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wsam BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST INDUSTRIAL UNITY: STRENGTH Official Organ Vancouver Trades and Labor Council (International) a POLITICAL UNITY: VICTORY FIFTEENTH YEAR. No. 26 SIX PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 29,1923 2.50 PER YEAR new term Strenuous Organizing Campaign to Be Carried On Present Low Initiation Fee to Continue to End of July The feature of the Carpenters' meeting on Monday evening, was the spirited contest for the various offices, the results being As follows: President, R. J. Hatley; vice-president, S. Edge; recording secretary, W. Page; financial secretary, J. G. Smith; treaaurer, J. Tough; business agi-nt,- W. Dunn; conductor, W, Dickinson; warden, A. S. Wells; trustees, D. Lyons, A. McDonald, M. McKenzie, Executive, J. G. Smith, G. Hardy, T. Dodson, G. Thom. Trades Council delegates, W. Dunn, W. Page, J. Tough, G. Hardy, A. S. Wells, R. Hatley, T. podson. Winner of car, pink ticket 487, Bro. E. Albright, 114—25th Avenue East The vote in favor of repealing the sections ot the constitution of the Trades Council, which have been objected to, was unanimous, and the delegates instructed lo support the elimination of these clauses at the negt meeting of the Central Labor body. Amendments to the sick bylaws were introduced and adopted. These amendments were proposed to obviate any conflict in the local In the future as to whether a .member was entitled to benefit or not, and to protect the sick fund ns far as possible. Bro. Dunn, the new business agent, has already assumed office, and Is being assisted by Bro. Hardy, who declined nomination for the office, taking the position that as the local had .decided on one yenr term, he could 'not consistently accept the nomlna- ' tlon. The local has decided on a strenuous organizing campaign, -and while recognizing that more membera hnve been made in the Inst two months than for any similar period during the last two years, it is intended that even more insistent work in this direction shall be carried out and the new executive intends to do all possible to assist the business agent in this work. Twelve new members were initiated on Monday night, nnd it ls expected that this number will be doubled at 1 the next .meeting. The members are urged to do atl possible Jin this campaign au special dispensation from the International office, for a $6 Initiation fee Will be in foroe .for the month of 1 July, ;as well as the balance of June. |Next Meeting WiU Be Held Monday, July tlie 9t1i The Laborers Held a well.attended fcneeting _n Monday evetiing. Several Implications for membership ivene received, and It was suggested that .the liftorts of the different trades unions In the city would result in a large liumber of members being secured. The holding of a mass meeting for l»._uni_atJon purposes was left in the hands of the executive committee with lower to apt; it was also decided to let out advertising matter for this Jiceting anil to carry on an active organizing campaign during the summer nonths. Owing to the Trades und Labor Council circus and carnival being held luring the week starting June 30 to Filly 7, the regular meeting has been postponed from July 2 to July 9. Bro. Floyd, delegate to the Tradea l*ouncll, reported as to the Information gathered ln connection with the pumberland disaster, and that the natter had been referred to the coun- lll, and his actHon In this matter was [indorsed. Owing to the coming visit of the [president of the United States, a reiolutlon- was passed, calling on the Lovernment of that country to release til political prisoners now ln goal for- ■laving taken a stand against war and Capitalistic repression of the workers. The Trade Union Educational |ueague was discussed at length, many Jiembers intimating that they would le present at the next meeting of this Irganl-atlon, in order to learn more ■bout Its objects and alms. J In future the regular meetings will le held on the flrst and third Mon- lays In each month. 1 Klan enemies of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ichulz, Closter real estate agent, on lune 13, painted the building In Uhlch she works with warnings hrcatenlng her with mistreatment unless she should leave town. UP IHE PACE Local Union Grows from 17 to 150 in One Year Keeping up the pace, the Steam and Operating Engineers at the last meeting of taht organization, held on the 22nd, initiated seven new members, and prospects for even greater results In the near future reported. This organization has grown by leaps and bounds, its progress has been steady, while at the same time phenomenal, and from a small local of seventeen years ago, it has now about 150 members. The counting of the votes on the referendum to raise the dues to $2.00 per month, so that a business agent could be employed, showed that the members, by a large majority, were in favor of this move. The new dues will become effective as from July 1. Nominations for officers weer then made, and with the number of nominees accepting nomination, a keen contest Is expected, one of the healthiest signs as to the vitality of any local union. The drydock question was again raised, and Bro. George Doy was appointed to act in conjunction with the Trades and Labor Council on this matter. The result o fthe election of officers, which was held last night (Thursday), was received too late for publication in this week's issue, but the results will bo published In the next issue. ARE ON 1 The Armour-Morris Merger Shows Bad Plight of Capitalists Men Once Rated as Millionaires Are Now Broke (Federated Press Correspondent) Washington—The Big five packeEB are on the rocks financially. Wall Street bankers are now in control of ,the packer trust. This is the story behind the Armour- Morris merger, according to federal .agents. The group of Wall Street bankers, to which control has passed, is said to hove effected the .merger ior .the purpose of unloading stock issues on the investing public and eventually raising prioes to make .the consumer pay a .large part of the losses. Evidence exposing this is said to he accessible to the government whenever Secretary of .Agriculture .Wallace proceeds conscientiously to get at the Inside of the merger, which Js declared by other government .agencies ;and members of congress to be In violation of the Hhsitman .anti- Trust Act. Leaders of the Big Five, men who were -once rated millionaires many times over, nn,d wielding such power as to be ;a Jaw unto themselves, are so hard up, according to reports jb official circles here, that they have placed their palatial homes and other properties on the market. Their losses, It Is said, ran into hundreds of millions of dollars. For nearly thirty years the packer monarchs reigned supreme. In their industrial czardom they treated workers as serfs, forcing them to labor for starvation wages under Intolerable conditions. This was supposed to be a profitable busineu?. policy. They defied public opinion and laughed at government investigations. They wrote laws for congress and State legislatures to phhs. Laws which stood In their way they contemptuously disregarded. They received rebates from rall- ronds and through thlH and other special privileges they expanded their domain and fattened their dividend pots. They stopped at nothing to freeze out competitors and secure a monopoly which would place the public at their mercy. Merger Unnoticed The indifference of the Harding administration to illegal activities in which vested Interests are engaged was never more strikingly Illustrated than In the packers' caae. While Secretary of Agriculture Wallace was making faint sounds by way of warning that the Armour-Morris merger should not take place, the consolidation was effected by Incorporation ln Delaware. Wallace claims it was done surreptitiously, white in circles friendly to him It la charged that Harding and Daugherty stayed his hand when he tried to raise lt to prevent the merger. Not until a few days ago when the People's Reconstruction League, (Continued on page 5) UNION LABOR'S BIG CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL A LL PREPARATIONS are now completed for the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council's **■ big festival. An army of workers are at work completing the final provisions for the big crowds expected at the grounds at the corner of Homer and Smythe Streets, from Saturday, the SOth to July 7th. The Queen contest is causing « deal of interest, and the six contestants are all busy canvassing their friends for votes, while the unions have entered into the contest for the pri_.es offered for the local union selling the most tickets, for admission, with enthusiasm, and there is a splendid spirit of rivalry. The following are some of the special features provided for the amusement and entertainment of the big crowds who will visit the "down town" show: THE ALVORDS—Acrobatic Dancing, best in the West, from the Shrine Circus at San Francisco. STATON AND EDWARDS—Trapeze performers extraordinary. . LITTLE LILLIAN HORORAVE—Child Contortionist, HALL AND JONES—Clown Tumblers. STOREY BROTHERS—Midget Wrestlers. In addition to the above, other attractions will be provided, and there will be music and dancing every night, and on the 7th of July, the lucky winner of the Queen contest will be crowned and presented with an automobile, and her maids of honor with suitable prizes. DON'T POROET THE PLAOE—"RIGHT DOWN TOWN"- STREETS. THE DATES, JUNE 30th to JULY 7th. -HOMER AND SMYTHE CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYERS' BULLETIN SHOWS NEED FOR ACTIVITY ON PART OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL FIELD EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS usually have men whose business it is to secure information. Some *"J of the things learned hy the employers hy the stool pigeon route arc not strictly correct, and the workers may at times secure information as to the doings of the employers, which is not strictly iii accordance with thc faflts, hut when it is possible to get access to thc confidential documents of thc manufacturers or other similar organizations, it can bc taken for granted that they contain the views of the employers. Such a document came in to the Federationist office this week, This document contains many statements which jyc not true, and which on thc face of them stamp them as anti-union propaganda, thc most glaring of which is one which states that J. W. Bruce, of Toronto, president of the Canadian Lahor Party, had been arrested for making seditious statements: as a matter of record, it might be pointed out that' Malcolm Bruce was arrested on such a charge, and was later acquitted. But thc one lesson to he learned hy thc workers from thc bulletin referred to, is that the employers recognize the value of organization, and a perusal of the statements contained therein may aet as a stimulus to fflie workers of Vancouver to follow their masters example. Thc statements contained in thc bulletin, published in full, arc as follows Letter from Mr. I. Hophiiw, PresidenlAnage Is 3,867,000 tons against 3,456, of the Employers' Association -of British Columbia. Gentlemen: Do you pealize that Vancouver is the leading :poflt, the net ;ton- I CANNON Ifl Workers Party to Have a Prominent Speaker Next Week The uaual propaganda .meeting of ttbe Workera Party will be held in the Workers Party hall, .80,314 Pender Street West, on Sunday evening, when the speakers will be Coma,'Wells and .Floyd. Summer weather, with the lure of the beaches, creates keen opposition to working class propaganda if„ Member meetings or any other kind of meet- elation of H. C: ings for that matter, unless Ihey are j Capital and Labor—Popular garnished with the babbitt tricks and criptlon of two opposing forces. 000 tona from Montreal. Vancouver's seaport handled 7,000,000 bushela of export wheat crop of 1921. Of 1922 crop, somewhere between 16,000,000 ana:20,000,000 bushels will be marketed by Vancouver route. ^ With the proposed adequate elevator accommodation and the puospects of a bum- ber crop, the wheat export by way of Vanoouver will again be doubled, the ■oonsequence la thnt every ton of grain passed tlhorug'h this port will represent from $1.50 to $2.00 per ton apart from the railway charges, profits to dealer, etc. Therefore It is only necessary to expect a very great increase in every line iuf business in Vancouver, New W-estmlnster and the outlying districts. And as a consequence, payrolls Will become more numerous, and t&e necessity of greater activity In the Employers' Association. I beg to remain, jours very truly, (Signed) INN13S HOPKINS. Letter from Second Vice-President of the Employers' Association of B. <"., F. R. Leland. of tho Employors* Asso- ,* >at all. A 100 per cent. Employers' Assoclallon is the first step towarda peace in the so-called struggle between capital and labor. (Continued on page 6) S AT des dope dispensing fakerism of some accomplished capitalist manure-spreader. Nevertheless, the Sunday evening efforts of the party are being well attended, and show that some of the workers in this neck of the woods, have not been able to locale the corner around which prosperity has been hiding for lo these many yeara. The meeting on Sunday, the 8th of July, will be held in one of the local theatres, and the speaker on that occasion will be Com. .Jim Cannon, chairman of the Workers Pai'ty of America, who haa just returned from Rus- sia, where he spent seven months as a delegate to the Fourth Congreaa of the Communist International. Com. Cannon will speak on "Soviet itu;%i:i Today," and wll) outline conditions as he saw them during his sojourn there. Among other thingB, he will deal with the results of the new economic policy, "Nep," as the Russians call It, a departure from theoretical Socialism, that has been a source of worry to aome who nt one time bore the reputation for being revolutionary. What is the relation of the trade unions to the Soviet government ? What Is th[e condition of Russian trade and Industry? How does a Soviet operate? Is there capitalism or Communism In Russia? are all queations that Com. Cannon will deal with in his speech. Watch the advertising pages of The Federationist next Friday for full Information regarding time and place of meeting. Kii.ployi-i-s ami Employees—Des- crlptlve of the elements constituting those Opposing forces. — and I-iibor Unions—Descriptive of the organization in the ranks of those opposing forces. Fill that blank Willi a 100 per cent, membership in the Employers' Assn- sofiuilon of II. C. Strength is purely relative—5 per cent, organization Is no organization LABOR HALL MEETINGS June 29th to July 6th Tuesday, July 3rd—Boilermakers, Cigni'itroKei* Wednesday, July 4th—Plasterers, Boot and Shoe Workers, Photo Engravers. Thursday, July 5th—Tailors, Machinists No. 182, Garment Workers, Steam and Operating Engineers, No. 844. Workers Are Receiving Low Wages for Heavy Work To those who are contemplating going up to work at Rogers Pass tunnel, a few facts relative to the conditions prevailing there would not be timely. For laborers, 35 and 37-Viiac per hour are the wages, outside the tunnel, and fnr inside, 42 cents per hour. The foreman in charge of ono of the outside gangs, "the Uult gang,' Watches very closely every move of hi: slaves, -Uhl apparently docs not ap prove that any man should even ans wer the call of nature—that is, dur Ing working hours. Speed Is th" older of the day, and any slave who dares to question this by taking breathing spell Is quickly ordered get a move on. For example, six men to unload a carload of cement, 800 bags, and, using the superintendent's own words, "it must bo unloaded in threo hours or you know whnt to do." Apparently he overlooks, purposely, 1 presume that It is he himself that possesses tbe initiative—lire them, But then if he did so, tho fare advanced from Vancouver could not thon be stopped, therefore he prefers them lo quit In order to have the satlsfao tlon of making them pay their own fare. Such Is proof of his shallow reasoning. Unloading gravel, loading cement Is paid at the rate of 37M|C iter hour. Here nlso "speed" is the slognn. Sev eral of the slaves engaged on thii lask appeflr to be highly satisfied with their Job, and one of them seems be the pace maker. Pare to speak of bettering conditions nnd you nre villified and ridiculed, and told hy these spineless, brainless slaves that if you don't like it, then quit. Tho accommodation, while not of the best, Is not the hardest thing to put up with; wooden bunks, no blnn kets provided, shower baths. The food Is of an inferior quality— rfesh fruit and vegetables arc coir splcuous by their absence, but Judging by the evident gusts with which It is devoured, It is apparently satisfactory. Ifl [ Work to Aid Russian Children Still Being Carried On The Canadian Friends of Soviet Ritesln are still on the job, helping in the work of maintaining the millions of orphans, who are still in need, as a result of war and famine and counterrevolutionary activities, for'which the children can,not be held responsible. When the Soviet government first took control, the chief consideration was the care of the children; to feed, lot he and house' them, and to give the best educational facilities. But owing to the economic destruction, caused largely by'capitalistic war and counter revolution activity, the workers of Russia were forced to appeal to the workerB of other countries. The response has been considerable, and more particularly so in view of the propaganda o fthe master class against Soviet Russia, which has been designed to offset and aid reaching the workers flrst Soviet Republic. The local branch of the Canadian Friends of Soviet Russia, will hold a concert and dance on Friday, the 20th, at 303 Pender Street West, for the purpose of raising funds to aid the famine-stricken of Soviet Russia. Good prizes will be offered, and the price of admission Is only 25c, All interested workers are urged to attend and aid the kiddies of a country whihe has nt last shaken off the chains of capitalism. Rev. F. E. Johnson Criticizes Steel Trust Methods WORLD UNITED FRONT IS SETUP Workers to Fight Capitalistic Onslaught on Unions United Committee of International Bodies Is Found New York—A united front has been set up against the world-wide attack on labor by the International Transport Workers' Federation (Amsterdam), and the Atl-Russinn Union of Transport Workers, Rail Workers and Seamen affiliated with the Red International of Labor Unions, The decision for the united front was arrived at by the conference recently held in Berlin, and It Is believed lo have definitely closed the breach between the workers affiliated with the two Labor union internationals whose officials have signed the manifesto which urges other trade union bodies to take similar steps lo bring about international solidarity of Labor's forces. The actual decisions are four in number: L That a united committee of Transport Workers be nt once formed to carry on the struggle of the Transport Workers, Railway Workers and Seamen of all countries against militarism, danger of war and Fascism; To carry through the necessary propaganda, organization and all measures necessary for such a campaign. 2. To establish a permanent control of nil munition trnflic by the crention of observation stations nt tht' points of production, chief harbor, rail Junctions and frontiers. :t. To call a world conference of Trnnsport Workers to form a united battlefroni and make preparation for the creation of united national and International organisations, 4. To take necessary measures for helping transport unions suffering from the attacks of Fascism and to create an International fund for this purpose. Urge similar Action The conference further expressed the view lhat to make lhe united front a reality, and a capable weapon to carry on the struggle against war and Fascism, that i i Imperative that the olher trado union In.nrnatlonals must take similar stops !n the Interest of the world proletariat, The manifesto i published are two in number, nml work OUI In full detail 'he necessary steps to make the united front a living world force, They are signed by Edo Fl minen and Robert Williams, as secretary and president Of the International Transport Workers' Federation, and by Audrejev, Atschan- Itiiw, Sndowsky and Losovsky on behalf of thc All-Riisslan Union of Transport, Hftfj Workers and Seamen. Both Partlea Optimistic Both M. Flmmen, who is secretary, not only of the I. T, W. F„ but also of thc Internationa) Federation of Trades Unions, and Losovsky, the secretary of the Red International of Labor Unions, are more than satisfied at Ihe results. The resolutions, which have been liflssed unanimously, show the sense (Continued nn pugu 6) Judge Gary and the Steel Magnates Under Fire New York—"When Industry employs men twelve hours a day, it is committing a moral trespass and challenges the churches In their own field," declares the Rev. F. Ernest Johnson, head of the research department of the Federal Council of Churches today, in making public advance proof sheets of "The Twelve- Hour Day in the Steel Industry," a research bulletin on the long workday. The research bulletin has been in preparation for months, and is a compilation of reports of investigators of recognized competence and standing Into conditions connected with the two-Bhift day. The cumulative effect is overwhelmingly against the 12-hour day. The statement Is as follows: "The entrance of the churches once again into the 12-hour day controversy means that we have bcen forced to take seriously the statement made by Judge E. H. Gary, the acknowledged loader of thc steel Industry In America, tht he Is less concerned over the 12-hour day itself than over what the public thinks about it. We feel It our duty to keep the public informed about conditions in the industry until the public demands that they be changed. Apparently the manufacturers responsible for the recent report issued by the American Iron and Steel Institute, are not Impressed with the weight of public opinion on this subject. "It was assumed that the appointment of an Investigating committee a year agq meant that the industry was about to yield lo the urgent request of the President of the United States. II now appears lhal this action was only a gesture. We do not accept the Iron and Steel Institute's estimate of tbe public conscience on the 12-hour dny. We believe tho public has a strong conviction about __.lt when brought face to face with the facts. "I anticipate that it will be once more asserted that churches as such, are not qualified for reporting on industrial problems and disputes. Yet the fact Is that we are driven to the ottempt by the prevalence of misleading propaganda on all sides of a controversy like this. Tlie latest contrl- (Contintied on pnge 2) Decide to Take Referendum Vote on Walkout Ai a well-attended meeting of tlie Federated Seafarers Union of British Columbia, held at the headquarters, 318 Cordova Street West, on Tuesdny. June 2fi, 11)23. Vancouver, B. 0„ the following resolutions were passed,: 1st. Thai as (be Canadian Government Merchant Murine Limited, had not made any arrangements, other than to postpone the negotiations until the 3rd of July. JK23, regarding tfie request by the members of The Federated Sdfllfarers Union, (dated .May 8th, 1323), for au increase of wages, food, conditions, etc., that fl referendum ballot shall be taken to determine what action the membership intends to take In the matter. 2nd. That extra patrolmen be appointed to supervise the distribution of ballots and collection of same. The representatives of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine notified the union, that ir the referendum whs taken before the 3rd of July, negotiations would be broken off, ami nt a second special meeting, held on Wednesday, the 27th, It wns decided to prodeod with the ballot ond to Ignore the threat made. Snn Francisco — Organized cloakmakers have won their three-months' fight against the nntl-unlon shop. The lif-'ht was waged solely on the question of collective bargaining. This the workers demanded, while employers insisted on bargaining with Individual employees. Every corporate interest in this city was arrayed on the side of the employers who would establish this nntl-union principle. The Victorious workers are members ofthe International Ladles' Garment Workers Union. Oakland, Cal.—The eighteenth convention of the Amalgamated Associa-' tlon of Streot and Blectric Railway Employees of America, will convene In thin city on Sept, 10 next. ■■i PAGE TWO fifteenth year. No. _6 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c. BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Published every Friday morning by The B. C. Federatloniat Business Office: 1129 Howe Street Editorial Office: Room 306—219 Pender Street West Editorial Board: P. R. Bengough, R. H. Neelands, J. M. Clark, Qeorge Bartley. FRIDAY June 29, 1923 ' Subscription Rate: United States anl Foreign, $3.00 per year: Canadr, $,2.60 per year, tl.50 for six months: to Unions subscribing in a-body, 16c per member per month. Unity ot Labor: The Hope of the World FRIDAY June 29, 1923 The Lesson of the Ontario Election MANY REASONS have been advanced for the defeat "bf the Ontario coalition government, which was composed of farmers and labor leaders of more or less ability and standing, but as yet no one appeara to have realized just how it happened that is if the daily press opinions are considered. It is however, possible to analyze just how tlie Drury aggregation c.me to meet its Waterloo at the hands of the electors, and thc "aggregation thc answer to the question that is at this time being asked. * With a Liberal government at Ottawa, it would have been only natural to see an electorate without a class understanding voting a Liberal government; into power in Ontario, in order that concessions would bc given to that province, because of the politieal color of the pai'ty in power, and no doubt if there had been a Liberal party in that province appealing to the people, this would have happened. * * * But there was\i government appealing to the people, which had neither policy nor platform; composed at is was of elements which made up an aggregation of political misfits, who could not agree on fundamentals or even on a vote-catching programme, and this is the real reason for the defeat of thc Drury government. The political experience of the workers and farmers in Ontario should be a guide to the workers, whether agricultural or industrial, iu other provinces, for in that experience there is much which should point the way to working elass political activity in Canada. The Conservative party in Ontario is at least positive ; it is anti-working class. It is opposed to class rule if the present ruling class is not the class which is in power, while thc late government of Ontario was straddling the fence, being composed of farmers with capitalistic minds, and labor men who had neither au understanding of the working class poition, or thc fact that Labor cannot carry on capitalism any better than thc elass which that system supports and enriches. ' In addition to the lack of policy and ideas of thi Drury government, tlie workers of Ontario, both .industrial and agricultural, do not yet realize their position in society, and they had pinned their faith to a regime which was like themselves, devod of au understanding of the present system, and consequently they were disappointed, and voted the old Tory ticket, not because they understood it, but because it was definite. * * * The lesson of Ontario can bc well noted by the workers of British Columbia. Coalition governments have been swept from power in every country where they have prevailed, beeause they have represented nothing but hazy ideas as to the cause of social ills. But when there is a distinct working class policy laid down, with thc abolition of capitalism as its base, there will be a chance to educate the workers to the true nature of capitalistic society, and at the same time build up a political movement ; definite, secure in its premises, and one that must eventually result in the Hiring out of thc Tories and all other politieal humbugs, and place the only class in society which has the power and the ability to produce—thc working elass—in the position that the workers of Russia hold today, a position which places the producers in control of the wealth which Ihey create. But the Russian workers did not secure control by a coalition, hut by the overthrow of the ruling class which oppressed them, ln olher words, the fight, politieal in its nature, no matter what its outward form, was based on thc class struggle. If the Ontario eleetion will give this lesson to the workers of British Columbia and othor provinces, then thc waste of time by the workere of thc Ontario workers in seeking to elect reformists and rainbow chasers will not have bcen in vain. Disease, Capitalism and the Canadian Workers AN EDITORIAL note in a local newspaper, refcr- ■**■ ring to the occupation of thc Ruhr, caused us to smile at the beginning of the week. It is not natural for us to see anything funny in life, because of thc struggje of the working class to secure a living and to escape thc misery which capitalism inflicts on thc workers, but thc following gem was too much for even our serious outlook; • it reads as follows: French invaders in the Ruhr valley have set up a "hunger blockade," intercepting supplies of milk and food going to German citizens. By starving out the people of these German cities, the French arc merely setting up pla'guc spots, breeding grounds for diseases which may " threaten thc world. Russia is full of bubonic, typhu-, and cholera, the tfiree most deadly ailments known to mankind. If the French continue to reduce the resistance of Germans to these diseases by inducing malnutrition among the German population, they may open a door for great plagues to 'sweep out of Russia and throughout the world. John D. Rockefeller has given $150,000 to hospitals in this continent for research work in diabetes cures. If he and his brother millionaires are anxious for the world's health, they might spend a little money trying to bring Europe to its senses. So long as disease is prevalent in one nation, no other nations are safe. After the first smile had passed away, the imbecility of thc whole thing caused us more than a passing wave of anger. Resentment came because of thc statements made regarding Soviet Russia, which was devastated by the capitalist counter revolutionaries, and which is the only country in the world which is building on a sound basis, so that disease and poverty may bc eliminated. Another striking commentary is thc fact that while in the United States of America, disease, misery and death are rampant because there is lots of food and the workers are denied access to it, one man ean give hundreds of dollars for thc curing of tlie diseases which capitalism creates. The suggestion timt he and his brother millionaires might attend to the situation in Europe, is to say thc least one of those statements made by irresponsible capitalistic supporters, who neither understand nor realize that the only disease afflicting the world today is capitalism; that being eliminated, the working class can and will bring about such a state of society that thc health of the people will be placed before profits. In the meantime, the slaveB produce the millionaires at the one end of the soeial scale, and poverty, misery and death for the world producers, at the other. And the misery is the reward to the workors for making millionaires who are urged to patch up Europe, which has been ravaged by capitalistic wars and the people cyglaved that a ruling class might have luxury. HOW CAN COMMUNISM BRING HEALTH TO OUR RACE? The Workers' Political Outlook nPHE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS of Can- ada will hold its annual convention in September, and the doings of the Labor Party conference now- being held in Oreat Britain, should be of interest to the workers of this country, and particularly to the delegates to that convention. Frank Hodges, a miners' representative in the House of Commons, and an active, but reactionary Labor leader in the movement of the Old Land, is reported to-have said "that Russia had nothing to teach the political democracy of Western Eprope. Tlie f>o\ver inherent in British political institutions was unlimited, and the British Labor Party abhorred the element of dictatorship." We do not know just what Mr. Hodges meant by "political democracy." They may have it .in Europe, but if they have, it only represents the enslavement of the working elass of that part of the world, capitalistic wars, and all the misery which the present system,' based on the political supremacy and dictatorship of the ruling class, has given to the workers. At the present time, there is a movement Canada to bring thc workers together politically, not with any theoretical ideas, but on a practical basis. In other1 words, with the idea of getting the working lass to act as a class, aud with a definite purpose as lime and conditions may from time to time decide. The Trades Congress of Canada has not taken any active part in politieal activity to date. Perhaps it is just as well that it has not, but there should be no question of tlie advisability of holding a working class conference on political lines when that convention is held. The workers of the East can meet the workers of the West in Vancouver, and by that meeting ,find out whether they are satisfied with political democracy" as it exists today, and lay plans for the politieal democracy of the morrow, which will bring economic freedom to the members of the working class who are enslaved because the employing class has control of the political machinery, and has established a dictatorship over the working class. Thc idea is at least, worthy of consideration, and we would suggest that it be considered in the local unions with tho objective of securing a united front and a National Canadian Labor Party. Russia may not have mueh to teach Europe, but the workers of this country may learn much from the foolish statements of the reactionary Labor leaders and the coming convention will provide them with the opportunity. Sometiines it is easier to get information about the country you are living in from another country, and a striking example of this was demonstrated recently in a paper published by the out-of-works in the Old Country. This paper is called "Out of Work," and is published in the interests of the jobless slaves of the greatest Empire the world has ever known. Thc information referred to is contained in the followinug paragraph and refers to this country: In 1921 there was a 20 per cent, increase in the number of emigrants; there was also a 22 per cent, drop in agricultural wa^es. Tlie following year there was a drop to the tune of 47 per cent, in the number of emigrants. Comment is hardly necessary, but it might be pointed out the wages of the industrial workers, while larger so far as the monetary expression is concerned, arc lower than they were in 1914. [By W. J. Curry] t6\]^E can never have truly ethical " medicine or dentistry, until the doctors and dentists are the salaried officials of the -public, and until the direct flnanclal factor is eliminated," These words were spoken by the late Dr. Wesbrook, when Dean of the U.B.C, ln an address before the Vancouver Dental Society. Since those days the truth of this declaration has been Impressing Itself more and more forcibly upon all who have seriously considered that subject. It has been said that professional ethics is mainly "honor among thieves," a fraternity which prevents them from being found out. Dr. Wesbrook could see the trend of events, and realized that real democratic control of all the factors essential for physical and moral health must be established before professional ethics would include a right relationship to the public. He also understood that the competitive struggle for existence between classes, individuals and systems of treating disease made it impossible to apply the great laws of health which scientific research has giveit us. In other words, the only cure for our physical, mental and moral ills is collectivism, or what we now term International Communism. Modical Superstitions. If we examine the claims and methods of the most prominent systems of treating disease, we see how conflicting and mutually destructive they are, how they clash with common sense and the results oE science and experience. We have already dealt with the subject of Spiritual or Divine Healing, and other methods based on suggestion througn the -powers of the sub-conscious mind. Last Sunday evening might have seen between 60 and 100 middle and high-classed autos parked in front of the Christian Science Church on Georgia St. This cult treats the "errors of the mortal mind," by suggestion, and claims to remove not only those which we materialists term sickness, but it treats also the economic and financial ills of the faithful. To these disciples of Mary Baker Eddy, "sin, sickness and death are but errors of the mortal mind, and all is spirit,",matter itself, a'delusion, consequently tuberculous lungs and such ideas as cancer, leprosy, even toothache and corns cannot exist, seeing that the Creative and Divine mind could not poslbly permit these discords in His great universe of harmony and love. But beautiful structures are sometimes reared upon foundations of sand. From this premise Qf Divinity the deductions of the Christian Scientist, are logical, but the trouble is they do not fit the real world, and few today can be happy in a fool's paradise. Yet the fact remains that there are in this city numerous practitioners who thftmgh this philosophy are enabled to enjoy food and clothing and houses, and other "delusions of the mortal mind," which seem so essential to life and happiness. If we consider the claims of the chiropractic in the light of anatomy and mechanics alone, we see that Its basis is of the same structure, as far as facts nfre concerned. Its fundamental claims are false; lt rests on the Ignorance of its dupes. The chiropractic claims that 95 'per cent, of the ills which affect the human system ore the result of sub-luxation, or the pinching of the spinal nerves by mal-adjustment of thte vertebrae. Anyone who has examined a human spine can see readily that a dislocation sufficient to "pinch" these nerves, would also pinch the spinal cord, and produce muscular paralysis from that point downward. It is also evident that no amount of pushing or pulling on the spinal process could reduce a dislocation of this nature, and besides this the spinal nerves do not supply the vital forces of the lungs or stomach, or any internal organs, and therefore chiropractic treatment for disease of these organs ts a result of Ignorance or fraud. We must, however, admit that results are procured 'by chiropractic treatment, either through mental powers, or the manipulation of the soft tissue, for massage Is recognized everywhere as valuable agent In the treatment of certain Ills, It may also be claimed that giving medicine or drugs to cure chronic ailments belongs to the same class, and no medical man today could con- sclentiousl>\ claim to cure diseases such as tuberculosis or cancer with what ls known as medicine. But the preservation of life Ib the first law uf nature, and the profits resulting from these various methods of treatment come from the fact that they are seeking health, and that the average man or woman is still a child in mentality, and that our educational system does not deal with the vital problems of health and happiness, The priests of superstition, whether of the spiritual or material type, prey on suffering and ignorance. I would ndvlse those who wish to gain a commonsense view of health and disease to purchase and carefully rend Upton Sinclair's "Book of Life." In this work he deals with the body and the mind, with morals and the problems of sex. In the last chapters ho shows clearly that only through communism can the human race secure health and hapiness. "What Must We Do to llo Saved" We live In an age of Science, not In the dark ages;.,wo have the knowledge how to be healthy and happy, just ns we have the powers of providing food and clothing and hcuses, all the comforts nnd luxuries of life for thc whole population of the globe, freal cure for our physical ills under capitalism. The ruling classes are applying science, not to promote health and happiness, but rather to discover more efficient means of bleeding the producers, and of protecting their right to rule. Every art and science Is today being applied ln the game of war, how to destroy human life and the 'products of labor; how to organize the Iron heel so as to crush those who would overthrow the preaent economic system. These are the problems which are engaging the activities of our rivals. On the other hand the driving powers of human society, even the spurs and lash of economic presure ls forcing the tortured and discontented masses on to revolt and revolution. When fhe reins of power have been secured by the common people, when Communism ls really established, then true civilization will have begun. Then the great discoveries of modern science will be applied to bring mankind health and power and happiness, which is the only good. Already the factors for a healthy tnd happy race are here. The problem is to assemble and organize these forces. Out of the night comes the dawn and the day, and out of the present distress of nations will be born the new Communist order. The struggles of Soviet Russia have revealed to us something of the path and process which we must take; It may be a dark and bloody road, but the chains of slavery must be broken before the day of freedom can come. Someone has said that the time shall come when "all men will be strong and free, when all will be Joy- smiths, and their task shall be to beat out laughter and song from the ringing anvils of life." Long Work Day Scored by Preacher (Continued from page 1) bution to this propaganda is the so- called 'Analysis of the Interchurch World Movement Report on the Steel Strike,' by which Mr. Marshall Olds defends the 12-hour day. This volume although it carries an introduction by a welt-known writer on economic subjects, and even a certificate of accuracy by a prominent firm of New York accountants, Is teeming with errors and misleading statements. Quotations are mutilated, statistics are garbled, facts are falsely reported. Notwithstanding this, the book has apparently been adopted by the United States Steel Corporation as its own defense, and has been freely circulated by Judge Gary, the chairman of Its Board. Miss the Mark "When economists and public accountants miss the mark so widely, churchmen are not likely to take very seriously the admonition to keep away Trom economic questions. The fact remains that the pronouncements of church men on the steel industry have been remarkably accurate as compared with the absurdly misleading documents which the Industry has circulated in its own defense. "No line can be drawn between technical questions and moral questions. If Industry objects that we churchmen are invading a technical realm when we discuss engineering problems, me must reply that when Industry employs men 12 hours a day, It is committing moral trespass and challenges the churches ln their own field. "This pamphlet, however, is not the result of swivel-chair investigation. It Is a collection of data from trained investigators. It represents an effort on the part of a church group to furnish the public with facts which the public has been encouraged to hbpe the steel Industry would Itself furnish. "When the manuscript was essentially complete, It was presented to a high official of the United States Steel Corporation, with the request that any Inaccuracy be pointed out, and that a statement of the manufacturers' side of the controversy be prepared for inclusion ln the published document. The request was courteously received, but It was Insisted that criticism would be submitted by the corporation only if it were to be printed without comment and without opportunity for us to have conferences with the Steel Corporation officials ou disputed points. It was the same old story— no conference. These conditions we could not accept. A Problem of Shifts 'The problem of the 12-hour day is, briefly, a problem of providing three shifts of men to do the work now done In continuous operation by two shifts. It means more men and lt means higher average wage rates, but we have found the Steel Institute's estimate that the three-shift system will mean an Increase ln cost of 15 per cent, unsupported by the facts. Experience shows thnt, In general, men so greatly appreciate the added leisure that they will compromise on wages. The Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. raised hourly, tonnage and piece rates ten per cent, and the president of the company testifies that the men were quite willing to accept that arrangement in order to shorten thoir day. The change was actually accomplished- without loss, for production was Increased. A similar achievement ls recorded for other establishments, "A mnjor difficulty ln the way of installing three shifts would be overcome, ns the present report shows, if the steel industry as a whole would improve its labor policy. 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Furthermore, this population Is largely concentrated In the Easternmost provinces, Ih the Province of Quebec, for Instance, out of a total of 2,850,000 in 1921, 87 per cent, consisted of Frenoh Canadians. This element haa remained from the beginning almost entirely an agricultural and petty land-owning class; and what Industries there are in these Eastern provinces are mainly developed by Immigrants from Europe or the United States. ' Geographically, even more than racially, Canada is an artificial entity. Her southern boundary, the 48th parallel of latitude, was drawn without any reference to natural formations. Consequently there have been many disputes in the past with her southern neighbor, the United States, over both the actual settlement of the boundaries and such questions as defence on the Great Lakes, and fisheries on both east and western coasts. Owing to the more rapid growth of the United States towards becoming a highly-industrialized state the position of Canada has become even more anomalous. In what follows, we wlil describe, firstly, the growing economic and consequent political influence of the United States ln C&nada; and secondly, in a great measure the result of this* Americanization, the increasing number of points of difference between the Interests of the Canadian bourgeoisie and those of the Imperial power. Now Canada, though still largely a wheat-growing country, has very considerable mineral resources. It Is estimated by Eckel ("Coal, Iron and War") that she has roughly 286,000 million tons of coal, or 7 per cent, of the total world reserves, mostly concentrated in British Columbia. Her neighbor, Newfoundland, a separate British colony, has a reserve of Iron ore estimated by the same authority, Eckel, at 4000 million tons. The eastern provinces of Canada, though they have but little coal reserves, have immense supplies of water power. Many other minerals, such as copper, aluminum, zinc, asbestos, gold and silver, are found ln large quantl ties, while the forest lands are of im mense size. These resources are only now becoming fully developed and, as we will proceed to show, thiB has been effected, for the last eight years mainly with capital from the United States. The effect of Americanization and the growing mood of intransigeance to control by British imperialism, is reflected ln the changed position of the bourgeois political parties in Canada. Before the war the configuration of the bourgeois parties, was tb some extent, akin to that of Great Britain, for the Liberals represented largely the petty-trading bourgeoisie, while the Conservatives stood for the heavy industrial and privileged classes. The Free Trade Liberals received also support from the bulk of the farmers. . The war and Ub after-effects, how ever, modified the polioy of both parties, and has produced a third party, the Party of the Western Farmers. The Influx of American capital and American Immigrants into Canada .has created a definite split In the solid Conservative - vote of the Industrial districts; for these new American Interests are opposed to tariff barriers. In the election of 1921, the Liberals, to the surprise, of the English press, made serious Inroads Into the Conservative bloc ln Ontario, the big Industrial Province of Canada. Accordingly the Conservatives, in order to retain their industrial vote, have thus had to modify their attitude towards reciprocity and have also tended to lose some of their loyalist outlook and have become more and more nationalist. It is, for Instance, a most signlflcant fact that it was a Conservative prime minister, Sir Robert Borden, who insisted on the right of Canada to separate representation at the Peace Conference. In spite of the fact that the Liberals continually endeavored so to modify their policy as to obtain the support of the western farmers, these farmers have not been prevented from form Ing their own party, the Progressive Party, based on the now Immensely strong co-operative productive and selling organization, the United Grain Growers, Ltd. On the question of free trade and reciprocity this party, there fore, actB as a kind of radical wing of the Liberals, It is thus clear that the Liberals once successfully accused of "disloyalty" by the Conservatives, are now rapidly approaching the day when they will be able to take the lead In a definitely anti-British direction nnd will have no fear* from the proportionately dwindling band of Imperialists. Further, that while nationalism Ib well, on Its way to becoming a united policy of all three bourgeois parties, tho future division will He between Canadian nationalism and political, ns well as economic, union with the United States. U. S. A, Investments ln Cnnndn In no other foreign country has American capital penetrated to such a lnrge extent ns in Canada, Even before the war, when American foreign investment wan almost unknown elsewhere, quite a considerable amount of American capital was exported over the border to Canada. ThiH Ih brought Monthly] out In the following table which gives the total sales of capital for government, and municipal as well as for Industrial enterprise: Sales of Capital for Canadian Enterprise 1908-14: Canada, 1286,644,000; Great Britain, $1,419,849,000; United States, 8177,508,000. 1915-18: Canada, 11,487,991,000; Great Britain, 966,776,000; United States, $598,568,000. 1919-21: Canada, 91.020,648,000; Great Britain, $17,256,000; United States, $600,664,000. ' This shows very clearly at onoe the enormous stride which the United States made during the war in its investments tn Canada and the still more striking falling off to practically nothing of the flow of British investments. Furthermore, It shows that with the conclusion of the war, Britain hu proved totally incapable of regaining any measure at all of her pre-war foothold in Canadian industry; it also shows that the United States has still further Increased its grasp on Canadian industry—a grasp whtch it has again increased ln 1922, while Britain has made no headway at all. In 1918 thb Canadian department of Commerce estimated that the capital invested in Canadian industrial enterprise amounted to a total of about $1,676,000,000. It further cal culated that 84 per cent, of this total was held in the United States, compared with only 9 per cent, in Great Britain, and 56 per cent. In Canada itself. The proportion .held by America according to all accounts, has now increased-to about 50 per cent, These are the actual figures. But as we will now proceed to show this growth in the economic Influence of the United States in Canada haB been first achieved and then strengthened by many and various means, (a) The. Branch Factory—This was already a factor of some importance even before the war In districts of Canada just over the United States border. It became of Increasing importance after the failure of .the proposed reciprocity treaty between Canada and the United States. United Statea capitalists found that it was more profitable, on account of the Canadian tariff regulations, to erect factories over the border ln Canada, In order to manufacture certain classes of goods to be sold within her borders, than to export them to her. Consequently, especially since the war, and hastened by the "Made in Canada" campaign at the end of the war, American factories have greatly Increased in number. Before the war it was estimated that there were 350 of these American branch factories. In 1921 they had increased to 575, and by the beginning of this year It was estimated (by the Financial News of January 18), that the number had now approached to 800. This compares with an estimated total of 20 British branch factories at the beginning of 1922, the latest date for which Information Is available. The Importance of thiB development to British capitalists has lately been much taken up by the British capitalist press. They have pointed out that the establishment by America of these branch factories ln Canada means that the Americans can ln this way take advantage of any trade and tariff preferences which are accorded to Canadian commodities by other British or foreign countriea. The Times Trade Supplement of September 9, 1922, refers, for instance, to the establishment, by a large American motor company—believed to be the General Motors Corporation of America, the largest motor manufacturing combine In the world—of an extensive plant in which will be concentrated the whole of this combine's export business. The point of view of a Canadian capitalist (unnamed) who visited Great Britain in 1922 In order to Interest British capitalists ln Canadian development, is worth quoting here (from a report on Canada for 1922 by the department of Overseas Trade): "The United States manufacturer regards a branch factory ln a foreign country, whether In Canada or Europe, as a decentralized portion, but still a unit of the organization. As such the branch is subject to the same rigid Inspection and management as the main or parent concern, and has therefore been a source of proflt in a great majority of cases. The British manufacturer, on the other hand, looks upon a branch as a foreign Investment, an agency which will'detract from the. business of the home plant, and for this reason not a particularly desirable.form of expansion." (b) Loans to Public Authorities— as we said above, the flow of capital from -Britain to Cannda practically ceased with the declaration of war in 1914. But Canada in consequence of the war was compelled to borrow large Bums In order, as the Manchester Guardian Commercial said (Jan. 11, 1923), "to meet her militnry expenses, to help finance the export of wheat and other foodstuffs and of munitions of war." Consequently her government nnd municipalities were compelled to turn to the United States. No details are available of the amount of government or municipal loans floated in the United States during the war, but for the years 1818*1922 the Guaranty Trust Company, in its survey for January, 1923, gives thc following figures: Canadian government and municipal loans sold In New York: 1919, 12 millions; 1920, 84 millions; 1021, 74 millions; 1922, 100 millions. During thb) period-it Is known that neither the Federal government, no" any of the States or municipalities applied for a single loan publicly on the British market. The result of this has been that not only have the United States got a firm if not a dominating hold on the industries of Canada, but they have now also entered into •affective competition in a field of financing wliich was almost exclusively the property of British financiers before the war. (c) Educational and Other Influences—The Influence of the United; States on Canadian education has become predominant. Technical apparatus for research, demonstration or laboratory work In all the numerous universities, colleges and technicholo- glcal schools are loaned free of any charge by United States manufacturing concerns. This results ln a natural leaning towards American products. For as the department of Overseas Trade report on Canada for 1921 points out: "Owing to the fact that the Canadian mechanic has been educated in the use of United States tools, and also on account of the accessibility of supply, most machine tools are Btill being imported from the United States." - American films are reported to have, more than tn other countries, a predominating place in Canada. Though the following quotation, from an article from a Canadian correspondent emphasizing the Influences of the United States, ls probably intentionally alarmist, It Is of Interest nevertheless as showing a tendency: - "The Americans have recognised the importance of the influence of the moving picture business In Canada. Over 76 per cent, of motion pictures exhibited in Canada are the product of American brains.* This results In Canadian audiences almost unwittingly so accustoming themselves to the American viewpoint as to become Americanized ln their thinking. The fllm news service Is largely permeated with pictures calculated to draw attention to the people, places and things of the moving picture film for purposes of trade propaganda are now receiving the earnest attention of the great Am erican manufacturers. — (Yorkshire Post, April 18, 1922.) Again, United States magazines have become increasingly Imported into Canada. During a debate on this question in the Canadian parliament In March of this year, a member stated that in ten years the value of American magaines entering Canada had grown from $800,000 to $3,000,000. Lastly, Canadian merchants and im porters have very largely adopted the American trading customs and rules. This facilitates commerce with the United States, and in the same meas ure hinders transactions with Great Britain. Economic Conflict Between Great Britain and United States The growth of United States Influence has naturally been viewed with alarm by British capitalists interested in Canada. The latter, especially through the, press,, have persistently stressed the Importance of British capitalists devoting attention to the Canadian market and the exploitation of Canadian resources. They put forward patriotic grounds for maintaining that the economic development of Canada must be undertaken by themselveB and not by the United States, It Ib implied, but usually not expressed, that It is the patriotic duty of Canada to leave its resources unde veloped rather than submit to Amerl can overtures. A revealing declare tion by the Canadian correspondent of the Manchester Guardian (March 2 . 1928), Inadvertently exposes the "economic sacrifice" demanded of Canada for the sake of patriotism. Speaking of the possibility of there being a movement for annexation to the United States in Western Canada, lt says: "But In these apprehensions the pessimists forget that if the national problem o( Canada was purely an economic one, there probably never would have been any Canada, There certainly would be no Canada now. Even If it is true that Western Canada is called upon to make an economic sacrifice for the sake of a patriotic Idea, the West will not thereby be differ en Mated from Eastern Canada. For if there was no International boundary, it ia conceivable that the provinces of Ontario and Quebec would by now have populations comparable with those of the states of New York and Pennsylvania. Were there no inter PAGE THREE T A I L O R S - TO PARTICULAR HEN - STORRY ft McPHERSON Up_t__j.»te68aE___fV_IXIBT_l____T A I L O R S PREVENT FOREST FIRES The fires that start each summer might have come from YOUR cigarette-stub. The Forest charred and burned might have been the result of YOUR camp-fire. The wooded hillsides might have been blackened by YOUR lighted matches. f*_ ' ~ • : . ■•' ■'. , • jj The burned farms might be the wages paid by YOUR thdughtlessness. ;, Idle logging camps might be the result of YOUR momentary carelessness. If forest fires annually destroy our natural wealth, if money is to be spent in fighting fires instead of building up the Province, then the loss is YOURS and that of the generations to come. Be careful. IT PAYS national boundary, the centre of the motor industry of America might be in Windsor, Ontario, instead of across the river at Detroit; and the seaport of Montreal, owing to its far inland position, would undoubtedly be a close rival of New York. It Ib not economics that preserved Canada's^Henttty on the American continent. And lt is not likely that "Snappy Stories" (referring to the flood of American literature into Canada) and such like will succeed ' In Americanizing Canada where serious economic pressure has failed." The significance of this quotation lies In its clear statement of the con tradictlons between the interests ln Canada of BrltlBh and American im periallsm. It Implies, In fact, the accusation that British Imperialism is responsible for holding up the economic development of Canada, which, If it had not been for Great Britain, would have been undertaken by the United States. In opposition to the attempt In the above quotation to prove that patriotism is more important than economics, we flnd the following frank state ment of the Canadian correspondent to the Yorkshire Post whom we have already quoted. Hs says, for Instance: "There ls probably no better way of exerting Influence upon another country than by Investing in tt large sums of capital. That this Is true Ib evidenced by the adoption ln Canada, to a large extent, of United States standards of living and business conduct. ... He (the American) Is Investing Immense amounts of capital In Canadian industries by the purchase of the securities of these industries. Underlying these securities are mortgages of propetry and equipment, permitting Americans to dictate to a large extent the destinies of many Important Canadian business organisations, Or again, take the Empire correspondent to the Flnanclal News January 18. 1928, who/though he was arguing* In this case from the general, i. e„ from all the colonies of Great Britain, to the particular, 1. v., Canada Itself, realized only the "economies' of the matter: "We are trying," he said, "to Increase the production of the United Kingdom by increasing our explrts to Dominions which want to Import less as they are determined to manufacture their own. The Dominions are ar ranging among themselves tariff agreements which provide for reciprocal preference and which will tend to increase the volume of business be tween them and lessen that with the home country. Branches of English firms, as I suggest establishing, would be entitled to proflt by these Dominion agreements. The business men of the United States have sized up the position in this way and are arranging their plans accordingly," It Is, therefore, significant that the chairman of the British Empire Producers Organisation, the most Influential and most directly connected with industry, of all the imperialist propagandist societies in Great Britain has just recently made a speech objecting to the investment of United States capital in Canadian industries (reported In The Times for February 26, 1928). Tariff Reciprocity With tbe United States Until, recently the demand for reciprocal tariff concessions Between Canada and the United States was put forward only by one section of Canadian capitalism, vis., the Liberal Party, representing small landowning Interests. The Conservative Party, representing the British-loyal manufacturing interests, stood for high tariffs to prevent the entry of American ihanufac- tured goods. With the growth of American penetration there has been a corresponding movement of opinion away from Britain and In favor of friendly, relations with the United States. Consequently the question of tariff reciprocity with the United States has developed from a purely Liberal Issue to a nationalistic demand like that for a status of greater Independence within the British Empire. 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Fletcher, 081 Nelion St, PRINCE RUPERT TYPOORAPHIOAL UNION, No. 418—Pruldent, 8. D. Maedonald, lecreUry-treuunr, J. M. Campbell, P. 0. Boi 880. Mute lait Thanday ef eaeh To Secretaries and Union Officials When Wanting Printing of any kind SEE US We have specialized in Union Work for the last fifteen years. We guarantee satisfaction. Prompt service. Reasonable prices. Cowan Brookhouse, Ltd. PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS, STEREOTYPERS AMD BOOKBINDERS Phones: Sey. 7421 and Sey. 4490 1129 HOWE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. How tbe Archbl-bope of Canterbury Defended Religious liberty Against the Rebellions Worken and Peasants, TT WAS in the J«h century. At thit time the English church was ln a atate of utter confusion. The monks, high and low, occupied themselves with debauchery; they robbed the population and sent a considerable portion ot the proceeds to the Pope, who was the tool of the French kings. A movement arose against this among the educated classes, under the leadership of Wyclif, an ecclesiastic and professor at the University of Oxford, Wyclif demanded that the Bngllsh church should separate Itself from the Pope of Rome, and preached that the priests should live simply, as Jesus Christ lived. These sermons of Wyclif met with the approval of the textile workers, who at that time lived wretched lives, and were not pleased at being shorn by the priests, Wyclif also found many followers among the peasants, who were being crushed by the priests and the landowners. The movement known as the Lollard movement began, and waa joined even by a section of the poorer clergy, headed by John Ball.. John Ball's agitation expressed the struggle against the exploitation by the priests and landowners. We take the following speech of this monk from a contemporary chronicle: "Oood people, things will never go well In England so long as goods be not ln common, and so long as there be villains and gentlemen. By what right are they whom we call lords greater folk than we? On what grounds have they deserved it? Why do they hold us ln serfage? If we all oame of the same father and mother, of Adam and Eve, how can they say or prove that they are better than we, if it be not that they make us gain for them by our toll what they spend ln their pride? They are clothed ln velvet, and warm in their furs and their ermines, while we are covered with rags. They have wine and spices and fair bread; and we oat-cake and straw, and water to drink. They ha\e leisure and flne houses; we have pain and labor, tHe rain and wind In the fields. And yet it Is of us and of our toil that these men hold their state.1 This speech contains nothing against religion; on the contrary, John Ball appeals to the holy scriptures. But the Archbishop of Canterbury held this speech to be blasphemy, had John Ball imprisoned and excommunicated. John Ball got oft pretty lightly, but thousands of Lollards were burnt, and in this persecution the leading role was played by the Archbishop of Can. terbury. Arundel. Professor Thorold Rodgers^ mentioned above, writes on this archbishop as follows; "He is known as the author of the law for burning heretics at the stake, law compelling the authorities of the county of Canterbury to carry out the death sentence. The princes of the church declared, with revolting hypocrisy, that they did not wish to kill, and induced the king to Issue the regulation obliging the authorities to commit that which they would not do with their own hands. 'Arundel ls also the author of another law: On the pretext of combat' ting heresy, the lesser clergy were forbidden to preach without permission this permission had to be paid for. The purpose of this measure was to ensure that the king should hear nothing of the dissatisfaction aroused by his regime." The history of the ArchblBhop of Canterbury shows us that: When the king proclaims himself head of the church, when he determines its doctrines, and even when he plunders it a trifle, all this is "freedom of religion" so long as he divides- the spoil w-fh the archbishop. But when the pious workers and peasants, basing their demands on the holy scriptures, ask that the priests renounce their luxury, their gormandizing and drinking, that they live with the people—thon this iB a blasphemy for which the Archbishop of Canterbury has thousands of working people executed. Tt is now clear that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Kandal Davidson, is lighting, in the so-called year of our Lord 1S28, for the same aims as his predecessors fought ln the 14th and 16th centuries. The priest John Ball, who preached the truths of Communism In the crude phraseology of the 14th century, was as heartily hated by the then Archbishop of Canterbury as the "agents of Moscow" are hated by the Arichblshop of Canterbury of the 20th century. Why should his Grace not step forward as the defender of Tlchon, the champion of Cear- tsm, of the capitalists, and thc; landowners! But the Archbishop of Can terbury, Randall T. Davidson, is not actuated merely by hate of the Lot lard movement which has rlnen from the dead and Is victorious ln far Rus- sia in this 20th century. He ls not acting out of sympathy with the Russian landowners and Russian capitalists only. Our history Ifesson must conclude wtih a leaf from the present: Tho Iiiiorruptlbli' Rrllvs of Saint Vrquhurdt Once upon a time there lived a follower or thc true faith, nn Englishman by the name of L-nllo Urquhardt, Aa in tho days of old devout monks often took up their Htnffs and wandered Into far off countries, where the Havages knew nothing of ii-cmim-ih or shirts, and attempted to teach these wild beings that they had Immortal houIh and were the children nf Clod, even though they had nothing wherewith to cover their nakedness—no -this monk of the church of capital. Ui-'iuhanlt, made a pilgrimage Into the savage land of the the holy faith ln the mighty god of capital. And like all high priests, Leslie Urquhardt managed to feed himself so well in our country that he can now only speak of it as a Paradise Lost. The Russian savages Insulted this holy man. They offered resistance to the Czar, to the landowners, and to the gods of capital, and even drove Urquhardt out of his faetorles. It It not every saint who can be characterized by patience. Many of the saints In the days of old drew their twords and behaved very muoh at If they were ordinary brawlers. The holy Urquhardt did not belong to the patient ones. He ran to Kollchak, and wanted to tear from .us by force the people's treasures which had been taken from him. He placed, himtelf at the head of the crusade agalnit Soviet Russia. His spirit Inspired all the knights of the pen in capitalist England, and many were the appeals which these published for the annihilation of the nest of robbery and blasphemy, But when Soviet Russia wat victorious, then the holy Urquhardt decided that it waa consistent with his holiness to pardon. He made up hla mind to strike a bargain withvus. He shared the gains with the devil, and promised to serve him faithfully and honorably. But the Soviet devil, when he read the contraot, found, that he was going to be cheated, and declined to do business, The holy man is now sitting in his cell on the Exchange and waiting for tbe Bolshevist miscreants to reform. An hundred times did he promise to wait In patience, but when the uproar began with the trial of Ziepliak and the shooting of Budklevlch, he could contain himself no longer. He assembled the offended creditors of Russia, and proposed to them that they demand that relations with Soviet Russia be broken off, not only on account of the persecution of the church, but ln consideration of the fact that—trade with Russia clined to carry on business with the Bolshevist devil for such small gains, As we have already said, Leslie Urquhardt ia a holy man, and knows how to work miracles. When he feels sad, the leader ot the Labor Party (Clynes) sends us telegrams and begs the Soviet government not to grieve the ambassador of the god of capital. When Urquhardt ls of the opinion that pressure would'be useful to ex. pedlte the concessions of tbe Soviet government, then the Archbishop of Canterbury weepa over the suppressed rights of tbe Catholic, Jewish and Or thodox churches. A Piece of Advtoe to Saint Urquhardt Mr. Urquhardt, do not play with flre, or you will burn your Angers again And you will have to change your re- liglon again, as you had to alter Kolt- cbak't defeat. Can you not wait a while? We are not so very bard- hearted, and everything comes to him who waits. A Piece of Advice to the Archbishop of Canterbury Most reverend Dr. Randall T, Davidson: I, a man Incompetent in matters of the church, have given you this lesson In history. It you persist In ly< Ing, then tbe Comintern will send you two experts on the subject, wbo will compile for you such a hiBtory ot the Archbishop of Canterbury at will make you sick. As it Is not permissible to burn anybody at the stake in England today for such deeds, the good-for-nothing English Communists will print this whole history, containing all your sins and the sins ot your predecessors, and even the sins of their illegitimate children, and will have copies-of thla history distributed by the million. Why run this risk? It is much better that you sit quietly at home, eat your pudding, drink your porter, read English novels If that Is not too tedious for you, and leave Soviet Russia alone I The Dominion of Canada (Continued trom page I) As early as 1891 the Liberals appear to have been advocates of unrestricted reciprocity with the United States, The Influential supporters of the Liberals comprised the French-Canadian land-owning farmers, the tenant farmers of the west, and Immigrants from the United States. They demanded free trade for the purchase of agricultural machinery and the sale of livestock, etc.; and were anti-English and pro-United States In their general tendency. The Conservative -opposition consisted of manufacturers and British-born Canadians who were strongly loyalist and pro-British and in favor of tariff restrictions against American competition. They were, undoubtedly, supported by the Imperial power In their opposition to reciprocity. According to the Manchester Guardian 1820 Supplement on Canada, tbe 1881 campaign was defeated owing to tear of the possible effect of reciprocity on the British connections. When the Liberal government, headed by Sir Wilfred Laurler, was in power in 1910-11, the Issue again came to the front lltrgely owing to pressure from the western farmers, In response to their agitation, Sir Wilfred Laurler began negotiations with the United States, and In 1911 at agreement was signed (the Taft-Laur ler agreement). This agreement never came into operation. Fear of the consequences with regard to re lationa with Great Britain led to the defeat of the Liberal Party. They lost the general election owing to the "loyalty" campaign waged against them. Mackenzie King, the Liberal leader, records in the Manchester Guardian Canadian Supplement that "the protected and privileged classes made a vigorous campaign against the agreement." Thomas A. Crearar, now leader of the Farmers or Progressive Party and president of the United Grain Growers', Ltd. (the, western farmers' co-operative productive and selling organization), states outright in the same paper: "Reciprocity, on which the farmers had set their hearts fpr its enormous economic advantages to them, was defeated by a 'loyalty' campaign, which its chief sponsors flnd unpleasant to recall." , . Finally we have Professor Berridale Keith (an acknowledged upholder of Imperialism, associated with the ColO' nial ofllce) in an article In the Man' Chester Guardian for Dec. 8, 1921, describing reciprocity as a Scheme, which seemed to Involve political consequences unfavorable to the British connection. The. reciprocity issue remained shelved until after the war. In 1919 the agreement again came to the fore, but this time it was the United States which came out against It. In Canada In 1819, the Liberal convention with Mackenzie King as leader of the party, adopted a tariff programme in close accordance with the demands of the western farmers. Besides a demand for the acceptance ot the reciprocity agreement, it provided for other substantial reduction. ln the tariff and also an Increase in the British preference to 50 per cent, of the general tariff. In the United States, however, the farmers of the WcBtcrn States, who were afraid of the Importation of livestock, etc., from Cnnada, were putting pressure on the Republican Party to repeal the agreement. Already they'were responsible 4_or causing Mr, Taft, the negotiator of the agreement, to lose many votes in the presidential contest of 1912, In May, 1921, they triumphed in securing the inclusion of a clause repealing the reciprocity agreement (which had never been ratified) in the United States Emergency Tariff Act, The issue was reopened in Canada Immediately the Liberal Party won at the general election at the end of 1921. After a visit of both Mackenzie King, the, new prime minister, and W. 8. Fielding, the finance minister, to Washington, It was reported (Times, March 2, 1922), that the United States would carefully consider the proposal for reciprocity put forward by the Canadian ministers; According to the department of Overseas Trade report on Canada, 1922, Mr, Fielding himself referred to lt In his budget speech on his return, The next move, he said, must come from Washington, —___=,—_———_——sts Times comment on' this situation in Canada was: , "There ls no doubt that the Taft- Laurler agreement would now be accepted by the Canadian parliament. . . . The general feeling throughout Canada is more favorable to closer trade relations with the United States than was the case eleven years ago. . It will be remembered that the Taft-Laurier agreement affected natural rather than manufactured goods, and it ls possible that even amongst manufacturers there Is less fear ot the treaty than when it was submitted to the country by the Laurler govern- ment." This' latter Btatement is very significant because, to take- one particular and direct instance only in the Taft- Laurier agreement, agricultural ma chinery was Included In the duty free list. At tbat time the International Harvester Company, the American agricultural machinery trust, had not yet aet up any factory in Canada. It follows, therefore, that what agricultural machinery manufacturing Interests there were In Canada had good reaaon to "fear" thla agreement. But by 1922 the American trust had ob' talned a completely dominating place In the manufacture of agricultural m*. chinery In Canada lfMlf through itt establishment of a branoh factory therein. The Independent Canadian manufacturers were no longer in possession of the Held, and there waa thut no longer tbe tame resistance to the importation ot agricultural machinery from the United States. , .Meanwhile, however, In tbe United States, Harding and the Republican Party had edme Into power, a position which they partly owed to tbe support of the American western farmers. Now, as we have pointed out, these western farmer^ were opposed to the 1911 agreement. This would appear to be because of the competition of Canadian livestock, which would result from any conclusion of a recl- ptroc|ty agreement. ' It thus seems that for tHe time being, at any rate, the opposition of the United States will prevent the conclusion of the re clprocity agreement. Sufflclent evidence has now been given of the increasing grasp of Am- erican capitalism on Canada. The effect of thta development on Canadian politics and outlook has also been In. dlcated. A further article must trace the result of this tendency on the re. lationship of Canadif to the British Imperial power; and show how the economic conflict for the possession of Canada between American and Britiah imperialism has resulted ln the strengthening of Canadian nationalism and the consequent increasing desire of the Canadian bourgeoisie. If not to become an independent nation, at least to become strongly critical of any control from Downing Street. The two alternatives therefre before the bourgeoisie of Canada will be ln the Immediate future not Liberalism or Conservatism, but full Canadian Nationalism or—Union with the United Statea Why Let George Do It If you do not attend your union meetings and the other fellow does, why kick. He It doing the best he can. Why complain because George does It. Why not do It yourself? Put a one-cent stamp on thlt paptr Th* and mall lt to a friend. 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AND 444 MAIN STREET , I |ig Packing Firms Are on the Rocks (Continued from Page 1) |rough its executive secretary, Ben- nin Marsh, charged Wallace either [th collusion with the packer trust incompetence, was the slightest tve made to get at the bottom of FCOFFEE "In tha flavor Sealing Tin" the merger, At the department of Agriculture it Is declared that Walter Fisher, secretary of the interior un der Taft, and former counsel of the American Live Stock Association, was appointed to represent the govern ment at the hearings scheduled to he- gin June 18 for the purpose of uncovering facts that have become com mon gossip here. Those familiar with Fisher's record have not much confidence in him. The henrlngs will bear watching.. Madison, Wis.—By a vote of 64 to 17, the general assembly endorsed tlie Dahl general Income tax bill.' The proposal calls for a -graduated tax on individual incomes ranging from, one per cent, on the first $1000 of taxable Income to 10 per cent, on incomes over $15,000. Decatur, III.—The annual convention of the Illinois ^tate Federation of Labor will convene in this city Septf] 10 next. Springfield, III.—By a vote of 88 to 31, the house of representatives passed the Soderstrom bill, which provides that workers In various Industries shall be allowed one day rest out of each seven days. HEAR IS, MARGARET SANGER The Foremost Exponent of Birth Control on the American Continent —AT THE— HAMILTON HALL Hamilton and Dunsmuir Streets [Tuesday, July 3rd, 1923, at 8 p.m. NO ADMISSION FEES COLLECTION WHIST DRIVES GET YOUR OFFICIAL PROGRESSIVE WHIST SCORE CARDS, (16 or 25 games), ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) A HUNDRED, AT I Cowan Brookhouse, Ltd. 1129 HOWE STREET Phones: Sey. 7421, 4490 Five Hundred Score Tablets, 20c eaeh Court Whist Cards, 15c per dosen; $1.25 per 100 [By J. S. Woodsworth] -TpHE select standing committee on banking and commerce has this year been of special Interest, This, not only because the Bank Act is up for revision, but because there has been a wide investigation Into the basis, function and control of financial credit. Among the witnesses, none have been more interesting than Mr. George Bevlngton, an Alberta farmer. The following quotations, will give some, idea of his position: I would like to compare the nation as the base of credit with the human body, the circulating medium as the blood of the body, the heart as the distributing agency, aB compared to our present banking system. We find ln the same body, the whole of the body, that the heart is the centre of the body, propelling the blood to carry the necessary nourishment to all parta of the body to meet the requirements of the body. Now, in dealing with the national body as the circulating medium, my contention is tlmt the nation is the base of the whole. The heart of the nation is the executive head of the nation, or the supreme governing body. The circulating medium necessary for the exchange of all commodities required for the nourishment and susteiiace of the nation, might be considered as the blood of the body. The brain directing the control- of the whole might be refer- I red to as the executive of the nation. Now the need of the inquiry Ib prob-1 ably well known to every one here, and does not require very much time on my part ln stating what the needs arc. We find that something haB gone wrong somewhere in this national body, or the body politic; and! we flnd that the heart is full of blood, that Is, our warehouses and storehouses all over tho nation are full of j goods, the things necessary t</the sus-1 tenance of the nation, and yet we flnd parts of the nation unnourished or in some cases In very desperate circum- .stances, that would indicate that there something wrong with the circula- : tion. The national life blood is aj blood to propel, In order to convey to all of the units of the nation or all parts of the political body, the nour-! Ishment required for healthy development, To endeavor to solve this problem, that we flnd a nation filled with goods, bo much goods that they do not know how to market these goods, yet with a home consumption ill supplied, Ib the great problem of not onty Canada, but all the nations of the world today. If we locate that cause as a medium of exchange, or of money system, then we have gofje a long way towards solving the problem. If It can not be found there, we must find some'other place to look for it.'' "The basis of a nation's credit is the number, intelligence and industry of its people, plus the capital equipment and natural resources within its boundaries. "I want to Just deal with how we put this basic money into circulation, nnd the manner in which we do it with the bank. A bank Is privileged by the same authority that issued bank notes, that Is, the government, to print bank notes against their assets. They are redeemable in nothing but the bank's-assets. When your fDominion, Provincial or municipal government or any other subdivision of govenrmen't finds .that it is necessary to use their credit of the bond issue, they muat sell these bonds to some institution that will buy; usually banks, or a financial corporation, which is in fact doing that sort of business. If they have placed to their credit in a bank, then the proceeds of these bond sales, it is withdrable in bank notes. If the government has placed a bond then in a bank, and has got a credit in the ledger of the bank, permitting it to draw on that bank, the government would draw bank notes and put them into circulation, to meet with their requirements. The bank note Is based on a small portion of the • national asset. The Dominion bond that is given in lieu of it to the bank ls based upon the whole of the national asset, including the asset of the, bank. The bank note being given for a bond, becomes interest bearing, to the bank, because the bond is interest bearing. The government or the people of the country then have exchanged a real credit, which is the redemption, for bank credit, have exchanged it for bank credit, which Ib based on a part of that whole asset that the bond ls issued on, and are giving to that financial institution an interest for the privilege of using their own credit." Right Hon. Reginald McKenna, formerly British chancellor of the exchequer, and actively associated with the London City and Midland Bank, called attention to the axiom "that every bank loan creates a deposit, and every re-payment of a loan destroys one." Mr. Bevlngton: "With the present condition of finance or financial control, existing not only in Canada, but In the rest of the leading countries of the world, the financial power is now able to almst dictate politics.' Mr. Bird's reply: "In. confirmation of that, I refer to Hansard. I remember distinctly last session that responsible persons on a particular side of the House made the charge that the Liberal government had been returned to power with the support of the financial Interests of this country." Q. Did we increase our gold, did you say, by 63 millions last year? A. According to Greehshield's Review. Q. Will you tell us who did it, why it was done and how it was done? A. I can not go all the way in answering that. According to this review, 38 millions of that gold was purchased by the Dominion government; and 24 millions by the banks. The amount purchased by the government was added to the Federal gold reserve. It Is not stated what was done with the. amount purhcased by the banks. Q. With what was this gold purchased, do you know? A. I think that would have to be answered by the minister of finance, or some of the bankers- I do not know of any other person thnt could answer it. Q. Then It would have to be pur chased with goods or securities, would it not? A. One or the other, yes. Q. There Is nothing else to purchase it with. Then we assume by LUMBER WORKERS' NEWS AND VIEWS KILLING THE 'GOOSE THAT LAID* In all probability the next move THE GOLDEN EGG -T-HE lumber manufacturers of Brlt- -1 ish Columbia are beginning to feel alarmed over the prices they are charging for lumber. One lumberman states that "the goose that laid the golden egg Is having her neck twisted off right behind the ears;" and even "old Robert Dollar Joins In the dismal wail of his colleagues, by stating that he is sorry lumber prices' are so high, "because too high prices never last." Dollar Is more frank in his statement than the others, because he says his only objection to receiving a high price for his lumber Is because a high price will not last. If he could discover some method whereby he could get a high price for his lumber, and cut the wages of his slaves, this earth would certainly become a little bit of heaven—for him. At that, he is doing the best he can in that direction. What Is worrying the lumber manufacturers Is the fact that the lumber market is showing signs of falling off, ami they think if they can discover some means whereby they can reduce tho price of lumber, the building trades will remain active, and profits continue to flow even although it might be in lesser volume. During the week, from May B to May 12, over 70 $.000,000 worth of building construction was shut down in the City of Xew York alone. During the months of May and June, about $400,000,000 worth of building construction was closed down In the Eastern States. The reason given by the building contractors for this shutdown wns that the price of lumber and other construction material was too high, but as the shut-down order emanated from Wall Street, it Is more' than probable thnt the reason was other than that given. The fact that Europe can no longer purchase commodities in the United States, because of the unfavorable exchange rates, and the consequent fact that the Imports of the States exceeded their exports, Is more likely to be the reason. However, our lumber kings, madly struggling for profits, take but little stock of underlying economic causes. they will make will be an attempt to reduce wages. That is the door they usually turn to when In a dilemna of that sort. That Is why It behooves us to get ready, for they are already crying out that the wages of the building construction workers are too high In the States, and if they were duced, they would be able to purchase the lumber nnd continue building. It is difficult to see how wages cun be reduced in the lumber Industry, except by reducing the workers to a rice diet, but If the lumber barons think it possible to do so, doubtless they will try it. The sawmill workers wages are far below what is generally accepted as the bare sulisistance level, nnd the wages of the luggers are following. It Is ln order to resist any possible attempt by the lumber kings to reduce wages, that the men working ln thc lumber industry should bend every effort towards organizing and solidifying their ranks to see that no such deal is put across, "In times of peace prepare for war," Is a safe motto for all workers to adopt, and that Is especially true of those who have made but little effort to organize and drill thcir fighting forces that they may be ready to battle with king capital. Except in lis relation., hip with whether the industry wo are employed in is busy or not, tho price of lumber Is not our concern. We cannot eat it. and wo got but littleof It lor homos; but wbat doos concern us. and concerns us vitally is the price we got for tho energy wo deliver on the job—our wages. Wo must be prepared to fight against thoso being Interfered with by those.who would suck the last drop of blood -from our veins In their efforts to keep up profits. The monster, capitalism, is merciless. II will finally either kill ns, or we will have to kill it. but before it comes to the final issue, we have got to see that we are not crushed down so low that we are no longer ablo to struggle. For that we require a machine, and that machine is organization, a welding together and acting together of the forces of the working class. Let us construct that machine—we will surely need it. thts purchase that we gain ln the transaction. Supposing it was purchased by bonds, what did we gain by tlie transaction? ' A. If we gave 38 million dollars' worth of bonds for 38 million dollars worth' of gold, the amount that was purchased by the government, we would have changed an interest-bearing obligation to pay for a non-productive gold asset. We would have lost, to my mind, the difference of the interest tn the transaction. We have increased our asset on the one Bide, and our ability on the other side, with a percentage added to our liability. "In order to pay their Interest then, it is necessary that markets outside of each and every country be found for the surplus amount of goods, because every nation requires to pay interest. Every nation ls in debt. In order that the interest may be paid in money, every nation will have to sell more goods than lt buys. Now, who is going to be the buying nation? Every nation that must sell more goods than it buys, lf it is to pay .Its interest. Now, we might look at lt from a national standpoint for a moment, and a great portion of this interest is paid in the country, to people within the country, if that interest is to be paid than, it must be paid with goods juat the same as the other outside is paid, and the consuming ability must be in the country itself, or in the people themselves, who receive the Interest. If they have a consuming ability, they have ability to take and consume the volume of goods equal to the interest bill. Then the Interest bill can be paid, because we can purchase the goods if those people find a consuming ability equal to taking that volume of goods, then you con only settle that, account by renewing the promise to pay if the larger amount is not sufflclent." Q, Will you describe briefly how the bankers issue their credit? A. A borrower goes into a bank, does not necessarily pledge an asset; he may give a note. The banker discounts the note, and places the proceeds to the credit of the borrower. The banker enters up the note as an asset In the bank in his account as a deposit, and also the loan as a loan. Now the banker has not loaned out any money. He has taken In a note, entered on both sides of his ledger a loan and a deposit. The borrower gets a cheque book and starts out to check against his deposit. What is on deposit? Nothing but the note, backed up possibly by some collateral security. The check then operates ln trade just the same as If there was money. The volume of circulating medium has actually been swelled by that process. To whatever extent a bank, ln its discretion, is willing to make these advances against a note deposit, it can increase the circulating medium to any height. "We found that when we had a national crisis, • our present system hopelessly failed, and we had to resort to what people always have had to resort to, to meet that particular crisis. We had to resort to the use of the public credit. We had to put that public credit behind the system that we hnd established to do our ordinary business, when we came to a crisis, and then we went right on and continued to move without any trouble, and solved our problem In that way. Now, that was a political crisis, and we say It was justified because of the great necessity to maintain our na tlonal Identity, and I might say our Imperial Identity. Today we aro fac ing the greatest industrial crisis that the world has ever known. We find that great Industrial crisis all over the world has been' brought on or Is on at the present time, because of shortage of purchasing power. All nations are trying to remedy that situ atlon. Then again I say, thut being the case, it Is in the Interest of the nation that 'national credit again should be invoked to meet the crisis. The banks at the present time, as at present constituted, only do four per cent, of their business with money, and there nre some of them have suid they might get along very well with out money at all, If people only had confidence In the institution, t'onse quently, there would be ono person depositing his securities nnd checking against them, nnd another person do- lug likewise. At the present time, there Is no limit to which a bank may make loans, and thereby cause checking accounts or deposits. It is entirely within their control then, whother they Inflate purchasing (tower or deflate purchasing power, Thot Is the point on which I take issue with our present system. 1 think thnt fs too much powor to be left In tho hands of any few men uncontrolled. I think It Ih in the Interest of the people thnt the people themselves should undertake to control tho amount of circulating medium that can be put into circulation as purchasing power through that process of making loans, and receiving deposits and circulating that by the cheque book. That Is entirely bank-created, and it functions ln exactly tho same way ns money, and It will inflate purchasing power, or the withholding of that credit extension».wfll deflate." Henry Haeker, of Goose Creek, wus kidnapped on the night of Juno 14, by masked men, tnken to the woods ami beaten over the head. No causo for the attack is known. Washington—"Ordinary diplomacy lias Ion the world in a terrible moss," declared Chief Justice McCoy of the District nf Columbia suprome court in a speech in this city. Montreal, Que.—After '-'O minutes' deliberation, a jury in the king's bench court decided in tho case of striking clonk maker*., tbat picketing Is legal, The cloak makers In this city and in Toronto ore combatting antiunion Influences. Always look up The Fed. advertiser before making purchases. The Demand for H. B. Point Blankets Grows AND aa'motoring and camping season approaches, the demand increases, for the H. B. Point Blanket is not only the most satisfactory blanket made for prospectors, minera, lumbermen, etc., but its warmth, service and economy is creating a big demand for it, for camp and motor use. The H. B. Point Blanket is the best blanket value on the market. Obtainable at all the Company's stores, but only genuine when it has the seal of quality label on it. Shown in colors of red, green, khaki, grey, white and stripe effects at theBe prices: 3 point, size 60x72; 8lbs. 5ozs. Price f 10.50 3^ point, size 63x81; lOfts. Price. .....$12.50 i point, size 72x90; 12tbs. Price..... $15.00 —Third Floor. Hudson's Bay Company VAHOOUVEB, B. 0. New "S^ork—-More than 8000 barbers employed in the northern section of the city, are on strike for wage increases and shorter hours. They also demand union recognition, that many grievances may be taken up with employers. Tr? your neighbor for a subscription. OOAL TENDERS TENDERS wanted, 1000 tons Vancouver Island Goat for Vancouvor School Board. Quote prices as follows: Loaded on School Board Tracks in sacks at Ooal.Yard: Double Screened Lump, per ton $...„... Slack, per ton $ Delivered in Bunkers any School of Vancouver School Board: Doable Screened Lump, per ton \) Slack, Dee ton S Ton to be 2000 lbs. and supplied to School Board as required by individual orders. Lowest tender not necossarlly accepted. Tenders endorsed "Coal Tender" to be in hands Seoretary Vancouver School Board, Monday, 2nd July, 1923. B. 0. WOLFE MERTON, Secretary School Board. CORPORATION Of POINT ORBT Tenders for Water Pipe The Council Is prepared to receive tenders for the supply of: 5,000 feet of 4-Inch water pipe 10,000 feet of 6-inch water pipe * 1,000 feet of 8-inch water pipe 1,000 feet of 10-inch water pipe Quotations are requested on "Lspwelded Steel" or "Cast Iron" pipe and f. o. b. Vancouver, B. C. Specifications, full particulars and forms of tender may be obtained on application to the Municipal Engineer. . Tenders must be accompanied by a deposit of five1 (5) per cent, of the amount of toe tender as security that the party whose tender is nccepted will enter Into the required contract for the supply of the pipe- Tenders must reach the undorslgned by 5 p.m. of Monday, July Oth proximo, in sealed envelope endorsed "Tender for Water Pipe." No tender necessarily accepted. HENRY FLOYD, C. M. C. Municipal Hall, 5851 Weal Boulevard, Vancouver, B. C, June 15, 1923- 0ORPORATI0N OF POINT OBEY TENDERS FOR BUILDING THK Council is prepared to receive tenders fur tbv erection of Workshop and Sheds In the Municipal Yards at Kcrrlailale. Specification--., forms of lender nnd full particular* may lie obtained uu Application to the Municipal Engineer. Tenders, accompanied l»y a deposit nf ten (10) pur cent, of Uie amount tenderoi], must reach tlie undersigned liy 5 p.m. nf TueFilay. July 3, proximo. The lowest or nny tender not necessarily accepted, HENHY FLOYD, CMC. Municipal Hall, 5851 West llouluvaril. Vancouver, B.C., June 21, 1923. IN THE SUPREME OOUBT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA In Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (J. flOB-23 Between FLORENCE OH1PPERFIELD, Petitioner, T and H-UtOLD HUGH CHIPPEKFIEI.D, Respondent, To: Harold Hugh ChlppprAuM, tale of (.TA Hornby Street, and of the Hotel Vancouver, Gnonfifl Street West, both In the City of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia. TAKE NOTICE that a Citation lias been issued In this Court citing yon to appear ami answer the Petition of Florence Chipper* field of '.1870 With Avenue West. In thtt Municipality of Point Orey. Cnunty of Vancouver, In the said Province of British Columbia, praying for a dissolution of marriage, In default of your so appearing you will not be allowed to address the Court anil tho Court will proceed tu hear thp said petition proved and pronounce a**!, tence in respect thereto. Anil Take Fnrthci Notice that for the purpose aforesaid, within one month iifiiv the date of this publication an appear* - must be entered ul tlie KeijNtry Office of the Supreme Court of HrlllMi Columbia, Bt Vuneouver, B, C. (Signed) W. A, MACDONALD, J. j Isrni-I I. Knt.liinwitx. Solicitor for l'-*lltiniier, Vnncouver, B C. I PROVINOE OF BBITISH COLUMBIA Minimum Wage Board i Order Governlni Watt** and Working Conditions ln the Manufacturing Industry, NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to the provisions of the "Minimum Wage Act," a public meeting will be held at the Court House, Vancouver, on Tuesday, the 17th of July, 1928, at 10 a.m., and following days, If necessary, tor the purpose of hearing any person interested in the reconsideration of tbe Onlef of Iho Board govern* Ing wages, hours of labour and general conditions now in offect in the Manufacturing Industry, which includes the work of females engagod in the making, preparing, altering, repairing, ornamenting, printing, finishing, packing, assembling the parts of, and adapting for use or sale any artlole or commodity, but excepting fish, fruit, anl vegetable drying, canning, preserving; or packing. A cordial Invitation to be present Is extended to all those who dealre to bc heard on the above question bofore any chango la made in the existing order. MINIMUM WAGE BOARD FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA! Victoria, B.C., June 26th, 1923, OITY OF VANCOUVEB THE UNDERSIGNED will receive tenders up to noon Tuesday, the 10th day of July, for making bodies for 2 two-ton motor tnicks and 1 one-ton truck. Specifications can be had on application at the office of the City Engineer. JAMES STUART, City Purchasing Agent. BOARD OF SOHOOL TRUSTEES OF SOUTH VANCOUVER NOTICE TO PAINTERS ^ SEPARATE tenders are asked for kalao* mining interior and painting exterior of the following schoola: Brock Main Building, 3-ltl) Ave. and Main St. Carleton Frame Bldg., Kingsway and Joyce ltd. Mackeutle Main Bldg., Jtitli Ave. and Fraser St. Selkirk Frame Bldg., 22nd Ave. and Comnu re hi | St. Specifications may lie seen after 5 p.m. at tho residence of Trustee llamas). 150—55th Ave. East. All paint and kalsomine will bo supplied by the Board. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted In whole or in part. Sealed tenders marked "Labor for Painting" tn be In not later than July 10th, 1923, at -1 p.m. J. A. BLAIR, Secretary. _-9th Ave. and Main Ht.. South Vancouver, B. C. BOARD OF SOHOOL TRUSTEES OF SOUTH VANOOUVER NOTIOE TO CONTRACTORS SEALKO li-tKleU ilitirUI '' 'Tender for School" wl,l be received by Ihe under- sinned up tu 4 p.m., Tuesday, July 10th, 1923, fur the erection and completion of a new West Wing, of frame construction, td the John Oliver High School, on 45th Ave. near Fraser Ave, Separate tenders are requested for thi Steam Heating and Plumbing trades. Plans, specifications and forms of lender may be obtained at the offlce of Messrs. Twlxell A Twliell, architects, 719 Metropolitan Building, upon deposit of the sum of Five (5) Dollars which will be refunded when plans and specifications are returned. Tenders lo be made out on the forms provided and to be accompanied by a certified cheque, payable to the Soutli Vancouver Board nf School Trustees, equal to Five (.1) per cent, of tbe amount of tender. Such cheque wll) be firfelled shntild contractor fail tu enter lulu a rontract when called upon tn do sn. If tender be unt accepted lhe cheque will be returned. Accepted tenderer will lie required tu fur* nisli approved xiirely bond to Ihe amount of.. Flfty (fill) per cent* of the contract amount. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. ""*- 3, A. BLAIR, Secretary. 201-1 Ave. and Main St., Soutli Vancouver. B.C. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY of B.C. Ltd. Fourteen Passenger anil Freight simmer**, nt your service. Culling ut all .Northern It. C, Connl Points, Lumber nml Mining Camps Canneries nnd Pulp anil Paper Mills. PMNCE KUPI'-UT, ANYOX and STBWAKT For furthor particulars apply; HEAD OFFICES: UNION DOCK, Ft. CARRALL STREET eiiono Soy. aas A SPECIAL NOTICE To all BUILDING TRADES MECHANICS and COMMON LABORERS • STAY AWAY FROM ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TEN MEN FOR EVERY JOB NOW No I'nlinc I .-o_|>i>i'l . ttt Work <>|h>mIimc iH* Fay No Attention to Newspaper Advertisements tor Men I'or hirllwr Information »rlU! I'KANK _lsll_.ll, SM'.-Trtn*., Tu In City Building Tiiuics Council, l»_l t'>ilwn.ii) Ato., si. Paul, Minn, PAGE SIX FIFTEENTH YEAK. No. _6 BRITISH COLUMBIA FEDERATIONIST Vancouver, b. c. FRIDAY June 29, lij Regular $5 FELT HATS J- niuiRri K aru thi newest shapes of this hat of particular merit that will stand up well under ull weather eonditlons, and provide more than the uaual service. All sizes; special at $3.45 CAPS One of the snappiest lines of Caps w have been able to offer. TheBe are of the finest quality imported tweeds, handsomely finished with heavy colorful silk linings and made with unbreakable peak*. All sizes, all styles d»Of AZL and all colors, at only WmCio^Ta} WILLIAM DICK LIMITED 45-49 Hastings St., East Will Discuss the Subject of Birth Control at Hamilton HaU Mrs, Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate, and persecuted advocate uf sanity in the married relations, will speak in Vancouver on July 3, in the Hamilton Hall, at 8 p.m. In Canada, as in the United States, it is still a "crime" to teach methods, of birth control, because these countries are still in the grip of plutocratic and reactionary forces, In Australia, and New Zealand, where the control of intelligent workers Is so far advanced, we learn lhat means of artificially controlling birth is In free circulation. Even clinics for this Information have been established. It Is high time lhat women of this Province became equally Intelligent. They can hnve the opportunity of hearing this matter discussed by one of the most brilliant and earnest speakers of the times, in the "Hamilton Hall. Tuesday evening, July 3, at 8 p.m, Confidential Employers' Bulletin Shows Need for Activity (Continued from Page 1) It Is an insurance at a trivial cost. Employers should organize—opce organized they could strive for a better understanding with their employees. They should strive for the elimination of the contention that there is a struggle between labor and capital. Once organized, and if nothing further is accomplished, the fact that they are organized* will put them In a position to combat the influence of radical tendencies, which is infecting honest workmen and members of honest labor unions. As a member of the Employers' Association of 11. C, representing the Laminated Materials Company Ltd., I urge that all existing members should stand by the Association, and should use their efforts to draw into lhe Association all employers of labor. Make it 100 per cent. Yours sincerely, (Signed) F. R. LELAND. Vancouver's Need of Schools No city In Canada today is in as great need of increased school accommodation for public, commercial, technical and high school students as Vancouver, While smaller Canadian cities, such aa Windsor, Hamilton and Ottnwa have spent over $1,000,000 each on magnificent public, high nnd technical schools since the war, Vancouver has built only a few small, one-room, wooden public schools and an inexpensive eight-room high school since 1915, though In that time the school population has increased 6000. It is now imperative that this city begin a progressive school building programme, and the School Board is asking for $275,00o'to mnke a beginning. I A Vote on the 16th inst. for the 1275,000 school bylaw will be a vote for future progress. Educate the rising generation, and they will be able to pay later for the schools in which you eduatce them. Itncllcfll Schools Throughout Cnnndn Telegraphic advice from Welland, Ontario, states that the children there are being taught Bolshevik doctrines, including the undermining of the church and the worship of God. Path er Barron and Father Sinuskl, priests of the Russian Church, made public this charge. Father Barron told of the death threat made against one of his parishioners, if the latter did not stop attending church and sending his children to the radical school. The article states that similar schools exist In Thorold and St. Catharines, and that the mortgage on the Welland school has been paid off with Soviet money received from Winnipeg. At the last convention of the radical school element, held in Winnipeg, there were delegates present from nearly two score of cities and towns throughout Canada, including nearly all of the large Industrial cen Ires; At that convention, it was re ported that there were 54 branches In operation throughout Canada teaching class education. Winnipeg has th^ee schools, with nearly 500 children enrolled, who attend these schools about two hours daily. The Winnipeg convention reported lhat In the litle town of Thoortd, Ontario, there were over eighty scholars. In Toronto, nearly 200 children were enrolled, and over that' number at Transcona, Manitoba, while 70 attended the Fort William school, nnd 58 the Drumheller, Alberta, school. Numerous, other cities, including Moose Jaw, Edmonton and Calgary, were reported as having established these schools. Commissioners of the Central School Board reported that nearly all of these schools were of the Communistic character. The schools are in structed to holtf entertainments, the proceeds of which go towards the pur* Bay Go to Horseshoe Vancouver's Popular Resort, on July 2nd ON DOMINION DAY BY THB SCENIC ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY (Via North Vancouver City Ferries) The beach and extensive park ground^ with seats and tables are froe to the public. Hot water provided. Swings for children. Open air dancing pavilion. Clay's dance orchestra tn attendance. Boating-Bathing-Fishing tiii-: Train kciii;i>cu: ron Sundays and holidays is as WLLOWSi Lhtc North Vancouver for all points to Wliyteciiff for Horseshoe Bay. 8:40 a.m., and tlmn 30 minutes past oach hour till 8:30 p.m. Lean Whyteeliff for all points to North Vancouver 25 mii_i_te.i past each hour from 9:_- a.m. till 0:25 p.m. A convi'nIt-iit train mtv.iv Ik iiiicrntnl un week-days. Itetiirn laie I'liiltl Vancouver lo Wliytt-i'llff (or Horseshoe Bay Adults 70c, Children 40c (gopd day of issue only) SIWMI. KEDUCEI) BATES roll flXCUltSION KUtTIHH Purchase tickets at 122 HnMliif.s StWel West, or Ferry Wharf, foot of Oil urn Ma Avenuo. Time Tallinn anil In.-irmnlian may bn ulitnini-il nt Phsm-iicit Dt'pnrtiii-'nt, 122 HiiHliiif-i. Struct Went, Seymour fllm, and 1'. fl, E. Depot, North Vancouver. 1'hone North Von. 300. Mil TOMMY 3 IS Support thc Carnival If you want to see organized labor in a home of 'its own, then support the Circus and Carnival, which will be held from June 30 to July 7. Springfield, 111.—The State Senate has defeated the old age pension bill which was fostered by a fraternal organization In co-operation with the State Federation of Labor, the United Mine Workers and the joint labor legislative board of Illinois. * Patronize Feaeratlonist advertisers. chase of moving picture machinery, Alms, slides, etc., of the Soviet Republic. Vancouver is credited with having schools of a similar character. This matter i« being investigated, and will be reported on later. Rev, J. S. Woodsworth, M. P. The Rev, J. S. Woodsworth praises the Hansard service of the Ottawa government. He makes it a practice to got in from thirty minutes to an hour talking dally at Ottawa, all of which Is printed In Hansard. His most recent criticism of the government that they prevented Alex. Howat, the Kansas coal workers radical leader, from coming into Canada recently, tc address the miners of Nova Scotia. J. W. Bruce, of Toronto, president of the Canadian Labor Party, took How- at's place, and in his address to the miners, it is reported that he stated: "The time Is near at hand when we will see the Red Flag take the place of the Union Jack." A warrant was Issued for his arrest. Bruce, after keeping three weeks in hiding," has surrendered to the authorities, and Is now out on $1500 ball. Mr. Bruce's missionary work has evidently brought forth fruit, as a strike was called at Sidney, Nova Scotia, at 4 o'clock Thursday morning, June I4th. The O. B. U, Bulletin published a Summerland, B. C, story to the effect that J, S. Woodsworth will open a summer school on Okanagan Lake, tinder the auspices of the Federated Labor Party, teaching industrial history, Marxian and Fabian Socialism, Communism, social reform and social welfare, Mr. J. B. Thompson, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade, is reported as having witnessed a Red Flag procession In a certain Midland city, and gave emphatic warning that "we want no settlers of tliis kind sent to B. C." Along this line we regret to report that an Instance which occurred at New Westminster, B. C, May 13, at which the singing of the Red Flag took place at a funeral which was being conducted by the Rev. F. W. Au- vache, pastor of the Sapperton Baptist church, and chaplain of the Provincial Medical Hospital in that city. During the service, the reverend gentleman was requested by a party of friends of the deceased, to perform .a part of the ceremony, nnd naturally thinking that they were members of some worthy society, he granted their ret|Uest, and to his groat astonishment and disgust, they completed the service by singing the Red Flag. Mr. Auvache would have bitterly opposed them taking charge of the ceremony If ho had had the faintest Idea that they would have madt* an attempt to intro- j• Ance this undesirable method of completing the ceremony. J 0150. TIMMINS, Manager. British Workers Create International Fighting Machine London, England—A Labor Defense Council, "to assist trade unionists throughout the world when persecuted by capitalist governments for their working class activities," has been formed in England, modelled upon the Labor Defense Council of Chicago, which operates nationally in the United States, according to a statement issued by W. T. Colyer, one. of Its joint secretaries, and member of the Workers' Union of Great Britain. Mr. Colyer was deported from America In 1920 to England, and has become known throughout Europe as author of a book entitled, "Thg Menace of Americanism." With Mr. Colyer as joint seeretary is Harry pollltt of the Boilermakers' Society, while a great number of the most prominent British Labor men In both parliament and in the unions are upon the council's directorate. This includes George Lansbury and Neil MacLean and several other Labor Labor Party members of parliament, and the Communist member, J. T. W. Newbold, whose recent speech upon the Ruhr invasion turned the House of Commons upside down, From the British economic organizations the council Is supported by Robert WH- lians of the Transport Workers Federation. Tom llann, late of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, Duncan Carmichae], secretary of the London Trades Council, and a great many others. The international scope of the English Defense Council is made necessary by the character of the capitalist reaction which Is international in operation. Many British subjects are in prison in the United States for Labor activities, and the British government does not at all come to their assistance, as it would were they traders and exploiters. The council will bring pressure upon the government to force equal respect for English workmen as for bankers. MINERS GET Meet Me -AT. Smythe and Homer It's "YOUR" Shw June 30th to July 7th Nova Scotia Workers Obtain Better Wages and Conditions TBy John A. McRury] (Federated Press Correspondent) Sydney, N. S.—Three thousand workers employed by the British Empire Steel Corporation here have received their demands for better wages and working conditions. Their demands include a 30 per cent. Increase, the eight-hour day, recognition of the union, and adoption of the check off system of collecting union dues, similar to that used by the miners of the Province. A strike ballot was laken, resulting In an overwhelming majority for strike. Gary's recent declaration against the eight-hour day ean be taken as the mouthpiece of all steel companies on the continent. But the Sydney steel workers have the power to pave the way for 'the establishment of the eight-hour day in the steel Industry. Twelve thousand Nova Scotia miners have endorsed a resolution pledging their support In event of a steel strike, since they both have a common interest In fighting the corporation that exploits them both. Minister of Labor Has Made An Amazing Decision Hon. James Murdock is ministor of Labor iu lhe Premier King cabinet. The government in power at Ottawa is a Liberal administration. Recently Business Agent Richard Riley, International Association of Machinists, received a communication from Hon. James Murdock, which stated lhat ten hours will constitute a day's work for tradesmen and unskilled mechanics— excepting machinists and carponters, who will work nine hours per day— employed on the Welland Ship Canal, government undertaking. Many years ago the carpenters' and plumbers' and stenmfitters' unions In the canal zone established the eight-hour workday. 100 per cent, above pre-war prices, so that If ordinary supplies are 50 per cent, above, and the wagos of the miners and smelter men are only 33 1-3 per cent., that looks like a reduction ln wages of 16 2-3 per cent, to me. Say, you fellows down on that Job better get organized again, so you can talk buck to that company and get a little better conditions and clean out that detective agency you've got down there, or you will be getting a further reduction, and your masters' will be getting an increase in profits. That blood-sucking beast never will be satisfied, and remember his Increase iu profits means something else, the preparation for another war to end war, so we can build smelters fit for heroes to slave In, and a country for them lo come back and bunt a master in, who own and-controls the means of wealth production. Support the Carnival If you want to See organized lab. in a home of its own, then suppo: the Circus and Carnival, which wi be held from June 30 to July 7 Alexander Howat, who recently at dressed a meeting under the auspic*. of the Civil Liberties Union In PJtti burgh, was arrested on a frnme-u charge on June 7. Howat's friem lay the responsibility for the from* up on the reactionary mine owner forces fh wostorn Pennsylvania. The dismissal ot-the case of T. Oa way in the Los Angeles 1. W. W. trh before Judge McCormlck on June reduced the numbor of defendants 1 28. W. C. Webber and Ira Pope, W. W. newsboys in Los Angeles an Sacramento respectively, wero reccn; ly arrested without specific charges. LETTERS TO World United Front ' Is Set Up (Continued from page 1) ■/■ _m //> PALE BEER mm ®ft w& 063 New Vigor and Strength in Every Drop Here's the ideal summer drink, stimulating and refreshing, and when you place your order for two dozen or more at the Oovernment Vendor's store, we deliver it to you free of charge from our own refrigerator plant at just the right temperature. Service and quality is our motto. This advertisement is not published or displayed hy thc Liquor Control Board or by thc Oovernment of British Columbia. of the conference. They stress the danger of war and of Fascism. They call for a united front of the transport workers, whether In the I. F. T. U. or thc Red International They propose nn International fund for helping transport unionB which nre suffering from Fascism. Task of New Organizations But more important than the resolution is tho setting up of a Joint council of action against war and Fiib- Ismc, with its Beat In Berlin. ThiB body will carry on propaganda. It will keep watch on Fascist activities. It will, through committees of control on the railway and at the ports, keep' observation on all movements of munitions. It will make plans for meeting the direct action of the Fascists by direct action of the workers, and the armed attacks of the Fascists by the armed defense of the workers. I'nauluious Assent This programme wns adopted unanimously, The Russians hnd full powers to agree to It. The others must ratify within a fortnight. But ratification ls regarded as certain. It is now considered n» sure that other industries will follow the example of tho transport workers. *■ Other Conferences Plnniied Already there are' other meetings planned—the Metal Workors In the next few weeks, then the Wood Workers, nnd (he Leather Workers. Another conference Is being held ln Amsterdam between the International Federation of Trade Unions and Communist leaders. patronise Federttlonlit advertlstrs. [The opinions and ideas expressed by correspondents are not necessarily endorsed by The Federatlonist, and no responsibility for the views expressed ls accepted by the management.) Taxation and Profits Editor B. C. Federatlonist: Comrade workers, are you Interested in the development of the Industries in B. C, and the need for you as workers to organize 100 per cent, to maintain your standard of living? A week or two ago, you had a look at the profits made, and the wages received in the lumbering industry. Let us take a peep into the other main industry of this Province, British Columbia. As reported in the Financial Times of Muy 6, Mr. J. J. Warren, president of C. M. and S. Company,, says, after taking care of current development, depreciation of plant and capital renewals, depletion of property, and paying Interest on bnnk loans, the net profits were $1,467.1*28.1!. This for 1922, aa compared with $570,- 043.77 ln 1921. After providing for bond Interest the remainder, $1,228,329.94, was transferred to profit and loss account. After an Increase of nearly $100,000 lhe following statement Is extremely funny from n workers' point of view: "The burden of taxation continues to Incrense, until It Is well nigh intolerable; also there may or may not be some Justification for the taxation of olher industries, as It Is being done, but to penalize mining In the same way Is calculated to paralyze this Industry." Yes, fellow workers, it's a shame to tax these sharks when their profits are only Increasing at the rate of $!,*■ 000,000 per year, lt sure will paralyze the Industry nt thnt rate, Still, says the director, the year was the most j favorable one for some time, The [ domestic demand was somewhat better, and at higher prices. The surplus production was absorbed by the foreign markets at fair prices. The same report goes on to say, It seems to lament the fact of having to pay high prices for its fuel, which it claims Is 100 per cent, above prewar prices, and points out that this unsatisfactory rate of things Is cnused by the miners, only working slightly over half time, and railway freights are still very high due largely to high wages and high price of fuel. This reference, fellow workers, to the so-called high wages, if you notice, conveys a meaning well worthy of your notice, The railroad workers and the miners outBlde of Vancouver Island, are organised, and the workers in the mines and smelter that this corporation operates, are not organized. Just get thnt and flgure lt out for yourselves. -This report" also points out that it ls paying 33 1-3 per cent, higher wages than the pre-war scales, and points out that ordinary supplies arc 50 per cent, and cool and coke are Paris Hand Made Boys' Scuffers TX> fill a long-fell need, a Boys' Summer Boot, light in weight, yet substantial. These are made from soft pliable leather, with single soles; takes the place of two or three pair of rubber sole shoes, and give much longer wear. Sizes 11 to 13...... $4.25 Sizes 1 to 4 $4.50 Sizes 4i/2 to 51/2 $5*00 PIERRE PARIS 51 HASTINGS WEST Senttle, Wash.—One of the new State la\VB. Just made effective, protect:, coolis ln lumber camps. Formerly they were exploited, but now they will have a labor lien on all products of the camp. Bird, Macdonald & Co.' BAEEISTEBS, SOLICITORS. BIO. 101-408 Mft-opoUtw BnUdlni 837 Hutlll- St. W. VAK0ODVEB, B. 0. 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