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BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE FEDERATED LABOR PARTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA • PUBLISHED IN INTERESTS OF ALL WORKERS .. POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY SIXTEENTH YEAR. No. 23 POUR PAGES VANCOUVER, B. G, FRIDAY, MORNING, JUNE 6, 1924 Stf'A COPY 7 Old Country People Misled as to Conditions in Dominion of Canada HEARTBREAK IS CERTAIN .\ — Si mry of Ideals Canadian Labor Party Have Set _ Before Them \ I ■ ADEQUATE MAINTENANCE Even Practical Farmers Can Not Exist on Land—Cruel Deception r\UIt Canadian government, is constantly using every effort lo Induce Immigrants lo come lo Canada. They claim that they are not bringing settlers to Canada to compete with tiie wage-worker but lo settle them on the fettilo lands of thli gurdn oi' the world. That they ore oven then doing a grave injustice to these settlers can be seen by any person not party-blind. Air. Caldwell representative oC an Ontario constituency, some days ago stated in the house, that in one issue of the iloyal Gazette (April 30th) he found 22 farms advertised for sale under moi't gage in New Urunswick alono. These were not all the farms advertised for salo In New Urunswick. One issue of the Daily Mail (Frcdcrlcton) had lour,farms advertised for sale und "mortgage. Not long ago iie had listened to a man describe tho findings: of survey he hnd made of vacant farms in the maritime provinces, where thore was a possibility of settling immigrants. JThc number ran into large figures. Sixty per cent, of these farms,had complete buildings. No doubt, many of those farms had been owned and worked by mon born ami raised in tho maritime tirovinces, and many of them with a practical experience ot . conditions there, yet, for some reason, they left tlie farm and -went perhaps to tho cities, came to Vancouver possibly to look for a job. And now tho immigrant, with more than likely a very scant knowledge of what he will bo up against' is being Induced to come to Canada and go on the land. It is a crime. Governments doing this aro criminal. Criminals aro supposed to go to Jail. How ahout Mary Ellen? \ - The Natural Resources Should Be Owned, Controlled and Administered for People TO THE KliKCTOKHi— A new Legislative Assembly will be elected in this province on June 20 next. . • The legislation passed and the ad ministration of affairs of thc pro vince during the lire of the next legislature will bc in the hands of the persons elected at tills time. As everybody will be effected, either directly or indirectly, by the viewpoint held nnd given effect to by thc legislature during thnt time, the Canadian Labor Party would like to have- your attention to explain our position, and then leave to your own intelligence whom you will elect represent you. That the position o£ the producers in this province is indeed hnd is ad milted by everyone. Farming, which should be tho basic industry in i country such *as this, is in a serioui condition. Farmers engaged in all branches of agriculture are giving up their farms and moving into the in> dustrial centres, faced with the impossibility of making a livlihood. Unemployment in the chief centres and mining districts has become hronlc. The general poverty of the people, tho lack of proper facilities for educational and cultural development is, in a country so richly endowed as this, appalling. And this in spite of tho fact (or for the reason) lhat enormous profits are being extracted from the province through tho exploitation of its natural resources and Its workera, The corporate ownership of theso natural resources nnd their exploitation for the benefit of the few is the root cause of all our difficulties. IiWhis election we do not intend to waste our time, and yours, in abuse and villification of the capitalist part ies; but, while agreeing that the dls honesty and corruption which they accuse each other of is in the main trite"; we wifch To point out that "such undesirable manifestations are part and parcel of, and Inseparable fr tho system whicli they uphold and are making frantic efforts to administer. The throe capitalist, parties, without distinction, are tlie upholders of monopoly, privilege and vested interests. "Property rights beforo human rights" is , their, motto. In fact and In practico they have tho conception that the main reason for the existence of a largo majority of human boings is that they may ho sweated ajid srnieezed in tiie process of transforming natural esOuroes into profits and dividends for the owners thereof. The Canadian Lahor Party affirms and maintains that tho natural refer $23,000 nnd tbe j sources, lands, mines, forosts, water- calculates, will have [power and fisheries, should be owned, controlled and administered In the interests ol' tho pooplo. Realizing tho Impossibility of immediately putting this programme into effect, we draw attention to the following pressing questions, and the Palliatives necessary for thoir temporary relief, which wo put forward ns our immediate aims: Education "We aro in favor of and will press for freo and compulsory educational facilities for all children from six to sixteen years of age, and part-time compulsory attendanco for children between the ages of sixteen and eighteen Who must seek omploymont. Whero parents, because of economic necessity, cannot koop childron under sixteen at school, their maintenance should be cared for by the provinoe. A Uttle money spent during this formative period in instruction would save considerable In after years that otherwiso would bo spent on police, courts and prisons. Opportunity for free university tuition for ail capable of profiling thereby. Unemployment and I in migration Work or adequato maintenance Is the demand Labor makes upon the governments. It is the foundation of our proposals for dealing with the unemployment problem, and we will continue to pross for Its full acceptance by whatever government which may be in power, ao long as this evil remains to torment the workers and their families. We definitely set oiitselvos In opposition to the government's Insane immigrntion policy, and emphatically protest against the exploitation of the distress of our fellow-workers of other lands by Inducing them to come here. Until conditions are improved for those already here it is unjust and cruel to encourage others to come, Mothers' Pensions The scope of tho Mothers' Pensions Act must be enlarged, and It will be the duty of the Canadian Labor Party representatives to urge for adequate pensions for all mothers and their dependents. Unden the present act if they have property to the value of ?1,G00 they are not considered as tn- (Contlnued on page 3) MintMG" Labor Candidate Denounces Practice of Borrowing at Interest for Public Works "It seems to mo that our monetary system Is all wrong," said lt. C. Higgins, labor candidate for New Westminster, addressing a meeting in Johnston hall, Sapperton. "When we want to raise money for some public undertaking, what do wo do? Wo sell bonds nt a discount, pay interest on the full amount of the i.s- sue, and then redeem tbem at par." Ho cited lho case of tho technical school, In which a bond Issue of ?25,- 000 was sold ratepayers, he paid $r.7.000 bofore they aro through. "This province Is in lbe hands of tho bankers and bondholders," he added. _ Mr. Higgins urged |iis audience to koep step wilh olher progressive countries by casting thoir votes for labor.- Asked as to bis attitude on tl: boor question, Mr. Higgins said lhat if the people wnnt beer, the govern mont should tako ovor the brewer lor and sell beer at cost. Touching on Premier Oliver's investigation of freight roles, tho can didato said that any freight clerk between Victoria and Halifax could havo given lho premier tin much formation as ho got by the expenditure of $90,000 of the people's money, but if the money had not been spent "on that it would prob ably have been spent on tho P.CJ.E. "so what's tho dlfforcnco?" ,Mr. Higgins likened the two his torlc parties, liberals and conservatives, to a worp-out teiTm of horses that have coased to be of any Bervice and tho provincial pnrtv to a colt. He advised leaving the colt with the old horses and Instead of "swapping horses in the middle of the stream" get aboard the labor heavy service truck and cross by the bridge. Lahor Candidate Eliminated. Thc elimination of .Torn Barnard, labor candidate, from the Cdmox political contest, has considerably relieved nnxiety In the local camps of the other parties, according to a recent report, Huh HoHketti Will Speak Councillor Bob Hesketh, well- known labor party standard bearer, of Seattle, arrived in Vancouver on Monday nfter completing a tour of the Dominion. It is Councillor Hos- koth's intention lo address several labor organisations during his stay In Vancouver, In the Interests of labor candidates who are contesting seats at the coming provincial elect- Ion. Use you** vote and influenco where It will do the most good. Support Labor. - ..*, lunn. i..i..*».i..-i*»t4f ■*i..t..».*».l| CO-OPERATION GIIE FEDERATIONIST is endeavoring to-make a determined sttfnd for the betterment of the conditions of all workers, whethor.*by hand or brain. It is a fight that requires the co-operation and assistance of every one whp has at heart, the interests of humanity as a whole, l.abor horself has not yet learned thejjesson that she would teach to the world. She must do it, if she would succeed in her mission-r-a mission that is worthy of the highest and best of which we are capable. Until she has named that lesson, until the" various forces within the ranks of the Labor movement realize that they must unite if they would accomplish thc objective whieh is theirs, all their efforts will be, more or less, in vain. THE FEDERATIONIST, controlled as it Js, by the Federated Labor Party of British Columbia, is determined to forward, by all theuneans within its power, thc best interests of thc masses. To do that, and to make its influence felt to the extent that it should, it must, have the co-operation and assistance of all itsjjj-eiulcrs. Help The Federationist iu its fight for.unity of the workers. Subscribe if you arojiot already a subscriber; theu pass your copy on to a friend and urge, him to do the same. frothing worth while* is^rer accomplished in this world without some sacrifice. If you arewooking for something for nothing, your search will be in vain. help "She federationist inIits PIOHT FOR CO-OPERATION Two Young Men from Old Country Sentenced in B. C. Court for , Stealing to Buy Food JUDGE MAKES COMMENT Why More Political Parties? [T IS becoming evident, to even the tona women to the light and serving to' isual observer in the political field B""W then, the error of their way. This same political upheaval and unrest Is evident the world around today. Nothing.can stop it now. The struggle for existence is becoming so bard for tlio average individual today that they are becoming almost panicky and unloss some Individual or party rises up to the occasion, to meet the crisis that day by day, growing nearer, thoro is going to result a social tragedy, the today, that something is decidedly wrong somewhere, somehow. Though thoy recognize that there is something wrong, they ure quite at sea'as to what the cause of It all is. Having become accustomed to tho two party system during tlie many years that have gone by, they feel that tho only cure for thelfB ills from which they are suffering is to turn out onc of the old capitalist parties, and put in the other. They have been trying that sort of-procedure for ages und, though they have nover studied the economic laws that govern onr life, they are beginning to realizo that that is not the solution and, as a j result, adherents to the two old par-i Syracuse Man Is President of the, LYNCH WILL HEAD TYPOS ties are breaking away and starting a new party. There are, no doul»t, many within the ranks of the now parties who are exceedingly conscientious in their efforts and who foel that therein lies the only hope for the masses. The tragedy of tlio wholo affair Is that they are so ignorant of the economic laws that are governing society. Instead of realizing that it is a change In our whole Industrial systom that-is needed, tliey"think' thoy must change tbe party In power. Any party that tries to carry on under the present system is doomed lo ultimate failure. Vet such a move may be the necessary one to bring homo to the minds of tho great unthinking masses of the peoplo the fact lhat they aro allowing themsolves to bo misled. They are allowing themselves to be carried along on tlie crest of tin oratorical wave which eventually will break and land them, stranded on a rock-bound coast where life, neither atjimal or vegetable, will or can exist. This is probably (he step In tbe evolutionary process loading men UBOR MOT. CAN Vancouver Candidates Open Fight with Big- Meeting* in the Oddfellows' Hall be Canadian Labor I'arty are nilng up for the campaign. The first gun of the Vancouver contln- il will be' fired on Saturday eyen- sup- International Union, the Returns Show New York, June 4.—Figures made public .tonight at tlie campaign headquarters of .James M. Lynch, of S» racuso, indicate his eloction by more than '3000 majority as president of the International Typographical union. The eleQfcion wus hold last Wednesday by loo^Urhions In Canada | jLvfl ia ,th» .triailenahl' one. Until that right 1; and the United States. The results tabulated' hi that from 557 unions, with a total vote of 51,712, Lynch received _.'7,1.75 and Charles p, Howard of Detroit, Mich., the incumbent, 21.137. In the contest for vice-president, 553 unions voting, Seth It. Brown of Los Angeles, received 20,1154 votos, and Goorge It. Loach of New York City, 23,977. The same number of unions, In the balloting for socond vice-president, gave Austin W. Hewson. of Xew York City, 27,800, und W. It. Trotter, of Vancouver, the incumbent, 22,(107. In tha contest for seerchiry-trens- uror, John "\V. Hays of Minneapolis is loading bis opponent, William Aid- rich of Chicago, by about 0000 votes. ^nature of which, and the extent of which we can novor surmise. Tho only solution for the difficulty that confronts us is to place men in positions of authority who have the knowledge, the honesty and tiie desire, to enable them to solve the mystery. The reason for the Labor pnrty coming to the forefront or the pollticfll arena today is because In that party there are men who have made economics the life-long study, and who see the reason for lhe groat injustices that are everywhere apparent. They realize- that the' preaent capitalist parties have no solution to offer, beoause they are out to retain a system where production for proflt rather than production for uso Is the motto. They realize that every man and woman born into this world lias a right to an existence if they are willing to perform the ne- ossary duties. They realizo that men and women, no matter how capable they may be, or how anxious they may be to do their duty, cannot get the necessary opportunity to work because it is not profitable for those In control of the necessities of life to provide them with that work. The right to t Jive isatba .Iriaiiemrb1e-M'i#ht -of every ''-•■■' • -•■■■ ---•-. -- recognized by showjlhose in control of our land, and until every one has been provided with the means of life, unrost will be ever prevalent in our midst. You may put In all the different, political factions that you may care to, but unless they recog- ln_» the need of that fundamental change In our spcial structure, your efforts will all be of no avail.' Ing, when a big gathering porters is oxpected in thc Oddfellows* corner of Sixth and Main street. Tho full list of meetings, as arranged up to time of going to press, follows Saturday! June 7, Oddfeljows' hall, 6th and Main stroet, 8 p.m.; Tuesday, June lOih, Finnish hall, 2605 Ponder slroot, E„ 8 p.m.; Wednesday. Juno llth, Grnndviow Chamber Commerce hall, 1029 Commercial drive, s p.m.; Thursday June 12th, Ash hall, 20th avenue and Fraser, 8 p.m.; Friday, .Tune 13th, Orange hall, -Slh avenuo and Pine street, H p.m. Show your Interest in tho of Labor by attending as meetings as possible. A Saskawatchewari M. P., ran across a Swede who bad been away from home for Hi years and thought that he would take home a bng of Five- It osos Hour as a treat to iicoplo used to rye broad. Whon he reached homo, 400 miles inland he foUnd that tho local Hour and feed man was selling Five Hoses (lour nt 50 cents; a bag cheaper than' it was selling in Saskatchewan. offorts Engineer; Dies at Nanaimo Christopher Clarke died in the Nanaimo hospital on Sunday evening after a residence in the Island city of only three weeks. Deceased was only 25 years of age and leaves a widow and his parents living In Lethbrldge, Alta. He was a member of the Brolherhod of Locomotive Enginoers and was a native of Ontario. Wholesale Prices: Wholesale pricos at Liverpool: Canadian Wiltshire sides, 13%c, per lb.; hamH, lfl^c, per lb.—Manchester Guardian. At Toronto on same dnto, wholesale prices: Canadian Wiltshire sides, lS^c. per lb.; hams, 23 to 24c. per lb.—Toronto Mail and Empire. Our advertisers make it possible for us to spread the gospel of Labor. Show your appreciation by patronizing thom on every possible occasion. One vote for nny ono of tho other candidates, might be instrumental in destroying nil your votes for Labor. Don't split your vote. Don't expect lhe olher follows to do ail tho work. They have to struggle like the rest. Got in and help. The harvest Is ready and thc workers are all too lew. Join tho ranks of Labor. If you don't know how, write us—we'll gladly tell you. along to fighl for Pass The Federation Jul vour friends. Help it in It. justice. Ontario Employees Receive Only Forty-three Cents for Each . Dollar Produced CANADA'S AVERAGE LOWER The {Liberals talk about turning us oui All 1 can say Is, let them get oh with the Job.—Arthur Hon- derson, M.P. Tabloid Issued by united States Department of Labor, at Washington, D. 0. reporte* will re 1925. h ship owners and lh hie engineers' mg which the lap increase of fi\ wuh certain termination of Dl'lltllltHi 's Wnge Agt thai an agreement Jh effective until . been reached betw mates nganizalioi will rocel per cent, Ivaniages crvlce, el t—tt , whic April ■ii lb and mai togetl regarding Yon have trusted other long enough, now trust Vote Labor. candidates your own JOIN THE Federated Labor Party TF YOU subscribe to the *■ principles for which the F. L. P. stands, write your name and address plainly below, and send to Secretary Federated Labor Party, Room 111, 319 Pender West. Hnglnml Lost Working Days,—Frorn January I, to .March ;||. 1H2I, over 2,000,- 000 working days wero lost nn compared wiili i,20(i,iioo for the name Period of the year 1023, I'm lice Increase Dressmakers' Wage Scalo. —Leading Paris dressmakers havo observed the agreement made with their employees last October, by raising the hitter's wages in relatively lo the increased cost of living. Labor Shortage.—The Ministry of Labor reports that at tho closo of April, 1024, there was a shortage of labor In agriculture, the metal Industry, and the building trades. Strike of Shoe Workers.—Demanding increases in wages from ten to forty per cent., workers in the shoe factories at Uomans (Drome) have declared a general strike. Germany German-Austrian Unemployment Agreement.—KfTectlvo March 3, 1924, the Oerman-Austria n reciprocal unemployment agreement of 1021, was supplemented by terms which authorize unemployment relief to be granted by ench country to unemployed nationals of lhe other country residing permanently within Its boundaries, provided such unemployed persons are entitled to relief under the laws of the country in which Ihey reside. Irish Fire Stale Unemployment — President Cos- grave, hi a recent speech In the Dull, is fptoted as saying that there were HO,000 Unemployed persons in the Irish Free Slate, most of whom belonged lo the agrleulitrul labor class. Poor Dupes Enticed to Canada on False Promises Victims of Corporation Cupidity [From Hansard. House of Commons, Ottawa] TY/TU. WOODSWOltTH:—I want to endorse Uie position taken by the members for Toronto. The member for South Oxford (Mr. Sutherland) has said some very harsh things about ono of the harvesters who was recently sentenced in Toronto. tt seems to me that we should perhaps consider the circumstances of theBe men and nsk ourselves whether our neglect of them has not lead directly to some of these infractions of the law. I have in my hand a very interesting and illuminating document witb regard to two young men who were sentenced in a British Columbia court for stealing a rifle. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I will read the following notes made by the presiding county court judge with regard lo one of the prisoners: "I camo from Halifax, Fngiand; loft England 8th June, 1023, In O. P. R. ship Montcalm. The shipping agent, Mr. Crosslcy, represented lo me that. I would never bo out of a Job as he had beon hi Canada a num- of times. I paid him about £19 for ticket from Halifax to Toronto. My parents paid this monoy and gave mo Noiiitf money—Jt5. I went straight to Toronto and got rooms and looked for a job. I was offered 512 a week, but found I could not live on, this as 1 had to pay my keep out of this, 1 thon left Toronto by boat rfhd sailed for four hours to Port Dalhousie and got work on lake boat. Sailed from Port Dalhousie on steamer New V'ork News,of Chicago Tribune company. 1 worked fur two months there, l.got $55 and board. 1 loft that boat for another called the Divisor, the Keystone line; there about throe weeks. I wont to penny Siding in Ontario, near Sudbury, to cut wood; worked there a month. I did not muke any money cutting wood except enough to buy my working clothes. I wont back, to Sudbury ami thon to a place named Burwrfsh, oust of Sudbury; stayed a month there; then I came back and paid faro to Winnipeg; arrived there about middle of September. 1 could not make anything. I worked for my board and lodging in a candy manufacturer's; vorked 'for about throe months. I went to the immigration olllce and tompluined. They told me they could do nothing for me except a job on a farm for ?5 a mouth. So I camo out and asked to get on tbe relief In Winnipeg, but could only get on two days. Thon 1 went back to the Immigration ollicers and they took mo in; I stayed tliero probably a month and a half. Then a job came in for a 1,000 hands, wanted for the bush in Hritish Columbia. I beard lliese were to Country Rich in Natural Resources —Employees Have Little Buying Power TN the province of Ontario, the net product per employee is $2455 per annum and the net uverage salary and wages $1048, in other words, tlie producer who produces the wealth of this country receives only 43 cents. for every dollar's worth of wealth he produces. In tho province of Quebec, the net product per employee le $2200, and the average salary and wages $022, or an average of 45 cents, of everj7 dollar's worth of value produced. Taking Canada as a whole we find that the net product por employee is $2410 and the average salary and wages paid is $1010 which makes the average puyment for salaries and labor of 42 cents, for every dollar's worlh of value produced. Tills brings us to the most important question wc have to face in this country, the question of purchasing power. We have heard on many occasions that this country Is very rich in natural resources; That Is quito true. We have also heard that we have splent^cl factories and machinery of production. We know thnt wo have a virile labor power, and, with all lliese factors, there is no reason why any man, woman, or child ln this 'country should be without the necessaries of life. The question appears to be not so much a quostion of whether we shnll have a high protective tariff or a high tariff for revenue, as how we can distribute tho goods that nro produced to the peoplo who require them, , -v It is & situation we have to face and I :im satisfied wc have got to face it in ilio near futuve.—Mr. Gardiner, MP., Medicine Hat, In a Bpcech In tho houso of commons. A vote for Labor Is another nail the collhi of capitalism. be used as strike br at the hnmlgratloi of the pernnii there was no in B. C. Then twenli on the immig lor B.C., We P., and found ors waiting foi lbe men were asked us not to go t or ns nevor went to and I talked ii bve tho Immigration off oui that wo should pay the amount bat Wc worked a mouth whb board. I left thero and co brook and stayed In lays. Then I nkers, so I asked ration oflico from one lent slafi" and be said such thing- as a strike throe of us, who wore atlon reliof, signed up eame to Wurdner, li. i wholo crowd of strik- us. They I old us that all it irk. !«• and wenty- ."nother KM as WARM SESSION OF T.^L. Politics Disturb Serenity of Central Labor Body on Tuesday Evening: Politics proved Hit* feature or the discussion at llu* regular Trades and Labor council uioetin** Tuesday night. l-ieli-Rut ■ BIM Showier,, a member of the executive, came in for considerable Criticism, anil a notice of motion was mado to liavo him removed from olllre locause in* was nm supporting lie r- tnndii>n Lnbor parte. Thi. effort, hovvevfi*. wiu ruled out )l on •>i* by Prealdenl II. Norlands Who p n nli'd out Dial Hi.* orgnnlza ioi} oncei el i" wdi ntoer the rlgli to jxcrcl e his own political or roll*.* ans Utatlng ihul If *,,! the council won irk, hm ami lh* ■ paid our rare '<i to work and Which we did. Hit* bush. $.:... II elded l work a troublo down to Craned in Cranbrook a few not Qllbort and wo di- Trp.il and Iry and get ill* wny we got in Ibis I Iia.l |W( motion Showlel villi'. The i j . r n0| bin lln* .1 nodoil far Ul III.* ;,[-K i*iil Nooliu tors lake * tiluin * folio loussjon uni! In* m of ■ate nna Wi* ont inii. I Ilia house tn i In oat and us ink Ilk* rlllo nnd ng In oat. U'o 'Id 11 In llrand by Walking and and not s.iniotlil bad no money wo sold il In got snmel BOI is for II. V.'o ikH. We mu ther freight. '<• stayed In Nolson uiu* night, Gil- was a inoniboi* ni lln* G.W.V.A,, got u ticket from them for lho nlglit tin* a hotol. Tin* judge makes tbis comment.; I nm leaving the writing or this letter to go Into the oourl-ruom to sentence iwo lads—line from Halifax, Knglnnd., mid one from Glasgow, Scotland, for theft. Tbey wore entlc- d oui here by the shipping ngents of ibo Canadian railway oompaulcs. They pnid nbout JKio lo thoso shipping ngents who gel thoir rake- >ff and tbo rosl. giies Into he coffers ni Ibo railwny company. Those poor dupes who are being enticed out to Canada on false anil misleading promises lire victims of railway corporation cupidity. These lads were eklns out u precarious living In the bush uf Ontario and lbe farms of the prnrles unlll Ihey hnit lo lake refuge with scores nf others In tile emigration sheds at Winnipeg. Then tbey were shipped out to tnke Ihe places of strikors In tlie limber nroas of East K'nolenny; tbey were told by the Immigration offlcors (so they hnve stuted lo me) that Ihero was no strike. Reduced in starvation, those lads lilted a rillo from a shed lo sell to get fiiud. They must go tn prison for this crime. 1 will Impose a short sentence, but Ihey hnve pleaded "guilty" and I cannot avoid sentencing them. The railway companies and slenin- (ConMnued on pnge 2) fin cnndldntes bur parly ami the I'nnaila whloh a oluiiin nf tin* l*v,|o •van lbe (ipoi Is an i bet woo Wall ; handle i.uIh»i* un Partner atlon. "f successful lubor banks -Id story by now, but a union n a lnbor bank and on.* nf ■itieoi's largest Institutions to a pleoo „f railway financing, especially wben lho bank Is owned by lln* Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, muy well be regarded ns a milestone In the relations of capital and lalior. Suob co-operation breaks old antagonisms. ll contains tbo germ ot groat possibilities, Jplnt oapital and labor ownership of pub- He iililllles would solve mosl of tlio problems In that Held nnd would make for undisturbed industrinl pence.—-ibordeen Journnl. Tin* poople who fake money nre people who never.ihiuk of doing anything else, nnd do not want to do anything else. The tendency of culture In England Is to keep men poor, and that means thai you get a large range of people who cannot afford high prices for drama.—Geo, Bernard Shaw, if Hie Liberals had been sincere about ihe Proportional Representation Bill ihey would, when they were In power, hnvo given some Indication thut they wore In favor nf il.— George Hardle, M.P. No olher party represents Lnhor. Support tbe C. L. p. candidates with ymir vote and influence. PAGE TWO .sixteenth year. No. .3 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c. Published every Friday b.v Tho British Columbia Federatlonist .Bnsiness and Editorial Office, 1129 Hewi, Ht* Tlie policy of Tho B. C. FodorationiKt is controlled by tho t'dilorinl board ol the Federated Labor Party of British Columbia. Subscription Kato: United Statos and Foreign, $3.00 por year; Canada, $2.50 por yoar, $1.60 for six months; to Unions subscribing in a body, 10c per member per month, .June 6, J U2-I FINANCING AN IMjUCTION ONE question ever haunts oiir mind on thc occasion oi' every election, and lhat is, how do the various patties finance tbeir election campaign? As we look about Ihis city and provinee upon [be occasion of this election, wa are driven tu ask again, In all seriousness; how do they do it? There is being derived Trom sonic source, unknown tu most of us, sums of money that, were wc to know the total amount, it would stagger those of us wbo niight possess tlie most vivid Imaginations, Billboards, rents, band-painted pictures of our "Hdnest John," telephone service, poster', postage, travelling expenses, wages and salaries to lbe many election parasites, and an amount of advertising that the average business house never dreams of. All the old parties are guilty of the same offense—save that theiy do not all put up "Honest John's" picture. Of one thing we are certain, aad tbat is that the money thus spent never comes out of a collection at the campaign meetings. It comes—it must come—from sonic few individuals or corporations, who have at heart interests, which we fea>\ rnther conflict with those of tbe community. The public has been played with long enough. Ere many years have passed, It will awaken out of its slumbers no doubt, but in the meantime its treasury Is being looted, its resources squandered iii a most reckless fashion, and lhe heritage of those who are as yet unborn is being sold for a mere mess of pottage. It Is time the public called a halt, Your vote for Labor ia the one effective means of combating tbis form of robbery. OMVKK OL'TIJ-NKS HIS POUt'Y IT IS only natural thnt one should turn and examine the policy outlined by the various political parties at such a time as this. We realize that some one has lo govern our country, and we are anxious to see what they have to offer. We know what they have given us in the past—and we may add wc know what tbey have taken from us. Premier Oliver .slated that his policy was tbe development of the natural resources of Jiriti_.li Columbin, lbe equalization of thc freight rates, the creation of Industries in the cities which would ensure thc prosperity of the province, and tbe providing of marketing facilities for the products of the -farms. When he stated his policy thus, lt is reported that the huge building in which ho was speaking rocked with applause. We cannot help but wonder! Just how long is the people going to be hoodwinked with such tVaddle from the lips of our premier? That has always been his policy. It reminds us of those people wbo boast of their religion, but who never put it into practice. What the premier means, we are sure, is that he will encourage outsiders to develop our naturnl resources, pay us a few dollars In wages for helping them devolop our resources, and they will carry awny millions of dollars In profits, in tlieir pockets, which should bave gone into lhe provincial treasury to help les the burden that so many are find so hard to bear, and wliich Is dip. the boat manhood of our bnd a.1 to other climes. So far as the freight rates are concerned, they will be lessened Juki ;. - soon as the big Interoala arc prepared to allow ib.'m lo Ik- reduced, j;;**'! that will be wiu-u il will !.<■ profitdl le for them uo lu do, .■<:>.] n ,i bo.'oro then. Premier Oliver nolwlthstandl iff. Again, If tin- reduction i-i Crolgh during the past iV.v years. He cer talnly has done very little in that regard in the past. Why should we continue lo have faith in him in him in tliis regard in the future. Action.; speak louder tban words. The providing ol' marketing facilities for tiie products of the farms! Here we have been struggling for years with Hint problem and now, on the eve of an election we are promised relief. If that could be dune, the major portion of our trouble would bo over. If individuals could always sell the products ol' tbeir labor, bow happy they all would be, comparatively speaking, at least. That is the key to a lot of our troubles, but il ia one that will never be solved so long as capitalism remains the dominating force it our social life. Lei ns member tbat, INK STAH TO7M bave ljeen favored recently .ft with the addition of another newspaper in Vancouver, to tho goodly number that we already possess. It' we might ]u_ge from ils ideals and aspirations as set out in Ils lirst issue, we have reason to feel proud of having- I lie. opportunity of associating with the .Star. We will wait and see, however, before we welcome too jubilant. We cannot help wonder, tbough, how the business men bf this city can bear the cost of having added to their overhead advertising expenses the amount necessary to sustain another paper; It does indeed seem cruol! Why would il not be possible for Vancouver to own just one paper, and make it a truly representative one; one that we could rest assured, went Into overy home In the eity and. perhaps, in the province, and one that would represent every shade of thought in the community? Tbe public then might be able to think for themselves and choose the line of thought-they cared to follow, and the particular pnrty they would like lo support. Then and only then will tbe newspaper be a true reflection of the minds of the public it now pretends to serve. Certainly it would moan a marked reduction in cost, if nothing else, and we hear that feature referred to so frequently in all walks of life today. It is a proposition that is, at least, worthy of our serious consideration*. Labor Manifesto (Continued from page 1) digent and are not entitled to a pension. This Is a tax on thrift. A real Mothers' Pension would be the aim of our party representatives. Labor Section of Treaty of Versailles The enactment of several humane provisions of this trcnty is held to be strictly within the jurisdiction of tne provinces, though not one of them is yet In effect in British Columbia. Legislation of this class Includes the prohibition of tbe employment of women and young persons at night; fixing the minimum age for admission or children to industrial employment; the general aplication of the eight- hour day, etc. The Oliver government passed legislation based on some of these recommendations, but In ench case has added a joker whicli makes it inoperative and useless. Liquor Control Hritish Columbia electors have decided Ihey want government sale and control of liquor. Under these circumstances the Canadian Labor Party will insist that all liquors shall be sold at cost price, plus only overhead charges; and, further, that the distilleries and breweries be taken over by the Liquor Control Hoard. Electors in each district should have autonomy In determining whether a liquor store shall be opened. Company Towns and Hliicklisis Approximately to,OUO workers FRIDAY Juno 6, 1924 eir dependents live wns in this province. id women are forced ai" of completo aer inadiao Lnbor Tarty lose towns oui of ||)t. He corporations ami ba rnte m : ll Oitlv back th. yarding our prospei i lo happen lo thoae i in ibe oaal wbo inv io elte "in a;>. exlali If we tak.. from them their meana nl a livelihood, we are going to brlnp nbout nil sort * of unomploymeiil In those quarters. Those Individuals will, in turn, have lo como west, and in doing so tivo vicious circle will soon be completed again, wficii unemployment will be rampant beyond our most vivid imagination in its extent, "no wli" supports such an Idea and believes thai therein lies the so- lution for our dillleultlcs. bas but a vague conception of bis relationship with his fellow men in oilier par » of this Dominion, and so far as his knowledge of International rolation- mIiIjih ere concerned, h*> is positively devoid nr all understanding. The creation of Industrie!.? When have we beard thai befol'e? Ilidns- tries, under our modern indiisiijn! system, grow up onlj where it i:. round profitable for thom to grow, Mr. Oliver lias been in power for some time now, nnd surely \i<* doei not mean to slate (bat In- has been allowltig opportunities u, yo by, of helping to ostabllsb such industries, and in company These men lu live in n 'Itude, The avors taking muds ol' pricing them in- rated ns i>r municipalities, Mu- Coos! disirici uf British Colli ihe lumber inlet-osta maintain ifv- blacklist againsi membera or il«ed labor Almost all of the luggers working In this district umpellod to hire through a con- Bitiploymenl ofllce owned by iho .imber companies. Those who are ibers or a trade union are refused loymenl, During the pnst five •s 2,000 men have been blacklisted lor their irade uniu,, activities md driven out of lhe country, The 'iM.adfao Labor Party demands the ionium or (his blacklisting instltu. '"li, and the hiring of nil labor foi umber camps through ihe govern ueiii ciopioynicnl fill-.**. Labor and the Poets t^-t"t-ft--t-*-fo-—-t *a-.a»a»a"a-*a»a ■■»..»■■ •>••»•<•• VICTOll HUGO [By Frances Wills] "yiCTOit HUGO is known as the greatest of all French poets, He was born in 1800; his lather was a soldier, and. at various times on this account, the family lived in Elba, Corsica and Spain. The latter country made a lasting impression on the boy, and influenced much of Ids poetry. In .Spain Ids mind flrst awakened to the beauty and mysteries of nature. It is interesting to note that while at school in Madrid, he became acquainted "'ith tho original of Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. 01' nature he writes: "Nature is nol of marblo; 'tis a spirit;" and as a background to graver thoughts, there is much beautiful French scenery—the woods with their dim paths and perfumes, incense, songs; the starry heavons and the warmth of noonday, Victor Hugo early took up writing; at lirst ho was influenced by the reactionary movement, so that .in politics he was a royalist, In religion an indent Roman Catholic, and .ui literature a disciple of classicism. But like many another royalist, his political ideas began to waver when he saw the treatment, of veterans who bad won glory for France. And something of the change In his religious opinions can be seen in his "Answer to the bishop who called him an atheist." If you think of God as a jealous God, that Is both one and three, and vengeful, with an ear for psalmody, punishing children for their father's crime, hallowing royal brigands in their slime. God, ignorant of science physical; man's counterpart in large. Quick at condemnation, checking his mother's (Mary's) passes to salvation, His sport to keep a pack of miseries as squires keep hounds. Then, sir priest, I am an atheist, to this good old-fashioned God." But if "we have to do with the all-essen- linl Being . . . not sensual; not ceremonial, thc law, the life, the very soul of nil; solstice of reason, right and good. Then priest, I am believer and tiiou atheist." As regards his classicism, just as the French revolution had overthrown much of the old order ih society and politics, so in literature. The artificialities, tlie limitations of classicism began to give place to romanticism, the freer conception of art; the right of genius to he a law unto Itself. The struggle between the two schools culminated in a play by Hugo; romanticism triumphed. He had previously written a play which the censor, for political reasons, had prohibited and the .king tried to console the poet by a bribe, which was refused. Gradually. Hugo, was drawn into politics, and this fact somewhat changed his ideas of the poet's task. Hitherto ho had regarded himself merely as a man of letters—as an artist; now he began to realize how the poet could be a leader in a spiritual sense, and that henceforth his genius could be well employed in the cause of liberty and justice. He realizes that Our lives are but spent for the glory Of the kings who smile over our grave, And build up a fabric ol' friendship With cement from the blood of the brave. And that those in high places are guilty of "the deepest infamy man can attain"—the strangling or enchaining of a people, "to rob man of soul and liberty." As every true poet must, he loathes the Idea of war; he says: "For centuries past this war madness Has laid hold of each combative race, We love the field with its carnage And the strife which turns earth into hell," But the thoughtful are driven to madness Ity the flush and the roar of the gun. "And yet, 1 ask sometime in wonder As I wander fhe meadows among, Can brother for brother feel hatred As he hears the lark's musical song?" ilnd we get tho realities of war in "The Retreat from Moscow," so different Trom tin. picturesque glorious ispect nf war that most people knowr "Vultures wheeled aloft, Ten thousand men lav down fatigued lo sleop, Under tlie l-.u, Mm Wq might got constituency with 3r.0,00O voters, and I submit it would be making repr sonlatlpn ridiculous and political caftipnignlug an Impossible prop'oi tlotl.- Herbert Morrison, M.P, And ibe And watch; perhaps ip hi Im idled v.ok who kepi enormous value to themselves. Says Hugo: "Thfs is treason against yourselves. , . . it is your wealth, your dower, your heritage. For books ever were the tyrant's enemy; ever took sides with, and stood up for thee." And in answer to the poet's declamation of the deed whereby the workers betrayed themselves—there is but a pitiful, puzzled murmur, "But I can't read?" The story has its parallel today. For any one who wonders at the ignorance and apathy of the masses, Victor Hugo has an illuminating picture in al least three of his greatest works, apart from his poetry. These are "Les Miserables," "The Hunelibaok of Notre Dame," and "The Toilers of tile Sea." They are vivid descriptions of life not many years ago; they are full of real human interest; they contain many of the poet's Ideas of justice and liberty. Yet even tin- low ebb of mankind then, does not dishearten the poet. In "Fraternity" he says: "It is no dream or error lo have guessed thnt good is latent witli the bad," nor yet to wish "that man should be good, great, indulgent." And what "the masses need is not "pity and charity, but justice." To conclude, here is what a fellow- poet, Swinburne, says of Hugh: "I, born of exiles, hail thy banished head. . , . I look to tbat sweet mother-land (France) und see The old. fields and lair full slrenms And skies, but fled like dreams The feet of freedom and the thought of thee. . . -. She said, "Let there be freedom," and there was Freedom; and as a lance The fiery eyes of France Touched the world's sleep. Thou artgehief of us, and Lord; Thy song is as a sword, But we Lirt younger eyes, and see Less of high hope, hours that have borne men down so long Seen tbe right fail and watched .up- life the wrong. ... But thou, praised above all men be thou, Whose laurel laden brow Made for lbe morning, droops not In the night, Praised, that nor doubt nor hope could bend Earth's loftiest head, found upright to tlie end." +.a~a"a~a~*~a~a»a**a<ta"a»a"afa»+fafa-a'*a Patronize Federatlonist advertisers, INDIGESTION Believed in two minutes with JO-TO Grs, acid. Hour, burning stomach till quickly relieved villi ju-TO. Drug Stores. Bird, Macdonald & Co. BABBIMEBS, SOLIOIIOES. ETO. __l-_08 Metropolitan Bulldlnf 837 Hutlngi St. W. VjOTOOUVEE. B. 0. Telephone,: Sermonr 8668 ud 6607 John Oliver Government Instituted Labor Department You all remember the Vancouver Island Coal strike in 1913-1914. You all remember how the militia were called out and men were sent to gaol for standing up for their rights. John Oliver's Government meete Labor differences of opinion in such matters sanely and reasonably. John Oliver's Government has wiped out many causes of dispute. Under Oliver, wages have increased; hours of work have decreased, and industry has developed enormously. Keep up the good work. Vote Liberal Store Opens at 9 a.m. and Closes at 6 p.m. Smaitly Designed Spoits Hats al $5.00 AF FINE STRAW, softly banded with silk and Vcrepe; medium and small brimmed styles, in white or sand. Splendid fitting and of very flne appearance. Special value $5.00 each. Soft crush Sports Hats, of mixed English straw, are specially priced at $3.95. —Drj'-dnle's Millinery Shop, Second Floor 675 Granville Street Phone Seymour 3840 Harvesters Again (Cont 1 .med from page 1) boat companies are agitating for more and more population. Not a thought as to the class so long as they can get the passage money. Not a thought as to the future of these pennless lads so long us their fares are paid and go into the "receipts" column. it seems to me, Mr. Chairman, that when one comes into close contact with these men, and realizes the brave struggle that many of thom have put up in order to try and gain a foothold in this country, many of them having done their piece of M'ork, when work was available, and were afterwards driven from pillar to post, some of them not fitted for tho kind of work for which they were brought over. We ought to considor very seriously our whole policy, and I, for one, think we should rigorously refrain from wholesale condemnation of men who como to a new country to find that there is not the machinery hero for fitting them into what, to -them, are novel conditions. We are governed not by democracy, but by accident.—Mr. Comyns- Carr, M. P. Sweaters and Cardigans at "Famous" Low Priees THIS HOW ilepfirtiiH-nt of ours h the tnlk of thu town. We're offorinft a really wonderful dUpluy' ut vory low pricoK. Especially "Universal" Sweaters with side buttoning; very striking, with border nt bottom to match with nny skirt. Specially priced flt $3.06. Famous scK,t. 623 HASTINGS STBEET WEST THE ordinary way to measure distance la by miles. You think any placo yon have In mind is so many milea away. It seems a lime way off. Look at It another wny. Monsiire tho dlstanco by minutes. 3ny to yourself, "such or such n plnco is so many minutes away," meaning, of course, that If the telephone Is used, dis* tanco does not need to he considered, If you wnnt to tnlk to a friend or dis- puss a business mntter, no plnce is very far nwny, Not only thnt, but tho means of communication is always right at hand. Every telephone is a long distanco telephone. Besides, if you talk in the evening, you cnn tnko advantago of the specinl rates. B. 0. TELEPHONE OOMPANY. OAVE you ever bad a real drink iJ-of Pure Apple CMer during the last few years? To meet tbo doairea of many clients, we havo introduced recently a pure clear sparkling apple older In pint bottles, either pure sweet or government regulation 2% bard apple cider. These drinks are absolutely pure and free from all cawouio aold gaa or preservatives of any nature. Write or phone your order today, Highland 90. , VAN BEOS. LTD. Older Murafactunn 1966 Gommerciil Dim, Tucaunr. B. o. FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST 1180 Daunt Stmt SurnHj* amricea, 11 ».m. and 7i80 pm. Bunday achool Immadlatnlr followlni mornlni amice. W.dneadaj le.ttaonlal ?oi*.B?,k.p'Sid».^" mdto' "
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