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���\ ' Issued Every Friday ������.-.. v. ;-'->.���' -��� , Devoted to the interests of the International Labor Movement 'I rSubacription: 81.30 Pet Year*! I 5e Per Copy J Volume I. Vancouver, B. C, Friday, February 10, 1922 Number 24 Trades Council Joins Attack On Drug Traffic ��**- Terrible Aspects Depicted in Connection with Victima of Drugs���Farm Wanted te Cure end Protect Drug Users Pulp Company Lores Men from Across the line Went Company Towns Abolished Delegates were obligated snd seated from the Painters, Musicians, Railway Carmen, Boileimaaei%~^_*oft Drink Dispensers, Cigar Makers and! Typographical Unions at the regular meeting of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council Tuesday evening. / President Crawford occupied the chair. A communication from the city hall in reply to a letter from the Trades Conncil informed the delegates that the building ef public conveniences wm being held back through lack of funds. Del. Aid. Pettipiece suppli- mented this by informing the Conncil that work would be commenced Monday on s $17,000 public convenience station at the corner of Hamilton and J^t-stings. An appeal for funds from tbe International Garment Workers Union of Montreal to -fight an injunction against picketing was met by a donation of $10 from the Council. Del. McDonald reported that the last whist drive and dance held by the Label Trades Committee was a huge success in every way. �� Del. Hardy reported on the Unemployed Conference held Monday afternoon informing the Council that there were 108 delegates in attendance which resulted in s resolution calling upon the Federal government to provide relief and work at trades anion wages. Another resolution to elect 25 delegates to aid in the relief plans wss adopted- A resolution calling upon all organizations to take np the qnestion of the advisability of holding s parade of employed aad unemployed also carried along with s resolution favoring unemployment insurance, na ' ia���� - DeL McDonald asked Del. Hardy why he hsd thrown cold water upon the activities of the Labor Council in stating, at the unemployed conference, that the T. & L. C. hsd dene nothing fpr the unemployed. Del. Hardy replied te the effect that he bad been asked the same question fonr times that day, but what he had really said was that the Council had not organised the unemployed, and it was not their function-to do so. The Drag Evil Reporting on tbe meeting held in tbe Empress Theatre to deal with the drug evil, Del. Mrs. Dolk said that there were over 8,000 drug addicts in the city, and teat the state of affairs were beyond description. Countless numbers of girls between the sges of 14 snd 18 were taking tbe dope, one girl having admitted taking it since aba. was 12. In other eases there were families with two and three girls sad boys who were all addicts and, Judging from reports, most ef those affected st the present time were children. Drug' peddlers can be found in the West End early in the -morning doing their rounds Just like milkmen. DeL Mrs. Mahon reported on th* women's meeting held;Thursd_y, stating that Mrs. Jamee O'Brien, es chairman, told of her private investigation and efforts to remedy the evil. Instances of girls 16 yean old who hsd contracted venereal disease from Japanese drug peddlers; of fruitless sttempta to keep these peddlers out Of tbe hospitals, out of homes and even sway from tbe Jails. Del. Mahon also toty of the methods used by some people to inject morphine, pins, naila, and even safety rator blades being used to make holes with. Oriental tailor shops are selling drugs in a unique method. People walk in and lay down their money and then walk out They are followed in an automobile, and when they come to an isolated spot the drugs are thrown out to them. Resolutions favoring heavy sentences snd lashes for drug peddlers and for the amending of the existing laws so thst the manufacture snd sale of narcotics might be supervised and restricted to the medical profession were placed before the Council along with one thanking Mrs. O'Brien for the work she had done -on tbe subject Farm Cure Far Kitkiu Del. AM. Pettipiece aaid he was only partly in favor ef resolutions, that it was brutal to Jsfl the peddler who Is addict, while at tbe same time tbe big fellow goes scot free. Jailing and lashing will not cure addicts, only hard work and fresh sir is what they want and the 200 acres which the city owns in Burnaby might be used for this purpose. ' They could produce enough vegetables to keep sn institution in operation just as is being done at the Old Men's Home. Medical treatment and police protection on such a farm would go a long way towards eliminating the evil. In order to make a move in this direction Del. Pettipiece presented a motion for a delegation to be appointed to bring the matter before the city council, this being adopted, Dels. Dolk, Bengough, Hardy, and Hanafin were appointed. Secretary Bengough referred to the handing out of five year sentences to peddlers as like mopping up the floor and leaving the tap running. If some of the big fellows were rounded up it would have s tendency to make the traffic in drugs more risky and would make quite a difference :r. the peddling. Oriental States Used Del. McDonald aaid that he had been convinced for many years that the Japanese snd Chinese stores were being used as s blind for selling drugs. Contin d on page four HUSH LABOR FOR WORKERS'REPUBLIC Labor Party's Manifesto Calls For Fight Against Capitalism DUBLIN, Ireland���Irish Labor had been silent all through the peace conferences, and there wss considerable interest manifested ss to what atti^ tude Labor would take towards the political situation inTreland brought about by the ratification of the peace pact But this silence on the part of the workers was broken when the Irish Labor Party issued a manifesto calling upon Irish Labor to unite to oppose the creation of the Irish Free State, provided for in the Irish- British treaty. "Our objective is a workers' republic," the manifesto declares. "Irish Labor's hour has struck. The fight is now sgainst Capitalism." SPANISH LABOR HIT BY TERROR Workers Deprived of All Protection of Lew ��� Labor IS - ��� t-h-st R.. n) Men Murdered (By Federated Press) AMSTERDAM ��� Spanish workers have been deprived ef all protection of the law and have been made victims of the lawless violence of the Spanish police, declared President Cabalero of the Spanish Federation of Labor to the executive committee of the International of Trade Unions here.��� "Constitutional safeguards have been suspended," said Cabalero. "Trade union rights have vanished. Many workers in Barcelona and elsewhere were thrown into prison with- tut examination and have never been heard of again. They were probably murdered by the prison authorities. "At the time of the assassination of Premier Date labor leaders were indiscriminately lined up and shot. The practice of releasing men from prison at night and then shooting them down on pretext of escape wss resumed by the government In some instances the wives of men in detention watched outside the prison all night to prevent the murder of their husbands in this manner." a "a. a ��� . BERLIN���A storm of protest has arisen in the Reichstag against the request of the Spanish Government that Fort aad Conception, two Spanish labor men, be extradited under suspicion of having assassinated Premier Dato. the government has*M?! ���need the radical parties that the men will not be given up unless an invesf igation demonstrates their guilt to thejGerman authorities. It is claimed that the two Spaniards are refugees from the Spanish reign of terror that has been raging against labor men for over a year. WANT RAILROAD STRIKESPROHIBITED American Manufacturers Ash For Anti-Strike Legislation WASHINGTON ��� Thirty thousand American manufacturers appealed to the senate interstate commerce committee through the National Industrial Council for federal legislation to prohibit railroad strikes. The council, represented by a committee of nationally known manufacturers, condemned the present railroad system of management as "inadequate and inefficient" The anti-strike legislation asked by the manufacturer would be similar to the Kansas state industrial court act outlawing all stoppage of work in vital industries. 1 Consolidation of the United States {railroad labor board and the interstate commerce commission into a single federal agency with full control over railroad rates, wages and working conditions, was advocated. STRIKES INCREASE IN IRELAND DUBLIN ��� Increasing strikes in various parts of Ireland are creating a serious situation with which the new provisional government is obliged to oops. Following the strike of engine cleaners at Cork and Bandoa. all train service between these two towns has been suspended, sad the trouble haa spread to the Great Southern line, where a majority are on strike, crippling service between Cork snd Dublin. Further extension of the strike is expected. Two additional strikes were announced, when 800 employes of the Grand Canal Company walked out and 200 dockers of the Northwestern Rsilways decided to quit GARMENT WORKERS WIN BIG VICTORY Bosses Capitulate in Big Strike Against Wage Reductions NEW YORK ��� The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union has won a complete victory over the manufacturers' association. The shops will be run strictly under the conditions, rates of pay and hours of labor which prevailed before the lockout November 14, and the manufacturers' will live up to all the terms of the trade agreement unto its e piration June 1, 1022, abandoning their demands for the piecework system, lengthening of the hours of labor from 44 to 40 s week, snd a reduction of wages. The settlement of the lockout wss ratified by all the unions involved, the members of which will return to work at once. 72,000 workers were Involved In many cities. ��� i i ��� "^i^J^ " Lenta says: "The basic factor in all revolution is the form of the alliance between worker and peasant. It must be proved to the peasant that they have ah interest in this alliance. That is the principle of the new economic policy. The task of uniting worker and peasant into 'a new alliance is not merely a Russian problem but s world problem." BUILDING HOMES FOR WORKERS Abes Provides Horn, for Workers Who Acquire Building Lots BUENOS AIRES ��� Action has been taken by the municipal council of Buenos Aires to build a home for any person who can acquire a plot of ground on which to place it Various efforts have been made to solve the housing problem, which is one of the most difficult in the worid, houses being so scarce that about 85 per cent of the families of workmen are forced to confine their lives within the four walls of a single room in a "conventillo." or tenement The latest plan calls for aid -on lhe part of the city, which expects to invest 50.000,000 pesos in con- st meting cheaply good homes for persons who acquire building sites. UNIONS CUTTING OUT CONTRACTORS .. British Unions Get Many Big Contracts for House Building A record of remarkably rapid progress is contained in the first annual report of the Guild of Builders (London), Ltd. On September 30, 1920, the salaried staff consisted of one person, the pay-roll wss ��4 s week, and ho contracts had been signed. On September 80, 1921, the salaried staff had grown to 38 persons, the payroll was ��4,000 s week, snd contracts to the value of ��600,000 hsd been secured. At Walthamstow 70 houses had already been completed by the Guild, and 80 at Greenwich. The pages bill amounted to ��96,000. The first block of houses completed at Walthamstow show a saving upon estimates of ��50 a house. The Guild is composed of Building Trades Unions. ALBERTA LABOR GETTING RESULTS Government Now Working in the Interests of the ' Toilers Labor in the province of Alberta has for a number of years requested that a department of the provincial government be formed which would be responsible for the administration of Labor legislation. The'present government has done little blowing about what it intended to do for Labor, but we note that the establishment of a labor bureau is one of the things thst the new government will introduce in the first session of the legislature. It may take Alberta people some time to adjust themselves to having such things done in such s way that they cannot be construed to be pre-election sops. In sa effort to relieve unemployment by means of work on building more National Highways which would enable tbe farmers to get to town easier whh their products. Alderman Pettipiece succeeded ia getting a delegation of city sad urban officials to go Victoria on the subject. As chairman of tbe Health Committee Aid. Pettipiece hopes to get s lot of unsanitary dwellings cleaned up this year. . /\ While hundreds of Winnipeg mechanics are unemployed or working on the shortest possible time, box cars which could and normally should be repaired in -the local shops are being sent by the Canadian National Railway management to Fort William for repair in the shops of the Canadian Car k Foundry Company, a private corporation. House Building Relieve Unemployment Suggestions for Providing Homes, Reducing Rents, Relieving Unemployment and Turning Money Into City Treasury A Game of Chance but Worthy of Adoption by Government Authorities of Province against gambling, people will take a chance. Suppose an Order-in-Coun- cil allowed the municipalities to start a "game of chance" which resulted in the purchase of all these lots, building of thousands of houses and relief of the unemployed problem, we wonder if churchgoers would lift their hands in holy horror? It can be accomplished if something along the following lines could be adopted. Raffle tickets issued by the city St one dollar each and to be sold without commission by various storekeepers throughout the city. As soon as three thousand have been sold, the holder of s winning number will be presented with s city lot and a house built thereon to suit the needs (within $3,000) of the tenent. The city can be teimbursed to the value of the lot by the provincial and federal governments as in the present scheme of relief, the city to stand the loss of one-third in lieu of cash. This will bring s considerable sum of money into ihe city treasury besides eliminating the many unsightly vacant lots. Eliminate Profits In-order that huge profits might be eliminated from the scheme, we suggest thst all the building operations be turned over to the Building Trades Council, who will select s general manager for the carrying on of the work, his wages along with the other tradesmen to be paid out of the raffle funds by the city authorities. The city authorities can supply .the tools and equipment for the carrying on of the work, and either the dty or the provincial government could provide sufficient funds with which to purchase building material in large quantities in order to keep down tbe cost This plan of housebuilding has been carried on by the Trades Union "Building Guild" in Great Britain, contracts to the value of millions of dollars already having been completed, and further contracts to the value of teh million dollars on hand at the present time. This method of eliminating the private contractor has not only saved from $200 to $800 on each house, but has been the means of putting better work into the construction. Hansen At Small Cost This scheme could be made to cover the surrounding municipalities, thus giving the winner, who wants to reside in New Westminster, a chance to have a house built there by New Westminster Labor. This scheme might easily provide work for mechanics every week on s doten or more houses, which with the purchase of "Made in B.C. Goods" would help to further relieve the un- One ef the crying needs of Vancouver for s number of years haa been for more and better houses. The long spell of business depression hss further aggravated the situation, unto today we find thousands of families living in one and two rooms or under cramped conditions, while land snd Iqnber in vast quantities lie idle. .*# toe present time the City Council of Vancouver haa over 2,000 lots oa its hands for which there are very few buyers. The surrounding municipalities are in a like condition, yet no move has been made to introduce a Housing Scheme here such as was instituted in Great Britain after the war. Two facts, therefore, stare us in tiie face; one a vast army of unemployed, and the other, a vast number of people living in cramped quarters on account of this condition or high rents. This can be greatly remedied if. tod municipal and provincial authorities would adopt a somewhat unique, yet concrete proposition. Between $12,000 and $14,000 sre expended every week, by citizens in this locality, on football competitions which amount to nothing more than s game of chance, showing conclusively that in spite of legislation LABOR PARTY TO HOLD ITS GAINS ��� Its Activities en Political Field A special meeUng of Vancouver] local of the Federated Labor Party will be held at its headquarters, .48 Cordova Street West on Wednesday evening, February 22, to which all party members and members of other locals outside the city are invited. Questions on reorganisation will be dealt with and all members are urged to attend and aid in drawing up a plea of action that will place the party on a more substantial footing for holding the gains already made on the political field, and increase them in the forthcoming elections. Note the date, Wednesday week at 8 The party intends to continue Rs Sunday meetings at headquarters. J. McMillan will be the speaker next Sunday evening with Mrs. Lorimer in the chair. ' Oa the following Sunday R. H. Neelands, M.L.A., aad A. Mclnnis. School Director, will be the speakers, with Mrs. W. R. Trotter^ ia the chair. Sam Guthrie, iLI^.fW��y��ent situation for Newcastle, wiD la all probability be tbe speaker on the Sunday following. " A Whist Drive and Dance with re- freahmenU wiU be held every Saturday evening at the headquarters until farther notice. Admission 25c. Whist prises given away sad refresh- ments free. * A big Whist Drive aad Dance will be held by the party ia the Cotillion Hal Thursday evening, February 23. Admission 25c and 50e.~ Good whist BRITISH JOURNALIST DISPLAYS UNION CARD Union Label Trades Monthly Whist Drive and Dance BUILDING TRADES Friday, February/24* 8 pain. CotiUionHail Waist Drive 8 to 10 ~- Danriag 9 to 12 Tickets: Gents' 50c, Ladies'25c * -. WhHe ia Waahingtoa H. G. Welle, the noted British Journalist impressed the American pi seamen by the pride with which he displsyed his trade union card aheaesei' be got into a group of the newspaper men engaged la writing up toe proceedings of the Conference. Mr. Wells ia one of the latest re cruris to the National Union of Journalists, ana his example ia joining the N.UJ. might very well be followed by distinguished writers. 13 This same scheme could also be adopted in the building of houses on property already held by eitasena, thus giving those who do not poaaess the funds with which to build s home, a chance to get one for a few dollars. There to not the least doubt but thousands of people will invest s dollar every week la eaeh a scheme, aad would be aa attempt to do what the Rotary Club to urging st the present time, la suggesting thst every-j- __, ; body take a head in helping to ;���**>>���* > lieve the business depression. The majority of membais of the' Diet of Thuringia are Socialists, sad they wiD control the government ef that German state if they work together. The elections that were held resulted ia the return ef 28 Socialists to *�� a. embers ef tbe bourgeois parties. The Majority Socialists elected IS members; tbe Independent So- -*>--_l_-_-ra- ___-_���_�� metal tl__ _f* aniseaiisiaaatm air MOSCOW TO PRESENT BILL OF DAMAGES ��� MOSCOW���Soviet Russia wfll present s bill ef damages aggregating 100.000,000,000 gold rubles ($50,- 000,000,000) agaiast the Western nations, including the United States, at tbe Genoa economic conference in the near future. The Cur's debts, which the Allies insist the workers* republic shall pay, will be but a drop In the bucket compared with the bill which the Soviet Government will call upon toe Allies snd the United States to settle. In other words, Soviet Russia will demand full reparation for all the undeclared wars waged against her by France, England, the United States, Japan and other agencies. ��� ��� Msy we ask ear res ears to take of the advertisement run by toe Carta Cigar Factory in this issue. fUl .hosing cigars ask for the made Rprte iaatsaas_tts_amm_w- ���aaaa ���'< .Hi .mil'-- ��� ��� '��� fi . .- .'. f:;^ _.<*���������* .*��� PAGE TWO ;-. . ��� . T^BBBITISHOOLtmBUl^sJBOByBWS �� tS i ,1 i 'in i 'i _____ BBSW y!t\* ���������������������������������������aa WALKING BEST _ it*-*-^ TEA THE FINEST The VV. H. Malkin Co., Ltd. Vancouver Nanaimo Victoria THE BX. LABOR NEWS Official Organ of the Vancouver Trades and .Labor Council and Affiliated is already represented in the municipal, provincial and federal administrative and legislative bodies. Control Committee: F. W. Welsh, P. R. Rengough, and W. J. Bartlett. Once a Monlh at Hall. 310 P.ndsr St. Waat Vaaeeaver, B.C. Telephones Seymour 7495-7496 Subscription Rates: $1.50 per year by mail In Canada $��5o per year outsub Canada Advsstistag Rates upon sppUc -Hon H. W. WATTS - editor aad Manager FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. THE WORKERS (?) PARTY Four would-be leaders of the So-, tialist Party-of Canada local in Vancouver and twenty "others" recently formed a branch of the Workers Party of Canada with the object of "Co-ordinating the efforts of the workers," to quote J. Smith. , This ssme quartette have been very active during the past two years in dividing up the workers in this locality, and the formation of the new party, and their proposed activities in the political and industrial field, can only tend to further division. Having discarded the remnants of the One Big Union, they now propose to link up with the International Trade Union movement���not for the purpose of helping it, but for the purpose of "capturing" it The last time this same gang "captured" the Trade Union movement they succeeded in crippling almost every trade union in toe city," dissolved the B. C. Federation ef Labor, formed another Trades and Labor Council and lost to labor its $250,000 Labor Temple. Applying these same tactics to the political field these self ���same "revolutionists," while in the S. P. of C, nominated themselves snd others to contest parliamentary ridings in which toe Labor Party either had candidates or in which tt was generally known that the Labor Party would have a candidate. In tins way at leart/rtwo seats were lost to labor in the Federal House. When the next elections comle around this party intends to place (candidates in the field irrespective of the Socialist Party or the Labor Party. This bunch of clowns broke away from the Socialist Party because it did not indorse the Third International, yet a referendum on this question just made public by the party favors the affiliation. But the best part about the joke is, that the Third International to just about as dead as Balaam's ass. The Third International fiasco haa not only succeeded in splitting the ranks of labor in almost every country, but it has even split its own ranks on questions that only amount to stupid quibbles. *>��<_k Workers Party was recently formed in New York by members broken away from1 the Corn- Party of America aad this party to bow accusing tie Workers Party of not living up to the XI points of the International. A like split haa taken place, in France, ia Germany, in Italy, and in England. Paid emissaries of tbe ruling class could not act more effectively in weakening the tanks of Labor. To imagine that the new party will he admitted to the Third International to entirely out of the question, because it cannot live up to the Moscow ruliag. Iu fact a split must shortly take place ta ita ranks hoc suss of various disagreements now looming up. aad which must of necessity, take place oa tactics. White it ia regrettable that the organised working dam should be teat asunder by a few mulligan beaded leaders, tt may. after all, be a stimulant to s great many workers who here hitherto remained outside of the Labor movement instead of being on the. inside taking active part ia the local functions. Tbe election of R. P. Pettipiece to the city council and Angus Maelnnto to the School Board "baa given quite an impetus to the labor Party, bnt tbe old parties will no doubt put up a bigger fight east time, hence tbe worhera place is in the ranks of party which H. Tawney, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; Arthur Greenwood, B.Sc. late of I^eds University; J. J. Mellon, Warden of Toynbee Hall; Patrick Hastings, K.C.; Dr. H. B. Morgan; Sidney Webb, LL.B.; Lt.-Col. Hoare; Lt.-Col. Lang Sims; Rev. Stanley Mot-gait; Dr. Dunstan; Dr. Salter; Noel Buxton; Norman Angell; Cspt Bennett; Commander Hope; C. P. Trevelyan; and Arthur Ponsonby. SIGNS OF THE TIMES The. University Labor Federation which held its conference in London, England, lately, is a sign of the times.; The Italian Socialist Party voted to join the Third, but the impossible GETTING TOGETHER The Third International, over which there hss been so much rumpus for the last two years, has been tossed and torn about so much during this period that a few straggling groups here and there remain it it. Not a single Socialist or Labor Party in any country are affiliated. Com munist parties have been formed in a great number of countries, but these are very small groups, which in turn have been split up into other groups which are not affiliated, although known as communist parties. ODD BITS (Conducted by Sydney Warren) It represents the Undergraduates' Labor Clubs and Parties in the leading universities, with strong contingents from Oxford, Cambridge, London, Glasgow and Aberdeen. It is affiliated to the labor Party, and should provide a very useful training ground for parliamentary candidates and workers. The Labor movement in the Universities is not a new thing. For a long time before the war, many of the Universities had their Fabian Societies. These gave place, in many cases, to Socialist Societies linked up in the University Socialist Federation, which ia still st work, and has an arrangement for joint action with the U. L. F. What is new about the latter body is its close association with the Labor Party, and its^greai numerical strength. There was a strong Labor impulse among many of the ex-soldiers who returned to the Universities after the war, and there seems to be little doubt that the* movement is now on a secure perman ent basis. V / coHditions caused a split snd the Italian S; Pe^-emains isolated from any International along with the S. P. of Franc*}, the S. P. of Spain, and the S. P. of America- Still affiliated with the Second International are the S. P. of Holland, S. P. of Sweden, S. P. of Denmark, L. P. of Belgium, and the L. P. of Great Britain. Tt-e International Union' of Social* iet. Parties, known as theJWo had a half International, Jsjdr'iair to become s pivot upon which reorganization will take place. The recent conference in Frankfort has been the meana of drawing about a dozen more rties into their fold with splendid possibilities for a further increase, at e conference which is scheduled to ke plsce (pbrtly either in Paris dr London. Even the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Independent Socialists, both of. whom are greatly increasing their memberships, sre getting together, while the Communists asp splitting into even more frag- had-"-f^*-". anu The Provincial Government is so that it dare not hold a bye- ion, for fear it might mean a n jpat * pos The English think they are free they are free only during the election of members of parliament���Rousseau. ��� ��� ��� Flashes In The Faa In Japan divorces can be obtained upon a few hours' notice. In this respect Japan leads and her civilized sister nations follow ��� and very closely. Land in England was put under cultivation during the war to best the submarines. Strange that we cannot unite to beat our age-old enemy- Poverty���in the same manner. ��� * �� In face of the world-spread distress and suffering for want of bare necessities, comes the news that the British government intends to finance the upkeep of Karl and Zita, Austria's excess royalties, to the extent of about fifty thousand dollars a year in order to make their exile in the Madeiras bearable. Strange though it may seem, most workers can read such an announcement without the slightest opposition, yet grow furiously indignant when relief doles sre handed out to unfortunate members of their own class, who, like them- selves^are of the non-parasitic variety. \ e election. EVERYTHING TIED UP Premier MeKenzie King has ample time to make a definite substantial move towards relieving the unemployment problem. Ex- premier Meighen hsd more than s year to tackle the problem but these have not only failed to carry out a programme of keeping off a business r\PtH Supreme Court says that Bri- depression, but they hafe allowed toe Mash Columbia must not keep Orient- country to get even more into the rut thereby depriving millions of people of the'proper necessaries oi life. Doles are handed out to the destitute in a begrudging manner; while the vest resources of the natio^f Conservative parties in the province ais from working on Crown-granted or leased timber lands. Thus do the iqrily->rule. -inventions of both liberal and lie idle with millions of willing workers ready and anxious to apply ' their labor power. Thousands of workers threw them selves into the election campaign last fall, on behalf of the Liberals and the Liberal government stands idle. But even today these self-same workers, hungry and weary, find time and power to argue vehemently in im; of that government At the same time, some hide-bound Conservative in overalls will take up the cudgel and argue on what the Conservatives would have done had they been reelected. THB COMMON CAUSE The British Labor Party intends to have st least fOur hundred candidates in the field at the next election. Plans for an election during this month wss shout to be announced by Lloyd George when the Brisnd government resigned, thereby upsetting the plans. The Labor Party, however, does not intend to be caught napping, and to nominating ita candidates ia many constituencies. Because of the targe, number of notable men who have lined up with the Labor Party ia recent years, it to able to not only pick Its csadidstaa from among miners, laborers and factory workers, but tt can go to the Universities and the professions for Its candidates, and during the campaign all these different grades of men can be found working together "each for all and all for each" for a comman end. Among tbe notable already in the field ate: Hugh Dalton, M.A., D.Sc.; Brigadier-General C. B. Thomson; R. indicate that attempts are be- to either clean house or the spoils. iull together and put to the chronic growlers who so 'cut of their noses to spite e," snd usually "kill the at lays the golden egg.", "" ough elected through the ef- f the Civic employees to look their interests. Aid. W. J. Scribbins has accepted a trip to Ottawa just about the time the city author*- tie? are about to take up the ques- In the meantime csp'tol-wito) it* $*"**���� ��***��*> private property in the means of -J^fL^ fa g {^^^ entente for wealth production-rules supreme. lhePacHic. Lloyd George now has The mines, mills and factories remain �� ^^ {w . 1tnjpvm9e entente idle because they are owned by/pf rfor Enrope ���,_ EmiMm b^ pto. vate interests who cannot find a maW ^ TO m ^ noieat for ^ ^ ket for their goods. The natural t*- tf��,_ workfaf <.,���, entente t��� ^ sources of the country remain under, .wfofo WOrld? lock and key (aa tt were) because the present system does not permit of the free access to tbe resources of the country. Hence we starve, criage and crawl amidst plenty, praising present dsy institutions and tbe ow toting forma of government - H'poverty, crime and uncertainty to to be removed, then the toilers alone must take the initiative. The time ta ripe and rotten ripe for such a move. ��j Aid. Pettipiece says thst he now realizes how limited the powers of the City Council W J_g sn instance he saj* that thejtttyjean tax a small storekeeper $20, but when tt comes to a big corporation like the B. C. Electric tile C. P. R. or the sugar refinery, the limit ta only $100. En id and is spending millions of pounds in an effort to keep India and Egypt under her wing in apite of the nationalistic agitations of the people. In both instances there appear to be a vast majority of the people favoring "self government" but Britain persists in ber desire for domination; instead of using these funds to can for the vast army of unemployed and destitute in the Brittah Isles. On Sunday. December 4th, two days before toe Dominion election. Liberal candidate, for T Gaaaa Next7 Since last writing in this column, the Washington Peace Conference has passed into history and another international meeting is proposed. If the Genoa Conference is held it will be one of the important results accomplished by the Washington meeting. To most people who keep in touch with the trend of things, the Washington Conference was foredoomed to failure and the calling of the Genoa Conference is a tacit admission that such haa been the esse. President Harding's meeting of allied powers wss called for the purpose of adjusting world affairs, yet Germany and Russia, the two nations around whom center the world crisis, were not asked to attend. They have, however, been invited to participate in the Genoa Conference much to the displeasure of the chauvenistic group now at the head of affairs in France. The Genoa Conference or one with similar objects must eventually be held if peace is to be secured. Labor has much to gain in the opening up of Russian trade to the world, and shpuld welcome any genuine step towards that end. GARMENT WORKERS At the regular business meeting of the Garment Workers' Union, No. 160, Mrs. W. Mahon waa re-elected president, Miss M. Kitcher wss elected vice-president and Miss May Ward secretary. The local union has greatly increased in strength during the psst year, as a result of the increased demand for union label goods. The election of officers of the Theatrical Trades Federation, comprising delegates from the Musicians' Union, Moving Picture Operators' Union and the Stage Employees' Union resulted as follows: President, E. A. Jamieson; vice-president Will Ronnie; secretary, G. W. All in; treasurer, H. Pearson. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia started business in 1013. In 1921 the net profits earned by this government owned bank amounted to $17,250,815. Never during the war did the government bank allow money to be loaned at mors thai* 0 per cent interest. The Australian Labor Party to now fighting for the nationalisation of the entire credit of the country. It has slready nationalised the bank note R. P. Pettipiece becornee first Labor man on the Board of Governors of Vancouver General Hospital. Ont, held a joint meeting in Cobalt with representatives of the Labor candidates Labor spoke first, the Liberals jext, snd the Liberal speakers refused Labor the usual ten minutes reply.,., About 800 people were present The next night the Liberals held another meeting, but 1,600 min- ers invaded the hall and captured it. The miners allowed toe Liberals to speak, bbt saw to tt that the Labor men had all the time they wanted.��� The Labor man wss elected. Smoke the Old Reliable Kurtz's Pioneer Cigar lath's Pioneer Cigars And at the aasaa time keep Oar Haa la Vancouver ��raployed. Trades Union Directory I Secretaries are requested to keep this Directory up-to-date I Vancouver Unions TAWCOTJVEB COUbTCH.���President F. W. Welsh; Secretary. P. Bengough. Office SOt Labor Hall, SIS Paader Street West. Phone Seymour 7495. Meete la Labor Hall at I p.m. on tha first and third Tueaday ta Booth, SUILPWO TSAPEB OOPSOTL���Chainsaa. O. C. Thoas. Seeratary, Eoy Masescar, Offles tie Labor Hall. Meela first sad laird Wsdaawsy la Math at Later Ball. saxes- aaxnsis���ar, Local No. 371��� President. 3. Brlghtwell; SeereUry. W. Bowron. 2(4} Burns Ave. Meets at 319 Pender Street West on second Monday of each month at j am. st. r 1.0cm. SOFT SSISX WOBSBBS���President. F. P. Gpufti: Secretary. W; H. McLean. 20SS Broadway- Weat. Meete at SIS Pender Street Waat at ��� p.m. every third Tueaday ta month. iatiosal union. Local No. 120���President. C. R. Herrett; Seeratary. A. It Jennie. Stt Cambla Street Meeta Room sis. 11* Pender .Street Weat. at 7:11 p.m. on second and fourth Tueadaya la month. Dso'r salNo. BLACIIIOTn. Sraxiaaa, Local No. 1 SI���President. W. J. Bartlett; Seeratary. T. MeHugh. t<�� 91* th Avenue Weat. Meeta at 11* Paader Street Waat at S p.m. on third Tueaday of each month. ���. SSI���President. John Browa; Seeretary. Geo. Annand. 1255 Albert Street. Meets at Labour Hall at S ram. on first aad third Friday. -, 7_odge SSS���President. J. H. Robb; Secretary. Evan McMillan; Buainesa Agent. P. Bengough; Office SIS Pender 8treet West. Meeta at Labour Hall at s pun. on second aad fourth Tuesday. �����d _ Local No. 4(4���President. J. Smith; Secreiary. B. Showier. Si* Pender Street West. Meeta at SIS Pender Street Weat at I p.m. on an ond aad fourth Fridays ta meete. PAI-TTE-BS. DBOOBATOBS B FAPBB- BANOESS. Local No. 1S8 ��� Pr_.id.nt. 3. Kin_; Fin. Sec, R. A Baker; Bee. So... J. Meatman. 14S Cordova Street. Meeta at 141 Cordova Street, at S p.m. on aecond and fourth Thursdays ta month. BOCK BVH.BBBS, Local No. 2404��� President. W. H. Pollard: Seeretary. N. H. Vernon. Bos 120. Meete at IU Pender Street Weat. Vancouver, at I P-m. on every Friday of month. neon bb-pb_t_.i>- S B_a_-_ma. Local No. 1*4��� Prealdent R. Lynn: Secretary. A. Fraser. Room SOS. II* Pender Street West Meets at Sll Pender Street Weet at I p.m. on flrat aad third Mondays of each month. boot Ann Local No. SOS ��� Prealdent Thos. Andlay; Seeratary. Tom Cory. 445 Vernon Drive. Meete at SI9 Pender Street West at I p.m. on first Tueaday in month. B-ASOarB AWD FLABT- BBEBS���-Pr.aid.nt. W. K.rr; 8ecr.tary. L. Padcett Marts at Labor Hall ea Sad . and 4lk Wedssadsy *n month. Jcetl. M.rta at Ls lb W.Jsssdsy ,a ��� ia��?w(o^_aU snineB STBUOT-nai. a one Local Na ��7 ���PrMideat, B. Brasses; Secretary. Roy Maaaeear. tt* Pander Street Weat Meets at II* Pender Street Weat at 8 p m, sseead aad fourth Bsaday. _ Local 105���President Geo. Mowat; Seeretarr, Frank Mflne. Box 411. Meete at tl* Pender Street West at ��� p.m. every third Wedneaday In month. CIVIC Bst_~iOTBBS. Local No. 21��� Prealdent J. White; Secretary. Q. Harrison. Office 14* Cordova Street Weat Meets at 14* Cordova street Weat at ��� p.m. on the flrat aad third Friday in month. CTTT BALL BB_r*X>OTBBar- Locsl No. S9���President H. A. Black: Seeretary. Aid. W. J. Scribben, City Hall. Meets at 141 Cordova Street West) at I p.m. on.flrat Wedneaday of each month. CAnFSsTTSnS, BBOTB-BBObn. Local 452���President Geo. H. Hajdy:. Secretary. W. 3. Johnston: Mostaeaa Arent. G. C. Thom. Offtee 104 Labor Hall. Meeta aeeond and fourth Mon day at S p.m. In labor Hall C7*PFirTHir^MAlSlAMAT>D; Brsne..���President. T. 8. Be. 1 Coop.; Basra-ess A rant. Anraia MarSvun; Seeretary. B O. Webber. 148 ISth Ave. W. Meets Snd and 4th Tu.adsy at ��� pa... la r.L.P. Hsll. We. S Breath.���Seeretary, W. Bray. SO ISIh Ave. W. Meela 1st sad Srd Tuesday al 8 p.m.. la r.L.P. Bait, 148 Oerdeva St. w. CIOABBUBBBS, Local No. SST���Prealdent G. Thomas: Secretary. R. J. Crate. It Kootenay Street Meete at *1t Pender Street Weat at < p.m. oa first Tuesday In month ixatTTnlOAi WOBBBBaTLocal 212- Pre-tdent. D. W. McDouirall; Seeratary. F. R Burrows: Business Aeant K.H. Morrison. Office 14* Cordova Street West Meets at 14* Cordova Street Weat at �� p.m. every Monday. ITBn rntBTBBB. Local No. It��� Prasi- dent. Perey Trevlae; Seeretarr. Chas. A. Wateoa. No * Fire Hall. Twelfth and Quebec Streets. Vancouver. Meete at S1�� Psnder Street West 67 _ Local No. 1** Prealdent Mra. W. Mahon; Seeretarv, Mlaa May Ward. 477 Hornby Street. Meets at Labour Hall at * p.m. on flrat Thursday la month. a nsaTATjrmaBT Local No. 28���President. Harry Wood; Secretary. Andy Graham. 441 Seymour Street. Meets ,at 441 Seymour Streat Srat and thud Wedneaday at t:t*. Second and fourth Wednesday at *:10. XaATaTBBe, WOOD. WTBB a Loral No. JOT���Prealdent. A. B. Ptaly. Seeretary. A. P. Surges. It* seventh Avenue Beat Meete at lit Holden Building. Vancouver, at ��� p.m. on first and third Fridaya In month. "% _. ESal No>44���PreaT dent, H. 3. Rhodes: Secretary. H. Walker. IM* Pendrell Street Meete at Room 109. tl* Pender Street Weet at * n.m. on third Wedneaday In month. LOOOMO-TVa BWetBBBBS, Brother hood of. Division No. S*0��� Prealdent. G. P. Boston; Seeretary. H. A. n. Mae- Donald, 1222 Pendrlll St. Vancouver. Waste st I.O.O.P. Hsll sa ssessl sad Fourth Tueadaya In each month at S p.m. tOOOMOTIVB . Local No. T. McFwen: Seeratary. T44 Helmekea street. ita at I O.O.F. Rail, aa flrat af eeeh month. n. Vtaea; o. si 2���Secretary-Treasurer. ��� kMdsta'at IM Osp dare Street West, si ��� pm, oa fltel aad third rrl��STS la - tl* London Rulldlne: Secretsry. fas-ted. Si* Leaden Buiidm*. at tl* London Bulldln. oa flrat Sunder in meath at T;l* am faWT IxacaJ No 1 IT���President. A C Seeretarr. A. D. McDonald. 991 Pender Str��et Waat Vancouver. Meets at ��� n m. on third Thursday te month. MAO-mrTBTS. r-��caj ISt ��� President. Leo. George: Secretary, 3. n.���Keefe; Business Agent P. Benaousrh: Office Si* Pender Street West Meeta at tl* Pender Street West, at t.vf asm, oa aeeond and foorth Thursday. Vatt7faB_ Local No 14t-Pre_ident. Bowvar; Seeretary A Jamieson. soa London Building. Meets at Moose Rail. Homer BH eat, at 1* ant oa aeeond Sunday ta month. nDSnsaTBB SB-n-__BBBS- TJ_IO_ Or B. O. PraaldsnL Dan Canlln: SeereUry. W. Donaldson, to* Mala St. meat at 7 p.m. flrat and third Wedneaday. Local No. 54 ��� President F. Looney; Secretary, Gordon Edwards. ITII Fifth Avenue Weat Meete at World Building, Vancouver. at �� p.m. on Saturday of each- Week. Local No. 89���Prertdent, Charles Keall, Secretary. Alfred Hurry. Ml Thirty- fourth Avenue Beat Meete at Si* Pender Street West, at S p.m. on first Wednesday ta month. FA' Heya MSBBBS Pisalaaat, 57 Secretary, j. l. Irvine; Buainesa Agent K. A. Uoddard. 851 Richard. Street. Meete at SI* Pender Street West on flrat and third Monday In month at 8 p.m. Flat Loral Sn. 170���Presideat Bert Stirsheosie: Seeratary. J. Crowthrr; BosiDSSS Agent. P .W. Welsh. Office SOI Labor Hall. Meets al SIS Pender Street West al S p.m. ea sseead aad fearla Fridays. FOtaOBB-BSre 1~WBBATIOst. Local No. 11���Preaident. Roy A. Parry; Secretsry, Alexander Murray. 14*4 Tenth Avenue Weat Meats at 44* Pender Street Weat at 7:1* p.m. oa fourth Tueaday of month. PABLIAMBirrABT COMMTTB���T. k L. C. Caataaua, W. 3. BaitteU Bjiratary. Mrs. W. M.hon. Meets la room S05 Labor H.ll ��� ���"_������-���_. ������pa��� i- a������i 9V9 iieevi nau oa the flrat and third Thursday in " at S pm Local No. �������Preeldent 8, W. Myers: Secretary. K. B Stephenson. Boa 894. Meete at lit Hastings Street Vancouver, at ��� p.m. on second Tueaday ta month. BaTLBOAP Ba-PLOTBBB, Division No. St���Prealdent A. N. Lowes; Seeretary, Charles Bird. 20S0 Union Street. Meete at I.O.O.F Hall. 51S Hamilton Street, at I p.m on first Monday ta month. BAILWAY COWOUCTOBS. Division No. 2*7���Prealdent O. W. Hatch; Seeratary J. B Phyetek 11M Thurlow Street Meeta at I.O.O.F. Hall on flrat Sunday at 1 p.m.. and on third Thursday at I n.m EA-LWAT OABMBV. Led.. Bo. 68.-Pr.al- d.nt. T. SoaMtervllle; Secretary, B J. Ssn.nm. SMO Sberbroeke 81 Mseto 1st aad Srd Frid.js. la Cotillion Hsll. BAH.WAT TBSJWKBW. Local No. 144 ���Prealdent C A. Mitchell; Secretary. D. A. Munro. 7* Seventh Avenue Weat Meats at I.O.O.F Hall, Hamilton Street at 7:1* p.m. on first Tueaday and 2.10 pmon third Tuesday. SAWStn.!. FILBBB i SAWTESS AS s-OCIATIOW���President P. F. C. Crala; Seeretary. Goo. Gray. 1*1* Flrat Ave Bast Meets at Eagles' Hall. Vancouver at 1:M p.m. on flrat and third Sundaye ta month. I Local lie. ��5S-fWd.nt. W. ; Seentory. Bin Sheaier. Office ��� BaD. Meete sseead sod fearth Wsosssday al S pa. la Labor Hall. -Business Agent, R. To���nsend. Meete at 7 am. every Monday at IM Cordova Streat Waat ' soft Dim nisennasna* No. ��TS���Preeldent. Frank MeO-ann.' Seeretary. T. 3. Ham-fin. tS7* Sixth Avenue Weat .Vancouver. Meeta at 441 Seymour Street Vancouver, at M0 P-m. oa flrat Sunday In month. Local No. St* Prealdent Joeeai Waelmaa. Meets at 11* Pender St. W. Vancouver, at 7:1* p.m. on second and fourth Tueadaya la month. _j aecai Ma sa--i-re.id.nt. w. Bayley; Seeratary, A. Blrnle. 2824 Commercial Drive. Meete at St* Pander Street Weat at 8 p.m. on second Monday In month. a BLSOTBIO n AIT.WAT SE- FZ.OTEEB OF ASUBIOA, Amalgamated Association of. Division No. 1*1��� Prealdent, R. Rlgby; Secretary, F. B. Orlffla. 447 Math Avenae Beat Vancouver. Meete A.O.F. Hall. Mount Pleasant at 10:11 am on flrat Son- day and 7 ta on third Monday. _ Local I *t���Prealdent. C. Dolmas; Ber retary. F. Rumba, 1���� Gothard Street Meete ta Labor Hall Vancouver at ��� p.m. first Tueaday ta month. " -BUOXAFBB-SB (OJTM. System Mo. II ���Chairman, W. M._ Brlse: Beeratary. J. Cuaalngbam. ver, BC Box 4121. Vancou- OPBSATOSa ��� Laeal T7 A.LS.E.W. aatretety, MM* V. r Offles Seem 30* Labor Ball. SIS Atxoas-vn dent. R. A. Lawson, 1051 Seymour Stmetf iOMratairy C. McDonald. P. a Boa sos. Meeta at tl* Pender Streat West, at * am oa flrat Monday la month. TFOOBAFMBOAB. Local JIt��� President C. H. Collier; Secretary and Buetneae Arent. R. N. Neelands; Office *H labor Hall. Meeta laat Sunday ta month at S p m. ��� , . * -mSATSICAI. BTAOJI BSnrXOTBSS ���Loeal lit���PreeldentW. J. Park: Secretary. G. W. Allln: Business Agent. Meete at 20* London Building at 9:10 am. on aeeond Friday In month. DOH-T PA-nomzB uar The following placci are run under non-union condition! and are therefore unfair to organized labor. Stettler Cigar Factory, making Van Loo and Van Dvke Cigars. Capitol Cafe. 930 Granville St. White Ltmchet. .Maryland Cafe. 63 Hastings W. T-rctrical Conlractor*. C H. Peter-on, 1814 Pandora St Hnme k Ruml>le, Colombia St.. New Tbe Chitliwadt Electric Co, Ltd, Provincial Unions ���VTCTOBIA���President. C. SieverU. 1T2* Denman Street: Seeratary B Weed- ward, lttt Carlln Street Meats at ��� P.m. on first and third Wednesdays in month at Trades Hall. Bread Sites*. UA -l-rOUBAFBICAL SOL���Presideat. O. K. " ta-T-srvaaarsr. W. H. Meete test Saaday ef Hall. " Mcl^on^d^ Prtoeo .Rupert' laat B tx namnar^Rmnna^mfn O. Waddell, Baa 4SS. Prince Rupert Meeta at Carpenters- Hall oa and fourth Tuesdays of each ���nt 3. Lot���aa. Nelson; Seeratary, Felix Peieril. Bex M4 Met- _ -Presideat Ja thie. Reveistoke; Seeratary, Phiup Parker. Box 2S4, Reveistoke. Meeta at I p.m at City Hall. Reveletoka oa the seeond and fourth Saturday ef eaeh month. ^ " ���I��� President. H. Knitdoea. 40J Royal Avaaoe; Sac retary Weetmlmrter. Meeta aecond aad faarth Wednesdays ta month M Temple, New Weatmlnater. J <*l aiSaaisa i.m^ni_,.-; ��� I ' ��� I / \ a \ : .'��� . THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS PAGE THREE iiiiiiiiiiiiiin iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiift ��� "LArD OFF" Two Sheet Word.. Bridgiag tha Gulf Between COMFORT aad POVERTY Have you protected yourself and your family against such an emergency, with a SAVINGS ACCOUNT���the most valuable Asset s man can have for the "RAIN Y OAT." We STRONGLY RECOMMEND you to start such an account AT ONCE, at one of our City Branches. HASTINGS AND SEYMOUR Geo. S. Harrieoa, Maaagar. Cordova a. Abbott Mala aV 25lb Ave. Main A Broadway Where You Wall Receive Prompt aad Courteous Attention Union Bank of Canada P.S.���If you are living in a community not provided with Banking facilities, address us by mail, and we will be glad to guide you in respect to "Banking by Mail." iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiinniimii 1 WHY GARMENT WORKERS FIGHT Sweat Shop and Piece Work Cori- ditiom Will Not Be Tolerated. WHAT OTHERS SAY In these columns there will be printed every week the leading editorials from other newspapers and magazines CITIZENSHIP AND LABOR What should his connection with the Labor movement mean to the member of organised labor? This is s question thst should be given serious consideration by every person who is in any way connected with the Labor movement. , Is there anything higher or broader in the matter of citizenship than the ideals and aspirations of Labor? It is the opinion of the Labor News that this is a question which should be settled in the mind of every member of organized labor. The Labor movement stands for principles and ideals calculated to be in the Interests and for the best welfare of all humanityr The platform and programme which expresses those ideals contains all the elements of a full rounded citizenship. There is no need for any person who is a member of the Labor movement to embrace any other political or social creeds than those provided by the various sections of the organised workers of the world. Every righteous aspiration of humsnity is provided for by the ideals of the Labor movement. Every just principle of the social and economic welfare of human society is embodied in the ^vision that Labor hss of justice and citizenship. The ffcitizenship of the member of the Labor movement should be founded upon and interwoven iu an inseparable manner with the ideals of organised Ubor. It is impossible for the citizenship of the member of the Labor movement to be bigger or broader than Labor. If the Labor movement fails to satisfy the desires of any individual connected with it then it would appear that such a connection would better be broken. If Labor means anything, it means everything to those who are connected with it, and unless that attitude caa he adopted by those who connect themselves with the Labor movement, then their connection is of little value to those whom the organised labor movement is designed to benefit���the working class.���Alberta labor News. A REASON FOR THBIR GOODNESS i___y Recent reports have been painting our banks in glovsing colors. The public has been informed about how these great institutions sre csrrying the farmers of the West who cannot meet their notes. These institutions will wait for their money.' This publicity stuff creates the ides thst we must not do anything to put an end to the tyranny of the banking system of Canada because the banks are so good to the people. There is another aide to the story. J. S. Woodsworth, labor MtP. from Winnipeg, in speaking with a Saskatchewan farmer was informed that in the farmer's district'-each hslf se- tion had about eight thousand dollars mortgage against it and that the banks dare not foreclose or the whole district would come onto their hands. Some fanners who own large farms are quite willing to see nationalization of the land as the only alternative to ownership.by the banks. With the western farmers in the position where they cannot pay their debts and where they are in the mood to pass radical legislation to break the power of the banks, the banks ssy they will be good and noble, and not force the farmers onto the street penniless just yet. The banks had better be good just now.���Maritime Herald. Samuel Gompers objecting to the admission of Lenin to the Genoa conference of Nations, reminds us of a proud footman in plush breeches objecting to his master's receiving into the house a common, vulgar, working person. MONTREAL���Recognition of the anion, collective bargaining as a method of settling grievances and permission for a collector to visit factories of the Ames-Holden-McCready company have been gained by the Boot and Shoe Workers' union in the settlement of a strike in the factories of the company in this city snd at St Hyacinths. I N these days Goodenough falls by the wayside and Dothebest is first at]the tape. w n BUILD FOR THE FUTURE ADVERTISE IN THE B. C. LANK NEWS Taw got tired ef the lib. that, call as is.. We ���f tha opportan.it v to e ��� Year sati.fact.oa Is wA-th metw ta ua We may have some profitable suggestions on the very job you have In mind. Have the Union Label on your Printing It costs you nothing. call���SEYMOUR 7495��� from jam m Oae ef the asset ape-aslsllaa -i-ilft trr ever Sitaply say yoa aro willing to talk PRINTING Or ADVERTi 'ING with aa. Tdfftrtv-t SeyiMB 7495 THE UNION PRINTING CO. "More Than Printers" LabcrHaD 319 Pesfe Street West On June 4, 1914 (two months be- ore the outbreak of the war), Con- centina Falzone testified before the industrial relations commission, then sitting in New York, as follows: v "I am a garment worker, 32 years old, married; four children under 8 years old; husband out of work six months; average earnings, 40 to 60 cents per day of 12 to 16 hours; maximum earnings, $16 per month; rent, $6.25 per month; a balance of $8.75 to feed and clothe family of six: 10 persons living in three rood" "How do you and your husband live on 40 to 60 cents a day?" "As God provides���the best we csn." Against a reteurn to these conditions 55,000 garment workers have gone, in the face of winter and unparalleled unemployment, solidly and desperateely gone on strike. The employers ssy that 85 per cent of the workers are willing to return to piece-work. The employers lie. How will the bo.OOO live through the winter? "As God provides���the best they an!"���Butte Bulletin. JAILS ONLY BUILT FOR POOR. SAYS ATTORNEY "If Roscoe Arbuckle goes free, it will be proof that jails are built for the poor," District Attorney Brady, of vin Francisco, declared as the trial of the movie comedian on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Virginia Rappe drew to a close. "If this man were poor he would go to jail. But he is 'Fatty Arbuckle, backed by his own money and all the money of the motion picture industry. It is easy to convict a poor man���but the rich���well that's different. "Arbuckle committed this crime in a big shack on Powell street���a fashionable hotel," the prosecution charged. "The man who committed assault in a little shack on Howard street is now in San Quentin penitentiary. "Everywhere we have turned in this case we have hit s stone wall, and it has certainly taken the heart out of me," the attorney said. Brady seemed plainly discouraged over his fight to punish Arbuckle. Correspondence NOT MEMBER OF PARTY Editor B.C. Labor News:���Considerable criticism is being directed at the Federated Labor Party, because of the attitude of Alderman Wa J. Scribbins on the unemployed question. We wish to state that Alderman Scribbins is not now a member of the Federated Labor Party, nor did he run aa our candidate in the civic elections �� His attitude towards the unemployed was criticized by the party before the elections took place, for which reason he resigned his membership in the party; his resignation being accepted, we cannot be held responsible for his actions. On behalf of the Vancouver Local of the F. LP. (Signed) ANGUS MaelNNIS, Secretary. PORTLAND LABOR HAS FINE TEMPLE PORTLAND, Ore.���Organized labor is celebrating the opening of its new $400,000 Labor Temple, aaid to be the finest in America. Marble steps lead up to the structure, which has been called the most magnificent building owned by organised labor anywhere in the world. The main auditorium is the aecond largest in Portland and seats 3.000. Floors are of hardwood and constitute s fine dancing surface. A women'a rest room on the mala floor ia furnished with wicker chairs, rugs, oil paintings aad bevelled mirrors. The building ia five stories high. Only $40,000 is owing on the new temple. ��� ROME.���Affiliation to the Second International was reaffirdmen by the Italian Trades Union Congress at Verona. "Amsterdam," aaid the mover of the resolution, "is the only international with labor strength. We look to Moscow as the Ideal to whkh we sre moving, but we cannot live on ideals, aad unemployment is a reality that presses for solution." LABOR LEGISLATION IN SOUTH AMERICA Advanced Labor Law Being Intro duced Into Chilian Legislature. The "Work*��S Co^e" just intro- duceed in the Chi'.an Chamber of Deputies, marks a great advance in Labor legislation in Sooth America. The code fixes an eight-hour day, with time-and-a-half for overtime which is limited to four hours and not more than two consecutive days in any single month. Employers sre obliged to give a minimum holiday of fifteen days on full salar' annually. When mployeea are ill full salary must be paid for the first month of absence, 75 per cent for the second. 50 per cent for the third and 25 i er cent for the fourth. Where no'agreement between employer and employee exists, employers sre required to give two months notice or pay before dismissal. An employee, must give one month's notice. Employers are to be responsible for life, sickness and old a*^-,-Insurance for tlnir employees, the latter contributing a fixed percentage of their salaries towards the premiums. The Bill further guarantees to employees the right of meeting and discussion, without fear of dismissal during working hours Miners Seeking Railroaders' Aid Want Interests Pooled to Fight Attack Upon Wages of Both) Trades INDIANAPOLIS���John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Work- era of America _id that a resolution adopted at the 1919 miners convention at Cleveland to promote a closer understanding between the 500,000 miners and the 2,000,000 railroad workers had been acted on and that invitations to attend a conference for this purpose had been sent out to the 16 major organisations. "The Unit--. Mine Workers of America are willing to unreservedly pool their interests with the railroad organizations and stand with them in resistance of the proposed attacks Upon their wage schedules," Lewis declared. The railroad workers have already been reduced an average of 26 per cent in wages snd loss of overtime rates since last June, while the miners are confronted with a nation wide lockout on March 81. ( Favorable Replies The letter inviting the officials of the 16 railroad organizations to attend a conference has received favorable replies from some of the 12 organizations affiliated with the American Federation of Labor in the mechanical and miscellaneous divisions Nothing has been heard from the chiefs of the transportation brother hoods that are outside of the Federation. The miners compose the Urge single ur.it in the A. F. of L. LABOR ALDERMEN RESCIND WAGE CUT The new city council of Calgary has rescinded the action of the old council in cutting wages of civic em ployes. Instead of slashing the wages of the already poorly paid worker, the new council haa ordered that no wages shall be reduced that are below $150* per month. By electing Labor aldermen the Calgary workers' have gained control of the city council, and the workers' representatives voted 7 to 8 to hold the scale of the low-paid worker at 1921 rates. THE RICHEST NATION ByH. G.WELLS I have been motoring about a little in Maryland and Virginia and I am astounded at the many miserable wooden houses I see, hovels rather than houses, the abodes very often of white men, I am astounded at the wretched fences about the Hi-kept patches of cultivation and by the extreme illiteracy of many of the poorer folk, white ss well sa negro, with whom I have had a chance of talking. I have to remind myself that I am in what is now the greatest, richest, most powerful country-la the World. But with this country now, ss with every country, army, navy, continuous service, war debt charges aad thc rest ef the legacy of past wars consume the national revenue. COOPERATION Patronize Our Advertisers and Tell Them Why ILSON'S cT3Sr SHOES Wilson's Twin Shoe Store 157-159 HASTINGS STREET W. RRAND'S SEEDS 723 ROBSON STREET |A.EGER.eI; ' Mean Furnishings I ,; Cuthbertsons & Co- JO j; 648Granv.il. 619 H.ntin.a W. \* HARKLEY& _ AYWOOD Ammunition, Guns Fishing Tackle 69 CORDOVA STREET WEST RICKSON'S CENTS' FURNISHINGS 840 GRANVILLE STREET Near Rabsoa Sliest U D ELECTRIC IU UI n cohpaky Headquarters for All ELECTRICAL GOODS 414 HASTINGS STREET W. THE CAMERA & ARTS IVUUAI��jJ Developing Picture Framing . 610 GRANVILLE STREET M. J. Cameron Clothes - CoM_ JOT h Sttaet Men " w~ E.C.KILBY HOSIERY Specialist 628 GRANVILLE STREET W.S. CHARLTON & CO. LIMITED Specialists ia Young Menu Clothing and Granville Haberdashery Street W. C. Stearman The Paopla's Hard war* I ���f Monarch Malleabl f Cairo, Egypt.���The Nationalist agitation ia spreading. Egyptian Nationalists have adopted the "non-cooperation" policies of the foUowprsI ef Mahatma Gandhi ia India. The British Government apparently is facing two crises, India and Egypt. ���IS GRANVILLE STREET PLANT- m RITCHIE'S! Seeds Bulbs "The Best Procurable" S7S GRANVILLE STREET b.c. Barber Supply and SIINMUESLLTD. ****** 04 Hastings Kt. CI.***",?-* Weet ^Supplies I Wa Oatit the theAMERICAN Hgjgr Boot Shop HONEST SHOES AT C S41 GRANVILLE STREET SALSBURVS HARDWARE MERCHANTS US HASTINGS STREET WEST Pierre Paris ISS. FOOTWEAR SI HASTINGS STREET W. CHINA and TOYS DOLL HOSPITAL Millar & Coe 419 HASTINGS STREET W. Pom & Small LIMITED MEN'S WEAR 717 PENDER STREET W. Just Around the Corner From HlKh Itrnts. Mason _ Risen ltd. |���-������������From Factor*-������.__. I Pianos. Player-Pianos] Phonographs 1 TO Horn. | 728 GRANVILLE STREET MURPHY CHOF. GOOD ; CO. SHOES &��"'���" Lt(j SSS GRANVILLE STREET - a CEO. B. |(ERFOOT SUITS "Men's Made to Clothing and Measure Furnishings ISS HASTINGS STREET EAST THOS. FOSTER* CO, LTD. Fashion-Craft Burberry O'Coats QUALITY CLOTHES One Store Only Durvrard O'Coats 514 Cranville St. VALE " S" STARK Prop. JHOE Steel Wart OTORE IIMIHIIWIIMIMIIIM.f J.A.Flett,Ltd.ii HARDWARE Teals, Cntl.ry aad Spot-tins ��� SSS HASTINGS STREET W. i 1111111 ������������ ten ��� i m i * �����. S. H. HARN0CK Vancouver Hardware Co. 867 GRANVILLE STREET D. K. BOOK, LID. CORRECT CLOTHES FOR MEN 197 HASTINGS STREET W. n| T.I D. D. * ** Clothes for Men Men's and Boys' Clothing and Furnishings 117 HASTINGS STREET EAST Cornett Bros.. & Clark We specialise in CIIACC Mens and Boys' jflUa.0 Reliable ���_--_-_. 33 HASTINGS STREET E.-____ CRAWFORT-*. Battery Co.-*-' eaV HOWE STREET iSaM ��� ' '���'���'���:*_i ���"'*'j_i i '-"'r^a-BBsl n i ���**��� ��� >��ai(iM ipM'ai'ia'na ���-�����������������' - ���__ ��� if. ���r V.' '���Ii > > -V ' '������, ��� *. '. ���<*: PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS i ii ii ii, urn ' nils' i Hi ' ," ��� ���; v ��� . u ��� Blue Bird Washing Machines Selling Now at $175 ��� .. ��� ��� ' There's money in using a Bluebird Washer, even whoa you have to pay the regular price of $210 for it, hut now that you can buy them at the sale price of $175, they are an investment much too good to let pass unheeded. Made in Canada, easy aad economical to operate, and instead of rubbing away the material as you do when washing by hand, these just wash the dirt out of the garment, Washing this way gives three times the Ifie to the garment. . �� ����� SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION # Bring some dirty clothes and have them washed while yon wait, and see for yourself what a wonderful machine the Bluebird fax $25 cash puts one in the home, and $20 monthly pays the balance. 'i .,' ��� ��� 'r ANOTHER TEMPEST IN A TEA POT ��v \ riALLS TO RENT IN THE LABOR HALL * Large ead small; good accommodation; easy rant. , Rates to .oci.tis. hy day, week er month, aa appllcatiea to: , P. R. BENGOUGH, Secretary. ROOM 308 LABOR HALL 31* PENDER STREET W. Phonos Seyaaar 7495-7496 1 ������ Take Profit Out Of War Machinists Adopt Slogan in an Effort to Bring About Anna limitation WASHINGTON���"Take the profit out of war," is the slogan sent out to all the lodges of the International Association of Machinists in a circular ANOTHER WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE Building Trades to Participate in Next Event on Feb. 24th nf* The last whist drive snd dance held by the Label Trades Committee in conjunction with the Metal Trades signed by E. C. Davison, general Bee-. of Vancouver brought out the biggest retary-treasurer, accompanying s statement by William H. Johnston, president of the organisation, outlining their policy on limitation of armament*. The machinists propose that war be made unprofitable by concentrating all future production of war equipment in the govern.eat arsenals and navy yards, now largely idle, and in the government powder plants, equipment shops, torpedo stations, etc. They are going to petition Congress to that end from every corner- of the country. \ "We . are taking appropriate action," says Johnston, "to the end that the tendencies making for war as fottered by the manufacture of war implements by private enterprise be eliminated. We are insisting that the time is here for our government at least to show ita sincerity by taking the initiative and removing once for all the profit motive from the munition business." Legislation restricting trade union organisation activities to such an extent as to render them Jiopelessly impotent and completely powerless to function in the interests of the workers, is being sought at this session of the Manitoba Legislature, by the Employers* Association of Manitoba." The Alberta Federation of Labor has a net balance of $950.75. The year's receipts were $4,185.22, and expenses $3,234.61. /f^lMoii Dairy The Home of "Birt V Graded New-Laid EGGS 1114 ROBSON STREET Have your NEXT SUIT made by��� Perry & Dolk TAILORS Room.33, 18 Hastings Si. W. Next to Pantages H-mian. OF DANCING LESSONS? FEN'S DANCING ACADEMY crowd yet in the aeries of monthly dances. The whist players were given a big surprise when the prises were presented, nobody expecting to get such valuable and useful gifts. The ladies' first prise was a copper jardiniere with union label donated by the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers Union, and a fern for same donated by the Blacksmiths Union was area by Mrs. H. White. The second prise was a set of 50 lb- flour and sugar bins with Union Label donated by the Terminal Sheet Metal Works, and won by Mr. Britton. The consolation .arise waa a large* union- made dish pan donated by Latimer Sheet Metal Works, won by Mrs. E. McMillan, v G.-f. Prix.. The gent's first prise was a glass bath towel rack and fixtures donated by the Plumbers Union and won by Mr. H. J. White. The second prise was a pair ef union-made overalls aad jumper donated by Machinists Lodge 182 snd wea hy Mr. C Dedeon. The booby prise was s shaving brush holder donated , by the Plumbers Union and won by Mr. J. Nixon. Donations towards the cost of refreshments were also received from Machinists Lodge 69S aad .182. Building Trade. Neat The next event will be held by the various locale of the Building Trades in tha Cotillion Hall, Friday, Feb. 24th. Members of these trades are urged to set aside this date for the event aad to join with the crpwd on that date. Sait Of Chnhas Free Following the Building Trades dance will be tbe Printing Trades. Every ticket sold for Ibis event will be numbered, aad the person who holds a npmber which will be draw- on the evening of the dance wfll be given S made-to-measure surf-) of clothe* CANADIAN CONGRESS ISSUES PUBLICATION The Canadian Congress Journal is the name of a monthly maga-in aad which will be the official organ ef the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, the flrat number of which was issued on January 26th. Tbe magatine will be devoted to placing the declarations of the trades union movement before the public aad keep them fully informed of current events. In the opening article, Tom Moore, president of tbe Dominion Trades Congress, urges that Canadian efforts ia maintaining the interaatioaal tabor organization of the League of Nations, must not be relaxed but in- tensifled. Aa editorial urges that the aew Dominion govsiaissat should introduce amendments to the criminal code which will set aay doubt at rest as to the legality of Party and Workers' Party Stage Violent Battle A minority of the executive committee of the Communist party of the United States is bitterly opposed to the Workers' party recently organized aa its "legal" section under the guidance of the Communist International. The minority of the committee is circulating s protest within the ranks of the Communists against the organisation of the new party because of alleged violation of several of the most important of the Communist International's 21 points.. The most im-1 portent objections are taken to the! alleged violation of Point 1, providing that "the entire propaganda and agitation must bear a genuinely Communist character. AU the press organs of the party must be managed by responsible Communists who have proved their devotion. Complete Control "The periodical and non-periodical press and all party publishing concerns must be under the complete control of the party management, regardless of the fact that the party as a whole being at that moment legal or illegal. It is inadmissable for the publishing concerns to abuse their autonomy and to follow a policy which does not entirely correspond to the party's policy. Campaign af Abase "In the'columns of the press, at public meetings, in trade unions, in co-operatives, and all other places where the supporters of the Third International are admitted, it is necessary systematically and unmercifully to brand, not only the bourgeoisie, but also its accomplices, the reformers of all types." The minority also protests against the violation of Point 2, which provides that all "reformist" and "centrist" elements must be "regularly and systematically removed from all the more or leas important posts in the labor movement" and replaced with "well-tried Communists." Claaaahag The Party V The minority further objects to the violation of Point 7, which demands a break with all "reformism," snd "the .propagation of this break within the party," and of Point IS, calling for "cleansings" of the party. The fact that the party did not observe Point 17, calling the new organisation "Communist party of America, section of the Third (Communist) International" is also the occasion for a strong rebuke. The differences within the party over the so-called reformist of the hew organisation's platform-and the failure to adopt all the "points" is said to be agitating the whole membership of the Communist party, and is threatening the very life of the new organisation. GERMAN LABOR MOVEMENT GROWS Industrial and Political Movements Getting Back to Old Strength It is both interesting and instructive to note%the growth of the Socialist party of Germany (Majority Socialists) in the past 16 years. In 1906 there were 384,327 members which steadily increased to 1,085,905 members in 1014, the beginning of the war. Naturally the economic disturbances and the destruction of life brought the membership down to 616,898 in 1915 and 482,018 in 1916. Then followed the rising discontent of the starving masses and the growth of impatience which gave birth to the Communistic sentiment, with the disastrous result of a drop to 243,061 members in 1917. Nevertheless the party was recovering from the shock in 1918, with 249,411 members. Then, while the American movement wss gradually decreasing, the German Socialist party suddenly increased to 1,012,299 in 1919, snd to 1,180,208 in 1920 and in the past year is able to report 185,154 more members than it had in 1914. The labor union movement likewise shows a steady growth. Ita membership at the outbreak of the war was 2,436,262. Then came the inevitable falling off, but the last available figures, those for the year 1919, reveal 6,527,187 members. The working class of Germany need not be ashamed to look us in the face when they point to the last election returns, when nearly 11,000,000 votes out of a total of 26,000,000 were cast for the Socialist parties. a TRADES COUNCIL JOINS ATTACK ON DRUG TRAFFIC Continued from page one COOPERATION Patronixe Our Adrertisers and Tell Them Why FOR MEN ONLY MACEY-WirajSHOECO. 419 GRANVILLE STREET Betwws P. O. aad Paader Street 3939 Amalgamation Being Discussed Convention Held Between Na- tional and International Rsilrosd Unions In furtherance of the desire ex- pA seed unanimously by the Trades Congress last convention at Winnipeg, that efforts be made during the ensu.-ne year to establish a basts upon which some equitable scheme of amalgamation might be reached be- f-c-n the International Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and the Canadian Broti.erhood of Railway Employes, an important conference was held in Chicago last week. The conference was attended by Canadian representatives of tile Shopmen's International'unions and by President A. R. Mosher aad r��- I rerentativea of the C. Bv R. E. While it is thought inadvisable at the present time to make public the details of the conference, it is announced that a proportion was agreed to by sll present which > it is hoped wfll form a basis for nego- tia.-ona between the Railway Clerks and the C. B. R. E. the outcome of which will be amalgamation of the two organisations SCHENECTADY, N.Y.���Dr. Chss. Proteus Steinmeta, Socialist, with s world-wide reputation as aa electrical genius sad mathematical wizard, waa appointed a member el the Board of Education of the city of Schenectady last Monday by Mayer Lunn. Dr. Steinmeta is chief consulting engineer ef the General Electric Company. He succeeds John T. H. Dempster, whose term of office expired some time age, but who held until a regularly appointed was appointed, #** Del. Showier said that from every appearance these Oriental stores were doing a "back door" traffic in drugs. Del .Bartlett urged that Labor press for legislation to deport Orientals found guilty of selling drugs at well ss people of other races . DeL Hanafin said that when the saloons were open, Japs used to walk in and pull drug addicts out to some other place in order to get them to buy druga instead of liquor. Now these same Orientals are being licensed to run clubs, DeL Nixon said that the Japanese fishing boats collect the drugs that call at Union Bay for coal, snd then bring it into port without any attention being paid to them by the authorities. He urged "direct action" in an effort to get rid of the peddlers and the higher-ups. ' Girls RaaaiauWaaack .. Del. Moore said that, working on a morning paper, 'be often ran across girls 14 years old and up, walking the streets and chasing around in automobiles in the middle of the night under the influence of liquor or drugs! These were passed up by the police, and it is high time that the police commission acted on this matter. / Both resolutions were adopted. Laher From Tha Slates Del. Welsh drew the attention of the Conncil to an advertisement in the Sunday Oregonian by The Whalen Pulp and Paper Co. of Ocean Falls advertising for labor. Upon motion by DeL Chance the matter was referred to the provincial authorities. It was pointed out that the provincial act dealing with this subject left the burden of proof entirely in the hands of labor organisations, hence men were passed across the border by immigration authorities without further investigation if they had a job to go to. DeL Neelands. M.L.A., aaid that it was hard for him aad ihe other Labor members to show up the activities of corporations with company towns, snd the motion would help him ia his efforts to have tbe company towns abolished. Dels. Mrs. Dolk snd Mrs. Mahon are to have a conference with Mrs Ralph Smith^ M.L.A.. on the question of a minimum wage for learners in the millinery snd other trades. Dels. Mrs. Mahea snd Harry Neelands, M.L.A.. were elected to the Vancouver Hospital Board. THED.mJNIIRCOMPANY MEN'S AND BOYS* CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, ETC Eoist* a\_ts_ TiOfyrM* OutfitM 74 CORDOVA STREET WEST Imperial Trunk and Leather Goods 338 HASTINGS STREET WEST Lace, Nitro aad Tungsten Lamp* THE ELECTRIC SHOP IX HASTINGS STREET EAST Retail Ela4.lia.al Supplies aad Fixtures mm BOGARDIJ^ Patot Wallpaper Glass Lewis Piano & Phonograph House THE HOME OF THE PHONOLA Meaart Pianos 1044 GRANVILLE STREET Outfitter* for Men wm DICK LTD. "Tear Moaey'e Worth ar Vear Maaey Back" 4S-4t HASTINGS ST. EAST C.D.BRUCE faVg_jg| id hri&ep COR. HOMER AND HASTINGS EuaSon&BrBBwick Phonographs PIANOS Conv.t_.Bt Tanas Imnfid Th. KENT PIANO CO., u 558-560 GRANVILLE STREET THE LADIES- STORE ���a** ��v* 417 HASTINGS ST. WEST Saysaear 3902 BURNS DRUG CO, LTD. 732 GRANVILLE STREET sa tear NEW VORK (Vancouver's Popular Credit Ho us.) Refined Wearing Apparel far MEN AND WOMEN 143 HASTINGS-STREET WEST Hastings Furniture Co. 41 HASTINGS STREET WEST Pbon. Seymour 3887 FULTON'S STYLE SHOP, LTD. MEN'S SUITS. OVERCOATS, RAINCOATS la Canada to Your Ortlor 610 GRANVILLE STREET KNABE���CHICKERING���WILLIS PIANOS AND PLAYER PIANOS THE BOWES MUSIC HOUSE Exclusive Piano Dealers SOS DUNSMUIR STREET Hotel BalldlBf buck* HAT STORE WHITE Las-teat Exclusive Hatters ia B. C. COR. HASTINGS AND ABBOTT The Ingledew / Shoe Cq,. Quality Footwear Far Ihe Whale Family 600 GRANVILLE STREET % LATIMER & SONS Limited Hardware, Sheet Metal SSO MAIN STREET ARNOLD 6 QUIGLEY Trad, hi , Oar Upstairs Clothes Shop aad Save Your Dollars 540 GRANVILLE STREET TOWNLEY _ WARD GRAMOPHONES. PIANOS, ETC. 44S HASTINGS STREET WEST wss scored by the Joint Board of the Furriers* Union, Locals 1, 5, 10 aad 15, -when the Associated Fur Manufacturers, Inc., withdrew Ra demands for aa Increase of five hours la the work week aad other drastic chances in working conditions, aad signed sa agreement with the nnion continuing piessut standards until January 31. 10*14. Eight thousand workers are affected. ���B gootery Phone Seymour SSI���Day er Night NUNN & THOMSON FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBA LMERS 031 Healer Street < adja- Paddock foot ���*��� 989 GRANVILLE StiffD *Ws aa. Qui**. Shoes 001 GRANVILLE STREET ��� ��� South Vancouver Co-Operative 8808 Fi hy the Con. St. Fra. 367 NEW TORE���The lockout of the commercial photo-engravers, which took place on December SI, has been endetf. The union seared s victory against the proposed redaction ef NEW TORE���A complete victory wages of X5 a week and sn increase in hours from forty-four to forty- eight PHILADELPHIA���A (eduction of wages of 10 to 30 per cent and an increase of working hours from 48 to SS a week have heaa stepped by a strike ef leather workers. The awn left their jobs January 4. They have all SHOES -**3JS^ i J. N. HARVEY Good ClotItiat Hat. Fur.ist.iass 1ST Hastlags ���aaeoov.r 014 Tate* St. Center _ Hanna, Ltd. FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Private Ambulance Service 1040 GEORGIA ST. SET. S4SS Rankin & Cherrill ETWTHING ELECTRICAL SO HASTINGS STREET WEST 7000 ���"Say il with Flowers"- BROWN BROS. & CO. FLORISTS AND NURSERYMEN ������ a.y. ossaers
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