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> THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR Issued Everv Friday Devoted to the interests of the International Labor Movement fSiir-s.npti.Hi: $1 SO Per Year! I V Per Copy J Volume I. Vancouver, B. C, Friday, August 19th, 1921 Number 4 BRITISH TRANSPORT WORKERS TAKE BIG STEP Fourteen Unions Will Officially Amalgamate First of October. Another Step in the Evolution of tbe Trade Union Movement Every effort is being made to ensure that on October 1 the new Transport and General Workers' Union will come officially into existence. It will begin to operate by the am- aljtarantioo of 14 unionx, and. may be considered as the first stage in the evolution of one anion for transport workers engaged in dock, inland wa- Ur and road transport. For the first time clerical workers will be part of real industrial organ l- ���ation, and the new amalgamated union will start to function with a membership of something like half a million. Working arrangements will pro- Tide for the division of the country into geographical areas, with group administration according to craft. Big Step Forward. Thus, craft trade unionism is welded with the principle of industrial unionism. In a note to members of the Dockers' Union, which is one of the amalgamated unions, Ernest Bevin, provisional secretary to the Committee of the new union, writes that the latter represents a stage in tjje,' evolutionary process of trade un- j ions. .' "The horrible spectre of penury and starvation "-*he says, "must be removed. Ev#n greater protective measures must be introduced for the welfj-re* of people engaged in all industries, which will result in improved health and longevity. "It ia true that we have won the shorter working week, but already demands are being made by many employers in the industries we cover to extend the working hours- to ig-, nore all their promises during the war, and to try to wrench from ua i what it haa taken years to accom- ll__k___1__ > ���ThTZ:w^Cwi^r*-.' dnkant data,.be Uxed to Ua utmost capacity to maintain the guaranteed daily minimum and the guaranteed days and in some cases guaranteed weeks. "Then there ia the great question of the control of industry. This will come aa soon as our people are ready and believe in their own capacity to control. They accept the control of others because of their lack of confidence in their own ability to do it for themselves. The status of our people will never really be established until they have won this. HARBOR COMMISSIONERS FALL DOWN ON JOB The Vaneoutrr ' Harbor '"������:����.. -ion it- I..1- informed tin1 Trades aii'b I. iliur Couti-il that it ha-, un power to int'-r i'.n- 1 i!b the rni.tniM f'.r the Hill-in- !vii��. |ii.'r, vslii.li :t let to tin- Nortiietii i in ��trurtioii Com).any, minus tlie fair nai.T rl'iumv TI.e .-oiilitii.'i- uf labor ���ire unnali-fai'tnri on this job, l,ut in UKrnurh hk the men are unorganized they are baring to put up with the loir.- hour*, and small pay, which in all prnb ability will be made smaller a* tini" ���;ries on. If the firm uii'l the Commissioners won't act then the employee* sliouli! net up enough courage to organ- ire the job and, then have their union representatives take up the bsttle on tht-ii behalf. MARINE FIREMEN GET RAW DEAL Company Has Law Twisted in an Effort to Bring: Men to Terms. Seven members of the Marine Firemen and Oilers' Union were handed a raw dc.il this week by the courts when they wen- sentenced to six weeks' hard lalior for alleged desertion. The case is going ti be appealed, but the chances oi' having the decision changed is not vei v bright on account* of the lack of knowledge on tli'r'part of the. courts of marine lav -. The men allege that the Canadian Government Merchant Marine Limited has made charge*, that could not lie made to stick,, were it not for tlic fact that a strike is oil against she lioats. The law lias tX'cn twisted to suit the occasion and could not possibly lie upheld in a marine court. The cost, however, to take it to a marine court. is far more than the union can stand, hence these men will languish in jail for objecting to unsanitary conditions and miserable pay. The strike against the company is still on and a small concession made this week was turned down by the union. WAKE UP���STRIKE BACK GERMAN CIVIL SERVANTS HOW IN MOVElfENT BERLIN.���The Executive of the German Civil Service Society (Deuts- cher Beamtenbund), formed in 1919, has resolved to join the trade union and professional labor movement, folly identifying itself with the Democratic Republic, in order to promote the common interests of its members aa wage-workers and consumers. Conservative and Liberal papers express great dissatisfaction, for they apprehend that Socialism will soon penetrate the sacred precincts of Prussian officialism, so that a future Socialist Government would not have to rely oh reactionary bureaucracy. HANDY MAN" HELPS WRECK STEAMSHIP When Tom Cockburn, an electrician by trade, but a handy man about a ship, offered "to take a go at it" when the crew of the freighter Canadian Exporter, signed on during the seaman's strike, were putting their heads together to see who could steer he "pulled a boner" for he had to do most of the steering. He waa at the wheel when the ship left port and also when the ship piled up on the rock* at Willapa Spit, he told the marine court of inquiry. 150,000 MCTEE8 ARE UNEMPLOYED IN U.S. CHICAGO.���One hundred and fifty thousand miners are out of work today, according to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Work- era of America, and conditions are fast becoming worse. This is only one phase of a situation which ia bringing a coal famine that will be felt in every home from the Atlantic to the Pacific, President Lewis and other competent authorities declare. I'll niver go down again to see so- jers off to th* war. But yell see me at th' depot with a brass band whin Ch' men that causes ware starts f'r th' scene iv carnage.���Mr. Dooley, The trade union movement makes ao claim to perfection, but we would be glad to hear its critics name some other movement that has done any. thing, in comparison, to raise the sta tus of the workers. Keep the union banners flying. Union Labor demands Ufa. If yon are not a meek, weak thing, a spineless lump of flash, wake up aad strike back���with argument against the wage slashing and union-smashing activities of the CANADIAN FIRM GETS BIO RUSSIAN ORDER MONTREAL���The Canadian Car and Foundry Company haa secured an order for 500 50-ton tank cars from the Russian Government. The value of the order is 12,000,000, with final delivery arranged for November. President W. W. Butler stated that the terms of payment are very satisfactory, part of payment in cash having been made already. He is elated that he won over German and Belgian bidders. The contract was awarded by Prof. George Lom- onosoff in Berlin. ASIATIC EXCLUSION GERMAN WORKERS" LEAGUE FORMED TO TAKE ACTION IN CITY WITH BRITISH C. ELECTRIC LAYS OFF SEVERAL WORKERS hsr.llv a explanation. 1" ��������. !if.| ���ff this .11 l ��� meter turn in the eruj loy of Representative Meeting Starts Shipbuilders Want to Slash Organization to Combat Asiatic Entry. Campaign of Organisation and Education to Be Made in Canada. The Asiatic question rame before a representative meeting in the Labor Hall Tuesday evening aad machinery was set in motion for a campaign of education aad organization to meet the dangers confronting tbe population of British Colombia from the ever encroaching industrial and commercial pursuits of Asiatics. An organization to be known as The Asiatic Exclusion League of Canada came into being with the object of creating a "White Canada," aad with an outlined policy as follows: 1. To educate the white population to the terrible menace of the Oriental emigration. 2. To pledge every candidate who is running for Dominion offices at the next election to give a stated poliey for the exclusion of Orientals. .1 tion of all Orientals in British I'uliim bin under auspices of tbe government. The organization represented were: Barbers' I'nion, Trades and Labor. Bakery Salesmen, Hotel am! Restaurant Employees. Army ami Navy Veteran*, t'niteil Soldiers' Courcil, I.O.D.E., 1'niteil Brotherhood of Carpenters, Retail Merchants' Association. Grand Army of United Veterans. N.W.O.W.V. A. Ttli Battalion Association, Machinists' I'nion and Tailors' I'nion. Rules Committee Wages at Least Fifty Per Cent. Workmen's Council Ask for Conference of Shipyard I Without j electrical r ,.i i;er ��� i weik aril practirallv ! '������.-.-' fi '-.- !f time | tee I. ('. Kleetrie K-ilsray Comfuny ! I'.ir -i.i.w reason or otSer the <-��ri I |��::-.v finds it iarouvt-_i<|ct to Vi���p jth<��e men employed, although ike mes make the claim t!:at there is plenty jof work that eoald be done, and whi.-h creordiag to government requirements should be done. TI.e local union of Electrical Worker* has the matter under consideration and will take tbe subject up with tbe company within the aext few days. MORE SEAMEN ARE SENTENCED FOR "DESERTION" In addition to dismissing men in the shipyards at Bremen, the North German shipbuilders have now suited an offensive at Stettin. In a statement to the Workmen's Council of the four Stettin yards, the owners declare that aniens they cast build ahipa at taw cast price of 3,500 marks per ton- in place of 4.- 900, aa now, they will be unable to meet foreign competition. The decrease la cost BoSsJd he made possible by a new piece work rate, which will be equivalent to a redaction of 50 nsr cent. The Workmen's Council now demands the speedy summoning ��� of a delegate conference of the shipyard workers of North Germany, to work Eight Men Quit the Government Merchant Marine Steamships. Life is a matter of thinking. EXPECTS 500 AT CONGRESS Delegate Has Right to Aspire to Says Eight Desertions. OTTAWA���It is anticipated that The Observer sailed for Halifax there will be at least 501) delegates in where the crew was signed on, and attendance at the annual Trades and came to Vancouver via the Panama Labor Congress which is being held at Canal. After going on to Ocean oat a common line of action against Winnipeg next week. Kails she went aonth to San Pedro Tom Moore, president of the con Six Weeks With Hard Labor Is Being Handed Out By- Judge. Following the conviction last week of John Queen and Fred Cor- bett, marine firemen charged with /' "desertion" from the S. S. Canadian Rover, cornea the sentence of John Hayes, a deck boy on the Canadian Observer, of the C. G. M. M. He was sentenced by Justices of the Peace A. J. B. Mellish and J. W. Prescott Monday afternoon, to six weeks in the penitentiary with hard labor for desertion of the ship at Vancouver on August 8th. the attack In any case, very little can be done To press for immediate i*in<tra-, _����� _,����� _*cIo��r conUct betmmM I the . British and German shipyard workers, and a common plan of ac- gress. stated that there were 2.000 aifil- on the Californian coast, subsequently returning to Vancouver. On tion. formed for the preservation ; which would arise in which they were iatcd bodies entitled to send represcnta- J arrival here eight members of the lives, and that some oi these would be i crew refused to Stay with the ship well represented because oi matters' any longer. They were accordingly and 5 improvement of their standard of living. CTOLINABY WORKERS Keep away from the City oi Winnipeg. The r<.ml.iiiation of Restaurant em ploycrs who arc not by any means slow ' in charging top prices Ukes special ; pains lo weed out the boy or girl who A rules committee of five were j carries a I'nion Card. Chir eiiorts to- elected as follows: T. Roberts, Main- ' Hard building up the I'nion meets with laud Soldiers' Council: J. Nixon, Trades 1 strenuous opposition, nevertheless we iin.l labor Council; T. P. McDowell, will win. There is a few faith fnl hoys Honk. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, Itetail Merchants' Association; J. Van and Mrs. H. Glynn Ward, authoress. The next meeting will be held in the lull at 319 Pender street west on the evening of August 22. Oil Workers Talking Strike Many Thousand Will Re Involved Unless Employers Reach Agreement. ., .. - Maier. international secretary"- will Several thousand oil field workersj *��*���"' *nd.with *rms' "*��.��� P1**""^!* German translator and editor-in- demonstration were insufficient .cnjef | R. Kaplin. of the United States. , will be the American correspondent. will strike September 1 unless the operators of fifteen California communities agree to the government's request for a conference. This action has been decided upon by the district council of the oil workers, consisting of representatives from every district in the state. For four years the Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers Union has, in conjunction with the government and employers, held conferences at various times to adjust wages and conditions and obtained satisfactory results. The operators now want this plan discontinued, and after futile attempts to obtain a conference- the district council, backed,by the local unions, has issued the following statement: "If the attitude of the California oil operators continues to be such that the oil workers cease to work for them on September 1st the action will not be taken on the question of wages, willing to enter s conference and to "The oil workers are perfectly discuss any adjustment of wages that may be thought necessary in view of present and future economic conditions. "The strike therefore will not come upon the question of wages, hours or conditions, but solely upon the refusal of the oil operators to meet the government and the oil workers to discuss the terms of the government plan which haa kept peace in the California indusctry for the past four years." BIG VICTORY As this paper goes to press word over the wire that the Department of Labor at Washington has been notified that the Pacific Oil Co., which represents the entire railroad group in the state of California, has agreed to continue the same agreement with the oil workers for another year without any reduction in wages and deal with the government as heretofore. This company employes shout one-third of the oil workers in the state. VIENNA SOLDIERS, REFUSE TO SALUTE Soldiers Hold Mass Meeting Which Create Dramatic Scenes in Vienna A proposal to re-introduce the military salute to officers in the street haa led to dramatic scenes in Vienna. A mass meeting of soldiers belonging to the Vienna garrison, protested against the plana of the new War Minister, Vaugoin, which include not only the re-introduction of the salute but the curtailment of the rights of the Soldiers' Councils, one of the still remaining fruits of the revolution of 1913. "With Anas Next Time" ��� After the meeting the soldiers marched to the war office, shouting "Down with Vaugoin." "Down with reaction." ' A soldier made a speech in front of the war office, in which he declared that they would assemble :md girls who reiuse lo lie trodden down by this so-called Caterers' Association, of mixed nationalities. WM. MACKENZIE. International Organider. Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union. POSTAL WORKERS WITH WORLD PAPER First International Labor Paper Is Soon to Be Published. Vienna.���An international journal, one of the first in the labor world, will soon be launched by the International P. T. T.. the postal workers international. Its headquarters are in Vienna, and it comprises most of the European countries and several of the South American republics. A feature of the magazine will be the contributing articles by the various sections of the international. Each article will be printed in three languages ��� English, German and French. Bowen, of the English Postal Union, will translate into English from the French; Fraiture. of the French section, will translate from the English into French, and Dr. Ludwig TO RESTRAIN "REDUCTIONS' Ford isn't playing the game square with his fellow plutocrats. He is reducing rates on his railroad and raising wages. Something must be done to stop this crazy man who ia operating a railroad on freight rates based on the actual cost of the railroad in place of adding millions of watered stock and making rates in proportion. So one of the big coal companies hss asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to re-' women blind in sweatshops, and then strain Ford from "reducing" rates jendow eye hospitals!" ? on coal. Won't the consumer of) coal be glad to hear this? One-fifty for a year's sub. HATES CHABITY Isatlorc Duncan, the dancer, may not understand politics, but she certainly knows something about economics. Relating the story of bow she refused to dance for a Christmas charity dinner to the poor children from the East Side of Xew York, she said, in a gentle voice: **I hate charity. Rich men work vitally intere<ti tl. ���Keicrriiijf; to the reports from Toronto as to candidates for th" presidency tliis year. Mr. Moore stated that every Helcfca'e to the Congress had the right lagged, and ordered to be put under : arrest by Captain Cooper, muster of the vessel. All the witnesses gave evidence to i the effect that the food was bad, and the forecastle, where the men ate to aspire to the prcsidenrv. and iht-v i*"eir meals and slept, was dirty and should look upon it as their duty, i i verminous. they fell thcm-'elves capable of giving good service, to offer themselves as candidates before the convention. Promoters of the great "American (?) plan" are beginning to fear they will be compelled to ride their own goat. HP OFF YOUR KNEES Get aa off year knees and defend yourself. Oat into the anion. Take of your fetch* Dent PICKFORD FAIRBANKS STUDIO UNION SHOP LOS ANGELES. CaL���It amy inter est admirer* of Mary Pick font and Douglas Fairbanks to kaow that when the " American Flan." with wage eat trimmings, was announced in the moving picture industry here recently, resulting ia a strike which is still en among tbe motion picture mechanic*, these two stars signed a contract with Were Fed "Pig Slop" Hayes, on the stand, said that the meat was unfit for human consumption. The meat and vegetables were all put together into one dish like "pig's slop." The cook was not clean in the way he handled the food with his hands. They didn't get milk in their coffee, and for ten days before coming to Vancouver they had only brown sugar instead of white. They were given a kind of powder in place of milk. They complained to the steward about the quality of the food aad the service, but he took no notice of it \ deputation from tiki asm__���_���_<_ ������*���*���*^p_ the Th* forecastle was filthy and the bedding full of vermin. Witness said he chucked his bed overboard and slept on some straw that had been used in packing eggs. He was given one clean blanket during the thirty- five days he was aboard. The forecastle was messy, and had from an inch to half an inch of water on the floor, while the lavatory near the door waa broken, the men having to carry water from midships to flush it out. They complained to the chief mate about this condition of the lavatory. Witness said he went to the is acthoritv for the statement. tbe union to employ only anion meehsn i*, under elo^ shop conditions, and I ��jp^r Vn" AugtlsTlth^nd ' reYuSed as far as possible ,o use only' naion ( ^ u^ the ship out because of the made materials in the making of their t coodHion and quality of the food and pitture*. Harry A. Tibbet, viee-presi ; the fihh and condition of the ship, dent of the Los Angeles Labor eouneil. Police See Filth. Detective James Ellice, of the Vancouver police force, who took custody of the eight men on board the ahip, said he inspected the forecas- nThtO THIsf-a Rirh ,,e of the 8h'P ���"���� found it in a A lie lllie 1VICI1 filthy condition and badly ventilated. . The condition of the toilet was bad Big Sums Paid to the Heirs of | shown some meat and rice all mix- Pensions For Old British War Ho ed np in a dish or black pot, and it waa anything but appetising. Captain Hann, of the police patrol boat testified that he had five years' experience as a sailor, and the unanswered���question was pul to ; foreeasfc^e of the Observer was the*, Treason Bench by XI r. Walter i dirtiest of any Ship he had ever been in. Seven other members of the Meetings Next Week For time and place of meeting sse Trades Union Directory MONDAY Iron Workers Carpenters, Bro. Electrical Workers Seamen's Union TUESDAY Barbers Carpenters, Amal. Locomotive Engineers Machinists' 082 Policemen's Union WEDNESDAY Bricklayers Hotel & Rest Employees Teamster's Union THURSDAY Machinists'182 Pai-ters Sheet Metal Workers FRIDAY Milk Wagon Drivers Pile Drivers Plumbers SATURDAY Photo Engravers ��� SUNDAY Typographical Union I-ondon���Tht- other day a pertinent but the Halls, the new member for Radcliffe and Hevwood. The pension of the' ^",'riJTt T���**!, ��' "1 T" Irish Lord Chancellor ��s under dis- *��nd 'JS* 1-5 *. A T ��f ^T cussion: and Mr Halls askedwhether S^d^ Se",tnCed *�� "* ^ the recrment had t<t-n questioned ab��ut ti... �����_��� . t ,u > ��� - . his mr-ns ~ . nan,C5 of ��hr men are. All red lA_E?_i,��^^_r*--"'^^^^��T,,,m"w'b' the Labour Farty. trtves some very in- ' teresting information ��� about Fitdsimmons and M. Collins. The sentence is the same as that im- that arc paid without any inriuishion. ��� nn^^A .1.- ��,,.._,��� i-_ "VV "" "We* pav annually.- sav4 The Bui -I ??- - P^ious day on John Hayes, letin." i chained with a similar offence. txim to_Lorf Nelson been,*, In thc ^ o( -^ mnpkt ���,c - of the Battle of Trafalgar, and IZIfO!, = a year ,o the heirs of Lord RodneVbe- "tTTf desert oA TnT "T? ��a amse he best de Grassc; also ��2.(100 a \ihathTwi\ mmM^T' .' " 1��""^ ��-r to 1^1 R,���t-��� i^ .k- rU ��hat he was unable to continue on board snip and do his duties as fireman lie vear to Ijnd Raglan for the Crimean War. and ��2.000 a year to Lord Napier because his father killed the Abyss inians. "We pay also, for the Battle of Hastings ! Ard perhaps it is because of the Lords who trot Magna Charta that we paid in 1919-20. to* Lord George Hamil ton ��2.000. and to Lord Balfour of Knrleigh. ��1200. The heirs oi the Duke of Schomberg receive ��360 a year; all that is left after commuting their original pension of ��2280 a year. "Queen Alexandra gets ��70.000 a vear from the taxes, and other relatives of Edward VII. get ��80.000 a year. The King's household and upkeep of palaces cost ��470^000 a year. In this connection it is worth recalling that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, opposing Mr. Arthur Henderson's motion to abolish the limit for old- age pensioners, argued that if this were done the poor, would complain that rich people who did not need it were receiving pensions. cause of incapacity from an old wound received in the war. GENERAL FEDEBATION STILL GEO WING Male workers in the shirt factories in Glasgow. Scotland, receive from 40c to 48c an hour, white the female workers get from lie to 22e an boa���. LONDON.���The 1921 membership of the General Federation oi Trades Unions is 1,683.058, according to the twenty-second annual report just named. The 1920 membership waa 1.480,108. Although a number of unions have ceased their affiliation to the federation during the year others have joined,- making the total number of affiliations tbe same aa the previous year. The federation is endeavoring to ^__�� International Trades Union Conerja, ��rf English-speaking peoples "for the eo-edifieation and unifiea- tion of trade union policy in those countries whose institutions and de- *mm*n^K ij**-1" *re similar in char- ���__���__, **��� Pcopeaal has received acknowledgment from America, Ca- and South Africa. ___-***!?���"��� government depart- * 5_.G__5* Brn-in employ a to- 108,807 - tal I J ��� r i . ..��� ' ' ' PAGE TWO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS I i THE B.C. LABOR NEWS 1 { Official Organ of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council and Affiliated _, Unions. Control Committee: F. W. Welsh. P. R. Bengough, and W. J. Bartlctt. Published every Friday at Labor Hall. 319 Pender Street West Telephones Seymour 7495-74% Vancouver, B.O. Second Class mailing privileges applied for. Subscription Rates: 92.00 per year by mail in Canada $2.50 per year outside Canada Advertising Rates upon application H W. WATTS Editor and Manager FRIDAY, An.l'ST ��� !>. 1!��21 era for better food, better clothing, new.'household effects, furniture, la- bar-saying appliances, luxuries and amusements. There is no doubt that the needs of the workers snd their families have increased since 1910, hence when the employers use these index numbers for the purpose of reducing wages, in conjunction with the supposed reduction in the cost of living, then the employee is being unfairly dealt with and the general public misinformed. This is a subject that should be looked into by the Trades and Labor Congress at Winnipeg. ODD BITS (Conducted by Sydney Warren) THE CANNIBALS OF CIVILIZATION it seems to us that it might save a lot of bloodshed if the British terms were accepted, tried out, and if found unsatisfactory, the Irish demands again placed before, what���in view of the approaching election���might be an entirely new government. i * Reciprocity may become an important issue in tbe next Dominion elections in order to satisfy the ever-increasing number of bootleggers along both sides of the border. HONEST ACTION NEEDED The industrial outlook shows a sign of improving in spite of the closing down and slowing down of more industries. The unemployment situation has been slightly relieved by the need of harvest hands on the prairies, but there is absolutely no ground for assuming that the worst of the situation is over. The British Columbia government has started the machinery, to devise ways and means for taking care of the unemployment situation this winter, and it is to be hoped that the suggestions made by the Trade Union officials and the various business interests, are put into practice. We are reminded, in this regard, of the National Industrial Conference held in Great Britain in February, 1919 and, which has just resigned, the government having shelved all the recommendations. This conference, composed of Trade Union and Employers' representatives, was called together to advise the government on industrial policy and legislation. A large joint committee comprising thirty big employers and thirty trade union officials, drew up a series of proposals which were unanimously endorsed by a full session of the joint conference and accepted by Lloyd George on the government's behalf. These proposals included the legal enactment of the universal forty-eight-hour week, important minimum wage legis- lation. special measures for dealing ese e*f' Dr' Warnock, deputy mm ister of agriculture, at Victoria, said on his return from the convention of Most of us know Lafcadio Hearn as one of the few white men who have succeeded in interpreting the oriental viewpoint of life. The following, taken from his "Kokoro." shows that this colourful writer felt keenly the economic injustices of today: "We consider the cost of a thing purchased or obtained to ourselves; about its cost in effort to the producer we do not allow ourselves to think; indeed, we should be laughed at for any exhibition of conscience on the subject. And our equal insensibility to the pathetic meaninc of the work of the present, largefyv MORE BLOODSHED "Wc cannot and will not accept" Britain's offer says De Valera. And of course the British government, as at present constituted, will not agree I to complete separation. This will ' explains the wastefulness of our civ- mean the continuation of the bloody ��� ilization���the reckless consumption wiser���until the next boom comes ! of luxury of the labor of years in . ., . . '__ ��� ,.���,., . [the pleasure of an hour���the inhu- for the past two years. It would maJyof the thoU8and8 of u���think- secm that Ireland thinks that Eng- I jng rjehf each of whom dissipates land is insincere in her promises, but J yearly in the gratification of totally unnecessary wants the price of a hundred human lives. The cannibals of civilization are Unconsciously more cruel than those of savagery, and require much more flesh." MEXICAN GOVERNOR BUYS THROUGH MACHINISTS .j Union Boosts Goods Made Firm Fair To Union Labor By After the British Columbia "oil boom" is over there will be a great many people who will be sadder, but wiser���until the next fake comes along. We might just aa well have a Press gang" in action for manning ships, instead of picking up road- sweepers to steer ships on the high seas, and filling the jails with real seamen who object to starvation and unsanitary conditions. Poultry men of the United States and Canada have joined to obtain better protection against the swamping of'their home markets with Chin- with the unemployment situation and a number of other specific reforms. To date not one of these reforms have been carried out. The conference was-called at a time when the labor aituation was very threatening on account of the return to civil life of the war veterans. Since then Great Britain, with the aid of an unemployment dole, haa "muddled through" the industrial crisis, but is still faced with a big unemployed army. The problem here may take a similar turn unless steps are taken to avoid it, because most of the harvest hands sent east by the government Employment Bureau, will return to the Coast, aad with them will come thousands more from the eastern provinces, as is usual every winter. This influx will naturally tend to aggravate the situation here, hence it is to be hoped that the British Columbia conference will not only arrive at a plan to relieve the situation, but will speed it up snd see to it that the proposals offered are pot into practice. The misery of poverty and tbe pangs of hunger cannot bo relieved by soft words nor promises. Crime and hate cannot be subdued with policeman's clubs. Honest and sincere action ia what ia needed at the present time. Let us to it. the poultrymen at Seattle. Labor needs to push the campaign against the importation of Chinese labor. Now that the government f ontrol of railroads in Great Britain is over, tie owners.will in all possibility demand a big subsidy to clear off the "mess" that government control made. It might be pointed out, however, that the owners took great care to have a "mess" made of the British railroads, just as the owners did in the United States. COST OF LIVING FIGURES Two simultanious attacks are made upon the cost of living figures produced by the government statisticians. One is made in the United States and the other in Great Britain. At a joint committee of representatives of the Parliamentary Committee, the Labor Party, the Cooperative movement and the Trade Union movement, appointed to inquire into the cost of living in Great Britain, it was discovered that the Ministry of Labor's index number is defective, inasmuch as it weighs rent and taxes too heavily, underestimate* the relative importance of clothing TEACHERS ASKED NOT TO TAKE POSITION "'MvON'TO���At a special meet in, of tbe Canadian Teachers' Federation, called at the request of the Manitoba Federation to consider the dismissal of Principal W. D. Bayley, of King Oeorge's school in St. Boniface, Man., the following resolution was adopted: "The principal of King Oeorge's School of St. Boniface, Man., having appealed for a board of reference re his summary dismissal from his school, the Canadian Teachers' Federation, whilst aot ia any way expressing an opinion aa to the merits of the ease, ask all teachers to refrain from apply-, ing for the above position until a decision bat been reached by the board of reference." Mr. Bayley waa dismissed because of an address he delivered in the Labor Church in Winnipeg This address was so reported in the various newspapers a* to cause the board of education to decide on bis dismissal. Principal Bayly stated that the reports were, incorrect. Big Order And Recommendation Goes To Fair American Engine Company A conference recently held between I'resident \V. H. Johnston, of the International Association of Machinists and representatives of the Mexican Government has brought forth the follow inn letter from that'government. This conference was held for the purpose of trying to arrange for the pur- liase of American made machinery from factories fair to organized labor. Here i, th eletter which explains itself: Mexico. I). F.. June 15th, 1921. Mr. William H. Johnston. '���' President. International Asso. of Machinists. Room 705, Machinists' Building. Washington. D. C. My Dear Mr. Johnston : Some time ago we wrote informing you of our determination to purchase machinery, trucks, autos. etc., only from shops fair to organized labor. At the same time we requested you to kindly fumish us the names of such manufacturers of fire engines, apparatus and supplies. ��� VVc thank you for complying with our rrniirst. and acting upon your advice and recommendation we have placed an France Fire Engine Company, Inc., of initial order with the American-La F.lmira. New York, amounting to $49,589.11. net. f.o.b.. Elmira. This order was for fire engines, parts and supplies. At the same time we recommended this firm.to the governor of the State of Puebla. Mexico, who is on the market for fire apparatus. Hoping to. count always with your co operation, I remain, Fraternallv vours. (Signcdji CELESTIXO GASCA. ~""~~���- ��� Governor. The International Association of was a source of cheap labor supply! Machinists has entered a new field he was welcomed by business men which is sure to bring results. Regard but now that he is encroaching upon ! |cs, of the fact that President Johnston their own domain he has become a : was refused admittance to Russia, this horse of a different color. I organization has been one of the great- fsJ __vocatcs 0f trading with Russia TWO MODERN DON QUIXOTES . that is within the American Labor ���'��� | Movement. Two modern Don Quixotes, Con- j The machinists offered to do the stantine of Greece and Alphonso of, purchasing for the Russian government. Trades Union Directory I Secretaries arc requested to keep this Directory up-u>J.it,- I Vancouver Unions 'v?^!Sf "Artful" Arthur Meighen met his cabinet last week. Now, if Arthur will only meet the rest of the country he will be spsred this duty. Wm. A. Brady's statement to the U. S. Senate Committee, that over four thousand moving picture houses have gone to the wall, suggests that even the "Great Unwashed" is becoming surfeited with eternal triangles and salacious comedies- not to mention inane censorship. Grant, Whyte & Company's affairs are in a very bad way, their creditors discovered at a general meeting laat week. Estimated liabilities amount to approximately $110,000, with live assets of $2,800. A question by one of the creditors elicited the statement that neither Mr. Grant nor Mr. Whyte had suffered personally through-the debacle. What a naive question to ask. resident P. Secretary. P. liengough. Office 191 I_bor Hall. 31�� Pender Street We��t Phone Seymour 7I>5. MeeU in Labor Hall at S p.m. on th* first and third Thursdays In month. BUILDING TRADES COUSCIL CSUns.ll. O. C. Thom. Seerstsry. Boy Massscar, OOUs 210 Lab-- Hall. Masts first sn* third Wsrtn���day la lonta ��t Libor H-IL ���_a_st aa__aara_. LJoai no in��� President. H. Curtis: Secretary. W. j Hay new. 327 Kiev-nth Avenue Kast. I Meets at SIS I'ender Street West on I second Monday of each month _ -President. John Brown. Secretary. Geo. AniunJ. IKS Albert Blreet. Meets at Labour Hall at S p.m. on flrat and third Friday. VartvM Or ���. <L���President. Dan Cen- Ua: gsetstsrr. W. HunsMsoa. lot Msia JMrert at T pat. first snd third WeJsnsiv nVttmm. Loral No. ��<4���President. J. Smith: Secretary. R Showier. SI* Pender Street West. Meets at SI* lender Street West at TTp.m. on second ami fourth Fridays tn month. As long as the "little brown man' TO DISCUSS TRIPLE ALLIANCE FUNCTION Cardiff, Wales���Tbe annual meeting of the British Trades Union Congress will be held in Cardiff, Wales, commencing September 5. Resolutions presented refer to the functioning of the triple alliance of miners, railway men and dockers; the repeal of the emergency powers act, a war measure which unionists claim is be- m ing need against strikers, and a plan aad attaches too little weight to the ��__ *��� /0B*r*" *�� *���_���* ��,Ter ����� -_.-.-. -* ��._>v_- i* �� s-. I trade union colleges., It is also proposed that congress, through all trade nnion channels, shall immediately link up with all co-operative group of "other items." The committee contends that there has been an improvement in tbe dress of wage workers and their families, the homes of the workers are, in general, better furnished and equiped and there haa also been considerable change in working class habits since the family budget of 1904 was compiled. This is also true of Canada and the index number supplied by the Department of Labor, might be made to read differently, were such changes as the above taken into consideration. If the standard of living of tbe workers is to remain the same as when tbe figures were first compiled, in 1910, then the business element need have little hope of finding markets or buy- societies for the purpose of feeding workers during strike periods. This resolution will have many friends especially among the miners, because of their favorable experience with the co-ops. during their recent strike. "Every member of a trade union should feel himself obligated to do his full share in the important work of building up the press of the labor movement; he should at least support the paper of his union and one or more of the papers of hisWty. aad above all he should read thera aad school himself in the art of intelligent criticism and let the editor hoar from him when he has a crit- to offer or a suggestion to Spain, in an effort to bolster up the military spirit amongst their subjects, have ventured forth upon an aggressive conquest of their nearest neighbor. The former is leading the .Greeks in an imperialistic war against the Turkish Nationalists, while Alphonso is directing, from the Escurila, the Spanish Juans against the Moroccan tribesmen. Thus far, the Greeks have reported phenomenal successes, yet the outcome will probably mult in the Turks massing their forces against their bombastic invaders with disastrous consequences to the Hellenes. In such an event there will be another "For Rent" sign on the Royal Palace in Athens. ' With Spain affairs have gone badly. The Moon have forced Spanish troops to evacuate Nador and Set- luan- the key cities to the Spanish position before Mellila, and are now said to be holding five thousand Spanish prisoners. In both Grecian and Spanish campaigns, the loss of life and property haa been enormous, and rapine, murder and fire have stalked in the wake of these "Christian" armies. The "Great" European Powers, forming the League of Nations, have decided to maintain strict neutrality, while these two royal parasites carry on the wholesale butchery of their duped subjects. Indeed, it is a peace "that passeth all understanding." STRAWS IN THE WIND but the U. S. attitude, towards Russia would not permit it. News in Brief | p m. n,otna, SOT! DBIHX WOJ K. I*, (i/ugh: Secretary, Lean. 2<>35 Broadway West at 31S Pender Street West at every third Tuesday in month BABBEBS' IBTERSHTIOSAI. USIOI l....al Xo. 1 ID���President. I'. R Her- rett: Secretary. A. It. Jennie. S2S Cambie Street. Meets Itoom 313. II* Pender Street Went, at 7:15 p.m. on second ami fourth Tuesdays in month. Mi^amarmm, amor Tomowa* a ���XUPKBUS, Local No. 1S1���President. W. J. Martlett. Secretary, T Mellugh. 1444 Sixth Avenue West. Meet* at .119 Pen'der Street West at t p-m. on third Tuesday of each month. iaoa iBiraotiD a arsrarama. Local No m President. It. Lynn: Secretary. A. Fraser. Room J03, SI*' Pender Street West. Meets at Si* Pender 8treel West, at k p.m. on first and third Mondays of each month. Local Xo. n��~jseoi���lary. L Amos its Cordova Street- Meets , I at 141 Cardlra Street, at I pm on k second and fourth Thursdays In month. ssrp i�����*���� psornma. ami���an, waaar'i President I tBOCK ���OTLDXOBa, Loesl No. .401��� W H Mc-' l*r**ldent. W. H. Pollard: Secretary. Meets'' v " v*rnon. Bos 32�� Meets at SI* * pm. ' P'nder Street West. Vancouver, at I i> m. on .- v .>:.��! and fourth Fridays of month. photo smaaaTXata*"ToeTrxoT"*?"""^ President. P. Lonne)���; Secretary. Gor- don Rlmards. 27*2 Fifth Avenue West. Meets at World Building. Vancouver, at * p.m. ->n slat unlay of each week. l-x-al Sn *.*���President. Charles Keall. Secretary. Alfred Hurry. S(l Thirty- 'ourth Averue Fast. Meets at SI* Pender Street West, at S p.m. on first Wednesday in month. F-TTKBur ainti #TiiisiiC <T Hey*. Secretary. J. u Irvine: Bual- aoor ann aaron I��eal No. SSC ��� President. Thos. Andley: Secretary. Tom Cory. 445 Vernon Iiriye. Meets at SI* Pender Street West at I p.m. on first Tuesday in month. I AMD P-aBT- I'���President. 'Brns-t Wild*: Secretary. Wm. a Dagnell. Box SS. Vancouver. Meeta at SI* Pander St.. on second and fourth Wednesdays In Month. . Local No. *T ���I'roidrm. B Broasoa: Secretary, Roy Masseear. SI* Pender Street West. Meets at SI* Pender Street West, at S p.m e��ery Msedsy. a^Mt_SnVX��_Taa, Local 1��5 -President. Geo. Mowat: Secretary. Frank Milne. Box 411. MeeU at SI* Pender Street West at S p.m. every third Wednesday In month. CTV1C KaTJf LOTSB���, Lorn I Xo. 28��� President. J. White: Secretary. G. Harrison. Office 14S Cordova Street West. Meets at 14S Cordova Street West at % i> m. on the first and third Friday in month. Local No. 5*���President. H. A. Black: Secretary. Aid. W. J. Sciibben. City Hall. Meets at 148 Cordova Street West, at S p.m. on first Wednesday of each month. 'MMttMYTaM, sUUrTMEBStOOP. l.~ -I 452���President Geo. H. Hardy: Secretary. W. J. Johnston: Business Agent. C. C. Thom. Office 3*4 Labor Hall. Meets second and fourth Mon- dsy at �� p.m. In sstihor Hall. nese Agent. R A. Goddard. SI* Richards Street Meets at SI* Pender Street West on first and third Moo- day in month at �� p.m. I.er*l .Vs. 170���Presideat. Kert Snrss.- ,--. Bseretary J. Crewtber; Basiaess Afsnt. T ,W. Welsh. Office SOI Leber Hall Meets al Sl�� Pender Street West, si S p.m, on seeoad snd fearth Fridays. "OUcbtM���sr*j " a PBafaTlftaf��� Local No. 1 -President. Roy A. rotary. Alexander Murray. US* Tenth ��*__���������_*��"*��� ">*����� at- t��S Pender 2__LW__-t- ��l 7:M a-"*- OB fourth TnewJay or month. >STWJSltfgTAa- C<B____TTB���T. ft __' ft. gsaL'Biaa, W. J. Bsrtlett " ���Ta -Presideat. D. "j. ����eCarthy; Secretary. O. EL JaaMB, IMS Odium Drive. Meeta at 41* Pender Street West. Vanrouver. at 7:1* P.m. on laat Friday In month. Local Na SS���President. 8 W Myers: Secretary. R B Stephenson. Box M4. MeeU at IIS Hastings Street. Vancouver, at ( p.m. on second Tuesday ta month. SULTUSOAD BaVKOTaaa. Division No. s*���President. A. N. Lowes: Secretary. Charles Bird. 2*S* Union Street. MeeU at I.O.O.F Hall. SIS Hamilton Street, at S p.m. on first Monday ta month. ���*_*W7AT OOSnrveiXtoaa, Division No. 2��7���President. O. W. Hatch: Secretary J. B. Physlek I15C Thurlow Street. Meets ad I.O.O.F. Hall on flrat Sunday at 2 p.m.. and on third Thursday at �� p.m. Secretary. No. 1 Branch. R. C. Walker. 14C l*th Ave. W., meets second Tuesday. Secretary. Xo. 2. Branch. W. Bray. (0 ICth Ave. W.. meets fourth Tuesday In month at 14S Cordova St. West. AT President. C. D. A. Munro, Local A. Mitchell r* Seventh Aven reda: .cal fix : S*ei ren us o. lii reUry, Weat. Detroit, Mich.���Moving picture operators have secured settlements with several theatres, after conducting a vigorous contest against these concerns. ' Oklahoma City���After attempting for several months to operate on an "open shop" basis, the Royal Baking j Company here capitulated to the bakers' union and signed every one of the union terms, including stipulations concerning night work pay. The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World, with headquarters in Indianapolis, makes the statement that "ninety-five per cent, of the oil stock advertising offered to newspapers today is unworthy, and publishers who want to be honest to their subscribers are refusing to give it space. Culture ia the masque greed puts on to hide her callousness. ��� * �� Now we live to work, some day we shall work to live and then will life take on a greater significance for all of ua ' I * *TV*., * Truth ia like a woman graph���we love it because not know what she really is like���- and if we did��� e ��� ��� The well-fed will not believe the hungry simply because they are well fed. e * ��� Miracles are easier made than science understood. We can fancy a God before we can understand a fact. Hank's hired man *I Catal an says late that it would be a hull lot wiser to hsve as much respect for a politi- shun, aa a feller haa for a rattlesnake. They Un help them plutocrats rob us uv our eyeteeth and then get a majority uv us to put 'em back into office." . Local No. S57���President. G. Thomas; SeereUry, R. J. Craig, 3* Kootenay Street. Meets al SIS Pender Street West, at S p.m. on first Tuesday in month. Meets at I.O.O.F Halt. Hamilton Street at 7:S* p.m. on first Tuesday and 2-J* p.���.on third Tuesday. ii���: Local 2IS��� President. D. W. McDougall: Secretary, F. R Rurrowa; Business Agent. RH. Morrison. Office 44* Pender Street West. MeeU at 44* Pender Street West at S p.m. every Monday. Local No. J7l President. A. P. Glen: SeereUry. O. jpi T. Brown. SU* Twenty-seventh Ave, /V" Wt��t . Meeta at SI* Pender, Street* "est at t p.m. on first aad third Tuesdays. . Lonal Xo. IS��� President. Percy Trevlse: Secretary. Chas. A. Watson. No. S Fire Hall. Twelfth and Quebec Street*. Vancouver. MeeU at 21* Pender Street West oa Local No. IS* President. Mrs. W. Mahon: SeereUry. Ada Hawksworth. SS1�� Fleming Street. Meets at Labour Hall at * p.m. on f|rst Thursday In month. Local No. 2t���Presiklent. J. Camming* SeereUry. J. W. vanllook. 441 Seymour Street. Meeta at 441 Seymour Street at 2:3* p.m. on second and S:S* p.m. on fourth Wednesday* In month. a sav - '���-President C. K. C. Craig: SeereUry. Oeo. Gray. 1��3�� First Ave Bast. MeeU at Kagle*- Hall. Vancouver at 2:3* p.m. on first and third Sunday* In month. naanTRBa, LsesI S: ��SS���President. W M. "trows. Secretary. Bin Showier Offle* SOS Leber HalL Meets seesad and fearth Wednesday at S pm. la Laber Hall. The Amalgamated Society of Car- neaters and Joiners has amalgamated with the Progressive Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia. The new organization will be known as the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of Australia, and will have a membership of 15.000. _jr*_*"v'1-"-., _-__ '��� l*0***" ^8yrney, N. S. W. (by email)���It is e we do estimated that at least 20,000 men are out of work in the State of Now South Wale* 12,000 of whom are in the city of Sydney. Probably between 50,000 and 60.000 men are unemployed in Australia at the present time. Much of this unemployment would be absorbed if the workers would consent to lower wages, but this they refuse to do. There are but two families in the world, the "haves" and the "have note."���Cervantes. WISCONSIN PAPER 00. SETTLES WITH STRIKERS MILWAUKEE, Wia.���The lockout which existed in the Rhinelander Paper Company mills, Rhinelander, aver since April 6, ended with the millmen scoring several points, according to R. G. Knutson, Wisconsin Industrial Commission, who went to Rhinelander to investigate at the request of the Wisconsin Federation of Labor. Three hundred workers were affected. The company withdrew its objection to reemploying union men. Another point scored by the workers was the concession by the officials to take back IS men jailed during z5?t0p__*t,.on.of ����� >"*Jn��ction issued while the lockout wm ia operation. Local No. 42���Presideat. J. K. Dawson. Secretary. F T. Kelly. ISM Hastings Street Rest. Meeta second and fourth Mondays in month. II* Pender Street. jstw-sm. wotrM, was a atanraa. Local No. 2*7���President, A. B. Flnly. Secretary. A. P. Surges. St* Flfty- seventh Avenue Kast. Meet* at lit Holdea Hullding. Vancouver, at S p.m. on first and third Fridays In month. j Local No. 44���Presi- iient. H. J. Rhode*: Secretary. H. Walker. IMS Pendrell Street. MeeU at Room S**. SI* Pander Street West, at S n.m. on third Wednesday In month. Brother. hood of. Division No. .lift���PrewMent. O. p. Boston: SeereUry. H. A. B. Mae- Ponald. 1221 Pendrlll St.. Vancouver. Meet, st I OOF. Hsll an second sad Fourth Tuesdays la each month at S p-m. Local No. ���$�����President. T. MeRwen: Secretary. H. O. Campbell 744 HelmeVen Street, Vancouver. Meets at I.O.O.F. Hall, on first aad third Tuesdays of each month. Local No. 3S-S2���Secretary-Treasurer. P. Chapman; Bueinee* Ageot. B Richard*. IS* Cordova Street West. Meet* at 131 Cordova Street Wast, at S p.m.. oa first and third Fridays In month. T-mnr���Business Agent. R. Townsend. Meet* at 7 n m every Monday at 1 S3 Cordova Blreet Weat No S7S_ President, frank MeCann.' Secretary. T. J. Hanafln. 137* Sixth Avenue Weat. Vancouver. Meets at 441 Seymoar Street. Vancouver, at I:W w.m. on flrat Sunday la Local Na ��������President. Weelman. MeeU al SI* Pes _ W. Vancouver, at 7 3* p.m. aa and foarth Tus*d��y* la month BarUy: aecreUry. A. Btraie. SSt* commercial Drive. MeeU at SIS Pander Street Weat at S pm. on Monday in month r.w��r Amalgamat ed Association of. Division No" 1*1��� Pryiildeat. R. Ricby. SeereUry. P. _. Orlffra. 447 Sixth Avenue Bast, Vancouver. MeeU A.O.F. Hall. Mount Pleasant at 10:15 am on flrat Mon- day and 7 p.m. on third Monday. ^ Loral If*���presi. ?2?*V.C' J5*'���**: SocreUry. F. Ramble. 1����_ Cothard Street. Meet* In Ijih-.r Hall Vancouver at S p.m. flrat Tuea- dav in month. OreaATOBS ��� loc'l Sfcistsry. M'ss T Us, SIS President. C Braxlnton: Bseretary. Fred Walsh. Sll Hastinn Street W MeeU at III Hasttnirs Street Weat at S am. on alternate nights weekly. J. Local No. 17����� Presl- R A. Lawaon, IMS Seymour l?"**Ii.**_7tar*' c- McDonald. P. O. Boa S*J. Meeta at 31* Pender Street "������*��� at ��� p.m. on flrat Monday la month. Capo Breton has ordered a thousand copies of the pamphlet "Bankruptcy and the Bread Lines,'* which is being issued by the Nova Scotia Independent Labor Party. The United Mine Workers at Sydney have subscribed $18,000 towards the proposed daily labor paper. Altogether Cape Breton is showing it- realisation that the workers mast read and study in order to find out the remedy for present conditions. Toronto.���Teachers from every province in Canada were present recently at the first annual meeting of the Canadian Teachers' Federation. The organisation was formed last yesr in Calgary. It set out to better the conditions of the teachers, financially and otherwise. Strike action to enforce fair conditions for teachers was endorsed and urged by President Charleaworth. Ho said it waa vitally necessary to protect the interests of teachers ia each province, aad the federation was a step toward co-operation. j Local No. 24*���President. W. McCartnev. 31* London Ruildin*-: Secretary. O.W. Basted. 31* London Bultdln*. MeeU at 31* London Building on first Sunday in month at 7:S* p m ���JL _ __ Local 22��VPrealdent C. H. Collier: Secretary and Business A cent. R. N. Neelanda: Office SI 4 Labor Hall. MeeU Ian Sunday la month at t p.m. ra* Local No. 147���President. A. Osborne SeereUry. A. D. McDonald. *��1 Pender Street West, Vancouver. Meet* at S p.m. on third Thursday In month. ���Local IIS���President W. J. park: Bee retarr. a W. Alltn: Business A��ant. MeeU at 2*�� London Building at ��3* d Friday ta -President. W. J. Clark: Bseretary. J. G. Keefe: Business Agent. P. Ben rough: Office 31* Pender Street West MeeU at SI* Peader 8treet Wat at I p.m. oa xaeond and fourth Thursday. ��� . Local Wa 145���President Bowver; SeereUry A Jamleson. 1st London Building. MeeU at Moose Han. Homer Street, at 1* second Sunday ta _ SBS���President. J H. Robh: SeereUry. Evan McMillan; Boainee* Agent, P. Bengough: Office SIS Pender Street aftmt. MeeU at Labour Hall at S p.m. oa second aad fourth Tuesday. wiO do better when stops taps*ting manna from the and begins to dig for it Pass the paper along. Provincial Unions |U~*UaUa���-President. C. Slevertx. 17SS Denman Street: Beeratary ���. Woodward. I2S3 Carlin Street. MeeU at S P-m. oa flrat and third Wednesday* in meata at Trade* Hall. Broad Street. JfC��?,_.!?-..Prtoe��� iMgL Serreury. a. WaddelU Box 452. Prtaea Rupert. Meet* at Carpenters' Hall on second and fearth Toeaday* of each month. Beeratary, , 1. Lotman. Nelson; Felix Pexeril. Boa 424 Nel- ��� -Preaideat James thie. Revelatoke: SeereUry. Philip Parker. Bag Z34. R-velstoke. MeeU at S p.m at City Hall. Revelatoke. oa the second aad fourth Saturday of eaeti month. ^���~ sCnod***. 4*s Royal Aveeee: SeereUry. R. Morgan. SIS Rastaa Street Maw Weattrlinater. MeeU i Wednesdays ta Temple. New I \ ! ; ��� THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS P AC. E THREE iiiiiiMMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiirmrtttma WHAT OTHERS SAY I In these columns there will be printed every week the leading editor-Mils from other newspapers and miiguzines fmttir iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiimniift THEY SHALL NOT FASSI Labor, but particularly Labor on the ' North American continent- learned some things from the great war. Chief among the lessons learned was that whoever "won" the war it would not be difficult to tell who would lose. In every conceivable way the working class of every country engaged in the contest were the losers. But another lesson which has been brought irito striking relief by the war and its aftermath, is the fact that the workers cannot depend upon any other agency than their own organizations for self- protection from the greed and rapacity of the economic masters of every nation. Labor in the several countries that were engaged in the war, rallied to the support of their governments. This was done in spite of the fact that while the workers in the trench-1 es were suffering and dying, and while those at home saw their standard of existence gradually being lowered by the decreasing value of the dollar- the economic rulers were reaping undreamed of profits from the prosecution of the war. During the war the rich were all the time growing richer and the poor were getting poorer. In the meantime there was great praise of the workers for the noble way in which they were stepping into the breach to make the world safe for democracy. Their loyalty was unquestioned as long as they did not themselves ask any awkward questions. If those at home had the temerity to complain about their decreasing standard of living they were made ashamed because of what their brother* were doing for the dollar ten a day. And all the time the money kings grew rich and richer. But after the war is won a new aspect is put on the whole question. The workers who yesterday were the saviors of civilised society are today the enemiea of stable industrial life. As Germany threatened the civilised world, the workers threaten the stability of industry. And as Germany with its dream of power must be crushed in the interests of democracy, the workers with their desire for the application of some of the principles of the democracy they suffered to save, must also be crushed. And so s new war was declared. In all parts of the world the battle cry rang out, "Organized Labor must be crushed!" Wages must be reduced and the standard of living forced down. The fight is on. Labor, in the trenches, in the munition plants and in the home won the great war. Labor in the front line trenches of industry can win the present fight, It can not be done by individual effort or haphazard organisation. It can only be done by closing up the ranks and by the enlistment of every available man and woman in the fight The workers of Canada are facing the crisis and they cannot afford ta let the enemy pass.���Alberta Labor News. HOW IT WORKS RAILROADERS FIRST COT IN WAGES RECEN|D FORD RAISES WAGES AND REDUCES RATES WAR IN PEACE (George Bernard Shaw, in Leslie's Weekly) When a war ia over the first thing to be done is to get rid of all the men who come to the top by pushing it through. When the order was given to cease firing in 1918 it should have been followed instantly by an order for the transportation of Messrs. Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Marshal Foch to some pleasant island in the South Seas or the Mediterranean and tk�� cutting off of all communication with that favored spot for three years at least. Instead, they were left in charge of the affairs of Europe. Of course they simply continued the war _ against enemies who had surrendered on President Wilson's terms, which were promptly {treated aa scraps of paper. As there were no longer soldiers in the field to bo killed, they killed children by starvation. As there were no more blockhouses and wire entanglements to be battered down, they battered down international trade, by which alone Europe could be restored after four years' devastation. They are doing it still. The war is not over; it has only become a one-sided war; that is, a massacre. If the massacre were being conducted bv soldiers, at least the soldiers would be fed and clothed. But it is being conducted without them, and the result is that there are 200,000 unemployed men, ci-devant heroes, starving because they won the war. Even the profiteers are beginning to starve now, because their customers are ruined, at home and abroad. That ia the most cheerful news I have to offer. The remedy is- of course, to stop the war and organise peace at all costs, just as the . war was organised. But nobody * seems to have the slightest inten- fm tion of doing it So much the worse - for civilization! We have heard a lot about the mis-called "American plan" in indus- j try. Whenever the subject comes up! we are solemnly assured by the pro-1 ponents of the "American plan" that; it means an "open shop," where union and non-union men may work side by side without discrimination. That's what we are told. This is how it works out in practice: The Moore Shipbuilding company of San Francisco, is an "American plan" shop. Recently notices were posted, in the yards which read as follows: "Employees of this yard are perfectly satisfied with conditions. Anyone raupht soliciting any workman to join any union will he discharged." So we see that for purposes of enlisting support from the general public the statement is made that no discrimination will be practiced. In actual practice we notice that the reverse is true. The posting of this notice is conclusive proof of the hypocricy of the "American plan" advocates. It ought to be enough to convince even so gullible a public as the American people. If they still "fall" for the "American plan" buncombe in the light of this evidence, we must join with Murium! when he said tbe American people liked to be fooled. ���Seattle Union' Record. COST OF LIVING FIGURES But United Action in Resisting Ford Says He Is Not Trying to the Cut Will Come Burglarise the Road Later. Like Others. Mr. Leo Wolman, in our columns recently pointed out that currently published index figures of the coat of livinkg are in reality unreliable, that this branch of statistical science has hot yet found its feet, and that the methods of compiling these fig- urea differ widely. Index figures are not sound enough to support a plea for an accurately scaled reduction of wages in a given industry. Judge Alschuler, United States Administrator for the packing industry in Chicago, shares this scepticism so far as to deny the Chicago packers a wege cut of 12% per cent, on the ground that nobody knows how much lower costs are for the working man. On the contrary, he enumerates a long list of commodities which have either stood pat or gone up in price. Taxes have increased, street-car fares are the same, gas and electricity no lower, rente, fuel, the telephone and telegraph, as well as newspapers are where they weic or even higher, and while they remain at such levels. Judge Alschuler refuses to be persuaded by index figures that the cost of living to the workman has been seriously reduced.���The New Republic. AN ERROR REPEATED DON'T PATRONIZE LIST The following places are run under non-union conditions and are therefore unfair to organized labor. Stettler Cigar Factory, making Van Ldo and Van Dyke Cigars. King's Cafe, 212 Carroll St. - Capitol Cafe, 930 Granville St White Lunches. Electrical Contractors. C H. Peterson, 1814 Pandora St Hume & Rumble, Columbia St.. New Westminster. B.C. The Chilliwack Electric Co- Ltd., Chilli wack, B.C. Precisely as forecast in The Western Labor News, a secessionist movement haa set up within the ranks of the functionleas O.B.U. unit of street railway men. It is announced that a new Union has been formed, an isolated "independent" union. _ The outstanding fact which emerges in this connection is that thesr street car men have acknowledged tacitly the error they made in 1919 when they seceded from the International union and followed the leadership of glib-tongued visionaries. What they are not yet able to do, however, is frankly to retrace their mistaken steps. Instead they seek to hew themselves a newer path in the industrial wilderness. By some, at least, and if the truth' were known, perhaps by all, it ia acknowledged that they would return to the Amalgamated Association, convinced a* they are of its basic soundness, but for fear of stultifying themselves. Such action as they have taken savors much of moral cowardice.. To have the courage of one's convictions is notably a manly attribute. In forming this "Independent Union" some of these new leaders talk largely of the need for working- class solidarity. Surely there can be no working-class solidarity if workers follow every Savior of Labor that mounts the stump. The street car men forsook solidarity in 1919 and followed the O.B.U. "saviors." And where did it lead them? Right to the place where they are today���to another secessionist movement The O. B. U. idea is not any worse today than it was in 1919. ft remains the same, but the influence today is, that stripped of camouflage it stands revealed in the eyes of these men merely a fantastic secessionist movement, the foe to solidarity, and subversive of working-class progress. And now these "Independents," having chased one .will o' the wisp, set out to chase another. Surely they do not claim they can succeed when their former experiment failed? A little thought oa past experience and they must be convinced that having come to part acknowledgment of their error, if they would see progress they must acknowledge the error in whole, and retracing the retrograde step of 1919, take their places in the movement which alone in Canada today provides a basis of working class solidarity and progress that is fundamentally sound���Western Labor News. Henry Ford is not worrying over the industrial depression. He rambles merrily along making little Fords and piying his bills. Last month his factories turned out 97,000 cars at a. profit of $189.16 to the car. His aggregate profits amounted to $18000.000, current bills were all paid and $6,000,000 put to surplus account. At the same time he reduced the price to the ultimate consumer $25 per car. Neither did he cut wages of his employees. MONTREAI*���More tlmn 10 weeks after the preliminary intimation of a decrease in wanes, 140,1100 Canadian railway employees experinced the first p'helical effect of the reduction. l'hci|iii'- distributed all over rhe m.s terns carrie.l the first application of th-' cuts. Pay fii en out was for. .lie Jilv lfirfo Au/. I period, the r'irs; in which the average 1'.' |ier rent reduction wan effective. 'Vhile detailed figure* are ��� !ae''ing, it is variously ������ntiriiattW that lho re- .luetic.n amounts in actual figures to from tl.iMM'.OOn to 11,250,000. Representative* of the " Hitr Four" brotherhood* and the Switchmen 'h I'nion, in conference at Chicago with representative* of the Railway Executive* Association, presented wage de- man'd* of employees on the western lines, similar to those presented and" subsequently rejected by the executives of the eastern lines recently. The brotherhoods, in their demands, ask cancellation of recent wage reduc- tions, cessation of opposition to time and a half for overtime and assurance of no future wage cuts. ALL-INDIA TRADE UNION MANIFESTO New Wage Demands Are Made; Too Much Waste and Wall Street Upon the Western Manipulation to Make Lines. Them Pay. In fourteen words Henry Ford' gives his "magic formula" for curing railroad ills. "I am not trying to burglarize my railroad���I'm making it serve the public." The manufacturer we requested by the Cincinnati Post to tell the people how it is possible for him to pay the highest rate of wages to workers and cut freight rates at the same time. The answer is given in a copyrighted interview published by that paper. "Under Wall Street management the only way they know how to make money is higher railroad ratea��� which is the poorest way in the world to get business," he declared. "We cut freight and passenger rates 20 per cent and we boosted wages. And it won't take long to reduce the rates 50 per cent. All railroads could cut their rates in half. We have shown them how. But I'm afraid they wont do it." How to Sava Railroads Ford said thst he "wasn't a magician" and "didn't wield a magic wand." Any railroad manager, he claima, can do what he haa done by smiply following these directions: "Keep the railroad busy and the equipment busy and all the men on it busy. On the Detroit, Toledo and I ronton we are getting along fine ���making money where the road never made money before, making it because the men are busy and their hearts are in their work. fWe eliminate waste and dead wood. All railroads can���and should ���do the same thing." Then Ford said something that reached the kernel of railroad inefficiency���waste. "We found enough scrap along the D.- T. & I. to pay for its purchase." "Boost Wages; Slash Rataa" Asked what would be the first thing he would do if he were given all the railroads to operate, Ford replied: "Boost wages, slash rates, let a lot of men go. I'd let some of the men go back to the farm���temporarily. They'd be of more use there and of greater value to themselves. "There are too many men running the railroads who let somebody else do their thinking for them. We want "man who can think for themselves." When Ford took over the I)., T. & I. he drafted able men from his motor car industry and let them run the railroad. He thinks a lot of railroads would be better off if they adopted a policy along this line. "There is too much tradition in the railroads���doing things in the old-fashioned way, he said. I see a new era dawning, with this creed: do as much as you can, get small returns���and the money will come in so fast you won't know where it is coming from���it will inundate you. Too Much Wall Street Manipulation' Ford has a clear appreciation of what ails the railroads and how to correct conditions. "There is too much Wall Street manipulation ��� too much dead weight," he says. "Railroads have been managed by stockholders who only figure how much'they can get out of them for the moment���not what they can do in the future. When they want to make extensions they must issue bonds and draw in more money and more idle stock. The railroads should earn and pay for their own extensions. The laws were made solely for investors whose insidious aim is to destroy industry." The railroads owe the U. S. government one billion dollars at the present time, $700,000,000 of which is unsecured. Now the politicians propose to raise another $500,000,- 000 and to give it to the poor railroads, for the benefit of the shareholders. Workers Urged to Demand Economic Freedom as Well as Political. The All-India Trade Union Congress has issued a manifesto to the workers of India. "When your nation's leaders," it says, "ask for Swaraj (self-government) you must not let them leave you out of the reckoning. Political freedom to you is of no worth without economic freedom. "You cannot, therefore, afford to neglect the movement for national freedom. "You are part and parcel of that movement. You will neglect it only1 at the peril of your liberty. "Your lot is a hard one. Look at the slaves of the Assam Tea Plantations, now become desperate. Their read daily wages are less than threepence a day prescribed under government acts. "They are often victims, of brutal treatment, working under the lash, for unlimited hours, while some of these plantations pay 20 per cent, to 40 per cent, dividends. We call on the members of each union what uio.ii satA3( |t?p.ids Xq jojuo oj no��� help you can." HEADQUARTERS OWNED INTERNATIONAL UNIONS The stability and permanence of labor organizations are not better demonstrated than by the great home buildings they have erected or have in prospect. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers own their own home at Cleveland. Ohio. It is among the most imposing and substantial of that city's business structures. The Engineers will also have a skyscraper as a home for their co-opera live bank. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen arc erecting a large office building in Cleveland. The International Association of Machinists artd the American Federation of Labor, on opposite corners, have magnificent seven-story buildings in tin- city ot .Washington, D. C. The Switchmen's Union owns its home in Buffalo. AH of these buildings are a credit tn organised labor and to the communities that possess them. The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and clpcrs is putting the finishing touches to a live-story office building at km sas City, Kan. ' The revelation that by careful management and eliminating the useless and dividend-clipping stockholders Henry Ford has been able to reduce freight rates and at the same time establish a minimum wage of $6 a day for common labor on his recently ac nuired railroad, the Detroit, Toledo and Itmiton, has caused railroad unions to renew their campaign for government ownership and democratic control of the railroads. Labor is life; toil is death, and poverty is hell. At the recent convention of the postal clerks of Eastern Canada, in Quebec City, it waa decided to unite with the Civil Service Federation. At the convention of the postal clerks delegates were present from all principal points east of the great lakes. Brainerd, Minn.���A proposal to federate unions of the state under industrial councils has the support of a strong element in the convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor, in session here. Out of every 20s of taxation lis are spent on armaments and interest on capital borrowed daring the war. ���J. R. Clynes, M.P. The life of a horse in Montgomeryshire is infinitely better than that of the man who looks after it ���Rev. T. D. James, Oakland. Cal.���The prisoners in the county jail here want union service. The jail officials have employed nonunion painters to repaint the prison and the inmates have sent in a strong protest against having "scabs" so employed and have threatened a hunger strike if they are not dismissed and union men substituted. Washington ��� Organized labor in Honolulu and throughout Hawaii is opposed to the Kalanianaolc resolution in Congress, authorizing the president and secretary of labor to admit 50.000 Chinese coolies to Hawaii, to break the wage standards established by the Japanese and other trade unionists in the sugar industry. New York���The impending closing of 50 motion picture theatres here, characterised by union officials aa in fact a lockout to force down wages, will be met by the raising of an initial $5,000 fund by the Motion Picture Theatre Attendants* Union, Local 16,920, to meet any emergency which may arise. The money will be raised by individual assessment. Washington.���Cheap Chinese labor, indentured and bonded to be shipped back to China after its period of toil is done, may soon be provided for the sugar planters in Hawaii to break the trade union spirit developed among the Japanese plantation laborers there. "Self first, me next, and, if, there'a anything left, I'll take it." is a motto too prevalent today.���Sir! Kingsley Wood, MP. - ' ��� i BUSINESS MEN, ATTENTION !! YOUR GOODS are on SALE Quality Circulation-^Buying Power SHOULD BE YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION The manager of this paper would be pleased to talk business with you. I PHONE SEYMOUR 7495 - ��' b-S-Sa ��� ''"' '������*/';'���''��� ������( r '...; '��� ��� ;���:.;������-���: . - i i ;, ������ :'" ' \ PAGE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS England-The Day A^terBAnLESHIPSAID OIL INTERESTS All Europe is like the day after, monster gun which will shoot 85 It is flat, stele and unprofitable. The miles, and that France and England ��� bubble has burst, the seat has gone have entered into a secret alliance. out of life. Fourth of July has come England dare not have France for an and gone, Santo Claus haa been down ' enemy. London could be wiped out the chimney and distributed the gifts, without crossing the channel, the honeymoon is over, there is no-1 And in Ireland women are raped thing left to dream and work for. , and children born in the street. In That is the condition of the world Limerick a mother with two little after the Great War. children was driven out into the Like the day after thi party, every- street at night without clothing by *��(��� has a stomach ache and a head- the soldiers. The baby basket and ache. Everyone is cross. Everyone the tir.y elothes made ready for the hutefi everyone else. The party isn't new baby that was expected were what we thought it.- If only we could have the honeymoon over, we would choose a different bride. But we can't. Instead, the period of making the best of things has set in and no one wants to make the best of things. Black Hats The British Imperialist Government tries to cow its dependencies by bullet, bloodshed and the whip. The coloniea, driven at bay, snarl and spit. The capitalists seek to crush labor and grind fortunes out of the bones of the workers. The workers rise up to strike, see starvation storing them in the face, the country in a state of financial and industrial bankruptcy, three million out of employment, the wife and children hungry; they cringe, go back to work, with black hate in their hearts. The Communists shriek, "Now is the time for revolution. Kill the capitalist, slay the reactionary, take possession by force of arms." The Parliamentary Labor party yells back "You are crazy, you are brainless; only intellect counts; educate the workers." And above all this mass of hate and recrimination, here and there is a prophet crying in the wilderness, like George Lans- bury in England and Mahatma Gandhi in la.lia: " Except ve become as step for a right adjustment with Ire- little children and love' one another. I \*nA- I* successful? Who can tell? ye shall not enter the kingdom of, ��.ate,IS rampant. Despair increases, heaven. Only a new social order, The for���� of ���} "**��� ���*��' ���**���** *or- founded on love, will create a new ward- The *'or,d ,B ,n danger of des- World." ! tniction. It is a race with time Such is the state of England today. \ between good and evil. We must And it is even more true of France ehoose. Shal wc go forward with and undoubtedly applies to most of nat/* or wJth love".. ��� . . . the countries of the world. j Ltt, us f*c* reality. Tho bride of I the honeymoon is not what she A Murmur of Discontent [seemed. But she has become the On the surface, England has not mother of our children. A new re- chnnged. There are the crowded | lation has arisen. Self is forgotten Mexico May Yet Become a Mecca for the Gods of War i H. Laurence Todd. Federated Pre>�� Staff l Wa.biisirt n - f- I. I Hum'. Una sicca Oil Company and the Puree Oi! Company, a Standard Oil .'tih.idian . promuti is i��i the rcc nt dKttirhat'iCi i:i tbe Tarnpicn . ii t";< M which led i<> thi ���,;.<!.:rrj. ..: Inn American l>attlr��liip. t<, th_t T��'.rt t-. <mrawc the Mexican authorities, arc branded i> deliberate outlaws by E. C. Davison, general ��ec rclary-treasurcr of the International Association of Machinists who has returned irom Mexico. Workers Without Food. Thousands of oil field workers were era' children cried for food, he start- left without food or water supply, but ed a fund for their benefit. Twelve with an offer of ammunition, and were Welsh miners, with good voices, came told that the Mexican government was to London to sing. Moat of these I responsible,*' Davison said he was in men were fathers. Perhaps that formed, "when the American oil oprr- A Few Smiles burned.' In the morning, after wandering all night, the mother gave birth to a child at the home of a friend. Starving Children In Wales the miners' children cry for food. At the table one morning in one home, where there is no food, a little boy faints. George Lanabury created a little stream of goodwill. When the min- gave their voices added sweetness and pathos. They have toured the city singing their songs. Every audience haa responded, be it capitalist or labor, hands have gone into pock- eta, the shillings and pounds have come quick and fast Today the sum realized ia $81,000 (about $324,000) to be spent in feeding the kiddies. ators shut down the wells in a strike against paring an export tax that the British and the independent operators paid without any trouble. One of these British companies, by the way, has just declared a dividend of 6 per rent, for the past year. "That region is one in which malaria, yellow fever, dysentery and terri- MILK OR CHEESE The political orator was getting along well with his audience���when J a man asked permission to put a question to him. "What is your question?" said the orator. The man stated it, while the orator listened attentively, and then j said: "Before I answer your question,! will you please tell me what is your profession?" "1 have- a milk-route," said the I man. ���| knew from your question,"; said the orator, "that you are still j in the milk-stage of development." I The audience laughed���and the ! man shot back, "All right! I may be in the milk-stage but" (and pointing to the orator he shouted) "that's better than going sour like you and becoming a big piece of cheese." Dignified and Appropriate PRINTING ainiiiiiiiii��H��iiii��iiii��iiii��i��iiniiiiii��iHiiiiiiiiiiii��MHiiiiiiiiiiiiiwam These are the currents of love ble insect pests abound, and where wa struggling to counteract those of tcr and food must be brought in. When, hate, snd, small though they are,'the operators cut off the deliver}" of they are life-giving and telling. twater and food there was terrible suf- At the moment negotiations are in fcring. progress between Lloyd George and; "The Mexican government sent in De Valera for a permanent peace trains when the operators remained OUTDOING EINSTEIN An Irishman waa handling dynamite in a quarry. He- let a stick drop, and the whole box went up, taking Mike with it. The quarry boas came around later and said to another Irishman: "Where is Mike?" "He's gone," replied Pat "When will he be back?" asked the boas. "Well," replied Pat, "if he cornea back aa fast aa he went, he'll be back yesterday." with Ireland. Will this first real stubborn and offered to carry off all who wanted to work on railroad construction jobs. Now the workers arc Kone and the oil corporations will have to find a new supply of labor. THE LATEST IN* STRIKES Trade unionists have certainly increased the v<cr,lnlary by the numlier oi various device's for irritating employers. J ���S-dnl.itrc." "ra" canny." "down "working to rubs." "lorfc in." and "go slow" arc a few of the best- shops, the busy streets, the swarm-1 The man and woman join hands to i ^nvn on0" ^"* Japanese workers ing people. But underneath, if you 'work for the children. This .is what;'1:'vr now invented another to l>c added listen, id a low murmur, a murmur happens in the family. May we not ���'��� the list. It j< called a "one-half of discontent. Restlessness is in the air. Work is not well done, tragedy is written on the faces. Ex-soldiers with rows of medals grind hand- organs or play in a band on the street corners. One man has rigged up a victrola in a baby carriage. Blind ex-soldiers are lugged through the park by impatient children. Street signs read: "Automobiles, go slow. Look out for the blind.!" There is the tramp, tramp of the unemployed. Wages go down and food prices stay up. The laborer is worse off than before, the class distinctions aa great as ever. On the outskirts of London are huge factories and miles of work- in make it happen in the nation? j -Ink'-." The advantage of only half Love aad Hope j,,H workers stopping work is that it In 1919 hopes were high. The m��^. j* ��W*-�� ��* though all the work- world seemed rushing forward. We |Cl? .dld no,1_ faY��r t,,e s*ri1"'. and this thought we were to be the begetters i minimises the chances of the police ar- and enjoyers of a new social order, i resting the leaders. The employers can- We ought to have known better. No j not very well sack those who remain good thing cornea so easily. We have ; ft work, and the factory is run at a daily got to settle down to hard work. We! increasing loss. It also prevents the must stand together and grub and i employers from "starving out** their grind for the children. The next 10 i workers, as those who remain at their years will not be pleasant. We must jobs are able to assist their, friends "on lay the foundations. And those foun dations; shall they be built out of the muck of bloodshed and hate or shall they be of such beauty that no man dare destroy them? That is the question. We are tired and weary. The war the street."���"Christian Science tor." Moni- WAGE CUTS NO SOLUTION ers' houses. In grim rows these . houses stand, each one like the!*?? "fgj ^OMmmT' other. Not a gleam to relieve the PL P��� -^ ��..-. monotony. It if like living between fe*. JKeLTaLfSKS two stone walls. Xew York.���When wapes of steel We* cannot'workers wf.rc cu' -?0 D*>r c"nt- a fcw But youth _j j ""^hs ago it was claimed that this in The i d,,i,r>" *'as now stabilized. Today th�� Bus Ride Luxury . The bus ride out of the district costs from six to ten cents. A luxury the poor cannot afford. Children live year in and year out between those gray walls. And a half-hour away are the houses of the well-to- do. These, even in the heart of London, have their little gardens, their flower beds, their window boxes with red geraniums, and the green trees that line the street For England is divided into two classes: the upper and the lower. Elsewhere there is the tremendous contract between rich and poor, with a huge indistinguishable middle class. In England there are the people who live in barracks and drop their h's and those who live in a house with a garden and use the broad "a." Even a little money means a luxury in London. The canned California fruits and vegetables and the California wines are cheaper than in New ��� York city. The house of the clerk has a bath room but the house of the laborer none. Or if there is one, it is the kind that came out of the Ark, with a bath tub, small at one end to fit the feet and large at the other to accommodate the hips. Women Parade Everywhere is this contrast. Yesterday a group of unemployed women marched through the shopping district of London. Msny of them had never been there before. They did not know.there were such beautiful stores, let alone clothes. They themselves wore odds and ends of clothing, heavy, ragged ulsters in a temperature of 92 degrees. Some carried babies. On their backs they bore signs such as these: "Engineering���125,000 women unemployed." "We are domestics, do you want us!" "Five thousand dressmakers unemployed." "Cake for the rich, starvation for the poor." In Hyde Park these women held a demonstration. Miss Margaret Bond- fiejd addressed them. She said: "We are told the cost of things is hot so great, that now is ihe time to decrease the benefit allowance. ideals that have become to us a mock- |m,,,s are onrrating but from 20 to 30 ery they have seized. For ideas do Prr cent- of their capacity and addi- not die. The young still believe injtional wage cuts are hinted. The same making the world safe for democra- | '"���tin-icnt is again being used to support cy, in self-determination for all na-jhis plan. tions. in brotherhood and equality. in a new social order, when the world shall be run, not for profit, but for human welfare. These young things that come after are strong and free. They are swarming over the parks these hot days, boys and girls hand in hand���the little girls clad in bloomers, with bare brown legs and arms, strong and active like their brothers; or young lovers sitting or lying on the grass, side by side, loving each other without shame and with abandon, impervious to the outer world. These young creatures will go forward. But with what weapons? Shall we give them those of bitterness, hate, despair and recrimination, to wage a bloody revolution? Or shall we send them forth singing, with love in their hearts, to die if need be, but never to kill, ap invincible army of goodwill?���The New Toft Call. LAW AND ORDER While the Senate's committee investigating the lawlessness of the Minego coal fields haa brought to light little that was not already known, one case was turned up which haa its parallel only in the Ireland of' today. A certain Captain Brockus, head of the Wast Virginia state police, had organized a volunteer force- from non-union miners and from business men, which, he said, "could be trusted on the side of law and order." This force was charged with having raided the striking janion miners' tent colony, and Brockus was accused of threatening -to "pile up all these women and the tents on top of them, and burn them all." The shooting of a union miner, whose hands were above his head, by one of Brockus' men, Bawles, is described by an affidavit in these terms: "Bowles said to Breedlove. 'Hold up your hands, God damn you,,and if you have anything SCABBING ON EACH OTHER They say "there is no honor among thieves." How much less is there among strikebreakers! While Philadelphia strikebreaking agencies are scouring other cities to get men to come to work here, the scab agencies of other cities are reciprocating by stealing the scabs of this vicinity. Thus one of our hotels, notorious for catering to underworld traffic, has been housing an agent who is securing scabs for Rochester and Buffalo. Maybe the scab agencies will organise, demand the same scale of pay and working hours, instead of cutting each other's throats under the hallucination that "competition is the life of trade."���Forty-Four, Philadelphia. EXPENSIVE BUSINESS A red headed boy applied for a job in a butcher shop. "How much will you give me?" "Three dollars a week; but what Can you do to make yourself useful around a butcher shop?" "Anything." "Well, be specific. Can you dress a chicken?" "Not on $3 a week," said the boy. E. R. Bulletin. AN EQUAL PAY POINT He: "Do you think a woman should pet the wages of a man?" She: "It depends on whether she is married to him or not." BLIND AND NO BRAINS "Won't you help poor Mr. Smith, he's got eighteen kids���he's blind and didn't know what he was doing?" A POOR SHOT Mike���"Don't shoot- Pat, the gun aint loaded." Pat���"I have to, the bird won't wait" WOMEN AND CHILDREN SOLD IN CHINA At the recent convention of the United Mine Workers of Nova Scotia, held at New Glasgow, the reporters of the Halifax Herald and Chronicle were excluded.- The reason given for the exclusion was that these newspapers had magnified trivial incidents and misinterpreted salient facts, giving the people of Nova Scotia a wrong conception of Ihe aims and objects of organized labor. Plans are being made for Rt. Hon. Arthm Henderson, chairman of the British Parliamentary' Labor party to visit Canada in the near future. to say, say it fast'; and Breedlove I dare | said 'Lord have mercy,' and instant- say things are a bit cheaper. You can I ly the gun waa fired and Breedlove get a satin evening dress for five fell." Brockus denied these charg- guin��� ��IT-.. (Laughter and cheers). "Unemployment would be cured if the government would make peace with every other country in the world." (More cheers). Three million unemployed, and a short time ago thousands of pounds were spent on the King's and Queen's visit to, Ireland. They went to open the Ulster Parliament. The city of B/lfast teemed with troops. Fear ���waa in all hearts. A heavy-timebered barricade, sunk in stone, was erected. Only the troops were allowed in front of this. The names and addresses of all persons near the route of the parade were Waken. The windows Ha.nilton.���Under anything but auspicious surroundings the Board of Arbitration on tbe? building trades disputes started its session this week. After several fruitless attempts to get mattors straightened. Judge Snider was forced to adjourn the board to give both sides an opportunity to see if they could settle their difference*.as to the work of the board. PEKING.���Statistics on the sale of shildren, wives and daughters-in- law- in the South Chihli famine district prepared by the international famine relief committee, though covering but a fraction of the entire famine area, indicate the extent of. the traffic carried on. Between deaths, and sales many villages are completely stripped of children. The prices appear to have ranged from $1 to $150, with one instonce reported of a girl bringing $350. Although the traffic waa due primarily to poverty it appears from the investigation made that dealers worked upon the stupidity of fathers and husbands in many cases and resorted to adroit measures to evade the law and recruit victims for various questionable purposes. There were instances of regular marriage papers being executed; others used contracts of sale, either for life or for a term of years. Satisfaction That's what our f customers get Our customers will find our prices as reasonable 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 i i:��iniiiniitiiin����nnin����:i��iniii:iiti��iiiimii;nimn:tiiiinim!;mmma Try us with your NEXT order ���^i-immmtmmnunmttfflmgttuanrnntttnnttfflmtnnnnti The British Columbia Labor News Telephone Seymour 7495 319 Pender Street West mmTBtm \tri\trt r/��ta\i/i\M\t��\T/��r��\t�� r��\T��\"1 ?�� LONDON.���Relief for starving Russians is prepared by radical, labor, liberal and charitable agencies of every description. General Booth, chief of the Salvation Army, announced that the Army in Moscow is in touch with 1,000,000 needy Russians. He issued a call for help in keeping the relief work going. We have lost count of our millionaires and the enumeration of our paupers is s big jobs <?,, Moderation was to stop the wave of crime, but it still waves. War was to bring democracy, but it seems sidetracked. DETROIT.���The Ford Motor Co. is making a car every six and one- half seconds. Production figures given out show that under the July schedule production, based on the eight hour day, is averaging 4,306 cars a day. July shows a total production of 109,000 cars. BLUEFIELD, W. Vs.���Miners are awaiting their turn to go to jail in this town. The courts have convicted so many of them that the local lockup won't accommodate the swelling streams of new-made "criminals." So the scheme has been devised of letting them give bail after conviction and wander at large until departing prisoners make room for them. A hundred years ago there were 700 banking corporations in Great Britain. Today there are 20, and five of these hold two-thirds of the deposits. LIVERPOOL.���Neil Maclean, Labor M. P. for the Govan Division of Glasgow and fraternal delegate from Britain to the Trades Congress at Winnipeg, left Liverpool last week on the Empress of France. He will arrive at Winnipeg on Saturday, August 20. Everlasting life and everlasting peace are much alike. You have to die to get either of them. I ��� -��� f- The B. C. Labor News Official Paper, Vancouver Trades and LaborCouncil es. But on the other hand he ad mitted that 35 of his volunteer guardians of law and order had been dismissed for drunkenness or worse offenses. This reminds one forcibly of the general characteristics of tike Black and Tana.���The New Republic. DUBLIN.���With government control of Irish railways to cease, Irish labor is preparing to resist the wage reductions that it is known the employers generally will demand. The boss goes unmol s says "quit work" ested; if you trait of your were U^takea. of the houses were nailed down. J own accord you may be ^guilty of a BMCrata that medical relief would be iNow we hear France haa built a crime. rushed to Soviet Russia immediately. TULSA. Okla.���No less than 900 negroes were slain by Tulsa whites during the riot of May 31-June 1, according to S. _L Clement, of the law firm of Buna, Kelley and Clement, appointed by the negro community to press a claim for $4,000,- 000, estimated aa the amount of negro property destroyed during the riot. LONDON.���A double attack on the building workers is reported. The Master Builders' Federation threatens a lockout to enforce dilution, and master builders in the North of England have made an open attempt to stop the work of the Building Guild. STOCKHOLM.���The Swedish Gov eminent haa aasunJ the Social De- { Tin- wind must blow, mid blow���if the* craft would go, and fro. ] ONWARD Delivered One Year, $1.50 Devoted to the interests of the , International Trades Union movement Fill out and mail- Coupon NOW Here's my $1.50; send The B. C. Labor News to me for one year Name __.: The R C Labor News | ** Room 306, Labor Hall, 319 Pender W> Vancouver, B. C. Ciiy
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