guard Controlled The Bolsheviki coup placed them In a dlllemma because they could not retreat Into Germany, and in the particular locality in which they found themselves, the White Guard was In control. They did not want to take part. In a civil war, and decided to go home by way of Vladivostok, though they volunteered to flght on the Western front If the Allies would transport them. The Allies took advantage of the predicament to get them to flght against the Bolsheviki. They were supplied with arms and ammunition, but food was lacking, and they were compelled to plunder In order 'to exist. Their one Idea was to get home and they were ready to flght anything that ■tood in the way of their doing so. The quarrel with the Soviets wus due lo the fact that they were often driven by sheer necessity to rob the Russia populace, and in many cases this was done none too gently. This Is why the Bolsheviki wanted to disarm them. They eventually turned* against Kolchak, and alao fought the Japs, The Allies never succeeded ln getting the Czechoslovaks to flght whole heartedly against the aovleta, partly because they, the Caecho-Slovaks wanted to get home, and also owing to the fact they did not consider it their buainess. One of them said "Russia la all right, everybody tn Soviet Russia Is working, all helping one another. It will take them about two years to flx the trrnsportatlon System because It Is in bad shape; but after two years Russia will be the best country In the world." It waa pointed out to him that the Caecho-Slovaks were fully armed although the war was over, and they were passing through a friendly country, and he said, "Yes, they wanted us to lay down our arms In Siberia before we came here, but we refused. So long as I have my rifle and equipment, I am a free man; when I part with them I am a slave." He further atated that he did not want to work ln Canada beeause they wanted to get home, and besides they did not want any trouble with the labor unions. What are you going to do when you get back home? was asked at parting, "Clean up the Poles," he said, with a signlflcant smile. Miners Take a Decided Stand-Will Strike to Secure Rights At the laat meeting of the Coalhurst Minera unit, held on June 4th, the following resolution was passed: Whereas, the U, M. W. of A., the operators of District 18, and government officials have used force to drive our members-back to the United Mine Workers of America. And whereas, those same forceB are endeavoring to force an agreement on our membership without us having any aay In the formulation of same, Resolved, that we respect no agreement that la not drawn up by properly elected representatives of the workers involved, Further, that unless we, the workers of District One (1) be allowed the right to appoint our own representatives, we shall strike for that right at the most favorable opportunity. Further resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Hon, Gideon Robertson and F. McNeill, secretary Western Cool Operators' Association. E TO BE Basic Industries May Be Closed Down by Big Business Big Business Is Greatly Disappointed Over the Result Los Angeles—Great disappointment prevails among Allied manufacturers and merchants here in the state attorney's second failure to convict Sidney, Flowers, Canadian soldier-editor, of criminal ayndlcallsm. After fifty-six hours of hard battling, the jury hi the second trial reported Itself unable to agree, and was discharged. The vote stood, seven for conviction, Ave for acquittal. There were six women on the Jury; five of them voted for acquittal. The trial consumed five weeks. It 1s doubtful If F>o*"lttf will be tried again. Workers Are Getting Out of Hand So Must Be Jerked Up (By Paul Hanna, Staff Correspon dent, the Federated Press) Washington.-—Immediately after the big party conventions at Chicago and San Francisco tens of hundreds of thousands of workmen will be laid off by the basic Industries, according to persistent reports circulating nt Washington. This enforced idleness may be long or brief, depending .upon the adjustment of a number of factors operating to bring It about. These factors are three In number, the flrst two being of almost equal Ini' portance In the minds of industrial captains. They are: (1) A desire to shatter the morale of labor and bring down wages by giving a taste of unemployment to the working class. (2) Inability of the railroads to move a growing accumulation of commodities from the point of pro duetion, and the consequent need to reduce the output temporarily. (3) A desire on the part of the' bigger capitalists to squeeze out the smaller lot of speculators in manufacture and merchandizing, who are being pinched between the restriction of bank credit and the decreased purchasing power of the public. While this attempt at partial "readjustment" may easily lead Into the major post-war panic which all experts anticipate, careful judges of the situation declare this co/ning spell of hard times is Intended to last only for a few months—just long enough for really big capital to consolidate Its position still further and "dig In1 to resist the world-wide plague of bankruptcy, unemployment and famine, which is expected to come a year or two later. Both for election purposes and to insure against unruly protests from the mob when the big disaster arrives, a preliminary lesson in humility Is to be taught the working class. The oil, steel and automobile In duatrles, It fs said, will take the lead tn laying off a big proportion of their men after tho Republicans and Democrats have nominated their candidates for president. Detroit la mentioned as an automobile centre that has been most thoroughly organized to this end. Capitalists blame the general prosperity now prevailing for the success which has attended the so- called outlaw railroad Btrike. Their reports tell them that railroad men no longer willing to endure the low wages and neglect of their old employment have been readily absorbed by other industries. It hu been a perfect example of the em baratement that Is alwayB felt by employers when there is no reserve army of Idle workers to drive down or keep down tho wages of the em ployed. L. W. I. U., Kamloops district, per J. h. Peterson, $35; defense fund and $3 miners fund, total, f38; Hedley Metal Miners Union, defense fund, $32, and maintenance fund, $32, total, $64; J. Ley, Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners, 2651, Victoria, $32. Don't forget the O. B. U. danoe and whist drive In the Cotillion hall tonight (Friday). Gent* RO cents, ladles 25 oenta. Splendid prizes ior tlie whist drive. Have Yon Registered? The voters' Hats are now being compiled, If you have.not register ed you should do ao, the list is a new one and the old Mat will not be recognized. Tou should register at onea1 BBITISH TRADE UNIONS TO BUILD HOUSES Arrangements Made With Co-operative Society to Supply Material Manchester—The Building Guild, composed of building trade unions, .organized to take the government contracts for building houses, Ib how ready for business. An arrangement has been made- between the Co-operative Wholesale ; Society and tht Building G uild, whereby .the society places at the disposal of the guild lta very large resources in building materials In every stage of manufacture. Aa the co-operative la, next to the government, the largest-manufacturer and buyer of building material hi the kingdom, this meana that the Guild Is now lna position to supply the building material, aa well aa the labor. O.B.U. SMSFED Members Do Not Want Paid Organizer—Many New Members With fourteen new membera at the commencement, of the regular meeting of the General Workers Unit of the O. B. U. and several more just before the close, it would appear that the new organization ls making splendid progress ln Vancouver. In fact the members of this organization are ao satisfied with the situation that they turned down a proposal to appoint a paid organize^ and during the debate the financial end of the proposal was never mentioned, the opposition taking the stand that any organization such as the O. B. B. must of necessity be built up by the membership and on a knowledge of the position of the workers In industry, and not on a wave of enthusiasm. The vote on this question showed that there was only 12 members in favor of having a paid organizer In the field. A special committee was appointed to arrange for a picnic In the near future, it is intended to extend an invitation to all O. B. U. units and to make It a real get- together affair. / The organization committee reported that thero would be an organization .meeting for Plasterers and Lathers on Thursday, the 17th, and that there would be a meeting for Ukrianiaus on the 21st, A num ber of Ukrlanians were present at the meeting, and requested an Interview with the organization committee, which retired and conferred with the delegation, and brought in the report as above. The entertainment committee reported that all arrangements had been completed for the dance on Friday evening (tonight), In the CO- tillion HaU, and that a splendid programme had been arranged for the smoking concert to be held on the 18th ln the Pender Hall. It is expected that the smoking concert will be one of the greatest successes In the way of social functions that the organization has held, and arrangements are being made for a capacity crowd. BIG STRIKE Q Sharp and Sudden Strike When Prince Maroon- . ed Successful 1 ATTHEEI Will Deal With the Coming Crisis in Society on Sunday The usual propaganda meeting of the Socialist Party of Canada, will be held on Sunday night at the Empress theatre, with Charles Lestor as the speaker. It Is to bo hoped that the workers of Vancouver will make a special effort to be present at this meeting. Events of vital import ance are happening in different parts of the world at the present time, which to the student of sociology are full of interest; but to the great majority of the working class, these events are not understood. Under the restrictions imposed by the capitalist system of production, society is drifting on to another and a similar crisis to that which confronted it ln the summer of 1914. And a social catastrophe will follow, just as Inevitably as night followa day. Social forces, like natural forces, work ruthlessly and destructively, until they are understood and thereby controlled. And until the forces operating within this advanced state of capitalist production are understood by the working class, the victims of this system, just so long will they suffer the servitude of wage slavery and the mental, moral and physical degeneracy which goeB with it. Tho workera must begin by acquiring the habit of doing their own thinking; confidence will follow, and with this now-found strength of mind, so will there develop the audacity to challenge the position of their masters, and to wrest from them the power which at present ls theirs. The working class must achieve Its own emancipation, Meeting at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30. Questions and an open platform for discussion. Splendid Btock of literature on Subscribers, Ploaso Note! Many aobscrlbcrs In renewing thtlr subscriptions are sending in Uie old price. Tho new rates are aa follows: In Canada, $2.50 per year; 91.50 per half year. United States, 93.00 per year. If subwrll.. era win see that they send In tlie proper amount It will aid us and also avoid confusion. New Zealand Government Brought to Reason in Short Order [By W. Francis Ahern] , (Special to The Federatlonltt) It aeems that the rallwaymen of New Zealand are students of payr chology. At any rate, the fact that they launched a sharp, sudden atrike on April 27 laat, when the Prince of Walea waa in the country, and cut off from the outer world— and food aa well—acted like a great tonic to the New -Zealand, government, with the result that the railway men won through In perhapi the most far-reaching atrike that has ever taken plaee In that country. The Btrike lasted four daft, and fhe men went back victorious in every direction. Bluffed Men For years, ever since 1915, thd railway men of New Zealand have been asking for higher wages and better conditions. For the same period the New Zealand government has consistently bluffed them out of their demands, always with the promise that if they would.be patient, they would ge't full settlement for their claims. When It was seen that the railway men were making up their minds to take, drastic action, the New Zealand government appointed a commission tovgo Into their demanda. The result of the commission was Uttle' better than a farce, and wholly.Inadequate to meet the situation. Consequently, the men refused to accept it aa a settlement of their troublea. Men Had to Act Finally lt came about that the men had to take the matter Into their own hands. On Tuesday, April 27, a short, sharp, sudden atrike call waa issued to take place at midnight. It was the worst shock Now Zealand had ever got, and caused a huge sensation. The' Prince of Wales waB ln the country holiday making at Rotorua, accompanied by. his huge staff, practically the whole of the govern- ment, and thousands of visitors, Rotorua Is a small town which does not carry a great stock- of food—it being brought to the town daily. It can well be Imagined What kind of a sensation was caused there when the notice came that communication had been cut off. Perhaps the fact that the dear Prince and hts crowd of admirers and flunkeys, might have to be rationed was the main reason why the strike was gettlcd so hurriedly, and on terms suitable to the men. Attempt to Bun Trains Failed Within a short time there was not a train running on the North Island of New Zealand. An attempt to drive a few trains with scab crews dismally failed, Public sympathy was with the men, and demonstrations were made againat the scabs—so Intense that the scabs soon threw up their jobs. Appeals were made to the railway men to run a train carrying the Prince of Walea to Auckland, and tnis was done, ao as not to spoil the men's chance with the public. Tb the government's first threats that it would fight the strike,'the men announced that lt waa willing for an even go, and Intimated that the transport workers, the poat and telegraph employees, and the wat erslde workers wore prepared to Join the strike. An attempt to pro long the strike by taking the Prince of Wales to the South Island met with the announcement that the South Island men were just waiting the call to come on a strike, too. Thus with the prospect of seeing New Zealand In the throes of an upheaval such as had never been seen before, the government began to consider Its position. Then there was the added fact that the Prince of Wales was in the country, faced with the prospect of being marooned, because of the railway men on strike, with the added knowledge that the post and telegraph men might strike any time, and thus interfere with the great publicity stunts that are being worked everywhere the Prince goes. Saw the Game Was Up The prime minister of New Zealand saw that thc game was up. He hired motor cars and dashed across country from the presence of the Prince of Wales to the railway strike headquarters at Wol- (Continued on page 5) British Financiers Have Full Support of Government Troops Strikes Long and Fierce Struggles Between Life and Death [By Agnea Smedley]' (Written for tht Federated Preaa) The opposition which the India workers face, when compared with the .relative organised strength of western • labor, la overpowering. Strikes are Uttle more than struggles "between life and death. Brit" ish troops are called In, not only aa a means of coercion and Intimidation, but aa strikebreakers, The government uses prisoners1 and the pe%e. force as strikebreakers. Menial laborera are brought from distant villages, not knowing what they are doing. '.The government also bofi appointed various "industrial councils and courts" and today an "arbitration board" is proposed, to be composed of eight members, two of which shall represent labor. The board may also take on the principal executive officers from each of the railway companies, in addition. This board, if formed, will "settle" labor disputes. 'The attitude of the public toward ttie strikers is generally sympathetic, and the leading newspapers, ai a rule, support the men. But the attitude of the government, and the employers also, is shown by the sbeech of the governor of Bombay, who recently addressed a gathering of business men. ' "After the concessions which the masters (employers) had agreed to have been made public," he said, speaking of the strike of the mil) bands, "the men still showed disinclination to return to work, I must regret that there has been some recrudescence of the strike spirit. I am confident that If the ipen are so unwise as to be misled to further strikes, and to further demands, they will alienate from themselves not only the goodwill of their masters, but the sympathy of the government aa well." \ This speech about the goodwill Of the "masters" and the government, was made after the strikers had been forced to starve for weeks, and after a number of them had been killed and wounded by government troops. The necessity for labor organizations, and the necessity for strikes, are ever present In the Indian workman's life. His working hours, with the exception of such centres as Bombay, where human rights have been wrung from the owners only after Inhuman sacrifices, runge from 12 to 17 and 18 hours a day. The wages are miserably low, ranging from 12 to 50 cents a day. "Housing" conditions are not "housing" conditions at all, but the Workers live In miserable thatched hats, "chawls," unfit for the habitation of animals. Three factory lawa have been enacted In India; the present Act, as'amended In 1911, ia now In force. This covers textiles, certain branches of railway and engineering work, and applies only to establishments in which 50 or more persons are employed. Small Industries, and industries not coming.under the above headB, do not come under the aet. Under this act, "no person shall be employed in any textile factory for more than 12 hours in any one day," with half an hour's recess at noon. Tbe number of work days in the week Is six. Labor outside the factory has no protection. Agricultural laborers on plantations, workers In mines, clerks, and workers in the small industries other than factories are not protected by the Factory Law. They are "fre"e" to work as long as their exploiters force them to work, There are no Sunday holidays, and there are no vacations. The wagea paid the Indian worker as a rule do not permit of more than one meal a day. He Is forcod to borrow money at high rates of interest, and he is always in debt. Often it is the employers themselves who have money lending agents for the "benefit" of their employees, until the worker Is practically and in every respect a slave. All the time, absentee landlords and shareholders in London draw their big dividends. Indian factories, along with Indian railways, are investments. Moscow—In the Third All-Rua- aian Trade Union Congress were U.88 delegates, representing 4,328,- 009 members. t^^-e--.—»■»■•»«■■—"t..« .■■"»«"■■•"»■•■- Lift the Blockade Against Russia Special Meeting Sunday, June 20th, at 8 p. m. EMPRESS THEATRE Thousands arc suffering and dying for lack of medical supplies due to the Allied blockade. SPEAKER J. HARRINGTON Under the auspices of S. P. C. Send Donations to 401 Fender Street East «,i».|n. ...nl li I. im . . ....I .In... 'I'. i, i. I '■ '. ."■ '■"• ■ * *". I I '■"" I ■"'■ » ' »">'■'! PLASTERERS' LABORERS STRIKE IN CITY Allen Theatre Contractors Do Not Care to Pay the Union Scale of Wages Plasterers' Laborers who have been trying for some time to obtain an Increase In wages to come up to the union scale, walked off the Job at the Allen theatre Wednesday at noon. The scale paid these men was f fi.50 per day, whereas the union scale calls for $7. Seven men are Involved In this atrlke, and the' building contractors have succeeded lp getting two to remain on the job at the old scale. Woodsworth at New Westminster Everybody, come to the meeting to be held In the New Weatminster Labor Temple; corner Seventh and Royal, June 14, at 8 p.m. Speaker, J. S. Woodsworth. E Toronto Pays a Bigger Scale and Sells Bread at a Lower Cost The aixth week of the Bakers' atrlke atlll finds the men pretty solid, only three desertions having taken place during the whole period. None of these men, however, have gone to work for Sheliy's or any other big bakeries. An organiser of the Bakers Union arrived In the city laat week, and has been trying to open up a conference with the master bakers, but these declare that there la nothing to discuss, and ao the matter stands, today with both sides standing pat. The union claims that the demand of the men would not necessitate an increase In the price of bread, because the proflt derived out of the bread sold to the'housewlfe is more than enough to cover the increase. The Labor Gazette, Issued by the Canadian government for May gives figures ln connection with the bakeries of Toronto. The scale paid there amounts to $49 for foremen, $45 for second hands and Ml for third hands, with an eight- hour day, and alt day work. Tho average price obtained for bread in Toronto, according to the Gazette, is 8 7-10 per tb., while in Vancouver the present price Is 9 8-10 per Ib. The $42 asked for by the men in Vancouver and vicinity would only add* one-eighth of a cent to every loaf produced. In view of the above figures the bakeries must be making aome big profits In this city, especially those working on a big scale and the wages asked for could easily be met if the bakeries would be content with a smaller profit. Moat of the bread now being produced by the unfair bakeries finds its way into the restaurants, the housewives standing pretty solid behind the men. The union label will be found on every loaf produced under strictly union conditions. Don't forget the O. B. U. dance and whist drive ln tlie Cotillion hall tonight (Friday). Gents 50 eents, ladles 25 cents. Splendid prly.es for the whist drive, - I KING'S II IN Great Britain Restless With Industrial and Political Discontent (By Evelyn Sharp, London Correspondent, the Federated Press,) London.—The labor situation varies very little, although In detail there are fresh strikes here, fresh settlements there, bodies of men who grow daily mor restive, and employers take the high hand and refuse to negotiate or make concessions. The building strike in East Kent hns reached a settlement, but grave unrest prevails throughout the building trade In most parts of tlio country, Sectional strikes are in progress, and outbreaks are threatened ln many qunrteis. The building employers' profits have risen by 260 per cent., while tho Joiners' wages (to take a section of the industry where the most serious discontent exists) have only risen by 98 per cent. At the same time the movement for building houses by direct labor Js on the increase. Several town and district councils huve decided to employ direct labor in tho currying out of local housing schemes, and the policy is suid to havo markedly bcneflclnl results on the spirit ln which the work is carried out. "The King's Writ runs only where the British troops are located." So the Daily Herald sums up the present situation In Ireland. News of barrucks burnt down, revenue offices raided, police and soldiers shot, together with retaliatory measures on the part of thc Hritish Government readies us every day. Troops arc being poured into Ireland, and It Is understood that General Mucreudy is urranging for the establishment of hundreds of strongly garrisoned blockhouses, a device similar to thut adopted during the later stages of the Boer war. Ukrainians Will Held Dance The L'lulanlan workers. In Vancouver will Hold a dance in the Templetoh hall, corner of Ponder and Templeton drive, on Saturday ovening. The proceeds will be donated to thc Ukrainian Labor press and thc defense fund, Don't forget OUH •4wrtisers. Firemen and Sailors Are Losing Hope of Getting Union Scale No word haa yet been received from General. Manager Teakle of the Canadian Government Merchants' Marine authorizing the paying of the standard rate of wages' to Firemen and Sailors. The Canadian government ships are atlll paying $15 a month leas to firemen than the union acale calla for deep water ships and $25 per month less than the coaat rate. Because of this, many of the most efficient men have left the Canadian aervice and have gone elsewhere, mostly to the united Statea, where the working condltlona and wages are better. In fact the exodus of Canadian Firemen and Sailors la gaining In numbers every day because the men have given up hope of ever getting the union acale from the government. Only the other day an American that came to thla port left with fifteen CanadlanTiremen and Sailors. Whether the government will wake up In time to retain the remaining efficient firemen and sailors aeema to be very doubtful. E. AND THE These Were the Goals of the Canadian Manufacturers A New Social Order Was Relegated to Oblivion If the new social order, which was to be an inevitable and Immediate outcome of the Old World holocaust, ever really found a place ln the psychology of the members of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, it waa only necessary to take stock of their proceedings at this week's convention to realize how completely it has already been relegated to that limbo of oblivion to which belong those other ephemeral things which pass, as the poet says, "And like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wrack behind." Trade! Markets! Profits! "These be thy gods, O Israel!" That was the sum and substance of the talkee-talkee from beginning to Industrial Relation Of course, lt was necessary to give a Uttle lime to the matter of "Industrlul Relations," a factor In thc game which cannot possibly bc ignored. And, of course, occasion was taken once more to voice the deep solicitude which the "master" hus for his "man." Thus it was pointed out by S. R. Parsons, the association's delegate last October, to the League of Nations International "Labor" conference at Washington, how all the delegates there were united in their "humanitarian" sympathies in dealing with such matters as the working of women and children, the bettering of conditions, and so forth; and how his own refusal—"fortified by the views of the (Canadian) employers"—to agree to an eight-hour day, was really In the interests of thc workers themselves. Would Bv a Calamity In his own plant, he said, they have an eight-hour day, with a cooperative committee dealing with wnges and conditions, etc.; but a universal eight-hour day would bc a "calamity," especially for a new country like Cunuda. "The employers of Canada generally were wilh us fully and completely— hopelessly In the mlnurlty aa we were in voting against an eight- hour day," he declared. The United Statea wus not officially represented at the conference, but, by their "reservations" to thu peace treaty, they had "refused to bc tied In matters of Lubor and all other domestic matters;" therefore, he claimed, they "will be with us in tii Ih matter of the eight-hour day." Consequently, "while we seemed to he standing alone, we were really standing for the United States of America." 8 Hours Not Long Enough After complimenting the Canadian ministers at Washington, In the absence of official represcnta- toln from the United States, the speaker continued: "Eight hours is too long to work in some instances; it isn't long enough, possibly, lo work ln some others." It should be left to Individual industries. Ah to the workers, he insisted: "Our assoclataes in business, are our brothers. We ure working for their happiness, but we feel very deeply lhat a strict definition (as to hours, etc.), would mean tbat a mnn bad no chance tn rise." The man who worked slavishly for only 8 hours a dny would naturally never get anywhere! It may be mentioned here that, at the Washington conference, Mr. Parsons und an employers' representative from Norway were the only two that voted "nay" out of 84. It may also be mentioned that, In moving the adoption of this "Itt- (Continued on page 8) $2,50 PER YEAR STRIKE BREAKERS I LINE Immigration Officials Al* leged to Be Openly Aiding Bosses Buckley Bay Strike Is Settled—All Demands Granted Buckley Bay camp strike la settled, the men getting all condltlona demanded. The mill atrike la atlll on, also thoae at* Swanson Bay, Norton Camp, Raza Island, Dollar Camp, Union Bay, Kenny Bros., Royal Lumber Co., and the Klean- aza Company at Usk. Mainland Cedar camp 8, and Brown camp at Port Neville, came out demanding single beds, springs, mattresses, blankets, sheeta and pillows, all to be Installed by let July. The bath house to be put In working order within one week. Two more waah tubs to be provld- j ed. The superintendent replied refusing to remove the top bunks or to build any more bunk houses, claiming that the existing buildings gave the legal cubic air space. Actually the men were getting less than half the apace to which they are entitled, consequently If the Health Act* is enforced, half the bunks must be taken out. He staled'the tank for bath had been,on order two weeks. Here again is further evidence that the company la violating the health regulations, for the camp never did conform to the law, and would not have been allowed to operate had the Provincial Health Act been enforced. The foreman was instructed to saw a barrel in half and mulct? two tubs. Judging from the autocratic and offensive manner in which the superintendent has always dealt with the men's requests for camp condltlona In conformity with the Pro- . vinclal and unton requirements, and the muny strikes that have resulted as a consequence, tue inevttuo.b conclusion is that there will always be trouble in the camps coming under his supervision. Strike Breakers from United States The strike at Curgill Bay camps, Simoon Sound, Is still on. The company has secured a number of scabs from across the line, and from Information to hand, there appears to be collusion between themselveB and the Immigration officers to get the atrike-breakers In to the country. The minister of Labor und department ot Immigration have been wired to us follows: "Strike at camps ot Carglll Co. who are bringing in strikebreakers from the States paying them a dollar a day more than offered at local employment offices. They already have a considerable number of strike-breaker? in eamp hired in the States. We have documentary evidence of this, and that immigration department is knowingly admitting these men. excluding only those with union affiliations." m . There Is a lock-out at Dempsey Ewart Camp 2, Drury Inlet, owing to the men's refusal to work overtime at straight time rate. Must Check Baggage Frequent complaints are made that the steamship companies refuse to check passenger's baggage. The la,wyers state that all shipping companies must check baggage other than that taken into tha cabin. A fuller legal opinion will Be given in next week's istue. Kamloops district convention will be held June 19. Cranbrook district camp delegates meeting on June 20, to arrange for business at the July general convention. v The Coast district convention will be held commencing July 12. The generul convention moat probably tuking place on July 19. Membera having questions they desire taken up, should report them aa early as possible, bo that the membership can have the. fullest opportunity to consider them, and instruct their delegates. The O. B. U. employees at Rhev- lln t*i Clarke's mill at Fort Frances,. Ontario, are on strike for an 8-hour day. Tbe A. P. of L. men arc also taking similar action. Financial support Is needed. The International claim they can llnanco their end. It's up to the O. B. U. to support theirs, Send contributions to district secretary. Fort Frances. If you believe In parliamentary action, .get on the voters' list. IS. AT I ROM Is Sent Out by Winnipeg Defense Committee to Aid Funds The British Columbia defence committee has arranged for Com- . rade J. S. Woodsworth, one of (he men arrested in connection with the Winnipeg general strike, to speak at the Federated Labor Tarty meeting in the Royal theatre next Sundny evening. All collections over expenses will go to the defense fund. Comrade Woodsworth has been addressing meetings In aid of the defense fund on th* prairies for the last month or »e« I striking particularly tho smaller towns and putting up Labor's caw to the "slaves of the farm." 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Herrero was formerly ln the employ ot the bandit Palaez. And Palaez receives a weekly salary of from $30,000 to $300,000 from American oil companies. Edward L. Doheny, president of the Mexican Petroleum Co., testified before the Fall committee of the Senate, on September 11, 1919, that the oil companies in Tamplco region were still supporting Palaez In his revolt against the Carranza government. Flourished on American Dollars Palaez and other bandit "generals" flourishing on American dollars have had all the ammunition they wanted. From dynamito to bullets, they have been furnished the means of keeping the land in continual ferment. Arid Carranza, duly elected President of Mexico, has scoured the earth for enough munitions to maintain a milttary air in his army. When thp old Mexican President was riddled through and through with rebel bullets, brought to Mexico In American oil ships, there were lying in a New York warehouse 12,000,000 rounds of ammunition, paid for by the Mexican Government. For six years the Mexican Government has been paying storage on that ammunition, because it hasn't been able to get lt Into Mexico to supply the army. For six years the Mexican embassy at Washington has made protests to the State Department, and Mexican agents abroad have attempted to buy guns and bullets, Everywhere they have found that the same interests which starved Carranza out of the ammunition field in the United States had blocked his purchases abroad. Laden with BuUcta The boats that bring oil back to the United States have gone laden with bullets to keep up the flght against Carranza. The men who own the boats and the bullets and the oil have played a queer game. In Mexico they have backed the fiery revolutionists and radicals—to down Carranza, and ln America they have called Carranza a pro- German and Bolshevik. The stream of publicity Issued by the National Association for the Protection of American rights in Mexico has consistently raised this cry of "Bolshevik" against Carranza, the middle-class Liberal, ln thousands of pamphlets sent out to the colleges and farm houses and public libraries of the country. The moderate reform constitution of 1917 is thus lined up with anarchism In a pamphlet by Ira Jewell Williams (who is heavily Interested In oil stocks) Issued by the association: "I have no extraneous evidence that the Carranza constitution of 1917 was framed by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, but I am convinced that there is nothing in that document to give offense to those militant champions of liberty unregulated by law. Creel's Opinion "You say we are not far afield from Mexico? No.' The Utopia alike of Trotsky and Carranza is a despotism of force under the guise of a great popular reform." George Creel, former chairman of the Committee on Public Information, Is quoted: "As a matter of fact, there is no Mexican question. It is simply a Carranza question." How the FaU committee, which acted as an effective branch of the publicity department of the oil men's associations, felt about Carranza, is suggested In a virulent pamphlet called "I Accuse," composed by Wallace Thompson, formerly, news editor of the Mexican Herald, and associated with the Fall committeo. After recounting tales of the murders of Americans, the destruction of property and liberties under the Carranza regime, and emphasizing the sufferings of American capital under that system, he comes to thiB quaint confession: ^ "When the sub-committee . '. . began taking testimony, it seemed, as if its findings were sure to be to the effect that there was no hope of solution of the Mexican problem inside of Mexico. One correspondent event went so far as to state 'that the committee was already across the border when its deliberations began. However, as the taking of testimony continued, It developed that the chief thing that was the matter with Mexico was President Carranza, The committee made every effort, In my opinion, to get away from the personal-, issue, but almost .every bit of testimony which it could1 obtain bore inevitably to this conclusion." The Fall Committee The Fall committee could obtain only this sort of evidence because fts witnesses were composed largely of paid representatives of the association, and these witnesses, down from Franklin K. Lane, ■- recently Secretary of the Int«frio:r, and, now drawing a salary of $5fl^- 000 annually an vice-president of the Mexico Petroleum Co (th6:IK>- heny concern), could naturallg)fyje only one thing, Carranza was. the trouble with Mexico, because his laws tended to free the workers and develop the land for 'Ihj^f benefit, and because the American Investing Interests were thusi*obai- gated to pay Palaez and other bandits much gold to stir up the country against him. -*■■- ' How deeply this simple lessoh has sunk Into the minds of those aspiring to pow%r in CarrawiA's place Is suggested by the very cot- dial assurances sent the American government by Obregonlsts that all will now be welt for the Investors. Robert V. Pesquicra, who expects to be appointed Mexican ambassador to Mexico If Obregon Is made president, says in an El Paso lntorview: "The oil question that has caused so much trouble, is going ' to' 'bo settted, and it will be a just settlement. Not one dollar of foreign or other property will be confiscated. Please make this as. plain as you can.1' It Is as plain as it can be. The exchange of guns for oil will continue to be a pretty good bargain in Mexico for some time to come. There is a little mystery about Carranza being unable to get guns, as there Is In an obscure general indirectly connected with Wall Street killing him upon a dark mountain. Mexico ls today faced with a tragic decision. She may yield to an Obregon regime, and buy a false peace with her honor and the, wealth of her soil. Or she may make one more desperate attempt to establish a workers' government, and turn to flnd tha American fleet in Tamplco harbor. Either Way Mexico Lose* Either way she loses, And either way the American investor stands to gain, If Obregon or Gonzales or any other aspirant comes Unto power, It will be at the price of his country. In the flrst place, he must gain his power and maintain it by a militarist regime, which is only possible with the aid of America. In the second place, he will be accorded recognition by Washington only on condition that the fullest1 co-operation" be accorded American investors. He will get the gold and the guns to .keep the people down if he turns over to America the oil and copper and ^lsal and hemp of Mexico, If the disillusioned workers of Mexico attempt now or at the elections, to stage a real revolution, .and establish a real Labor government, they will play neatly into th) hands of the Wall Street grijuj. For there is no power on earth '{.hat can stop Intervention If ajsray. dispute should arise across L-tbi border. ■ I. tut Would Delight Republican^ , From a political point of view, nothing could give more dtillgtt-'tf tho Republican party than to se; the Mexican workers rise ag^li^r the de facto government, and1 at-* tempt to place a Labor reglm'i ;in Its place. Those in high placeiQfir! mlt that it Is beyond the realm of possibility that President Wilsoh conld provent intervention in such a crisis. And the blood of the Intervention would thus be upon his head, and on the Democratic regime. The old cries of "shilly-shally" Democratic Mexican policy would be raised In direct proportion to the nearness of election day, and a war naturally repellant to the normal citizen would become a campaign issue of the closest significance. Mexico has in fact already become a campaign Issue, and the market value of generals as presidential possibilities is mounting with every fresh complication. The people who ought to know are showing very little disposition to expect a working class rebellion. The great American bonking and business in Mexico fully anticipated a period of militarist government No clearer description of the hopeless sltupatlon of the Mexican people at this moment could be mode than that appearing.In the private financial reports emerging from those Wall Street interests. Make Money Out of Mexico One of them starts with a hilarious whoop inviting everybody to jump in and make money out of Mexico, . . . "Mexican government 5 per cent, gold bonds, ma* turing In 1945 are a 'cinch.' Mexican oil properties ore truly great, while Guggenheim's 'Smelters' will return an enormous yield to the patient holder. In Mexico the political effect of 'martyred' fugitive Carranza's taking off will probably be neither deep nor lasting. The dead pass with uncommon sbeed In Mexican publlo life. Nothing can now stay, seemingly, the rapjd march of the Obregon revolution to complete triumph. A decent respect to the opinion of Mexicans and of the outside world will be paid by going through the forms of an inquiry Into tho circumstances of Carranza's death. The last honors will be paid him with overy mark of prl- vftte and official sympathy. Then will swiftly follow the procedure of playing in power, under an ingenious color or organic law, what will call itself a popular government but what will be In reality a W tary oligarchy. No Guesswork ....... Upon such assurances wty^h; arise from knowledge, not from guess work, men are going down, to the Stock Exchange day after day to make their fortunes. When financial news sheet in Walk Street says there, Is going to be a military oligarchy ln Mexico, ffnff advises everybody that they can now Invest their money safely RS that country, the chances of a saav cessful revolution grew pale. So sure are the Investors of their ground that they are already preparing the new attitude which the average American must now assume toward Mexico. We must all forget our rage against Carranza, and adopt a conciliatory attitude toward the Mexican people, so they won't realize how they are being tricked. The National City Bank, which joined the National Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico, in January, 1919, and has been one of the active powers behind that organization, has the new attitude ready made ln review, The Amerlcus, published for its members. 'There Is no question but that the great mass of the Mexican people are friendly toward America. The educated classes know with what forbearance this government has treated insolence on the part of the Carranza government, and they are anxious to see established In their country a government which will accord the other nations of the world the courteous treatment. which they themselves expect and which they have always received from the United States. In spite of troubles that may come during the next few months, and outward appearances that may make It appear that Mexico Is merely keeping up to its favorite pastime of revolution and. civil war, there ls sound reason for expecting that great constructive influences are at work, and that a happier and more prosperous epoch is nearly at hand." . The protests that the Mexicans will undoubtedly make against a military regime they dread with a desperate weariness of strife, are thus taken care of and explained before they occur. The article also excuses in advance' the ruin and' disorder which will inevitably fall upon Mexico under a second regime like that of Huerta: • "It would be unwise to expect the leaders of the present revolt to work miracles so far as the pacification and development of the country are concerned. Such work takes time, especially after the dis- organlzatlng tactics of Carranza and his followers. Work Is the only cure for Mexico's troubles, but a populace which has been robbed of the results of its work so often in the past is likely to be sceptical of the future until measures can be taken that will convince the ordin ary citizen that a new era is actually at hand. "In six months or a year, however, a radically different picture should be presented in Mexico. At no time since the retirement of Porflrlo Diaz have, th'e nation's leaders been so united on Insisting upon a new deal, and it Is a matter for the Blncerest congratulation In America that the men who will undoubtedly control the de facto government until the regular elections can be arranged for, are men who realizo the true relations which should exist between Mexico and its northern neighbor, and who will do everything in their power to make such relations a matter of fact rather than theory." Nine-tenths of the promises and gestures the Mexican candidates are making now are for the bene* flt of these "northern neighbors." The two shining possibilities, Pabjo Gonzales and Gen. Obregon, are running a race for Wall Street's favor and support during the election period. The man wtth the biggest promises ^elll win. Gonzales, who was acute enough to slip Into Mexico City early enough in the revolution to hold that centre, has so far succeeded In making Obregon sleep in the suburbs. They are holding their positions now by the rule of arms, and a people stirred profoundly by the murder of their faithful and hard-working president, hardly dare dream of land and peace. Perhaps they will make the attempt to break through the ring bandits' guns. But they will flnd behind that a wall of iron, the unflinching p'urpose of Wall Street Wall Street doesn't think they willl even try, this time. The Inter-Church Message (By HENRY W. NEVINSON, in the Manchester Guardian) THERE is no city so dreamlike judgment," and he began his ad —so like an unrealizable city of romance—aa New York. When I approached it from thft sea it suddenly emerged before me as a vision of fairyland or the legend of an Arabian tale. Rain and mist swept over it Sea and sky were sullen grey, and perhaps the vision was all the more magical. I have often conceived splendid cities, but it was almost impossible to believe that this was real. At last I had discovered a city of satisfying splendor. Against the grey sky rose that superb outline of deeper grey. Building grouped beside building rose to irregular but always to amazing height. In all the beauty of simplicity, straight and untouched by ornament, they rose. It was a common marvel tljat they could stand. Common earth would have yielded and sagged under their enormous weight. But they stand founded upon unyielding rock, as I suppose nO other great city has ever been founded, unless it was Athens herself. From the midst of the group, which seemed as though It had arranged itself for grandeur, rose a vast tower higher than all the rest. I suppose it rises nearly to the height of the Shropshire Wrekkin. "Surely," I thought, "that must be the cathedral of this magnificent dream. For if there is any God to be worshipped in this undiscovered foreign land, He must needs be worshipped there.". But It was not the cathedral. It was the Woolworth Building, strictly commercial edifice. I have met an old native of New York (almost as rare an apparition as the last of the Mohicans) who bitterly regretted the change of twenty or thirty years. Before that time the spire of Holy Trinity Church waa a landmark .for the whole city, visible from every point. That spire cannot be discovered now, unless you look hard for It somewhere down near the earth's surface. I pointed out to the regretful native that the Wool- worth Building was at least as visible as the spire had ever been. But he refused to be comforted. He maintained that the building was not the same thing as the church, and It was no good arguing on that. Satire would be easy, but the astonishing thing ls that New York appears to retain a simple- hearted sort of religion. I was present at a crowded meeting In the Hippodrome (Sixth Avenue), which I suppoae holds more than half a3 many people as tho Albert Hall. It was called by "The Interchurch World Movement of North America"—a ftiovemeut of SO Protestant churches or sects acting In combination to Christianize the earth. Apparently the' Anglican or ■"Episcopal" Church stands aloof, either from habit or because it does not like to be called Protestant any more than I should. But the other 30 claim nearly 15,000,- 000 members, or about 60 per cent of American Protestants. And their object Is to compel the people of the United States, as they put it, "to see the programme of Christ." The more Immediate object of the movement is to raise within five yoars a fund of $336,777,572 for the purpose of expanding and "standardizing" Christianity. Ob- serve-the'love of accuraoy in the two dollars mentioned at the end of that sum. My flrst information of the meeting came from a large advertisement announcing, "Faith! Hard- headed Business Men are agreed that Faith is needed under present Conditions." Knowing that a good deal was 0eede'd under present conditions, I went, all the more gladly because Mr. John D, Rockefeller, Jr., was going to. speak, and I had heard of him as a young man who is trying, with earnest solicitude, to pass a camel through the eye of a. needle. The big audience flowed pver on to the stage, but places were kept for four women in white, dressed as wingless angels. At three o'clock they rose, set cavalry trumpets to their mouths, and led the audience in the familiar American hymn, "Hold the fort, for I am coming," the words of which were thrown upon' the screen with the music. When we had flashed the answer back to heaven for the last time, the four angels played us "The Lost Chord," ln unison on their trumpets, and Mr. Rockefeller read a chapter of Revelation, so crammed with fantastic symbolism that one longed at eyery line to ask for Interpretation. He was then introduced by the minister of the Brick Presbyterian Church, as one who had "caught a vision of the Movement with his accustomed clarity of judgment,' dress. Mr. Rockefeller suffers under similar disadvantages to many of the British aristocracy: he is both" born great and has greatness thrust upon him. The representative and heir of the great Trust, Combine, Syndicate. "Octopus," or what you will, Is a fair-haired, slim, and elegant young man, apparently healthier than most millionaires I have seen from a distance. Yet I wondered how much he enjoyed life; for, indeed, the amount of fun that one can buy is after all limited. I am told that,- in fact, the whole family cares very Uttle for enjoyments, but is much given to the strangely difficult and unsatisfactory task of doing good. I have been told, but forget, the exact number ot million dollars that it expends upon a thing called the Rockefeller Foundation—apparently a kind of private charity organization society, but, one hopes, endowed with more human kindness as well as more money. The sorrowful young man of great possessions spoke ln i pleasing voice and without hesitation, I could, indeed, follow almost every word from a typewritten copy of the speech given me by a steward with the polite ness often shown to writers outside England, for ke saw me taking notes. The world, said Mr. Rockefeller, has been seeking some solution of the great problems pressing on lt —industrial, political, and others. (It has indeed.) Force has been tried, and It has ended in ruin. Individualism has been tried, and lt ends in the selfishness, the seeking, the thoughtlessness of the masses in these lands. (And uot of the masses only, one supposes.) "Now," sold Mr, Rockefeller, we are hearing leaders ln the business world saying from time to time that the Golden Rule must be Introduced into business, and that only will solve the problem of industrial life. Little 'by little we ar* coming to realize that after all the solution ls to be nothing new, but simply the relntro- • duetion into the .hearts and lives of men and women of the spirit and the life of the simple Carpenter of Nazareth, Yes, certainly, the doctrine ls familiar. If it were rather less familiar It might sound a -little dangerous In these troublesome times. But not even the American D. O. R. A. would clap a Rockefeller Into gaol aa a Radical, Socialist, or Bolshevik (terms pretty nearly Identical here). And so the young man continued to expatiate upon the advantages of Christianity, which no one cares to question because no one dares to practice. A master ot statistics followed him, and showed, by elaborate diagrams what a large number of people now In the world have never even heard of Christ or the Thirty Churches. Them also the vast fund of dollars is to serve, and it was interesting to hear that even the negroes of the Southern States are to share ln the blessing. After Uu diagrams we sang, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty," each line being illustrated on the screen by a picture of American scenery, home life, or symbolic statuary. As you know, the tune is the same as that of our National Anthem, and lt was In* terestlng to speculate on the pictures that we in England might use to Illustrate the linos "Confound their politics, frustrate their knavish tracks.". Towards the end of the meeting a scene was shown -described as a poet's dream of the Christian Church united—the "Interchurch" of the Movement. It was the very Image of the Wool- worth Building. 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THESE line Spring days mak. you want to get out doom aad enjoy yourselves. •' * Whether you are a disciple of Isaac Walton or a baseball enthusiast, we are here to take care of your every need; We havt the largest stock of high-grade Ashing tackle and sporting goodi ln British Columbia, all moderately priced. TISDALLS LIMITED THE COMPLETE SPOBT1NO OOODS STORE tl* HASTINGS STREET WEST Phono Seymoar U» For Sale at all stands Weatminater Brewery Oo. THIS FAOE IS MID FOB BT THE LX7HBEE ABD CAHP WOBKEBS OF THE 0. B. V. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST THIS PAOE IS mVOTIB 10 OTTIB- .BSTS OF THB LOMBBB ABO OAMP WOBKEBS OBIT Or SBB OA.V. TWELFTH YEAR. No. 24 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 11,1920 ?2.50 PER YEAR: **>. Lumber and Camp Workers —Industrial Unit News= Caropjteports CAMPBELL RIVER McDonald * Murphy's Oamp This camp Is situated on the fieach ahout seven miles southeast ot Campbell River. There are about 70 men In camp, ten men In each bunkhouse. Htve top bunks, but the company promised to -remove them aa soon as.new camp la built. Company supplies all bedding, «heets are changed once a week, for which we pay $L00 per week. Meetings are held on second and fourth Tuesdays of every month. The following motions have been passed in this camp: "That we, the workers of said eamp, be 100 per cent, organized." New men are given one week to Join the organisation, or in case of arrears are given same length of time to pay up. "We, the workers of said eamp, went on record that in future no aalaried official shall be eligible for delegate to a convention, nor •hall he have any voice or vote, with the exception to answer questions." We also sent ln a recommendation that two organisers be put In the field on the coast district, as we realise that If this organisation Is going to live, different^tactics have get to be adopted at oncjs. We ajeo kave appointed a committee to Interview the members of the I. T. Co., and Merrill, Ring and Moore, to flnd ways and means for a better understanding ot conditions regarding this organisation. THUNDER RIVER, B, O. This camp ls owned by the North River Lumber Company, and ie situated about ten miles east ot Blue River, C. N. IJ,, Kamloops district. At present there are about li men working there. l*ie mill will be operating for the first time In the ne« few days. At present things are a little bit crowded ln temporary quarters, which will be remedied as soon as lumber is available for the new camps. I am Informed that lt is the intention of the management to build four men bunkhouses, to furnish beds, springs and mattresses, blankets, sheets and pillow cases; also to build bath houses with hot and cold water. O. B. U. hours and wages will prevail. The manager, Mr. Etter, states, "We intend to make conditions for the men as good as any of the camps on the coast." The cook house Is to be built and equipped according to the requirements of the present gnstro- nomlcal artist. Fellow-worker Joe Keenan, and his many friends in this district feel assured that things will be fixed up all right. Joe says fee has had no trouble In getting anything he ordered, so needless to aay the grub is good. This camp kas made a good start, being about 100 per cent, organized and camp delegate elected. If things materialize as promised, this camp will be a model that other outfits on the North Thompson River would do well to copy, as no improvement la yet discernable from the old- style slave pens In this neck of the woods. DEL. S325 FORT ALICE . The members In camp would like to bear the opinion of other-camps on the following question: "Recently a member who was working as fireman on a swing donkey, was fired because he refused to give some assistance on the main line, which rolled hard trom the drum. His refusal being based on the grounds that he was too busy splitting wood and firing, to have time for other work, without neglecting his duties. He had previously refused to give a hand KAMLOOPS DISTRICT To All Delegates in the Kamloops District THERE will be a district convention held In Kamloops at the L. W. I. U. hall, on June l»th, 1920, to transact such business as may eome before the meeting, and to elect delegates to the general convention, to be held at Winnipeg. By Order of the District Executive Board Now, as the members that were elected to the executive board are not acting, the next ipan with the highest amount of votes wtll act as as executive member, that leaving the executive board as follows: Frank Billings, Ed. Cohoe, J. F. Johnson, Geo. Lawrey and the dlatrlct secretary, J. L. Peterson. DISTBIOT DIRECTORY Oenersl Hostqtsrteis: Vaneonvsr, B. O.i B. Wiacb, tl Oordova Stnet Wait Oranbrook, B. O.i I. H. Thompson, Cranbrook District—Logsl adviser: Oeorge Spreull. Kamloops B. 0.; J. L: Petorson, Box 112, 3 Victoria Stmt. M.rrit, B. 0.; W. S. Klines, Box I. Kelson, B. O.i B. Barrow, Ooneral Delivery. Meetlnge sre bold in the O. B. U. Hsll, Bsker Street, Nelson, on tbo flret.aud third Sunday of each montb at 8 p.m. Prince Oeorge, B. O.; 3. Stevenson, Drawer 20. Frince Bupert, B. O.i 3. H. Burrough, Box 833. Vancouver, B. 0.; 3. M. Clarke, 61 Oordova Street West. Vlctoris, B. 0.; E. Waterson, 1121 Oovernment Straet. Bdmonton, Alta.; 0. Berg, 10333— 101st Streot East. Prince Albert, Sask.; Oeo. Tether, 108 —8th Street East Wlnnipog, Man.; Lumberworkers' Union, 196 Henry Avenue. Sudbury, Out.; Wl Oowsn, Box 1031, Lisgsr Street. Pert Francis, Out.; T. Usee, Box 300, Webster Hsll. Oohstt, Ont.; J. D. Oluney, SI long Street. Timmins, Ont.; Lumberworkers District Soontary, 10 Socond Ave. P. 0. Box 200. Hoatresl; D. Bluett., tt St Lsarent Itnot . 'on the main line. At a meeting, which was held, he asked the boys to regard his case as one of discrimination, and to demand his reinstatement, and to be prepared to take whatever action necessary to obtain same. This the meeting refused to do on the grounds that lt was customary for a fireman to render assistance In helping to pull the line vvhen necessary. He considers the meeting fell down on the proposition. Hence our request for the opinion of other members. SIMOON SOUND Mclntyre 4 Levlolctte Oamp There are 82 men In this camp, and'all In the union. The eompany furnishes blankets, soap and matches free to the men. There are eight men to a bunk house. Have a bath house and dry room and a storehouse with a room .for the cook and flunkey. The company furnishes the best of food on the market, but the cook we have at present could be a whole lot better. However, there, are prospects of a ohange ln the near future. ALICE ARM I wish to call particular attention to engineers, carpenters and all other mechanics concerning the settlement ot the strike at the Dolly Varden Mine, Alice Arm, B. C. The clipping taken from a Prince Rupert paper will certainly show them they have been left out in the cold. The miners, muckers, steel sharpeners and laborers all got an increase of wages. The mechanics got nothing, which ls Just what they asked for, although the company paid them all off, or ln other words, fired them just the same when the strike was called. Tou will please note Bro. Mechanics, which side your bread is buttered on. The union scale as paid ln Vancouver Is to be the pay of the mechanics up here. That is the International scale, which from my experience seems to range even in Vancouver from 25 cents to 60 cents per day. Fourth-class engineers get $165 per month, less board; third-class engineers, 1175 per month, less board; all paid for 80-day month, which ln the case of the fourth and third-class men is less than the International scale. Carpenters 36.25 per day, donkey engineers 366.25 per day. Now, Bro. Mechanics, just because a certain scale ls paid in Vancouver it doeB not say it should apply to northern B. C, where the time and money spent getting to and from a Job Is very expensive and runs well into a month's pay. Take, for instance, the expense of getting to the Dolly Varden. Tou take the boat at Vancouver on Monday, getting to Anyox on Thursday, fare 333.85 first class, which is the only way a human being should travel, as those of us who have travelled second class well know. Fare from Anyox to Alice Arm 32.50, hotel expenses at least $5, lt takes one day to walk from Alice Arm to the mine, 18 miles. Total days to get to work from Vancouver five days, which, at, say 36 per day, ls 330. making a total expense of getting to. this Job of 370.35, for one way only.. I hope some of you boys will do a littu figuring before you come up here to v ork for the same rate of pay as Is paid ln Vancouver. I am exiled in the snow drifts, which at present are anywhere from two feet to 10 feet at this writing, and hope to see Vancouver again as soon as I can make the coin. The sleeping accommodations are bum. The bunkhouse is built over the dining room and kitchen. All the odors from the kitchen come into the sleeping quarters and are onough to choke one when the cook browns our table d'hote a little too much, or burns the biscuits to a..turn. This Is to be changed, I understand, In the near or distant future, one can never tell. Now, Bro. Mechanics, you are to get nothing unless you register a kick. If the International won't look .after your Interests, well, go with those who will. Tou have only one choice and nothing to lose. These statementa#re all facts and are written by an- International mechanic, who has been brought up here. DOLLY VARDEN SETTLEMENT Some Particulars of the Basis of Agreemont Reached The International men who went to Alice Arm from Vancouver, after a meeting with the O. B. U. and International men ln Prince Rupert, had a meeting with the strikers on arrival and stood solidly behind them ln the dispute. All demands were granted. Miners will get 36.25; muckers, 16.75; trackmen, $6.75; cooks and mechanics, etc., union scale. It will be some time before the mine is opened up again." Defense Fund L. W. I. U„ Kamloops district, collected by Harry Scott, King Fisher Driving Camp, Enderby, B. C„ 328.50 as. follows: Basil Chambers, $1; Jim Manning, $1; .Hm Chlsholm; C. Carmo- ty, $1; C. Larson, $1; R. Chamber- lln, |1; Wm. Cody, fl; A. J. Cav- rlns, $1; A. Sequin, Jl; Dan An- towln, tl; Arthur Alex, 81; Harry Scott, 81: T. V. Mnn-ow, $1; P. Camcrth, 31; James Willard, $1; Edward Turner, 11; Chow Young, tl; Jack Bates, 81; F. Quencll, 81; E. A. Tcwksbury, 31; D. McKenin, 81; Louis Novothy, SOc; E. J. Anderson, $1; A. Muluk, 31; Harry Galbrash, 81; Carl Rcdimen, 31; Hugh Gallagher, 31; L. Doneley, 31; R. J. Robinson, fl. Total, 328.60. Collected by Delegate Alex. Miller from employees of North River Lumber Co., Blue River, B. C, 813 aa follows: Joe Keenan, 82; W. H. Ohm, fl; J. Bowers, fl; B. Kumluk, fl; Dan McKinnon, 31; Gust Wallin, 81; Fred W. Llndqulst, fl; J. Bone, fl; M. Etter, 82; E. Kutakayfo, fl; Jobn Grovskey, 31. total, $13.00. A WORD TO THE WISE Personally we are not interested in recognizing or enlarging upon the natural or artificial divisions, whether of race, color, creed or location, that exist between workers, except for the purpose of breaking down these barriers and bringing to the workers of the world a recognition of their unity of interest. Nevertheless, it haa to be recognized that the boss, whose antagonism to the unity of labor is undying and irremovable, Is prepared to resort to any means to build up and keep alive thla division; consequently, if he were a little more efficient tn his methods, he would not make such a Blip as he ls doing in supporting and circulating on this side of the line the Labor and Industrial Journal, which has applied to the U. S. Patent Offlce for the registration of that title. The declared "principle" professes to be printed In Vancouver, B. C, but all communications are to be addressed to Seattle. The associate editor Is E. B. Flsh, who, ln his desire to get a place in the sun, and there bask In the smiles from the philanthropic employers, who for value received will pay the piper, he is willing to give lectures on the question of "Democracy and Bolshevism," giving of course the definition of these principles that will please those who call his tune. At a festive gathering held ln the Vancouver Hotel on November 7, at which the B. C. Loggers' Association were hosts, this "Ash" got rid of the following bait which he had swallowed and knew his hearers would: "It Is your duty to weed tbe agitators out of your camps and mills. When their belly ia againBt their backbone you will be able to do something that will stick." (Applause.) For the Information of those who are his financial supporters, and who usually comprise his audience, whether at meetings or as readers of the paper, we might add, "When you get rid of such propagandists as Flsh and his paper, and recognize that the workers, -even the so- called agitators, are human beings and entitled to be treated as such, and that some consideration other than the utmost profit should enter Into your relations with the men ln your employ, then you may fxpect as great a degree of good feeling will exist ln your particular Industrial activity as Is possible within a system based upon proflt and the wages system. This camouflaged labor paper had an article on the front page on Empire Day, and the last page Is devoted to "The American Constitution," which the editor urges his readers to become familiar with. Part of Article I says: "Congress shall make no law . , . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press." 'Tis rather amusing to urge readers and wou!<J-be citizens to familiarize themselves with a constitution which Is supposed to give them rights which they afterward flnd thoy may not exercise. And to circulate this twaddle In Canada, where censorship and government by order-in-council havo had full sway, ls a crude kind of Joke. Although not Included amongst the advertisements of other made- in-Amerlca goods, there Is little doubt that Fish and his school stand for 100 per cent. Americanism, which it would be well to get a definition of, as It is very possible that it may be introduced into this country under the name of 100 per cent. Canadianlsm. But the difficulty will be to find many 100 per cent. Canadians, even If we know what Canadianlsm is. FORT FRANCES DISTRICT • Shevlln-Clark Mill Strike In this mill at Fort Frances, Ont. Fellow Workers: The O, B. U. Lumber Workers In Fort Frances district, together wtlh the A. F. of L., are on striko ln Shevlln-Clark mill, and O. B. U. ln Shaw's mill, for 36 minimum for 8 hours. At present working lo hours, The two organizations are working together without official cooperation, but the O. B. U. will shortly be hampered by lack of funds. The A. F. of L. claims It can uphold its own end financially, though they are under heavy expense In the United States strike. We therefore appeal to all O. B. U. units and. members for financial support. All money- should be made payable to Sulo G. Nell, the local secretary, who will issue the receipt. Address p. t0. Box 890, Fort Frances, Ont. WANTED Members knowing the present address of Del. Ben Nelson, notify headquarters or Kamloops district office Immediately. Any one knowing the present address df Tom Goodwin, who worked last year at the Sylvania Logging Camp, Sooke, please communicate with Vancouver headquarters, Labor Conditions in the Fraser Valley (Report by W. A. Alexander, Ab-fthe impression that It was tbe guardian of this property. I had itp. kick It out of the road before M would move. Inside the kitchen a filthy state of affairs exists. The range upon which the food is prepared consists of a brlcked-in space built into the kitchen about eight feet by three feet and four feet high, holes In the top which fits three large pans, one look at tihe contents of tame would be sufficient to take away the average man's appetite for several days. The smoke and steam from this cook oven escapes through a large hole cut in the celling, from the rafters hang long greasy cobwebs (hat may at any time drop into the food being prepared below. Should a pestilence occur as a result of these insanitary conditions the workers may awaken to the necessity of becoming organized, and should the disease spread and reap a'few victims from the adult or child members of the community perhaps the people or the district will take action to iee that the municipal and government officials responsible for the enforcement of the health regulations get busy even If it is necessary to take legal action against the company. Maybe if a pestilence occurs as a result of such unsanitary condl- ing conditions which they would"t!ona and *lp« out a few of the - - - workers around this particular mill, It may wake them up to t realization of the necessity for becoming organized with their fellow workers and assisting them In enforcing the laws of this country, relating to health and sanitation, as well as reducing the hours of labor and making this old world a flt place for civilized workers to reside upon. General Workers In Abbotsford The majority of the workers around Abbotsford seem to think that 'they were simply born to work aiid die, they do not know what it means to live; for they seem to think that a working man has no right to demand anything from society but the right to work, no matter what the conditions are, should a crisis occur in the industrial activities of this country and these workers be denied the right to work they may then come to a realization of the necessity for the workers taking an active part in running the affairs of human society, instead of letting factories and other means of wealth production be run simply as proflt producing instruments at the expense of the workers. Teamsters, automobile mechanics', and other workers around the town are of the opinion that labor unions are of no use, for the workers would not stick togetehr nt botsford.) Some of the employees of the Abbotsford Timber and Trading Co., appear to have been nicely caught and stung by the old-time stunt of similar "philanthropic" employers who assist their employees to tie unrealizable real estate around their necks, which, incidentally, also ties their hands to the job. IX appears that the company owns considerable land around the mill which they have divided Into one-acre lots, should any of their employees desire to have a home close to thetr employment .the company advances them a loan, providing they are also willing to put uy a sum of money of thetr own. At first this scheme seems to be a good one for the employees, but after the house ls built they flnd they have become so indebted to the company and that It will take all thetr savings for several years, even providing they get steady employment at the mill, to pay off their Indebtedness. Unless they continue to work at the mill the property is of no value to them, for it ls too far from the city to be of any uae to any person not employed at the mill. Consequently these men have been forced to put up with work- not have done had they not been •old when they bought the real estate. Conditions are, however, compelling them to realize that their Interests will be better looked after by having an organization controlled by themselves and formed for the purpose of improving their living and working conditions wherever they may be working, than they will be by purchasing real estate from the boss which haB the effect of tying them to one particular job and whatever rotten conditions he cares to introduce. ' Conditions at Hindu and Ablatio Quarters The Hindu and Japanese quarters at this mill are fairly cle&ri, but the Chinese quarters are a disgrace to any civilized community; and if the so-called white workers at this mill had any backbone they would organize and demand' that their quarters be kept ln a' safe and sanitary condition and' not left as they are at present, to) be a breeding ground for disease/ plagues and pestilence. While investigating these premises I attempted to. go Into tha place where the Chinese prepare, their food and was met at the door by a large, fat frog, it was sitting on the doorstep, seemingly acting' as a watch dog, and looked at me' In such a manner that I received' T- HEADQUARTERS STATEMENT FOR MAY, 1920 Receipts— '' Coast district .;.;.,.„ „ $4 Prince Rupert district Prince George district Kamloops district '.. Sudbury district Edmonton district Victoria district ....; Wlnuipeg defense fund Refund of loans O. B. U. Buttons Balance on hand April 30 I 677.37 300.00 42S.00 600.00 200.00 100.00 21.10 42.00 22.00 4.20 441.58 Expenditures— Wages Rent $7,833.25 ..$ Electric light _. Safe for headquarters offlce, with cartage and repairs Sundry offlce supplies and printing Postage Literature— O. B. U. Bulletin • $289.50 Western Clarion 182.70 Red Europes 7.50 .Vapaus Publishing Co 90.00 Socialist, Olasgow .'. t„ 4.87 Oakland World 37.81 English Socialist papers 1.74 Searchlight 100.00 530.00 25.00 .50 196.25 43.30 68.49 General organization O. B. Xl. per capita tax, on account of two months * 1, B. C. Federatlonist (papers) i, B. C. Federationist (page) * Sudbury district *. Montreal district '. Winnipeg district Prince Rupert district .-. Kamloops district ;. Fort Frances district Prince George district Telegraph account * Western Specialty Co., printing ballots, ledger cards, delegates' reports, etc Expense re Cranbrook trial Winnipeg defense fund Premium on guarantee bonds Expense re Princeton trial A. II. Timms, printing English constitutions . Sick Relief Advertising Expense recounting Port Arthur ballots , Cartage, exchange, etc : , Balance on hand May 31 714.12 427.21 655.20 054.37 320.00 95.30 789.45 314.00 6.26 6.26 6.60 6.26 60.02 204.06 266.45 170.10 S.2S 60.00 680.75 30.00 6.00 20.00 6.80 112.22 $7,833.25 matter what name you gave to the organisation. They fall to realize the necessity for all workers becoming conversant with the economio laws of capitalistic society In order tp prepare for the coming ohange that Is inevitable tf they desire to prevent chaos from reigning supreme. They seem to think that all labor unions are similar to the old craft unions as represented by the American Federation of Labor for which they had no .use. Fortunately there are a number of active O. B. V. men In the district who realize the necessity pf organization and these are busy trying to let light Into the mental darkness of the Ignorant. There are good prospects of a central O. B. U. council being formed here. Clayburn The houses supplied by the company, for the workers at this plant are much superior to that which the average city worker calls home. The workers are, however, , very dissatisfied with their small pay and working conditions and the Indications are that action wHl be taken ln the near future to remedy this through organization. ■ Warhoop At the camp of .the Empire Sawmill Co., belonging to Todd & Crux, there Is an assortment of workerB, mostly Hindoos and Japs, the logging contract Is let out to a Hindu. It Is only a small camp, a white woman does the cooking and the food is very fair; the mill runs 9 hours per day. The men are clean In their habits and although the bunk house Is far from being up- to-date, everything inside Is kept clean and tidy. The Japs have rigged up a shower bath ln their quarters and also employ a Jap woman to keep the place clean. It appears that ln spite of the general belief that the white workers are the most cleanly, this ls not the case ln this camp, for the white English-speaking workers are living alongside Japanese who are enjoying better sanitary conditions than themselves, without attempting at least to enjoy the same privileges, for the white workers have no bathing facilities whatever, and are apparently quite satisfied with this state of affairs. Possibly in tlje future they may learn that cleanliness Is the flrst step to health. Sterling Lumber Co., Warhoop Camp This outfit ts run by a Hindu named Munst Ram, the workers at this camp are mostly Hindus, wtth a few Japs and English-speaking workers. The logging crew work 9 hours per day, and the mill workers 10 hours. The living conditions at this camp are such that only workers who have lost ail self- respect would willingly put up with them. The Hindu quarters are composed of a long building, ln which small holes have been cut for windows, and In which no windows have been put, the holes are covered with a piece of gunny- sack. Thc quarters occupied by the English-speaking workers are ahout 16 ft. by 12, walls 9 ft. high, a window 2x3-in. at one end and a door at the other, four bunks in which I was informed six men sleep; stove In centre of bunk house on which these men boil their dirty clothes. The mattresses on the bunks were that dirty and greasy that they would make a man feel lousy to look at them, No attempt was apparently made to keep same clean, as men were lying on them with their dirty, greasy overalls on. When tt was pointed out to these men the necessity from a health point of view of being more cleanly, and the necessity for having a proper wash and dry room, In order that they would not be compelled to wash their clothes in the same room In which they sleep, some of them became impressed, and wanted to know how they were going to get these conditions, stating that If they kicked about their present conditions, the Hindu boss would flre them, and put Hindus In their places. It was pointed out that six of the Hindus employed at this mill were members of thc union, .and were desirous of getting better living and working conditions. One of them had been a member for over-18 months, and they would all be willing to assist tho English-speaking workers to Improve the conditions alt around, and that the reason the conditions were so rotten In the camp was due to their own apathy, for if they would only organize, the health laws relating to sanitary conditions In camps would be enforced and they could get better conditions right away. One of the most Intelligent of these workers promised to act as camp delegate, and call a meeting of the workers, with a view to becoming organized, for he stated that he was fed up with the conditions under which they were living, and unless they were made much better in thc near future, he would quit the job. There are no bathing facilities of any kind, the drinking water Is obtained from a well in the centre ORANBBOOK DISTRICT SUtemtnt for May, 1920 Receipt*— Duob «™ $218.00 Fees -....««.- fl.00 Delegate!* remit Unce $050.89 Less Commission tnd eipenm 41.50 ■ 009.39 Minera' Strike Fund . . 2.00 District Fund 15.25 0. B. U. Buttons and Folder* 15.75 BiIium on h*nd April 30 1549.34 $2415.73 Expenditures— W«ge«, Offlce ..-. - n 9 185.00 Janitor 10.00 Rent, Electric Light and Telephone - 77.25 Offlce Supplies ind Postage 17.05 Organisation ...... - 94.35 Bellevue Minors' Strike Fund ~ - -u. 6.00 Remitted to Headquarters _ 52.70 Sundry Eipenses - 18.00 Balance on hand May 81 1960.48 92415.73 rOBT FRANCES DISTBIOT Statoment for May, 1920 Receipt!— Dues ~ m.«™».. $155,00 Foes - 27.00 Delegates' Remittance - 1104.00 Leas commission ..._.„ — 10.00 94.00 0. B. IT. Buttons - 13.55 Balance oa sand April 80 ..... ~-~ 882.25 $671.80 Expenditures— Wages $156.00 Rent and Light - 15.80 Offlce Supplies snd Postage .■.»......■■»,»_.„,ifc^ 9.20 Organisation ,...«.... .,...■<..—,..„ , 28.90 Literature and Printing -, 38.50 Sundry Expense* JL-..n--m^„Mj__, S8.05 Balance oa hand May 21 —...........-.,......_. 428.55 * 1671.80 Receipts- Does Feea ■ELSOM DISTRICT Statement fat Hay. 1920 Balance on hand April' 80 . Expenditures— Wages -...«.«..„.... Rent and Light ........... Offlce supplies and postage*... Organisation ;,...„ Balance on hand May 31 . ...$161.00 ... 11.00 „ 11.27 9 90.00 5.80 8.76 6.20 88.02 Receipts— Ones Fees KAMLOOPS DISTRICT Statim* ftr Msy, 1920 8183.27 Dlegates' remittance ._ 8233.00 Less commission and expenses 18.60 $ 699.00 81.00 Winnipeg Defensl Fund . Soviet Collection Chase Strike Refunds . Bellevue Miners' Strike Fond ~ Sick Benefit Fund .... — O. B. U. Buttons and Folders Balance April 80, Union Funds .... Balance April 80, Sick Benefit Fund 314.40 79.00 1.00 83.00 65.00 •3.00 10.75 706, o9 222.00 $2011.74 Expenditures— Wages 9 280.00 Rent, Light and Telephone . Offlce Supplies and Postage . Organization Winnipeg Defense Fund ..._~.™~™ Remitted to Headquarters ..__»_._ Bollevue Miners' Strike Fund . Sundry Expenses ... __._.... Balance May 81, Unloa Funds ....... Balanco May 81, SUk Benefit Fund — 24.90 12.10 116.70 87,60 800.00 85.00 11.66 898.89 385.00 92011.74$ MERRITT DISTBIOT Statement for Msy, 1920 lUttlpti— Duea ..... 9801.00 Fees „. 30.00 Delegates' Remittance — 931.00 Less commission and expenses.... 5.60 35.60 0, B. U. Buttons Sold 15.85 Balance on hand April 80 —— 47.20 1409.55 Expenditures- Wages « 91*0.00 Rent, twt months 42.50 Offlce supplies and postage - 5.85 Organisation - - 6.20 Sundry espenees 6.66 Balance on hand May 81 169.35 9409,65 PBIKOE OEORGE DISTRICT Statement for Msy, 1920 Receipts— Dues _._ 9 2B3.0O Fees 29.00 Delegates' Remittance 9438.89 Less commission and expenae* 16.79 423.10 Winnipeg Defenat Fund ...„.„ 102.30 O. B. U. Buttons and Folders 86.85 Literature sold ..„■■„, 19.05 Balance oa hand April 80 - 1163.53 92000.83 Expenditures— Wage* -. $ lflo.OO Rent „ _ „..„m..™..«„ „ 86.00 Equipment, Table and Bench ■ .,.„..., .",.. 16,00 Office Supplies and Poatag* «. 11.95 Organisation «.„...-.. . -, 69.25 Literature „...„ „. .... 16.26 Winnipeg Defense fund .,....„ __._.„.,.... 80.50 Remitted to Headquartera - ... 425,00 Sundry Expenses .„..........._ 62,80 Balance ea hand May 81 «... 1201.07 $2060.83 of the camp. One of fhe men stated he had seen another worker cover his body with coal oil and wash tt off with a buacket of water close Jo the well from where they get the drinking water. The water had drained back Into the well, for he stated he could see oil later- floating on top of the water. The stable where horses are kept Is right alongside the living quarters, and when the weather gets warmer, and the flies get bad, lt ls a cinch that unless the sanitary conditions in this camp are much Improved, that it will become a breeding place for some pestilence. Cloverdale ^ Very few Industrial workeW live In this place; two shtngle milts are operating, but the workers employed In these are expecting the plants to close down any day, as the supply of shingles on the market Is much greater than the demand, as a result of this, these workers could not be Induced to organize. Sullivan There are a couple of mills at and ne'ar Sullivan. The workers are dissatisfied with thetr working conditions and the poor wages that was being paid. Several joined up and others promised to join tn the near future. CralgH Newton Visited mill at noon; had a talk with loggers' delegate, who stated he was unable to make any headway ln organising men In the mill, so I got in touch with the sawyer and filer. Both these men belong to the Sawyers and Filers Association, and were unwilling to throw In their lot with the other workers, to assist tn getting better conditions. In Interviewing the sawyer at this mill, he refused to take an O. B. U. bulletin, stating that he had no use for the organization, as It was too radical. During the conversation that ensued, he was asked what he thought of the Irish situation, whether he thought the Irish had any right to ight for their independence from the British government, in reply he stated that he was ln favor of the Sinn Fein movement, and endorsed the tactics they were adopting to gain their Independence as the Irish had been persecuted by the British for over 609 years. It was pointed out that the working class had been persecuted by a ruling class for probably thousands of years, and If he would study history from a working class poly, of view, and not from that, of flre ruling class, he would not doubt come to the conclusion that the working class were even more justified in using radical measures to secure their economic independenc than were the Sinn Fein element in Ireland; for while the Sinn Feiners were only desirous of changing their rulers, the Intelligent members of the working class were desirous of doing away with a ruling class entirely, and all forms of exploitation. I would suggest that .as much working class literature be spread around the Province aa the organization can afford, nlso that educational meetings be held occasionally at all points where sufficient workers can be got.together to warrant holding same, and that good speakers on political economy, and the working class movement be supplied by the organization to address these meetings. Signal man —..».., Hook-on-man - P. F. man .'..... Unhook man Per mo. and board Yard engineer $170.09 Road engineer 180.00 Swing engineer 160.90 Per day and pay board Fireman „ 9.25 ' Wood bucker _ 6.50 Wood splitter .. 6.69 Pump man 6.00 Per mo. and board Head boom man $150.00 Second boom man 135.90 Per day and pay board Blacksmith $ 8.09 Board, $1.50 per day. Correspondence Who ever inserted the article in the Issue of May 14 entitled "The Iron Hand of Capitalism" under the heading of "The Closed Town" has certainly thrown moderation to the winds and gone the limit. Taking Ocean Falls as a horrible example of what happens when a capitalistic corporation eliminates all possibility of competition by securing title to everything In sight, he goes on to say that here "the iron rule of capi- tnllsm is supreme," aa though it were not supreme elsewhere too. Then, too, the next sentence, "Autocracy In Russia under the rule of the Czars never exercised Us blighting infience as It today does In this little community," referring of course to the samo unfortunate burg. There are Russians working at Ocean Falls who same from Russia before the end of the Czarist regime, and they seem to think differently. The use of exaggerated statements in an article which Is intended to supply information to those In need of lt, Is to be deplored. It is better to try to stick to the plain truth even If It does make our writings appear color- lens. The paper mill at Ocean Falls cannot be run without an adequate supply of labor. To secure labor the Pacific Mills Company has to compete In thc open market with all other concerns. In this matter It Is also handicapped to some extent by the natural drawbacks of the locality and its great distance from town, which facts deter many who might otherwise come. In spite of this, men have been obtained in sufficient numbers and many have gone away at different times and come back again, so that there must be compensating advantages to supply the motive. As a matter of fact, the majority of the men who come to Ocean Falls do so with the object of making a stake as quickly as possible and getting out again. The place will never be considered a per mancnt home for anybody on ao count of the aforesaid natural disadvantages; Its population will always bc on the movo and such a condition must bc fatal to tho development of public or community spirit. There Is almost a total luck of interest in the question of a shorter working day, Tho paper- makers, strain engineers, powerhouse operators and mnybe others already have the eight-hour day, but taking the mill employees as 0 whole, lt would probably be Impossible to get a "majority to stand for the shorter day, for with them money Is whnt matters. It Is a problem In psychology. The spirit of the workers ts reflected in the action or inaction of the company Apart from the matter of hours and wages, working conditions are good, Tho use of modern machinery has eliminated most of the heavy human labor and also the intensity of labor which was so char- Masset Timber Co., Buckley Bay, Wage Scale Per month and board. Cooks $160.09 Flunkeys...: .- . 80.09 Dish washer - 75.00 Bull cook ,. 90.00 Per day and pay board Flier 8.00 Head faller . . 7.69 Second faller .." 7.25 Buckers 7,09 Chunk bucker 6.60 Knotter „ 6.25 Swamper 6.99 Skid roadmen — 6.26 Hook tender 9.60 High rigger • __ 9.59 Rigging slinger .-. Chokerman ........... Chaser .......... ... 7.50 - 7.90 ... 7.09 6.76 6.75 7.59 6.76 COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION The coast executive has decided that the Coast convention will be held In Vancouver on Monday, July 12th, 1920. The members in camp should discuss the questions they want taken up at the convention, and Instruct their delegates, accordingly. Full particulars will be given tn next week's'issue 6t The B. C. Federatlonist. J. M. CLARKE, Coast District Secretary. KILDALV All single bunks with springs; blankets, sheets and pillows; sheets are washed with men's own laundry, for which a charge of $1 ai week Is made. One shower bath working, another being installed; dry-room and wash house not quits completed. Food fair; good cook; fruit on table every evening. Water has been poor, but new supply from river being Installed, with men's approval. One way ln company's Ume, Mail service weekly. Camp 100 per cent. Foreman o.lb Quatslno, Camp 7 Camp 0. k; good cook, bath- house ready. Some of the boys already have blankets furnished to them. A stove ls needed for the dry house, and lt is up to the management to get this installed at once. Sign the Appeal for Medical Frwtlom The Magna Charta gave every man the ownership of his own body. Today the licensed politico-medical cult claims your body at birth. In life and death, as a trade investment and for personal practice. Of what use is man's honor or womans chastity, when a Uttle child may be vaccinated into the rottenness of that of the lowest profligate? Sign the appeal for the removal of the vaccine menace from our public schools. Donation from Baker's camp, Thurston Harbor, amounting to $20 for defence* fund, per W. O'Donnell. ncteristlc of petty capitalism. Labor loses much of its terrors when the force* of Nature ore harnessed to modern machinery. There has always been some undercurrent of complaint regarding food at the hotel and also the bunkhouse accommodations, but not sufficient to cause open revolt yet. In the logging camps, food is reported to be first-class and accommodation up to date. The married people appear to be a contented lot. The company certainly caters to them in the matter of housing and rents are considered reasonable. Prices are or appear to be high in the store and thore are, of course, no bargain sales to catch the fancy of the womon, but the goods seem to be of good quality and there is nothing to prevent anybody, who wishes to do so, from sending an order to an outside firm for supplies. Tho immense sums of money thot were invested In Victory Bonds proves that the people of Ocean Falls have not been habitually fleeced and kept In a helpless condition. The closod town ns ah institution has come In for much condemnation. Tnkking Ocean Falls as a convenient example, we may nsk the question, "Why make nn open town of It? It is not closed to tha workers, in fact, tii ere Is a continual Invitation out to them to come In. It ls, in fact, a workers' town ln all except the matter ot ownership. . Practically every man is usefully engaged In some way in the production of paper. The community Is a thoroughly organized Industrial unit. Every man has his part to take In the production of the greatest amount of paper with the least expenditure of lubor time. There being none but workers here, It stands to reason that that there Is no oconomic interest among them opposed to a change in the form of ownership of capitalistic property.. Th& closed towns are ready for Socialism and nre merely watting for the open towns to rid themselves of the Influence of the vnst muss of Idlers and pretenders of nil sorts who thrive on capitalism but who. under Socialism, will become ns scarce as they are In the closed towns*. For a -worker lo challenge the ownership of the land, houses, utilities, storo nnd school site In a place like Ocean Tails, Is foolish so long ns the company owns the mill. No workman wants to buy a lot or house or the school site, nnd If ono did buy the store, he would cease to be a worker. Never mind about the closed towns, It Is the open towns that are hln- dertng progress. We should all hope and try for | better conditions, but the case Is hopeless If we deliberately put % false aspect on the proposition. , A. E.U, ■ tfAGE FOUR twelfth tear. no. 24 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. u. FRIDAY June 11, W.1 THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST Published every Friday morning by Tba B. 0. . . Federationist, Limited '/*, a wEixa. ..Manager Office: Labor Temple.- 405 Dunsmuir Streot Tolephono Seymour 5871 HubaoribtiOB Kates: United States and Foreign, •3.00 per yeu; Canada, 12.60 per year, (1.50 for six months; to Unions subscribing in a . body, 16c per number per month. Unity of Labor Tke Hope or the World FRIDAY...!... June 11, 1920 STATEMENTS made at the convention of the Canadian Manufacturers'%s- iociation, held in Vancouver this week, have demonstrated the enormous wealth of "our" country.' They havo also given a good indication of the' VALUES great wealth that "our" "WE" manufacturers have "pro- CBEATE duced." For instance we learn that in 1909 the value of our manufacturers' output was (1481,053,375. In 1917 there was a great inerease, thc value of the products being $3,015,577,940; or an increase of 525 per cent. From an advertisement in the daily papers, for whieh the Canadian Manufacturers' Association is responsible, we learn that the manufacturers expect the values of the products for this year to be even greator, the estimate being four MHous. The advertisement referred to, also, gives an estimate of the number of workers, who are engaged in the factories, and their dependents, the estimated number of workers and dependents being two millions. If the average number of dependents per worker aro two —and it is\not likely that the average number will be less—then we find' that less than seven hundred thousand workers are expected to produce commodities to the value of four billion dollars in the present year. Taking into consideration the value of the raw material, cost of machinery, etc., whieh will not be more than half of the value of thc finished product, we find that less than seven hundred thousand workers, men, women and ohildren, will produce actual value; to the extent of at least two billions of dollars. This is surely something to be proud of. We can see tbe Canadian workman swelling out his chest and boasting of the value of "our" factories, and the amount "we" export. But if he Will take a pencil and • piece of paper, and figure how much the average worker will receive out of the values-created, we fancy that the inflation will go out of his chest much quicker than it will out of the currency. Dividing two billion dollars by seven hundred thousand gives the approximate aum of (2,857. Estimating the wages paid to the seven hundred thousand men, women and children ait $20 per week, 52 weeks in the year, gives the average wage paid to each of those engaged in the production of two billion dollars worth of commodities, as $1,010. Our readers can figure out for themselves who gets the rest, and if they have swelled heads or chests when they get through with the figuring, then all we can say is that there is something wrong with tlieir thinking apparatus. We really are proud of the achievements of "our" manufacturers. They are a credit to the nation, and the immensity of the wealth produced by "them" has us staggered. But the generosity of the workers is so stupendous that we must confess that we cannot grasp the immensity of their benevolence, which the above figures do not do credit to. ' \JL7 HILE the Mounted Police expeii- ** ditures were being discussed in the Dominion House, one member suggested that the "mounties" would be better employed in planting potatoes. It would not be fair to class THE all members of the Mount- SECEET ed Police with Roth and SERVICE Dourasoff, and Zaneth, and men of that type cm- employed in the guise of mounted policemen, but who are nothing less than secret service agents, whose function appears to be to discover "seditious" conspiracies, and to create revolutions in the minds of the ruling 'lass. It is safe to say that if thc members of the Dominion House had have investigated the matter, that they would have found that the greater •mount of the expenditure in connection wilh the mounties, is in connection with this kind of work, and that if it was realized juat how much this kind of 'aervice" is costing, there is no doubt that thc appropriation would have been still further reduced. ' * * « Speaking on the activities of the "mountieB," the Hon. N. W. Rowell admitted that it had been charged that the Mounted Police had been used to break Strikes. This he denied, and stated that they had been used in suppressing a riot in Winnipeg/. Our impression was that the Mounted Police caused the riot, »nd that until they appeared on the scene there wa* no trouble. The Hon. N. W also referred to the moral effect that the Mounted Police had in Vancouver during the strike. Our recollection of the "moral" tone of the city at that time does not give us any ground for assuming that the morals of this city were elevated, but that tho activities of such men as already referred to did a lot to detract from it. If the references are to the overawing of thc strikers by the Mounted Police, and machine guns on the armory, we must say that to the best of our knowledge and belief, that they did not have any great effect in that direction, and if Mr. Rowell can imagine that the contact of tho late demented Sergeant Wilson hnd any elevating effect on the morals of this city, he has another guess coming. With reference to the secret service end of the Mounted Police, we can only say that the espionage carried on in labor organizations by such men as Roth and Dourasoff and Zaneth has had the effect of making a force that has heretofore been respected, an object Of scorn. TUe money asked by the government for this department, will not be used for the purpose that is expected by the average person, and thc increases will be spent in employing stool pigeons, and not on the men who are wearing scarlet and gold. It is the hidden and secret service that the government is building up, on lines similar to that pertaining in Russia under the czars, that is not only disgusting the workers, but the men who Joined the Mounted Police, thinking that their services would be on honorable lines/ DURING the past week or two, there has been a tendency towards lower prices of commodities. Many workers are of the opinion that this will benefit them. Business men, and particularly the financial interests, are looking WORKERS forward to a deflation of AND THE the currency as a rosult of PRICES lower prices. Not being concerned with the interests of the financial magnates, there is not much to interest the workers in the question of the deflation of the currency, for whether it is inflated or deflated, thcir position will not be materially affected.. Mr. Francis H. Sisson, of New York, speaking at a meeting of the Economic Club in that city, discussing the effects of declining prices, had amongst other things, the following to say: "Wages nearly always lag behind commodity prices, whether up or down." Later in his address he had the following to say: "Save, then, for the advantage in the transition period, when wages tend to move in the opposite direction from the falling prices; wage earners as a whole may be expected to profit little as regards the actual buying power of their earnings when prices fall." • « • •While the workers are expecting some little advantage by a decrease in prices, we find that even those representing the financial interests realize that no benefit will be secured by the men and women who are engaged in production, by the decrease ih the price of commodities. We also question very much the statement as to prices falling before wages. As a mat- tm.pf fact, there is at this time a tendency towards lower wages, to as great an extent aa there is a lowering in the prices of commodities generally. In any case, the position of the workers is generally getting worse. Prices have been on the increase for years now, and, as stated by Sisson, wages have lagged behind, and very far behind at that. Today, while receiving in money wages more than they received in 1914, the actual wages of the workers are much lower than they were in the days before the war. Real wages are not represented by money, but by the tmount of commodities that the money wages will purchase, and the average worker realizes just how low his real wages are today. » » • All this brings us to the point where it must be realized by the worker, that so long as the wage system lasts, there will bo nothing for him but a chasing of higher or lower wages. For.if the wages be relatively high, he will still have to chase them, and if they are low, and the market unfavorable, the chase is still harder after the elusive job. There is every indication that before the year is wit, there will be a crisis throughout the world. Production will be curtailed and unemployment will be rife. Labor leaders of the type thftt controls the American Federation of Labor may paint a rosy picture of the future for the workers, but so long as the wage system lasts, their plight will be one continued long drawn out effort to secure a job, aud, having secured it, to hold it, and keep life in their bodies on the miserable pittance they receive in wages. Prices are of no interest to the working class, except the priee of their own ignorance, and that is their continued slavery. So long as they imagine low or high prices, or wages, will assist them, they will continue to be the slaves of a class that lives in luxury at thcir expense. SAM GOMPERS w*as on the warpath on Monday. There were also others who felt themselves compelled to warn and advise the workers, amongst whom were Senator Robertson and Tom Moore. The occasion was the OOMPERS 'opening of thc A. F. of L. AND convention at Montreal. FREEDOM Each of thc speakers urged the workers to beware of the radicals in the lahor movement. It surely is a fine spectacle to sec men who are supposed to represent labor giving forth utterances which are in complete accord with those of a minister of a capitalist government. This is indeed showing the identity of capital and "labor." How close the interests of the workers are with those of thc class which the government represents, can readily be seen in tho activities p£ the Minister of Labor in the .City of Winnipeg about a year ago. They can perhaps be more fully realized when we remember that the men who voiced the needs and aspirations of the industrial workers of that city, arc today in durance vile as thc results of the activities of a Cabinet minister who is supposed to be a union man. * » • Gompers went to great jrnins to explain that'the International labor movement whicli ho represents is not the "Internationale" of Europe. There have been three Internationals: one is dead, the other is near to its last dnys, and tho third is a lusty infant. Sam no doubt represents the first, for his utterances and his actions are more in keeping with thc activities of labor men of a hundred years ago than they are with the enlightened workers' representatives in the old world. Sam was also very much concerned aboiA the workers of this country. No doiibt his solicitude for Canadian workers & due to the faet that thc new movement in this country is having a considerable effect in the U. S. A. and on'the organise tion he represents. Now Gompers is a master of oratory, and in his usual style he got off the following gem: "I have no fear as to what the results will be. As long as I have life and my body is not im. paired, I shall stand for the right of the men and women toilers of the world to be free, untrammelled and unowned by a_f, force." . • * • Now Sam is still active, and when the Canadian and American workers realize .the importance of the above statement uttered by the immortal leader of labor, there will be great "rejoicing," for has he not said that he will stand for the freedom of the workers? But freedom is a relative term. It may be that Sam's idea of freedom and untrammelment is not that of the workers. In fact there appears to be an ever-increasing number of workers that do not like the brand of "freedom" that they have in the International of his creation. There are also a large number of workers who realize that there cannot be any real freedom under wage slavery. These men will remember that Gompers did all in his power in Europe to prevent the workers of the world from coming together. His activities at that time were deprecated by even the moderate element in the labor movement of the old world. And today Gompers is at the parting of the ways. He stands for all that is reactionary in the world. He is an ardent supporter of the present wage system. But the workers are realizing that under the present system, the labor leaders with fossilized minds, and decadent ideas, are a detriment to the working-class movement, and while at this time the power of Gompers through the machinery of the A. F. of L. and the apathy of a large number of workers, is great, yet the writing is on the wall which indicates the end of any organization which does not stand for the freeing ,of the workers by the abolition of the wage system. Even Gompers and all his oratory cannot stand in the way of progress, and the material interests of the workers are compelling them lo come to a realization of the imbecility of trusting their interests in the hands othet that, we can use it properly tor ----- *- i -put purposes, SUH » Bolshevik .. "Before serving timo here, I made a series of addressee, supporting: the Russian revolution, which I consider the greatest single Achievement In all history. I said at that time that I was a Bolshe< Movies Take Picture of the Prisoner Daring the Ceremony, Atlanta, Ga.—"Tou Incarnate the best ideals and traditions of American history, and the hopes of humanity. With affection too profound to express ln words, ln the name of the Socialist Party of the United States, and many thousands of liberty-loving men and wome-n, we tender this nomination to you." Debs Notified In these words, Eugene Victor Debs was formally notified in Atlanta penitentiary by James O'Neal of New York, on behalf of a special committee of five Socialists, acting under instructions of thoir party, that for the flfth time he had been chosen Socialist standard bearer for the presidential campaign; To. which Deb9 replied in part as follows: "I am deeply touched by this extraordinary expression of confidence and affection. I must be perfectly frank with you. 1 have read the platform adopted by the convention, and I wish I might say that lt has my unqualified approval. It Is a masterly piece of writing, and it states the essential principles of the Socialist movement, but I believe that lt could have been mode more effective it it had stressed the class struggle more prominently, and lf more emphasis had been laid on Industrial organization. Platform Not Important 'However, a platform is not so very Important after all We can breathe the breath of revolution into any platform. 'We are In politics, not to get votes, but. to develop power to emancipate the working olass. I would never do or say anything to catch a vote for the sake ot the vote. Our duty Is to tell exactly what we seek to accomplish, so that those who come to us do so with no misunderstanding.- 'Some members of our party have been admitted to our ranks, ln the post, to make us 'respectable;' this was true years ago in HaverhUl, Brockton, Berkoly and' other cities. They were unfortunate Incidents. We wont what we are rightly entitled to. and lf we men, who while they have eyes to ^Stf with, see not, and ears to hear with, heir, not the rumblings of the revolution that is now taldng place, and which will sweep1 throughout the world and wipe out the system that keeps the workers in boi$ age, and at the same time obliterate .vik. I am still a Bolshevik, but labor "leaders" who stand in tlie way** «"* BKwe—n J***^ ln Alil®rl' the onward march of the ' proletariat. Poor Sam, his dupes are getting next him and his masters. TRADING WITH RUSgIA IN SPITE of all the conflicting stories in the press, with respect to Great Britain's trading with Soviet Russia, there remains the fact, that if it were not for economic reasons, the British Government would never have met a representative of the new order in Russia. Lloyd George's references to trading with cannibals should be enlightening to those who think that nations are governed according to ideals. In fact, those interested, would sooner deal with cannibals than they would with Soviet Russia, if it were more in their economic interests, and it is only because of the economic necessity of the British capitalistic class in staving off the wrath of the workers, and possible starvation of the people .of the British Isles, unless trade relations are opened up, that compels the British government to recognize at all the representative of the new democracy, which, in spite of any promise on the part of the Soviet government to refrain from propaganda, is the greatest force in society today, and the finest advocate for the ending of the present sys- tem_ the world over that can be found. Soviet Russia's propaganda is greater because of the fact that all of the military and economic forces of the capitalistic nations have not been powerful enough to destroy the new order in Russia, and that out of their necessity, .capitalistic governments have been compelled to negotiate with the representatives of that country. The situation in Europe, while it looks black from a capitalistic viewpoint, looks full of hope for the workers, and the brightest spot in the world today is Soviet Russia, with its message to the world's proletariat. We have no knowledge as to what methods will be adopted in other countries, but we are convinced that no matter what the methods will b&' the world's workers will shortly be comn pelled to follow in the wake of the Rus-' sian workers, and produce for use instead of proflt. -. ■ ,j ca. I regret that the convention did not see Its way to affiliate with the Third International without qualification. 'In this campaign lt ls possible to develop a united party. There ls not cause for discouragement. Unity must sometime come. -There are four Communist parties ln Ger- any and England, and I suppose it Is necessary for these divisions to test us within and without" This strange notification cere- ony will be preserved ln graphic form, for numerous photographers and movie men were ln evidence to film the presidential candidate in prisoner's garb. The newspapers of Atlanta, too, carried Debs' speech of acceptance In full. The Financial Post statea that Judge Gary, the head of the U. S. Steel Corporation, is the greatest example of what a corporation head should be. Exactly so. He would not be there if he wer^ not.* His function is to see that the comT pany he controls gets the profits. The workers who are engaged in the product tion of steel have another function, am" that is to produce the profits for Gary am his kind. The slaves of capital are the greatest example of what slaves should be. They will not, however, be slaves very long after they realize the function of the present ruling class. As a last dying effort, David Lloyd George, the wizard of Wales, has called upon the church to save capitalism. He complains of the world turmoil, b\it does not accept his share as a capitalistic ruler, for it. His blockade of European countries is largely responsible for thc situation, and now he wants the church to save the world from'freedom and the abolition of the system that mnde *He chaos possible. FUNCTI Will Keep Children Away From Participation of the Celebration Melbourne, Australia—-At a recent nieeting et the Melbourne Trades Council, It was decided to hold aloof from proceedings connected with the visit of the Prince of Wales. The same organization recently decided not to participate in the welcome to the popular Gen. Blrdwood as a representative of militarism. The following motion by tho Builders Laborers Federation was endorsed by the Labor organization mentioned: "That In the opinion of this union, the Trades' Hall Counoll should not be officially represented at any function organized ln connection with the proposed visit of the Prince of Wales, as we hold that the money so expended could be used in the Interests of the working class, whereas the proposed expenditure is to bolster up the capitalist system." The Trades Hall' Council also agreed to the following request to. trade unionists: "That trade unionists be requested to refuse to per- mlt their children to participate ln the welcome or any other function In connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales." A resolution has also been adopted by the Bendtgo West branoh of the Australian Labor Party as follows: "That the members of this branch of the Australian Labor Party take no active part In celebrating the occasion of the Prince ot Wales' visit and that they refuse to allow their children to be token from achool for the purpose .proposed." New York—Plans for the erection of a modern co-operative bakery, which will cost 1100,000, are in full swing In the Brownsville section of Brooklyn. This district already has several co-operative bakeries, and their success ls Bald to be a large factor ln the Initiation of the present project Moscow.—The Supreme Council ot National Economy has taken steps to reorganize In a single enterprise all factories which produce oxygen and acetylen. The purpose ot the re-organization is to increase production. The potash production ln the. government of Saratoff has been 70,000 poo& during the first months of this year as compared with 28,000 poods for the whole year of 191». TO GIVE NEW TRIAL TO MEMBERS OF t W. W, New Soath Wales Labor Covetn- ment Acts Appoints Commission One of the flrst acta ot the newly- elected Labor government of New South Wales, ls to announce that thetwelve I. W. W. men, now un dergolng long terms of Imprison, ment in Australia—6 to 15 years- are to be given a noh trial. A royal commission Is to be appointed to go into the whole of the olrcum- stances connected with the trtal and Imprisonment of the men, and it Is hoped that as a result, that at least some om the men will be liberated. The decision te appoint a commission to go into the casos of the Imprisoned men Is the result ot a pledge given hy the Labor Party sometime ago that It a Labor government were returned In New South Wales, one ot Its Arts acts would be to see that the I. W. W. men got a decent trial The commission wUl commence its sittings In June. Abo, Finland—The White Terror continues. Early ln May the Supreme Court of Abo sentenced five workers to the penitentiary for a total of fourteen years. Besides, they lost.their citizenship rights. Their, "crime" was "preparations for treason." EMPRESS Fhone Seymour 2491 NEXT WEEK The Thrilling Drama of Modern Lite "The Knife" One of the Mightiest plays ot tke Decade. A Great Success in New York PANTAGES A aiXT WEEK LONG TACK SAM * CO. Other Big Features Socialist Party of Canada Winnipeg Local No. S MANITOBA PROVINCIAL ELECTION, 1920 CANDIDATES B. B. Russell W. A. Pritchard R. J. Johns Qeorge Armstrong Campaign, funds are needed. Collection cards can be secured from, and donations made to Alex. Shepherd, P. O. Box 170*, Winnipeg, Hm. Would you pay long prices for yonr clothing and shoes if yoa knew you could buy the same goods cheaper? We claim to do the latter. 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SAILS Tents and Awnings, Carpenters' Aprons and Overalls, Pant* and extra clothing, Longshore-' men's Hooks, etc. Estimates given on all canvas work. ' 48 WATER STBEET Vanconver, B. O. Phone Sey. 4641 COFFEE (-PACKED BY-) THE W. H. MALKIN 00, Limited * VANCOUVEB, B. a Save Coupons for Premiums FRIDAY.. ..June 11, IStS TWELFTH YEAR. No. 84 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancouveb, b. a PAGBHVB THE Moderation League The old provincial voters' list has been CANCELLED and new lists arc non being prepared by the Provincial Government. As soon as these are completed a referendum Ib to be submitted to the electorate (or the purpose ot determining whether alcoholic liquors shall be prohibited ln the Province, or whether they shall be sold In sealed packages under tha control of, the Government. Tlio PROHIBITION PARTY Is In favor ot the total prohibition of all liquors, including beer, light wines and near Doer. Tlie MODERATION LEAGUE Is In finer et the sale of liquors under Government control. BRITISH COLUMBIA la a province the grent natural resources of which can only be brought Into the aervice ot mua by phyelcal labor ot the most severe kind. The LEAGUE doea not BELIEVE that a man Is or should be. made a criminal because he drinks ■ glass at beer and the League doe* not believe that a fisherman, coming In from hla work In a raging gale on the West Coast, wet through and weary, nor that a miner, coming out ot the bowels of the earth after labor without daylight'and In a foetid atmosphere, should be denied such stimulant as he mar lem he requires— nor the tollers In the logging camps, the mills and the ship- sards, NOR DOBS THE LEAGUE BELIEVE that aged people should be deprived of the stimulant which ther require and to which many of them have beon accustomed. And the great body of our fellow citizens who fought In the Great War and havo returned to us, many ot tbem shattered and nerve racked, Is lt possible that the electorate ot British Columbia will see these men deprived at anything which mar comfort them or alleviate their suffering? THE LEAGUE THINKS NOT and puts llsdf on record that it will carry on the light until these men get the full measure ef personal liberty for which they fought. THE PROHIBITIONISTS SAY that Uie womanhood vote wlB he all for prohibition. THE LEAGUE, whose membership includes many of those women who worked hardest for womanhood suffrage, believes that the women ot British Columbia wlU exercise their voting power with as much discretion as the men and that ther cannot be stampeded as th* Prohibitionists would suggest. * THE PROHIBITIONISTS have kept the press (nil of their side of the argument—what ther will and what they will not "stand for" at Victoria and by organluulbn and getting every* body of their way of thinking on the voters' list, they hope to legislate for the moderates WHOM THE LEAGUE BELIEVES OUTNUMBER THE PROHIBITIONISTS TWO TO ONE IN THE PROVINCE, THE LEAGUE THEREFORE CALLS UPON EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN THE PROVINCE who Is in favor of moderate and popular legislation and Is against being ruled by • highly organized and autocratic minority, aa a preliminary to campaign organization, to fill in the coupon below, cut It out and send lt In a stamped envelope addressed to MODERATION LEAGUE, VANCOUVER, B. a The fllling In of this coupon COMMITS YOU TO NOTHING bat It will result In your name being placed en the League's mailing list. 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To ensure-a copy of the above pamphlets, place your orders early with James Law, SecreUry of the Defense Committee, Room 4, 22S Bannatyne Avenue. Single copies can bs obtained ln Vancouver at the Federationist Office. The Control of Industry-Two Schemes "S OCIAIilZATION* and Workers' Control" is by now, in name at least, the orthodoxy of the labor movement in most countries. Resolutions with this object in .view may be quoted from most of the recent labor congresses abroad even of the more conservative trade union movements. It is another question how much these resolutions mean. Socialization can- mean anything from complete revolutionary expropriation to the creation of capitalist combines under the supervision of the State, as in the German1 laws; and workers' control ean mean anything front tke Soviet to the In. stltution of works councils "to aid the employer in the object of his works," For this reason the reso. lutions passed are of very little Importance compared with the actual schemes put forward, where auch exist. A Complete Contrast These schemes, In the sense-of a consciously thought out general policy, are rare. In two countries, however, where theory commonly plays a part, the labor movement haa set before Itself the conscious aim of securing the control of Industry, and produced schemes for achieving this end. In France the General Confederation of Labor has set up its Economic Labor Council with this avowed aim, and made it the central feature Of Its policy. In Italy the Soclallsttlc Party, In close, association with the General Confederation of Labor, has put forward a draft Soviet Constitution to organise the work- era for the revolution on the basis of the workshop. Both these schemes are alike in being ambitious attempts to set up an slab, orate national machinery rather than a detailed policy for achieving the control ef Industry; but ln other respects they afford a com. plete contrast, the contrast af the industrialist, approach on the one hand, and the Socialistic approach oa the other. French Movement Revolutionary The French Economlo Labor Couneil originated, according te Its founders, In the war and the after effects of the war. "Tht economle crisis let loose upon tha world by the war, the Impotence and tke unwillingness of the government to attempt any remedy, and above all the Arm resolution of the workers to approach the problem for themselves and flnd out the solution despite vicious traditions and aelnsh Interests"—these, according te Jouhaux, the seeretary of the Confederation of Labor, are the causes which gave rise to tha Economic Labor Council that was constituted at the Lyons Congress of the C. G. T. ln 1919, and Inaugurated In the beginning af this year. The truth of this statement probably goes further than immediately appears. For the official programme of the C. G. T. was always revolu. tlonary and involved the conception of the workers achieving control of Industry ln spite et the Btate and the employers. But with the coming of the war the C. G. T. had accepted tht principle et national solidarity, and to that extent had admitted the - conception of the national state, where before It had only been concerned to deny. Consequently when the war came to an end lt would clearly be necessary to make a fresh start on new lines; and all the more so because the immense accession of members a'fter the war had made the non- revolutionary section, which had always been, considerable, now predominant. In this way the emphasis became changed from the "class-war" and ".revolution" to the "economic crisis" and the "needs of production," and the Economic Labor Council Inaugurated to replace barren revolutionary phrases by a real and constructive revolutionary programme. The Economic Labor Council -was, in fact, an attempt to fuse both sections and adapt the old policy to the new conditions, and its manifestos min- gle the phrases of revolution with the phrases of national reconstruction. The flrst proposal of the Economic Labor Council was made to the government, and only when the government looked coldly on the scheme did the C. G. T. Inaugurate It on its own initiative. Alms of New Body The aims of the new body are expressed immediately In the elaborate programme of studies prepared for its nine sections. The •more ultimate aims are expressed in more general statements. "Constructive rt'voltuiou" Is the phrase of Francq, speaking for the technicians. "The replacement of government by the workshop" ls the expression 'of Jouhaux. But the key Idea is presented by Laurent, speaking for lhe State and municipal employees: "It ls not enough to desire control, it ls necessary to be competent to control." This Is the fundamental conception of the Economic Labor Council which is concerned to present, with the cooperation of the technical and other workers, detailed schemes for the re-orgoniaation of industry on. a social basts. The method' of achieving these schemes it left to the end of the programme as a point to be discussed later, and the type of society aimed at Is left to the general conception of "nationalization idustriolisee," or comun- ally-ownod industries controlled by the producers and consumers In some form of association to be worked out. What Is the Important thing is that the C. Q. T. enlarges its scope so as to bring Into association with It the technical and administrative workers as Indispensable to the revolution; and since these cannot come ln as ordinary "militant trade unions" a special body ot association ls formed ln the Economic Labor Council that will unite the two sections of Industry. But the enlargement goes beyond these, snd brings In also the civil sen-ants and ths co- operators as representatives of the consumers: and this is a till more Important step for the C. O. T. In relation to Its past history. The function of the producer Is no longer considered all-engrossing; and the necessity of the representation of both producers and consumers is now emphasized. The "atolier" that Is to replace the Government, Jouhaux has declared, must no longer be .simply the "atelier corporatif," the trade atelier Anion group, but also the social" or the social group. Receive* Crltlclm A good deal of criticism, though not very clearly defined, has been expressed by,the extremist minority of the C. G. T. over the whole conception of the' Economic Labor Council. They have objected to the introduction of non-trade union elements; and they have expressed scepticism aa to the council itself being more than an academic body. The relegation of the "methods of realization" of th* economio change to a last point te be con- i sidered later would, ln their eyes, stamp its non-revolutionary character. Certainly th* actual results likely to be achieved by the council are still unpredictable, and Its founders would agree that the whole thing'Is still In process of formation. At present th* mi festos abundantly Issued In connection with It hav* a large utterance, but whether it will get beyond the manifesto-producing stage remains te be seen. Italian Scheme With the Italian scheme we com* te a proposal yet more ambitious and ytt more doubtful In its outcome. It ia still only a paper scheme, aad ls essentially no more than an expression ot revolutionary theory. The conception is that Soviets or Workers' Councils should be formed and ba in full working order before the revolution, In order to be ready to take control immediately on the development of the revolution. Th* constitution proposed establishes a Provisional Central Exeoutlve Committee of ten members, four from the Socialist Party, three from the General Con. federation of Labor, two from the Syndicalist Union, and on* from th* Co-operative League (thus giving an effective majority to the Socialists, ths General Con- Federation of Labor being in close association with the Socialist Party). This Central Committee is to Initiate and control the formation of Soviets all over Italy, and then summon and report to the National Congress of Soviets of all Italy. Similar provisional committees are to be set up for the regions, provinces and. districts, at first by nomination, and thereafter to be electlv*. Th* division of regions, etc., Is to b* made on economle grounds. All workers (hand and brain) over 18, not being em- ployers, are to vote, the elections for the Town Soviet* are to be based en oae delegate for each SSS workers, or fTart thereof, in a factory (small factories to unite for this purpose), together with representatives up to SO ptr eent. At the total from the Socialist Party, trade unions, co-operative societies, and technleal workers' associations. In the case of the county district Soviets, one delegate for 50 peasants wilt be sent to the Commune Soviet, which shall then delegate one- fourth of its members to the District Soviet, (thus giving one delegate for SSS, as with the Town So- vletB). These dlstriot Soviets are meet weekly and appoint delegatea to the Provincial Soviet which shall meet monthly and appoint In Its turn to to the Regional Soviet, meeting once a quarter. The elections are to be held every six months, on the proportional system, and the delegates are to be removable on a vote ot lack of confidence by thetr cons^tuents. Criticism of this scheme in Italy, from the revolutionary point of view, has centred on the proposal to Include unorganized labor in the franchise and thus Introduce non- revotutlonary elements. There haa also been the same reluctance to associate with the co-operators, the reformist element in the trade unions end tho technical workers. In considering -a scheme of this character it would not be wise to approach lt In the same way as one would approach the attempted "Workers' and Soldiers' Councils" in Great Britain or the Soviets set up by a handful of extremists in France. The very developed revolutionary situation in Italy and the natural and deep-seated • tendency to the "commune" type of organisation make the position fundamentally different. Nevertheless, the whole scheme bears the stamp of a Russian imitation, and its real Importance lls doubtful."—Labor Research Dept. MSS. R. HENDERSON CREATES CONSTERNATION She Ute* Mental Dynamite on the People of Halifax City, Nora Scotia Mrs. Rose Henderson, the Herald 1* requested to state, did not coi..e to Halifax under the auspices of the Looal Couneil ot Women, who were asked to entertain her by J. S. Wallace. They do not, moreover, endorse many of the views which she expressed on the occasion of th* .afternoon reception at the Women's Council House. Mrs. Covert, regent of th* Shannon Chapter, I. O. D. B., a non-political body, will not, as advertised, preside at a meeting ln Dartmouth, at which Mrs. Henderson is to speak. The foregoing clipping, from a tfalltttx paper, shows how Mrs. Rose Henderson of Montreal hss been disturbing the peace of staid old Halifax with intellectual dynamite. She went to Nova Scotia under the auspices of th* newly- formed Independent Labor Party, and in order to give her plenty of publicity for a starter, and to show the bourgeois that one of the proletariat could match them In culture as well a ssurpass them In depth of understanding and feeling, a few meetings were engineered before bodies of "uplifters ot the fashionable class." After this preliminary, Mrs. Rose Henderson spoke to her own people, the workers, but tn neither quarter did she suppress her revelations of the iniquity of the present Industrial and political order, as may be surmised from the opening quotation. As a result the established order Is quivering with fright and frenzy—but Mrs. Rose Henderson goes Rally on with her gospel, expounded to large audiences of enthusiastic workers throughout the Province. Don't forget the O. B. U. danoe and whiat drive in the Colilllon hall tonight (Friday). Gents 50 centa, ladles 25 centa. Splendid prizes for the whist driv% Third Union Congress Publishes Appeal for Discipline ' Communists Form Advance Guard, Saya Lenin [By Qeorge Halloa**] (Written for th* Federated Press) Superior, WU.—Th* Third Union Congress of Soviet Russia, according to Finnish' newspapers Just re' ceived here, convened at Moscow in the middle of April. Delegates, 1588 in number, from all parts of Russia, Turkestan, Ukraine and Don were present, representing 4,. 828,009 members. The Congress wa* opened by TomskiJ, president of the All-Russian Federation of Trade Unions, who ln his opening address, emphasized that this Congress, oo the experience of 2(4 years, must call the attention of the unlona to th* solving ot the important economical problems facing th* worken ot Bussia during th* transition period to peaceful reconstruction. A* to International relations, he said, th* Russian appeals to the worker* of the world will receive * response that will create ajbasl* for a strong trade union International, under the banner of th* Third International. Addresses of Welcome wer* de. Ilvereh by Kalinin, Bucharln, Rr. koff and Radek, and by representatives of various parties. Greetings were sent to th* German.wor- kers. Lenin Speak* On the second dar Lenin welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Soviet government "Transition from military to economlo problems is characteristic of the present period," he said. The purpose of communistic poller Is to abolish classes a* well a* the distinction between workers and pea- setts. Onlr through the united ettorta of the workers and peasant* caA Socialism be realized. The proletariat must create a new system. It is Impossible to gain freedom . thitugh loyal solidarity and uslosm. It requires work of ..duration; it require* * moral , Organizing strength of all workers'created by the dictatorship of ths] proletariat Thia dictatorship is j rightful because the peasant misses are without the bond ot unity and discipline. These qualities brought the'victory over the capitalist states, which have more —moos and dreadnoughts. Soviet Russia Strong In Unity "Soviet Russia ts powerful on ao- oount of thla strong voluntary unity. This unity Is strengthened by the congresses of the workers and peasants. No country has in a hundred years had so' many congresses as Russia during the last few years. No country has gained such a spirit of democracy. Our congrosses are marked by enthusiasm and unanimity. This Incomparable spirit of voluntary association ls the basis of the strength ot Soviet power. The orders of the Soviet government are obeyed without reluctance by the workers and peasants. 'The proletariat which, ao far, ha* been organized by trades,, is now organizing itself as a olass, The question ls to help thla claas to reach Its aim. This will be realized before all by discipline. Now, in the ilrst place, organizing unity and moral education are necessary. We need more discipline, mere per- sonal responsibility, more dictatorship. These conditions ore essential for victory. "The Communist form the advance guard of the worleers army. If all organized workers and peasants will follow the decisions' of the Communist congress, then the final victory la sure." Adopt Resolutions Following Lenin's speech, the Congress adopted a resolution favoring: 1. The publication of an appeal to all worker* ot Soviet Russia to begin a united struggle against economical disorganization; 2. The immediate adoption by •very union of a thorough and firm Labor discipline; S. Renewed efforts to Induce all workers to take part through their unions in Communistic policy under tha leadership of the Communist Party for the beneAt ot the Bussian working class. The congress further decided, upon hearing th* report of the commissar of Labor, that it Is the duty of the commissar to se* to It that the 'decisions arrived at by the various congresses and other work- era* organs concerning Labor ques- tfcns are really put Into effect Fur- tier, that unions must have more controlling, power in the Commissariat of Labor. The memben of tS* executive committee of the Cbfnmissarlat must bs elected by tie trade unlr- congress or by locdl congresses or by their executive, committees. The factory committees, it was also agreed, must irork in accordance with the decisions ot the organizations of their tl ode. The factory committees are u ider the control of the unions. After the speech by Radek, the c .egress adopted a resolution, by Whfch the Russian trade union movement Joins the Third International. An appeal will be sent to the organised workers of alt countries to follow the example of the Busstan trade union movement The congress regarded trade education as the most important part ot the educational work of the workers' strike In order that every branch of Industry may have competent workers. Education must be developed to embrace all phases of the life and Illiteracy must bc fought wilh vigor. PARIS LOGGERS Cruisers, Prospectors and Work' Boots of AU Kindt Men's and Boys' Strong Boots; made of same stock as loggers.' All widths anl heighths of top. AS ILLUSTRATED Soft oil-tanned uppor, single or double aete, reinforced shank, Pari* speeial, heel; made in widths B, C, D, B, SB, SB, <B. Guaranteed te held calks. P.PARIS 51 Hastings West ' MAN CLP. Have You Registered? The voters' lists ore now being compiled, if you have not registered you should do so, the list Is n new one and the old list will aot be recognized. Tou should register at once. Flirts With Reactionaries and Is Called to Time by Soviets (By the Federated Press) Berll.—Th* charges that Urtaln leaden of the newly-formed Oerman Communist Labor Partr (th* faction that left th* Spartacus League because ot the letter's alleged moderation) - were flirting wtth reactionary offlcen for the purpos* of starting a fresh revolt against th* government whloh might result in'* sort ot Nationalist-Bolshevist combination—charge* which wer* mad* publlo following the raid en a group of these alleged conspirators on April 15—have apparently been taken seriously hr the officials of th* Third (Moscow) International. When the Communist Labor Party wu organized, it immediately announced It* adherence to the Third International, and clslmsd to be tho only really revolutionary party tn Germany. Now comes a statement In Die Rote Fahne, the crgan ot the German Communist Partr, te the effect that the West European Secretariat of the Moscow International has rejected the application of the new party, and for the following reasons: -"Th* attltud* ot the Communist Labor Party during the past weeks ha* been the following: "1. It has entered Into relations with Kapp offleen and thus engendered the danger of having near- revolt* provoked by spies. "i. It has, ia connection with theee Kapp offlcen, again made concessions to Nationalist-Bolshevism, and has alao advanced the cauae ot thia Nationalist-Bolshevism through taking into its ranks groupa known to support Nationalist-Bolshevism. '8. It stands for Individual terrorism and individual sabotage. 4. It regards It as its presumptive task to fight with all means, even terrorism, the Communist Party of Germany Spartacus League, which Is afflliated with the Communist International." Detroit—A shutdown of Industries for a period to brine the wor- _kera to their "senses" ts advocated "by the Michigan Manufacturer* Financial Record, in a reeent la* This organ feels outraged over th* "high" wagea paid to Industrial worker* tn this state and eepeciallr ln Detroit, and Is avowedly tn favor of throwing hundreds of thousand* ot bread winners out en th* street* in order that the proflt* ef the Industrial overlords mar not decrease. Already, in the put f*w weeks -tens at thousand* of man hav* been laid off. This Is traced tn part te the rail strike, which ha* greatly Interfered with the delivery of raw material*. On th* other hand, many point to the attitude ot the employment agencies who ar* hiring men from ten te twenty cents an hour'leaa than wu paid before, u an augury et th* threatened wholesale cutting at wages through • ahutjewn. Patronize FED Advertisers. Big Strike on Railroad in New Zealand (Continued fron page 1) VICTIMIZED WORKERS' TO OET THEIR RIGHTS Australian Labor Government Take Steps to Rectify the Unjiistices. Following the general strike of August-September, 1917, the then anti-Labor government indulged in a carnival of-victimization against the men who went out on strike against the introduction of the Taylor card system. The policy of ruthlessness against the workers was continued right up till the anti- Labor government was displaced from power in the third week of March last Labor parliamentarians stated that If ever a Labor government wu appointed ln New South Wales, lt would see that the victimized men got Justice. It hu now been announced that the government Intends to take steps at the earliest moment to see that the railway men got the Justice te which they are entitled. The unions, which were co-rc^istered by the Holman government for taking part in the strike, are to be re-registered In the courts u Industrial unions, the victimized men are to be reinstated, the right is to be granted to union representatives to collect union fees trom workers on the railway departmental premises, and poet union notices In the different workshops, while other rlghta taken away from the men following the atrike are te be restored to them. llngton. HI* Journey listed two daya through mud and rain, wu not an enjoyable one. It mnst be admitted, but needa must when the devil drive* and royalty wu hang up. Prime Minister Massey arrived at Wellington on the Thursday sight (April SS), and sever*! aaa* tlv* conference* with til* at* tay lowed. The men refused te mis way on any point ts th* print* minister. Finally on the Saturdar (May 1), a full settlement wu arrive* at Aad what s glorious Map Day victory H was r The men gal*. ed their demand* which, Orietg trt u fellows: A tribunal ot thru rapruentatlve* (rom th* men and th* government with an lndepta- dent chairman to consider all thalr disputes, te b* appointed within I days. All lncreaae* of par t* b* retroactive from * date te be decided br the tribunal. Ther* I* I* be no victimization ef the men for striking, aad their snuperannu*. tlon rlghu are to bo safeguarded. The men hav* reserve* th* right to •trik* again U ascsmary-Mf th* terms et th* tribunal are aet to their Uklng. Th* mala petal* about th* depute ara th* remarkable solidarity ot lh* railway mm—coming nt to a man, and th* spontaneous outburst of public sympathy with the men. It Is expected that the mea wlU accrue MtatanUd wage la- creases and bettor working conditions as a result of the tribunal. Th* government know* that th* man hav* their mind* mad* up, and solidly organized and hav* th* sympathy wtth ail ether naion*—a* much so that It their demand* ar* not granted, a general strike eaa be pulled almost at a mlnnt*"* n*- ttce. It I* altogether A **taal **** tary for the New Zealand men. DISCONTENT PREVAILS IN GREAT BRITAIN Unrest la PracUcaUy Every line et Work—Government - Discharge* Men London.—Unrest prevails among large and widely different sections of the- workers. The London 'busmen are threatening to strike for Increased wages; the gas workers are balloting on the question of a strike for a 19 shilling Increose and longer holidays, and it Is expected that there will be a heavy majority in favor; and now the teachers are preparing for a fight. There Is serious discontent In the Admiralty dockyards. The government Is discharging 125 men per week and at the,same time refusing—or at least failing to accept—orders for merchant shipping. Outside work will only be accepted, they say, on condition that the men accept dilution and piece work. This la regarded as an attempt to shift part of the risk and responsibility on to the the shoulders of tabor, and is being strenuously opposed. The Canadian Manufacturers Association Is raising 11,000,000 for propaganda purposes. It is not necessary to dilate upon what will mean to the political, social and economic lifo of tho country. OUR STORM ARE Holding the Fort See Oar Redaced Price* Vtt Dry Goods —AND-, Groceries and Provisions CO-OPERATIVE STORES VANCOUVER—SI and SS Pender Street West Pbone Sey. SSS SOUTH VANCOUVER—5S8S Fraser Street Phone Fraser SSS NORTH VANOOUVER—111 Flnt Street Bast-Phone 8*1 NEW WESTMINSTER—S* Eighth Street. Phone 15BS Direct Importers of Foreign Woolens We Cam iM Lt** ef Baanockbam , sd Harris Tweeds LANGTRY & CO. TAILORS WE MAKE GOOD SUITS . ' AT THE RIGHT PRICE 318 Hastings West Vanconver, B. C AT LAST! 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Box 1608, Calgary, Alberta PAGE SIX twelfth year, no. u THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST uncouveb, b. c FRIDAY June 11, Is ONE OF THE FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION Everyone knows that cheap, goods can only be procured by using cheap materials and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER is produced from the highest grade materials procurable —Cascade is a UNION produce from start to finish. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED E PATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS —BUBBOBIBB TO— The One Big Union Bulletin Published by the Winnipeg Central Labor Oonneil Bead the News from the Prairie Metropolis Subscription price $2.00 per year; $1.00 for six months Address all communications with respect to subs and advts., to ■ARRY WIIiLCOCKS, Business Manager, Roblln Hotel, Adelaide Street, Winnipeg, lion. Communications to Bdltor should be addressed tb J, HOUSTON, same address. Por Twenty Tsars ws tu. limed this Oolon stamp toMM ond.r oar VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION CONTRACT \W0RKERSUNI0W/ ODE STAMP INSDEES: FMeefll OolKcttTt Bsrssiaim Form. Bath Strikes sad LoctoeU SispatH Sittled by Arbttntm StaaSy Emplaymtat ud SUllid Woitauniklp Prompt Dellnrln to Doslon aad Pabile Poaco sad Snccsii to Workors sad Employors Prosperity of Shoo Uskisf Communltloi As loyal union mon sad womon, we ssk yon te demand shoes soaUac tko above Ualon Stamp on Solo, Insole or Lining. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION SSS SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. BolMl teroly, decora! PnHdoat, Qbsrlos L. Bllata. floaorsl Sec-Trou. Vancouver Unions VAXOOUVER TBADES AND LABOR OOUMOIU—Prooidont, V. B. Bldglor i tj.., T Uasakall* sasrolare .1. fnntst-arms, E. Klit; tnujooa W. ritehord, J. a Monon, J. Jl.Olsrk, 3. WlUon. Hteta lot snd Srd Wedni. 1.7. .un montk at P«der Hsll, P«nd« atroot Wut. vioo-praldoat, J. .BankaU: iseretary, J. B. Csmpbolii troojorer, ■_ .BjMWi, !•'■ A ALLIED PBIMT1HO TEADEB OOON. eU—Moots seeond Hondu In Ibo swath. President, J. t. MoCom.I1; soe- IQttlT. B. H. Neelondi, P. 0. Bos ««. . BRIDGE STBUCTURAI, uBSAMENTAL snd Beinloroed Ironirork. ri, Ueol S7 —HeeU seoond snd fourth Mondoje. Preildent Jss. Hootlnso: tssnolsl ee* retsrr ond treuurer, Roy Uaiieur, Boom 218 Lobor Temple. ENGINEERS EMPLOYED IN THE Lumber Industry (cstnp ond mini meet with fellow worker! in tbat Inlas- trj, Organiie into tho Lumber Workeri Induetrial Union of tho O. B. U. Headquarters, et Cordow St. W., Vaneonver. Phone Sey. 7856. _. GENERAL WORKERS' UNIT, O. B. U.— Meete every 2nd and 4th Weitneedaya in tbe month. Prei., A. J. Wllion. Soe treai., J. R. Campbell, Pender Hall, Pender Street Weit. Houn, » s.m. to 0 p.m. Phono Bey. 891. TYPOGRAPHICAL ONION No. SJ0— Meeti lut Sunday of eaeb month a* S p.m. Preaident, w. 8. Thomion: vlce- prealdent, 0. B. Collier: aecretary-treaaurer, R. E. Neelanda, Boi 08, HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM- ployeea, Loesl S8—Meeti Hiry trii Wedneediy in the month at 2:80 p.m. snd overy tklrd Wedneediy ln the month at S p.m. Preaident, John dimming., aeerotrry nnd buiineu igent, A. Graham. OBce snd meeting hall, 814 Pender St. W. Phoae Say. 1881. OBce houn, S ajn. to 8 p.m. LUMBER AND CAMP WORKERS' IN- duetrial Unit of the One Big Union— An lnduitrlil union ot all workeri in logging and construction cimpi. Cout District and General Headquarters, 61 Cordon 81. W„ Vancouver, B. C. Phone Ssy. T866. E. Winch, general aeeretary- treasurer; legal advisers, Meiers, Bird, Macdonald A Co., Vanconver, B. C.: audi- ton, Messrs. Buttar A Ohiene, Vancouver, B. 0. INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Aaioelation, Looal 88-52—Office and ball, 152 Cordova St.- W. Heeta Int sad third Friday!. 8 p.m. Seeretary- treaaurer, Tbomii Nixon; bueinen agent, Poter Sinclair. MARINE FIREMEN * OILERS UNIT ol tbo 0. B. U. meet in tbeir anion ball at tit Cordova St. W., every Pint and Third Wedneediy in thi month. President V. Owens; vice-preiident. D. Ciriin; Morotary, Earl King. Phone Hey. MILLWORKERS EMPLOYED IN THE Lnmber Industry, organiie into the L. W. I. V. of the 0. B. U. Mlllworlt- on* aectiona meet as followa: Taaooaver—Lnmber Worken' headquarter!, tl Cordova St. W. Erery Monday 8 p.m. Row Weatmlnator—Labor Hall, cor. Royal Avo. snd 7th St. 2nd and 4th Wedneadaya at 8 p.m. finer llllla—Old Moving Picture Theatre, Maillardville. Snd and tlb Thuw day, 8 p.m. Sen Moody—Orango Hall, 2nd aad 4th Friday! st S p.m. Bine, mill and smelter work- an' Unit of the One Big Uaion, Metal Uleroaa Mlnen—Vaneonver, B. 0., head- 4UM.ro, 81 Cordova Street Weat. All worken engaged In thii. induitry aro •rged to Join tbe Union before going on Ibo fob. Don't wait to be orginlied. bnt organise younelf. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF North America {Vancouver and viola- ; ity)—Branch meeta second and fonrtb Mondaya, Boom 204 Labor Temnle. Preit- dint, Wm. Hunter, 116 Tenth Ave. North Vaneonver; Snanclal aeoretary, E. God- Sard, 866 Richard! Street; recording iee- retary, J. D. Russell, 028 Commercial Drive. Phone High, 2204B. PULP, PAPER AND SULPHITE WORK era—You noed the Cimp Workers of C*r indoetry. They need you. Organiie gether In the 0. B. U. Induterlal Unit ef your occupation. Delegate! on every lob, or writo tho District Headquarter., SI Cordova St. W., Vancouver. Entrance fee, 8)1.00; monthly dues. 81-00. SHIPYARD LABORERS, RIGOURS AND Faatencn, I.L.A.. Locll Union 8BA, Series 5—Koala tko Snd and 4th Friday! af tko month, Lsbor Temple, 6 p.m. President, William Baylor; Snanolal iee- retary and builneia agent, 11. Phelpa; oorreipondlng aeeretary, W. Lee. OBee, Room 207 Labor Tomplo. STBEET AND ELECTRIO RAILWAY Employee!, Pioneer Dlvliion, No. 101 —Meete A. 0. F. Hall, Mount Pleasant lit and 3rd Mondaya at 10.15 a.m. and t p.m. Pnaldent, B. Bigby; recording secretary, F. E. OrlBo, 447—6th Avenuo Eait; trauirer, F. Sldsway: Sninelll Seeretary and bnalneaa agent, W. H. Cottrell, 4306 Dnmfrlea Street; office cornor Prior snd Main Sta. Phone Fair. 1804 B. EfTEENATiONAL JEWELRY WORK- an' Union—Moeta 2nd and 4th Fridays, 305 Labor Temple. Prealdeat, W. Wllion, 2230 OranviUe Straet; aaentarr, I. T. Kelly, 1860 Haatinga St. E.; re- aovding-eecretary, L. Holdiworth, 689— Silk St. W„ Nortk Vancouver. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' UNION OF America, Local No. 178—Meeting! bold Bnt Monday in eaeh month,' 6 p.m, Prei- idjKt, J. T. Eliworth; vice-president, A. R. Gstenby; recording secretary, C. MoDonald, P. 0. Box 603, Phone Seymour »28IL: Snanclal aeenary, Robt. MoNelah, P. 0. Box 508. Provincial Unions vicious, g, p. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TBADES and Labor Council—Meets flnt ud tklrd Wednesdays, Knifhli of Pythias Htll, North Park Street, at 8 p.m. Preildent, E. 8. Woodward; vice-presidont, A, 0. Pike; secretary-treaaurer, Christian Blverti, p. Q. Boi 802, Victoria, B. 0. PBINCE BUPEBT, 8. 0. PRINCE RUPERT TRADES AND LA- bor Council—MeeU second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, in Carpenters' Hall. President, 8. D. McDonald; vice- prrsident, A. Ellis; secretary, Geo. Wad* dell. Box 273, Prince Rupert, B. 0. PRINCK RUPERT CENTRAL LABOR; COUNCIL, 0. B. U.—Meets every Tuesday fn tho Mclntyre Hall at 8 p,m. Meetings open to all 0. B. C. members. Seeretary-trensurer, J. H. Burrough, Box 833, Princo Bupert, B. C. Cartoonist Dead. Claude Marquet, the' famous Australian Labor cartoonist, attached to the Australian Worker, Sydney, met an untimely death through drowning In Botany Bay, Sydney, on April 17 last. Deceased, who lived In a somewhat retired hind of Ufe at a little seaside locality known as Kurnell, was crossing Botany Bay in his little yacht when It was caught in a squall, and the boat overturned. In attempting to save a comrade who was with him, and who could not swim, he was drowned. Marquet's cartoons were world- known, and were extensively copied In all Labor papers throughout the world. He was easily the beat of Labor cartoonists ln Australia, and had not his peer ln any part of the world. He refused many tempting offers from other parts of the world —preferring to remain a member of the staff of the Australian Worker and assist, by the aid of brush and pen, ln building up the Australian Labor movement. His death ls regretted by the whole Australian Labor movement, and steps are being taken to suitably recognize his work. He died at the age of 53, and leaves a wife, but no children, Olve a little encouragement to our advertiser*. Dr. DeVan's French Pills A rellible Herniating Pill for Women, IS a box. Sold at all Drug Stores, or mailed to any address on receipt of price. Tha Scrt.ll Dm* Oa., It. Catharines, Ontario. PHOSPHONOL f or MEN Restores Vim and Vitality; for Nerve and Brain; Increase! "fray matter;" a Tonic —will build yoa mp. $8 a box, or two for 85, at drug stores, or by mail on receipt of price. Tht SeobtU Drug Co., St. Oath- arints, Ontario, , C. HOLDEN CIOAR STAND IB Hastings St. K. 0. S. V. OABD Patranlxa Those Who Patronlie Tonl Big Ben CHOCOLATE SHOP 847 DAVIE ST. Ballard's Furniture Store 1134 KADI STBEET Pkau lajmour SU7 Wa will exchango jour aeoond hand fnrniture for new, 1 a«nare deal ar jnt money baob, IS But the Star of Hope Shines for the Workers Joseph Dletzgen once said, "History stands atill because she gathers force for a great catastrophe." This was many years before 1914, but the catastrophe Is now upon us. A revolutionary period' is a time when the evolutionary process can be perceived, and so rapidly are the social changes taking place that great historic events pass by almost unnoticed. A ruling class never learns. The bourgeoisie look at things today In exactly the same wuy as their forefathers did, because they are guided by the same principle. They still expect things to right themselves. It ls Inconceivable to them that the proletariat can supplant them. To them the great unwashed is Incapable of any thought beyond that * connected with satisfying Its Immediate material needs. If the workers make a move, it Is due to some agitator or other, and if we can only get rid of the trouble makers, say the master class, all will be well. Things will settle down again as they were before, and once more our dearly beloved system will sing again the songs of proflt. Each individual member of the master class looks at things from the point of view of his own interests. If he could do so and ao, all would be fine for htm. He never can, and never will be able to gauge the effect of any action of his on the general situation. This is the reason why the capitalist class Is making such a mess of things. The worker cries, "Workers of the World, unite," and the army of the proletariat steadily grows. The capitalist class cannot unite or agree upon any settled policy. They are quareltlng amongst themselves to such an extent that another war In the immediate future is a possibility, that is if they can get their slaves to fight each other. As Trotsky points out, it is either' permanent war or revolution.. Economic necessity commands. Another Storm Brewing Social forceB are at work which the master class does not understand, and therefore cannot control. The proletariat on the other hand, owing to tbe fact that the mechanism It creates and operates causes it to view things in the general is rapidly becoming the' educated claas. The mentality of the bourgeoisie world is bankrupt. When the present political puppets are removed, It has none with which to replace them. Its press reports that labor troubles are subsiding, but before the ink Is dry on the lying sheets, it has to report that they have broken out again somewhere else with renewed violence, and eo after all its lies, and all the millions It has spent, after all the war material it has unintentionally supplied the Bolshevik with, free of charge, after It has done its damndest with poisoned gas and everything else, it has a bitter pill to recognize In Soviet Russia. No wonder some capitalist countries such as France almost go mad at the thought, but John Bui) has no choice. He must or perish. Food is not very plentiful in Britain just now, the slaves nro restless and there may be difficulty in obtaining food from this continent shortly, that ls ln sufficient quantities. The political situation is cloudy, and another storm is gathering. The ruling clnss ls dividing into two camps for its last great conflict. British capitalist interests have an International capitalist enemy, Its color Is other than red. Strings Pulled ln Wall Street The strings that guide the A. F. of L. convention now being held at Montreal are pulled In Wall street, and In Europe. . In France, Germany, Australia, the U. S. and Canada, in Ireland, In fact, everywhere, It is working for the destruction of the British Empire. Lloyd George Is an opportunist, he never possessed the calibre of a statesman. He has fooled the British ruling class into believing that he possessed a knowledge of International politics, because he happened to be successful in gulling the proletariat of Britain while the war was on. The Allies are supposed to have won the war, but the peace is not to their economic advantage. A rude awakening Is In store for many, but let come what will come, it is all to the advantage of the proletariat. The catastrophe predicted by the Socialist philosopher Is not yet fully accomplished, but the sona of Martha will stand the shock, for they feel and realise that the triumph of their class Is now only a question of time. The proletariat cannot die, it ls the only class that Is ' imperishable, and amidst the crash of systems, creeds and nations, the class conscious section of the working class is the only portion of human society that perceives brightly shining above It, the star of hope. HUNGARY XS STILL ON THE WAR PATH May Offer Armed RcalHtance to tlie Enforcement of the Peace Treaty (By the Federated Press.) London.—Governor Horthy Is preparing Hungary for armed resistance to the enforcement of the Peace Treaty, according to reports received by the London Dally Herald. Magyar White battalions are being transported daily from Budapest to that section of West Hungary assigned to Austria; Hungarian munitions factories are working day and night; and the Hungarian war ministry, Instead of reducing the army to 36,000 permitted by the treaty, has enlarged Its forces to 115,000, It is stated. Washington—Oil Interests plotting for annexation of Mexico are enraged because the "Stars and Stripes" boo warned the «-*ervlce men against the intrigue ef the interventionist* THE IDEA is sometimes put forward that woman tar. more revolutionary by temperament than man. This ls based on the belief that she acts more on'intuition and emotion than by reasoning things out logically, and Itf/therefore likekly to act more quickly. Tet woman may also be intensely reactionary on intuitive or * motional grounds. This is often so. The conservatism of women was an argument used against giving them the vote, and many feared the dead-weight of their numbers against social change. Benjamin Kidd, in the "Science of Power," builds up a case for what he calls "the Emotion of tho Ideal" as a great revolutionary factor. Women, in his view, are to bring tho influence of a great new ideal Into the world. Men are alleged to be moved more by egotistic or self-regard Ing impulses, and women by altruistic or other-regarding impulses. The care of the woman for her child; the fact that she lives so much forothers is supposed to have developed In her a new principle of world-shaking power Which Is opposed to the harsh, selfish outlook of the male. The case seems to be very much over-stated. There are selfish women aiid unselfish men as well as the reverse. The love of a woman for her family may tend, Instead of leading to a wider human sympathy, to restrict her outlook and cause her to disregard the feelings and desires of others outside her little group. What Is true is that the emotional power of woman 1s played upon by conditions. • In ancient society, when descent was reckoned through the gens or totems of women, then women were more important socially than the. men. There was nothing to make them revolutionary. They had full rights and full freedom. With the rise of property this was altered. The gens broke up. The patriarchal Bystem commenced. The man wanted private property for himself and his heirs; he also desired the labor of his wives and children. Lewis Morgan deals elaborately with this in "Ancient Society," and Jenks, in his "History of Politics," gives a short, clear account of the change. The word "family," he says, is derived from an Italian word "famel," meaning slave. ThlsJln- dicates the earlier conception of family relations. The revalent customs of 3'friar- rlage by conquest or by* purchase show that no idyllic and beautiful relationship between man "and toman existed at the beginnings the patriarchal system. The systbrt' involved slavery for the woman, und the conception current theA i: has persisted under varying forms'ever Bince. n.no In fact, at periods of Roman and Grecian history the courtesaiV was regarded as higher tn the il social scale than the married woman, who was simply part of the husband's "goodB and chattels." During feudal times women were treated with a chivalrous regard which emphasized inequality and the pride of possession. There was something of the harem view about it. Women . were valuable hot-house plants not allowed to grow freely; sheltered from the wind and the rain and carefully trained to satisfy the taste of their owners. From the Renaissance to the Restoration certain women, both in England and in the salons of the Continent, did achieve recognition as people of intellect and influence, but later on, In the days of the Whigs, women were stifled in the dull drawing-rooms of the middle class, who set the tone of the age. To take an interest in the real problems of life waa regarded as unladylike. Women who revolted against tliis in the sphere of literature were compelled to adopt men's names in order to avoid condemnation. When the slender stock of reasonable Ideas possessed by the average middle class man was eliminated from "his Intercourse with women one may Imagine how empty and Ignorant their Ijves were. Cicely Hamilton, In her book, "Marriage as a Trade," refers to the kind of ideal woman desired by man as half-angel and half- idiot. Tet this silly angel type ls often held up as a pattern even today. Luckily, working women have a far greater practical equality with their men-folk than their sisters of the upper and middle class. The necessities of life Inculcate a truer comradeship between the working man -and his wife, who does not lead a sheltered or artificial life. Tet the poorer women have to contend with terrible economic evils. Sweated labor and women labor are very nearly synonymous terms. Their weakness Is tin excuse for exploiting them more than the men. We see here the ch'iValry which shows how hollow these Ideas really are. Contrast the position of the destitute man with that of the woman. The man can tramp ln search of work; he ean stay in cheap lodging houses, and can rough It in various ways.. But women cannot do this, The -morality of capitalism does not , give them a chance. The streets .claim them by thousands. The .Ijorror and Infamy of the present soplal order ln connection with poor friendless girls has never been fully explained and exposed. There are two tendencies behind the modern feminist movement. One stream of thought coming from tho middle-class women emphasises equality In education and the right to enter various professions; the other stands for the interests of women in Industry, The revolt against the general servile status of women and against the more precise economic evils both contribute to the strength of the movement. The war has overshadowed the movement which flamed out in the yeaTS immediately preceding It. Tet that, movement Is worth attention.' It was characterized by enthusiasm, In trepldity, and ability. The middle and upper class women who took a leading part were smarting from the sense of sex Inferiority. The vote to them was a symbol of the equality ot the sexes. They reacted against the accepted conditions and standards. The leaders of the militant movement declared that they were out to incite women to destroy property because the government cared more for property than for life. This note was insistently struck. Clearly, underlying the demand for the vote was a sense of irritation at the whole of the property status of women, and this expressed itself vaguely in attacks upon property. Women seem either to meekly accept the conventional standards or else they feet a fierce sense of revolt against the indignity and degradation which those standards involve. They are realizing, too, that their freedom Is bound up with the ending of the private property system. The successful business man who decks his wife with jewels and shows her round much as he would display a flne motor car which indicates his wealth, is typical ofl the times. Tet many of the women in the upper cluss recoil from the logic of thetr movement towards freedom. When It comes to choosing whether they will throw up their position as memberB of a privileged claas in order to gain freedom as a sex they feel class interests first. If the feminist movement Is not to be futile It must Join up with the labor movement, otherwise it Is tied to a social order which regards women as inferior, and its activities are paralyzed- Long ago, In the. "Communist Manifesto," Marx shrewdly analyzed the common charge that Socialists stand for the "Socialization of Women." He pointed out that Socialists stand for the common ownership of property, ahd as the defenders of the present order regard women as property, naturally they think that women are Included too! They have not an inkling of the truth, which is that Socialism proposes to raise women from their property status and give them econimlc and personal freedom to exactly the same degree as that possessed by man. As the women realize this more and more, the Socialist movoment ls bound to gain their support.—k. M. Fox In The Socialist. IN Government Is Taking This Question Up as a National Matter AU attempts to check the 44 hour week movement In Australia having failed, there is a movement on foot to have the, matter gone thoroughly into by the government as a national question. The movement has spread rapidly through the most of the Australian States, and the majority of unions have taken lt up and are making preparations for the substitution of a 44-hour week instead of the old 48 hour week. In a great number of unions the 44-hour week is already an established fact. An attempt was made to prevent lt coming Into force In the building trades. How hopeless was the task will be seen. The Industrial Court of New South Wales prosecuted the Bricklayers Union for taking pnrt in a strike, alleging that as they had awards providing for a 48-hour week, the fact jthat they only worked 44 hours weekly constituted a strike. Thc union was fined $500, and the award was amended whereby the men working the 44-hour week were to receive 12 cents per hour less than,the men working 48 hours weekly. How futile this ruling was Is shown by the fact that the union has not paid the flne, nor hag any attempt been made to enforce it. Further than that, the very next day after the new award rateB were announced the building employers were down at the union offices pleading for bricklayers, offering them a 44-hour week and offering to pay them an advance of 24 cents per hour above what the court ruled. With the added realization that the bricklayers themselves are taking on contract work, and thus limiting the scope of profits usually preserved to the employers, the attempt of the bosses to prevent the 44-hour week has proved a fiasco. « It seems certain then, that the employers will have to give way to the workers on the 44-hour week question, and In order that it may be uniform, the Australian government is preparing to call a conference of all parties to go Into the matter, making It a national question. The men demand it, and the fact that there Ib a shortage of skilled labor In Australia, means that they are going to get It, ROYALTY KEYSTONE OF ARISTOCRACY Workers of Chrlstchnrch Are Not In Fnvor of Feasting the Prince of Wales Chrlstohurch, New Zealand—The decision of the Chrlstchurch City Council to spend money upon the reception and entertainment of the Prince of Wales called forth the following protest from a Labor organization in this city: "This meeting of the Labor representation committee strongly protests against the proposal of the Chrlstchurch city council to use material, labor and money ln welcoming royalty, especially when material and money can be diverted to better channels, and more especially when it is realized that royalty Is the keystone of aristocracy and that the perpetuation of the aristocracy Ib inimical to the best interests of Labor.", Subscribers, Please Note! Many subscribers In renewing tbelr Hubscrlptlons are sending In the old price. Tlie new rates ara as follows: In Canada, $2.50 per year; $1.50 per half year, Unitod States, $3.00 per year. If subscribers will see tlmt thoy send tn the proper amount It will aid' us and also avoid confusion. Where 1s your union button? ON 11 Business Element Greatly Disturbed Over Action of Workers /A very much disturbed business man of Seattle, says the Forge, remarked last week upon returning from a trip to the Orient: "The Japanese have acquired all the vices of the Occident. Where the workers are nof on strike they are slowing down In production until their demands are met. Capital and labor are at each others throats. Japan is in a turbulent state of unrest." In Japan labor unions are forbidden by law. So far .as surface indications go there is practically no Socialist political movement since the execution of several Socialist leaders some ten years ago, and anyway the Industrial workers are disfranchised by property qualifications under which only fifteen per cent of the adult male population may vote. But {here ls a growing understanding between the workers, and the Japanese trait of lmitativeness comes into play very strongly in the labor world. Finding themselves balked by governmental intimidation and terrorism and bullied and beaten by the local police lf they loft their tasks in order to adjust grievance, the workers decided to strike upon the job. They did this without any agitation from the I, W. W^ or any urging by "outside agitators." They had never heard the word "sabotage," The Scottish term "Ca'-Canny" was not In thetr vocabulary. But they soon invented a phrase that meant "go slow." Eighteen thousand workers at the Kawasaki Dockyards, one of the largest shipbuilding concerns In the Orient, were to attract attention by applying the "go slow" policy. Their pay was from $9 to |25 a month when translated Into our money. They asked for a 60 per cent. Increase, Immediate payment of an overdue bonus, an additional bonus every six months, decent sanitary conditions and dining rooms to he furnished by tho company. The president of the company Ignored the wage demand completely and tried to temporize on the others. With no further notice the "go slow" strike .went Into effect among the 18,000 men who were not "organized" In the ordinary sense of that word. Carpenters suddenly became strangers to the tools with wliich they had been familiar, energetic * workers seemed io tire at the slightest exertion, and even the "ignorant coolies" managed to carry their loads of material all over the yards In order to shift them a few feet. The police were helpless, the courts could.give no relief; arrest of the supposed ringleaders intensified the situation, and the men listened, while drawing pay, to lectures, threats and promises, after which they returned to the yards more tired than before. Then came a lockout—but that shut off production altogether and there were time clauses in the contracts of the company. Within ten days of the flrst application of the "go Blow" method -the company had conceded practically every demand of the workers. Immediately the imitative lfttle Jap3 at the. Osaka Iron Works used the tactics as a model and after a short struggle gained a complete victory from this second large shipbuilding establishment. With complete silence in fhe daily press as to the development of "go slow" strikes,' the news spread by word of mouth to all the industrial centres and has been as quickly adopted. The bnly proposal the employers have made to combat the "go slow" strike is to place the entire industrial population on a working card license basis. Police are to have complete records of all registrations. Strikes and lockouts are to be prohibited by law. Workers of groups caught using "ca'-canny" will have their cards withdrawn and Industrial employment will be denied to them. If this proposal becames the law the only result would be to increase industrial disorder and to cause a greater slackening ln production.. Things do not happen merely because they talk about them or advocate them. The "go alow" strike Is the result of a condition, not the result of a theory, and it goes to show that there is a class struggle tn society and there can be no peace so long as the masses are hungry while the few have more of the good things of life than they can consume. Have Yon Registered? The voters' lists are now being compiled, if you have not registered you should do so, the list is a new one and the old list will not be recognized. Tou should register at once. HINDOO DEPORTATIONS ARE CANCELLED BY U. S. Would Have Bcen Shot By the Indian Government for Conspiracy Washington—The department of Labor haa cancelled deportation warrants against Santokh Singh, Gopal Singh and Bha Singh, who were convicted In the so-called "Hindoo conspiracy" cases ln San Francisco In 1018 of having violated American neutrality. The cancellation of these warrants means the saving of the lives of the three Hindus mentioned. They would have been shot as "disloyal" to the British government, which controls India, if deported. The Labor Party of the United States at its flrst convention in Chicago, last November, flled a protest against the deportation of these men, who were arrested for their efforts In trying to free India from British rule. 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JJ, Model Cate ..>.. ...67 Cordova Street West fOrpheum Cafe Opp. Orpheum Theatre Clothing and Gent's Outfitting f Arnold * Quigley. 546 Qranvllle Street Clumans, Ltd 15S Hastings Street West Clubb * Stewart .-. 309-315 Hastings Street West B. C. Outfitting Co-.. - ,,348 Hastings Street West Wm. Dick Ltd....... 33-49 Hastings Streot East Thea. Foster & Co., Ltd. '. 514 OranvUle Street GET REAL HOT Want Government to Op- erate Mine in Conjunc- ' tion With Union (By the Federated Prow) Wllkesbarre, Pa.—It la an interesting foundlfng which the Trl- dlstrict convention, just ended here, has left on the government's doorstep, The miners embodied In their ac- scptance of the government's commission ultimatum the demand that the government take over certain anthracite mines and operate them in conjunction with the union ln order to. flnd out and demonstrate to the public the basic facta about mining—management, equip. ment, costs and profits. The union proposes to put typical parts of the Industry under a glass, case,, there to be worked in full view until consumers and miners, as well as coal operators, at last can answer the question, what does It cost to mine a ton of coal? - The 400 delegates made this move at the climax of four days of almost ferocious debate. The settlement offered them by Secretary of Labor Wilson, and recommended to them by their own president* John Ij. Lewis, they voted down unanimously as "the rotten est proposition ever devised by the mind of man." -They reluctantly accepted what they called the "only honorable way' open," that is President Wilson's offer of a commission, and stated their reason bluntly. "This convention realises that through Industrial class legislation such as the court's interpretation of the Lever Act, the abuse of the writ of injunction with the tying up of funds, with other repressive measures, makes it almost humanly impossible ta wage a successful strike." . • Parliament or Soviets? I LETTERS TO H LlHgfEP \ J. W. Foster 4 Co., Ltd... J. N. Harvoy Ltd. C. D.'Bruce.., ...345 Hastings Stroet West New Tork Outfitting Co... David Spencer Ltd. W. B. Brumitt... -125 Hastings West and Victoria, B. 0. 461 Hastings Street Weet -143 Hutings Street West —— , Hastings Stroet Thomas A MfBain...... Woodwards Ltd. Victor Clothes Shop... D. K. Book . -Cordova Stroet ..OranviUe Stroet .............. ......—......Hastings and Abbott Streets Ivmvy. viuim-3 ruu]i ,—....—.—.......—....—.... 112 Hastings West D. K. 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H, Malkin— ——-.- —:_-(Malkin's Best) Musical Instruments iMason & Risch 738 Granville Street Bwitzer Bros .' : ill Hastinga Street West Novelties and Mail Order House [North West Mall Order House IIS Pender Street West Overalls and Shirts (•'Big Horn" Brand. (Turner Beeton ft Co., Victoria, B. O.) Paints [Huntor-Hondcrsoa Paint Co. 641 OranviUe Street Printers and Engravers I Cowan ft Brookhouse, - „ Labor Tomple CloUand-Dibble - Tower Building Railways and the C. N, R. I P. tt'E..: ^^^^^^^^^^^—^^^—_ Tailors , [Tom the Tailor 524 OranviUe St; 311 Hastings W. [Abrams the Tailor - 614 Hastings West Tools I J. A. Flett -Hastings Stroet West Martin, Finlayson * Mather .'. Hastings Street West [Emi>iess . Theatres and Movies Orpheum Pantages The Czecho-Slovnk Soldiers Editor B. C. Federationist: In an article under the. heading, "will attempt to lower the standard ot living," in your paper, it was stated that there was an Intention to keep the Czecho-Slovak soldiers ln Canada, with the intention of using them to lower the standard of living of the working men ln this country. I do not know anything of the plans of the capitalist interests of this country, but 1 am able to vouch for the Caecho-Slovaks, and can say that they will not stay here, but are anxious to proceed on their way home. Every one who saw the men at their landing on Sunday will be convinced that these men are both able ahd willing to stick up tor fair play. I am, respectfully yours, MILT BEZAC, Secretary Bohemian (Czech) National Alliance ln Canada. E New York Sees Birth of New Industrial Union Among Workera (By the Feedrated Press) New Tork.—An Industrial union of sweeping potential strength has emerged from the complex of working-class movements in the amalgamation of the hotel workers and bakers in this city, who have organized under the name of the International Workers of the Amalgamated Food Industries. At the convention, at which hotel workers were represented by 19 delegates and the bakers by 23, a constitution was adopted and^reso- lutione passed which formally establish this new organization. The plan of the new Industrial union li to combine all workers, skilled and unskilled, who are In any way connected with the handling; preparing and serving of food. Thta means that the union will eventually consist of butchers, bakers, grocery and delicatessen clerks, delivery boys, drivers, cooka, waiters and helpers. Hotel workers of both sexes and colored workers as well aa white are already included. The radical temper of the movers of this amalgamation Is expressed In the preamble of the constitution, which re-states the issue of the class struggle and then continues: "The master class In order to sanctify and protect its possessions presses into service the powers of the state, nation, police, mllltla, press and pulpit. "On the other nand the millions of workers have no right to existence, justice and protection; they are betrayed and sold out by the state, nation, press, and .pulpit; the arms of the police and the militia are arrayed against them. "In order to cope with the present situation successfully the workers must organize and combine industrially ln the economic field on the principle of the class struggle." Concerning agreements and contracts, the constitution stipulates that no contract shall be signed between the organization of any member of the organization and an employer, and no agreement with a specified time limit shall be sjgned with ah employer. Other clauses provide for the "shop as the basic unit" of structure, shop committees composed of one delegate for each department; election of shop delegate every three. Jnonths. A democratic plan of union organisation ls provided for. An editor ls Included among the members of the Central Executive Board. Be sure to notify the post offlce rs soon as you change yonr address. Tht following statement from tbe1 executive committee of the Third International, which gives the post.' tion assumed towards parliamentary action, was published in The Worker in tbe old land. We reproduce it 00 that our readers can study the position taken by the new International Socialist and Revolutionary movement. The ever-growing revolutionary movement in all the countries of the world boa made It imperative to take, once for all, a definite at titude towards the question of par* iiamentarianlsm. All the revolutionary forces of France, America, England and Germany, forced by the necessity of the clasa war, become more and more involved in the communist movement and accept more and more the programme of the Soviet system. Anarcho-Sociallst bodies, and those individuals who tilt now claimed to be orthodox anarchists, mix themselves up with others in the general current The executive committee of the Third International welcomes thia most cordially. In Prance, the Syndicalist groups under the leadership of Comrade Perlcot, amalgamated with the communists; in America and part* ly In England, the Industrial Workers of the World engage in the struggle for tho establishment of the Soviets. Those groupa have, up till now, been opposed to parliamentary action. Then again, those elements whicli have appeared ln the Socialist partlea and who believe ln parliamentary action—such aa the group of Loriot in France, membera of the American Socialist party, the S.L.P. and B.S.P. and a section of the I.L.P. in England, have gone over to the communists. AH thoae bodies which have Joined with the communists, and others which will follow suit In the near future, require a common plan of action. This question must be settled. Tho executive committee of the Communist International therefore sends to all fraternal bodies thia circular, which la entirely to the consideration of the problem. The main point in our common programme is that tho chief feature of the Soviet system—the dictator-' ship of the proletariat — should have general recongnitlon and support. History has already drawn a definite line between the revolutionaries and the opportunists, between Communists and soclal-tral- tors of all tints and descriptions. The so-called "centre" are,, ln apite of all their solemn views, practically non-socialist so long aa they oppose the dictatorship of the proletariat and the Soviets, On the contrary, the groupa which have up till now opposed every kind of political action (as tho anarchists) have Joined with the. Communists in the flght for the. overthrow of the bourgeoise.. Here la, we repeat, the general plan of the flght for the establishment of tho Soviets. The old points of view of ihe International proletariat have become obsolete. The World War created new ideas. Several anarchists and syndicalists who alwaya repudiated parliamentarian' ism behaved during the Ave years of war aa bad aa tha old leaders of tho official Social democracy, who traitorously kept the name of Marx on their Ups, bu$ at the time sold the working claas most ignom- Iniously Into the power of their exploiters. The forces are concentrating Into t^yo camps—one Is for supporting the revolutionary movement of the working class, the Soviet dictatorship, mass action, the armed insurrection; the other is against it These aro the symptoms of the present time. These are the main facts. They are the cause of the division and redivlsion of the social forces. What la the difference between Sovietism and Parlla mentariantsm ? They are two questions which logically have nothing in common. One seeks to change the present system constitutionally through parliament; the other to use parliamentarianism for overthrowing parliament, and for speeding up the coming revolution. Very often comrades confuse these two things unnecessarily and dangerously Interfere with the course of the raging struggle. Let us discuss both these questions thoroughly, and come to a Arm conclusion. Is It possible to identify the Soviet system with parliamentarianism? No, a thousand times no. It is impossible because parliament is the weapon of bourgeois class rule. Representatives, houses of commons, the capitalist press, the secret treaties of the M.P.'s with bankers—oil these are chains for the working cluss. They must be broken, The machinery must be shattered, and in its atead must be built up the order, the union of the workers, their parliament the Soviets. Only the moat execrable traitors to the working class can assure them that the social change can come peacefully, by gradual concessions and parliamentary reforms. Those Individuals are the most dangerous enemies ot the working class, and against them a most relentless war must be waged. Any kind of agreements, compromises, or alliances with' .them cannot be tolerated. Wherefore lt is our duty to say to the whole capitalist world: "Down wit)} parliaments) Long live the Soviets!" The social revolution haa come to such a point that the workers must act quickly and resolutely and not allow their class enemies to penetrate Into their camp. Only the councils of workers, peasants and soldiers, selected ln mills, workshops, villages and barracks,. can lead the working class in the Social Revolution. The bourgeois state, its kings, presidents, parliaments, constituent assemblies, etc., are our deadly enemies and must be crushed. Let us now discuss the other question: Is it permissible to use the bourgeois parliamentarianism for the precipitation ef the class struggle? The Russian Bolsheviks sent their representatives to the constituent assembly. They were there only 24 hours; .and coming out of the session all proclaimed that the constituent assembly was dissolved. The Bolshevik party was represented also ln the Tsarist Duma. Did they recognize ^he Duma as an ideal representative body? Of course not Thoy sent their representatives* Into the Duma to attack even inside of that Institution the autocracy of the Tsar, and to pull at the eamp time at the authority of the Duma itself. Not for fun did tha Tsarist government punish the "wicked" Bolaheviks, thfljetiemles of "law and order" and the "traitors to their country," by penal servitude In Siberian prisons audi minea The Bolsheviks attack ed Tsarism on the whole front, pre tending at the same time to be constitutionalists and parliamentarians Similar parliamentary tactics were practiced ■> elsewhere. Remember Germany and Comrade Liebknecht This comrade of ours waa the real incarnation of revolution. Was there anything non-revolutionary tn his preaching the idea of the armed insurrection to the soldiers and sailors from the pulpit of the German reichstag?—Quite the con trary. He fully utilize* the opportunities of parliament. If Liebknecht had- not been a representative he would not have had the chance to do that, and his voice would not have had an echo aa It now haa The work of our Swedish comrades in their parliament gives a -now support to our words. Comrade Hogland played the same part ln Sweden aa Liebknecht ln Germany. Utilizing parliament he precipitated tho collapse ef parliamentarianism. Nobody haa ever done more in Sweden for iho revolution than ho. The same fact repeats itself in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian comrados also uaed tho pulpit of parliament for tho propaganda of tho Ideas of the Communist revolution. In the last election tbey got 47 representatives. Comrades Blagojew, Klrkow, and othors know, how to utilize tha parliamentary pulpit for the propaganda of the proletarian revolution. A similar parliamentary work requires a special courage and a truly revolutionary spirit Being inside the hostile eamp they drop mines in the way of their onemlea They go into parliament in order to get into closest touch with Its machinery, and theh put spokea In lta wheels. Are we the supporters of bourgeois parliamentarianism ? Will we change the presont system constitutionally and by reforms? Not at all. We are the supporters of tho Soviets. We will use the parliaments only for the propagation of our Communist ideas, and, being strong enough, we wilt pull . down altogether all their "democratism." We know very well that neither in France, America, nor England have they had capable working class representatives in the parliaments. The reason is that In these countries there have been very few Individuals who could be aaid to resemble the Russian Bolsheviks or the German Sparticasts. If such elements increase in number and strength, everything may get changed. At first it Is necessary (1) the centre of gravity of the struggle must^be outside of parliaments (strikes, revolts, insurrections, etc.); (2) the struggle inside the (parliaments must be closely connected with the struggle out- Bidet (3) the representatives must take, part in general organization worki-(4) the representatives must act:lby directions of the central committee, and be responsible to it; ($), they must not conform to parliamentary customs and manners. "The Russian Bolsheviks boycotted, the elections for the Duma in 1906; but they took part In the elections to the second Duma* coming meanwhile to the conclusion that the bourgeoisie and big landowners would rule for many years. In the early spring of 1918 half the Spartacist party took part ln the elections to the German Reichstag, another half opposed, but at the same time the whole of the Spartaclsts forms the nucleous of the Communist party. On principle we cannot refuse to utilize the parliaments for our profit. The Russian Bolsheviks being ia power in spring, 1918, made a special declaration that they might be forced once more to use parliamentarianism if extraordinary circumstances enabled the bourgeoisie to regain power, ■ We have to atate again that the moat vital part of the struggle must be outside of parliament—on the street. It is clear that the most effective weapons of the workers against capitalism are the strike, the revolt, armed insurrection. Comrades have to keep In mind the following: Organization of the party, ■ Instalment of party groupa In the-trade unions, leadership of the masses, revolutionary agitation amongst the masses, etc., parliamentary activities and participation In elections must be used only as a secondary measure—no more. Revolutionary practice has show this to be the best and most rational programme. The prostitution of parliament has already gone so far that even right wing comrades are coming back to their class consciousness, The vortex of the Social revolution carries them to us. We give our approval, therefore, to every.Individual, group, or party, to everyone who sympathizes with the Soviet system and has the courage to fight for it. We ask them to Join with us and with united forces to wage war against our unscrupulous enemies. Let the supporters of the Soviets and Dictatorship of the Proletariat employ forthwith all their energies iff a ffreat powerful Communist M^y.—With Communist greeting^, the executive of tho Third Interna- tjSifti. Chairman, C. ZINOVIEV. WHERE V(IW i--- Get On tin Voten- 1.1st Ydu may think that no change can ' be brought about hy voting, birt at least you should uae yout ballot at the next election. The lfats are now being compiled, and it III up to you to get on the list for your district ' To Abolish "Extrcmtota." The Australian anti-Labor government evidently think* It haa enough trouble of ita own with the militarists at present In Australia, who cannot be shifted out of the country. Hence lta activity in framing a bill with the object of excluding from admission to Australia all anarchists, Bolsheviks and "other undesirables." Presumably, anti-Labor Judge, will decide who are Bolsheviks, anarchist, and "other undesirables," ao we may bo sure that'any militant from overseas will have as much hopo of getting into Australia a* a profiteer has of getting into Heaven, when thc new measure becomea law. And law It will bocome—the right gang le in power just now ln Australia to seo to tiiat, i French Socialists See Vatican's Hand in Polish Adventure The following la how Humanlte, French Socialist organ, fees the Polish ad\4Pkure: Andre Pierre writee of the Pollih orientation of Oen. Petliura and hia directorate. Petliura sent a cer tain Count Tyszklewlcz as his representative to Paris, although this Count was more Polish than Uk. ralnian tn hia sympathies, being a large landowner and an ardent Catholic He it waa who worked for a reconciliation between petliura and Catholic Poland. "Laat year, long before the treaty recently signed between Petliura and Pil- sudskl, the Ukranlan Directorate declared that It disinterested Itself ln Banters Galicia in favor of Poland. An agreement is even reported to have been concluded on December t, under the auspices of the Vatican, between Poland and the Ukraine, acknowledging the rlghta of the Polish magnates to their Immense latofundla In Ukrainian territory. Finally Count Tyszklewlci negotiated an agreement with Rumania on the basis pf the Ukraine's renunciation of her rlghU (?) to Bessarabia. Buch waa the sordid bargaining resorted to in order to obtain recognition,for thedl- rectorate and to bring about a sort of triple alliance between Poland, the Ukraine and Rumania against Soviet Russia." Thia alliance ia favored by the Qual d'Oraay and Uk- rianion Independence Is supported by "the Jesult-mllltary clique ot France. Pllsudakl la playing the game of the clerical* add the art.' tocrats of hi* own country and of the Ukraine. The Avante, Milan, haa the following to aay: The Entente plot against Bolshevik Russia, prepared during the spring montha, has been disclosed at laat Russia I* attacked east and West by the Japanese and the Poles. Poland ls, after all, only the puppet of France, and la incapable of disobedience. "One word' would have been enough, one sign from Paris or* London, to make the arms drop from the hands of Pilsudskl, but London and Paris are silent, or, If they speak, they aay through the mouth of Bonar Law that 'the British government Is not disposed to propose that the Russo-POlish question be placed before the' League of Nations.' The Entente wilt not even accept the offlce of mediator. It wishes to look on, a frightened spectator, at the slaughter ot those whom it has itself pro. voked. Nevertheless that implacable and spectral jest the League of Nations, ought to be called in, because its Intervention might stop at the outset the shedding ot blood. Otherwise the conflagration begun In Volhynla will blase without end, and will destroy that execreahle Communist government which ts the Incubus and terror of bourge- ola Europe—but tt sometimes hap. pens that he who lights a fire per ishea hitnself in the flames. A Wonderful Credit Offer Here $10 snd $3 buys the immediate wear ol an/ garment in our stocky—a deposit of $10—an easy.payment ©* $8 & week until the full cost is paid. Simple, convenient—a chance too good to miss in these daya of high prices. Look over oor nany Ilocs—chooae any garment yoa wish and arrange your account. ; AN EXCLUSIVE STOCK OP LA- DIES' AND MEN'S GARMENTS - ON CREDIT, 842 HASTINGS ST. W; Near Homer LAW AGAINST HIGH RENTS IN INDIA Shipyard Workers Will Have to Look for Another Trade The Victoria shipyard lias finish cd one hull and the other hull will bo finished ln a short time, say three months. Outside the small contracts mentioned recently, it appears a climax has been reached and the end fs in sight as far as Victoria Is concerned. We can goodbye, steel' ships. That means a lot of men, chiefly returned men, will have to hike to the woods before the summer closes. No Victorian has any quarrel with tho local yard; the workers are helpless. Ottawa is the arbiter, and the more outside men employed In Victoria gives the Victorian a chance to work elsewhere. So tho shipbuilder will have to learn another trade, and will be In another world as it were. He will meet with men and will have to play the part. From the reports one would believe trades unions have grown wonderfully since the close of the war, but in Canada it Is not so; the reverse Is true. There has been a great decline In craft trades unions, and it is growing worse. The Industrial Trade's Union has grown. and before very long (maybe less than twelvo months) will be the only trades union in Canada. 'Tako a case ln point: One union in Victoria less than twelve months ago, had 2200 members. Today is IS bust Big entrants fees, big dues, big salaries to officers, the rest of the money goes to Uncle Sam; and that is the end of it No sick pay, no strike funds, and the Canadian workman will have no more of it. The bosses have One Big Union In all industries, so when you change your Industry you will see the need of an up-to-date workers' union. Where there is no "red tape/' where there is local autonomy, low dues, etc., this Is the O. B. U.j Members hav*) their pay, and no labor leader bosses them. Ninety cents on the dollar stops fn your local town. They have rule. The other fellows had a mixture of Kaiserism, Sinn Fenlsm. or chaos, which ever you will. Our ruU ta No Work, No Pay. Just like your boss. If you are sick, out of work, strlk* or lock out, your dues are aU right.—The Week, (Victoria.) New Tork—New York Clothtng Cutters Union, Bir Four ot the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, has reoelved a charter from the Banking department of the State of New Tork, for the operation of the flrst credit union In the clothing industry of America. The credit union, or people's bank, ls expected to be tha beginning of co-operative banking on an extensive scale by the Amalgamated and other progressive organisations Inj the Labor movement. I Oltixcns of Calcutta Han a Three- Year Law Against Raising of Rents Calcutta, India.—By united aetion and persistent agitation the citizens of Calcutta have forced the British Oovernment to pass a law against raising house rents. The principal clauses of the law are: (1) Thli law shall be effective for the next three years, (S) No one shall be able to charge any higher rent than what was paid on April 1, lMfc (3) Any one charging higher rent shall be forced to refund the difference. (4) Any one violating this law shall he fined $350 for the first offense, and $100 Ofor the second and subsequent offenses. Eastern ffices SHATTERED? sraoiAL nn wns Buartrwt Steal FIlUu IM, t Jointe, eork pi,, ololk Ue, 1% teat; po.lp.ld |I.M Singl. Multipljio, Kul alwl pi- tou, b.ikilldlni click 11.41 Doublo flljrl., pilled M.M 100 Yards Pit. Silt LIm -MAO We save you thc jailers Profit That no nli en ee high thtt •killed nw ai* attracted to tho service, that all capital debt ha. boon wiped out aat that tha average (ara la 1M eente. a, the report Manage* Dalrymple ot the Glasgow etreet railway system. For Sale i Shoe Repairing Shop, going concern, central and low rent Apply fer particular, by letter to X, can of Federatlonist Offlce. VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT Bang* i, Ooaat TAKE NOTICE that Rice Own Clark - it Port Progreai, rancher, intend, to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands, commencing at a post planted about 40 chains S.W. af the SE. corner of lot 482, thence abott 10 chains north tir lot 422, theso. west 10 ch%lne thence aboat 1* chains N. to shoreline, thence southerly and easterly along shoreline to'point of cornea- cement, and containing 800 aorta more or leaa RICB OWEN CLARK Dated June 4th, 1*20. N0OT11 WEST MAI ODDER HOUSC jmiWat-muMBmrnsf 615 PENKR W. VANCOUVER ,B.C. NORmWEST-MAILOROCR HOUSC ett Perot* Ht, MMm/w«,«« eiiAoc atw nc Caimm >_■ z VANCOUVER IiAND DISTRICT Range 1, Cout TAKE notice that Agnea LIuls Clark of Port Progress, storekeeper, Intenda to apply tor permission to purchase the following described lands, commencing at a post planted at N, W. point ot said Bonwtck Island, about 80 chelae 8. B. of a E. corner of lot 100T, thence around shoreline to point of commencement, and containing alx acres, more or less. AQNES LIZZIE CLARK. Dated June 1st, 1920 TAKE notice that I, Edwin Clarke Appleby, of Vaneouvar, Jeweller, Intend to apply for-permission to purckue the following .described lands, commencing at a post planted about 40 chains west of the s. W. corner ot lot 422 thence north about 20 chains to south boundary ot lot 422 thence eaat about 40 chains to west boundary of lot 420 thence south about Ot chains to shore line, thence N.- W. along shore line to point of commencement and containing M0 acres, more or leaa. - EDWIN CLARKE APPLBBT Dated June Oth, 1080. UH10K HAD! The HJ] Loggers' Boot Hsll otltt. pusneny stt.nl.1 te Guaranteed to Hold Caulks and Are Thoroughly Wnter tight MacLachlan-Taylor Co. Successors to H. VOS A SON OS CORDOVA STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, U. a Next Door to Loggers' Hall Phone Seymour 550 Repairs Done While Vou Wait UNION STORE Abrams the Tailor IP ABRAMS MAKES THEM THEY ARE CORRECT 614 Hastings W. Phone Seymour 6424 Fresh Out Flowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouijueti, Pot Plant! Ornamental and Shade Treee, Seeds, Bulbe, Florista' Sundriee Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AMD NURSERYMEN t—STOBES-8 48 Hastlngi Street But 728 OranvUle I Seymonr 988-871 Seymou Ml} SHOE SERVICE When you com. to thla Mere to buy shoee you not only get the Beat Shoes but you get alao the Best Service. A constantly growing trade ia proof that olir service la simply good business. Visit our store aad talk over year shoe troubles with aa The Ingledew Shoe Co. SM ORANVILLE ST. Unton-Mad. fOotweai PAGE EIGHT twelwh year. no. 24 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancouveb, b. « i FRlDAY.,v.,,,....>.._...,.;.JUli» 11, ltll CLAMAN'S STORE NEWS BOYS' DEPT.—2nd floor Boys' Suits $17.50 * GOOD QUALITY. PAYS IN BOYS" CLOTHES —it pays not only, in inspiration and Influence for later years, but, tn dollars and cents right now. Take these Suits we are selling at $17.50. Their real value is not only in being stylish ' and becoming. It's the way they wear that counts. It's the wearing quality that makes them really economical. Beautiful all-wool fabrics carefully tailored down to the smallest details. Reinforced at elbow, crotch, seat and knee—just where the strain comes. Smartly fftyled—form-fitting coats with slash pockets and belt; double and single-breasted styles. Shown In serviceable dark shades. Sises 24 to 3C. Tlie Home of EABT SCHAFFNER & MARX OLOTHES Claman's Limited The Store Ttat, Sella Cnlon Clothe. *"• HASTINGS WEST Canada's Largest Exclusive Store for Men and Boys Trade Markets and the "Profits" (Continued from page 1) dustrlal Relatione" report, 3. R. fihaw explained to the Vancouver convention, that Mr. Parsons waa officially appointed delegate to • Washington by the Canadian government, "but he was OUR nominee and represented US," he added, with heavy emphasis on the "our" and the "us." One of the speakers at the Van- co.uven convention was A. E. Bryan, Canadian Trade Commissioner at Yokohama. "I was pleased,' he aaid, "when I received orders from Ottawa to come here and speak on the possibilities of sending your goods to Japan." (Hear, hear.) Of course, his address was a general survey ot the Japanese situation from the manufacturers' and traders' point of view, and so of no particular Interest to the workers, except ln a tew ot Its details. As usual, he took the Scriptural view I i that "It is more blescsed to give than to receive," except that "export" takes the placo of "give," and "Import" corresponds to "receive," in matters of trade.. Thus he pointed out that In 1910, for the flrst time In four years, Japan had an "unfavorable' balance of trade, her exports only reaching the amount ef 2,008,000,000 yen (SOc), while her import, totalled up to 2,174,- 000,000. During the war she had exported more than she imported, thus maintaining a "favorable" bal. ance of trade. "That Is one of the causes of Japan's great prosperity today," he said. - All's Fair ln Vote and War However, thla later unfortunate turn of the tide for Japan was evidently no reason why Canadian manufacturers should not lay their plans to capture the Japanese market for their goods. "All's fair In love and war,' and, of course, they are in love with Japan at present, • whatever may be the situation later on. Japan, lt wns explained, was ■less than one-twentieth the size of [WHEN HUNGRY BAT AT THB Street \. ^^ £ Street East CAT ■• Enst Canada, and yet had about 58,000, 000 people—about eight times as many as Canada. The addition of Korea, etc., made the population about 20,000,000 more—evidently too good a market to be sneezed at. "Japan never was in a stronger position financially than she is to> day," the speaker asserted. During the war, her bank deposits had increased live-fold, and her clearing' house returns showed a similar increase. She had loaned $735,000,- 000 to the Allies, and her own national debt had only Increased 8.2 per cent "Japan has been paying cash for the last four years for goods which she has purchased; yet we have Canadian manufacturers going rather out of their way to sell goods to European countries on long credits." How utterly foolish, to be sure! Eager to Buy "She Is eager to buy from you," the speaker continued. "We cannot expect Japan will send her travellers here to Canada to see what you have to sell, when she has travellers on the spot from all over the world." The United States had about 35 per cent, of the Jap market, while Canada's .amount was a mere bagatelle, "We are not getting our share of Japan's business," Mr. Bryan insisted. However, business is business, and the speaker was pleased to see some of the trades in this country were going after it. For Instance, quite a few pairs of black foxes had been sent from Prince Edward Island to Japan; and It appeared that, In the sequel, Japan was going to become quite a competitor In the fox-raising industry. This phase of the matter was, of course, rather suggestive, but the the speaker did not pursue the subject. Supplied Dynamite Again, the commissioner said, "Canada built up quite a reputation for itself, In supplying dynamite to Japan during the war"— for peaceable purposes, presumably; the war had stopped the supply from Hamburg and Glasgow, and the United States article did not measure up to the standard required to pass the Jap government's Inspection. "There's a case whero Canada came across with the goods when other countries couldn't." After considerable more talk along similar lines, the speaker re- Free! BLUE SERGE SKIRT Pay tlie Easy Way A Small Deposit and tlie Balance on Easy Terms Credit Gladly With each purchase of Ln dies' Tweed Suits (these are Iden I for summer wear) amounting to we wilt give absolutely free a blue serge or cord skirt. $25 CHILDREN'S VOILE AND LINEN DRESSES Tn order to clrar this line of dainty prln' (ImscB Vis f§ if ffc • etei th.m u Halt-rnce NAVY BLUE DHIOSS SKIKT Thete skirls of flne quality serge .re. really very food value at tlie ret;- » Apt {___ ular iiricc. nt $11. Tery tpe- Jhal.Ha elal now al «|»w.w 143 HASTINGS ST. W. SEY. 1301 Opposite Province Offlce THE FAMILY Clothiers THK "CREDIT" STORE WEAR AS YOU PAY marked that now, In Japan, competition is very keen, "and manufacturers have got to be satisfied with a small profit and a big turnover." Another remark was that "the Japanese, although he can't read, can remember trade marks, to which the speaker added: "There are probably as many brands of genuine Scotch whiskey made in Japan as in Canada." (Laughter.) Wages Risen ln Japan Touching on the Labor situation, the trade commissioner mentioned that, during the last few years, wages in Japan had risen to thc extent of 85 per cent.; during the same period, commodities had Increased in price to the amount of 237 per' cent. He therefore saga- ciousjy concluded that "wages will continue to rise," since lt is the "tendency for wages always to follow a rise in the cost of living." In concluding, Mr. Bryan said that trade unions were beginning tb make themselves felt in Japan, "although the trade union, as we know it, is not legal," He also stated that "cheap labor ln Japan Is a thing of the past." Slap nt Group Government In the report of the "Legislation committee," presented to the convention at its Tuesday morning session, was a clause complaining that "the number of persons either ln the Dominion parliament or ln the Provincial legislatures who can In any sense be taken to represent the manufacturing industry is wholly disproportionate to the Importance of the industries. Your committee has been particularly impressed wtlh this fact during the last year, when more than once legislation of a most radical and pronounced type has been Introduced ln the various houses. It is not Ho be expected that others will safeguard the interests of manufacturers, Bhould the latter fall to look after their own interests." This was apparently a slap at the so-called "group government" of the farmers, and In some sense a call for retaliatory measures. S. R. Parsons, already mentioned, was evidently too shrewd to embark openly on the dangerous game suggested, and, following his counsel, the convention deleted the clause in toto before adopting the report, Mr. Parsons was similarly in evidence at the afternoon session when the matter of "tariff," was under discussion. The farmers, he said, were being misled; their leaders were giving them to understand what was not the case. "The vast majority of manufacturers are only making n very reasonable und moderate profit. Except for the help of lhe tariff which now prevails, many of them would have to go out of business. We've as much the Interests of all elapses of the people at heart an we hnve our own Interests." At the close of the sume session, the Item on thc agenda was "Report of General Manager (Private.") Whether this contained any matter of interest to th^ workers cun only be conjectured, ns the press reporters and all other non- members were requested to get out before the report was submitted. Of course, these two or three hundred captains of Industry and their ladies did not believe In making this week a week of toll pn_e and simple. Each day, after their morning business session, there was a state lurtcheon in the hotel ballroom, the visitors being entertained by tho Vancouver Board of Trade, the Rotary Club, and the Klwanis Club, in town. Meanwhile, the ladies were entertained at the Lodge Cafe by the Women's Canadian Club, taken out to afternoon tea at the Canyon View hotel, or treated to a cruise to Wigwam Inn, with tea at the home of Mrs. J. J, Ban- field on the North Arm of the Inlet, while tlieir men motored over to New Westminster and were entertained there by the Board of Trade. There was also a merry trip up Howe Sound on the Princess Pnt, on Tuesdny evening, with supper on board, and a big dinner at the Hotel Vancouver on Wednesday evening at fli a head. Thursday nnd Friday wore given over to a pleasure Jaunt to Victoria and Its pleasant environs, with, of course, the usual entertainments by the Board of Trade, Rotary Club, etc. Saturday means the departure for Banff on the homeward way. On the whole, It would appear that life Is still worth living for the owning and employing class, whatever It mav be for the alavea who IN FID Socialist Labor Party Is Formed and Ten Leaders Are Arrested (By the Federated Press) • Helsingfors, Finland.—The Socialist Labor Party of Finland was formed by the left Socialists in their special congress which convened tn Helsingfors on May 13. The majority of the Knombers of the Social Democratic Party hnve seceded from the party on account of Its conservative policy. The congress decided to join the Third (Moscow) International. On account of this, the congress was dispersed by Police ! Commissar Honkanen, who said that because the delegates accepted the principles of the Third International they also adopted Bolshevist tactics. De- tcctives-arrosted ten of the leading left'Socialists, among them Pek- kaia, Vuolijok, Raatlkaihen, Valnlo, Jalava and Lchtlnen. All documents were seized. The ministor of Internal affairs has since explained that ke did not give orders to disperse the congress and that he has required Police' Commissar Honkanen to give an explanation. LABOR GOVERNMENT AL- LOWS USE Of OITT HALL Ble Business Is Very Much Upset Over Actions of the Workers Consternation has been^.caused amongst the capitalists over the fact that a Labor municipal government at Sydney allowed tlie unionists the right of the town hall for a stop-work meeting, and also permitted the city hall organ to be used for playing the Red Flag. With a Labor municipal government In power at Sydney, and a Labor government In power in the State of New South Wales, tht future looks bright for the workers in that countsy. Already the moan of the capitalist and predictions of chaos and bankrnptcy a'nd moral degeneration are heard In the land, Lacor has made it known that, having secured a government, It intends to introdlce some decent legislation. The'44-hour movement is spread. Ini* to the* other Australian States. In most of them thq building trades are forcing the Issue, and In Victoria the printer sare out on strike over the matter. Los Angeles—Four International Bible Students have just lost their appeal against a three-year sentence for having copies of "The Finished Mystery" In their jposses- slon during the war, and while that book was banned in the United States. These men have just left for McNeil's Island for a three- year term after losing the last appeal. Hundreds of Bible Students were on hand bearing flowers and singing songs while the prisoners were being placed aboard ship Havo You Registered? The voters' lists are now being compiled, if you have not registered you should do so, the list is a new one and the old list will not be recognized. You should register at once. keep their noses to the grindstone, year ln year out, and make these merry Junketings possible. If there is any one of those slaves who expects these people ever to stop down and out from their position of power and privilege of their own volition, he should take a day off, regardless of his pay check; He In bed till he Is rested, regardless of the whistle, then rise at leisure, take a bath, put on clean underwear, and clothe himself decently —never mind whether he has to beg, borrow or steal the 'clothes; cat a good breakfast of ham and eggs or whatever he fancies, and then spend a few hours-hob-nobbing with his masters in -convention. If that doesn't wise him up, nothing will. OF IS List Now Being Compiled Will Be Used at Next Election The registration of voters for the next Provincial and presumably also the next Dominion, election— and incidentally, for the Provln. clal "prohibition" referendum and other such matters—has been proceeding somewhat slowly during last week and this. Thc total number of possible electors in Vancou ver and districts estimated at about 60,000; and, up to, date, the actual registration numbers about 9000—an average of something over 1000 per .day. At this rate, only about one-half of the electors will be on the list when the registration period closes ln the middle of July. So far, local registration has been confined to Vancouver City, no arrangements having yet, been made for. the suburban districts. Best- dents in the suburbs may, however, register in the city lt it suits their convenience, or in fact, at any place in the Province where of. flees or booths have been provided tor the purpose. Registrants must Indicate In what polling division, and in what electoral district, they wish to vote, which will naturally be that In which they reside: lf, later, they wish to record their votes elsewhere, they can have their names transferred on giving duo notice. The act of registration ts very simple, and consists practically in affixing ones ordinary signature to a printed blue form on which the clerk in attendance has filled in the blanks at the registrant's dlr.ee. tion; it is also necessary to "raise the right hand," and swear to the particulars so tilled In, or the registrant may "solemnly affirm," if he or she so prefers, instead. The registrant must state his or her present address and occupation, and that he or she Is ot tbe male of female sex, is of the full age of BI years, and Is a British subject by birth or naturalization; also that he or she has resided for the previous six months in British Columbia, and for the last month of that period In the eelctoral dis- trlct specified, and ls in ao respect dlsqualilied from being registered as a voter therein. In case of naturalization, certlli- cates thereof should be attached, nr else the facts (marriage, etc.), "by virtue of which the deponent Is deemed to be a British subject'' should be stated. As there is no way of qualifying as a voter at future elections—possibly for several years—except by registering ln person, It may be well to give here the locations of the registration booths already opened, again mentioning that a British subject can register at any one of them, irrespective of his place of residence, provided, of course, that he only registers onco. The booths are open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Sundays; the one in the court house, however, does not strictly conform to this rule. The other thirteen are at: City Hall (grounds outside.) 543 Pender street. 724 Hastings street.' 1087 Granville street. 650 Kingsway. 947 Broadway. 2530 Main street. 2114 Granville, 561 Victoria Drive. 2600 Hastings street east. Fourth avenuo and Commercial Drive( corner.) 2124 Fourth avenue west. Slocan and Twenty-second ave nue (corner.) There are two attendants, at least, for each booth, so that one or the other should be In attendance at any minute of the day between 9 in the morning and 9 at night. Workers may do a good stroke of business, not only by registering without delay, but also'bj seeing that other workers do likewise. It is still not generally understood that the franchise can only be ex. erclsed in future by those who now register; even professional men, such as doctors and even lawyers, do not yet seem to realize this. Values at- the Piccadilly $ 45 In Tweeds, Worsteds and Blue Serges Without doubt the best buy in the city. THE SHOP OP Fashion Craft ONE STORE ONI/V Thos. Foster & Co. Ltd. 514 GRANVILLE ST. . New Industrial Railroad Union Making Big Headway (By the Federated Press) Chicago.—Following the refusal of the United States wage board last week to hear John Grunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's association, on behalf of the railroad men on vacation since April 1, the association voted to change Its constitution to admit Into Its. membership all men and women regardless of color, who are in any way engaged In railroad service. Mr. Grunau reports that since the change was, .made, men from the various brotherhoods, Including the Maintenance of Wuy men, are coming into the new organization In great numbers, all over the country. The plan of organization as adopted by the British rail workers some years ago ls being'worked out to govern rati workers in this country. It Is claimed that there are some 2,000,000 persons employed ln the railroad service, about one-half of whom are organized. The new association Is believed to have 275,- 000 members to date, according to the contention of T. J. Mlsenhelder, representative of the Kansas City Yardmen's Association. Organization Ib Improving dally and the dally reports from various centres all over the country show that the idea of industrial unionism is finding favor among the rail men, ■ 6. B. u. NOTES' Fifty new members were signed up b]r Organizer Knight in the Kirkland Lake, Ont., district lost. week. A district board has been formed in the Cobalt district. Tim- mine is now being lined up, and is the (nly point in the Northern On tario mining district where un International organization exists, but the membership here Is dwindling. Sixty-five new members were signed up by Organizer McKenzie at meetings held in Pembroke, Ont., during the last week in April. The nice little club organized by the Textile companies of Carlton Place has now been disorganized, and seven new members joined the O. B. U. Organizer Christopher reports an Increase of 22 members for the Transportation Unit at Moose Jaw, last week of April. The activities of Somerville of the A. F. of L. prevented Christophers from addressing a meeting of thc Machinist Helpers. But this has only added to the O. B. U. propaganda. Forty-five minutes was spent In discussing the O. B. U. at an Electrical Workers meeting in Regina. A Building Trades Unlt'has now been organized in the city. The miners of District No. 1 aro preparing the ground for the complete elimination of the International influence with the operators. Twelve more shop cards have been sent to Fernie to supply the increased needs of the Barbers and Bartenders of that city. 'The Transportation Unit of Ed monton now has 230 members, and new ones joining from time to time. Twenty-eight men of the Run? nlng Trades of Lucerne, B. C, have recently taken out O. B. U. cards. The Dolly Varden mine at Alice Arm, ls now on O. B. U. closed shop. The men have bcen given an increase. The Transportation Unit of Los Angeles, has recently had an influx from tho machine, boiler and cnr shops and even car inspectors. A General Workers Unit Is being organized in Billings, Mont. Sandon strike Is still on, but thc bosses are getting restless because the International Is not able to supply the goods to break the strike. Tlicy Also "Served" The following Is a list of mem bers and ex-members of the Sail ors' union, also non-union men who worked during the recent strike of Moy 1 to May 28, inclusive: J. Maglll, C. B. Wright, J. Both well, J. Savuge, F. Woolston, J. King, 1. Hnll, D. McLeod, W. Babb, W. Baker, O. Andrews, ,1. Coggles, H. Glasgow, J. Ralney, R. Powell, r. Smith, J. T. Wrltt, G. Yoxen, G. Hughes, T. Martin, AV. Hardy, T. Heslehurst, L. Clayards, F. Tnlbot, J. Murphy, C. C. Lawrence, F. Weir, .1. Hunter, W. Hls- lop, —i Smith, W. Lang, J. Johnson, R. Johnson, A. Irvine, W. A. Grant, C. Clever, A. Porter, J. Kennedy, R. Hicks, G. Porter, J. Allen, R. S. Doney, J. H. Auchter- lonic, R. J. McCloskey, G. Elliot, A. Brackett, p' Doney, A. McLean, A Yale, H. Earl, C. Gibson, —. Mackle, R. Coles, W. Smith, A. Manson, J. Nesbltt, J. Hunter, W. Benson, D. Lynn, J. B. Murdock, S Anderson, G. Waugh, D. Whittaker, H. Ledwoll, P. Walterson, H. Peters, H. Whelan, J. Ormlston, E. Dunbar, B. Dunbar. All the members of the Sailors' union who worked during the strike have been expelled from the union. Atlanta, Ga.—The strangest notification ceremony in the annals of American politics took place here, when a committee of tho Socialist Party went to the Federal penitentiary and notified onc of the Inmates that he was the choice of a large political party for the biggest political offlce In tjie States. Subscribers, Picas* Note! Many subscribers in renewing their subscriptions are sending in lho old price. The new rates arc as follows: In Canada, $2.50 per yean *1.B0 per half year. United States, $3.00 per year. If siibsorll). ers will sec that they send in tlie proper amount it will aid us and also avoid confusion,' Special $6.50 Men's Work Shoes Made in a tan oil grain or black urus calf. Guaranteed all solid leather. A comfortable fitting shoe. Not too heavy, but an exceptionally good wearing shoe. Specially d»/» CA priced at ,L.^.'„-~~-~-~-Vy»«W Cornett Bros. & Clarke, Ltd. 33 HASTINGS ST. E, ANOTHER SAMPLE OF MOORE'S HYPOCRISY Local Carpenters* Question to Mr. Moore Is Not Replied to At All When the circular from the Trades Congress, re the Winnipeg situation, was before the local branch of the Amalgamated Carpenters, It was decided to write and aak how much the Congress had given to the defense of the men arrested In Winnipeg, and how much that organization intended to give. Tom Moore replied by asking lf A. S. Wells was a member of the branch, so that he could decide whether the information was asked for in the Interests of the International trade union movement, or for other propaganda purposes. This Is only another' Instance of Moore's hypocrisy. As a mutter of fact, even if A. S. Wells wus a member of the organization fn question, the members are not of the type that can bc ruled by any one Individual, and even Moore cnn not get them to do anything thut does not ftt with their Ideas as to what is correct in connection with the working class movement. The branch has contributed freely to the local defense fund, and without the aid of Moore. Don't forget the O. It. V. dance and whist drive In the Cotillion hall tonight (Friday). Gcnt8 AO cants, ladles 35 cents, .splendid prizes for tlie whist drive. GEORGIA SIGNS PEACE TREATY WITH RUSS Military Supplies Are to Be Haul Over to the Soviet Government A peace treaty has been cc eluded between Soviet Russia a the Democratic Republic of del sia. Soviet Russia recognizes independence of Georgia, and I dertakes not to Interfere in her i ternul acalrs, Georgia Is to disarm all mlltU forces, groups and persons hoei to the Soviet government, claiming to represent a. legit inn Russian state, and to intern thi ln concentration camps pendi their)Wing handed over to Bov RuMlk. The Soviet government I dertakes to spare their lives, but' their military supplies, valuable and funds are to be* handed over the Soviet government withe compensation, IJIhunla Next Moscow reports by wireless th peace negotiations have been coi meticed at Moscow with the repi sentatlves of' Li thun la.—Wlreh Press. WANTED Will Albin Sutherland comtnui cate with J. R. Campbell, secrela of the O. B. U.,-General Worka Unit, at 804 Pender ..treet west. The Needle Workers Union hi sent to Gene Debs a full outfit silk clothing. Defense Committee Meeting THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE B.C. Defense Committee IN THE FEDERATIONIST OFFICE Tonight, Friday, at 8 p.m. All Members Are Requested to Attend Cal-Van THE MARKET THAT IS REDUCING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING We Supply Direot From Producer to Consumer and Save Middle Profits TRY OUR SATURDAY SPECIALS AND PROVE FOR YOURSELF 25-27 Hastings West All Cars Stop at the Door Opposite Pantages i Pick your own suit C. D. Bruce gives a man a run for his money. If it's a suit you'll find the price Is fair, no claims the clothes cannot live up to, and you pick out what you want. The men working with Bruce will show you every suit in tly. house but they'll not try to decide for you. $273 AND (IP C. ft Bruce A Store for Men COS. HOMER AND HASTINGS STS. VANCOUVER, B. C.
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