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'. '���-"..._ ���, :-y' ClnstuatloB Br.nch Dent, of Ubor ��t<awa. Can. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS Issued Everv Fridav Devoted to the interests of the International Labor Movement [s��ubsi-riptie-ti: $1.50 Per Yearl 5v IVr Copy j V~" me I. Vancouver, B. C, Friday, Sept. 9th, 1921 Number 7 TRADES COUNCIL HAS MUSICIANS RENEW The Open Shop Or So-Called GOOD WORD FOR WAGE AGREEMENT "American Plan In Vancouver LOCAL FIRM James Thomson ft Son Receives Appreciation for Renewing Wage Scale. Vancouver Locals Obtain Renewal of Agreement With Small Reduction. The i Employees' Musicians' I'nion and the Stage I'nion of Vancouver successfully negotiated a new wage agree- Council Offers Amendments tO I rocn, this week for another year. While Motor Vehicle Act the employers started out with the de- of B. C. I sire for a reduction amounting in some cases to as high as 25 per cent, the Appreciating the action of James j Thomson \ Suns Ltd. in renewing ihe | 1021 wane scale with the Garment ! Workers' I'nion, the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, unanimously adopted the following resolution intreiduced b> I Del. liartle-tt at its regular meeting in i the Labor Hall, on Tuesday evening. "'Whereas, the firm of Jas. Thomson i & Sons Ltd.. manufacturers of thc Twin Bute overalls and shirts, have continued the- existing agreement'with their employees of Local 160 United Garment Workers of America, therefore be it "Resolved that this council express its appreciation of thc spirit in which this firm is operating, and be it again declare the said Twin Bute brand "Further resolved that this council oi" overalls and shirts to be fair and recommends them to thc further patronage of trades unionists and working people in general." New delegates from the Railway Car men were obligated. Meetings for McLean A communication from President Welsh recommending a speaking tour for Neil McLean, M.P., for Govan, Continued on page four Read First What It Did in the City of Seattle and Then Ask Yourself If It Is Good Business Sense to Adopt a Similar Course in Vancouver. (Extracted from a series of articles in the Toledo I'nion Leader.) Seattle had the first���and to date, probably the fiercest open shop fight on the whole of the North American continent. There thc name of "American Plan" was first used to camouflage what transpired to be nothing less than Tht way of occurriug when a period ol" inflation���so-called "prosperity" ��� begins to change into a period of deflation and unemployment, and such strikes have a way of failing. Within a short time, however, the publicity caused by the concerted action of the Associateel Industries on the la- a huge union-busting campaign unions were determined not to accept I op��� shoppers there organised under the ��� i _, .- title of the Associated Industries. The l��r movement ot Seattle led to the for .,,<!, a reduction, and were looking for- ^ invo,vc<, ,h��� em;re ,a,K)r movt. ! nation of a labor representative com ward t" and making preparations for, Acnt of Scat,,e _���,. ,ne |a,K)r papcr mittee that could assist all strikes then a strike. Negotiations, however, were j the Seattle Union Record. The light is j in progress or contemplated. Thc work kept up. with the n-sult thai an agreement was reached, whereby there will only be a Wage reduction of from lour to eight per cent. I'nion officials consider this a splendid victory, when compared to reductions made in other localities, even after having to strike. Of course some localities have been able to renew at the old scale and others have even obtained an increase. The Moving Picture Operators' Union agreement with the employers expires in October, when it is hoped that a renewal will be made at the present scale. REGISTRATION FOR CIVIC ELECTIONS . Obstacles are generally put in thc way of the workers for registering on the voters' list, but with a little effort on now over, but thc labor movement and Ihe lalior paper are stronger for thc contest, while thc City of Seattle suffered a setback that only time can efface. The experience of thc Seattle unions is certain to be valuable for thc lalior movement in other towns, and as Vancouver today is experiencing a similar movement against trades unionism although in a more limited sense, it behooves citizens of this city to enquire more fully into the schemes of these union-breaking institutions to find out what merit���if any���there is in the kind of propaganda they -aw attempting to spread. This phase may-Be-profitably studied by merchants. Chambers of Commerce, trades unionists and thc public. Unions Now Stronger The condition of the Seattle labor movement today, after more than a year's contest with the open shop movement, otherwise known as the "American Plan," is, according to James Dun of this committee prevented many strikes, which less experienced unions, bursting with grievances and provoked by the Associated Industries, would otherwise have undertaken. , Labor Still on Deck A year and a half has passed since thc Associated Industries first began its attacks. The first strikes were lost or compromised, the last were won completely. More recently union after union had been* signing agreements with its employers in the same old way as before. Thc storm is over and labor is still on deck. In one respect, however, the Associated Industries has produced far-reaching results in its psychological effect on thc community. It has deepened and intensi ne-ss man. running a small union shop has been forced to take sides. Either he had to join the Associated Industries, declare for the open shop and face trouble with labor, or stick by the union ���YENS TO SPEAK FOR JUNIOR LEAGUE Labor \s.L.A. for Winnipeg to Address Meeting in Vancouver. On Friday evening next. Scptcmlier 16, Wm. Ivens, M.L.A., of Winnipeg, Man., who was one of those imprisoned in connection with the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919. will speak in the Pender Hall, corner Pender and'Howe Streets, at 8 p.m. The subject of his address will be "Labor in the New Era." This meeting will lie the opening one of the season for the Junior Labor Leagne. of which Brother Ivens is an honorary vice-president, and it is thc intention of the League to make this, their third winter season, the most successful yet. After the address*a short programme will In* nm off and refreshments will then lie served and dancing will start at 10 and continue till 12. Members of the League intend to extend Ihe activities of thc organization considerably this season, among other things going stronger on the sports and also starting an orchestra. The ages of the members are from 14 to 25 years. For any information regarding thc League phone Fair. 1610 or 30.3L. ._,., is, _,c.yre..,._ .u j-u.c, i.u.. ^ A f . difficulties with Secretary of the Seattle Central ��� JW ^ _aw materia,s The tactics of thc Associated Indus- l previous imc when' there was ui~cqiial' *"*-*��� haw aIso advertised Seattle far and j amount of unemployment in the city. wide as a "Bolshevik" town, and have The Associateel Industries, instigators j thus driven away both industries and .of thc "American Plan" while it spent | capital. This has not hurt the labor i much money and created much public movement relatively, but it has hurt the j itv had in thc long run surprisingly little prosperity of Seattle. ��� effect. It did in the first place succeed j Hnrt Business Element 1 cnants. in order to obtain a vote, m breaking a few strikes. This occurred I must register every year, and this also ' mainly liccause the membership of ccr- j applies to owners under agreement o Ihe part of the workers they can be j tj^,- Council, stronger both in numbers assured of a vote in most elections. | and position than it has ever been at any Just at the present time we wish to elraw attention to the city voters' list, which is open for registration of voters until the end of this month. Tenants Must Register sale, hence it behooves every man and woman to visit the City Hall, which will lie- open every Tuesday and Friday evening between 7 and 9 during this month, and get on the voters' list. PAPER MILL WORKERS MAKING BIG GAINS Practically all of the American paper mills have settled; a minority agreeing to retain thc present wage scale. Another group was awarded a liK' per cent wage reduction which took effect August 22 after the mills had been dosed by a strike. Thc International Paper Company is thc last concern to resist after attempting to operate with strikebreakers sent into the northern woodlands from the cities where scabs can be readily obtained. The strike resulted from the attempt" of the paper making interests to obtain a 25 per cent, wage reduction and to abrogate the eight-hour day. OLD PARTIES ARE NOT GETTING ENCOURAGED The Fanners' Sun adequately expresses die opinion of thousands of electors throughout Canada when it lays:... "Neither of the oM political parties will pet very much.encouragement from the iccent elections held in the various provinces. In all thc legislatures, comprising 531 seats, there are only 70 Conservatives. "lhe Liberals fare better with _*��, largely as a result of 74 in Quebec and 45 in Saskatchewan. ' The Fanners have 109 seats aad are enming strong. ��� - "L-ibor has 34, while there are 38 Independents. The next election Will probably see heavy inroads on the number of Liberals in Parliament." Union Label Booster In City Campaign to Be Started For the Boosting of Union Made Goods. Brother B. H. Savage has received crcelcntials from the Vancouver Trades and Lalior Council to start a Union Made Goods boosting campaign in the city. Hi's efforts will bring him in touch with merchants, manufacturers and workers to whom he will point out the necessity of stocking, manufacturing and purchasing goods carrying the union label and made under union shop conditions. The campaign will take up about two months and at the end of that time he expects to have given such an impetus to Union Label goods that it will have a lasting effect on organized labor. Thc Seattle Chamber of Commerce mions s^ing^he'stifrrising cosPof j f����"-<-. it necessary to take advertising living and not seeing thc rapidly com- sP-����*��" Eastern papers in order to undo ing surplus of labor made demands 11"��^unfavorable comment and advertis which thev could not bopc to obtain on | ���*--! which Seattle had received, and to r_��������� i-_, tt_."St��� j j. ��� i assure Easterners that they were a law- CANADIAN LABOR PARTY LAUNCHED Provincial Labor Parties Were Represented at Meeting in Winnipeg. Final work in connectiem with the launching of the Canadian Labor party, by means of which it is hopeel to provide- a common basis for political action on the part of all workers, irrespective of other affiliation who are willing to subscribe tei the party platform and abide by the cemstitution adopted, was taken when at a third sitting of the preliminary organization conference. John W . Bruce, of Toronto, was elected president, and a complement of officers was chosen, provisionally, for the various provinces. �� Here are the other officers elected, subject to 'the decision and endorsalion of the provincial lalnir parties: Provisional Vice-president, F. J. Dixon, M.L.A.; secretary-treasurer, Jas. Simpson, Toronto. Provincial representatives on executive; Manitoba. R. S. Ward; Nova Scotia, W. Ftirzcy. Halifax; New Brunswick. J. E. Tighe. St. John; Quebec. Alphctus Mathieu. Montreal; Ontario. J. McCaffcrty. Ottawa; Saskatchewan. W. Watson, Moose Jaw; Alberta, T. B. MONTREAL IS CHOSEN NEXT CONVENTION 0TY French Delegates Made Strong Bid For the 1922 Congress. ficd the class cleavage. The small busj;, .Riley, Calgary; British Columbia. Tom Richardson, Vancouver. LECKIE SALES ARE REPORTED FALLING OFF a falling market. Unwise demands, un . wise choice of thc time for striking, to- abjdl gether with lack of support from international unions, caused thc failures that occurred. Strikes.of this kind have a I To sum up. First: The Associated Industries, taking advantage of general - Continued on page two FRENCH WORKERS DOWN TOOLS ON MUNITIONS PARIS- Profiting by the example of the workers at a munition factory at Remlr.iix. who have been on strike for i a week following on their refusal to manufacture hand-grenades destined for ; Peiland and Rumania, an Inter-Trade j Union Committee has been formed in I the following trades, all more or less ceinnccted with munition making: Metal turning (war es|ablishments). aviation material, boot-making and clothing, saddlery, and timber milling. To Report on Suspicion An intensive propaganda is being begun at once in the great industrial suburbs of Paris, in which many of the large munition works arc congregated. Trade unionists are requested to report at once any suspicions orders for war material and any other indications of military preparations. RETURNED SOLDIERS AS TELEPHONE OPERATORS Information received freim good authorities show that the sales of the Leckic Show Company have fallen off considerably since the lockout. This is good work and every trade unionist should continue it by spreading the news among his immeeliate friends. The open shop in one industry is a danger to the union workers in all others. Extra effort put forth now, in combatting' the open shop plan, will save considerable effort in the future. Not only must the boot and shoe workers he- helped back to their jobs as union men and women, but the further and thorough unionizing of all factories must be pushed by organized labor. PROHIBITING ANTI- MILITARIST PROPAGANDA PARIS���Organized labor is unanimous against thc bill prohibiting anti militarist propaganda now before the French parliament. The bill is understood to lie the child of thc general staff of the French army. It prohibits all anti-militarist propaganda, "irrespective of thc form or means" which is likely to induce regular or reserve naval and military "ratings" to violate discipline or disobey orders. The net set by the general staff is wide. Th? word' "rating" is defined to include all able- bodied men, from the youngest recruit to the oldest reservist. Anti-militarist propaganda is basic among the European trade unions. At its last congress the International Transport Workers' Federation appropriated a considerable sum for the fight against militarism. - "Returned soldiers will eventually je- placc all married women who occupy positions in the Manitoba Government Telephone Department that as readily could be filled by men." John E. Low- cry, commissioner, has announced. "So far this year six married women have left the department and in every case their positions have been filled by former soldiers. It is not the intention of thc department to discharge married women now employed. Changes will lie made when the women decide to leave and no more married women will be accepted ' for telephone positions." thc Commissioner said. TO ATTACK SALARIES OF RAILWAY OFFICIALS ATLANTIC CITY. NJ.-Organized lalior will attempt to force a reduction in the salaries of high paid railway officials "until other wage earners on the Sinclair Wins Watch Brother Geo. Sinclair, of North Van couvcr. was. the holder of ticket No. 77 j railways are paid enough to keep them which won the gold watch raffled by thc Brotherhood of Carpenters in aid of the family of the late Chas. Spedding. of North Vancouver. British Joiners' Strike Ends Vancouver Expects to Get Their Support For the Tear Following. Montreal was chosen as the conven- ti m city for 1922, and the chances are that thc Trades Congress will flit across the continent to Vancouver in I'l-M. The Quebec delegation, largely consisting of Frenchmen, made a strong bill for the 1��22 convention. During the balloting for the election of officers, the delegates were amused hy the Frenchmen who started up a series of old French chansons, featuring the famous "Alouctte-" 'and punctuating their singing between verses with a hometown yell in which M-o-n-t-r-e-a-l, spell- out was vociferously impressed upon thc convention. Vancouver was the only other real contender, but when it was stated by a Montreal speaker that the International movement in thc metropolis required tht moral uplift which the convention always gives. Delegate Welsh, president of the Trades and Labor Council of Vancouver, with the concurrence of his fellow delegates, undertook to make Ihe choice unanimous, but declared that next year Vancouver would expect the full support of the French delegation in taking the Congress to Vancouver for 1��23. in decency and comfort.' This announcement was made at the meeting of the executive .council of tin- American Federation of Labor. ASIATIC EXCLUSION LEAGUE GROWING Much Enthusiasm Being Displayed By Supporters of the Organization. ' Member* are swarming into tlie Asiatic Exclusion League and a great 'deal of enthusiasm is being displayed in thc effort to tackle the subject and get ii adjusted by the authorities. That a real danger exists se-cms to Ik- the gen oral cocensus of opinion in spite eif a small liand of irresponsibles who inter that we will have to compete with Asiatic goods if the Asiatics are ke-pt out. That thing, however, will be tacklcel when it is feirced upeiii us, but the need at the present time is to safeguard the province from further encroachment by Asiatics, who tend not only to reduce the stanelard of living of the white man. but to eventually outnumber them in the province. At a meeting held Wednesday evening in the Labor Hall, the League decided to incorporate, and elected the following officers: W. J. Bartlett president; W. H. Roberts, vice-president; Capt. C. F. Macauley, secretary manager; P. R. Bengough, secretary-treas urcr. Tlie executive committee is composed of Mrs. H. G. Howard. H. W. Griffin, J. Van Hook and J. Nixon. Four others are to be added after in- ceirporation. Membership costing 2">c a year can Ik- obtained from any of the !oe-al union secretaries or business agents. THEATRICAL EMPLOYEES '"���* GET WAGE INCREASE While the council will take no official PHILADELPHIA. ��� Five thousand action in thc railway wage controversy, workers in the Philadelphia waist and j it was said, the federation will "stand dressmakers' industry are on strike i lieltind thc railway brotherhoods lo thc against a 10 per cent reduction. | last." Meetings Next Week For time aad place of meeting see Trades Union Directory BIG FRENCH TEXTILE STRIKE STILL ON PARIS.���The big textile strike in the Roubaix-Tourcoing area of France shows no signs of weakening. At Rotibaix. 127 factories have been closed down out of 185. and at Tour coing many factory furnaces have grown cold. The Belgian workers have drawn a cordon of pickets .across tlie Belgian frontier which adjoins the strike area, and are preventing the import of .foreign strike-breakers. MONDAY Bakery Salesmen Iron Workers Carpenters, Bro. Electrical Workers Pile Drivers Stereotypers Seamen's Union TUESDAY Barbers Carpenters, Amal. Locomotive Engineers , - 's Union WEDNESDAY Bricklayers Hotel & Rest. Employees THURSDAY Maintenance Employees Railway Conductors FRIDAY Civic Employees ������* Longshoremen Railway Carmen SATURDAY Photo Engravers Employers Make Remarkable Offer Which Is Accepted By Shipyard Workers. MANCHESTER.-Thc official ver sion of the course and termination of the shipyard joiners' strike was supplied from the woodworkers' headquarters in Manchester exclusively to the Dailv Herald. It shows that the long dispute ended in a draw, by a decision which tin- Executive Council reached, in consultation with the shipping district representatives at Carlisle, to accept thc latest revised offer made by thc Ship building Employers/JFcdcration. Thc joiners resume on August. 20. after a 39 weeks' stoppage. Continental Workers' Aid The employers strove lo defeat the strikers by sending ships abroad for joinery work, and einc of the most re markable features of the dispute has been the way Continental workmen have consistently refused to blackleg their British comrades. .._-._��� ,-, .... ' .\hW ^ORK ��� Representatives of Remarkable Offer > the Local 1 of the International Alliance Subsequently the employers offeree!; of Theatrical Stage Employees and of as modified terms to withdraw 6s now j the Producing Managers' Association came to an understanding on the new agreement based on a substantial wage Musicians SUNDAY and 3s in October, the remainder. 3s. to lie discussed in December. As an additional inducement they made a unique offer to provide all tools for apprentices and equip every youth on finishing training with a complete kit of joiners' tools, which will become his own property. The men. however. rejected thc wage-cut on a ballot. In view of the widespread industrial depression anad the effect the strike has on other shipbuilding trade unions, the Carlisle conference decided to accept these terms as a settlement. increase for 3.000 members of the local. This settlement will guarantee union conditions back stage for another year and affect all road companies sent out from New York City, which u the centre of the theatrical enterprises. MEXICAN MACHINISTS JOIN WITH AMERICAN UNION OFFICERS WILL REFUND WAGES Members of the executive board of the International Association of afach- salaries to the organization daring the period of depression. The board is composed of tbe president and vice presidents and secretary-treasurer. The executive officers of the United Mine Workers have agreed to pay back to the organization treasurer their sal aries for one month. Actual solidarity of the machinists and metal workers of Mexico with the 300,000 machinist members of the later- national Association of Machinists re siding in the United States and Canada and the possessions of both countries will result from the fourth convention of the Union of Machinists of Mexico. mists recently agreed to,refund their which has just been concluded in Agnas calientes. Mexico, according to official information. Landlords in Toronto charge $2 for the privilege of looking at an apart -***�����- U the prospective tenant decided '"lake an appartment lhe $2 look charye is not deducted from his rent. . ���' ;��� - * .' ��� '; .-������'.'' I I **��� ��� ���'. ' '���'��� .. ������ PAOE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS THE B.C. LABOR NEWS Official Organ of tbe Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and Af filiited Unions. Control Committee F W. Welsh, P. R. Bengough. and W. J. Bartlett. apparently! determined to issue the call and thinks the present time expedient. There is u strong opposition, from many sources, against the administration, but that i- generally thought to be the case until the vile is counted and tlu-n it is sometimes found to be quite popular. This result i, generally obtained through the activities of the machine and political healers. Thc present political healers have been r-n the job for a long time, hence for. Subscription Bates: SI JO par year by mall la Canada 12.50 per year outside Canada Advertising Rates open application if w WATTS - Editor tad Manager Published every Friday at Labor Hall, 31,9 Pender Street West Vancouver, B.C. Telephones Seymour 7495 7496 Second Class mailing privileges applied there is every possibility of the machine Icing well oiled and capable of resisting a big attack. This, however, should not deter Lalior from getting into the .e-rap. and cither forcing the candidates to pledge themselves to support labor measures, or of putting up their own candidates. Pledges having lieen broken be-fore, however, it would seem that lalior candidates would lie about the best line ol action to adopt, although the "pledges" might also lie obtained from old party candidates to lie Used in case of their election. When we take into consideration'thc number of labor-demands that have been officially winked at by the present gov eminent, and the odious class legislation enacted at various time's, we cannot see any reason why lalxir should put forth any efforts to re-elect the old | crowd. One thing is certain, and that is the i signs of a genuine awakening among FHIIiAV. SJEPTKMHKR S��, UK"! B. C. FEDERATIONIST YELPS'* AGAIN Headed by the motto. Unit) of Lalxir. The Hope- of the World, the editorial page oi the last issue of thc B. C. Fcder atiouist contains attacks on the convention of the Trades and 1-alior Con press of Canada by inferring that sucli matters as amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act. Collective Bargaining. ODD BITS (Conducted by Sydney Warren) - Doomed! Fear not that tyrants shall rule forever. Or the priests of the bloody faith; They stand on the brink of the mighty ri\er, Whose waves they have tainted with death ; It is led from the depths of a thousand elells. Around them it foams, and rages, and swells. And their swords and their scepters I floating see. Like wrecks on the surge of eternity. Shelly. Austria signed the Treaty of "Piece" with the U.S. on August 21st. Having experienced the state of war. she now figures she can endure "Peace." Victor Hugo said: "Butterflies are tile- souls of torn Up love letters." Another proof of reincarnation. management and control of industry, ( '""��� , . r 'the farmer and labor element, as null boosting Union Made goods and favor ing1 Asiatic exclusion, was but "leading the blind followers into the same old mass of confusion and ineffective action. Thc editor of the Federationist Improbably done more to confuse the workers and to take up a "blind" leader ship than anybody in this neck of the woods. For iiiau> years he was an active trade unionist and secretary of .the B. C. Federation of Labor, which he eventually helped to smother, because that body wa* in the way of the O. B. U.. and also had the controlling interest of the Fedcralionist. He belonged to thc Soc;.i!ist Tarty of Canada, then In joined the. Lalior party, and later on under lhe "giiiding" influence of Kavan- calcd in the recent provincial elections. Having gained many advantages in provincial elections, thc farmer candidates will no doubt be out in full force for the Federal. l���hor should elo likewise, and there is absolutely no reason in the- world why labeir should not endeavor to get a working agreement with the farmers ���for united action. The farmer has not \e-t- developed the political tricks of those long associated with politics, hence i he will have, for the time being, a sin cere desire to aid and safeguard the public Tin- chaotic condition of al lairs in the country need cleaning up. and neiwi that an opportunity is to be given us to put it rigbt. we must set ourselves to .nigh et al. rejoined the Socialist party bunt out helpful policies and the Labor and is now violently boosting for the News offers its columns for that pur- communists. pose: As a trade unionist lie took an active j part for many years in boosting for the Press reports state that the Spanish people are dissatisfied with the progress of the military in Morocco and arc demanding the truth of affairs. If they really got it there would lie no war in Morocco and no Alphonso in Spain. With the coming Federal elections we shall soon be made acquainted with the vast horde of honest politicians who stand ready to sacrifice business, home and honor, if need be, for a place at the National Pie Counter. very things he now condemns. He is not any wiser now than then, because wh.le at that time he did have a del in itc aim in view, he is at thc present time- like a dog chasing its tail. There is absolutely nothing construe lite in the suggestions of the Federa tinni st because all it contains is���to use lhe words of Secretary" Bengough���par rotings of Marxists. It has been the CONGRESS TO URGE EXCLUSION POLICY Women may be, as the poet says, weak vessels, but "it costs like the devil to rig them out. Korea Asks Independence Dr. Syngman Rhce, former president of the republic of Korea, recently arrived in the United States on a mission to enlist the assistance ol* the U.S. in behalf of Korea's independence. Korea in recent wars lias been to Japan what jThc Open Shop Or So-Called j American Plan in Vancouver i _ Continued fr>>m piige one I economic conditions, first defeated la- ( bor and was later defeated by lalxir, and < has on the whole, contributed little to ��� the present economic conditions in j which lalxir finds itself. Second: From thc standpoint of the old American ideal of civic unity and prosperity, the Associated Industries has hurt Seattle by increasing ihe spirit of class division. Third: From the standpoint of those who accept the theory of class struggle, the Associated Industries has made that struggle sharper and more clear cut. and better understood by both sides. Conciliatory (?) Organization An organization claiming to be conciliatory, yet whose chief aid to f line lies in using a patriotic name to boo-! the open shop, which stands direct*)' and clearly for the open shop but calls ii the ""American Plan"-���that is w'iat the As-ociated Industries claims to be-. In its early months, during the summer of I'll'), the Associated Indus'.ries did not take its stand for the open shop ������.g;,ii"t organized labor in Seattle A few months later, hoircver, its ope ily expressed plan as given in news stories and advertisements v,ts to enter into no more agreements with organized labor and not to renew existing agre-"men*s when the-y expired. This was, of course, a direct provocation to labor unions lo strike as soon as their agreements terminated. At any rate, in the fall of 1919 the Associated Industries began the announced policy of "no more agreements." A fund of more than $100,000 was raised in a short time at various meetings in order to support one set of employers after another in the strikes which it was known must occur when agreements were refused. Finances Give Out Promises of moral and financial support were freely made to employers having lalior troubles, and thc united forces of an organization of employers was thus thrown behind one industrial group after another for the purpose of breaking the position of the unions. The funds were used to bring in strike- i breakers, to subsidize papers, and many ] employers intimated to the unions that I they were helped in their rent and in other ways. It later developed that j there was a good deal of bluff about this: not nearly enough funds being available to give real aid to individual : employers whose men were striking. Trades Union Directory 1 Secretaries are- requested to ke-ep this Dirwiin-v up-u��-__,te r Vancouver Unions VANCODTEB TRADES COTSVCTJ-���President F. W. Welsh: Secretary. I*. Ben-cough.' e>ffice 308 Labor Hall. 319 Tender Street West. Phone Seymour 719S. Meeta in Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tue��ilay in month. BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL Chairman. O. 0. Thom. Secretary, Boy Masatcar, Offles 210 Labor Hall. Meeta first and third Wednesday In month atoLabor HalL --EB.T __xxa~rjur. i..*ai x,>. s:i��� President. H. Curtis: Secretary. W. Raynes. 3.7 Kleventh Avenue Kast. Meets at 3J9 Pender Street West on seeond Monday of each month at S p.m. D_I_tT EM- nVOTstKS. Local No. 4(4���President. 3. Smith: Seeretarv. ft. Showier, lit Pender Street West. MeeU at Jit Pender Street West at t p.m. on second and fourth Fridays In month. XAMSXBS. Local No. 12S���Secretary. I. Amos 14S Cordova Street. Meets at US Cordova Street, at t p.m. oa second and fourth Thursdays In month. rtLM xtrnxrama. nusii, w__jur a BOCat -VaXDXBS. Lies I Xo .4���� ��� President. W. H. Pollard: Secretary. N. H. Vernon. Hoi lie. Meets at Sit Pender Street West. Vancouver, at ��� p m. on seeond and fourth Friday a of month. ���MY. nOTOB. HOT��� _��!���_ WO-arcmS��� President. F. P. C/ug-h; Secretary. W. H. McLean. -|>35 Broadway West. Meeta at 319 Pander Street West at 8 p.m. every third Tuesday In month. US' IaTT_n_jl-TIOH-I, UattOaf.' Local Xo. 1.0���President, C. E. Her-1 rett: Secretary. A. K. Jennie. 320 ] I'ambie Street. Meeta Boom 313. 31. Pender Street Weet. at 7:15 p.m. on second and fourth Tuesdays In month. Local Xo. .4 ��� President. F. Loonev: Seeretarv ilor- don Edwards. .7.3 Fifth Avenue West Meete at World Building. Vancouver, at 1 p.m. on Saturday of eaeh week. ��� cca-xsrr rims ancms Local Xo. ������� President. Charles Keall. Secretary. Alfred Hurry. SCI Thirty- fourth Avenue East. Meets al Sit Pender Street West, at S p.m. on first Wednesday tn month. BLACKS-SITMS. OSOT rOaUiEKS ft HELMM. Local No 1 SI���President. W. J. Bartlett: Secretary. T. Moll ugh. |i>m! Sixth Avenue West. Meets at 319 Pender Street West at S p.m. on third Tuesday of each month. ���orj-zmifAKBmi, mov tuai-Birrj-iv- aTBS ft aT--.PlSS. Local Xo. 194��� President. It. Lynn: Secretary. A. Fraser. Boom 303, SI�� Pender Street West. Meets at 31S Pender Street West, at S p.m. on first and third Mondays of each month. BOOT AMD HOI WO-KEKS- UsTIOaT Local Xo. SOS ��� President. Thos. Andley: Secretary. Tom Cory. 445 Vernon Drive. Meeta at Jl�� Pender Street West at S p.m. on first Tuesday In month. BRICKLA EEEB8.���President. W Kerr: Secretary. L. Padgett. Meeta al Labor Hall on 2nd and 4th Wedneadsy "n month. B-IDOE. ST1.CT.��4L ft 0--L TAX. -BOH WOBKXBS. Local Xo. 97 ���Proident. B. Rronson; Seerelsry. Roy Massecar. 319 Pender Street West. Meets at 319 Pender Street West, at 8 p.m.. seeond and fourth Monday. BOOniWDEB4B%~L<>ca 1 105���President Oeo. Mowat: Secretary. Frink Milne. Box 411. Meets at SIS Pender Street Weet a{ * p.m. every third Wednesday In monfh. Heys; Secretary. J. L. Irvine: Business Agent. i:. A. Goddard. S5< Richards Street. Meeta at lit Pender Street West on first and third Mon- day In month at S p.m. Local No. 170���ITesi-trni. Bert Stirakr.ieir: Secretsry. J Crowther: Baaiasss Aleut. P ,W. Welaa. Office sol UWr Hall. Meeta al 31* Pender Street Weat. at t P m. oa eceoad and fourth Fries* a. rOLICEMEB- rSBBBATIOaf; Local No. 1.���President. Roy A. Parry: Seeretarv. Alexander Murray. MM Tenth Avenue Weat. Meets at 440 Pender Street West, at 7:lt p.���. on fourth Tuesday of month. rafti.utnrir.-__T comartft -t. �� u c. Chairman. W. J. Bartlett S-T.lary. Mrs W Mahon Meeta in room SOS Later Hall oa the sin���I and foarta Thursday ta at I a-. "President D. J. MceTarthy: Secretary. O. E. Janes. 134S Odium Drive. Meeta at ����t Pender Street Weat. Vancouver, at 7:1ft |p.m. on last Frldayjn^month. Local Xo. C9���President. & W. Myera: Secretary. E R Step-henmm. Box St.. Meets at 111 Hastings Street. Vancouver, at S p.m. on second Tuesday in month. tAIXKOAD CltriC EMPLOYEES. Local Xo. 28��� President, .1. White: Secretary. G. Harrison. Office nn I'orilova Street West Meets at 118 Cordova Street West at H p.m. on the first and third Friday in month. CT-rs Hlil" EMPLOYEES' LocTl~Na i Sn���President. II. A. Black: Secretary. Aid. W. .1 Scrlbben. City Hall. Meets a>. Ill Cordova Sir-et West, at X p m. on first Wednesday of eaeh month. Favors Permanent Oriental Exclusion Because They Tend' to Reduce Wages. Oriental exclusion as a permanent mouthpiece of the O. B. U, and : **-*������-> *-**<- exclusion of all immigrants now that the O. I?. U. cannot obtain j f ron- occidental countries "save those menvcrs. even after offering to take '�� '���"- exempted list" of the Immigra in workers without the payment of dues. | -""�� Act- wcre definite pe.lic.es laid we are wondering wliat the next "el -; d"*vn b> Canadian organizc.l labor to iVctive" action, the B. C. Federationist ^ ���""ged upon the government, at At- will champion Tra(k'-- Congress. The recommendation III spite of the fact that three Union :'rose ou, of a resolution presented by LaM trades are fighting for their very existence in the city of Vancouver, this so-called labor paper makes a slurring attack on the efforts of the boosters of thc union label. Every booster oi the union label is working for decent working conditions, a higher standard of living and for the improvement and education of the human race. It is work that is worth while. It is work that will cv��n pave the way for healthier and better fed children. But the Federationist saysri: is absurd and ridiculous. It would have Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council. The propeisal as framed by the Winnipeg body, and originally recommended by the resolutions committee, proposed insofar as occidental immigration was concerned that all be excluded for a period of two years, "excepting bona fide farm workers and domestic servants." This was liefd too drastic. It was pointed out that such a measure would exclude persons anxious to join their families, women to be married to Canadians, and others who would not likrlv become liable to swell the ranks i revert back to the sweat shop grind, i of ,hc ""employed, which the origirials to the unsanitary slftfn and there grovel "^solution sought to obvtale. in the mud. cowed by thc whip of a master class. When we cease to fight, be it for tin- union label, more wages, better working conditions or parliamentary reforms, we begin to grovel in the dust. We become cowed, wc fail to feel our strength, and losing heart we fall kick into thc rut oi indifference. Hence the motto on the editorial page of the Federationist is not indorsed by the editor. There can be no unity derived from the fatalistic teachings of such a paper, nor from the dogma of the Socialist party of Canada, or Com tnunist propagandist. There can be no "hope" for the workers, so long as they accept, the vaporing* and narrotings of "labor** papers whose only advise i' fold your arms and wait until conditions force you to throw yourself on ' the end of a bayonet in an attempt to change conditions. Summed up into a nutshell the Federationist advises its readers to leave everything just as it is. but. "struggle against the continued exploitation of the workers by an international master class." If anybody can get any meaning out of such advise then they are entitled to a life subscription to the funny- supplement of the ."World." Led by delegate F. W. Welsh? of Vancouver, considerable debate arose on the subject of Asiatic exclusion. It was stated that thc fundamental reason for desiring to exclude Orientals was not based on color, but in that their mode of living tended to reduce wage levels of occidentals with whom they came into competition in the industrial field. ATLANTIC CITY.-Samuel Gomp ers. president .of the American Federation of Labor, has been authorized by the executive council to make a stumping tour of all the principal cities and industrial centres to wake up the labor unions and to begin a drive for a membership of 5.000.000. The Federal Election Irrespective of the fact that by calling for a Federal election, before redistribution, will rob the west of about ten additional seats. Premier Meighen is WASHINGTON.-President Harding, who called five of the strongest nations in the world to the conference soon to open here with a view to limiting the armaments of the nations, virtually told the Army War College at the opening of its fall term here th.it he does not expect the time ever to come wheJI armed conflict between men and nations will lie abolished. Tlie Associated Industries went intu CARPENTERS. BROTHERHOOD I. , Ireland is to England, though, of course, j an impossible strike. Their programme j 4-..���President Ceo. I. Hardy: Sec in -i much lesser degree ��� vvas to l,se '-,c winter months of unem- , With the event of modern imperial- ! P>"J������-- ���*���*<��� -V *���������������'������-*'. <-<-��., indus- ...... I fies when men were pouring into town. ism followed by its inevitable trade j to -..j^ iabor an casy prcv They had limiting anel land grabbing, this tiny ; a few successes at first, but they failed kingdom of the "Hermit People," soon to reckon on the tact that the workers became the casy prey of the expansion- j <*" movc- also' the ,oca* armv oi "n- ist��. First Czarist Russia "encroached upon her national integrity: then Japan, as a result of thc Russo-Japanese war, forced Russia to withdraw from Korea only to establish a protectorate over Korea herself, and five years afterwards, 1010, formally annexed it. Thus, shorn of her entity as a nation arid reduced to a vassal state of Japan, Korea during the past two years has made concerted efforts to regain her former independence. There have been charges of frightful brutality in suppressing the Korean uprisings which investigations have proven to be not without fact. Dr. Rhee hopes that his "Big Brother" republic will assist his stricken nation in her efforts for freedom. In this he- is foredoomed to disappointment. He will probably get much platitudinous sympathy and flattering press reports freim the anti-Jap jingoists but nothing more substantial. Its a long way from the "Spirit of 78" to '21, and besides Uncle Sam isn't exactly a fairy' god-father in his dealings with small republics, as witness Mexico. Haiti and the would-be Filipino Republic. Russia'a New Eastern Polio? The new Eastern policy of Soviet Russia is causing no little apprehension among thc land-hungry powers of Europe.. Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet all have their accredited representatives at Moscow, and diplomatic relations between these countries and Moscow are said to be very cordial. Thc Soviet policy' of cancelling all the old Czar's liens against these nations has forced thc Allied Powers to readjust their Eastern policy. Persia and Af-, ghanistan have signed formal treaties with Moscow much to the chagrin, of thc European Imperialists. The policy of the Soviet in thc East has been based upon good-will and understanding. Its immediate result has been the gaining of thc confidence of her Eastern neighbors, its future one, we predict, will be the alignment of the East against the attack of any foreign European power upon the Soviet. Reimbursement of all teachers who lost part of their income by participation in authorized strikes during the last few months will be undertaken by means of an assessment of one dollar on each member, it was unanimously resolved at the Canadian Teachers' Federation held recently in Toronto. Sayings From Syria If the King does no injury to men, he need not fear them. N'evcr inflict punishment on a man without leaving room for reconciliation. The food that is not digested devour- eth him that eateth it. If the camel once gets his nose in the tent his body will soon follow. The Mexican government has forbid den immigration of Chinese. " employment never materialized to the extent they expected. Bosses Broke���Labor Still Holds Out The real burden fell, not on the organized workers so much as on the small merchant and business men generally, who saw the citv*s population sink from 400.000 to 320.000. He was forced into cut-throat competition to hold his trade. This reacted on the morale of thc Associated Industries, and many refused to pay more dues. There is no common interest between merchant and manufacturer. The manufacturer believes he gains by low- wages, but thc merchant's prosperity depends on high wages. The merchants were the real goats for they were driven out of business in large numbers. The attae*k of the Associated Industries failed to injure either thc lalior movement of Seattle or its newspaper, and to any other city undergoing similar attacks, the experiences which Seattle went through shows that thc attacks of business are fiercest at the start. They can get up a lot of enthusiasm, but it doesn't last, for business men arc natural competitors while the interests of thc workers is one. Accentuates Depression In the City of Vancouver today, certain employers engaged in various lines of business are endeavoring to force this American Plan on the workers. The present business depression through which the city* has been going has been a factor in aiding them to at least introduce it in a limited sense. Thc loss of wages to the employee and the still greater loss to the employer by-the inauguration of this American system is certainly a factor in thc present depression of Vancouver, why then, should anyone give any sympathy or support to a scheme which has for its ultimate object nothing more than the undermining of the present working standards? If there was any virtue in this American Plan why did it not demonstrate it when it was introduced into Seattle in 1919? Thc fact that it has migrated to Vancouver is not likely to improve its attitude or give beneficial results here if it could not succeed in the land of its birth. As noted in the above article, while it acted as a temporary setback to labor, it certainly did not achieve its object of destroying the pr- ganized workers, on the contrary it merely accentuated the depression Seattle was experiencing, and was undoubtedly the most important factor in reducing thc city's population by 80,000 people. Its benefits were practically nil; its disadvantages were manifold. Let us not entertain its growth in our midst. Let us throw it out! retary, W. J. Johnston; Business .iKcnt. O. r. Thom. Clfflee "01 I.il.or 11.11. Meet* xecond and fourth Monday at 8 p.m. In Labor Hall. CARPENTERS. AMALGAMATED. No. 1 Branch.���President. T. S. Coope: riuai n*��sa Aeent. An.ii, MacSween: "s*rr*iiirv. R. C. Webber. 146 19th Ave. W. Meet, '.nil and tlh Tuesilav at H p.m.. in K.I..P. Hull No. 2 Bra-ich.���Secretary, W. Bray. 80 10th Ave. \V. Mcflu tut and :ird Tur��- dav at 3 p.m.. in F.L.P. Hall. 148 Cordova St. W. Local No. 35T���Presl- dont. O. Thomas: Secretary. R. J. Craig, 16 Kootenay Street. Meets at HIS Pender Street West, at 8 p.m. on first Tuesday In month. ZX.KCTSVICA-. WOIK-BS, Loeal 213��� President. D. W. McIiouk.iII: Secretary, P. R. rttirrows: Business Agent, E.H. Morrison, Office 440 Pender Street West. Meets at 440 Pender Street West at �� n.m. every Monday. _ riSE FTQ-TE-tS. Lo. :il No. lHZ^"Pr��s|- dent. Porcv Trevlse; Secretary. Chas. A. Watson. No. ���! Kir* Hall. Twelfth and Quphee Streets. Vancouver. Meets at if Ponder Street West. G.��-irr.w- wfJBTCnt*. I-��� ��i No 1��0 Pres'dent. Mrs. W. M-hon: Secretary. ""la Hawks worth. SSI 6 Fleming Street. Ment* at Labour Hall at 8 p.m. on first Thursday In month. HOTFI. k BTiSTaDSeST EMPLOYEES Local No. 2H���President, J. Oummlngs: Secretary. J. W. vanllook. 4 41 Seymour Street. Meets at 441 Seymour. Street at 2:30 p.m. on second and 8:30 p.m. on 'fourth Wednesdays in month. JBWEILXBT WOIIEM, Local No. 42���President. J. E. Dawson. Secretary, F. T. Kelly. 1850 Hastings Street But Meets second and fourth Mondays in month. SIS Pender Street. . %oos. wxma I Local No. 207���President. A. B. Flnly. Secretary. A. P.-8ur��e��. ill Fifty- seventh Avenue Kast. Meets at 111 Holden Building. Vancouver, at I p.m. on first and third Friday* In month. , Looal No. 44���President. H. J. Rhodes: Secretary. H. ~'al- k<-. 1008 Pendrell Street. Meets at Room 309. Sit Pender Street West, at 8 n.m. on third Wednesday In month. Lowwiii aaitimma**. rtroth--- hood of. Iiivislon No. 320���President. . n. p. Boston; Secretary. H. A. R Mac- Donald. 1222 Penelrlll St.. Vancouver. M��p|�� at LOOP. Hall on aecnnd snd Fourth Tuesdays In each month at I p.m. _r>oaf��vrt���_! rim-was- aim* aa- >_-~M_Ur. Local No. ��S����� President T. McPwen: Secretary. H. O. Campbell 744 Helmcleen ghree.t, Vancouver. Meets at I.O.O.F. Hall, on first and third Tuesday of each month. z.OM(Hs_cnu-r-ra-i a-��*ici_ti.oi.. 1 oe��l No. S8-SJ���Secrets'��� -Treasurer. B. Nixon: Baaineaa Agent. W. Harm. 1.V2 CnrdoTs Street Writ. Meeta st I SI Cardura Street Weal, si 0 p.sa, on first sad third Fridays la month. aatrrnro rtntmrnvrmm^xwan. Local No. 148���President, W. McCartney. S10 London Rtilldlng: Secretary. O.W. Saxted. 110 London Building. Meets at 110 London Building on flrat Sunday In month at 7:10 o.m. . Division So. President. A. X. Lowe*: Seeretarv. Claries Bird. 2010 Union Street. Meets at I.O.O.F Hall. SIS Hamilton Street, at 8 p m. on fii���t Monday th month. ialLWST COIDUCTOBS, nn 1.-, s, 2S7 -President, is. W Hatch: Secretary .1. 15. Phy-sirk II.".* Th.irl.>w Street. Meets at I.O.O.F. Hall on first Sunday . at 2 p.m:, and on thirel Thursday at H t> in. RAILWAY CARMEK Lodge H*. 61.���PreVT dent. T. Homme���ilte: Secretary. B. J. Sananm. 5630 Shrrhron.r St Meeta 1*1 jimi :;rd Fridays, in Cotillion Hall. WILWAT TtAI-l���g, I-hST-No. 144 ���President. C. A. Mitchell: Secretary. I>. A. Mnnro. 70 Seventh Avenue West. Meet* at I.O.O.F Hall. Hamilton Stre-t at 7:30 o.m. on first Tuesday and liJO P.m.on third Tuesday. RETAIL C���_B-i~ L-H-al-No.' 27�� ��� President. A P. (Hen: Secretsry. O. T. Brown. 311�� Twentv-seventh Ave West. Meets at 319 p��nder Street West at 8 p.m. on first and third Tuesdays. _ L F-T.T t���President C. F. C. Cralx: Secretary. Oeo. Oray. 1(38 First At_ East. Meets at Eagles' Hall. Vancouver at 2:30 p.m. on first and third Sundays In month. TBAM8TBRS. Loral Xo. l��5.1��� President. W M. Brosra: Secretary, Bin Sh���iter Offiee SO. Labor Hall, "fe-li aeroad and fourth Wedneadsy at 0 pat. in Labor Hall. VMlOa���Business Agent. R. Towrsend. Meets at T p.m. eTery _ Monday at HI Cordova Street West sovt n_ti-_r pis���c-��ii-_t rcNio-. No. *7S���President. Frank Md'ann. Secretary. T. J. H-mfin. 2178 Sixth Avenue Weet. Vancouver. Meets at 441 Seymour street. Vancouver, at _:>��� p.m. on first Sunday Id month. <t OPZB&rnro Local No. *20���President. Josenti Weel���an. Meets at 11* Pender St, W. Vancouver, at 7:30 p.m. on second and fourth Tuesdays In month. SHEET METAL WORKERS President K. Ferris Secretary. H. J. Haitarif* Bail, neas Arant, A 3. Crawford Offles. Sit Labor HalL Msota second and fourth Thnrsday at ��� p ��� la -.seal Mo. ���_���President. W. Bayley.: Secretary. A. Blrnle. .��-�� Commercial Drive. Meets at ���� Pander Street Weat at ��� p.m. oa second Monday In month. KW-LT '_ OF sa.wa.ltl���. Amalgamated Association of. Division Na. 101 ��� President. R. Rlgby: Secretary. F. K. Orlffin. 447 St^th Avenue Hast. Vancouver. Meets A.O.F. Halt. Mownt I'leassnt at 10:15 a.m. on first Man., day. and 7 p.m. on third Mondsv STOaTB CUIlisa. Local |��X���president. C. Dolmas: Secretary. F. Ramble. l'-s <;���thard Street. Meets In Lahor Hall Vancouver at 8 p.m. first Tuesday In month. TTLEPHOHE OPERATORS ��� Local 7T A.LB.B.W. Secretary Miss 1*. re-croft Office Boost Mt Laser Han. 319 Street. Was*. ' UaTIOM. Loeal Na 178���President. R. A. Lawson. lass Seymour Street: Secretary C. MeDonald. P. O. Box 101. Meets at SI* Pender Street' Weat. at 8 p.m. on first Monday In month. J Local 228���President C. H. Collier: Secretary and Business Agent. R. N. Neelends: Office lit Labor Hall. MeeU last Sundav In month at 1 p.m. fARCE-Or-WAT iwat ram* !__ Local No. 187���President. A. Osborne i SeereUry. A. D. McDonald. ����1 Pen-1 der Street West. Vancouver. Meeta ���Local Itt^���President W. 3. Pus*: Secretary. Q. W. A'Kn; Business Agent. MeeU st 108 London Building at ���:�� am. on second Friday In month. Provincial Unions 7 at 8 p.m. on third Thursday In month. f**r*��*l*��jfaaa> ���P���-Tl-*���* C. Sleyert��%LJ2i MAC-nr-T��T-. feel 1~�����President, W. J. Clark: Secrettry. J. O. Keefe: Business Agent, P. Bengough: Office 111 Pender Street West. Meets at 111 Dennian Street: SeereUry E. Woodward. 12S1 ('ar!in Street. Meets at �� p.m. on first and third Wednesdays in month at Trades Hall. Broad Street. Pender Street VI st at 8 p.m. on second j VICTORIA TTPOORAFHICAL UaTIOK. Be. and fourth Thursday MTJB-CUjrS. Local No. 148���President. Bowrer: SeereUry A Jamleaon. 308 London Building. Meets at Moose Hall. Homer Street, at 10 a.m. on second Sunday in month. KAOMTMIBTB, _^3dge~w*_--Pres|.ient. J H. Robb; SeereUry. Evan McMillan: Business Agent, P. Bengough; "Office pairs of shoes, and the entire hide is 319 Pender Street West. Meets at VVASHIN'GTON.-'The hide of one animal will make the upper part of 42 now selling at $4.20." said Congressman Towner of Iowa in a speech in the house last week. Demonstrations were recently held in New York for the use of gas masks against "mobs" for use in the large cities. The first to take advantage of these have been stick-up men and yeggs who Sought up all the masks from pawn shops and from ex-service men. 201.���Prewdent C. K O.rntian: Herre- tirjr (reasorer. W. H. Oxard. Box lo*. Ifeeta laat Bandar of month ia Sew Trades Hall. Broad StreeL _mrO_ ��U1*WT���President. 6. D. McDonald. Prince Rupert: SecreUrr. CI. Waddell. Box 452. Prince Rupert. Meets at e^arperters* Hall on second and fourth Tuesdays of eae-h month. Labour Hall at 8 p.m. on second and ** fourth Tuesday _. tn���President, John Brown: SeereUry, Oeo. Annand. 12S5 Albert Street . Meets at Labour Hall at 8 p.m. on flrat and third Friday. mrnw OT S. <J���- President. Dan Can- lia*. Secretary. W Deoaldsos, 100 Mala Street at 7 p.aa. first and third Wednesday. Build a bigger and better business by employing UNION men. and advertising in The New*. r���President J. Lottnao. Nelson; SeereUry. Felix Pexeril. Box ��J4 Nelson. ���<- -President title. Revelstoke: SeereUry. Philip Parker. Box 114. tteselaUk*. Meets at 8 p.m. at City Hall. Revelstoke. on the second and fourth Saturday at eaeh month. Knodsen. 492 Royal A�� R Morgan, til Retrtaa Street New Westminster. MeeU ���tcoald aad fourth Wednesdays In month at Labour Temple, New Westminster. . 'j ��� ��� J . ����. ' ' V - THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR XftWS PAGE THREE I T3SS-: S-B utnmmuamm ���"'��������� '���""-' iiiumtmm WHAT OTHERS SAY In these columns tiVre will Jm- printed every week tlie |.-ailiii_t-.lii��.i*i.-iN iV-itii other new-spapereand magazine* mmiiin-" -ii-imnimiiiiiirniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirmTTTTT "American Plan"! In Vancouver BRITISH MINERS WANT 6-HOUR DAY :*__ THE CANADIAN LABOR PARTY The ('..rmation of the Canadian LaW party j>r<-!uninary organization of which wa. undertaken here last neck, indicate* ,,r;, .��� nv<r, that the International L_��!*��r M .: -ment in Canada leads in thr fueht tor ultimate en__ncipation of the wirier. The Canadian Labor party can be ���trmed. and rightly so. an oil shoot of tlie International Labor movement Long a^o it was decided by thc Trade* and Labor Cmufrcss of Canada, that i::ilu-:rtal acti'��n was insufficient: that ii achieveme: t- ������I real \alue to the v rkin. Ii-- ��<re to lie undertaken, political a. tion must lie taken. It was decided that while some success had hern obtained in thc municipal and pru vincial n..litiral arenas, workers rcpri- s^.itatiori in lhe House of Common- > w i - a paramount necessity. The initiative in bringing; about the \\ inniprrf conference last week was taken by the fteminion Labor party here. The call was sent out b\ James Simpson, of Toronto, at the request, of the Winnipeg branch; and it may be said thai a majority of the delegates attending the conference were trade unionists. It the Canadian Labor party i�� to prove of material value to the workers: it its objects are lo be gained, it is clearly the duty of every trade unionist. in this city and elsewhere, to become a member, and not one in name only, but an active memlicr. prepared to make sacrifices for the good of the cause- It is a fundamental truth that capital enjoys special privilege merely by reason <>���' its e-ontre��l of the- parliament- and legislatures of the laneL Capital obtains this control by "voting right." Lalior <- iti wre-st this control from the v.estel interests bv "eotiiitf ru-lit" It vvill !>e l-.i to the Canadian l_bor parte to sev- t,. it that mistakes are no looser made at the polls by the vveirkcrs. A gigantic educational work awaits the Canadian l.ai��or party. In view of the undoubted fact that a Dominion general election may come at any time within thc next few months, no time should In- lost in getting this campaign under way. With so large a problem, and such a comparatively short time in which to work, there should be opportunity galore for every loyal trade unionist to take active part. If every worker gets on to the job with willingness and enthusiasm, there will be no time for factional fighting, and the cleavage which during the last year has retarded the cause of La-1 bor in this province, will vanish and ��� give way to the solidarity that is the; prime essential of progress.���Western! I ahor News. SHOE PRICES Kditor Baiiic. of the Shoe Workers' journal "lifts the lid" on shoe prices. iii explaining why lalxir refuses to ac- i cpt wage reductions in this industry lie- slious who is profiteering. . He tore the war. he says, thc labor cost of a pair of shoes retailing at $3.50 ranged around 60 cents. Later this shoe -������hi as high as $12. and thc labor cost advanced to $1. or J1', per cent of thc retail price. ! "Shoes that retailed at $20 or over uould show a still smaller percentage of labor cost in proportion to the- selling price- at re-tail." he says. "Iluring the- period of advance shoe prices were- made without reason. The excuse given the Consumers was thr high cost of material anel labor. One man who paid $18'for a pair of shoes was blaming lalior for it. He was asked what he supposed lalior received for making that pair of shoes, and he replied: Trohablv^$4? or $5.' When told that lalsir received less than $1.30 he was astounded.! "For something over a year we have had a falling market for shoe materials. Prices for shoe materials now very nearly equal pre-war prices. Yet manufacturers and dealers seem unable to make shoe prices anywhere near prewar levels. "A manufacturer said he wanted to make a shoe to sell to dealers at $6, to be sold at retail at $���'. and would like a reduction in lalsir cost. The same- shoe used to In.- sold to thc retailer at J2.85 and retailed at $4. Labor receive, about 40 cents per pair metre on that shoe-. ''l-alMir was asked to contribute- from its 40 cuts to help the manufacturer ���ell at $fi what he Used to sell at $2.85. uhen his market ior raw materials i, ���uarl> the same as before the \\.ir. "There are other instances oi pro posed reduction in labor cost that have no liettir foundation than the- one just related. It is not strange that labeir is r,it enthusiastic to cooperate lor such ends. "These policies are among the causes of the public resentment against the shoe business that results in the jeering of a shoe manufacturer on the floor of the House of Representatives at Washington. **We know- there are circumstances somewhat extenuating, such as high rents, freight and other expenses, but still it is in order for manufacturers and dealers to introduce a little team work into their lead pencils. "Labor declines to be the goat feir the public prejudice to pay the freight ior margins that a few years ago would have seemed extremely extravagant" Printing Offices Adopt Union Smashing Scheme From United States. This is the high-sounding title applied to the so-called open shop system, at (present, being run by a number of j printing firms in Vancouver today. Tiny j tell you that they allow no interference with their business from any source across the line���meaning the Typographical I'nion���and yet they arc only too ready to adopt a system which was liorn and bred in. the States, subsidized by the institigators. the open shop depart - meiit of the United Typuthctac of Am erica, and intreiduced into Vancouver by several city printers as a setback to Vancouver's organized printing crafts men. Notwithstanding their outspoken antipathy toward American institutions, or Canadian for that matter, having for their object the improvement of lalior conditions, these- self same firms do the bidding of a strictly American institution, 'whose very emblem is largely made up of a screaming eagle, and whose attitude is one of resentment. It is true that the Canadian section of this ( as ih latimi lias changed lhe eagle into a beaver (being ashamed of the eagle, one would be led to assume), but this modification has not changed thc attitude of the- local branch for the simple reason that they arc still governed by the eagle brand, urged on and paid by thr same bird and encouraged by the importation of died-in-the-wool strikebreakers from all over the country to take thc places of Vancouver citizens of more- or less long standing. A Strike-breaking- Movement ��IF';i.ffl"''i'^':i'-;;r!''-v,-'W ��� ' ' ��� ygJTPi ffilEgf This, iii brief, is what the "American Plan" is for���a strike breaking movement -with the- principal object of undermining the lalxir movement of the whole continent. And yet this is what some local printing concern- are aiding and abetting today, hut these firms will eventually he known by the company they keep and the product they turn out. An American I'lan applied to certain lines of eildeavor may be very good, but in this instance it is merely a high- sounding title given for the purpose of hiding its insidious object. Thc "American Plan" will never do anyone any good, not even to the pro-' mulgators of the system, for it simply means everlasting conflict with the workmen that are embraceel in that plan and consequent disorganization, leiss of wages and business and eventually a black eye to manufacturing industries in the City of Vancouver. W. C. WESTALL. Typographical Union. So. 226. BRITISH GENERAL WORKERS CONVENE Clyn��s Says Employers An Fostering Conditions For a Revolution. The -liners' Federation of Great Britain, at Llandudno in convention, demanded a five-day week and a six-hour day. together with a fortnight's annual holiday with pay. The abolition of piecework was also demanded, and the Federation reaffirmed its faith in nationalization as the only solution ol the problems of the coal industry*. The conference also called for an amendment of thc Workmen's C. unpen sation Act on thc lines of thc Holman Gregory' report, and for the compulsory provision of pit-head baths. Almost without diM.-u_.sion conference passed a resolution demanding that the Federation take steps to secure free lights, explosives, and the repair tools for the mine workers, holidays with pay every year, the compulsory installa tion of pit-head baths, and old-age pensions at 4_0 years of age. with the pension increased to 20% per week. , NatioMBation of Mines ��� <"-inference also agreed to thc need for the nationalization of thc mining industry. Robson. of Durham, taking the view that, after the 13 weeks' struggle which had directed so much public at- ' u-ntion to the industry, and the immediate certainty of increased charges to the consumer, the present was the 1 most opportune time to continue the ��� agitation for nationalization as the only j solution to efficiency and peace in thc I industry. "So long as thc mining industry*, fundamental to the life of the nation, is run in order to enable a few persons who own thc mines to wring out all the profit they can. there is not much hope of getting coal much cheaper, or of removing the unrest in the industry at a time so disturbing to the welfare of the community as a whole." Robson suggested that all Labor candidates for Parliament should make nationali/itiou of the coal mines a spc cial plank in their platforms. Potts (Yorkshire) also supported there-solution, and declared that the pres cut attempts at "speeding up" were being made merely that Ihe owners might make greater profits. The resolution was carried with ac ctamation. Financial Report Of Congress Good Surplus and Increased Membership Shown in Report. Financial affairs of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada are in good shape, a surplus showing at the end of lhe current fiscal year. September 1. l'-l. as indicated by the annual financial report, presented to the convention by Secretary P. M. Draper. In passing Mr. Draper stated that it was his 21st report as secretary-treasurer. Here is the summary as given: Balance on hand. Sept. 1st. 1920 $ 1As7A2 Reserve Fund 10.000.00 Sale of Victory Bonds, less broker's commission 4,%1.70 Receipts from per capita tax. charters and supplies 30.911.05 Interest on Bank Deposit 201.94 Interest on Victory' Bonds for - year 270.00 Foreign exchange on International per capita tax checks 644.37 Rucnttc from Congress Head miartcrs, for 4 Months to Aug. l\ 1921 J. 600.00 Catherine the Great of Russia once said: "If we would preserve this Empire of ours intact, we must embroil our people in foreign war. and so substitute national antagonisms and racial hatreds for social aspirations." 11 DON T PATRONIZE UST The following places are run under non-union' conditions and are therefore unfair to organized labor. Stettler Cigar Factory, making Van Loo and Van Dyke Cigars. King's Cafe. 212 Carroll St Capitol Cafe. ��J0 Granville St White Lunches. Electrical CoBtractors, C H. Peterson. 1814 Pandora St Hume & Rumble. Columbia St. New Westminster. B C. The Chilliwack Electric Co- Ltd- Chtl- liwack. B.C . ��� ��� Engineers and firemen of a Rhine steamship company have gone out on strike and the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission has issued an order which ' is tantamount to a strike prohibition. j The commission offers its services as mediator, but threatens in the event of ; the strike continuing to take repressive I measures. PHILADELPHIA.-f wenty shops in the waist and dress industry of Philadelphia settletd with the union, and more than 40 others have made application for settlement, it was announced at the strike headquarters. Six hundred workers are involved in the settlements. More than 23 pickets were arrested All were released Police on horseback are charging pickets again. ��� Nationalisation of Mines to. Re Made Political Issue. BLACKPOOL���Though small in the number of delegates, the fourth annual General Council meeting of the National Federation of General Workers was of vital import, ncc. inasmuch as it represented the interests of over a million and a quarter workers at a time when sections of -lie' organizations have their hacks ��o the wall against thc wage-re- diieing attacks of employers. I..R. Clynes. M.P., in his presidential address, -aid the greatest and severest test which the National Federation of General Workers had had to face had l>ccn experienced during thc last year. Growth of membership and advances in wages came almost automatically (luring the war. But now the Federation had to face the tisk of organizing its forces to resist those attacks on wages which had conic with the end of the period of arti- ficia' wealth. As to employers. Clynes remarked that many of them, who showed anxiety to arbitrate on disputes when thc workers were in an advantageous position, now resist appeals to arbitrate. Show No Mercy It was not a good thing for lhe social and industrial peace of the country' that employers should take advantage of the helplessness of workmen, when the state of the labor market had come to the aid of those whei wanted to force liig reductions in wages. "In the main." continued Clynes. "employers have shown no mercy. They have taken- full advantage of the economic pressure of severe unemployment to force workmen to accept certain conditions, not as a bargain, or a fair arrangement, but because nun are driven by the prospects of hunger to submit to terms which never should be imposed upon them. "A conciliatory spirit, aliout which some employers talk, and conditions of co-operation between Capital and I-alior. can never lie establishc-d so long as great liodies of workmen are made the victims of trade de-pression each time a disleicateel laUir market puts in thi- hands of the- employers almost iinlim ited power to settle conditions of service. Fostering Revolution "The very people who have cause to dread revolution, and appeal to others not to provoke it. arc themselves the main factors tending to create in the popular mind a disposition violently to upset social and economic conditions which rob them of what they are justly entitled to enjoy." Turning to the question of action by the workers. Clynes gave his opinion on the recent coal dispute. "It was for those who decided the' course which was finally taken." he said, "to answer for it to their respective organization'!.'* That course has been strongly criticised. It has been criticised by some who kno'vv nothing whatever of either thc facts or thc psychology of the situation and who talk loosely of what has been foolishly called Black Friday. "There are men who think that an executive or an official can direct and move in one direction, or the other millions of workmen who entertain different points of view and have interests not always in common. Huge masses of men arc not likely to respond to any | signal which at any time a group oi {officials or a committee may be disposed ' to give them. "The human factors and the natural motives of individual and collective self- interest cannot be ignored when decisions in respect to strike- action have to he taken." Buy Union-Made Goods C Tlu�� person who dt'iimiMl* tlu* 1-h.ih'I wit-Ids morv iiiHiu'iici* i han tht�� man or woman who Mtrikes. There is no Substitute for the Union Label BOOT AND SHOE WORKERS' LABEL a THE UNION BARBER SHOP CARD RECIST.REO ^ GARMENT WORKERS' LABEL ���--��� UNION MADE BROOM LABEL MACHINISTS'LABEL Union JhRi TMe MADE Beer AND Porter PRINTERS' UNION LABEL * __g_aa__iB_M Of America dxV j T__J|___l_______i_l_t__4MtO��J BREWERY WORKERS' UNION LABEL ^sV UNION MADE GLOVE LABEL m \��t��W4-T40lt^% Total Receipts from All Sources $W.-M6.88 Total Expenditure, as per itemized Accounts Rendered 47.881.64 $ 1.563^4 Mr. Draper congratulated the Congress on tbe fact that it now owned a home of its own. containing adequate accommodation for official purposes, and sufficient revenue proelucing accommodation lo make the headquarters building self-sustaining. Thc total affiliated membership with dues paid up to date Mr. Draper an noiincee* as 173.778. If account was taken of those affiliated but whose dues were not paid up, largely, he said, owing to inability through unemployment, it would be found that the Congress had an aggregate membership of 2110.000 workers in thc Dominion of Canada. OKLAHOMA CITY.-Six thousand' five hundred miners have been thrown em: of work in the state by the impbr tation of cheap, untaxed Mexican fuel oil according to an estimate made hy Claude Connally. state labor commissioner. " **��� To Speak for F. L P. Wm. Ivens. M.L.A.. for Winnipeg, is scheduled to speak under thc auspices of the Federated Labor Party during thc next few weeks. Sunday. September 11th. he will speak in the Royal Theatre at 8 p.m.. on Monday he will speak at New Westminster in the Labor Temple, and on Saturday. September 17th, he will speak in the Fraser Hall. Fraser Avenue. South Vancouver. Arrangements are being made for him to speak in Edmonds some time during next week. Ivens is a good forcible speaker and has a big following of friends in Winnipeg on account of his defiant stand before the Winnipeg Citizens' Committee during the General Strike of 1919. He may be too much ol" a humanitarian to suit some of the Socialists in this locality, but he is a man of sound sense and has labored in a simple and straightforward manner to help right the wrongs against the toiling masses. THE UNION MEAT MARKET LABEL UNION MADE BREAD LABEL UNION MADE HAT LABEL TAILORS' UNION LABEL UNION-MADE THE BEST MADE Join the Ruy-Union-Made-Goods Movement ^v-.ttft'li'iiiiiiil^ffs.1-". r new CHICA430. ��� The federated shop crafts, representing 6004100 union railroad shopmen, refused to accept tbe order of the United States railroad board regarding overtime and working rules. ��� ^ L BUSINESS MEN. ATTENTION ���! YOUR GOODS are on SALE Quality Circulation���Buying Power SHOULD BE YOCR FIRST CONSIDERATION The manager of this paper would be pleased to talk business with you. PHONE SEYMOUR 7495 nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBamwmnmmmmmmmnmamnmamm : i l 1 ��� ' ��� fffmwnj^^njmmnmmm'nmumranma ���'. PAG I. FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS . - UNEMPLOYED RELIEF CONVENTION NOTES SUGGESTIONS FROM GERMAN WORKERS HOLD BIG DEMONSTRATION CONGRESS Fifty Million Dollar Loan Urged For Use By All Municipalities. ' Six hundred and forty-one arcr.dh.-l! delegates attended the 37th annual convention of thc Trades Congress IVIe ^att- W. Bruce, of Toronto, announced at one of the concluding sessions. There were, he said, two fraternal d< legates ; 42 r< prcsentative* of international organizations; J9 trad.- ami lalior councils; one federation of labor rom 'oca! union Moore Re-elected RFRLI-C.������-With the inKwiarrhist agi I t_th-a still oaiinous. -MOjOO workers i gathi red in a gigantic meeting in the A Few Smiles Calls Upon (fcverament to Fulfill *.**���"��� and 558 drfc"*,e* ' Its Promise Regarding Insurance Scheme. I'y unanimous choice of all the delr $50,(11)0.000 Joan available to munici ���_..,. nr����t�� ii��� ;j,.���, "TV.���, \lr_.r. . pa.it.es for the construction of working j ^P.TdUT^^ ��^T *' elected to the administration of thc Trades and Labor Congress of Canada at the convention. The thrre vicc-prcsi- class hoti's; enactment of the ciuh hour �� �� . restriction of immigration, and construction of all necessary public works and huildinK*. a> well as repairing existing structures and plants owned by the governments, federal, provincial ���epilations made by the Trades Con- mendations wade by the Trades Congress after carefully considering the unemployment question and seeking a solution. The problem was first carefully considered by a special committer. This body brought in a very lengthy report. The first part of the report on unemployment contained a recital of the situation and what were generally claimed to be the causes of uncmploy- j ment. Then followed the recommendations of the committee, which are as follows: Unemployment Insurance "Whereas, the first charge upon in Force of Habit The husband had had an unusual ��� I.iisteartcn and pledged support to tht- ��� amount of work to do and it was after i Onnan republic- I midnight when he started upstairs to! The meeting was a dcrnonstraiion I bed. He tiptoed softly, but in sptte of j I against mos-archis���i. and was one of thc ' his cautiousness his wife rolled over 5 '���.rrattst (tt-tndurings of workers Or-' and half awakened. main has t\tr witnessed. ��� j "Is that yon. John?" she asked. Marchers swarmed the Lu-tgarti-n j "Yes. dear." . early in the aftera**-n carrying the flav I "Are you sure ?" she demanded, from I��.f the republic, (force of habit. Man> thousands were unaWe to ap- i ' I poach the garden and had to content | Fifty-Fifty "Ole." said the preacher to the Swed- nearfcy. (',h bridegroom-to-be. "do you take Hilda Dignified and Appropriate PRINTING -Bimimnmiwiiiiniiiiiiiiiemnag-mnaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiB Trades Council Has Good Sorgeson for your lawful wedded wife for liettcr or for worse?" "Oh. well." replied Ole gloomilv. ~Av dents. Alex. UcAndrcw. ot Moose Jaw. Word I"Or L.val ririTI! ��� \ Sa>k.. H. I. Halford. of Tfull. Que. ami] Arthur Martel of Montreal were also get little of each.' �� KtCUtl-K - returned unopposed. Elections for provincia resulted: Manitoba: C. H Dickie and I). S Lyons; G. H. Palmer. Dauphin; A. J Williams. ISrandon. Saskatchewan: James Sotncrvillr Moose Jaw; Harry Perry. Krgina; (ierald Dcalty. Saskatoon; Arthur Met lin, Regina. t ��t.: in_. si trts��� fs_v*��' i<w Scotland, to address meetinc, in western cities, was endorsed and a com mitttr appointed to make the necessary arranyrmrnt, for a -netting in Van con.tr. Th. committee is composed of Dtls. Thom. I*engoufdi and Showier. ���\ nirnmunication from the striking l'f+ ; and Shoe Workers* 1'iii.m. giving particulars of the strikr and asking or ganiird labor to withdraw its support The Right Kind of Job Office Manager: I'd like to give you! a job. but there's nothing for you to do.; Young Applicant: That's just the kind of jolt I want. British Columbia: Fred \V. Welsh, j irom rlK i^i^. s^ Company was en Vancouver; M. Davidson. New West ^-^j ^^ a motion by DeL Showier minster; W. Trotter, Pentkton; James.,0 -^jy tn<. ncu-r ���,* tbt. y^ |n \\ right. Smithers. _ c. Campaign of this action was Ontario: Jos. Gibbons, Toronto; Don- rarri,^ aid Deer, Toronto; A. E. Whitehall j A ctimmimicatioo from the Hotel and dustry is of right and ought to bc the j northern section; Rud HcsseL London.; Re-taurant Fjnployees giving the names ade.,uate maintenance of the workers! Quebec: Gus Francq, Montreal engaged in it. and whereas. <he federal ;��mtr Flcury. Quebec; Arthur Beau government was a signatory to thc prin '��'-��� Montreal: O. Heibcrt. Hull. ciple of unemployment insurance at the Washington conference, we (therefore. Fraternal Delegates Krnest Robinson, call upon thc federal government to Winnipeg Trades Council, was the over fulfill the promise made to the congress I wMming cJ)oice 0|- ,he Trade5 Congress executive, that a conterence ot repre Convention, as fraternal delegate from sentatives of thc provincial govern-||lr c���ngrcss to thc American Federa ments, municipal councils and organized labor, as represented in the Trades and LaUir congress of Canada, and em j |h|w candj(la,fs nomi���a,ed. The bal plovers in the larger industries, to pre-. |o( rvsuhrd a$ foIk)ws. pare a plan ol unemployment insurance, j Robinson yy-nn*peg 277 That, in thc interim between now and j Su,|lvan Hamilton 93 the time when permanent machinery is ; ^oop. Winnipeg 27 set up by the federal and provincial ongrcss to tion of l.alior convention to be helJ I next June in Cincinnatti. There were and urging the continued patronage of restaurants displaying the "Union House" card and asking organized lalxir ! to demand the display of tbe card was r _. adopted. secetary of the -~ . . Communications irom the Twin Cities I'.uiMin. Tradc-s Council placing M. J. Gilibors. the boxer, on the unfair fist, and from the sab-committee of the Workers.* Council, of Vancouver, asking for aid in raising funds for famine stricken Soviet Russia, were received and delegates urged to lake note of same. ��� jou11 Agriculture "How many head of livestod got on the place?". "Livestock ?" echoed the somewhat ! puzzled fanner. "What d'ye mean by- livestock? I got four steam tractors and seven automobiles." How to Be Cheerful "Do you feel lonely. Mrs. Tinley. "now your three lads have "listed?" "Xot so had." was the reply. "It do come over me terrible on washdays, though, when I "ave to borrow some of a neighbours washing just to keep myself cheerful." governments to cope with congress re- quests that thc federal government "1 ���Restrict and guard against unwarranted immigration. "2���Construct all necessary public works, such as customs houses, post offices and other public buildings, which are badly needed in many cities anil towns throughout the Dominion. "4���Renew and repair all public buildings. "5���Continue money grants for immediate relief and immediate needs. "6���Make a housing loan of $50,000.- 000 to* aid the various cities and towns lo construct working class houses. "7��� Overhaul all rolling stork, etc.. on the government railways, also all other equipment belonging to the various spending departments of thr federal government. Provinces and Municipalities "And further that the provincial J governments "1���Engage in road building on a large scale. "2���Repair and renew old public buildings and construct necessary new ones. V "J���Attend to afforestation. "4���Develop agricultural lands. "5���Make a money grant for immed iatc needs. "And further, that municipal councils undertake at the earliest moment the construction of sewers, water mains, roads, schools, fire halls, and also make a money grant for immediate relief. It is also recommended that if the provincial and municipal governments re fuse to co-operate in the measures set fgrth in thr resolution or refuse to assume their fair share in relieving the unemployment situation, the federal government itself use all the constitutional mean* in its power to obtain such cooperation, and if such co-operation is not obtained, take measures of relief adequate to meet local situations." John W. Bruce. Toronto, was elected fraternal delegate to the British Trade I'nion Congress next year. Mr. Bruce was accorded 287. as against 114 cast Law Enforcement* A communication from James Anderson, chief of police of Vancouver, in connection with the Council's resolution regarding reckless driving by auto drivers hi the city streets, informed the 1 Seme Chicken A Southerner, hearing a great commotion in his chicken-house one dark night, took his revolver and went to investigate. "Who's there?" he sternly demanded, opening the door. Xo answer. "Who's there? ' AnsW-er. or I'll shoot!" A trembling voice from the farthest J corner: " 'Deed, sah. dry ain't noliody hyah' 'ceptin' us chickens." for William Lodge. Ottawa, the only Comlci, ,,_, thr ^^ mrw. a^^ all EMPLOYEE ALLEGES FIRM contestant. USED HIS PATENT I in their power to enforce the taw and Disarmament Delegates giving figures, to the effect that 1.475 Authority "was granted the Trades persons were prosecuted for breaches Coughlan & Sons, shipbuilders, will JII Congress executive by the convention to of the Motor Vehicle Act, ��I0 per cent iooa be in the courts to answer a pro-, appoint delegates to the disarmament of which were speeding cases, during cution instituted by the Patent Develop- " conference to be held shortly at Wash- the first six months of this year, was j n**nt Company for using an invention.1 ington. if provision is made for the in- filed for future reference. vital ion of Labor delegates from the A report wa various nations participating in the con Satisfaction That's what our customers get. Our customers will find our prices as rea-so-iable as our product is good. Whether a big or little order��� We Guarantee Satisfaction and want your future business 6 Not what We say But what we do makes test- Performance speaks The last word and the best ���"rwwaawiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Try us with your NEXT order Hiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiimimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiimiiii The British Columbia Labor News Telephone Seymour 7495 319 Pender St. West __�� CHESTER. Pa.���Reinstatement Movie Studios Oat W��fM IVi'alii.n" has struck the moving- Shipyard picture magnates, and a majority of the made and patented bv a late employ^ '���"""^ ra.-iteoisiatemen, ol received from Dels, of the firm *�� ��*�� l^'���'"_\WhQ ""^ k^ Welsh and Craw ford ,�� the convention The patent is known as the Pneu ��" >,r*C **' "* Mwn��n,* ... __-._ ��� i i ��� i i ���.,.;,- w-,-,-~ ., r_., ci: u r- .-.- j - here since August 4th began again, lol- j st:id*o< at I.os Angeles have cut wapes lerence It hiis not yet been decided bv rt'-ces-ilings ol the Trades and Labor ] matic Hammer Ine Shield tutt and is , - . T . - . ��� - ��� -. _��� ��� _ ��� President Harding and thc other state* Congress of Canada, excerpts of which ! 'or the purpose of eliminating the dan *""* * settlement o. the strike. wh.ch :.-. employees $11 per day and lengthetK-. ger of possible burns, and increases thr rcM,lud ,n a ����i*��' ***** ,or ,n��* lh* l,m,T* ��* * *���*> s w,rlc AboHt ' M) The employers withdrew their men and women have struck against i men arranging thc conference, whether will 1* found elsewhere in this paper. or not lalxir representatives will lie ad mitted. GLASGOW ORPHANS CHOIR ATTACKED GLASGOW���The famous Orpheus Choir, which is conducted by Hugh S. Roberton. has been attacked for not, singing thc National Anthem at its concerts. The conductor has published a strik- \ Rs-statrraiit Employees* Union, said that ing reply, in which he steles: "(1) That j**4 �����prietors of the Old Country Fish it is the first business of musical so- j * C** Sbo��* *M,d tb* Lions Cafe has cieties to provide music: (2) that aiwrt *-**-*��� nnion hoose card out of sight musical society worth its sah will pro j��� or*Jer to find oat how many workers vide the music that it enjoys best, and | -*ed for *e car*1 that it regards as the best calculated for j DrI* CoT?' Boot -5-*1 Sho<' Workers, purposes of musical propaganda; (JI (^Ported strikers standing firm, and of that thc omission of the National An ;a dancc to be held in the Hastings Park them from a progratnpe means nothing ' ���"""Bon this (Friday) evening, more than that it is not necessary fori ,)c-*- ol ,h*\ R-"'��ay Carmen inform the musical purposes of the concert. cd ,hc Co*-**"1 ��hat tbe -Rack" shops of A plebiscite on the subject reveals the CPSt ��w ��orlrmg full time, that at 60 leading concerts in London l>c* Burk,:'- of ,he Machinists, point only in two instances was the National "" "0* **" continued redaction of wages Anthem sung. Apparently "God Save ���**>in��" on ���" ,h** IWanty-e Pier, and the King" has no musK-aldc fenders. ur>'"r'1 '"eoitive committee action. Delegates renorting for unions were: j efficiency of the employee. union. Mrs Mahon. "t_rment Workers, in The, patentee attempted to negotiate ' dcnU,n,J ,or a *��-�����-����* ����� a" ��* reference V the renewing of the agree {with the firm for the use of the patent.l' ment whh Jas. Thomson & Son. obtained the plans, manufactured th. patent and used it in the construction of practically all its ships. IVI. Bengough. Machines, to the effect that a strike was on at Anv ok because of a further attempt on the part of the Granby Consolidated Copper. Smelter' A Power Co. to /slash another dollar off thr wages of the mechanics. DeL Van Hook, of the Hotel and Organize^ labor in Honolulu and throughout Hawaii is opposed to thr Kalanianaole resolution in the American Swamp Patent Office Bru. r h. Savage, with credentials The patent office in Washington is j from various labor Councils and papers. bring swamped with itew toveutious.< fivtn _�� floors ��_,!_���- a Vttioa Perhaps its because the industrial tie-!. . T. . ____ . pression and unemployment have given ILal,e, hooaamf ��mpMgn in the Cay of men and women more time to think. Applications for patents have broken all previous records, and last week then- were on file 51.865 awaiting action. Tbe congress attthoriiing the president and! hu����t��M of the patent office for tbe last six months was the heaviest for any half year in the history of the secretary' of tabor to admit 50.000 Chincesc coolies to Hawaii to break the I office. A great majority of die appli wage standards established by the I cations are for patents on automobiles Japanese and other trade unionists in j -1*-- nyinS machines, electrical attach- the s���_ar industry men.,s: w*re,*ss ��PP��ratus and agricul : tural implemnts. PUBLIC MEETING Under Auspice* of JUNIOR LABOR LEAGUE Speaker; WM. IVENS OF WINNIPEG Pender .fjall, Friday, Sept. 16 Meeting eonuaeneee 8 p.m. Refrwhments Dancing 10 to 12 Collection will be taken. -��� Vancouver. He was given credentials by the Council to open op a campaign in this city. DeL Bartlett reported the efforts of the Parli-unentary* Committee to obtain data for proposed amendments to the Minimum Wage Act. audi asked dels, to urge girls who were hang poorly paid to attend the meetings of the Parliamentary Committee in the Lalior Hall in order that the romnutui night better Amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act were presented for endorsation bv DeL Bartlett, of the Parliamentary Comimtfee. After considerable discussion between dels, who owned cars and those who did not, regarding the suggested amendments, the majority scented to he in favor of the plan to illimpl to reduce the accidents caused by reck haw driving and the proposals were adopted Stocks ptnauatd by the rich go up. bonds in the hands of tbe poor go down. ���he ��� eduction, claiming there has fiecn d-.ilation" in the price of admission o have jmanv *"--���-�������< �� mnch as 40 per cent charged the public. In Los Angeles and New Orleans a movement has been in Hundred >f ex-memher> of the aiM.ur-_.ed by tlie labor unions to close American Expeditionary Forces have ;thv rtoy" shows on Sundav The case will be tried in tbe county ��� s_gned, Dp ���� "^P^"- Spaniards fight .. . . _ . . .'the Moroccan tribes in the African conn in November and will resolve it-| AfitTt for ninety cents a day. Most of i COPEHHAGEN. - Pohsh metal self into a battle to see if the rights of i them have been out of work for many j workers, says a Warsaw message, are patentees will be upheld by the court.' inpnths and this is the last resort. Out j rtr*iting for a wage increase of 75 per or whether the patent laws can be in fringed by industrial enterprises. [of work negro ex-servtcc men are I threatening to enlist on behalf of tbe'<Tnt ��nc h*"**-"- ������ twenty-frte . Moors, unless recruiting is stopped. j thousand men are affected. The B. C. 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