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THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIALCNITT: STRENGTH ■ TWELFTH YEAR. No. 43 EIGHT PAGES OFFICIAL PAPER: VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL. VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY MOVING, OCTOBER 22,1920 POLITICAL UNITT i VICTOBT ii " i i in $2£0 PER YEAR WALL STREET THROWS FINANCES AGAINST POLITICAL STORM Bankers Want Producers to Pay Gambling Debts- Prices Taking Big Tumble—Revolt Sweeping Country—Panic in Agriculture Industry —Political Tornado Generated <By Laurence Todd, Staff Correspondent for the Federated Press.) WASHINGTON Washington Bureau).—Wall street Is becoming frightened at the revolt now sweeping west and south, , since the Federal Reserve Board has called upon the farmers to pay Wall Street's foreign gambling debts. "You are going to aee a dangerously high wave of radicalism ln this election," aald a big New York banker to a friend. "This assumption that Harding ts going to have everything his own way ls not safe. The Farmer-Labor party Is going to be a serious factor, and may •ven win, in six or seven states, lf prices continue to go down." Big business corporations are hastily throwing up defenses against the on-coming political ■torm whloh the artificial panic In term prices haa created. There are well-defined reports that the steel oorporatons for example have pro- . vided a oomplete organisation throughout Minnesota and * will ■pend' 11,000,000 In the final ten days of the campaign. In North Dakota and South Dakota, tt Is reported, the banking and wheat gambling and milling Interests of St. Paul and Minneapolis are to have exclusive management of the Wall Street funds; In Montana the flood of gold will be turned loose by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. organization; in Colorado tha Colorado Fuel & Iron Co, will have oharge of the battle against the Farmer-Labor rebels, While in the State of Washington . the' Weyerheuser timbr interests ar to be tha centre of reaction. But the panto in agriculture is sweeping away the very foundations of Republican and Democrat- ttandpat politics. Farmers by the millions suddenly face ruin, as cotton falls from 40 .cents a pound to SO cents, and wheat slips towards a dollar a bushel. Protest conferences and emergency meetings and ' Indignation rallies are tn vain—the middlemen and bankers must flrst be aaved, and the Federal Reserve Board, using the magic word "deflation," moves on toward the final tragic climax. The Cause of It What has happened, aa disclosed by Mr. Anderson, economist of the Chase National Bank, ln the "Annalist" ls this: American goods to the amount of $3,600,000,000 have been sold in Europe since the armistice for "trade acceptances," promises to pay, which have not been made good.. Banks in this country have carried the debt, passing it, along as far as possible. Armour, Swift and Cudahy, of the packers' group, for example, have Just borrowed $120,- •00,000 at 8 per oent to relieve their own banks of some of this unpaid European paper. Bave tha Big Fellow Money and credit must be called In to save the big fellows who gambled on the high profits of foreign trade, and who have been left holding the bag. The Federal Reserve Board decides that credit must be withheld from farmera Prices fall below cost of production, and keep on tumbling. Bankruptcy for the food-producing industry; safety for the banks that gambled on profits abroad, Cotton prices affect cotton fabrics, Oray goods sell today at less than the raw cotton cost four months ago. The American Woollen Co. failed to cut ItB prices soon enough, and ls in a bad way. Automobile manufacturers, not financially strong, whose market depended on farm prosperity, face a business collapse. Oeneral Motors suddenly cuts oft all development plans and orders Its plant to use up their stocks of supplies before buying more. The same feeling of Impending calamity spreads along all the lines of metal and fabric manufacture. Sixty days will see—what? Some bankers declare the Federal Reserve Board will dmonstrate full control, by releasing credit once more. Others fear lt is too late. Both agree, that thc panic has generated a political tornado. The manager of the Scranton (Alta), mine although stopping the U. M. W. A. dues from the men's pay checks, has not been turning it over to the organization. The mine has gone bust (fnd the International ts real mad. A AT I MESS Jack Harrington Dealt With Foreign Office Activities In spite of the absorption of a great number of people in the liquor question, a large crowd filled tbe Empress theatre to listen to J. Harrington, who occupied the platform for the Socialist Party of Canada, on Sunday evening laat. Many Items of popular Interest were dealt with, ranging from the excitement over1 the falling price of sugar, the periods of overproduction incidental to the present gystem of production and distribution arid the latest developments In the methods of so-called popular governments. The functions of the home and foreign offices were lucidly presented so that the audience oould grasp what effect, if any, the change of parliamentary representatives ln the assemblies of the various constitutional governments had upon matters of policy, An able handling of the question of selfishness as lt affected the question of Interfering' with the development towards Socialism, was one of the outstanding features of the address, and the futility of the arguments of the "human nature" critics were easily disposed of In a logical manner. The variety of questions in evidence was an Indication of the Interest shown by the audience. T. O'Connor will be the speaker at next Sunday's meeting. 0. B. U. Suggests Soldier Workers Join With the WorkingClass At the meeting of the Central Labor Council, O. B. U., on Wednesday night, a communication was received from the Grand Army of the United Veterans, asking the council to take part In a convention, to be held for the purpose of uniting the veterans,. the United Farmers and the Labor men tor the coming elections. The secretary was instructed to write and Inform the Grand Army Veterans that If they desired to co-operate with Labor in the political fight, that ther© was nothing to- stop them ,and as the workers would no doubt have candidates In the field, and the most of the veterans were workers, the opportunity for unity would bo provided. A communication from the Mill Workers unit asking that the council and all units of the O. B. U. cooperate in holding social evening* every month, vtda referred to the General Workers unit, with a request that that organization appoint a committee for the purpose outlined. The call for the referendum vote on the amendments to the constitution of the O. B. Tf., adopted at the recent general convention, was referred to the different units for action. The hall committee reported that all arrangements had been made for going ahead with the laying of the new floor and If all went well, a start would be made on Saturday. FULL TERM WHi OUSTS 0. B. U. ETO BE Labor School Ia Growing Fast The attendance at the Labor School last Sunday afternoon was 38, an Increase of 100 per cent, over .the first meeting the week previous. It la expected that next .Sunday will see a further increase ln attendances and that by the end of the -month the school will be "going strong." Most of the time at the first two or three meetings Is necessarily taken up with, enrolment, etc., but lt Is Intended that next Sunday the classes will be divided and get down to business. There will be four classes this season. Mrs. Rose Henderson, Mr. O. L. Charlton, arid Mr. A. M. Stephen will be among the touchers, The school meets every Sunday at 1:45 p.m. in the new F. L. P. rooms at 148 Cordova Street West. Hand the Fed. to your shopmate when vou are through with It Federated Labor Party SUNDAY EVENING FEOPAOANDA MEETINGS Speaker, Sunday, Ootober 24 E. T. Kingsley Subjeet, "THE BREAK-DOWN OF CAPITALISM" F. L. P. Hall, 148 Oordova Street West, 8:00 p.m. ■—■»«">»t»|.,|ii| Press States No Clemency Will Be Shown Teg Victims Financial Post Quotes From Moore on "Moscow Propaganda" -• The two following articles taken from widely different papers may be very easily coupled up by those that understand Tom Moore, and the connection that the Trades Congress of Canada has with the government. The first article was clipped from the Daily Province, and the second from the Financial Post published In Toronto: By JOHN OONKLIN (In The Daily Province) Winnipeg, Oct. 18.—Hope that Winnipeg strike leaders, serving a year sentence at Manitoba's prison farm, might be released before*the expiration of their sentence, was abandoned Saturday night when word was received from counsel in Ottawa that there was no bright outlook and Premier Melghen's opposition to release was adamant. Full sentences of George Armstrong,- Rev. William Ivens, Alderman John Queen, R. J. Johns and W. A. Pritchard of Vancouver will expire April 0, but with a month deducted for good conduct, March 6 is the earliest date on which their release can be expected, lt Is said. Following the visit of western Labor members to Ottawa ln August, It was expected that the government would wait a reasonable length of time and then liberate the prisoners. Since this visit failed In Its object, no official efforts have beon made by labor men or the Winnipeg defenso committee to obtain early release of the imprisoned leaders. This committee, organized more than a year ago for the purpose of raising funds to defend persons arrested for participation In the strike and to assist their families, and which secured $300,000,* has ceased to function in its former capacity, and for the reason that nothing remains to be done. The committee pinned its fuith to the result of the Russell appeal before the Privy Council in July, and when this action tailed, sent the labor delegation to Ottawa to request executive clemency. THE POST ARTICLE The dangers to Canadian business and to the welfare of the community generally of persistent propaganda of unrest which finds Its inspiration in the actvities of Soviet agents have frequently been emphasized In the Financial Post and In recent issues actual evidence has been submitted to show how these activities are carried on, Attention has frequently been called also to the fact that a great stabilizing factor in offsetting the Red propaganda has been supplied by the old-fashioned labor organizations under their conservative lenders. That these leadors have fully realized and still realize the responsibility which they are shouldering Is indicated in the week's statement of Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Council of Canada. Mr. Moore says that the movement today Is a far - reaching one, although thought of little consequence by (Continued on page 8) Shipyard Laborers Not Wanted in Portland Metal Trades Shipyard Laborers' Unit of the One Big Union' of Portland, Ore./ with a membership of over 60d, has been ousted from the Metal Trades Council of that city. Delegates from the Vancouver, Wash., local were also denied Beats on the council. This action'came as the result of recent Machinist and Boll, ermaker conventions. The president of the council recently attended the machinists convention and was also in conference with president O'Connell of the Metal Trades department of the A. F. of L. and had been advised to oust the O. B. U. local. This he proceeded to do at the meeting of the council. Joe Read, an International officer of the Boilermakers' Union, informed the council that his organization had decided to oust all O. B. U. members as per instructions from their convention. The shipyard laborers, with headquarters at 247 1-2 Stark street, Potrland, are not perturbed by the action, but will build up thetr organization by admitting to membership, workers of any and all crafts and should the growth warrant it, other units will be formed to carry on the work of the particular Industry. Federated Labor Party to jj Hold Sunday Evening Meetings 'Next Sunday evening at 8 .o'clock Comrade E. T. Kingsley will open the winter meetings of the Federated Labor Party.. The meetings ore to be held In the new headquarters of the F. L, P. at 148 Cordoya 'Street West. Comrade Kingsley will take aa his subject, "The Break of Capitalism." There w[ll be a large stock of literature on sale at all meetings. ' Contributions to the lending library being organized by the natty are piling up steadily and frbm the class of books that has been (secured so far It is safe to ■ay that the library will be "one of the best." The books will be •made available as soon as proper accommodation and cataloging are arranged. v, :A Hallowe'en social and dance will be held at the party headquarters on Saturday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A good programme is being arranged, which . will Include short Informal concert and a dance from 10 to 12 p.m. Refreshments will be served. A general good time is the idea. ? /Put a one-cent stamp' on this paper and mall It to a friend. Find That Wisely Managed Direct Action of Much Value' Third Anniversary of Russ. Revolution Soon to Be Celebrated (Special Moscow Radiograph to the Federated Press and . London Dally Herald.) Moscow.—H. O. Wells, the English novelist, now visiting Russia, made an address at the October 7 session of the Petrograd government.. Wells' said that he and others ln England are working for the samo ideal as the Communists—the ere-, ation of a universal regime of social equality which will minister to every citizen according to his needs. "My government," he Bald, "caused, and ls causing, destruction and misery to your country. The welcome you have given me shows me you understand our difficulties. "I am sure that in spite of the mistakes which have been made on both sides we can love and understand each other and can work together for the benefit of humanity ln the new world which Is being born out of the darkness of calamity. "The British people wish peace and they will have peace. They will Increase their agitation for peace until they get peace." The third anniversary of the Russian revolution will be celebrated with special festivals. All tho slok and wounded will be given presents and special performances will be given at all the theatres and moving picture houses. Electrification Is proceeding rap- Idly la Russia and loon every Russian Tillage will have (Metric Ights, Dream of Militant Workers May Soon Be ■ Realized (By. Max Worth, European Staff Correspondent for The Federated Press.) Paris.—Italian metal workers, by a voto of 127,904 against 44.531, have accepted the agreement made ln their name by the Italian Federation of Labor, ln its dealings with the government and the manufacturers; the Italian prime minister has made'his report to the senate and has announced the amicable settlement of the whole affair. The workors have found that well-jogulated and wisely managed direct action may gain for them In a month what bargulnlns and legal action would not achieve |ri many years. The victory Is a moral ono. Tho . workers have . learned something of the force that their industrial movement possesses. The Italian owning class has learned a lesson.—that the time has. passed, In Italy, whon the government can be counted on to rubber- stamp the acts of the manufacturers. The revolution .there has gone' too far. The militant workers have not seen their dreams of a complete revolution realized. The militant owners huve lost tho edge of their power. The red Hag has floated, unchaiienged on the largest establishments of Italy, and even the rural workers have begun to realize that a free man must count on owning his Job. London Central Labor ■ Council Decides to '. Make Change Auxiliary to Meet The regular meoting of the Women's Auxiliary of the O. B. U. will be held tonight (Friday) In tho O. B. U. hall, comer of Pender and Howe streets, when the final roport on the defense dance will be made. In addition to the regular routine business, tho study of Wage, Lnbor and Capital by Marx will be taken up, and It Is also expected that Jack Kavanagh will give an address on this work. ORANGE OF ADDRESS. Owing to tho sale of the Vancouver Labor Templo, the offices of tho Fcilciatlonlst have been moved to Rooms 1 and 2, Victoria Block, 343 Pender Street West. Correspondents are requested to make note qf this. From present Indications and ballots taken by several newspapers, notably the Cincinnati Enquirer, Eugene V. Debs will get a tremendous vote in Ohio, tn many factories he gets more on the straw ballot than either Hnrdlng or Con. Questions Advisability of 1 Affiliation With AF.ofL. ■ ^London, Ont. — London Trades 'itnd Labor Council at its lost .meeting decided to eliminate the singing or "God Save the King" at the close of its sessions hereafter. The former local organizer, ex-Sergeant FTed Young, who was responsible for the Introduction of the anthem InVo the council's closing ceremonies two years ago was for the ser- oii.l time refused admission to the Council, the vote standing 23 to 10, arid the minority Including several radical extremists who, while strongly opposed to Young's reactionary agitations, did not favor the Idea ol! the council refusing to seat any delegate elected and accredited by a subordinate local. The ousting of Young from the council Is attributed to his action last January In pledging support to the Independent Labor party nominee for the mayoralty, Harry B. Ashplant, and his subsequent right-about- face to work for the citizen's candidate. Mayor E. S. Little. Young, after accepting office in the Labor Representative committee, refused to abide by the committee's choice Of a candidate becnuse, he declared, he would not support a Socialist or fbrmer Socialist, The vote to cut out "God Save the King" waB unanimous. Objection had been taken to lt by Nationalists ln the council who wanted "O Canada" substituted. A sur- p^lso was sprung when Joseph Hill, a '.war veteran, moved that the Imperialist anthem be omitted, claiming that he was not disloyal, In fact had lately received a letter from thc Prince of Wales, but as the war was over, he thought the cere- nuuioy of singing "God Save the King" would very well be dispensed with. Criticisms levelled nt tho American Federation of Labor for failure to answer communications from the London council asking why Young wan appointed local organizer Instead of Hnrry Wray, the nominee of the council, were numerous and severe. Sevoral speak- on openly raised the question of Whethor nny benefit accrued from affiliation with the A. F. of L. but Were called to order for their remarks by tho chairman, Frank McKay, a member of the Typographical Union. Support was voted to the new Labor Forum, organized by Prof. Louis A. Wood, Ph.P., head of th'e department of economics In tho Western University which forum will be opened October 10, by J. J. Morrison, secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario. E FIRST IN Meetings in O.B.U. Hall For the Coming Week SUNDAY—People's Sunday Evening Meeting, MONDAY—Piledrivers. WEDNESDAY—General Workera. Big Demonstration Held1 By Rebel Mexican Workers Red Flags Fly and Many Speakers Address Big Audiences (By Roberto Haberman, Mexican Staff Correspondent for thc Fed' erated Press.) Mexico City.—Sunday, September 26th, was Mexico's flnt real labor day. Tha hosts of labor marched throughout the republic. From Sonora to Yucatan, with their red flags, amid the shoutings of "viva Obregon," "viva de la Huerta," "viva Russia," "viva Italia." Everywhere the same protests, the same demands: the enforcement of constitutional article 27 which gives the lands to the people, of article 123 whloh gives Justice to the workers, the regulation of food by the creation or a food commission, violent attacks on the capitalist press—in Mexico City direct threats against the Excelsior and Universal for their campaign of vilification and misrepresentation of the alms of the workers. The parade was made up of thousands of men and women, wearing red carnations, marching back to their union banners Inscribed with their demnnds. Luis Morones, labor leader, and Colonel Flliberto Villareal, on horseback, dressed ln the gorgeous Mexican charo costume, with, flowing red' ties, and holding aloft the red'flag of Tlaa- pan, headed the procession. Forty Congressmen In Line The flag of Tlzapan, a medium sized red banner with a three Inch black stripe running diagonally through lt, received its baptism only three months ago after one of the hardest fought strikes in Mexico—that of the textile industries of Tlzapan (a suburb of Mexico City) which Included about 16,000 workers. For the first time ln Mexico congressmen took part ln a workers' parade. Forty disputados, part of lhe Socialist block of congress, marched behind a banner announcing in bold red type: "All justice to the workers," and making speeches at every corner, explaining to the crowds tho necessity for an efficient organization. There was Sotoy Qama, who, as Intellectual* leader of the Zapata movement, fought In the mountains of Morelos for six years: Felipe Carrllo, president of the Socialist party of Yucatan; Luis Leon, chief of the Obregon propaganda; Man- llo Altomlrano from the hills «f Vera Cruz, "who, a month before the fall of the Carranza regime, shouted In congress In the presence of somo cabinet ministers: "We left tho horse and tho _rifle believing that would give us land, bread and Justice, but we see that we have to go back to our horse and rifle to get them!" Palace Guards Present Arms Whon the parado reached the Plaza de Constitution, the workers were received by Eduadro Moncda, secretary In chargo o£ labor, ln place of the president, who was ill In bed. Tho guards of tho Fa- lacl.o Nacional presented arms, and the palace wns thrown open to tho paradcrs. Suddenly the red flag of Tlzapan appeared flying from _pno (Continued on page 8) RAILWAYMEN BACKING BRITISH MINERS IN NATIONAL STRIKE Ultimatum to Premier Expires Midnight Sunday-* Transport Workers to Get Into Scrap—Welsh Miners Would Seize and Operate Mines —Blames Government London—Orders have been Issued for Britiah rallwaymen to strike Sunday at midnight In sympathy With coal minera. The transport workera are also prepared to take similar action within 24 hours. Under the orders sent out, rail waymen throughout the United Kingdom wlU walk out Sunday midnight unless specific Instructions to the contrary are Issued ln tbe meantime. The rallwaymen have served an ultimatum on Premier Lloyd Oeorge demanding Immediate granting of tlie minera' wage de- mands or re-openlng negotiations, with the alternative of the sympathetic strike. If Lloyd Qeorge capitulates, the railway strike will' bs called off. Transport Workers Next Transport workers, the other division of the "triple alliance," announced .through their secretary, Robert Williams, if negotiations were not re-opened within twenty- four hours the Issue would be clearly drawn between the government, and the workera. A move to force nationalization of British coal mines is seen in the demand of Welsh miners that pita ln South Walts be occupied and operated. The threat was made at a meet- dom announcing delays In material scheduled for Immediate shipment There are signs that foreign customers refuse to wait settlement of the strike ahd already are placing orders ln America, France, Bet* glum and Germany. Government to Name, The government decided that rather than give the miners the two shillings per' shift lncreaae it will expose the country to the results ot a strike. "The miners," says their manifesto, "offered concession after concession, but the government was inspired to treat every concession as though it had never been offered." No device haa. been spared In the government's manoeuvers for delays. It obtained the postponement,, but it failed to bring about the division within the miners* ranks which lt hoped- for. The miners are united to the last man and .determined to carry through the fight. They feel that this is not a mere wage contest but that tt is a deliberate attack on the Miners' Federation Itself. CalU for Strikebreakers. The government Is already call* Ing for volunteer blacklegs (strikebreakers) for transport work. In the referendum on the term* offered the miners by the coal op ing ln Coedely, which decided to era*or!' "M?8 vot" JI?* *** aak the South Wales conference meeting Friday to expel owners and their representatives from the mines, seize and operate them until a settlement has been reached. Big Business Losses. City business circles stand to lose enormous amounts In cancellation of orders already pouring ln. Merchant offices are receiving wires from all parts of the king- MAY REFUSE TO Germany and U. S. Contest With England for World Trade (By Helen Augur, Staff Correspondent for the Federated Press.) New York. — Will "Britannia ItuleB the Waves" soon be as obsolete a song as "Doutchland Ueber Alles" as a result of shipping al- llancos between America and Germany such as the W. A. Harriman contrnct with the Hamburg-American line? „ The query is being taken seriously In England, whero mastery of world trade and shipping fs as dominant an ambition as control of the world's oil supply. Great Britain Is feeling out the strength of her new commercial rival- America, who is challenging her in the field whore her pride runs hottest—the seas of the world. Tho fact that it is her former sea-rival, Oormany, who is aiding the building up of America's merchant marine with her expert advice and todlously-won prestige, is an artistic pang added to England's Jealousy, Beal basis for England's uneasiness exists in the fact that American tonnage has grown In the last six years from 1,000,000 tons lo a total of 12,000,000. In 1914 England had double Germany's tonnage, or 13,000,000, It Is because "Thc King cnn do no wrong" that soldier organizations attack the government for the treatment aocordejl them aud then wind up by lustily singing, "God save the Ring." Organized Metal Workers to Hold International Conference Washington—Organized metal workers throughout the world arc to meet wthin a few months to reach an agreement on a refusal to make armaments or munitions, thereby preventing wars, President Johnston and Sec-treas. Davison of the International Association of Machinists, announced. Resolutions adopted at the Rochester convention October 4, instructed them to ask the International Federation of Trade Unions to arrange this direct action anti-war conference, and to see that the machinists of America were represented. "I agree with Presldnet John ston that Mr. Gompers' rejection of affiliation of the A. F. of I., with the European movement does not reflect our position nor that of the A. F. of L. membership" said DaV' lsoh. "United States Labor stands for affiliation and co-operation with Labor abroad," James Simpson, A, F. of L. lead er In Toronto, here today, deplored the Gompers' action as "a most unfortunate blow to the prestige of the A. F. of L. in Canada, doubly unfortunate because tt gives thc Electrical Workers and thc butcher workmen of Toronto, who have just seceded from the A. F. of L. In a body, the argument that Mr. Gompers has himself ordered n secession from the I nter'national Federation of Trade Unions, with which a very targe part of our Canadian membership Is in close touch due to political and racial ties." against acceptance and 110,428 in favor of remaining at work on the- owner's terms; The conference of delegates which met to consider the returns, decided by 1154 tb 17 to allow the notices to the ownen to expire Saturday. Frank Hodges, secretary of tho Miners' Federation, In a stateemht to the public In the Dally Herald, says: "The miners/have gone to the extreme limit of reasonableness without the slightest manifestation of reciprocity on the part of the operators or the government Thia, spirit of reasonableness haa been exploited by the government leaders and the men are determined to stand four square until justice is done." Welsh Bailway Clerks Protest. The railway clerks of Wales have wired Thomas their emphatic disapproval of Ute instructions they have received to remain neutral, and they passed a resolution urging the clerks to link up with the other unions In support of the miners, even to the extent of leaving their work. Labor Party Gets Busy. The national council of the Independent Labor party passed a resolution expressing grave apprehension over the attitude of the government toward the miners, "conveying, as It does, an aggressive challenge to the whole working class movement" The resolution requests the Labor party to convene a special conference. Milwaukee. — "A municipally owned heating plant for homes Is a project which eventually will come true," said Joseph A. Meslroff In speaking of thc plan Indorsed by Walter J. Polnkov, New York. one of tho best known engineers, In tho country. The time will come when a plant owned snd controlled by the city will supply the heat for all the homes and business houses. It Is a blgi engineeringing project, but It will come. 20,000 American citizens havo sworn that their incomes during 1919 was at least $R0,000 a year. 295 have incomes of over $760,000. No wonder the communistic spirit is growing. Where ts your union button? Official of I. W. W. Says He Would Like General Strike (By the Federated Press.) New York.—Declaring that the 94 convicted members of the I. W, W. will fight their case through to the end—if necessary carry it to the Supreme Court of the United States, William D. Haywood, former general secretary of the 1. W. W. mude his farewell uddress ut a meeting of I. W, W. friends gathered ut the People's House to bid good-bye to the 10 defendants in thc case who nre about to leave this city for Chicago. Following the denial of their appeal from conviction under the Espionage Act by United Stales court of appeals of Illinois, they wtll return to Chicago for a rehearing of the case in the same court. "My greatest desire Is to see the doors of the penitentiary opened and Gene Debs released," William D. Haywood declared. "Jail Is no place for any human being, and It certainly Is no place for such men as the government is now committing to the penitentiary," he continued. "If I were not myself a political prisoner I should like to go out to tho workers and urge that 10.ooo,ooo men and women Iny down their tools and refuse to do a stitch of work until Debs is released." PEOPLE'S SUNDAY EVENING MEETING PENDER HALL, OORNER OF PENDER AND HOWE STREETS Sunday, October 24th, 1920 AT 8 P.M. Subjeet: "Passing of the Old Religions" Speaker: J. S. WOODSWORTH. Discussion Invited < ■».>..».>'H"».*->">M»"t">i'>"»'*"i"fi"i"i">M"»'i"»i»i»i<"«w*"t-».»11 iiiitiitt»a*p+++ rmxB |Yifu twelfth year. no. 4» THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST VANCOUVER, B. 0, i FRIDAT Ootober tt, 19!o Genuine $25 Tweed Raincoats, $15.95 On Sale Saturday Only^-50 men's heavy weight vulcanized, rubber-lined Tweed Raincoats in smart dark colors—Regular $35 everywhere— An extraordinary Saturday Special • $15.95 ARNOLD t QUIGLEY 546 GRANVILLE ST. SEAM'S Ml I Pig Labor War Comes to an End —.Antis Defeated Seattle—-Seattle's Associated Industries, the mammoth anti-Labor organization of capitalism, which sprang Into prominence here'shortly after' the close of the general etrke, ls passing out of existence, and with It the anti-Labor war. In future, the chamber of commerce will speak for the organizod employers. The close of tho antl-Laboi' war by the employing interests was only' effected after Labor had marshalled all Its resouroes and or ganized Its buying power to such an extent that openly unfair firms lost an untold volume of business. Chief interest In-this phase of the battle centered around the big department stores, which were prominent In the fight on the workers. Okmulgee, Okla. — Oklahoma's organised workers will not indorse a political party according to a-ruling of President Edgar Fenton of the state foderation of labor which is in session here. 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If you are willing to help, write the Secretary for a subscription list M. POPOVICH, Secretary, Medical Relief Committee for Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine, Box 3591, Postal Station B., Winnipeg. Enclosed please find the sum of. Dollars towards purchase of' Medical Supplies for Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine. Name ..— - —- Address — - « Soldiers and Thetr Problems Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Whllt admiring the courage of the gentleman who wrote the article regarding the incompetence of the Soldier Settlement Board in your issue of October 1st and while believing the instances he quotes—which might probably be added to; I woulul have liked his contribution better if he had told us what that "day of reckoning" which he says is "fast approaching" will be like. Does he mean to say that the present officials of the S. S. B. will be ousted and others put in their nJace? What difference would that make? After all, the main charge he bring* against the S. S. B. officials is that they are luoking after their own interests rather than the interests of the soldier settlers; at least that ls the lmpreselon-I get from reading his story of the horse deal. That, I will admit, is.a sufficiently grave charge, but why do they act that way. Assuming-that they are acting that way I will say that the reason they do so Is because we are living under a system where the standard at which a person lives is determined by the amount bf money he gets Irrespective of whether he performs any useful function In society or not. That being the case it ls to a person's individual Interest to get the most money he can in the easiest way he can. and if the 'present very human officials of the S. S. B. were fired and other very human officials put in their, place would they, being products of the same system and living under -the same system, act very differently. I think not. So long as people live by the money they get or the property they own and not by the service they render humanity so long shall we have the grafter, the parasite, the profiteer and the other unlovely products of an evil system. "If the tree itself be evil how then can the fruit thereof be good?" The'writer of the artfcle dwells at some length on, the cost to the taxpayer but, I must confess that that part of his article leaves me somewhat cold. Personally I am a wage earner and, like other wage earners, I do not get paid according to the value of the commodity I produce but rather according to the cost of ekelng'out my miserable existence thus, when the cost of living Is high my wages are higher than they were when the cost of living wai lower. Like many other wage earners I am not a direct taxpayer to any appreciable'extent. If I were my wages would have to be increased to pay the taxes as they would be part of my cost of living so my position would not be alter, ed. But ai I only draw, ln wages, a part of the value of the article I produce it follow* that there Is a surplus value—i.e., the part I produce but do not get This surplus value goes to the class who own the implements oi production necessary for me to operate in order to earn my living. Out of this surplus value the taxes are paid, but, as this surplus value Is lost to me ln any case what difference does lt make to me whether it goes to the officials of the S. ST B.. or the officials of some other department or entertaining the Prince of Wales? So long as It is lost the place where tt is lost does not matter. The position of the farmer who works his own farm ts essentially the eame as the position of the wage slave. The price he gets for the article he produces is set for him as is also the price he pays for the article he consumes. The price he gets for the commodity he produces U not the value of that article as a moment's reflection will convince" him if he compares the price he gets for the article with tho price the ultimate consumer pays for lt. So the farmer also gets paid according, to his cost of living. The writer's reference to the unity shown by the soldiers in -France brings back to my mind the large 'amount of British arnyy rations I saw in the homes of French civilians, taken there by the* soldiers who handled the rations while the common privates went hungry as a consequence. I know because I was one of the hungry privates. It also reminds me of the different food In officers' messes, sergeants' messes and men's messes. Such things are, perhaps, better not discussed—I make this passing refer- eitee to them in order to express the thought that if such "unity" Is dead it is better to let it rest in peace; or pieces. Though returned soldiers have never had an effective organization there are a few who seem to think, even at this late,date, that such an organization Is possible. I will quote one littlo incident which, to my mind, seems to Dustrate why it is impossible for the returned soliliors to organize solidly.' Twelve months ago I and my fellow workors wore on striko trying to raise our standard of living, we were stnying in the small' town nearest where wc had been working, and while we wore there the townspeople Kave a banquet to the roturned soldiers, I was Invited to attend and I attended. After thc banquet a gentleman addressed the gathering. I was told that he was an cx-brlga dier-general and a "big bug" of the G. W. V. A. and that ho had ranch near there, but that does not concern me, the part that concerns me is the fact that he was a returned soldier and the remarks he made also concern me. He dealt with the possibility of the returned soldiers getting a further gratuity but warned them against expecting too much. He said the trouble with the returned soldiers was that they did expect too much. Cases had come to his notice of returned soldiers refusing, jobs at three and four dollars a day. "Refusing honest toll," he exclaimed. Now you see the.slt- uation. On the one hand was a returned soldier trying to induce returned soldiers of the working class to accept the lowest possible wages, and thereby lower their own standard of living and Increase the profits of the master class, and on thp other hand, were roturned soldiers of the working class trying by means of a strike to raise thoir standard of living. Will the writer of the article I have referred to, or 'any othor returned soldier, or any one at all, who believes It possible for returned soldiers to organizo solidly, explain to me how one organization oan function inv the interests of those returned soldiers who wish to buy labor power at Its lowervthe standard of llvlng'of'the working man, and at the same time function ln the Interest of those returned soldiers who wish to sell their labor-power at . its Wghest possible price, and thereby raise the standard of living of the working man. - '.' l If tt is impossible for one organization to function ln the interest of both classes, then it behoovesthe returned soldier to determine which class he belongs to. DoOb he belong to the class- who sell^heir labor power or the class who buy it? Does he belong to the class which receives a small portion of what they produce, or the close who appropriate the surplus value that the worker produces? In short, does he belong to the master claBS or the working class? If he decides that he belongs to the working class, then lot him join a working class organization, an'd help to hasten that day when this vicious system of working for proflt, parasites, prostitutes, pimps and paupers, this system which fills Jails, insane asylums and slums shall be abolished, and a system of production for use shall be set up In its place, a system where man will live, not by virtue of what he takes from socioty but in virtue of what he gives to society, a system .whore the incentive to traft and profiteer will be taken away because the implements of production being publicly owned, no man will have the power to exploit the labor of another, but all who arc able to work shall earn their own living. If the returned soldiers can net get their grievances against the-S'. S. B. printed in the ordinary press, what does it show? Merely that the capitalist press will not print the truth when it displeases their masters. Then why believe thom at all? Why accept the. capitalist philosophy wblch permeates their editorials and spreads to their news columns. if the wage-earners strike in an attempt to improve their standard of living, they are, according to the capitalist press, holding up production and starving womon and children, they /are never satisfied, but are always making trouble and it is all their own fault, since any man can get on If he Is only sober, Industrious and ambitious. Now apply that line of talk to the soldier-settler who has failed or is falling under the S. S. B„ and you will say: ''it Is all his own fault. He shouid get up an hour earlier each morning—incidentally increasing production; He should work harder during the day —again increasing production* He shoirid adopt more up-to-date methods of farming—still further Increasing production, and he should practice more rigid economy—decreasing consumption." The soldier- settler will know, whether that kind of philosophy fits his case, -or whether It is pure bunk. Then Jet him ask himself does he belong to the producing class or the consuming class. If he produces move than he consumes, then whorls to blame that he does not get thp opportunity to consume the equivalent of what he produces? , Why does he not aet the full value of the article he produces? If he follows this avenue of thought to its logical end, he will soon be out for the abolition of the system of production for profit.. Yours, etc., F; KftOWLBS. . Rupert Dry Dock Editor, Federationist; Sir,—The writer in a previous letter gave a short account of the conditions at Prince Rupert dry dock as far as the coumpuny's boarding house is concerned, It might further Interest Federation!^ readers who have their eyes on the Prince Eupor't Dry Dock and Engineering Co. with the idea of going after a job to know something about the working conditions as well, There aro in the neighborhood of ubout 750 men working there u^w, about 100 being young Indians, the conditions, are neither botter nor worse than any other shipyard on the Coast as far as safety precautions and liability to accidents are concerned, however the pay scale might be open to Improvement; laborers get GO cents an hour including'bolters up, ream. ers and drillers slightly mor'e rising to a piece rate fnr rivetters who are guaranteed $6.60 per day and make, when lucky, two' or three timos as much. In the various shops, somo of them anyhow, according to a man's ability In thc eyes of the boss he is paid more or less than his fellows there being a carefully graduated rate, one result of this is that tt creates a certain amount of jealousy and heartburning and Inula to keep tlie men from getting together, probably one of the results aimed at by the powers in control. The boarding house or "commissary" still lives up, or down, to its evil reputation; within the lost fow weeks there hus been a slight improvement in cleanliness as far as tho plates, dishes, etc., aro concerned, but the food and cooking nre of tho same execrable quality*; In addition, v/iip tho lncreaSo In thc number ot men on the wimt ther? has to be two sittings inJthe dining room, th'e first table'. gCT! the best of the deal ond the r'estilt is a terrific rush for It, particularly at the noon hour. It ts a hT&l^y edifying and Instructive sight .^o see' the stampede which ttfkes place tho instant the -whistles blow, lt ls sever'al hundred yfctita from the ships to the boarding houso with lots of obstacles ln"tTie way but the timo made to "the grub pile would be hard to beat on any track; a surging, purflng, sweating mob of white collrfrfed Joiners and pattern makers, groasV machinists, grimy moulders, blacksmiths and ship workerB, and;1 to all appearances, verminous Indians, In one furious mass roll on the foe In the shape of the one door Into the dining room; there the congestion is terrific, but tho lucky ones get ln somehow and rush for all the available seats. It only needs the exhortation of Timon at Athens to the' guests at his feast, "Uncover' dogs nnd lap," to complete the picture and, if the writer's memory is not at fault, tho viands at the said feast conststed of dirty water, Just about on a par with what the gang finds on the taliles. Seriously, looking nt the situation from 'the employer's viewpoint It la hard to understand why some animal contented Is te "feed the brute7'; the labor turnover at this yard up to the present hu been enormous and according to the trade and technical journals one of the main causes of inefficiency and expense on any plant is the necessity of continually breaking In new men; that up to recently the company has not been able to keep any great percentage of its men for any length of time Is proved by their employing Indians who certainly are not up to standard of white men who know the game, However, that Ib the employer's business, ours is to try and make some change for the better. The only way to effect a change is to organize and the only organization that can and will get results is the O. B. U. The International as the Writer remarked ln his previous letter is emasculated, Impotent, and besides; its present members are, fr'om the nature of the case, all master's men, those of them with any backbone or self- respect long since went over to the O. B. U. The O. B. U. Is slowly but surely gaining strength here; a shipyard unit has come into being and if conducted on safe and sane lines will certainly make headway, and In due time will produce results. Yours for the worker's betterment, JOHN KNOX. Prince Rupert, B.C., Oct, 9, 1920. On Dooze • Editor, B. C. FederationisH Sir, —With the development of capitalism small Industry along with its counter-part local competition is eliminated by powerful Industrial combines. The so-called "life of trade", then assumes an ini por ialistlo character. Markets are captured by cheap commodities, consequently, the various groups of industrial capitalists cnguge in competitive warfare, the victory going, to those who can produce commodities at the lowost cost. After allowing for efficiency in production, and advantages acpru ing from natural resources it ls more or less obvious: that In the ultimate analysis ther'e Is but one method by which this result can be attained, viz. by reducing the amount of commodities consumed by the laborer. Competition, has thus placed booze on the list of the proscribed, and In so doing, it has proved a life saver to those individuals who are ever ready to. profit by the slaves ignor'ance, and who are never io happy or better employed as when engaged in diverting tho slaveB political activity from the confines of the class struggle. Hence to paraphrase the latest thing ln preambles: The province ts apparently dtvld ed into two classes, those who would prohibit, and those who would prohibit prohibition. Alongside thli main dlvs'on all other classflcatlona fade Into insignificance. Between these two classes a contnual struggle on the one hand of the pro to convince or defeat the anti, and on the other hand for* the anti to convince or defeat the pro, so with the pro and anti of the "prohibition question." In the struggle over the purchase and sale of booze, the prohibitionist, If a worker, Is attending his master's business to the detriment of his own; while the antiprohlbltlonlst, lf a worker, Is another Luddite vainly opposing the economic development of his time. *From these facts arise the Inevitable bone-head struggle. N. BOOTp. Voters' Lists. Editor B. C. Federatlonist: t wish to tiall your attention to four instances which havo come under my notice where husband and wife, at the same address, are officially listed in the South Vancouver district, under different polling stations. A* this may cause those people to lose their votes, through Ignorance of the fact, I am giving the particulars. There may be many more which I do not know of^but by calling attention to these particular cases it may cause Investigation: PolL Page. Name. Roll No. Sts 26 Findlay 1.102 (wife) 4 35 1745 (hus.) 5 103 Gage 5095 (wife) 10 186 10411 (hus.) 15 103 Fuldge 5090 (hus.) 10 186 " 10407 (wife) 15 117 Touzeau 6064 (hus.) 10 199 '? 11323 <wife) 15 A. W. ft GAGE. 6871 Argyle Street. change ls not mnde; one of the uwest possible price and thereby) best ways of keeping the human Criticizing the Critic Editor B. c. Federations: Con trary to the statement contained in an editorial of The B. C. Federatlonist, Oct. 15, the trouble at Port Arthur, Sept. 20, arose out of the faot that delegates sent by the Lumber & Camp Workers Industrial Union, Vancouver, B. C„ e unit of the One Big Union, were not permitted to take part ln the proceed lugs, according to the mem bership they represented; and the ordentlal committoe (backed up by the other delegates, who later sal in caucus), did not prevent tho Lumber & Camp Workers delegates from sitting in convention becnuse of non-validity of credentials but on an extraneous question oi "in debtedness to the O. B. U." The Lumber & Camp Workers Inudstrlal Union, having bcen de* nled representation, the meeting at Port Arthur automatically resolved Itself into a mere caucus, and does not bind one single member of the O. B. U. in any of its decisions. The logical thing for each and every member to do in connection with the "referendum sheet" which members of the caucus held at Port Arthur, Is to Ignore it. It would require 100 per cent, of membership to ratify the acts of the delegates who acted In contravention of the written instructions of the rank and flle of tho O. B. U.—the constitution. A striking feature In connection with the editorial comment—and a feature that has been overlooked— is that the controversy started in the columns of The Federatlonist ity outside criticism of the form of organization whloh the Lumber Workers had found suitable to them. And if fault there be in such a discussion,, the editor of Tho- Federal tion 1st is hy no menne freo from blame. Tho criticism was replied'to by members located In many districts, and tho question was very fully discussed on the dumber Workers page for the tea- son that It was of direct Interest to members of {he organization (as later events have clearly shown.) Whnt Is Inserted Jn the Lumber Workers' page ls the buslnesi of the lumber workers seeing that they pay for the space, and H is their only medium of communication. The writer of the editorial, by hli criticism of the discussion, and his overlooking of the peculiar and isolated nature of the lumber workers occupation—and the impossibility-of getting together as a body —has conclusively proven that he does not know what he Is talking about. He would do well to take his own advice—leave to the rank and file the conduct of tbeit own affairs. Members of the O. B. U. who Insist—and have every right to in- slst-»-in the movement being a rank and flle one, will be amused at the Gompers-attitude of'many of the delegates who remained at Port Arthur, and took part ln tho private caucus which ensued. Especially so In view of the fact that it wlllVake every single member" of the O. B. U. to ratify their actions —and it ia absurd to try to conceive, such a possibility. And, by the way, how will tho auditors of tho O. B. U. bo able to pass tho expense account for a convention that was nevor held, but had resolved Itself Into, a caucus of certain delegates? In passing, the writer of the editorial casts a slur at the I. W. W. Fallacious as some of the Ideas of that organization may be, memberi of that organization Have at least enough intelligence to profit by experience and not tie up with a dead and gone past, as some of their critics do. Possibly some of the writers' antipathy to the industrial form of organization is Influenced by his antipathy to the I. W. W. If in our determination to or ganlze industrially, we err, we err in good company, for the following Labor organizations follow the Industrial form: Shop Stewards of Great Britain; Tho three divisions of the Triple Alliance; The Syndicalist movement of France, Italy, etc.; The Australian Workers Union; ,The Agricultural Workers' Union of England; The W. I. I. U.; Tho Amalgamated Garment Workers; v • The Professional Alliances. (Industrial Unions) of Russia, and Innumerable others. And although in their" lnnor workings, some industrial unions hove not that degree of rank and flle control which Is an essential if the organization is to function according to the wishes npd needs of the members, the indisputable fact remains that every organization throughout the world that is functioning on behalf of its members with any degree of effectiveness, is operating on Industrial lines. The writer of the editorial deliberately (or Ignorantly) overlooks the fact that there Is a geographical feature to the lumbef workers form oif organisation, in respect that they aim to link up their districts throughout the length and breadth of the Industry, and at the same time, whereof a Central Labor council Is formed, the/link up with lt geographically—as in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Prince Rupert If the lumber workers In Canada decide to link up with the lumber workers across the line, will the geographical advocates lay they may not do so? The writer advocates a "central fund" aa a remedy for some supposed defects of a per capita contribution. There appears an un; holy eagerness on rhe part of some to institute a "general fund" scheme. In view of the actions at Port Arthur, the membership will do well to hesitate to entrust- the control of their funds in the hands of a beauracr&cy. While expressing his views, it is to be regretted that the writer of the editorial in The Federatlonist did not flnd time and space," or inclination, to comment?upon the action of the credential committee in Port Arthur, or upon the actio* of the delegates In amending a constitution and acting upon It before tho wishes of the membership were known, and as lf everything was "Jake." I In view of the recent vote of the rank and flle of the lumber workers organization in fnvor of forming a department embracing all rural workers, hts expressions of opinion arc obviously personal and not representative. Incidentally the question arises, The Federatlonist a one-man paper, or does {t editorially reflect the views of the rank and file of the organized labor movement. The board of directors, or" editorial committee will doubtless give this information. Should It so happen thnt there is not an editorial board, the Immediate necessity of one ls apparent, and wo will naturally be assured of the hearty co-operation of the editor who has gono on record as nn ndvoeate of "rank and fllo" control. JOHN CLARK. 56 Cordova Stroet East, Vancouver, B. C., Octolfer 19, 1920. (Note by Editor—Our correspondent has made many misstatements thnt are not worth bothering about*. There nre, however, one or two that should lie cleared up, and the first is, that we have not endorsed tho credential committees' report, believing j that tho constitution nlone should rule in the seating of delegates ,and this must, of course, rule both ways—In tho seating ot lumber workerB, and in the case of tho per capita payments dealing with the seating of delegates, which Is. not referred to in the constitution. Our correspondent's evident misunderstanding of the British Shop Stewards' movoment will, no doubt, be cleared up later. The membership will decide the many issues raised, by referendum vote, but our correspondent evidently does not wish the members to do this, as he suggests that they shotild Ignore the referendum, a suggestion which, if carried out, would leave the whole matter up in the air. Surely this Is hot a logical position to uptime in face of the seriousness of the situation. .The editor of Tho Federatlonist does not think that he knows It all, and Is at all times open to advice and counsel on working class matters, but of necessity must deal with all questions from a olass basis, and not,from the particular viewpoint of the members of any organization nr portion of the working class, or the paper would be uselopp. It wns from this standpoint that the editorial ln question was written, fr'om n strictly* class viewpoint, nnd ignoring, while understand Inc. the Taking Women By Storm with Fall and Winter SUITS and COATS made up'in oub-owii factory and selling under cost of materials. We bought an entire line of English All-Wool Tweeds, Blanket Cloths, Velours and Silvertones for Suitings and Coatings. The price we paid waa so low that we are en-. abled to creato these new garments under what the fabrics would cost you. Don't miss thia opportunity—Now , soiling—Come In and see i'or yourself. 623 HASTINGS .ST. * Near OranviUe craft psychology that has been demonstrated.) An Open Letter to tlio I)uc*»-pay- lng Members of Uie Loggers' Organization and Others. (By Joseph Naylor) I do not like the Idea of giving our internal squabbles away to our enemies, the master class, but having Been my namo mentioned several times in connection with tho withdrawals the Lumber Workers' delegates from the Port Arthur convention I an> forced to say a word or two to try and clarify the minds of the readers of our paper, not because I want to, but because I must, for if I had my way, the foolish "actions of these men would have been buried In. the past, for I am sure that the more they stir it up, the more it will react upon themselves. They would have you believe that they were treated badly at that convention, when a few of them are tho real culprits. This.trouble of not paying per capita tax was brought up, and discussed at the. January convention, and I for one, left that convention thinking the secretaries of the Lumber Workeri would ln future, try to live a little nearer to the principles of the O. B. U. and try to fulfill their obligations. But, alas! my hopes were blasted. Instead of doing a littlo better, they really dropped out of the organization altogether, for none of you expects to be a member without paying dues, unless you are sick or unemployed ,and I am sure the working members of the loggers were not,sick, for they hare kept tbelr dues paid up all the time, and with the understanding that their1 capita tax waa being paid regularly ,but their secretaries hare been sick wtlh a drunken orgy of power, and the squandering of money like capitalist politicians, while their blacklisted delegates were roaming the country for jobs. Tou have read of tyinch offering to pay to the executive board $500, promises of further payments, coupled with a threat that the loggers would withdraw all their support from the working class papera of this country. The writer of this article was the man that told him his threats didn't amount to a bean, and the rest of the executive must hnvo agreed with me, or else they would not have let It pass at that. I told him at the same time that we had a secretary; that it was his duty to take per capita, and that if ever he refused to take (Continued on page B) UNION MAN! -Jn that dark hour when sympathy and best service count se much—call up MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO. 283 KINGSWAY, VANCOUVEB Phone Fairmont 68 Prompt Ambulance Service Veterans of the Great War NOTICE! We will dye your great coat bottle green, brown or black, take off shoulder straps, put on new buttons and make It look like a civy cOat, all for $5.90. 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FOOTBALL- This season we are bettef prepared than ever to take oar* of football players. High-grade English Jerseys in many colors and designs. A splendid stock to choose from. Be sure to see the now Improved McGregor Boot. This boot is a winner. All sizes ln stook. FOOTBALLS- From the best English makers, including the genuine Mo- Gregor, the finest ball made. EVERYTHING rW THB FOOTBALL PLAYER TISDALLS LIMITED (IIS HASTINGS ST, W. TEL. SEY. 152 T OF THE THIS PAGE IS PAID FOR BY THE LUMBER OAMP AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ONE HtCMINION. OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN ARE NOT NECESSARILY ENDORSED BY THE FEDERATIONIST. TWELFTH YEAR. No. 43 EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C.( FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 22, 1920 $2.50 PER YEAR- Camp Reports KAMLOOPS DISTRICT I WEEKLY BULLETIN Sick Benefit Report to October 1st, 1920 Amount collected $732.76 Diebursementa 824.80 Bal. on hand in bank 407.80 Come on, fellow workers, and booBt the hospital fund by carry- Ing your own protection agalnit sickness. Just think the amount these companies are making on your hard-earned money, and when 'you leave the employ of the company the hospital ticket is void as soon ae you qnlt work. But lf you carry an O. B. U, sick beneflt ticket, then you are protected at all times, and you don't have to take any old quack doctor that the company employs, who may give you a pin for a broken leg the same as he would , for a headache. Come on and keep you dues and hospital fees paid up to date. The Northern Construction Company Is starting a camp at Beaver Creek, and is trying to hire men at $76.00 per month with no set hours. So now, fellow workers, Is the time when organisation will ahow what oan be done. Don't let the lumber barons dictate to you all the time. Do a little of the dictating yourself, and the first thing you want to do is to get them to furnish the blankets and single Iron beds, and see that they are kept in a sanitary condition after you do get them. Blankets bave been aaked for by all the camps at Herrltt, and Andy Faulkner has agreed to put them ln, but they have no promises yet from the other camps, but will know pretty soon. The little walkout at Blcamous at the Carney pole camp, was the eause of their putting in six iron bed springs and mattresses ln said eamp. Now, fellow workers, they will do all that If you go after them and ask them to do It, and If they won't, then you are not tied. You can do the same as the boys at Slc- amous. These contractors can not ' log without men, and in order to get men, they- will have to Improve conditions a whole lot before the real lumberjack will take on any of their work and logging with ln- j experienced men always costs more than good conditions and high- priced men. So let us keep up the good work, and don't' carry your beds. Let them furnish you a bed to sleep in, if they want you to. work for them. Come and Join the O. B. U., and help get better conditions; $1 fees and $1 monthly dues. A very successful meeting was held at the L. C. W. I. U. haU at No. 8 Victoria street, Kamloops, B. C, by the Federated Labor Party, on Oct. 6. As there is an election coming off soon. By the way, both the Liberal and Conservative parties are canvassing the same old line of bosh as they used to use, telling the people what they are go Ing to do for them, and not toTIet the Labor agitators fool them Into believing that tney can do them more good than they can. Now what we want to get aMs when the election does come off, be sure and east your vote for the Labor man, and give him all the support that is in your power. A report comes from Chase that there has been a cut In wages at Jack Murray's camps, and a few men have pulled out of that part of the country. There has also been a cut of 10c per hour at the Nicola Valley Pine Mills at Merritt. I wonder how does the 10-hour mill men like that. Wake, you mill men, fore the lumber barons add two hours on your day in place of taking off houra Well, there was another little spill at Fusseea' camp at Chase the other day .and by all reports he has only a few menfrt present. Fellow workers, always keep this name and No. K. G. 13, Malcolm Glllls In your note book. He had the nerve to write and ask to be reinstated Into the organisation, but he waB told that there was no ehance for him, but to keep hiking, and not give him a ohance to mingle with real men. I also sent him a leaflet entitled "The Shame of Being a Scab," and told him to study lt carefully, and learn his standing among men, and what men think of a traitor and their class. I remain, yours for organization, JAMBS L. PETERSON, Ser-treas. Kamloops District. Box 612. Phone 611. NELSON DISTRICT After getting all possible Information from the dlstriot socretary I went to Meadows, 27 miles from Nelson; this eamp ls 76 per cent, organized, but like the majority In this district, are working by contraot Held a meeting and did very well, considering all circumstances. Took in Park Siding, five miles down the track. This bunch pack a nose-bag for lunch. There are 20 men, all In union and paid up, except the cook, who I tried to educate to the value of joining up; he was hopeless, however, and this may account for the deplorable condition of the camp, although with the rest of the men organised there should be no difficulty in getting the laws enforced governing camp conditions. There are wooden bunks, no springs, straw mattresses." The barn ls ln front of dining room and has a heap of manure ln front of It about which millions of flies were busy, between times making frequent visits to the kitchen and dining room from which no attempt was made to ex- elude them. An eight-mile hike to Brie took in the shingle camp. Some men already had cards and others willing to join as soon as the price ls available. Then on to the Northern Cedar Camp whloh has now a 100 per cent, organization. This ls the best camp in this part of the country, although double tier bunks are still ln use. Company, supplies blankets, sheets and pillows. Four men to a room, electric light, two .sitting rooms, board $1.26 a day. Food good and plenty of It. Bight- hour camp. The foreman says If a man cannot do a day's work ln eight hours he certainly cannot in ten. Afterwards took ln Salmo where the shingle mill is closed down. Then to Boulder Creek, which ls a pole and sawmill outfit. At Camp 3 was told I should get a permit from the boss before holding a meeting, but sufficient of the boys with backbone.enough to make this unnecessary. But tt Is a pity they do not use their strength to remedy the filthy conditions which exist. It's the worst camp I have been ln. Got a few new members and a delegate so hope for Improvement in the future. Men get up at quarter to six, breakfast quarter past and then out to work. All work contract and most of the alaves are from the south of the line. They could get an eight-hour day but haven't guts enough ^to do it, so let them sweat until they get fed up with it After leaving camp was interviewed by his majesty's representative, who came on horseback to arrest me, haying been notified by the bosses that an agitator was going through the camps. He offered to let me off this time lf I would promise not to hold any more meetings. I told him that was up to the boys. If they wanted a meeting I would certainly he In lt. Wo parted good frienda and I wondered If he would, for a ohange, arrest one of the bosses for breaking the laws relating to sanitary regulations, semi-monthly pay ac;, Truck act, first-aid regulations and a few of the other laws which were supposed to be written for the protection of the man on the job. But who ever heard of a stool arresting his own'boss. I had never heard of having to pay for an odd meal taken tn camp so got Into trouble because,I left without paying. At one outfit the boss came after me, and at another the mounty was also after me for the same reason. This sure Ib a hell of a country. Its all very well for the boys on the coast to say what should be done and how to do lt, but the whole conditions are different This is too close, to the boundary line and the four L's and the rest of the scabs and scum from the other side fill the country. Added to this the outfits are mostly run by U. S. capitalists who are the biggoBt blood suckers In existence—with 100 per cent Americanism—which means 100 per cent, ignoring of Canadian laws, and a healthy contempt for the 2x4 local politicians who think they run this country. The worker who wantB to live like a human being la certainly up against it good and plenty. ORGANIZER J. GRIEDER. NELSON DISTRICT Referring to a report sent In by one Provincial Pofice McLaren, which I intend to publish with thla letter, the report Is a false statement as I am here to prove that the camp was filthy when I report- ed and Is not much better yet, as anyone can understand where typhoid fever exists It muat be the case. However, the men are to blame to a considerable extent, although we have a few good O. B. U. men ln there, but a good many of them are what you might term scabs from the American side of the line who are not willing to belong to an organization to better their condition. Some time ago we blamed the prairie chicken, but I am pleased to say that after the organization was explained to them they were willing to become members. Of course, they were not very active but were willing to accept a certain amount of responsibility. But those men who claim to be four L's from that so-called Free Country, U. 8. A., are traitors to their class. In my estimation there is only two classes in society, the worker and the master, and I fall to see where the four L's Is a beneflt to the worker. There has developed 13 cbsb of typhoid to my knowledge, with two deaths. Docb that sound sanitary when the maggots are crawling around tho camps 7 Workers, It Is high time you woke up and demanded the condition flt for human beings, Your master will turn up hla noae at tho waiter If he or she should neglect to give him a napkin; this I saw with.my own eyes a few days ago, but you sit down like little doge and put up with anything he wishes to deal out to you. Wake up and organize yourselves Into a One Big Union whieh means solidarity, so that you can fight tho One Big Union of the Master Class, and you will be able to demand better living conditions; equal to your master's. . (Copy of Provincial Constable McLaren's report): June 80, 1920. "To B. Gammon, Chief Constable "Nelson, B. C. Re Filthy Condition of Camps, g: n. r. r. "Sir: I beg tb acknowledge receipt of your letter of the SOth tnat, together with file of correspondence between one Mr. R. Barrow and the Provincial Health department re the filthy condition of the camps between Nelson and Waneta, B. C, Waneta being on the International Boundary Line and on the Canadian Bide. "The camps ln mention have been Inspected by me, and I fall to see the conditions as set out In Mr. Barrow's letter as filthy, We have some of the beat camps. In the interior- of B, C. with, the exception of' Section 12 of the regulations where double tier bunks are used and these are iron frames with springs and mattresses, and In one Instance where I visited a camp It was early ln the spring and they had started cleaning up, and burning rubbish, but could do very lit tie till conditions were better, This camp Is the Salmo Cedar Co.'s at Park Siding, B. C. As you will see In my sanitary repirt all these buildings are Bomewhat closer than they should be but if kept clean, as they informed they would do, I would consider It O. K. They also have the double tier bunks. When inspecting the camps In the different places, and at different times, I went amongst the men nnd made enquiries re any complaints, etc., they might have en-i 1 fyund at all times the men were satisfied. Now I wish to draw your attention to Mr. Barrow's letter where he states all the camps are in a filthy condition which is absolutely wrong, the fact that wme use the double tier bunks does not constitute filth, and further, If Mr. Bar. row will name the campa he soys ta filthy I will be pleased to visit and inspect over again to ascertain. If auch is the case or not, hut'I do nay It is wrong when he says all are filthy. Obediently yours. HARVEY McLARBN, Provincial Constable, Salmo, B. C." In further reference to Mr. Mc Laron's report.I'wish to state that I instructed him, after reading his report, of the camps which were not sanitary and I drew his attention to Boulder not having a bath house and he made the assertion that he would see that they put one ln, shower bath included, which has not been done to this day. He referred to Iron bedsteads, which was a false statement, for I have failed to see ont In Boulder camp. Mr. McLaren cannot Bhow mo a camp on -the Great Northern that Is In compliance with the aan Itary regulations of B. C. I also have my doubts about the mon saying they were satisfied with the conditions, as I visited the camps often and thore was a continual howl about the condition and the doctor refused to let me In without being Innoculated. Yours for conditions, R. BARROW, Secretary-treasurer. STRIKES ACTIVE ENGAGEMENTS ON THE FIRING LINE Firs, Limited, or Rees & Black.. .Whonnock Metalliferous Mines. Silverton and Sandon (Slocan District) ..Drury Inlet Gambier Island ^ UNFAIR LIST Dempsey-Ewart's, Camp 2 LOCKOUT McLeod Timber Co. Victoria Lumber Co........ ...Camp 5, Ladysmith DISCRIMINATING Cargill Co. of Canada, Broughton Island, actively discriminating against union men. ORFORD BAY 4 Bernard Timber Co., Camp i Conditions poor. Five bunkhouses 36x14, with car roof, con talnlng 11 or 12 beds. One combined bath house, wash room and dry room for the use of over 50 men. Sufficient for five only. Stove for drying Ib so small that not more than six men can dry their clothes with It at one time, consequently the old system of hanging clothes to dry in the bunkhouaes is, being followed. What about the health act? Who la looking after the enforcement of this? There is a large bunkhouse—barn Ib a better name—with two partitions In, making three parts, In which are eight and eleven men. This building ls some distance from the others, lt haa no dry room, so of course the bunkhouse stove Is used for this purpose. This causes a very unhealthy smell to Inhale while sleeping. How long are you going to stand for these condltlona? It Is claimed this ls a 100 per cent, camp, therefore the question arlseB, is lt 100 per cent, union or 90 per cent, card packers? The delegate and another worker have Just been fired. Bernard said for Inefficiency, and this was after the head boom- man had stated at a meeting before Bernard that these men were an good at their work as any of the rest. The men thought Bernard was lying, but I take a different view of what the boss means by Inefficiency. By an efficient worker he means a docile slave who will keep his mouth shut and does what he Is told under any old conditions, Some members decline to act as delegate becauae they say thetr fellow-workers exploit them. This is undoubtedly the case, and consequently the work of emancipation is made harder than lt would be lf every one did hla bit, but at the same time It makea good fighters out of those who do the work and carry on the flght, No one Ikes a quitter. W. H. WATSON. ORFORD BAY Bernard Timber & Lumber Oo. The regular business meeting was held Sunday, October 10. Meeting called to order at 7 o'colck under election of officers. C. Lindstrom was elected to camp committee and F. W. Mawhtnnle as delegate. F. W. Watson gave an account of the O. B. U. convention at Port Arthur. The following demands were made: That a plentiful supply of hot and cold water be on hand at all times In wash room. That wash tubs be Installed Immediately, ^-y.^. That the lavator«Mf, and float be kept lfTWHJ dltlon. That a toilet bd house employees and the sidewalk be extended to railroad track. That the management be Interviewed about a flrst aid man being got for the camp right away. That a flre be kept on in dry room all day. That the lights should not be turned out "before 10 o'clock on Saturday and Sunday nights. It was also moved and seconded to hold meetings every Sunday night at 7 o'clock sharp. Also that the demands be written out for the committee to hand to the management, And that he minutes of the meeting be sent to the B. C. Federatlonist for publication. It was moved and seconded to flne everybody who didn't attend the meetings. Motion lost. Moved and seconded that meeting adjourn. DELEGATE 489. BDMONTON DISTRICT The Northern Conatructlon Co. Is sending a lot of men out from Vancouver to work on the Great Water Way Railway out of Edmonton at a place called Lac La Blch. From what ls reported by members who haye been shipped from the coaat, the agent of the company - claims, among other things, that the camp is only 24 miles from Edmonton and that the workers can take a car In to the city at any time, also that condi- tlons ln the camp are flrst clasa. Now the condltlona might have been considered flrst class by some workers about 60 years ago, but that auch camps should exist today and that men ahould be ahang- hled up there ln the way that some of the workers have been sent there from Vancouver, is hard for any of the workers ln the coast, who through the Induatrlal organization have secured the conditions that they work under today, to believe. It Js reported to this office by membera whom me have no reason to doubt, that when the train leaves Edmonton, two members of the Al berta Provincial Police board the train and aee that no man leaves lt until they arrive at their destination. Lac La Blch is 140 miles north of Edmonton, and Is known as the coldest town in this province (I have seen lt 82 below zero in that burg), anfl the work that these men are being shipped to Is located 48 miles north of that town, In a country which Is nothing b^t muskegs.' After the men get there, If they are not satisfied with conditions (which no member of the organization can be) and If they have worked thoy are paid off with a check payable ln Edmonton, nearly 200 miles south from tho job; no provision1 Is made to take them to the city. There are no troina except the work trains, and some men haCe been refused to ride on theBe as they are owned and controlled by the company, consequently they had to walk 48 miles in a country.where there are hardly any settlers and no town on the way after leaving Lac La Blch. Aa the company ia sending In as high as 200 workers a week from the west, mostly from Vancouver, this Is written In the hope that all of our members will take notice and stay away, alBo to warn all other workera to stay away; in the meantime a couple of good delegates have gone there to see what can be done to organize the slaves and get better conditions. As soon as theae delegates report to the diatrict office further newa will appear in the official organ of the Lumber Camp and Agricultural Workera Department. BUCKLEY BAY Resolution adopted at a meeting of the memberahlp at Camp 6, Buckley Bay, September 20. "Whereas we, the members of the L. & C. W. I. U. at Camp 6, Masset Timber Co., nave decided that we are entitled to review the proceedings of the recent general convention of the L. & C. W. I. U.L and feel that every member of the L. & C. W. I. U. Is In the same position. "And whereas, we realize lt would be too great an expense on tho general headquarters of the L. & C. yt, I. U., In view of the expense Incurred by holding the recent convention, to publish a verbatim report from the transcript of the proceedings of that convention, 'Therefore, be It resolved, that we recommend to the central executive committee of the L. & C. W. I. U. that they levy a fifty cent assessment on each member of this Industrial Union for the purpose of IlmChring the publication of the proceeding of the recent convention, held ln July, 1920. "And, be lt further resolved, that we Instruct them to send a copy of this resolution and recommendation to each of the official publications of the O. B, U., and a copy to each diatrict headquartera, to be acted upon by the executives ot each district of the L. &. C. W. I. U." WM. MORRIS, Delegate, Camp 6, Buckley Bay, B. C. BEAVER COVE Beaver Cove Lumber A Pulp Co., Wlilte's Camp What's the matter with this mill outfit? Poor food, getting worse; catering let by contract at lean than the men are paying, and then a proflt to be made out of them at the contract price, which can only be done by cutting quality and quantity of food and the service. Working ahort-handed in kitchen and dining room. Night cook flred and one put on who combines theae duties with that of vegetable man. Dishwasher flred and the previous vegetable man put on the Job. Second cook dons away with. Cook gets $166, waiters $55, and the threat has been made to reduce this. Mon paying $1.60 a week for rent, which includes blankets and sheets. No bath in camp. Putting up what they are pleased to call a hotel! More bunki What's In a name? Fifty men carrying cards. No delegate. Had one and he got flred. What's the matter with thla tflt? E Buy at a union stor*, ._, PROPAGANDA MEETING _ Regular propaganda meeting held In Vancouver, September 26, mo. Fellow-worker C. L. Miller ln the. chair, -Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Financial report giving in ' detail showing balance on hand, Sept. 10 $2,690 10 Receipts 8,289 04 $6,979 84 Less expenditures 2,241 96 Leaving balance on hand, Sept. 23 « $8,787 99 Report received and deferred to audit Fellow-workers Watson, Keane and Clarke reported on the O. B. U. Convention at Port Arthur, stating that owing to the fact that the convention had cut down the voting power of the seven logger delegates fr'om the Coast to 610 votea each and the delegate from Prince George to .100, that the Lumber Workers' delegates had left the convention. The convention had seated certain delegates with a voting power equal to the number of members they had*pald per capita on for the last month, other delegates had been seated on the average number that .they had paid per capita.on aince January while the constitution clearly atated that the basis of representation should be "one delegate for the flrat one thousand membera or less and one additional delegate for each additional one thousand major fraction thereof," nothing being stated about- per capita. The Lumber Workers' delegates had made repeated offers to pay their per capita inside of 30 days if their delegates wer'e seated with full voting power, but the offer had not been accepted. The Lumber Workers' delegates with the exception of Fellow-worker Alexander had therefore left the convention. Moved: "That the report be accepted and the action of the delegates who withdrew endorsed." Carried. A member of the Gas WorkerB' Union asked for the floor which was, granted. The member stated that the organization was on atrlke and that the fu'nds of the union wcrw low at preaent, and asked If the Lumber Workers could give flietfi any support jcl'Mdved: "That this meeting recommend to the Coast Executive ttffct5'they devote the sum of five Mintired dollars to lhe Gaa Work- ■Afs^Vho are on Btrike." aftAmendment: "That this meet Inglrecommend to the Coast Executive that the donate whatever tondtint they think the treasury fchn! afford." 3 Amendment carried. i^Mbved: "That a collection be lakkn up at thla meeting for the tld bf thc Gas Workers who ■ are on Btrike." BiGArrIed. lLlA collection amounting to. $77,93 was taken up. Moved: "That all fellow workers going out on the job be asked to take out credentials." Carried. Meeting adjourned at 4.45 p.m. SCABBING CARD PACKERS The employeea of the McLeod Timber Co., Gambler Island, held a nieeting on Saturday, 16th. A few of them were very anxloua to have this meeting held, and as near as can bc understood, the purpose waa to try and get the camp taken off the unfair list. With a few exceptions this was the same bunch who voted to put the camp on the unfair list before they left the job. A representative of the company was present at the meeting, und he stated the company could not afford to furnish bedding for the crew. In view of that, the meeting decided to leave the camp on the unfair list until the bedding Is furnished. Then the card packers of the bunch sneaked put of town to get back on the Job. The late bull bucker, A. McKinnon, was one of the first to get on the bbat, with two or three more spine- less slaves that have no principle, who wero picked up on the atreetB or in the employment olllce which Is supposed to be fair to the L. C. & A. W., and Is run by Joy. He la hiring men for the above company with tht slogan "union men preferred," and this ls for a camp that is on the unfair list. A UNION MAN. HUTTON U. G. G. Camps Just a word ln season re the deplorable conditions that exist in these camps. Camp No. 2 still adheres to the double-decking, muzzle-loading syatem of packing the slaves away for the night in bunka which aro Infested with bed-bugs. There la no bath or dry house* where the men can change or dry yiclr clothes, which has to be done In the bunk houso. "'Nuff sed," for the pleasant aroma of the pen. ' Camp No. 4 at Dewey la built along the same lines, a little more pn the cold storage plan, Maybe that is meant so the boys will ''keep" a little longer, as the U. O.'G. has been having lots of trouble keeping men. ;The price of board Is $1.50 a day. The menu consists of eggB Which ought to have been hens (long ago; meat once In a while, and canned fruit. The cooking is "bum," the only thing that tastes palatable Is the water and aome _time« they put enough milk in it ,to Bpotl It. No "bull cook," the mijn have to flnd their own wood and water .and build the flres. On quitting the men have to hike sjx miles, nnd then get paid off by cheque. Don't be fooled by advertisement of scale nf wages, as It doea not exist. 'Most all piece-work. E. K. DELEGATE 3927. NOTICE Fellow Worker H. Ellison was accidentally killed at Dumaresq's camp, Wellbare Channel, by a falling tree. Cassel, Germany. — Majority Socialists ln conference here are evidently looking for a split In lbe ranks of tho Independent Socialists. The Herald correspondent Is Informed that the right wing of the Independents will probably reunite with the Majority Sr.c'alista, COAST DISTRICT CONVENTION REFERENDUM RESUI/TS Queatlon. Yel. No. 1 ., i, 2421 1,1 1 ——.... 2211 161 t mImm. 1940 628 i 1045 1614 s . 1261 128! 129( 660 7 . —.. 2648 20 % ..... „ 2071 268 0 -. 1,42. (85 10 242S 81 2424 125 11 .. 2208 288 11 2467 82 14 ...'. 2122 187 11 1,66 684 2476 101 17 1624 66 . 18 _,....... 2688 11, ia 2144 440 20 2867 114 21 2613 61 Fellow Workers Malcolm George (1134), Joe Grace (1116). W. H. Watson (1009),.C. Llnder (886) were elected to the executive. The votes for the other candidates were: John Clark, 882; M. J. Keane, 810; G. Smith, 764; J. Simpson, 706; W. Head, 664; E. Dahl, 553; E. Lamey, 336; A. Van Ruyven, 260. For secretary, J. M. Clarke, 1230. Total votes cast, 2628. Ballot counted by W. Reed and C. B. Abbott. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS OF EUROPE ORGANIZE In the name of more Mian 2,- 000,000 farm workers, 21 delegates from eight countries organized the International Federation of Agricultural Workers Union at a three- day convention concluded at Amsterdam, Holland, August 20. The seat of the new International will be located at Amsterdam, and the management of that organisation was entrusted to an executive committee of five members from Holland, Great Britain, Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. The Dutch member, Hlematra, was chosen as International secretary. The organizations represented were the National Agricultural Laborers and Rural Workera Union of England, with 180,000 membera; the Workers Union of England, with 30,000; the German Farm Workers Union, with 780,000; the Swedish Farm Workers Union, with 20,000; the Farm Workers Union of Denmark, with $0,000; the Farm and Forest Workers Union of Austria, with 61,000; the Belgian Farm Workers Union, with 1700; the National Federation of Farm Workers of Italy, with 845,- 000, and the Dutch Farm Workera Union, with 15,500 membera. The Farm Workers Union of Czche-Slo- vakla sent word that' Its representative had been prevented from coming through pass difficulties, the French union reported financial difficulty, the Polish union sent a telegram of congratulation and the Spanish farm workers reported that their organization was still too confuted for untted action. Tht congress adotped resolution?. condemned the war, and worked out a programme for the promotion of the Interests of the farm workers of all countries and the support of all struggles, either national or International, against the exploitation of Labor. Discussion of a resolution favoring the Socialization of the land revealed almost unanimous approval of the Idea, but the difficulties faced in the various countrlea hindered Its adoption and the matter was pi over to the next congreBa. The new International ts to form part of tho International Federation.— Trade Unions.—Federated Press, ln the Industrial worker. ONTARIO ORGANIZATION At first Higgins and I started together, but after visiting the Hope camps we split, Higgins going to Malloy St Mc Fad den's, and I went on the route shown on report. Higgins was chased out of one camp by the walking boas, and I met him again ln Dean Lako, and we went together to the Soo. On leaving the Soo we both got off at Mile 67, he taking one camp and I the other. We decided lt wob best to split up again, so we can cover more ground. I left Higgins to work the A. C. R., and I will go north till I hit the C. N. R., and go east on that till I get back to Sudbury. This will prevent overlapping and save a lot of walking. We are handicapped by our Inability to speak French, but at that we can make ourselves fairly well understood. If ever I get back to BrltlBh Columbia, any one who talks to me aBftut coming back here again, ts going to get a bat on the nose. Some of the camps down here look as though Noah had built them when he get out of timber for the ark. I would not work ln the camps here. The men are very dissatisfied this fall, but atlll It Is hard for some of them to understand how a union could help them. Another thing that ls In our way, Is that the boys are broke (which happens to all of ub onco ln a while), and the companies refuse to Issue time checks for union dues, to some of them will have to wait till they go to town before joining. Well, the main thing for us Is to explain what the union ls ,and the Joining will take care of Itself. It la 10 o'clock, and I have to catch a freight or walk 60 mites over to the C. N. R„ as there Is no passenger till Tuesday. Yours for solidarity, ORGANIZER J. SIMPSON. li. C. & A. DEPT. KEEP FLAG FLYING IN PRAIRIE COUNTRY Organizer Stanley reports good conditions -in his territory. Not only Is he getting definite results, but, In addition, the electricians arc pulling out of tho International and will form either an Independent or O. B. U. local. If lt should be the former they all admit that It ts only a matter of a ahort while before they come Into the O. B. U. Tho Civic Employeea and Street Carmen are getting hot under the collar and the C. P. R. baggage men are dropping the International. WANTED Smith who has cose against Mainland Cedar Co. report at onoe to coast headquarters. CORRESPONDENCE MORE ACTION IN CAMP I noticed in tho Federatlonist of September 24, tbat at a propaganda meeting that waa held, tt Was moved that we start a campaign, and.publish leaflets against Htck's Blacklist; and recommending that periodic strikes agalnit the agency be called at intervals, and employment offices be picketed well. I thought Hicks had moved out of town, baving heard nothing of htm, but being on the blacklist with a few handled others. His blacklist did not concern me much, but I notice you are wakening up; tt ls better late than never. Why ls it tho workVs do not wish, In quite a few camps, to act aa delegates or on the Camp Committee; Juat for the simple reason there la no action among the rank and flle when a worker" i» blacklisted for his union activities and let drift to the four winds. I would suggest that whenever a worker finds himself on the blacklist, ha report to Headquartera and notify that camp he Ib blacklisted from, and that camp take action and produce no logs until the blacklist has been lifted, and Headquarters and employment offices have bsen notified. I would also suggest for Headquarters to have several thousand stickers printed and stick thero even to Quebec, if need be, to Inform the workera what Hick's office Is and to stay away from It, and also blacklist the Europe hotel and Its management for renting that offlce to Hicks. Fellow workers, do not let us read how bad your camp conditions are, We have heard about them for this last generation, but how good conditions you have, and how satisfied you are, for remember we make the camp our home. An engine won't run without ateam; Its CENTRAL EXECUTIVE REPORT The executivo have made arrangements for Fellow Workers Higgins and J. Simpson to organize throughout the Bast each, If found possible, doing so tn company with a local French-speaking organizer. W. Cowan was instructed to make his central point at Montreal, endeavoring to get as much as possible tn touch with the longshoremen and teamsters of that city who, when transportation closes, usually make for the camps. Fellow Worker J. Grieder was Instructed to organize throughout the Nelson, Penticton and KamtoopB districts on hts way to the coast from the Port Arthur convention. Upon request of the delegates attending Port Arthur who desired that a referendum should be issued to the membership asking If they endorse or not the action of the delegates In withdrawing from the convention, the executive circularized all district executives asking for the necessary authorty. In addition they requested authority to submit the following questions: 2. In view of t.he action of the convention, do you dealre this organization to take part ln any referendum on the convention proceedings If same is laaued by the O. B. U. executive? 3. Are you In ravor' of maintaining a Lumber, Camp and Agricultural Workers' Department ot the One Big Union, and retaining the right to maintain your own headquarters for the purpose of giving apeclal attention to the needs and requirements of the workers within those Industries, and to issue such supplies as the special needs of the organization require? The authority having been forthcoming, the referenda has been Issued and owing to all members of the executive b«.lng affected by the result It has been deemed advisable that all ballots shall be sent to headquarters, addressed to the chartered accountants who will open and count the votes, reporting the result to the membership. As a result of the recent referenda on general convention proceedings all motions submitted were carried In tho affirmative. Carl E. Berg was elected to the vacancy on the executive. Arrangements have been made to use for Lumberworkers and O. B. U, news two pages each Issue In thc Swedish paper, the Forum, Issued at Winnipeg. JCb soon as circumstances permit a similar arrangement will bo made with a working- class paper ln the Italian language. GOVERNMENT PAYS SCAB WAGES AT HARDY BAY The governmont road Job between Coal Harbor and Hardy Bay Is run as one might expect from a government such as exists in this province. $4.50 a day, bum tents, small box stoves or none at all, oheap mattresses on shakes, no springs. Men work on job with bosa patrolling along the line as If they were a bunch of convicts. Perhaps they feel like lt Any normal man would who realized that he was assisting In reducing the standard of living and working conditions which his fellow-workers had organized to get. Friend Stevens ls boss and Kelly ls straw. Have not heard any one atate yet that either of them Insisted upon having union men or enforcing the union standard. Haven't seen any copies of the Health Act posted up around the camp. It's time aomethlng was done to handle the booze Joint operating In this district The boya don't want it, but while lt Ib here aome of thom will probably mnke use of Jt. If the so-called forces of law and order" won't act the organization must And If there is no other way of doing so they may have to build a prace of their own and run lt In the Interests of the men who will at least get a full plate of good food and a clean freah bed, Instead of the claas of accommodation handed out to them now. WANTED A. McFarlane, compensation claim No. 661006, previously working for Whalons at Port Alice. Any one knowing the present address of Ralph Mitchell, please communicate with Vancouver htad- quartcrs, 61 Cordova street west. time to get aome steam Into your- aelvea and go againat the avalanche of rotten^condltions with tia cans all over the cook houae and bunk houses over run wtth bed buga, and In tbe future let ua hear, of more better results. The slave* that are going out for piece work, you do not know what harm you are creating. Remember the Httla fellow that la going Into.,theae industries. A nice condition you aro creating with . yoar .. speed-up system, all for a few dollars more. For when you lay down and turn the lights out, not one red cent will you have more, for aa sure aa heaven Is above when the depression comes you will be the guilty onea of putting theae camps back to a ten hour baals. Fellow work- era don't pack a card and call yourselves Union men, but come into the ranks of Industrial Unionism and Solidarity, Yours for Industrial Unionism, MEMBER H696. THE O. B. U. AND ITS FUNCTIONS The alma and object of the O. B. U. la to organiie the working class of Canada regardleaa of race, creed or" sex, or at lea«t that la what somo of ua were led to be- Iteye. The particular braneh of the O, B. U. that la singled out for abuse and blind criticism by the officials big and amall of the O. B. U. is the L. C. and A. W. department. If theBe officials do not understand the structure, of the L. C. and A, W. department It la roughly aa follows. The organisation- la built from the job lip, and the back bone ot the organixatton Is the camp delegate and camp committee who are elected by the membera on the job, and are responsible to none but the members who elected them, and who can be flred any time they do not carry out the Instructions, of the members on the Job; not the instructions of officials sitting in big offices. The tuncton of the camp delegate is to take ln new members, . collect dues and remit eame to dlatrlct Headquarters, distribute all literature and correspond with dlitrlet Headquarters as instructed by the members on the Job. The function of the camp committee ls to Investigate all grievances, place all demands of the members before the employers or their1 representatives on the Job, arrange for -camp meetings, Interview all new men coming on the job as to whether they belong to the union, and generally look after the Interests of the members on the Job. Districts are composed of the camps In a particular area, and hold conventions every six months which are composed ot delegates elected for that purpoie by the members on the Job. They nominate delegates-for the position cf secretary treaaurer, and Executive Committee, discuss the problems of the workers In their own district, elect, tf they wish, delegates to the General Convention of the L. C. and A. W. department and the O. B. U. Conventions draw up by-lawi for running the district. All decisions arrived at are submitted to the membership for ratification or rejection as they aee flt The duties of the Secretary Treasurer are of a various nature and only those who have had the job can really understand what a man haa to put up with, being balled at least twelve times a day Is one ot them, look after the literature, office ataff, and correspond with all the camp delegates on the business of the members on the job. If he ever forgets, which ts seldom, he never forgets the balling out he gets .from tho delegate.. The duties of the Executive Commltte are to carry out the Instructions of the convention when endorsed by the members and they are responsible for the conduct of tho organization between conven- t!on»«. General conventions have been held every six months, and are for the purposo ot linking up the different districts and for the purpose of discussing the problems that confront the camp workera as a whole, methods of organizing and educating the workers in the lumber Industry and the nomination of Secretary Treasurer and Executive Committee, All dicisiiuis arrived at are submitted to the mem. berahlp for their approval or rejection. This ls ai near thc Shop Steward movement as It Is possible to make lt, tuking Into consideration that wo work in a peculiar Industry under peculiar conditions as a whole. If the officials, big and small, who aro suffering from an acute attack of the green-eyed monster, tinged with a dash of envy, would spend the time uaed In criticising .the L. C. und A. W. department and howling outside the portals of the A. F. of L. like a bunch of coyotes, tn organizing the unorganized workers ln the main industries of Canada, the O. B. U. would be ln better position ln regard to membership. In regard to geographical organization we are ready In several places In Canada to form councils of thc different Industries, but tf . thc critics will point out to the L. C. and A. W. department where they have ever refused to co-operate with them, we will be only too glad of the Information, aa wo can then place the blamo where it belongs, but at the present time it ta an Impossibility to" link up with something that does not exist Tho majority of the members ot tho L. C. and A. W. department hnve noi evoluted from the craft unions, never having beep members of such an organization, and wtll be only too pleased to have any ono show them how they can Improve their organization, but until BUCh time as thc self-appointed critk's have piot'cn to the satisfaction of tho L. C. and A. W, department that they are able to organise tho other industries to at least the standard of his department we are quite willing to do «ur own organizing, and can very well dispense with the unsolicited advices of the would-be H.iv.t'iii's of the working class of C&nada. Organize anti educate the workers first. h. w. Mcknight. m&i 7SGEFDUR twelfth thar. no. ,3 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vancoutbr, b. a ' FRIDAY .Ootobor 82, 1920 1 B.C. FEDERATIONIST Publishod evory Friday morning by The B. 0. Federationitt, Limited A. S. WELLS- -Manager Offloe: Room 1, Victoria Block, 1,2 Pender Street Wost Tolephono Seymour 5871 Bubsoribtion Bates: United States and Foreign, 13.00 per year;,Canada, ,2.50 per year, $1.60 for six months: to Unions subscribing in a body, 16c per member per montb* Unity of Labor: The Hope of tha World FRIDAY... ..October 22, 1920 CAPITALISM is in for another, Wige jolt. Whether it will survive it wfll remain to be seen, but in the meantime and during the coming' depression the workers are going to have strenuous times, and the eats will be STORMY mighty scarce. The finan- DAYS cial magnates who now oon- AHEAD ' trol industry are up against a proposition that cannot be avoided, and which Socinlists have pointed out must eventually be faced, and that is the stoppage of industry because of the lack of markets. The United States has been shipping commodities to Europe for which no payments have been made and cannot be made,' due to the fact that Europe is bankrupt financially, morally and intellectually. The statesmen of the old world have in their ignorance hastened the fall of the capitalistic system by their actions, which demonstrate that they do not even understand the system that gives the ruling class its profits. Great Britain is also facing a crisis that will shake that country to its depths, and the outcome of the miners' strike may be more mo- mentuous than the government had any idea of when it forced the miners into the position that they could do nothing else but cease work. * ■ •' • The capitalist press has stated that the strike will not affect the United States, but it will affect all European countries, and by so doing must affect that country as well, for no nation can escape the results of a stoppage of industry in any part of the capitalistic world if it is on as large a scale as it would appear likely to be in the Old Land. In their desperation the Allies may attempt to increase'their supply of coal from the Bhur district in Germany, and by so doing cause such a turmoil in that country as to cause a political upheaval, and no matter which way they turn the present rulers~can only speed the day when their continued rule must end by the break-down of the present system. Contrary to the misinformation which, has appeared in the press of this country, the miners of the Old Land are not responsible for the strike. The cause of the strike 'is the industrial depression in the Old Land. The government, realizing that a general curtailment of industry would cause resentment against it,, has deliberately engineered the striko so that the blame for the consequent unemployment could be thrown on to the miners. The Daily Hfcrald, in an editorial a short time before the strike was called,. . had the following to say: .* * ' < There is' a slackness of trade at the present which is due solely to the muddle and waste of the capitalist system. As a result of this it is generally believed that the big employers in many industries would welcome the opportunity of closing down temporarily. This would cause immense distress to the workers, and the employers would of course shift all the blame on to the miners if there was a strike. •In spito of "Sir Eobert Hume's disclaimers, the workers of the country will connect these rumors with the present temper of the employing class and with the government's bitter obstinacy in the negotiations, and form a shrewd idea as to who it is that really "wants a strike." *'*■•• While this country may not be affect- ' ed to the same extent as will the U. S. A. and Grent Brtiain by the coming financial panic, which is indicated by the fall in prices of cotton, wheat and many other things, yet it will be felt here, and the same tactics will bo employed by the ruling class as will bc employed in the States. Wages will be cut, the workers will be accused of all manner of crimes, of sabotaging production and bringing the country to destruction, etc., etc., but even while thc employing class has beea crying for greater production, the system itself has demanded that production : should be curtailed. The near future will demonstrate how far the ruling class will go in its madness, injunctions will become common, and cool heads and a clear.understanding will be needed in this oountry as the depression develops or the work- ' ers will be subjected to the iron heel of capitalism. Today more than ever knowledge is power. Knowledge of the situation on the part of the working class will prevent tho workers walking into pitfalls, and in this country which can only be compared to a village in the' capitalistic world, the workers should be prepared to meet the employing class with a knowledge and under. standing that will be thcir stand by iu the coming days. It must ever be remembered by the workers in this country that nothing can be done to bring thc system to an end in Canada, that capitalism must collapse in the older countries before the end of the system can be accomplished, and with a working1 class that has a thorough _ under-' standing of the coming events, this country should go through the transition period with less trouble than will be possible in the more crowded and indus trialized portions of the world. The greatest work before all working • class organizations in this country is to spread the knowledge which will explain the coming events in the light of the materialistic conception of history, and the class struggle that is now more manifest than ever before. NOW that it is practically assured that a provincial election mil take plaee before the end of the year, the necessity of considering what aetion the working class will take in the elections must be considered. As we THE COMING have already pointed ELECTION AND out in these columns, EDUCATION there will be differences of opinion on this subject. The fact, however, remains that there will be a large number of workers who will favor the running of working class candidates. The type of candidates nominated by the workers will show the extent of the knowledge of those that nominate them, and will also demonstrate the need of propaganda on working class lines. There are numerous men that can be chosen who could be "elected," but their election'would men nothing unless they are capable of carrying on the education of the working class on class lines, and whieh must, to be of any value, be baseoton a'thorough understanding of the working class position. * * « Wo are given to understand that the labor candidate in the Yale constituency has withdrawn from the field because of the opinion expressed by many workers in that district that his candidature with a farmer and a government candidate in the field would ensure the eleetion of the government candidate. The Fanhers, however, have oMered the platform to labor speakers during the campaign so that the industrial workers may voice their views. This is a peculiar situation. No section of the working class needs to thoroughly understand their position more than the farmers, and while very little educational work may be done in the by-election, the ooming provincial elections will offer an opportunity that should not be missed. The coming days will be full of turmoil and hardship; the amount of understanding the people have of the causes of their miseries will largely determine their actions, and every constituency should, if possible, be contested, not with the idea of electing men, but of educating the members o'f the working class, and this is the most pressing need of the time. Working class representatives in the legislatures could do but little if anything to alleviate the pressure, they might, -however, have an influence on the activities of the government with respect to the working class actions,' but the education of the working class will have more to do with the actions of the workers than all the governments eould have. Fore-warned is forearmed, and the educational work that could be done in an election is considerable, but the candidates must be men that understand the position of the working class, or they can not carry on'this necessary work, and care in their selection is as important as the work they will be called upon to do.' TO the student of human nature, and particularly of the psychology of the people, the manner in which the multitude is swayed by things that don't matter is the most noticeable. The number of people that turned out oy A LITTLE Wednesday night to get FOOD FOE the results of the plcbis- THOUOHT cite, when it was raining considerably, was one instance. Another was the outcry when it was announced that the Board of Commerce had raised the price of sugar to 21 cents per pound. The racket that was made - on . both occasions was great enough to have been caused by some happening that was of vital moment to the peoplo, while as a matter of fact neither of them was sufficient to warrant an extra headline, Prices havo bcen soaring for a number of years now, and nothing much has been heard about it except from those that least understood the upward tendencies, and naturally they made the most noise, and had the least to offer as to the.cause. In the case of thc plebiscite, the situation still remains thc same. Under the Prohibition Act liquor could bc secured, and under government e6ntrol it will also be obtainable. » * « This peculiar psychology demonstrates that the mind of the average individual is not overtaxed with work, and that instead of being a thinking individual the average person is a creature of habit, and due to this fact, the present ruling class, through the press, is able to keep the wprkers at all times chasing rainbows, such as the high cost of living, tariffs, and other things that do not concern them. While the people of this country became unduly excited over the Board of Commerce order concerning sugar, events that were happening in Europe that are of vital importance were hastily passed over. The uprising of the Italian workers had little significance to the average person, except for them to express such thoughts as, the workers are becoming unreasonable, or some, other such monumental expression of ignorance. ♦ * * There never was an uprising ^without a causo. There was never a strike without some real, and in the eyes of those concerned, vital reason for it. And there will never be a revolution unless tho conditions #compel the people to rise and overthrow their rulers. There could not be a class struggle unless there was an exploited and oppressed class in society, and strikes and uprisings such as took place in Italy aro all manifestations of tho class strugglo that is going on in society, and it is the workers tn the mine, mill and factory ..that aro beginning to ask ' questions, and to use their brains, and are attempting to understand the underlying causes of their miseries. In spito of these facts, the average small busiui*. man. the farmor that "owns" his farm, -and the small property owner, all put these indications of a class struggle down to^the perversity of a buneh of agitators aiid anarchists. The struggle that we see between the working class and the ruling class all over the world, and which is manifested in different ways, in different countries, by the seizing of the factories in Italy, and the minors' strike in Great Britian, all arise out of the one cause, and that is the class ownership of the means of wealth production. Opponents of Socialism take the position that if the working class ever get control of the state, that it will only mean a change of ownership from one class to another. But when the means ef wealth production are taken over by the working class, the workers will abolish the private ownership of the wherewithall by which the necessities of life are produced, and wipe out human exploitation, which in the last analysis is human slavery, and along with it classes. The uninitiated, classes the uprisings of the workers as anarchy, and calls for law and order. At the same time millions are starving to death ns a result of anarchy that reigns throughout the capitalistic world. Here are a few figures as to what the late war under "sane statesmanship" did for democracy, the figures are not ours but were clipped from an article in the local press. The cost 'of the world -war to the human race is estimated at 35,000,000 lives, according to the figures of the Danish statistician, Doring. The figures, published here with comment on the losses, about equal the present population of France., Of the total, Doring counts 10,000,000 killed in action or-died from wounds, 5,000,000 from the increase in mortality among 4he civilian population during the .war, but the largest group estimated is the loss of 20,000,000 due to the abnormal decreases in the birth rate.. ¥ * * Apathetic as the average" individual may be, these figures should at least get someone to think, and to investigate a systenj of society that produced sueh conditions as made it possible for so many lives being offered on the altar of profits, and ruling class democracy, which dictates that there shall be a slave class in society, in order that the ruling class may revel in luxury that the world's workers have made possible. Surely the price of sugar cannot be looked upon as very vital, or whether the government is debased by the selling of liquor cannot be considfered important when these facts and figures are considered, along with the dying.millions in Europe who have been condemned to death by capitalism. If this is not anarchy, then we don't know what it means, The Carpenter, the official organ of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in a recent issue published an editorial on reciprocity. Not, however, reciprocity1 between nations but between the members of that organization and its general officers. The reciprocity advocated being an increase of wages for these officials. In a plaintive wail, the, Carpenter "states thnt "business agents are paid more in some localities than any of our general officers, and one cannot help but feel that the time has come to remedy sueh conditions^' As the general president of the Carpenters gett $5000 per year, some of the business agents must be doing well and all we can say is that if the members of that organization have no more sense than to pay those fancy salaries, then they deserve all they get, for neither the business agents or the general officers are worth it, judging, by their actions. Some considerable comment has* been made by the press of this country on the failure of Canada to send an ambassador to Washington. Whilo this may have been an oversight on thc part of the Canadian Government, the U. S. financial magnates have made no mistake in having control of affairs in this country. Jjvery act of the present government is dictated by Wall Street, even the passing of the infamous amendments to the Immigration Act followed immediately after a visit to Ottawa by Pibrpont Morgan. Pritchard Gives His Views on Differences in 0. B. U. WHILBJ Comrade W. A. Pritohard la atlll ln gaol, yet he hai not lost hla Intereat ln the movement that he haa at all tlmu striven to advance-^-tha working claaa movement—aa the following article,' written in gaol, on the differences In tho O, B. U„ will ahow: Present address and occupation preclude possibility of an extended statement from me bu* noticing the growing dimensions of the dispute between the L, \v. X. U. and the general executive board of the 6. B. U„ I considered a word from youri truly might not be "out of place." Perhaps, owing to circumstances, I may laok perspective or reveal lack of knowledge of details, but as It seems to nre behind all the verbiage Ilea an issue which I perceived at the one or two executive meetings held ln Winnipeg last winter at the time of "our" trials. Winch, who was a member of the board at the time, frankly avowed that apart from the general movement and its needs he would be for the lumber workera all the time. We attempted to point out that where the workers of Winnipeg to adopt the Same outlook, proceedings-would be impossible and only chaos could result. Of course I 'know that in the minds of some of the spokesmen of the lumber workers resides the concept that as far aB the O. B. U. Is concerned we (the L. W. I. U.) are lt. All of which may be so, but it does not carry us ahead. At the provisional convention held early ln June, 1919, at Calgary, where the O. B. U. tentative constitution was drafted, we had to combat some of the freakish no- EASTERH MINERS REJECT REPORT Royal Commission Report Turned Down By Minors of Sprlngli.H1, Nova Scot!« (By the Federated Press.) Springhiil, Nova ^Scotia. —-By a vote of 643 to -3 the miners of this district rejected as a whole the report of the royal commission which recently Investigated the mining industry in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. By 482 to 58 the miners also rejected the recommendations of the United Mine Workers cxocutivo. The miriers want the increased pay retroactive to May 1 instead of June 1. Over 60 per cent voted. tlons that apparently contribute much of the difficulty to the present misunderstanding. We had to point out then, that no creator (worshipper) of fortittoui wheels could come into Western Canada and make such wheel .fit (west of lhe Great Lakes only was represented at that convention). That much aa members of, say, the building industry might have in •common in Winnipeg with the same industry In Vancouver, tho problems of every day Ufa made more oommon the interests between them and other workers of other trades, working ln the same locality. Practical experience teaches more than idealistic recipes for the restaurants of the future, whether the diagram bo circular or rhomboldal and the.lumber workers or miners of Nova Scotia may have need of greater co-operation with the workers of that locality than with the minera or lumber workers of Vancouvor Island. After all, the real question Is: What is the most effective form of weapon to deal with, tho encroachments of capital? How best can the sellars of labor power fight the buyers of labor power? Whatever merit may exist in the contention of the Lumber Workers re the form of organisation could provide no excuse for the deliberate sabotage of the general treasury, moro particularly when the need .for initial organization work is as urgent as at* present. EMPRESS Phone Seymoar 2492 « next Week Ralph Connor's Famout »« The Sky Pilot" —OR— "HIT-THE-TRAIli HALLIDAY" Foaturlng Ray Collins PANTAGES Ntxt Week "THE MELODY OP YOUTH" With Six Olevor Youngsters Other Big Features ECONOMIC AND HISTORY CLASSES S.>P. OF 0., 401 PENDER ST. E. Economic class every Sunday afternoon, commencing at 3 o'clock. •History class every Thursday evening, commencing at 8 o'clock. These classes are of paramount interest and necessity to , the working class, and are conducted and assisted by thoroughly competent instructors. ALL WELCOME NO CHARGES Naturally, after the example of thc Canadian government in the Winnipeg strike, the British government will have all the strike leaders arrested to save the country from revolution. But. it is possiblo that British statesmen are not as nervous as the Canadian variety. In that event thero will bc no arrests unless the Hon. Arthur should go over and show them how it is done in this country. He may yet' be hailed as tho savior of the Empire. _. Henry Ford has conferred a "staggering" blow to the high cost of living by reducing the soiling costs of his cars,. In fact, it has been bo staggering that the workers are at this time wondering whether they will put their saving* in the bank or buy another flivver. A monument should at once be erected to this benefactor of the human race, before»the price of marble or other material used in monuments goes out of sight. |'° : Now that the "wets" hav»" won,1 the workert may be able to take a little tjiirf.e off to study their conditions under prohibition, and find out just how far they have advanced on the road to prosperity. If brains could produce wealth without labor power the present ruling class would starve to death if all they had to do was to pick what they needed from trees. It would appear that it was about time that the old gag of capital and labor getting together was trotting out again. We have not heard it fir at least two weeks. The Soviet regime has not been overthrown this week. The press has evidently forKotten to do the trick. 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LETTERS TO ED (Continued from page I) ' any, we would have to deal with him. Secretary Clark brought thii matter up on the floor of the convention ln the aame manner as Winch, but with a different threat Thla time lt waa that, It the per capita was not accepted, somothing lerloua was going to happen. What that meant, none of ua knew, but be waa told the same as Winnh, that we had a secretary for that purpose to whom he could take the money. But he did not take advantage of this, nor did he take advantage of two or three other opportunities, especially one when Delegate Beard aaked him to come down from the gallery and pay the per capita lf he had any intention of so doing. Ns, boys, they did not want to, because they had come for a purpose, and they were not •ure of making that purpose stick. Tou ask why I say thlsT On my way to Port Arthur I called, as I generally do, at the Lumber Workers qfflces ln Vancouver. X was told by J. M. Clark that we were going to be flattened at the coming oonvention. At the time I thought It wu a joke, and took .It as such, but what can I think now? We also flnd from a Swedish paper that Berg was boasting that they would capture the organization at the coming convention at Port Arthur. Na doubt, you will hare the pleasure of reading it for yourselves, as I am hoping this letter of Berg's will be published now that this matter haa come Into the open. In closing, I want to say that lf we wanted anything but smoothness in this organization, we could have objected to all -tye Lumber WorkerB' credentials, as although ■ we have no hidebound law in our constitution regarding per capita tax, every person knows that so long as we have a per capita tax system, we must be ruled on a per capita tax basis. But we had no Objection to the men who had been eleoted at the Logegsr' oonvention and why they should walk but ls beyond my comprehension, u lt did not change their voting strength one lota. The constitution does say that a delegate must be elected from a Central Couhcll, District Board or Isolated unit Every one knows that Winch has lived and worked on the .coast since the' founding of the Lumber ■ Workers' organisation jand that he was not elected as a delegate either at the coast of the general convention, and lf he was eleoted by Cranbrook district, why were his' credentials not marked by cranbrook officials? With reference to Cowan, the officials did' not know what to do with him, as Sudbury dlstriot, whioh ho had been elected to represent, were not entitled ts elect a delegate, as no per capita had been paid on that dlstriot to the O. B. B., and they endeavored to secure credentials for him from Prince Upuert. The boy from Fort Francis (Nell) told me that he had been sont for by Get the Love Habit! Buy FtnunnJiiE, stoves, BEDS, Etc, at cost. Our stock Is Big ,and so are our Bargains. Watoh our Auction Snaps. Furniture Bought ana Sold, Love & Co. AUCTIONEERS— DEALERS Phone Seymour 3745 570 SEVMOCIt STREET Winch and that was all he knew, and I understand that hli credentials, were signed by Winch .and Higgins. The Thunder Bay Council had paid their per capita, and the two delegatea had only a voting strength of one, whilst a roll call vote could' he demanded on any point or question. This scrap had to come, and In my opinion, should have been tackled in earnest at the January oonvention, but at any rate, lt has made us put one oi* two hard and fast, rules Into our constitution, which may be the cause of temporarily losing a few members, but ln the end the organisation will be the gainer, for irrespective of our petty squabbles, we shall be forced ahead by our economle condition, and will move along until our historic mission Is fulfilled. Misleading Propaganda Editor B. C. Federationist: The person who ls responsible for the articles appearing on the Lumber Workers' page in The Federatlonist Is disseminating a great deal of falso and misleading propaganda. The chief object of which Is apparently to bolster up the official positions which are menaced by the decisions of the Fort Arthur convention ln favor of a one general headquarters, one general executive board, and ona common membership receipt. An Indication of ths misleading nature of this propaganda may be gathered by the cuts that Were run In the Lumber Workers' page last week depicting the receipts Issued by the Oeneral Exeouttve Board and the Lumber Workers' Executive. The One Big Union Receipt was out down to the quarter ot its actual size while that of the lumber workers was shown nearly full size. The cut of lumber workers' receipt also shows part of their bookkeeping system. In referring to the O .B. U. official receipt, the writer ot this article (which ls unsigned), In referring to the O. B. U. official receipt, says that It li "unnecessarily expensive' and In referring to the lumber workers' receipt, he states that—'the printing saves unnecessary expense," These two would lead one to believe that the One Big Union receipt was more expensive than thai; used by the lumber workers; when aa a matter of fact, the reverse Is the case, the lumber workera receipt books cost a gr'eat deal more to print than those Issued by the One Big Union. Again he deliberately misstates the tacts when he refers to clause 28 ot the O. B. U. Constitution. Clause 21 reads as follows: "Each organization affiliated with the O. B. U. must use the official membership receipt, unless exempt by tho General Executive Board." The general exeoutlve board have not granted exemption to the lumber workera or any one else. One oonvention of the lumber workers passed a resolution that the official membership receipt should be used by the lumber workers, but the ambidextrous Lumber Workers' Oeneral Secretary, got around that little difficulty by having a receipt printed that looked like the official receipt and had the untrue statement printed thereon, "Ono Big Union, Official Membership Receipt," Down at the bottom of the r'ecclpt, as can be seen ln the cut, Is printed a statement that "This receipt oan be Issued to any wage worker, etc." The One Big Union has never given the Lumber Workers' General Secretary permission to print such a receipt. The Port Arthur eonvention (Including the Lumber Workers' delegates, who did not walk out), approved of the present triplicate membership receipt and the method of bookkeeping was referred to tha executive to make some necessary changes In the ledger sheet. But what lies behind all this attack on the One Big Union by the officials of the lumber' workers. The lumber workers' delegates who walked out of the Port Arthur convention did not do ao because of any difference of opinion over bookkeeping methods, but because thoy demanded a voting power In excess of all the other dolegates combined, and because they de- SHOE REPAIR SERVICE Expert Work and Satisfaction Guaranteed , THE NEW METHOD SHOE MAKING AND -SHOE REPAIRING COMPANY The O.B.U. Shop 337 CARRALL STREET Just off Hastings Street. Phone R. F. 954 MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION manded the seating of three delegates who had not been Regularly elected according to the constitution, from their own dlstriot, both ot whioh propositions the credential oommlttee refused to entertain and their report was adopted by the convention. The credential committee were willing to seat every delegate who had been regularly elected, and gave them voting power according to the per capita tax that had been paid since the previous convention. ' The lumber workers organisation was three monthi In arrears for per oaptla tix, not because.the member* had not paid their dues, but because their officials had used the money in various adventures in different parts of the country. Not ln organizing lumber workers, but ln many cases the money was spent ln competing with other branches of the O. B. U. for membership outside ot the lumber1 Industry entirely and thousands of dollars have been spent ln sending aeoretarys from Vanoouver to open up unnecessary offices, The. Oeneral Seoretary of the lumber workers has admitted that they spent thousands ot dollars.-ln the Cobalt district. The Cobalt la a metal, mining district and the Oeneral Executive Board of the O, B, U. had commenced organization work thero when the lumber workers' organizers, sent from Vancouver at considerable expense, went ther'e and reorganized these metal miners Into lumber workers, offices with lumber workers' receipts. At the first opportunity the minera took possession of the organization and attached themselves direot to the O. B. U. and the men ..sent out fr'om,the lumber workers' headquarters in Vancouver had to be recalled at more expenae. What the metal miners of that district think of the lumber workers' organization is shown ln the following resolution adopted at*the Port Arthur convention: Resolution, No. 16. By Kirkland Lake, Ont., Metal Miners' Unit. "Resolved, That Whereas, the. structure of O. B. U., as stated in the Constitution, leaves no room for Jurisdictional disputes, the fact that same have arisen, indicates that the Constitution Is not being lived up to, and "Whereas, passive acquiescence in this violation of the basic structure of the O. B. U. can only lead to separation and development of organizations similar to the Internationals; bo It "Resolved. That this convention go on record as favoring one Central Office, through which both industries ,and districts composing the O. B. U. will transact their business, and further be -it "Resolved, That the Lumber* Workers be asked to adjust their structure or Constitution to meet the requirements of the O. B. U. Constitution, so that unity of action and purpose may be possible." ThlB* resolution ^ was adopted unanimously by the convention, and upon motion, a special committee was applnted to draft amendments to the constitution, ln accordance with the policy laid down in Resolution No. 10. The General Secretary of the Lumber Workers haa also admitted that a large sum of money has been expended in opening and maintaining an office at Winnipeg. The Winnipeg Lumber Workers' office has competed for membership with the established O. B. U. Units ln that city and the seoretary has admitted having enrolled a number of members that art not engaged In the lumber Industry. The Winnipeg office was opened after .the Port Arthur Lumber Workers had decided to withdraw from the Central Executive Board of the lumber worker's and attach themselves direct to the Thunder Bay Central Labor Council at Fort William, and literature was Issued from this Winnipeg office to the employera that would disgrace the most reactionary A. F. of L. organization, and attacks" were also made on the Port Arthur lumb.er workers for withdrawing from the Vancouver headquartera. A resolution was adopted by the Winnipeg Central Labor .Council similar to the one adopted above. The Princeton Unit has also been the target for the attacks of the lumber workers' officials becauae they had the temerity to withdraw from the Central Executive Board of the lumber workeri. and attach themselveB to the One Big Union. After Princeton had commenced organization work at Penticton among the Irrigation workers, the Cordova street office sent delegate into Fentlctlon and reorganized the O. B. U. members into members of the lumber workers. Many other Instances could be cited to show that the main object has not been to organize the lumber Industry/but to grab membera Irrespective ot their1 occupation. If the lumber workers' delegates Who withdrew frpm the reoent convention really dealred "rank and file control,' why did they walk out? All the. amendments to the O. B. U. constitution are being submitted to the "rank nnd file" to voto upon, and the lumber'workers' officials are showing their anxiety for "rank and file control" by trying to prevent their membership from voting on the amendments to the constltutoln that haa been sent out by the G. E. B. of the O. B, U. In another artlole on the Lumber Workers' page, entitled, "Sabotaging the Per Capita," the writer makea another misstatement when he states that they "offered to give checks to cover the arrears for the two last months." As has been pointed out before, at no stage of the proceedings was a check tendered ln payment of the per capita. This article concludes with tho question, "Who says that the lumber workers are sabotaging?." No one said that the lumber workers were sabotaging,fbut we do say, and are . prepared to prove, that the responsible officials of the lumber1 workers' organization have sabotaged on the One Big Union. In fact, the officials have withheld support to the general organization for nearly five months now and lf the rest of the membership had acted in tho same manner the recent convQntlon would not have been held because the general headquatrers would have been out of business, V. R. MIDGLEY. CUANGE OF ADDRESS. Owing to tho sale of the Vancouver Lnbor Temple, the rffloes of the Fedorationist have been moved to Rooms 1 and a, Victoria Block, 343 Pender Street'West. Corrc- spnwlents are requested to makn note ol litis, IN AUSTRALIA Threatens to Strangle the liberties of the People The war that we were told wM to end war hu turned out to be a pretext for turning Australia into an armed camp with a greater naval and military fores than ovot before. Tha present anti-Labor federal government was hardly ln power ln Australia than a committee was set to work to carve out a future naval and military polioy foi* that oountry. The report of- this committee has made recommendations to the government which if accepted, will make Australia a vast armed camp ahd burden lt with a terrific load of expenditure. That the Australian government has not so far endorsed the recommendations Is only becauBf lt fears the storm of protest whloh will ba aroused by the people were lt to do so. But it can be taken fox* granted that in the end the aim of the militarists and navallsts wlU be achieved. Already leading speak' ers and orators have been brought to Australia in the person of Qeiir eral Blrdwood, Admir'al Jelltcoe, and such like folk who make it their speolal duty to apeak on the need for an Increased army and navy. At the same time comfortable positions at high rates of salary are being found ln Australia for leading generals In the Australian armies at the war, and little by little the schemes of the militarists a'nd navallsts are being put info action—without even the Gpv- eriiment declaring Itself on the matter. Already the military and naval machinery Is being built up. Gifts ofP torpedo boat destroyers and other craft have been made to Australia and some art already here, while others are on the way. This is a convenient way for England to get rid of the upkeep of them, for when war broke out, England will again have the use of them free of charge while another nation will be doing the paying. We know, to, that vast stores of military equipment for Australia's fighting forces will shortly arrive in Australia. These include 'not only clothing which was In store fyr Australian troops when hostilities ceased, but also a great deal of BrltlBh material of war handed over to Australia by the British Government. Thla comprises practically the fighting outfit of an army, and ln the near future, ships will arrive carrying army waggons and' transport vehicles, rifles, machine guns, artillery, web-eqiilp- ment, and a complete outfit for infantrymen's medical stores and signalling apparatus and a variety of other supplies. These materials, according to present.. plans, are to be distributed amongst the varloua Australian states, where lt will be housed in special ordnance stores, sorted out, and made ready for distribution in cose of a war mobilization of the forces. Naturally the people of Australia want to know why they have to be prepared for a war mobilization. What war is brewing in the future? Whom Is it proposed that we shall fight? It ls all very woll to explain away the gifting of ships because England cannot pay for the upkeep of them, but the same kind of excuse cannot be made for military equipment or stores, for which little cost of upkeep ls necessary. Is tt that England expects that some day, the oppressed people of India will be forced into revolt, and that Australian soldiers will be handy to slaughter them, or drive them into submission? Or does England plan a war of conquest in other1 directions? Whatever the reason, It Is patently plain that either England thinks that lt may be necessary to use t' n manhood of Australia in the fu.ire aa cannon fodder or else Is already planning something along those lines. The fact that the people of Australia are not consulted does not matter. Then'there is the growing conviction that the lime la coming when the anti-Labor Government may try and force conacription on the country. The present plans of Australia's future army Is fora larger army* than Australia placed in action during the war. While it is true that ths Australian Government haa not yet dared to declare Itself ln favor of the Defence Committee's recom men datlffns, there Is little doubt but that lt wttl Insidiously place lt into practice without consulting, or Indeed without even the knowledge of the people of the Australian Commonwealth. It la true that labor writers and speakers are doing their beat to warn the people of that country of the Impending danger, but the people of Australia, like thoae of other countries, feeling that they are safe at thla moment, take no notice of the future. At this date they do not seem to realize the gigantic web being spun around them to catch them and hold them fast In the mesh of militarism. Meanwhile the millionaires and navallsts of Australia are not spoeling on the Job, and unless the Australian people Boon wake up to what Is boing done they will find themselves on- meshed in tho wob of Prussianism. And whatever attempt they may make then to disentangle themselves may prove to he too late. FRANCE TO CONTROL HUNGARIAN ARMY Treaty Signed Between Nations Gives France Complete Control of Legalized Murderers (By the Federated Press) • Berlin,—-Amazing stipulations .of the treaty concluded between Horthy of Hungary and the French government, which practically sign the wealth and man-power of Hungary over to the capitalists of France, are revealed by Az Ember, a bourgeois paper published here. The real Intent of' the whole transaction is made shamelessly clear In a provision which states outright that "In the campaign against Soviet Russia" the French shall have oomplete control of the Hungarian army. Where Is your Uuion button T. ON LIVE TOPIC Interesting Address on Methods of Production 1 At thi F. h. P. open forum held In the Federated Party Hall on Sunday, October 10, Dr. W. J. Curry took for his subject, "WUl produetion for uso abolish poverty?" ; The subject proved very Interesting and occasioned considerable discussion. Tha speaker flrat described briefly the methods by which our ancestors produced thoir food, olothlnf and ahelter, oto., with the old primitive tools, tho spade, the flail, the spinning wheel, the hand-loom, and- the whlp-taw with which lumber was often out Production was extremely slow ln those days as compared wtth today, and yet, it waa ahpwn by the speaker, the average workera were fed, clothed and sheltered oh thla continent of America in colonial days better than the average work- er la today. They owned tho principal tools of production and the products were thelr's to use, barter or sell. In early colonial daya, rent, interest and proflt were almost unknown except in the towns, and the vast majority of people lived In .the country. Trye, they struggled with the forces of nature, but they usually won In that fight and the contest made them strong and self- reliant. Very different from tlie miserable narrow workers ot today. Tha speaker" displayed a set of charts demonstrating his' chlff points. These charts and the facts and figures presented were takoji from the eighteenth annual report of the Commissioner of Labor of the U. S. A., Carrol D. Wright. - : The pamphlet from which the charts were reproduced was termed "suppressed Information" from the fact that thla information Is ao damaging to the present economlo system and therefore dangerous for the workers to understand. It waa suppressed to such an extent that lt was out of print a few months after its issue and no more' copies could be obtained. However, Fred barren, then on the Appeal to '■Reason staff, complied this report -and published in pamphlet form "suppressed information." It Is undoubtedly amongst the most valuable as well as damaging productions ever Issued by tke governmental puppets of American plutocracy. The Four Charts :;:;The flrst chart displayed showed the increase In production of the average man engaged ln making plg-tron due to improved methods. It "also showed the relatively small advance in wages and also the enormous gain in profits. J In 1870 each Worker ln this special industry produced 6fl tona of pig-iron. 'His wages was $453 per annum aiid the average profit Wrung from the. hide and muscle of the average slave of the smelter was $522. In 18"0 it had Increased to 81 tons, while the average wage fetl to $304 per annum, yet the profits Increased to $560. In 1890 such Improvements tn methods were adopted that the avernRp product per man aroso to 160 tons. The wage went to $460 While the shareholders, "owing to their thrift," enjoyed a reward ot $405 profit. It must be remembered that during alt this time the cost of living had increased constantly, ao that the apparent rise In wages was only apparent. The actual wage or purchasing power probably fell. In 1900 another remarkable jump took place. The smelter hands were speeded up to such an extent that they averaged 865 tona of plg-lron per man. Wages Increased to $606, and profits Jumped to the value of $900- for eaoh worker. Chart No. 2 showed the powers of production of hand tools as compared with machinery, but It must be remembored that this machinery of 20 years aj;o would today be slow and antiquated, yet even this ohart demonstrates fully what the Industrial revolution, meant and the ever-increasing exploitation of the worker under capitalism. For Instance, ten pairs of men'a fine shoes, hand-made, required 222 hours of labor time, with machinery only 29 hours. One hundred pounds of Graham crackers made b$ hand occuplod 160 houra, with the machinery of 20 yeara ago only 35 hours. Three hundred potinda of rope used to consume 134 houra, with machinery only 17 houra. Five hundred bushels of potatoea needed 247 hours of back-breaking toil, with machinery only 86 hours, and yet that was before electricity or the gasoline tractor was heard of on the farm. In textile production the Increase was even mors marked; the modern loom can do the work of a Hundred of our ancestors who uaed the hand-loom, and yet who can say that we are clothed more comfortably than our grandfathers Were. ' But the climax of the Industrial revolution seems to have been reached In the art of printing. The modern machine haa done away with over 99" per cent, of the labor that was required In the printing art of fifty yeara ago, but What shall -we say of the quality of this product of the modern press? Unemployment The next chart showed the Inevitable sequence tot the development of the machine. It showod how unemployment had Increased since tho workor lost control of the tool of production. In 1890 only 15 per cent of the workers of tho U. S. A. were unemployed at any time during the year. In 1900 thla had Increased to 22 por cent, while In 1908 80 per cent of the wage earners of America were unemployed part of the yoar. The fourth and laat chart gives us the causes for unemployment. We find that 87 per cent of tho Idle poor were ln that condition through the worka closing down. Sickness kept 23 per cont away IN OPERATION Direct Action Tactics Will - Lead to Overthrow of Government . (By Taraknith Das) (Staff Wrter for tho Federated ?ross> In Inda there aro two distinct forces, ln tho field of politics; tho Constitutionalists and the Revolutionists. The story of the Indian revolutionary activities during tho world war Is more or Iobs familiar to tho publlo. The Indian revolutionists established vory olose relations with the Central Powers against Great Britain. Their emissaries were active ln Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, China, Japan, tho United Statea and Mexico. Even today they are in very close relation with Soviet Russia, and thslr representatives participated In the Third International and.also In the Baku conference. The Indian revolutionary movement has its outposts all over tho world, Indian revolutionists demand tho absolute Independence of India, and they do not conceal tho faot that they expect to achieve their alms through conflict, since lt is sure that Great Britain will flght to retan mastery over Irtflia. The Indian Constitutionalists are working* for "self-determination," or some kind of Dominion home rule within the British Empire. Yet, it is moat significant that the Indan constitutionalists today are ao distrustful of the British government in India that they have decided to adopt a programme of non-oo-operatlon, whloh virtually means a boycott of tne British administration. Lejpat Ral and hundreds of Indian leaders are ln full accord with the movement headed by N. K. Gandl to boycott the so-called reformed councils to bc Inaugurated tn India as a part of the Montague- Reform, or the Indln Reform .Vet On July 3, 1920, Maulans Shail- kat All, of the non-co-operative subcommittee, gave out the following detailed plan of action to be followed' by the Indian constitutionalists at the flrst stage (jf/'hon- co-operation:" 1. Surrender of all titles of honorary offlcors. - 2. Non-participation In government loans, 3. Suspension hy lawyers of practice ln British courts. 4. Boycott of government schools by parents. 5. Boycott ot reformed councils. 6. Non-partlclpation in government social affairs and -similar functions. 7. Refusal to accept any civil ot military posts ln Mesopotamia .or to volunteer for the army, especially for Bervice in Turkish territories. 8. Prosecution of Swadeshi' (revival of home industries) and refusal to buy European products. Thus lt Is quite evident that the Indian constitutionalists are advocating direct action tactics which will ultimately lead to the complete overthrow of the government It Is certain that either* the British government will have to make a series of concessions to the constitutionalists or It will have to faco the same situation as now ex- sta In Ireland. It la quite logical that the Indian constitutional movement will be forced to merge ivith the revolutionists into a gl- gontio revolutionary movement advocating absolute Independence for India just as the Irish Home Rule movement has r'esulted ln the present de facto Irish Republic. China We hurt a delightful anortmmt et ent . fancy Ohio*, ete., tad a full Umt Of e—ner eeta-a open rtock or excluilTe patten. BWIE TUAIC l> a treat etea itook favorite, with rioh dark Ma» China, dudfa and lleeMns octecoaal •haaot 60-plece dinner let for (9Q 7ft OOMPLETE WORLD-WIDE DISARMAMENT WANTED Women's International League Now Working to Bring About Universal Peace (By the Federated Press.) New Tork.—"Complete worldwide disarmament ia one of the objects for which the Women's International League is working ln Ita etlorta to bring about universal peace," said Mrs. Emmoline Ve- thick Lawrence, famous English suffragist and member of the British Labor party, in the flrst interview given since her arrival in this country a short time ago. Mrs. Lawrence and Frau Yella Hertzka, an educator and social worker of Austria, will tour the United States under the direction of the Women'a Peace party which ls conducting a campaign to rouse Public opinion against militarism, and in favor of world peace. from work; six per cent were on vacations; strlkea were accountable for two por cent, and in spite of our temperance advocates thla government report showa ua that only ona quarter of one per cent were unemployed through drunkenness. Ia there any wonder that thla Information was suppressed by the masters of the machine and tho rulers of America? This pamphlet also describes the homes of millions of "froe" citizens of America. It would bo well If Socialism or some other agency could destroy these homes and give the people decent habitations. Even twonty yeara ago only two per cent, in New Tork city owned thcir homes, and most of those owners were being bled by the mortgage companies. Tens of thousands of families just oa ln the old country are doomed to bo born to live and to die In one room, and millions know nothing bettor than a home of two or three miserable rooms in a mining town, or the working-class districts of the cities. The speaker declared that conditions were becoming desperate and that the white race would either perish, even as paat civilizations sickened and died, or that ln some way once moro gain control of the resourcei of the earth nnd the tools of production and produce lor the needs of humanity, and not keop a parasltcd class In. luxury. Whether this would bo done through political or dlroct action ln this country none oould tell, but only understanding of economic facts and the lash of necessity could Induce the common people to free the world from the last and most vicious form of alavery that history has known. Toys Bring tho klddtee late "Joyland." Oar Ohrlrtapt ■took li quite completo. Plok oat a food gan* (or tho family to ihortoa thooo long emalnaa. AM tho (ood old tarorltoo—ParohoU, ote. Aft*, *** Tlddloywlnki : *IU .5 MILLAR & COE "HMMlqnartoro for China 41* HaKincs street Woo* aadTojo" Ml GEDDES SLAPS British Ambassador Likely to Become Unpopular to Plates (By J. A. Stevenson, Canadian Staff Correspondent for tho Federated Presa.) Ottawa, Ont.—Unleu Sir Auckland Geddes, tho British ambassador, It careful he will soon bo on the blacklist of A. Mitchell Palmer and the Canadian government as a dangerous political character. At the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, the ambassador's speech war recoived with pained amazement by a somewhat reactionary audience. I Sir Auckland swept aside much of the superficial thinking about the war and about Industrial unrest. In his view the war has simply intensified an Intolerable economic condition ln an International system of competitive industrialism. The ambassador hai scant patience with the favorite governmental theory at Washington and Ottawa that Bolshevist agitators are responsible for Industrial unrest. "There are conspirator!, agitator! stirring up trouble but they are ilka the mosquitoes that come from the swampy pools, Thero is a pleasure to be got from swatting them. But yon will not get rid of them until tho iwampy pool! wherein they breed aro drained and the placea where they 'draw their poison aro cleansed." Ho went on tho ascribe world unrest to the industrialization of nations. Tho Investment of capital In Indutsry and the private monopoly of credit havo made possible tho Industrial rovolution not only in Europe and America but also tn the east, and no reasonable effort has been ma'ile to make Industrialism conform to humanitarian Ideas. He described tho Impression made on him by his experiences aa director of recruiting In Britain during the war. Ho spoko ot tho physical Ill-being, tho destruction of family life and tha warping ot men's minds by their dai]y occupation, "I have no doubt," he aald, "that tho aame ia true of million! of men ln similar pursuits among the other nations. He offered no speclflo remodlei but emphasised clearly hli view that the propertied daises must consent to some Intelligent and rirastio readjustment of the present .system. Hli speech In Canada throw! a cold douche upon the government's propaganda to frighten the voters Into reaotlon by pamphlets hinting at vast revolutionary conspiracies to over turn tho existing political and social fabric. If Sir Auckland continues to make speeches of thla type he will soon cease to he popular either at Washington or Ottawa, DEFENSB rtlND UTKS&TVBB Tho prlc* of ooplee ol Ptttch- art'i addrea to lb* Jan, Dfcrart addreu and tb* t-tUr/y ot Sm Winnipeg striko hM ben' reduced to 10 eta. per oopj. Ib* Winnipeg defense committee to ato* tooateg Detenu Fond Stamps, Ibo price of which li 35 oo*U oaoh. What doei lln. Pankhunt I by her atatement that owing te the Russian pooplo not being nolo to road, tho Bolshevik partr deceived them hy flooding the country with misleading literature?— Torkton Pros* (Canadk). ' Bay at a aat— tuna. (By the Federated Presa) Sydnoy, N.S.W.—The New South Wales Labor government intends to extend the operations of the Fair Rents Court throughout that state. Hitherto the court hae only operated ln fixing the rental! of houses In tho olty of Sydney, and exercising no Jurladlotlii on the country towns of the state. The Labor governments' Intention now la to establish court! at all the populous centre!. Open Forum t p.m. F. Ii. P. HALL 141 OORDOVA W. R. P. Pettipiece Will tpeak on Uie imnoa of the Coming lulcition DRUGLESS HEALING DOWNIE Sanitarium Lti fifteenth Boor Standard Buk—Oor. of Hutingi and Rieharda Phonei Seymonr ,608; Highland 21841 We ha?* treated successfully what others hairs diagnosed as ANAEMIA ARTHRITIS biliousness QOTJT LUMBAOO RHEUMATISM SCIATICA INSOMNIA NERVOUS DEBILITY IMPOTENOY IMPERFECT CIRCULATION BLOOD PRESSURE ECZEMA and * host of other so- called ailments. Dr. Downle, Dur Sir—I would Ilk* te gtre a testimony respecting Par Drugless trertma.it. When wun* te Vaneourer lut Va* vembw I wh suffering from a nervous breakdown and high blood prusar* ud wm not »afo to go ont Alono. I had heen under a doctor'• sate since enrly ln September, bnt over/ tlm* I tooV the drngt prescribed I wu prostrate th* rest of tb* day, Th* day befer* Chrlitmu I nearly collapsed on th* strut, ud wu not out again for tw* weeks. On seeing yur advertisement I decided t* SM II you could do anything for mn, aad yon told me all yon eonl* do wu cure m* ■• I told you te go to It. I muat iay 1 felt beneflt from th* first treatment, and after tw* month* yon told mt lt wu no ns* coming again as It waa only waiting yoir tlm* and my money. I am glad to tell yon X am feeling u fit as I ever did and hop* yon will have the sara* success with all yonr patients as you did with me. Tou ar* at liberty to mak* what uie yon wish of this letter aad I will bt pleued to answer anyone enquiring of m* respecting yoar treatment. Tours truly, WU. 1IATHEW. Whltewood, Sask, Russell and His Comrades Are to Serve Their Pull Sentences. This means that MORE FUNDS ARE NEEDED-THEIR WIVES AND. FAMILIES MUST BE OARED FOR The Local Committee Has Also Incurred Some Expense in Looking After the Looal Russians Under Order of Do. portation. Send Your Contributions to A. S. Weill, 842 Pender W. PAGE SIX TWELFTH YEAR. NO. 43 THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c. FRIDAY October 22, -/.e ONE OF THE FINEST TONICS Good for Health Improves the Appetite CHEAP PRODUCTION . Everyone knows that cheap goods ean only-be procured by using cheap materials and employing cheap labor. CASCADE BEER ii produced from the highest grade materials proourabie —Cascade is a UNION produce from start to finish. VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED 10 Sub. Cards Good for one jeer's inscription to Tk. B. 0. r«a«r«toBl>t, will b. milhd to •nr .ddtn. in C.n.d. lor 182.50 (Oood .nywhero onUid. of v»B«ro.«r city.) Order tan tod«r. Romll whtntold. Wanted—Two Million Husbands (By Alnse, the Federated Press) J read ln the papers How over_ In France They want Two million HUSBANDS And they think that maybe Bome ot the men In OUR western states Where men are plentiful Might like to come over and marry The extra women LBFT OVER By the war! X read the short account Quite carefully But It said not a word Ot making those women HAPPY Or saving them from LONELINESS! Oh, no, the reason they gave Was nothing so sentimental, Which maybe was Just as well, For sometimes getting married Hakes women HAPPY And sometimes again It DOESN'T! The article aaid not a word About MORALS, either, And how a sound society . Demanded HOMES And not so many lonesome folks Hanging about town! No THIS was the reason .They wanted those husbands; They said :"France needs Six million CHILDREN To become again a STRONG And PROSPEROUS nation! And we ftp""" "'it oecn^ Of these couples ■ ; ' Will average THREE babies!" Yes, It was Just like that, Just calm like that! They didn't promise to make Those babies HAPPIER Than the sons of France who died on the fields of the Marne! They didn't say: "These babies Shall be PROSPEROUS" But "FRANCE Shall be more prosperous . By their coming!" And I thought: "What Is This France of which they speak That needs two million husbands To breed babies? Will the French PEASANTS Be RICHER On their little farms Will the French WORKERS Be more prospefrou. In their little shops, Because of six million NEW babies to bring up? Why, not at all! But the French capitalists Would like six million more To LABOR for them, And the French politicians Wouid lilfc six million more To FIQHT for them! RICH business men And an expensive ARMY— THAT is what folks mean By a STRONG And PROSPEROUS NATION! THE PETREL Patronize Federatlonist advertisers and tell them why you do so. Vancouver Unions VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNOIL—Pmident, J. M. Clarke; tiee-president, R. W. Hatley; iecretary J 0. Smith; Ireasurer, A. S. Wells; sergeant-at-arms, E. Homo; trustees, Carr, Vanroblen, Sleverwright and Midgley. Meets Srd Wednesday each month In the Fender Hal], cornor of Pender snd Howe streets. Phone Sey. 201. •ALLIED PBINTINO TRADEB COUN- cil—Meets seeond Monday in the ■onth. Pretident, J. F. McConnell: seoretary, R. H. Neelands. P. 0. Boi 66. BRIDGE STRUCTURAL ORNAMENTAL snd Reinforced Ironworkers, Local 97 •-Meets second and fonrth Mondays. Pmldent Jas. Hastings; financial seo- retary and treasurer, Roy Massecar, Room 118 Labor Temple. BNGINEERB EMPLOYED IN THE Lnmber Industry (camp snd mill) neet with fellow workera ta that industry. Organiie into the Lnmber Workers Industrial Union of the 0. B.JJ. Headquarters, 61 Cordova St. W., Vancouver. Phone Sey. 7656, GENERAL WORKERS' UNIT OF THE 0. B. V.—President, R. W. Hatley; iecretary, J. G. Smith. Meets 1st Wed- aesday In each month in Pender Hsll, ear. of Pender and Howe streets. Phone Boy. 201. HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EM- ployees, Loeal 28—MeeU every eecond Wednesday in the month at 2:30 p.m. and every fourth Wednesday in the raontt at 8:80 p.m. President, John Cumrainga, ■eoretnry and business sgent, A. Graham. Offlce and meeting hall, OU Pender Bt. W. Phone Bey. 1681. Offlce hours. 8 bjb. to 0 p.ia. ____________ INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S Association, Local 88-52—Offlce and hall, 152 Oordova St. W. Meeta flrst and third Fridays, 8 p.m. Secretary- treasurer, F. Chapman; builneia agent, B. Richards. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS* UNION OF America, Loesl No, 178—Meetings held flrat Monday ln eseh month', 8 p.m. Preaident, A. R. Gstenby; vice-president, D, Lawson; recording seoretary, 0. McDonald, P. 0. Box 608, Phono Seymour 8281L; flnanclal secretary, T. Templeton, P. 0. Box 508. bhli'VAKD LABORERS, RIGGERS AND Fasteners, I.L.A., Local Union 88A, Beries 6—Meets the 2nd and 4th Fridays sf the month, Lsbor Temple, 8 p.m. President, William Maylor; flnanelsl seeretary and busineu agent, M. Phelpa; corresponding aeeretary, W. Lee. Ofliea, Room 207 Labor Temple. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION No. 226— Meets last Bunday of eaeh month at 2 p.m. President, A. E, Robb; vies* president, 0. H. Collier; seoretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, Bos 66. . STREET AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY Employees, Pioneor Division, No. 101 —Meets A. 0. F. Hill, Mount Plcaiant 1st and Srd Mondays at 10.15 a.m. and t p.m. Pnsldent, B. Bigby: recording seeretary, F. E. Griffin, 447—6th Avenue Bast; treasurer, F. Sidaway; Inanelal seeretary and business sgent, W. H. Cottrell, 4808 Dumfries Btreet; offlce comer Prior aai Main Sts. Phoas Mr. 1604 R. Provincial Unions VICTORIA. B. 0. VICTORIA AND DISTRICT TRADES snd Labor Council—Meeta flrst and third Wednesdsys, Knights of Pythias Hall, North Park Street, at 8 p.m. President, E. B. Woodwsrd; vice-president, A. 0. Pike; seeretsry-tressurer, Chrlitlaa Biverls, P. 0. Box 802. Victoria, B. 0. VICTORIA LOCAL UNIT. 0. B. U. Meets first and third Friday eaeh montb at 1424 Government Street. Third Friday open forum. Secretary, E.-Wsterson. PRINOE BUPEBT, B. 0. INTEBNATIONAL JEWELRY WORK- mi' Union—Meets 2nd and 4th Fridays, 205 Labor Temple. President, W. Wllion, 2280 Oranvllle Street; seoretary, X. T. Kelly, 1850 Hastings St. E.; re- eordlng-iecrctary, L. Holdsworth, 639— 14th Bt. W., North Vanconver. LUMBER AND CAMP WORKERS' IN- dustrial Unit of the One Big Union— An Industrial union of all workers In logging snd construction camps. Coast District and General Headuuarters, 61 Cof dova St. W., Vanoouver, B. 0. Phono Sey. T866. E. Winch, goneral secretary- treasurer; legal advisers, Messrs. Bird, Macdonald A Co., Vancouver, B, C.; auditors, Messrs. Buttsr * Chfcne, Vancouver. B. C. PRINCE RUPERT TRADES AND LA- bor Council—Meets second and fourth Tueadays of each month, ln Carpentera' Hall. President, B. D. McDonald; vice- president, A. Ellis: secretary, Geo. Wad- dell. Box 278, Princo Rupert, B. Q. MARINE FIREMEN * OILERS UNIT of tbe 0. B. U. meet ta their union hall at Rooms 8 and 4 Empire Hotel, 70 Halting! East, flrst and third Wednesday In the month. President V. Owens: vice- K'lLdent, D. Csrlln: aeeretary, Earl King. one Sey. 8698. ___________ MILLWORKERS EMPLOYED IN THE Lumber Influntty, organise Into the L. W. I. U. of tho 0. B. U. Millworkers, branches meet aa follows: Tancouver—Lumber Workers' headquarter!, 61 Cordova Bt. W. Every Monday Bew Weetmlnateiv—Labor Hall, cor. Royal Ave. and 7th St. 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8 p.m. fraser Mills—Old Moving Picture Thea- tre, Maillardville. 2nd and dth Thuraday, 8 p.m. Fort Moody—Grange Hall, 2nd Friday, every month, at 8 p.m. PRIXCF4 RUPERT CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL, 0. B. U.—Meeta every Tuesday in the Mclntyre Hall at 8 p.m. Meetinga open to all 0. B. U. memberi. Secretary.treasurer, N. Booth, Box 217 Prince Rupert. B. C. New Tork.—The cap makers organization of Buenos Aires hns sent a letter tu the United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers of America requesting advice and information concerning the methods to adopt ln organization work. The letter states that the Argentine workers after several unsuccessful attempts at establishing a permanent organization are now celebrating the fifth anniversary of their union. Where ls your Union button? MINE, MILL AND SMELTER WORK- era' Unit of the One Big Unloa, Metal- Bferois Miners—Vancouver, B. C, head- Sjisrters, 61 Cordova Stroet West. All Workers engaged tn this Industry sre Bifed to Join the Union beforo going on Ike Job. Don't wait to be organised, but organise younelf. PATTERN MAKERS' LEAGUE OF North America (Vancouver and vloln- er)—Branch meets aecond and fourth ondayi, Room 204 Labor Templo. President, Wm. Hunter, 818 Tenth Ava. North Vancouver; flnanclal aeeretary, E. God- dard, 166 Richards Street; recording secretary, J. P> Russell, 928 Commercial Prive. Phone High. 2204B. 0. B. U. UNIT PILE DRIVERS, WOOD- en Bridgemen, Dorrickmen and Riggers of Vanoouver and vicinity. Meets every Monday, 8 p.m., ln O. 8. U. Hall, 604 Pender St. W. President, T. L. Hewitt; 6 uncial seeretary snd buainess sgent, E. ome. Phone, Seymour 201. PULP, PAPER AND 8CLPHITE WORK- •ra—You need ths Camp Workeri of your Industry. Tbey need you. Organise together ta the 0. B. U, Indntsrlal Unit of your occupation. Delegatea on every Vlb, or write the District Headquarters, 1 Cordova Bt. W., Vaneouvar. Entrance SV 11.00; monthly dues, $1.00, MORRIS SOSKIN BABBISTHE. BOMOITOl. KOIABI - PUBLIC Tolephon. 8ej. 9401 Bom. Phon. B-P 1887L 316 Bt.nd.r4 Buk Bulldlnf 510 Halting. St. W., Vucouw. B, 0. Dr. De Van's French Pills A nllabl. Rtgulstliig PHI for Women, IS • box. Sold .t .11 Prng Storoi, sr m.llrd to .ny ftddro,, on receipt ol prico. Th. Scobell Drug Co., St. O.therlnei, OnUrlo. PHOSPHONOLforMEN Restores Vim ind Vitality; for Nerve and Brain; Increases "gray matter;" a Tonic —will build you np. fa a boi, or two for |6, st drug stores, or by mall on receipt uf price. Ths Scobell Drag Co., St. Oath- nines, Ontario. Ballard's Furniture Store 1024 MAIN STREET Phons Ssy. 2187 We alwayi esrry in itock a good selection of dining-room, parlor, kitchen and bedroom furniture, also linoleum and medium priced carpet (.quart's, rugs, etc. Wo can lave you money as wa ara out of tho high rent dlitrlet. T must be more than fifty years since the mocking' voice of Mr. Matthew Arnold confounded the Victorian optimists by Ingeminating as a aort of refrain ln proof of the wretchedness of society, Wragg is in custody. The pert inconsequence of the trick is not without certain schoolboy effectiveness, and there is something In ita very rudeness, in its genteel adumbration of a "Come off It" or a "Gam," which must commend it to a less elegant later age. One is singularly tempted to apply the method to a modem diarist* whose brilliance combines in a remarkable degree the military wisdom of Clausewltz with the social Ideals of Mr. Stephen McKenna, Colonel Replngton introduces himself with the roguish intimation that his best things have "been omitted on the recommendation of eminent counsel"—happy counsel!—and proceeds to answer with unlimited gusto the old, old question as to what he did ln the Great War. Being a soldier of recognized ability, he waB not employed in any military capacity, but was retained in London to direct the operations on all fronts In thc columns of the Times. His revelations are fltllluting; his daily appreciations of the slowly broadening, deepening, thickening, blackening situation are full of Interest, but one feels that posterity and its historians will value his diary less for its Revelations (they will know the facts) or for its judgments (they will know the truth) than for his contribution to tho social history of England In wartime. He ls perpetually lunching with a few people at the Ritz, dining with a few people at the1 Berkeley; he sees Lady Diana Manners' last appearance In her hospital clothes (they "suited her bo well; she Is very sad about tt") he hears "Lady Randolph in great form, and most bitter against Lord K." One gets through tt all the queer Imprest.ion that one ls watching an earthquake from a seat in a cabaret: the singers grimace and the flat piano tinkles as the great buildings go crashing down outside and the smoke goes up and the flames beneath it and the cries, but one can still hear the piano playing Btalo rag-time. That Is where Colonel Replngton almost provokes one to set the war to a refrain In the manner of Mr,. Matthew Arnold and his in carcerated MIbs "Wragg. A man pulled a Browning pistol on an Archduke and Europe fell ln itself. But Lady Mllly was ln splendid form. Tljree nations reeled fighting across France and young men were taken In ships to die on beaches In Turkey; the lights of great cities were turned low because the world was mad. But 'Lady Mllly was In splendid form. Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Qal- HpoII, Kut, the Somme. But Lady Mllly . . That Is how it strikes one. Colonel Replngton has unintentionally etched his background with an acid that is more biting than his design. Because It Is the acid of bitter truth. This ingenuous diarist 1s perpetually taking us behind the scenes of the world's tragedy, and the visit to the coulisses Is fascinating to the last degree. One sees the coryphees making up for their dazzling appearance behind the footlights f'Wlnston gave me bits of the sort of remarks he would make on the points—very good and penetrating and clever, wtth some flne language. I was told that he has sat up until 4 a.m. with Garvin before his Navy speech. This accounts for the mess he made of lt.M) The sceneshlfters mutter aa thev elbow their way by ("We discussed Max Aitken's peerage. Max had said he was sure there was something coming, for he had cut himself shaving tn the morning and hts blood had been blue.") And sometimes, as one stands wtth Colonel Replngton In the wings, one can catch -a word flutig by a diva to her dresser which explains more than all her divtne roulades: ("R,"~Str William Robertson—"says that L. G. wants a victory quickly, a victory while you wait. He does not care where. Somewhere 'where opinion will be Impressed, like Damascus. R. has told him that Damascus may come in time, when rail and pipe lines are laid, and meantime what about Beersheba? L. G. didn't fancy that Beersheba would catch on, but Jerusalem might! This ts War Cabinet strategy at the close of 1916, and lf we can win on lt we can win on anything.") That Is how they were talking behind the scenes and round the prompter's desk, while thc poor simple souls packed ln the crowded, darkened house ln front were cheering and hoping and praying—and some of them even working and dying. But the collection of anecdotes ls as barren a business as the Juxtaposition of amusing bric-a-brac except when lt illustrates the temper of our present masters. There Is a glimpse of Mr. Lloyd George that ls well worth remembering: He asked me whether there was any single military book published before the war which I found worth reading, I said, "The Book of Joshua and Clausewltz." "And Clausewltz Is only principles," added L. 0. The black Is not Mr. George's. An atmosphere of broader farce is created by a conversation with Marshal Foch—until one remembers that he is not an honored efllgy In the War Museum but an active counsellor in the affairs of Europe: The closo of one day which I spent with him ln 1914, he took me Into his sanctum, and having shut the door, said, ln a most Impressive way, that there was one subject upon which he sincerely desired my opinion. ... I wondered what it could be. Ho took- up a map of northern Europe, spread it out and asked me solemnly how much European territory we should expect for ourselves at the end of the war. In a conversation wtth Francis I., Frederick the Great or Napoleon this enquiry would have had its humor. But In the mouth of Marshal Foch lt Is too rich for laughter, because Marshal Foch Is still alive One does not wonder whon ho complains ln 1919: "President Wilson leads tho Conference and does what he likes. I may not have my Rhino frontier because It ts against Wilson's fine principles. The Right of Property and so when war comes again"— one admires the flne, downright certainty of it—"we shall have flne principles In place of a natural frontier." Observers had always suspected that Marshal Foch regarded the war as a simple episode In the history of France; but the certainty is somehow a trifle disquieting. On the impersonal side Colonel Reptngton's diary la an equally valuable record of tbe war. He had rotated for years ln what are called "well-informed circles," and he had written on military subjects with an intelligence to which they are rarely treated, so that- one is not surprised to find real-Insight ln the thumb-nail appreciations of the changing situation which he entered In hts journal. They show very clearly how the war looked, at every hour of it, from the angle of Whitehall. For 'Colonel Replngton Is pre-eminently a War Office soldier of the most brilliant type. That ls perhaps why he finds little room for praise of Lord Kitchener. His intimacy with the military beau monde enables one to get a unique glimpse at the temper of the British higher command. One is perpetually elbowed as one follows him into the Holy of Holies, by a succession of genial gentlemen with nicknames. There Is "Fatty" Wilson, and "Scatters" Wilson, and "Bockus" Nlcol, and "Putty," and "Rawly," One seems to get the keynote of it all when the diarist adjures Sir William Robertson to "let Archie invade Palestine." It is quite a comfort when one remembers the uprooting of humbler persons to see the cosy bonhomie of high quarters'. And Colonel Replngton would not change lt for worlds even when a casualty list showed that some thoroughly good'fellow had not quite come up to the expectations of his friends: "I cannot get to .hear yet whether there are any more generals who have been kicked out, besides X., Y., and Z. I hope there are no more: it'1ft not at all satisfactory." And it was not. There are moments when one wonders whether Colonel Replngton was living ln reality or In an early story by Mr. Kipling. Whole pages of his brilliant record are Uttle more than cumulative evidence that the perspicacious Mr. Brltltng had seen through lt when he grumbled about the military clique: •< < ■The army had been a thing aloof, for a special end. It Had developed all the characteristics of a qast. It had very high standards along the lines of Its specialisation, but it jtu%. lnada$able and conservative..^ Its exclusiveness was not W; much a deliberate culture is k' consequence of its detached function. ... It saw the great unofficial civilian world as something vague, something unsympathetic, something possibly antagonistic, which It comforted Itself by snubbing' when It dared and trlcWmg ■ when it could, something that projected members of Parliament towards lt and was stingy about money.' Whilst Mr. Wells was writing that In 1916, Colonel Replngton was restating lt night after night In the social entries of his diary. It Is on the social side that this book will live, If posterity knows Its business. One would give whole books of Polybtus for one good picture of a Uttle dinner at Carthage ln the Second Punic War. The talk ln the Saracen tents during the First Crusade, a political host-, ess's diary In the Hundred fears' War, Parisian gossip when the Grande Armee was In the field, these would be tho original sources of true history for which no amount of despatches, documents pour servir, and military biographies are a substitute. Colonel Reptngton's diary will perform that Inestimable service for the historian of the future. Those corner tables at Clarldge's, that charity matinee at the. Alhambra, what the lovely lady said to the statesman, how the pretty widow looked in her weeds, these and these are the ma- terlals which Colonel Replngton pours Into the lap of history with the happiest disregard of solemnity, discretion—and the war. "The only visible signs of war," he wrote on a Sunday In 1917, "are that the men now wear usually short coats and black ties In the evenings, that dinners are shorter, and that servants are fewer and less good." Those, In the happy dlariPt'i judgment, are the only visible signs of war. Well, perhaps. —Philip Guedalla ln the "New Statesman." •The First World War, 1914- 1918: Personal Experiences' of TJcut.-Colonel C. a Court Replngton. Constable, 2 vojs. 42s. net. MICHIGAN LABOR ENDORSE SOVIET Federation of Labor Demands ' /hat Government Keep Hands Off Russia (By Nate L. Welch, Federated Press Staff Correspondent) Flint, Mich.—Unqualified' jep- dorsement of Soviet Russia with a demand upon the United States government for a hands off policy and the lifting of the blockade, recognition of Irish independence, the release of Eugene Debs and all class war prisoners, was demanded in resolutions passed by the Michigan State Federation of i#^or which concluded a five-day session here. The state constabulary and antl-syndlcalist law condomned in vitriolic terms. Political blckjrftig with the old parties by Federation ofllclala was tabooed by an amendment to the constitution prohibiting any officials from bargaining in any wny, shape or form with the old parties. The Farmer-Labor party adherents did not press for an endornement. Carey Ferguson, buslneas agent of the Detroit street car men was elected state president. TIIE MEIGHEN PROPAGANDA The government's scheme of propaganda ls to build up an Imaginary Bolshevik menace In Canada, for the purpose of scaring 'people into voting Conservative, By this misuse of public funds it is evidently hoped that the present dlstator- shlp of thc caucus mny be returned to offlce for anothor five years to draw ministerial salaries of $14,000 and extras per year. CERTAINLY the most Important of the legal rights, from the point of view of economics, Is that of Property. "The right of private property Is the mainspring of the whole mechanism of distribution (of wealth) ln civilized societies."— Gide. As we have already seen, there ate ooncerned ln this right:— 1. The "subject" of the right, that la, the person In whom the right ot ownership is vested. This may be either a natural person or a partnership, or a corporation, which, by the act of incorporation becomes a legal peraon empowered to hold property and other rlghta and, In consequence, to sue or be sued. This person, whether natural or legal, possesses the exclusive right to use and control— 2. The "object" of the right. This may consist of tangible or Intangible goods. Tangible goods would be represented by such things as:— Land, Including water, minerals, timber, hunting and fishing rights. Slaves u'nd other working and domestic cattle. Buildings, machinery, food and clothing. Intangible goods would include such things as: Franchises, copyrights, patent rights, trade marks, "good-will' and special privileges of one kind and another. Then there are stocks, bonds and shares—"credit documents to bearer*." These, of course, are .not themselves wealth but merely legal claims, or evidences of ownership. They are, however, pf very great and increasing Importance In E society'tn which "possession," properly so-called, is giving place to mere ownership. Then there Is: 3. The act or forbearance. This ln the case of property, means that:— 4. The person or persons against whom the right 1b effective must forbear from the use of the object of the right, or forbear from acting in such § manner as to Interfere with ItB use by the owner. This means everybody else. The whole thing boils down to the statement that Property is a right of ownership vested In one man, or set of men, as against the rest of society in respect of some object. In the words, of Marx, lt is a "social relationship." The State conserves and enforces this right. A right without the might to enforce it is no right at all. Consequently, the right lapses when the State withdraws its sanction, or when the State ls destroyed. There ls here no question of "moral rights," These are alleged rights which have no legal sanction or what is left of a legal right upon the subtraction of the legal sanction. They are a matter of ethics or sentiment and, for our present purpose, may be disregarded. Property may be legally acquired by purchase, gift or Inheritance. It may also be acquired by chance or theft which, while not always Illegal, are not generally recognized by law. These means, however, Imply the existence of property rights a'nd do not, therefore, account for them. It la the "original accumulation" for which we have to account. In the last analysis property depends on possession: in the case of land, of occupancy. Possession or occupancy was, as a rule, the result of appropriation generally accompanied by force. The fact of possession is fortified by prescription. That ls to say that undisputed possession for a certain length of time gives a legal right as, for instance, the squatter's right. Then there ls what the lawyers call the right of accession by which "Property In an object, whet* her movable or Immovable, gives a right to all that lt produces, and to all that Is connected with It accessorlly, either naturally or artificially."—Code Civile, Art. 546. This principle ls so Important that Prof. Jenks, In his "History of Politics," defines property as "the right to absorb the various advan tages (known and unknown) which are derivable from a thing." It ls by virtue of this right that the land-owner may claim any Improvements effected on his land, or buildings which may be er'ected by his tenants: that the slave-owner took possession of the'product of the slaves' labor and of any children they might procreate, and that the employer of labor owns the wealth produced by his employees. We see then, as the common saying has It, that possession Is nine points of the law. It ta a fact, however, possessing no moral value whatever. This, of course, does not concern us but is, nevertheless, a matter of some concern to the apologists of the system. For this reason lt has been sought to give the right of property some kind ot moral sanction. We have, therefore, the doctrine of "Natural Right" now, as we have already seen, largely given up. As to this it Is gufflcclent to say that It property be a natural right then lt would be possessed by all men, which Is notoriously untrue, If it be answered that the right of property is merely the right to possess property if one can get it, then the dictrlne of natural rights ls abandoned. Then, again, lt has been attempt* ed to show that property is the result of labor. This also Ib untrue, as It ls notorious that those who labor do not possess, and that those who possess do not labor. Lastly, there is the "Social Utility" argument. That is to say, that tt is In the interest of society that private property should exist. ThiB, as we have already seen, makes property a legal right resting on the general consensus of opinion. In earlier times, as everyone knows, men acted o'n the "Good old rule, the simple plan, That they should take who have the power, , That they should keep who can." Property was then a matter of actual possession. The owner of property had to occupy lt and be prepared to defend lt, arms' in hand lf necessary. The rise and development of the State, however, changed all this, and with the security thus brought about we flnd that possession has given place to a form of ownership depending on the possession of legal documents validated by the State, which en forces the due performance of tho acts or payments indicated tKerein. All of this made necessary a strong, centralized State which has made possible the change from the "money economy" to the "credit economy" In which the exchange of values takes place. It has also brought into being forms of property by means of credit documents and book entries. It has also brought Into being forms of property undreamed at one time. Many of these are of a somewhat unstable nature, such as stocks, bonds and shares, baBed as they often are on such Intangible forms of property as patents, copyrights, franchises, business "goodwill" and so forth. Nevertheless, these things give their possessors the power to levy tribute upon the produce of labor to the extent of thetr1 claims. It will be observed that while this question appears to resolve about the ownership of the land and the accumulated "savings," more or less mythical, of the capitalist class, it is, In reality, a question of the claim of that class to the product of labor. As we have seen, "the occcssory follows the .principle." Thc wealth of the world is produced annually. The machinery of wealth production must be continually renewed from tho same source. This applies even to the land, apart from it's attribute to mere extension (standing room). In brief, the owning classes have a lien "on the entire product of labor extending to alt eternity. In late years this Hen has grown to such an extent that the entire an nual product Is inadequate to meet the Interest. This fact alone Is strangling the system. This explains why the capitalist class cries out so Insistently for Increased production and greater economy— the part of the laborer. It has probably never been true that "a man could do what he liked with his own" and it is leas true now than ever. There are certain limitations Imposed by the State on the right of property, and the number of these hus Increased greatly ot recent years. There Is the right of "eminent domain," by which the State may expropriate land or other property for its own use or1 ln the Interest of some coporation. There are taxation, fines and forfeitures by which the State .confiscates all or part of the property of its subjects. Further, no man may keep his property in a condition or-use lt In such a manner as to constitute a nuisance. These considerations provide further proof that there is nothing sacr'ed about the right of property. The State, which has created theBe rights, finds lt necessary to modify them in the interest of public necessities. Society will have to do a lot more drastic work: of the same kind lf tt desires to avoid the fate predicated for It. L, H. Morgan In his "Ancient Society":— "The dissolution of society bids fair to become the termination of a career of which property is the end and aim; because such a career contains the elements of self-destruction." The capitalist class does not possess the grace to choose the better part. It Is doubtful if" they have the intelligence. I father suspect they may not have the time. —Geordie, In the Western Clarion. Turner, Beeton & Company, Limited WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND IMPORTERS Dry Ooodi, Oents' Furnishing! VICTORIA, B. 0. MANUFACTURERS OF "BIG HORN" BRAND SHIRTS, OVERALLS, Eto. . Factory organlied under "United Garment Workers of America" PATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS HELP ALONG! Patronize Federationist Advertisers Here TUe? Are, Indexed for Tea Mr. Cnlon Man, Out This Out and Olve It to Tour WU* Tisdalls Limited-. Bicycles 1 Billiards Oon Jones (Brunswick Pool Booms) ..618 Hastings Btreet West \ .Hastings Street East Book Stores International Book Storo Cor. Hastings and Columbia Streetaj Ingledew Skoe Store... Boots and Shoes Johnston's Big Shoe House... "K" Boot Shop Pierre Paris.... Wm. Diek Ltd... 16 OranviUe Street. 409 Hastlngi W.; ...319 Hastings Street West! ...64 Hastings Street West; ...Hastings Street Unconventional Sermons by 3. 8. Woodsworth Vancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street Weet.! MacLachlan-Taylor Company 63 Cordova Street Weat! Cornett Bros. _ clarko 56 Hastlnga Street West] Boot Factory Christie Boot Factory BI Cordova Btreet Weet Cafes Golden Gate Cafe Hastings Street O. B. U. Model Cafe 67 Cordova Street Weat; Orpheum Cafe Opp. Orpheum Theatre Chiropractors and Drugless Healers Dr. Wlllard Coates 30-32 Burns Bldg., 18 Hastings Street Weat) Downle Sanitarium, Ltd 16th Floor Standard Bank Bide. Dr. Lee Holder ■ 74 Fairfield Bulldlnf Dr. Edgar W. Moore... 403-406 Carter Cotton Bid*., Vancouver X-Ray Institute 014 standard Bank Building1 Dr. H. Walton 310-311 Carter Cotton Bldg, 188 Hastings St W. Dr. H. Simpson 0 Flack Block Cleaners Ray 233 Keefer Street ] Clothing and Men's Outfitting Arnold te Quigley... 646 OranviUe Street Clumans, Ltd 163 Hastings Street West J Clubb ft Stewart 309-318 Hastings Stroet West B. C. Outfitting Co. „ . - 842 Hastings Street Weat B. C. Tailoring Co 342 HaBtings Bast Wm. Dick Ltd 83-49 Hastings Streot laat 614 OranviUe Street I -.346 Hastings Street West Thos. Foster A Co., Ltd... J. W. Foster ft Co, Ltd... J. N. Harvey Ltd»_ 116 Hutings West and Victoria, B. a C. D. Bruce .-._ „ 401 Hastings Street West New Tork Outsitting Oo. 143 Hastingi Street West W. B. Brumitt.... — .Cordova Street Thomas ft McBain...... . ....... Woodwards Ltd. . —. „ D. K. Book . —_ 117 Hastings Street West Vancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street Weat Coal Kirk * Co, *■*» 929 Main Bt, Seymour 1441 and 461 Dentists Dr. Brett Anderson ......... .'. 602 Hastings Weet Dr. W. J, Curry..........™..— ._ 301 Dominion Building Britannia Beer- Cascade Beer- Drinks Taxi—Soft Drinks... Van Bros ...Westminster Brewery Co. Vancouver Breweries Ltd. .....409 Dunsmuir Street ...Ciders and wines The Acme of Heroism _t\\ THERE liberty dwells, \A/» there is my country," said *" Franklin, but Thomas Paine soared far above him when he exclaimed, "Where liberty dwells not, there ls my country." Frankly, that is the expression ot the highest and most heroic idealism. It reminds one of the teaching of Jesus who was willing to die not for his friends but for' those who rejected and persecuted him. It reminds us of those words of 'Gene Debs repeated at his trial, "While there Is a lower class, I am of it; while there Is a soul In gaol I am not free." (I quote from memory). Paine, the Englishman, struggled for liberty for America and then, voluntarily threw himself Into the surging stream of revolutionary activities ln France. The world has always had lta knights errant. Perhaps they have never directly accomplished much, but surely they have Inspired many of the more practical leaders and maintained the morale of the rank and flle. But much more, they have been able to express the hitherto Inarticulate ideas of the new day. They have uttered a rallying cry; they have held up a standard; they themselves have become a symbol of that for which they strove. But underlying the somewhat romantic Idealism of Paine's words there la discoverable a great social truth. No country any longer lives to Itself. The destiny of England may not be decided by Englishmen, It may be decided by Russians; No Russian armies will not' invade England or conquer India. But the Ideas that have found expression In Russia may determine world fala- ciea and thua ultimately decide the fate of England. One nation cannot rise or fall without involving all others. At our peril we neglect the least important part of our body. The eye cannot say to the feet, "I have no need for you." So In the body politic—as Blake says, "A starved dog at the city's gate fort oils the ruin of the state." Little Englanders and little Canadians are living in a false security when they complacently view the world's storm, saying, "It will not come nigh ua," But among our young men and women are there not thoso of the spirit of Paine who Instead of seeking soft snaps chose rather the most difficult job—are willing to lend even a forlorn hope.— they have their reward! Vanoouver Drug Co.., Drugs Dry Goods ..Any of their six storei Famous Cloak ft Suit Co 623 Hastings Btreet Wert Vancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street West Educational Pltmans Business College 42 Richards Street' Sprott Shaw Business Institute 888 Hastings West Success Business College .Cor. Tenth and Main The Sheldon Institute of Business Science 42-43 Canada Life Bldg, Western Collegiate Institute Third Floor Duncan Building Lasalle Extension University 701 Standard Bank Bldg. B. C, School of Pharmacy and Science 615 Pender West Florists Brown Bros. ft. Co. Ltd.......™.—48 Hastings East and 728 OranvUle Street! ' Funeral Undertakers Harron Bros 2898 Qranvllle Stree; Mount Pleasant Undertaking Co ,. 233 Kingsway Nunn Thomson ft Glogg................................................ 631 Homer Street Hastings Furniture Co... Furniture ...41 Hastings Street West Ballard Furniture Store 1024 Main Street Home Furniture Company 416 Main Street Groceries Broadway Table Supply 522 Broadway East Cal-Van Market '. .'■ ~—Hastingi Street Opposite Pantag'oe "Slaters" (three stores)....... Hastings, Oranvillo and Main StreeU Vancouver Co-operative 41 Pender Street ' Union Public Market 86-37 Hastings Street West S. T. Wallace 118 Hastings Street Wes) Hatters Calhoun's, Ltd 61 Hustings Street Eas. Hotels Central Hotel 42 Cordova Street Baa' Jewelers O. B. Allan 480 Oranvllle Btree Masseurs, Etc. M. F. Eby, B.A., M.B 999 Broadway Weal Musical Instruments Swltjer Bros 312 Hostings Street Wes- Optometrists J. H. Healey 824-825 Birks Building Morris Optical Co Chicago.—More than 1,000 tive Russians has applied at the Chicago passport bureau for per- mission of the-governmont to return to thoir home land. All of these are going to parts of RusBia I under the control of the Bolehe-I Lyttleton Bros... ..549 Qranvllle Street ..119 Hastings Street Wee' vlka. Overalls and Shirts "Big Horn" Brand. —(Turner Beoton ft Co., Victoria, B. 0.) Palmists Madame Hlnger 561 Granville Stree; Madam Johnson 136 Hastlnga Street Wes Printers and Engravers Cowan 'ft Brookhouse .*. . ...............Labor Tempi (Jelland-Dibble. , Towor Buildln/ Solicitors Morris Soskln 316 Standard Bank Bulldlni Stove Repairs Central Sheet Metal Works, Royal Stove Repair Works....560 Cambie Bi Taxi Service Stanley Steam Taxi Co 334 Abbott Strec, Theatres and Movies Empreis Orpheum Panti-f' Transportation I Terminal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd ., .Union Doei FRIDAT Ootober SI, 1980 TWELFTH TEAR. rto. „ THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST vanooovbb, b, c. PAGE SEVEN CREDIT / TOOK PROMISE TO PAY IS OOOD ENOUGH FOB US Men and Women who have Large Families deserve all the - CREDIT they eaa get . And We Give It to Them GLADLY Our stook otters an unusually oomplete showing of WOMEN'S Suits, Dressea, Coats and Waterproofs; MEN'S Suits, Overcoata and Raincoats In oholce profusion, and a complete line of Boys' Clothing. All moderately priced. A SMALL DEPOSIT, the balanee on EASY TERMS. utfithng^ 342ne$ti^3 3tWe3t- con. MOMtie ar phonc aevetss. otters from an Okanagan Rawnch My Dear Percy,—I wrote yoa ibout the farmera' convention at 'entlcton and the trouble we had In drawing up our platform. I un- aerstand all phases of the Oriental question, the Japa and Chinks, you know, but this tariff board in our platform gravels me completely. }ld dear. Now that the farmers are going Into politics I will have to brush up on political economy and ill that sort of thing because, really, old chap, the more I think. It ovor the worse I get balled up. When we were together at dear old Oxford you always were a dab at political economy and perhaps lf I explain the situation you can help me to get lt straightened out. Nobody wants to bother about the beastly tariff anyway, aa lt la an awful bore, I assure you, old thing, but MaoKelvie saya lh the Vernon News that lt le to be the main Issue ln this campaign and so of course we will have to discuss lt. It seema that in every campaign It la quite the proper thing to have a burning Issue, the hotter the bot* ter, and the tariff la alwaya handy when needed. The government lends a tariff commission all over Canada tn prove to us Juat how hot an isaue it really la. When the government here rune up agalnit a troublesome proposition whloh lt «annot solve lt appoints a commla- •tbn to travel over the country at considerable expense, heaves a sigh of relief and says. "There, thank Ood, that's settled." Nobody ever heara of the commission after- "warde, but the members have a nice trip anyway. The whole thing reminds me of those slap-stick articles actors .sometimes use on the stage In low Comedy. They make an awful row hut don't hurt any to speak of. The government brings out Its slapstick marked "Protection" and the Liberals have a e!m!..ir one whloh used to be labeled "Free Trade aa they have it in England," but which ls now "Tariff for revenue only." The noise ls deafening and the air la simply full of feathers and gore, but after lt Is all over they -wink at each other and put their slap-sticks carefully behind the door ready to be dragged out again at the next campaign. However, the protective tariff ii a splendid thing for us rawnchers aa lt gives us thirty cents a box on our apples, ao those bally American fruit growers will not be able to sell their applea to the prairie hayseeds below the cost of production. iThls ts one of the main boards in bur platform, but I want to know, old chap, does that mean below their cost of production or uurs? If they sell applee below their coat et production how are they going ,to make a proilt unless they make It on the wrapping paper and the box? And If their apples are not vrapped they can't mako so much, ia they have only the bally box to ;o on. If it means that thoy can ■ell below our cost of production hen they must be ablo to produce or less because their automobiles, farm machinery and material of til kinds cost them less. It puzzles mo completely, old chap. Cholly Pltz Herbert and I have talked It over by the hour, but we don't seem to be able to flnd the answer. Cholly went down to Cro- ville not long ago and discovered that, the Overland car which cost him |H85 could be bought there for $1010. Now he spends all his time figuring how many boxes of apples at thirty eents a box lt would .take to make up that difference ot $446. He saya it looks to him as it the manufacturers soaked us up to the limit and then gave us back thirty cents as an exact designation of what we looked like. He alao says that the manufacturers give us a little protection so that we will think our Interests are not the eame as the hayseeds on the prairiea. Divide and rule, you know. Cholly belongs to on* of our best families, but the poor boy always was more or leas ot a' silly ass. Everyone knows that the manufacturers don't beneflt by protection, They have full page advertisements In all papers to prove tt and of course the newspaper* wouldn't He about a little thing Ilk* th* tarlS. O sugar, of court* notl I listened to one of thoae beastly Socialist agltatora the other day and really, old chap, I waa quite put out at hi* remarks. Thl* Is about what he said and I leave It to you, old dear, If.b* didn't treat our 'sacred thrift Issue with disrespect: "Th* who!* industrial world la Ilk* a volcano which may erupt at any moment, and all you Okanagan rawnchers can do Is to sit on the edge, twiddle your thumbs and concoct a platform which Is Just about a* virile a political document a* a gam* of eeny, meeny, mlney, mo. w* told you what would happen to you with the Oriental question, but all you could ae* was th* patty gain ot the moment. Now whil* Anatole Frano* aays that Europe ls dying and the capitalist, system Is tottering to Its fall, all you have to offer as a measure of statesmanship ls 'thirty cents a box tariff on apples.' If you had sense enough to organise your distribution In order to eliminate the middleman you could save a spread of five or six times that amount. "Aa a matter ot fact the whole protective tariff la simply one ot the ways ln which the farmer ls scientifically and remorsely skinned without making lt too plain where all his epidermis is going to. So far aa you Okanagan rawnchers are concerned, you take fn thirty cents with one hand, pay out a dollar with the other, and then holler your heade off for «ur glorious protective tariff and the system which bleeds you. After all, what does the tariff amount to, anyway? England has free trade and Canada protection, and In both countries the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. As soon as you know enough to take over the means ot production and distribution so you can realise the fall value of your product, your tariff Issue will vanish into the thin hot air from which lt-springs." Now, I admit, old chap, that there ls a great deal of tosh, about the tariff question, but those 'Socialist ohap* have such a rude way UNION « OFFICES This Official List of Vancouver Allied Printing: Offices CAN SUPPLY TOU WITH THB ALLIED PUNXXNO TEADES UNION LABEL BLOCHDERQEB, P. R. 819 Broadway East..... Fairmont 208 B O PRINTING ft LITHO. CO., Sroytho and Homor.— Seymour 3283 CITIZEN, The, 1461 Broadway ,W -~ BnyVlew 3fi7 CLARK & STUART, 320 Soymour Street — „.,.Beymirar d COWAN & BROOKHOUSE, Labor Templo Building Seymour MOO DUNSMUIR PRINTINO CO., 487 Dunmnulr Street Seymour 1108 KVANS k HASTINGS, 578 Seymour Btreet Seymour IM JEFFEKV, W, A., 2108 Parker Sireat—. Highland 1137 LATTA, R. P., World Building Soymour 10B9 MAIN PRINTINO Co., 3851 Main Street Fairmont 1988 McLENNAN, McPEELT, 09 Cordof* Stroet Eaat .Seymour 6080 M1TCHKLL-POLEY, LTD., 129 Hatting! Straet Weat. Soymour 1085 MORRIS, J. F., 523 Granville Street . 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HOUSTON, Bame address. ! E New Ideas Demand Full Medical Freedom The question of medical freedom Is one that la causing considerable thought throughout thla Province. In view of the prosecution of drugless healers, whose cases have not yet been settled. Numbers of oeo- ple have been bneflted by the treatment that they have .received by tht drugless physicians, and are determined that some remedy must be provided by legislation for the present situation, claiming that the people have a right to be treated by whom they desire for thoir ailments. In the United States, the flght for medical freedom is also being carried on as witness the following indications: Down In Texas, plain Pat Neff who believes and supported medical frbedom, had a plurality of 80,000 over Senator Bailey, a prominent politician, who wa*s closely allied with the medical trust. - In Michigan the medical trust fought General A, G. Grossberk. Mr. Grossberk got in bad with the medicos because he would not consider all children wards of the state, and announced that he believed in the fullest freedom of thought for all citizens alike. He'was therefore nominated for governor, and will bo elected by a vast majority. In Washington, Governor Louis F. Hart, who signed the drugless physicians' bill, rectlve.d the nomination in the primaries by a plurality of 8000 votes. In Austin county, Washington, Dr. Frank P. Lint, a prominent ohirapractor physician received the nomination for state senator. The following article appeared In a recent issue of the Christian Science Monitor: "Urging parents and citizens to stand for medical freedom and against the domination of professional and commercial medication through aggressive medical propaganda, the Public School Protective League calls attention to a'bulletin issued by the County Medical Association of Los Angeles^ which proposes to perfect an organization for the 'Conservation of Public Health/ and the immediate objec* tive' of which Is to defeat the anti-vivisection bill and the constitutional amendment for anti- compulsory vaccination. The organization ia not to'be temporary, according to tha Bulletin, but 'permanent, efficient and ■eml-mili- tary,' for the purpose of defensive, offensive and constructive work. "Let each old member and each new( member of the league tax himself to the uttermost la this year's contribution/' states tho bulletin, and continues: "it ls a crucial moment. Failure means the retardation of medical progress in California for perhapi a generation. Success meana that the forces of darkness, reaction and greed, which have massed against scientific medicine, will be so curbed and chained that they will cease to be, hereafter, a serious menace ln the life of the community, and scientific medicine can continue its normal evolution without the hn- drance and distractions it has been subjected to in the pastf In a debate on the anti-compulsory vaccination amendment at the Commonwealth Club of this city, the following statements were made: "The question of the amendment Is not as to the virtue of vaccination, but whether vaccination should be forced on those that do not care for it. The amendment does not Interfere with the right of people to enjoy vaccination, lf they believe in it, but this is a proposition of forcing lt upon others who do not care for t. So I fepeat that the Issue ls not as to the virtue or the necessity of vaccination in any sense. The lsue is on whether vaccination should be compulsory. Everybody knows that vaccination carries extreme risk to the subject. It ls not a safe remedy, it is not safe in. any sense. Vaccination ls a debatable measure, any way you put it. The medical authorities are divided upon it; perhaps a majority of doctors agree that It is better th?£ non-vaccination, but they all understand and everybody knowd that vaccination carries ' extreme danger. It brings sickness, it in- noculates sometimes with loathsome diseases, and incidentally It brings death to the subject. Now, a practice that carries so much danger and is, debatable as to Its being a good preventive, certainly ought not to be forced upon people who don't want it, especially when we. remember that those who believe ln It may have it." The Public School Protective League calls special attention to the fact that the amendment la seeking exemption for all those who depjro exemption, and especially the students of tho universities we at present must submit to •Vaccination as a rule of entry, the university claiming to be above the law of exemption which obtains in the lower schools. Why did all patriotic corporations wait for Henry Ford, whose patriotism has always beon under a cloud, to start serious price-cutting? The U. S. department of justice ha to ntake an Inquiry Into what use Bolshlviki money, now entering the States, ls being ptft. Propaganda is suspected. of putting things. They ought to be abolished, they really ought. Eelshaazar, my pet goat, ls quite recovered, but. I am afraid he will come to an untimely end some day. He wasn't satisfied with eating a whole copy of the Vernon News and nearly killing himself, but I caught him the other day eating te labol off a tin1 of lye, no doubt because the taste was so similar. Tou wanted to know how I came to call him Belshazzar. Well, I cal Ihlm Belshazzar, old chap, because, like most of the other goats In the Okanagan, he can see tho handwriting on the wall but hasn't brains enough to know what It means. Well, Ta! Ta! old chap. Cheerio. Yours, CHAUNCEY. MEXICO AND: I Of tl Imperialists of America Hare Their Eyes On . Political Wealth If War Is Necessary Then On With the War for Oil (By Arthur Thomson) In faoe of all the favorable newspaper reports about conditions. ln Mexico, lt may seem ridiculous at this time to talk of intervention. But things are not always what they seem. It so happens that ln face of all this eulogistic talk there ls the same grave menace of Intervention hovering over Mexico that has threatened the Mexican people for the past ten years, air though lt has not yet openly showed its hand. , Now, the most menacing for'elgn Intervention Mexico has had to deal with have been the oil interests of tlio United States and Great Britain, particularly those of the United Stages. These oil interests hold vast oil-producing lands in Mexico, principally in the Tamplco district, and they have been of re-. cent years the backbone of the intervention drives against Mexico. Dodging the payment of taxes to the Mexican authorities has been a favorite eport of their.", and which they threaten to do against the present Mexican government. And on top of that they have long desired free and unbridled reins, to' exploit the oil lands of Mexico to their hearts' content, but which the Mexican poople have not seen flt to allow them to do. And because theso huge petroleum octopuses have not been able to suck the oil out of Mexico unrestricted, their agents have carr ried on a propaganda, insidious and otherwise, for armed intervention by tht United States. They have been quiet for the past few months, but how long will they stay quiot? Oil is the most valuable product in the world today. Millionaires are being made almost overnight by oil. The oil Industry has supplanted the steel Industry as the most profitable and valuable. Industry must have oil. And oil magnates of the world are struggling with each other for control of that oil Money in Otl The oil imperialists are the most powerful in the world today; certainly they are ln the United States. The Standard Oil Co. is the richest thing in America." Standard Oil atock ls quoted away over 600. Dividends are tremendous. The Standard declared about 600 per cent, dividend, while one oil concern declared a dividend of over 1100 per oent for the past year. There is money lo oil An because there is money In oil flnanclal magnates are straggling for control of that oil. The oil financiers of Great Britain are stir-. veylng the world for prospective xoil fields, and are buying up all prospects they can lay hands on. The same with the United States. Only the British financiers have the al- vantage of the Americans on -account of the world-encircling state of the British Empire, while American Imperialism is much moVe limited. There has even been talk of this struggle for oil supremacy leading to war between England and the United States. Now, Mexico has the most valuable oil fields ln the world. Wells In the Tamplco district are known to produce 75,000 barrels"t.nd more a day, while the largest wells In the United States fall far1 below that. In California the Standard OU Co. owns the largest and most productive well and that only flows about 5000 barrels a day.- So Tamplco means money! And because it means money, oil financiers are prepared to go to the limit to'control that oil. If obstacles come ln their path, then those obstacles will be ruthlessly brushed p.side. If wai* is necessary to remove thest obstacles, then on with tho war! • Worked for Intervention During the past throe years the otl producers of America, with'Interests in ^Mexico, have worked. tooth and nail to bring about intervention In Mexico. Most of their propaganda has been of ap insidious and underground nature. They have had paid writers flood the press with articles and "news" about conditions below the Itlo Grande, mostly of a lying and misrepresenting character. A director of their propaganda admitted befort a senate Investigating committee that he was paid 920,000 a year. They have organized asso-„ ciations for the "protection of American rights" ln Mexico, and enlisted membership all over the United States. And with this powerful organization they have wielded the big stick before Congress and the Mexican people. Particularly Offensive The Mexican constitution contains an article—Article 27—that is particularly offensive to the oil Interests. This article put final control of the otl and other mineral deposits in the hands of thai Mexican people. This'the oil Inter- ests don't like, because it means that they cannot have free and unbridled reins to do as they please regardless of the Interests of the poople. pertain spokesmen of the oil people have recently openly said that the Mexican government must not be recognized until Mexico radically changes its constitution, particularly those articles offensive to capital. Which mennfl that lf the new regimo will allow the oily Johns and other foreign interests to overrun Mexico such as they did during the Diaz dictatorship, these interests will withdraw opposition to recognition. Otherwise look out for squalls. But it is not likely that the Mexican government will allow Mexico to be overrun by these Interests. They may as well tell Washington tr, hoist the Stars and Stripes over 5 ON I CM «j» "Yellow Peril" Be- -comes Costly to Cans- '„■'. ' dian Railroads Much has b.en spoken and writ- ton regarding the dangers et an invasion from the Orient. Labor on tke western side of this continent has persistently endeavored to stop or at least lessen the coming in of Chinese and Japanoso workers. Such endeavors have not been very successful. The C. P. R. and the C. N. R. have recently been importing great numbers of Chinamen for work on tbe roadbeds. All along the railways are groupa of the "heathen Chinee" grading, laying rails, replacing ties, ete. Once this work was considered a elosod shop for the Italian, and then eame other European races; now section work 1* passing almost exclusively into eelestlarhonds. And how Is It working out?. A section foreman of long experience Informs The Searchlight that he has now under/ his control a party of £8 Chinamen. With thla number he tells us he Is only able to keep In repair a stretch of track which formerly was well kept up by 11 European workers. We asked him lf this was becauso the Chinamen did not have the necessary strength and skill. His reply waa brief, and it set us thinking: . 'Wo," said he, "that Is not the reason. The Chink savees." The Chink "eaveea"! A few days later it was our privilege to meet a Chinese Interpreter, a bright-eyed, emlling, woll-groom-' ed Individual. Wo had a talk with him in regard to the labor situation and the coming in of so many of his countrymen to tlie industrial life of this country. We found that the interpreter knew the ways of the' world and was neither provincial nor national In his outlook. He knew more of the labor problem than any coal operator in this district—which, really, la not saying very much, after all. The Interpreter assured us that the "white worker" need not fear the competition of the Chinamen hi ,the labor market. "You will find," said he. "that the Chinaman Is not suoh a fool as many might think he is; he will not ln the hour he works for forty cents do more than fo^ty. centa' worth of work." 'And there we leave the question ot.JlThe Yellow Peril" for our read- ern^to ponder over.—Searchlight. HOUR DAY Convention Instructs Offi- 'Cers to Study Indus* trial Unionism (By Nicholas Klein, Federated Press Correspondent) Cincinnati. — The six-hour day and the abolition of night work will be the object of a nation-wide campaign by the Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International union. Speakers in favor of tho resolution denied that the' adoption of a six-hour day and the elimination of nght work would justify increased prices for bread or cause derangement in the baking industry. Closer affiliation of workors In all the food industries was favored, as wasf closer connection with the bakery and confectionery workers of' Mexico, A resolution calling upon the United States government to recognize the SoVlet government of Russin was adopted 'at the closing session. Protest was recorded against all anti-strike legislation. After an address by Miss Lucy Roberts of New York City, the convention instructed its Goneral executive board to donate $500 to the fund being used to secure amnesty for'all political prisoners. The officers were Instructed to study Industrial unionism und report at the next convention. (By the Federated Press.) Auckland, N. Z.—" Hois' Monthly Magazine, a paper published at Melbourne, Australia, \Vlth rationalist, Socialist and antl-mllltarlst views is still prohibited; from importation In New Zealand. The comptroller of customs announces that the war-time ban wtll be continued. Bremerton, Wash.—A movie theatro owned and controlled by or- ganfssefl labor, with a capital stock ■ot ?100,000, is being started here, following the success of a similar vertluro in Soattlo. What about renewing your sub.T Mexico City and bo dono with It, agsip allow American oil and othor Interests to do as they pleased and exploit the Mexican peoplo unchecked. .JJ., looks very much liko troublo aheud for Mexico. When tl.e_j>il Interests seo that they cannot go lit .and plunder unchecked, they are gpljig to call for intervention. They have already disputed the* fact that tiiey. owo money to Mexico for taxes. It la not settled yet. Thoy kep,l a paid bandit for months dur- iijg'llie last adminiatration to keep taxation from tlieir door and they may try to do the same thing again ilf.lpey don't get their own way, Anyhow, keep your eyes peeled after the presidential election. If Mr. Harding gets elected, you can expect a "severe" policy towards Mexico—something along tho order of "Blood and Iron." Tho Republicans are strong on that, and they all endorse Senator Fall's report on Mexico—Including Mr. Harding. Senator Fnll owns $75,000 worth of mining stock ln Mexico, and believes that Mexico will no(ver bo free nnd flt for, civilization until ll flies tho American flag. T imd particular occasion to flnd this out, al I went beforo his Bentite "inveh* tlgatlng" committee to testify when it Was In Los Angeles last March. If the next president and congress adopt Senator Fait ns their guide, then its rocks ahead for Mexico. START ESPERANTO CLASSES IN MY Campafgn for International Language Is Launched A meeting of those Interested ln Esperanto was held ln the Electrical Workere (Looal 218) quarters, at 440 Pender Street West, o% Wednesday, Ootober 13, lit t p.m. Meetings will be held'at the same place every Wednesday evening until further arrangements are made. The thanks of the Esper- antlsts are due to the members of Local 213 in placing the hall at their disposal for these meetings. There aw a good many students and advocates of Esperanto in Vancouver and it ts. expected to have a well organized and healthy body here In the near future. It Ib hoped to have several . classes going shortly, depending of course on tlie amount of pupils desirous of learning the language. It Is often asked what ts Esperanto and who started it, and so on. Esperanto is an International auxiliary language and the aim ls not to supplant, but to supplement all others. Esperanto was Invented by a Polish Jew, Dr. Zamenhoff by name, who afterwards called himself Dr. Esperanto, the word meaning "one who hopes," -The flrst mention we have of a language of this sort Is ln 1029, when a monk conceived the Idea. Later another monk invented a language callod Volapuk. This was a German, and his language gained great popularity, but waned owing to It not being scientific and being constantly ohanged at each succeeding convention. On-the contrary, Esperanto has not been changed, nor has it been found necessary to change It except ln some very small particulars, since Its inception. The language is simple, helng scientific, easily learned and easily remembered. Perhaps to -no one Is Esperanto of more service than tq the non- grammarian. It gives him for a minimum expenditure of time and money a valuable insight into the principles of grammar and the meaning of words, while enabling him, after only a few months of study, to get Into communication with hla fellow men ln all parts of the world. Zarftenhoff conceived the Idea through being brought up ' in a town whose population was of four distinct races: Poles, Russians, Germans and Jews, each with their own language and mostly at open enmity with each other, therefore he reasoned they hated because they did not understand each other. The movement has grown since 1887 until today tt ls spoken and read tn almost every country In the world. It is taught at public schools, at colleges, labor schools and classes, Socialist schools, church schools, publicly and privately in every country. The idea appeals to every Internationalist, be he or she a worker, a Christian, a social reformer, a League of Nations enthusiast, or what not. It will also appeal to the banker and business man when he sees the vnluo of It Our mathematics ls International, - scientific terms are written In Latin by scientists the world over, and our music ls the same, wherever music is played or sung. Who has not listened to and enjoyed a piece of music and never uven thought of it being French, German or anything else? It is music and Is the same In all lands. Tet once every country had different notation and we may well suppose a great deal of criticism was levelled at the man who advocated and finally accomplished the Idea of making our music like we have it today, international. So by all means learn Esperanto. You will beneflt yourself, you will Improve your mind and memory, and holp to brihg nearer the day when men Bhall be united together In a real League of Nations. BY PEACE Militarists Have Much to Lose by Kusso-Polish i Peace (By Laurence Todd) (Staff Correspondent for tho Fed- . crated Press) Japan's militarist Imperialism has much to lose by the making of peace between Russia and Poland, In the opinion of diplomats hero. Theso diplomats will not at present permit themselves to bo quoted on so grave a situation as that in lho Far East, but thore is coming Into their hands every day a mass fif information which proves that the triumphs of the Nipponese mailed flat In Asia, as against their sister nations, nA) to ho short-lived. .Even that war-tested compact, the Anglo-Japanese alliance, now run nlng out, may not bo renewed in its old strength. When Britain ceases to back up Japanese conquests ln China, Korea and Siberia, and when Russia ls free to restore her old Siberian bonudaries, and to establish friendly relations with her neighbors ln Asia, the menace of militarist Japan to Asia, and to the United States, will have Russian peaco In Europe spells ultimate authority in Vladivostok, which will moan a free Korea, and will hasten the day of a free, unit cd and sovereign China. It may bc years, but lt Is on the way. Assayers, Prospectors and Surveyors The B.C. School of Pharmacy & Science Crow.BtiI.un, 615 PENDER ST. W. n«tS«jr.U4l A separate Department to fir. PRACTICAL training to ttf. ■ pcetors, Assayera aad Surveyor* —I. heen aataMtabad IB IM < above institution. .','* INDIVIDUAL HELP W OUR MOTTO. Any nan who haa ambition ta Improve hit poeltlon yrtli tai tM opportunity here. Theae are PRACTICAL eoureee Mr PRACTICAL maa by PRA» TICAL Lecture™. It la not merely theoretical work -which could be obtained from books,' The department la ln charge ot Mr. Stanley Poulda and Mr. M- P. Wilaon, D.L.S., who have apent many yeara at tha work. Por particular! writ* or call on the Principal, P. J. BAIN. NOTE—Aa a prool ol en mttbodi, Ike fellnrle, ni.lt. wn* eUalaed if aa duiln, th. put yeu: lit pl.ee la the B; O, Un* lemren' Maall Iat pise, in B. O. Laid flurv. jrori' Preliminary; at plat* ta A. 0. Vait. AMMed Solent. Ent.; lit place in B. G. Minor aal Major Fkanaaeri Iat plaee fa B. 0.. Law Preltnln.iT. ' __^__^__ FEATHERSTONHAUGH A CO. lite Old Established firm . Patenta Trade Marks Designs Copyrights 10IS ROGERS BUILDING BUY. MM Other ««cei—Ottawa, Toronto. MontMaL BamllMa, WlaalpM, Hslltll. Bt. JohOj In Q*..d.j New Tork .el WMbl.etq.. P. O . U. 0 A. Will Send Organizers East and West to Open Branches Winnipeg, Man.—Th* medical relief committee for Soviet Rusaia and Ukraine in thla dty la going ahead with lta work. Tha road la hard, but lt ia being gradually covered. At the last meeting held on October 7 it whs decided to print a small pamphlet, giving ae wide a range of information aa possible, aa to the reaaona for the necessity of Russia and Ukraine now appealing for aid. This pamphlet la now on tha press and will be ready for distribution about the end of thta week. The committee also deolded to send delegates East and West, who will form local committees it all possible points and hold meetings wherever possible. Comrade G. B. Currle, who recently arrived from Great Britain, and another comrade not yet appointed, will undertake the work In the Bast Comrade P. W; Kaplan,' chairman of the preaa oommlttee, la leaving In a few daya for the West. In the capacity of apeolal organizer. It la eipeoted that thai*'delegatea will be successful ln forming locals and generally enlarging tha scope and elforta of the Canadian branoh of the medical relief committee for Soviet Rusaia and Soviet Ukraine. The committee In this city at preaent constitutes a committee of all but one ot the loeal labor organisations, and meeta every Thursday evening In the Ukrainian' Labor Temple. Are TOU, fellow workers, willing to asalst In thia effort to relieve, to aome extent, at least, the suffering . of the Russian and Ukfalnlen working people? There is a blank In this paper for TOU. Fill It out with the largest sum you can possibly afford and mall same to the secretary. See "that the secretary sends you a canvasalng receipt book and then proceed to solicit contributions from your friends, acquaintances and fellow- workera you meet, and by doing thla work of relief you will ba contributing towarda humanity, toward* th* aafeguardlng of tk* whole world agalnat the apread east and w«*t of th* plague now raging In Russia and Ukraine, Tea will be doing service-to thi {lusalaa and Ukrainian brothers and abv t*i», «ad will ther.br be doing a servlo* to yourself. Work for tM fund. Se* that It grow*. It I* to your beneflt Just to remind you lhat It only eotta to cent* to get "Behind tM Bare" from thla office. PAY THE EASY way; TOU CAN \ Furnish TOUR HOME ON Credit We Truat Ton W* allow very SABT TERMS and wa treat you right la •very way, aell- Ing you th* bast ot gooda at Ih* moat moderdt* of price*. Com* and an. HOME ■ Furniture Co. I H^ 41* MAIN ^M ^^ Opposite City Hall)|^r For Twenty Tsars w* tave Urns* this Uaiea Slam, tu tte aadar on VOLUNTARY ARBITRATION CONTRACT VWORKERS UNION OUB STAMP HNTOBBII PMCtfBl Oellertlr. Bargaining tabids Beth 8Mke< aad Lockoeta Dispute, Settled by ArMtwtion Steady Emtiojmeet aad Skilled Werkaaasalf Prompt DMlMrtM to Dm1.m aad PaMle Peace nnd Sncceis to Worksrs aad Employers Prosperity of Skoe KsUng OmmunlHM As loyal anion men sad veaen, we ask yon to demand shone tearing tk. above Union Stamp oa Sole, Insolo or Lining. BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' UNION 246 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. OolUs LoTely, O«no»l Preildwrt. Ohatlw L, l».n«, Choml Sic.-Trwj, UNIOI^TAMP UUION MADE The 1 M.T. Loggers' Boot Hall ordm personally attended to Guaranteed to Hold Caulks and Are Thoroughly Watertight MacLachlan-Taylor Co. Successors to H. VOS & SON 03 CORDOVA STREET WEST, VANCOUVER, B. O. Next Doon to Loggers' Halt Phono Seymonr SSO Repairs Done While You Watt -!- PATRONIZE FEDERATIONIST ADVERTISERS Fresh Ont mowers, Funeral Designs, Wedding Bouquets, Pot Plant! Ornamental and Shade Trees, Seeds, Bulbs, Florists' Sundries Brown Bros. & Co. Ltd. FLORISTS AND NURSBBTMEN 8—STOEEB—8 48 Baitings Street Eait 728 OranvUle Street Seymoar 988-672 Sermour 0613 After .being on strike since September, 1919, lho demands of the Tailor's Union of Portland, Ore., havo been granted. This is thc last union of all the coast cities to return to work. Tho union has been running Ub own tailor' shop now be converted Into a co-opera- for a considerable timo; this will tivo shoD. UNION-MADE FOOTWEAR When you co to buy a pair of shoos do you insist on seeing the label? When you come to this store you can get Just the shoe you want and It wtll have tha label THT C9 THE NEXT TIME The Ingledew Shoe Company 000 GKANVIIJjE STHEKT "Unlon-Mndo Footwear" PAGE EIGHT twelfth year. no. ti THE BHTITSH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. o FRIDAY... ...October 11, Itlll CLAMAN'S STORE NEWS Boyi' Dept., Seoond Floor Here's Big Overcoat News THERE ate three styles to select from. The Young Men's Double- breasted, form-fitting model, with silk yoke lining; a big storm-proof Ulster, full lined' and belted; the favorite loose-fitting Raglan with wide skirt and full back, Shown in all sizes, and the newest weaves and . patterns $30 and $35 OTHERS AT $37.50 140 $45 $50 to $75 THE HOME OF Hart Schaffner and Marx Clothes Claman's LIMITED Copyright 1920 Hart Schaffner & Man The Home of DURWARD OVERCOATS 153 HASTINGS STREET WEST Canada's Largest Exclusive Storo for Meu nnd Boya Full Term Will Have to Be Served (Continued from page 1) thoie who do not see below the surface. He adds: "The trades unions continue to be the centre of attack by those ln oil countries who would substitute direot action and revolutionary methods for orderly progress through constitutional changes. .■ x DANCING LESSONS PRIVATE OR CLASS v W. E. Fenn's School COTILLION HALL Phonea: Bey. 101—Sey. SOM-0 Social Dances Monday, Wedneaday and Saturday. Not only are the trades unions being attacked by these groups locally and nationally, but attempts are now being made to destroy the International Federation ot Trades Unions itself, in which the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada holds membership, by substituting another federation with headquarters at Moscow, and then through that body destroying the effectiveness of the International Labor Offlce, a connection of tha League of Nations." A Russian Campaign The extent of the propaganda of the Russian radicals ls Indicated ln the following statement issued by the body which ts working to supplant the present International Federation: "Be lt .known that we regard those leaders of tradea unionism as our claas enemies who are ot opinion that negotiations and compromise will solve the social problems; who seriously think that capitalists will hand over the means of wealth production on the achievement of working-class ma- BLUE SERGE SUITS AT $50.00 Color absolutely guaranteed at FASHION-CRAFT Thos. Foster & Co., Ltd. —ONE &TOHE ONLY— 514 GRANVILLE STREET BURBERRY O'COATS DURWARD O'COATS jorlty in Parliament; who think that trades unions can remain neutral at a time of collapse of the old social order and at a time when the destiny of the world ts being determined; and who preach social reconciliation at a time of rabid class warfare. "We shall employ the moat stubborn resistance tn order to defeat them and their manoeuvres. The International Council of Trades Unions and the International Federation of Trades Unions at Amsterdam stand on different sides of a barricade: one on the side of social revolution and.the other on the side of reaction. "What have the trades unions of both great and small nations done during the course of the war? How have they carried out the solemn pledge of international solidarity of the working class fraternity? The trades unions mostly became the pillars of Jingo policy on the part of their respective governments; they worked hand ln hand with bourgeoise national rogues hnd aroused in the minds of the workers the basest of chauvinist Instincts. "It is well that the source from which this Red propaganda springs should be macfe known, continues Mr. Moore's statement. The stabilizing influences of bona- flde trades unions is fully realized by these would-be wreckers of society, and lt Is necessary not only for trades unionists, but all other classes, to realize the dangers that He ahead. The* propaganda directed from Moscow cannot be killed by ignoring it. The boat method Is the fullest publicity and trust ln the sound commonsense of Canadian citizens to do the rest when tbey once fully understand its final objective." Celebrate First Labor Day in Mexico (Continued from page 1) PAY THE EASY WAY FLUSH OOATS In ths newest Fall style*. A rare bargain at from 148.00 A Perfect Credit Service THAT IS A Credit to Vancouver IT'S the ono grand Bystem thot has made thousands of poople in this city happy tind contented, because there are no obji-c- tionablo features In buying clothes the "NEW TORK" way- It's simply a mutual method whereby you can obi ain the best of clothes to wear on terras M low as 16.00 down and the balance at 9&;6Q par week. You pay nothing for tbe convenience of oredit because oar prices, considering quality, aro as low, If not lower, than you aro aaked to pay in many cash stores. As an example of values we offer the following .specials for to* Morrow:— MSN'S OVEBOOATS Another big shipment has Jnst arrived. Styles and cloths to suit all ages, epeeial from 936.00 ap. Also many other lines of Ladies' Coals In various fnahlonahlo styles snd fabrics, at popular prices. I _____ I THE CREDIT STOBE OPPOSITE PROVINCE | 14a HASTINGS STBEBT WEST Soymour 1361 ot the balconies of the ptilacc. Col. Vlllareal had carried the banner Into the palace and coming directly out on the balcony, planted lt (Irmly beside Sotoy Guma who,had begun to speak. At tho same time a group of workora had Invaded the Cathedral towers, and taking possession of the forty immense chimes, began to ring them in honor of the occasion—the (Irst time they had rung since the triumphal entry of Obregon into Mexico City last May. Viva Russia! Sotoy Goma, the first spoaker, could get no further after he announced "On the horizon we can see the red dawn that riBes from Russia .... for his speech was lost In.the din of the cathedral bells and the shoutings of "Viva Russia." Luis Morones followed with, a masterful attack on tho presB; he got ns far as: "We have but one watchword—organization; but one purpose—the destruction of the capitalist system and all it stands for; but one ling—the red Hag . . . " and his speech, too, was drowned out by tho ringing of bells and the "vivas" of the crowd. Politicians—Gentlemen Rums Then came Felipe Carrllo advising the paraders that manifestations backed up by solid political and industrial organization will do away with congresses—"Conglomerations of gentlemen bums," with supreme courts, with private commerce and Industry . . . and. across tho broad plaza, burning tn the midday sun of the tropica, the boils rang out their delirious approval. The din of the chimes made further speaking impossible and the big crowd dispersed as peacefully as It had gathered agreeing with Morones that the "bells were ringing the death knell of capitalism," DEFENSE FUND LITERATURE REDUCED. The price of copies of Prlteli- ard's address to the Jury, Dixon'* mlclrcs and tho history of the Winnipeg qtrlke lias been reduced to 10 ots. per copy. Tho Winnipeg defense committee Is also issuing Defense Fund Stamps, the price of which is 25 cents eaeh. When through with this paper, pass lt or. GERMANY STILL FULL OF HD Yank Describes Plight of European Labor to CaL Labor Convention <By Walter Dunn, for Federated Press.) Fresno, Cal. — Europe's plight was graphically described to -the .convention of the California State Federation of Labor, in session here, by Paul Sharrenberg, secretary of that organization, who has recently returned from a tour of Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Bel- glum, France and England. In Italy Sharrenberg witnessed the general strike. He sees little hope in direct action and predicted that the uprising of the workers would be halted by a flnanclal blockade. Germany's 8,600,000 trade unionists .scoff at political action, says Sharrenberg. The loss of her' foreign trade has worked great hardship on the masses. "Today," said Sharrenberg, "the skilled mechanic of Germany just eKes out an existence. He does not live." Hatred for France hai Increased since the occupation of German provinces by the French troops and a war of revenge is talked of, he finds. Belgium's co-operative movement greatly impressed him but the Rochdale system Ib found all over Europe, he says. "The co-operative movement is the training ground of industrial democracy and in it lies the hope of the American worker." "While in London I saw a strike of waitresses. A girl had been fired for wearing a union button and 4,000 girls went on strike. Their method of picketing was different from ours. Two girls stood In the doorway of a restaurant. When a person attempted to enter the girls moved together. 'You are not going in here, are you, sir?' Often the person would insist and a discussion would follow. "I asked a London bobble about It and he said, 'That's all Ught as long as they don't go in and clean them out.' I saw the girls on parade, thousands of them, four abreast and bobbies on each side a few paces apart. I asked the reason for the escort and was informed that the bobbles were guarding the restaurants, not the girls. They wanted to be around if anything happened." Besides passing a resolution recommending that each craft: make provision for simultaneous expiration of contracts with employers the State Federation went on record as demanding "an increasing share in the responsibilities and management of Industry; application of this principle to be developed in accordance with the experience of actual operation," London.—The Dally Herald on October 11 raised Its price to twopence (four cents.) To the amazement of the newspaper world, the anticipated big drop in the Herald's circulation did not materialize. So far as it ls possible to judge, sales have not fallen off at all, and have even Increased. This Is the workers' answer to the concentrated attacks of the last few weeks upon the Herald. Copenhagen, — As the result of the recent election to the Folke- thlng, made necessary by the formal Incorporation in the kingdom of Denmark of North Slesvig, the Socialists have six more members than the old lower house, *hlle the combination of the moderate left and the Conservatives upon which the Neergard ministry is based remains numerically the same as before. . THE ONLY VNION MADE GLOVE IN B. C. Wholesale—Retail Best Quality—Right Prices VANCOUVER GLOVE CO. 223 Carrall Street.* Sey. 1250 HAS GENERAL STRIKE Govt Proposal to Create a Senate Brings Along Strike Proclamation Warsaw—A general itrlke throughout Poland has been proclaimed ae a protest against the proposed creation of an upper House of Parliament under the new constitution, on which a commission has been working for more than a year. In Warsaw the atreet cars ceased running and restaurants and many stores are closed. Open-air maas meetings are being held and a procession of several thousand persons marched to 'the diet and pre* sented Resolutions. OF Lumber Workers Compelled to Enforce Provincial Laws Themselves Flagrant violation of the various laws which If enforced, would be of value to the workers, has been carried on by the employers with the active connivance of the government, and the more or less passive consent of the workers .themselves. This particularly applies to the nominal prohibition act, health act, semi-monthly pay act. The workers have devoted more attention to the enforcement of the Health Act than any other ,and to a considerable degree have been successful in getting a more or less half-hearted conformity to It, or probably it would be better to say that they have by the strength of their organization secured the enforcement of the union standard of camp conditions in those camps where the men with active union principles wore In sufficient strength or aggressiveness to make their demands r.tick. There are still a very large number of camps which In no sense conform to the laws or union standard ,and evidence points to an eagerness and Intention of the employers ln those camps which are somewhere near the requirements to drop back into the old condition. This Is so in quality 'of food as well as In general conditions. In the past the men have been very lax in having the semimonthly pay net llevd up to, and now when financial credit is being curtailed, the men are finding that when the bosses Illegal monthly or occasional payday should come around, there is not the cash to meet the demands consequently during the past week a large number of liens have been Issued for unpaid wages. In some cases the available assets are not sufficient to meet the wage claims. The only thing for the men to do Ib to demand strict conformity with payment in accord with their1 wishes In this respect, for It ts senseless to work unless the pay will be forthcoming on demand. Unless, of course, the incentive is the pleasure of working and the satisfaction of piling up profits for employing or banking Interests. McLeod's at Gambler Island have a lockout on hand, as the boss (or financial backers) says he cannot afford to put .in blankets and sheets. Neither can the men afford to let him get away without putting them in, for lt would constitute an acceptance of a lower standard of living conditions then what has been fought for and in many Instances obtained during the past two years. Doubtless many attempts will be nn% to stampede the men into an epidemic of strikes, by the threat of reduced wages, lowered conditions or discrimination. Jt is hoped that the workers have learned by this time how not to strike, and also that when the boss wants you to do something, It Is a pretty good time not to do it. The conditions nt the U. G. G. camps at Hutton Is disgraceful. What Is the health department doing? A mounty might flnd time to call there. SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Policemen In New South Wales hnve decided to form a union. The proposed union Is being largely supported throughout the cities and country, and it Is hoped that it will be 100 per cent strong in the near future. In the labor stnte of Queensland, the police have been organized In a union for several years past. What about renewing your iub? Largest Stove for Men in the West The price ticket tells only half die. story about Dick's extraordinary CIotK- ing Values. The price is unusually low — But • the quality f is unusually high. And you'll find a mighty favorable comparison betwoen the price you pay, and the quality you (et, on any investment here. For, as comparison proves, Dick's Clothes Are Your Best Investment, SUITS AND OVERCOATS $25™ $65 TOUR MONEY'S WOHTH OR YOUB MONEY BACK" Wm. DICK Limited 45-47-49 HASTINGS STREET EAST IT FILL Trades Council Asks for Action to Stop Immigration At the regular meeting of the Vancouver j_International) Trades and Labor Council, held Thursday evening, a resolution was passed to appoint a committee to take up with the City Council the matter of Issuing licenses to soft drink dispensers when thei'e are no jobs to be had. The delegate of the soft drink dispensers pointed out that there had already been over 620 licenses Issued and only 800 men working. These licenses could bo obtained for $2,50 and, Inasmuch aB the news was being spread broadcast across the TJ. S. that B. C. was a wide open town; that it would be good policy to stop the issuing of licenses until jobs were available. A communication from L, Martens, enclosing books containing information regarding Soviet Russia's alleged propaganda in North America, ' was received and the books placed with the secretary for sale to delegates. Delegate McDonald of the Tal- olr's Union reported 75 per cent, of memberi only working part time. Shipyard Striko Still On. Delegate Welsh of the plumbers and steam fitters reported that steam fitters, sheet metal workers and coppersmiths were stilt on strike In Vancouver. Both Wallaces and Coughlans have been trying to obtain men, but cannot get the desired help. The steam fitters' union has 100 men out and all of them ar'e standing solid In Bplte of the fact that offers of increased wages have been made to individuals. These men; however, have turned down the offers because the open shop goes with the offer. Wallaces has six steam fitters working and Coughlans has one. The union is paying strike benefits. Teamsters With Building Trade*. Delegate Showier of the teamsters, reporting oh actions of hts organization in convention, stated that they had decided to affiliate with the building trades department of the A. F, of L., and also with the Tradea and Labor Congress of Canada. The seeretary of the council was instructed to write the Department of Labor to the effect that in view Of the labor' conditions in Vancou-' ver, the government should place an embargo oa labor1 from the U. S„ and also take steps to,warn would-be Immigrants In Europe of the small chances of obtaining employment In this city. I WAGES CUT Though They Are Unorganized They Quit the Job The employees at Bucklln's mill, New Westminster, were Informed by their employers lust week that their wagea would be reduced 10 per cent. Upon receiving this Information, the employees, who are not organized, held an Impromptu meeting, and decided to strike rather than accept the reduction In wages. After reaching this decision, their employer notified them that the firm had decided to close thc mill down till the end of the year. During .this period the former employees at this mill will have lots of time lo study the alms and objects of the One Big Union, and when they do start work again, Should they have the .mental capacity to absorb thc idea of the O. B. U., they will have realized thc futility of a few workrs trying to jtyick organized capital, especially on a falling market. Had these mill workers beon members of the Lumber Worker; department of the O. B. U. ami taken an active Interest in thc affairs of that organization, they would have known that to go on u hungei* strike ln face of a falling market, was the last recourse of Its members. It seems that one of the failings of the human animal Is that he will not learn from the experience of others. He must have the actual experience before he is willing to be convinced that the other fellow Is right. Many mill workers who have not yet rcatlzed the necessity for One Big Union of workers, will no doubt, after their experience this coming winter, be willing to admit that they were foolsh ln not taking advantage of organizing with their fellow workers on a class basis, for they will be made to realize through actual experience that the only way workers can successfully fight against the onslaughts ot organized capital, In tho future, is through a class organization, class agalnit class. THE LARGEST EXCLUSIVE MEN'S AND BOYS' SHO? STOBE IN THE WEST BEE OUR WINDOWS The Williams Shoe for Men $7.00 Have your shoes stood the test? The last two months have been, thc hardest kind of weather on shoes? Have you had dry feet? Are thc heels solid? If not try a pair of our WILLIAMS shoes- solid leather soles and heels. They will stand *»7 AA the test of all weathers. «P • «vu SHOE SATISFACTION AT A FAIR PRICE CORNETT BROS. & CLARKE LIMITED 83 HASTINOS STREET EAST MAY APPOINT A DISTRICT SECRETARY Maw Meeting to Bc Held in New Westminster on October tlio 2!ili - A mass meeting of O. B. U. member! will be held in Labor Hall, New Westminster, corner Seventh and Royal avenue, on Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. Owing to the heavy rainfall on the night of the last meeting out there, the attendance was not as was expected, and tho question of opening an offlce of thc O. B. U. ln New Westminster was laid over" until'the meeting on the 27th. The members who were present at the last meeting, unanimously agreed to ask Fellow Worker T. A. Barnard if he would be willing to accept the position as secretary and organizer for the O. B, u. in New Westminster. Should ho be willing to accept the position, he will have tho support of all members out there In building up a livo organization, and If thero is a good attendance at the H. Walton PROFESSIONAL MA88BUE Specialist in Electrical Treatments, | Violet Ray and High Frequency for] Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Par-1 alyain, Hair and bculp Treatment*, , Chronic Ailments. 310-311 OARTER-COTTON BLDO. Phona Seymour S04I 198 Huting! Street Weit. 9fl mass meeting, no doubt arrange! ments will be mnde to start th<| olllce out there Immediately. Be sure to notify the post officii as soon as you change your addreul The Only Hat Sale in Years vx -*. V \ UATS —so said a man who bought one -ot these hats from us the other day. We bellove the gentleman was sincere. At any rale, you will find this is A Genuine Sale The stock Is all this season's goods and you have been accustomed to Paying about twice what we nre asking. Regular .8.00 Wolthausen nnd Brock lines In black and green velours. Smart styles, such as careful dressers prefer. All slscs. The kind you have been ttt A mm paying »8.00 for <|>4.70 Regular J10.00 American makes. Silk nnd plain finish. AH shades and sises. These hats have been In strong demand heretofore at thc old price. CfmtT You'll appreciate the saving , .' $0.75 Rogular up to (15.00 lines of Tress, Christy, Stelson,-Bor- sallno, Knox, Mallory and other top-notch makes. These comprise spine beautiful beavers, richly Ao mm finished. All sizes and shades _ VO.75 As this huge stock comprises about 140,000 worth of choice, hats, out-of-town customers may feci assured of getting their particular kind of hat if they visit us at any time in the near future. TWEED HATS—Many good, serviceable ones, nice shades and materials $3.75 HIGH-CLASS CAPS—Tress, Christy and other first-grade makes. Regular up" to J5.00 WORK CAPS— Your choice $2.75 75c CalKoun? Winnipeg 81 Hastingi East largest Men's Hattcri in the West Hamilton JUNIOR LABOR LEAGUE NOMINATING OFFICERS Nomination ot Officers Takes Place Tonight; Will Have Ileal Campaign Tonight (Friday) the Junior Labor League will hold ItB regular monthly business meeting. Nomination of ollicers for the coming year Is one of the most Important mattors to come bofore the members, tonight. The class ln Industrial History, led by Comrade J. S. Woodsworth, will meet as usual at 7:30 prompt. Tho league meeting will convene at 8:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 020 Eleventh Avenue East. The members Intend staging a real live campaign and campaign speeches will be heard for the next three meetings by the members. The election takes place on the fourth Frldav In Novembe" ALL SUITS Reduced 15 per cent. $30 SUITS NOW $24.75 $35 SUITS NOW $29.75 $40 SUITS NOW $33.75 $45 SUITS NOW $38.25 Other Suits in same proportion C. D. BRUCE LIMITED Corner of Homer and Hastings Streets
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