@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "8c7171c9-a277-413e-8083-90be001772f0"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-04-13"@en, "1921-08-12"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcln/items/1.0309318/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ ��� THE BRITISH ��� LABOR NEWS Issued Every Friday Devoted to the interests of the International Labor Movement [Subscription: S2.00 Per Year! 1 5c Per Copy Volume I. Vancouver; B. C, Friday, August 12th, 1921 NumfaVr 3 NEW INTERNATIONAL UNION ORGANIZED Industrial Union of Fruit and ' Veretable Workers of the Pacific Comtt J. Queen-Britisher or Slave? John Queen, a marine fireman, did "his bit" in France. He fought for the "rights of small nations," for "Democracy" and ���gainst the threatened (?) slavery that it was said would have been imposed by a victorious Germany. After the war he "signed up" as a marine fireman on the "Canadian Rover." one of the ships owned by the Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd. His job was supposed to last a year, and although he, and others, made complaints about the quantity and quality of the food, no efforts were made to remedy it. The lower deck accommodation was foul and unbearable, but being mere workers they had to put up with it. These men were chattel slaves aboard that ship. If they disobeyed orders, or made too strenuous objections to conditions, they were likely to find themselves in irons. 80 when the ship decked at Ocean Falls, John Queen made up his mind to quit the ship for good, although his year was not up. He obtained a substitute, but the captain would not allow the change. John Queen, chattel slave, beat it like many of bis ancestors did in bygone days. He was captured, however, and was sentenced last Tuesday to eight weeks in j^**���*** *��,<**** ��.i Engiidi-speak jail. besides forfeiting $90 in wages due him. Fred Corbett. an ��� " other marine fireman from the same boat, is serving a like sentence, banded out by Judge Buggies, of Vancouver. This is nothing more than a black outrage and such a law should be torn from the statute books of the country. It is a relic of chattel slavery, and give3 full power to ship-owners to force any kind of conditions upon their slaves, who dare not, under penalty of further punishment, complain. Well treated and well paid seamen do not need such a law to keep them on the seas. They like the life, providing the conditions are right, but the greedy, Hun-like activities of masters and owners are driving the best and most capable mariners off the seas to the detriment of life and property. Under such conditions John Queen cannot be called a Britisher. It is John Queen, slave. ��h 1 rr~ -��. i-:-. tt-_*m<-._.: li-tfo na- added t�� lb* r�����t.-v oi the American Federation oi Lal*-r la>l, week wliep 1 Secretary' Frank Morrison issued a charter to the organized fruit and \\e- grtaMr muckers of the Pacific Coast with headquarter, m Fresno. Cal. It start* Jfgh an err. IVd membership of o\\er 4Pv> and is chartered under ihe narhe oi ' Inl* rna;iot__l Union of Fruit anil VegrtaKr Workers of North America, its territorial jurisdiction MACHINISTS UNITE IN GREAT BRITAIN 1 Strike Breakers'Inefficiency Membership of Nearly Half a Million Incompetent seamen were wholly responsible for the drowning of at least forty-eight passengers of the "Alaska" when that boat Hew Amalgamation Gives Union 8trnck Blunt'�� **** Saturday night, according to indignant passengers. Tbe crew were recruited as strikebreakers to beat down wages, and when the ship hit the rocks, they lost their heads, muddled around attempting to launch the lifeboats, and plunged two, Amalgamation and industrializa- full ��' passengers, into the sea. They tangled the ropes on the other tior. of tbe trade anion movement boats, which were in consequence^ held in mid-air, until waves goes on apace in Great Britain. Ten ' crushed the boats and passengers against tbe side of the vessel. "It *gfi��l*l%JZ& SSt^SZ - �������*�� Nutation of scab inefficiency and the danger, awaiting alternated Society- of Engineers and passengers who are so foolish as to risk their lives on ships manned formed what is now known aa the by strikebreakers," say union officials. Amalgamated- Engineering Union. Union regulations require that no man be classified as able sea- The onion will have a membership of __*si uT v.. _____ ���!,____ ������_-��� _.# j__,i. __m-i_T 470.000. and funds amoanting to m*n ��"�� ne n*" !een.5,ree_ veari of deck terV*- about twenty million dollars. In I "Lifeboat and fire drills have become second nature to our men annnineing the amalgamation J. T. I before they receive their cards. They keep their heads under fire." ,ic 1 ?ro#y,e' ^T chairm*n ��f.the flfecu Last Friday week the Canadian Exuorter, owned by the Canadian :ak ' tive Counctl, among other things. _ _ ��i _. �� m�� r�� ~j " .r "__., Tr ������������'�������� th* United State* and j _ay��:- "Tolerance, sympathy, mutual Government Mercnant Marine Ltd., and manned by strike-breakers, Locals hate Urn e-ta��Ji-hcd in! helpoalness. and unity of purpose are went ashore and became a total wreck. The company, however, is iw p��� ipa! trat *r.d vt*r j the essentials that make for success gtiu opposed to paying decent wages and improving the working 'tirS tUTHitlftS dWu%8toTeach,V.ndd.roff*u,�� ~nditiT��ns o{ lhe crews. Another boat of that company, the Can- ���i j.,.���- - mi? '������-< .-��� "'to contribute by thought, work and adian Importer, is lying in the Vancouver dock waiting for a crew. action towards that end." This new The officials have even -gone to the jails in an effort to hire men union is a machinists* union and has to take the claces of the strikers. No doubt John Queen will be given his "freedom" if he will accept a job on this boat. rr��e Car*a��la ; forty ������ tal ie ���! --r - ����� a!��<-j.- is . --">.���! . : ! ?rd > i^ra:- r\\ in.- w riar�� < (Kl> mi"��s ��_.,-:i .1 ���. en rr_��>rr'i- . irtir in m*r��t ft.-- ���- ��� ga_- I ti bar-, t-:- ������.�� ir��::ts ir.d ���.���� ti!'��-^ '���> v r���f. Ti.- f_\\ 1 - arr-ov-nauli A Hir to -.c.irc -is ����� �����.;��"��� \\t;>-t C"*r- -: en hippiiK.- ar��l ���Rirr.e: a:d PREPARING FOR BRITISH ELECTION Labor Party Organizing to Put Candidates Into Every Constituency London.���Organization for a Labor party government of Great Britain was begun two weeks ago at the first of a series of 28 organization conferences that are going to be held bv th< Labor party in every part of the Unit e lj!ritrai�� great orange g---\\��~. ietm-n Hints. app'c peach, plum, olive and cherry or I chards. as well as iho^e in the shipping sheds aj.d parkin*: plants. Em- -j plover* ..r canneri(s also are under the j junsdirtion of the new organization. an agreement with the International Association of Machinists (Canada and U.S., by which all cards of either organization will be accepted by each THcy ir-cludc ��� with full benefits. The same agreements are also in force with European countries, thus _ making the Machinists' Union truly international. LOCAL PRINTERS BUSY PICKETING Employee* of the Leclde Shoe Co. will start picketing the factory Monday morning unless the firm chances its attitude before that time. The. company gave all its employees notice I two weeks ago that the factory would | Rallantrne be closed down for two weeks and| �� would reopen at reduced wages and as ��� "opent shop.'* Present indications CONTRACTS JUGGLED BY AUTHORITIES Tbe striking printers of Vancouver j are still standing solid. Pickets have Your one best asset���an ad in The l bccn doing good work and meeting '...:��i. J . ���-* :��� .. :.i.a.���.. :���.. ,1 Xc �� s. GETTING ACTIVE The Department of Labor at Victoria has invited the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council to send a delegation of nine to confer with members of the government and the city council in an effort to devise ways and i.wrnns of remedying th< unemployment pr Mom. This meeting is apart from the one now being held tinder th�� cha:rmanship of Attorney-General Far- ris with the employers of lalior. The plans and sugges-tions of the two Ii-m!- ics will 1* dealt with by the gnvcrn- aaent at a later date and will in all probability provide a beneficial remedy tor tbe situation facing the workers this winter HOVEL STRIKE OF SHOE WORKERS Shoe shops in Haverhill Mass.. were die scenes of a ne* kind of strike a tew days ago. Stitchers in fourteen factories were at their machine, as ��:��i>al. but sfitched no shoes. Instead they passed their time knitting., sear-' h.g and in conversation. In other departments of the factories; the whirr of the wheels went on as usual. The stitchers were carrying out a decision of the Shoe Workers' Protective Union to make protest in this manner against delay in fixing prices on La piece work basis. The manufacturers had proposed that pay be at th? rate of 60 cents an hoar, bat the stitchers voted to work on no shoes for which piecework rates were not provided. The stitchers won their point- mi an are that the employees will not return to work under those conditions aad although the firm has made big ! wage cuts in some cases and no wage cuts in others, with the apparent idea'of dividing the workers, the employees arc not going to be fooled that way. No efforts have been made by the company since the close-down to approach the union, but it has circulated the employees. But, as we said before, they arc not falling for the "open shop" stuff. Be particular demand .the. onion label, shop card and working button. LABOR POLICE FOR STRIKE S?n Francisco Unions for Emergencies In Threatened Strike (By Federated Press) San Francisco.���The general conference committee ("rank and file com mittee") of the Building Trades Union is planning to organize a "labor police" of 500 union men to patrol the city and maintain order in the event of a general strike. It is planned to have this auxiliary "police" force, which will follow the model of that initiated during the Seattle general strike, composed entirely of war veterans. Arrangements are also being made for a body of 100 speakers to go to tbe individual unions and urge the necessity of the strike against the "Atncri can plan." Ballots have been issued t-i the various unions calling for a referendum vote on the subject, and special meetings have been called for the pur pose. The Glass Workers" Union ha already voted in favor of the general strike, without waiting for the ballots lo reach it Get Easy Kdrings" with the Aid of "Out" Servants. The contract let by the Vancouver Harbor Commissioners to' the Xor- RAILROADERS SAY CARS ARE NEEDED "Whereas the motive power and rolling stock of the Canadian Na- thrrn Construction Go. for the Italian tyne Pier is one of the worst cases of "easy pickings'- and oi actual law dodging by government authorities that has come to tight for some time. The Ballantyue pier is being financed by the Dominion government, and the federal bw calls lor the insertion of the "FairAVage Clause" in all government contracts. Watt this contract was let]tioaaj J��0wajm v already incapable by the Vancouver Harbor Cornn^sknT {��f baniiWa;��e*tln�� ���_���_�����; .very Jers. who must have hen cognisant of j the law. the clause was not inserted [aad ever since the work commenced ��� the cnostrnction company has taken ad vantage of the eliminated clause by slashing wages and increasrig hours. A great many cvmiaiiniications have been sent to die government on the question, but the bock has been passed to the' coaanussioners. who. in turn state that they were advised by their engineer that the insertion of the Federation CNR. and Says Ha Policy Is 111 Advised An important resolution waa presented to the meeting by the Edmonton railway employees, which dealt with unemployment on the railways and the disrepair of cars which will j be needed to carry this year's crop.' The resolution in full was as fol- with good success in withdrawing | strike breakers imported from the east. , but the supply continues to come in. | A committee approached the city conn ! cil this week in order to lay a pro- I test against the importation of these ' strike breakers and to urge the city council Jo make efforts to stop the employers from swelling the ranks of the unemployed with these men. The conn Condemn'Cl' a!-'r<'<-ioit��iJii��> i��.i��i ft PAG K TWO THE BRITLSH COLUMBIA IiABOR NEWS ��� ��� THE B.C. LABOR NEWS . passengers were dumped into the sea from lifeboats which an inexperi- ' e.:ced crew was attempting to launch News in Brief Official Organ of th. Vancouver Trade,'�� '"��*�� th* ��|"^n��' veMeL ** what! On August 15 the International and Labor Council and AffUiited , *�� these ship owners care about a Photo Engravers' Uni6n will open iu Unions. few lives, if there is an opportunity j convention in Toronto. ".-..,, I, to increase their profits. Union crews _...,,.._.T:v. _ ., t, - , ��� <....,. I <' mtnittrr - F \\N Welsh. It ��� j j ._ __. _ ��_,_ i_��_ S1 DN fci. V S. \\\\.���TI��e inumber -ii k lUnoTland W J Bartlett. i were *W>'��d.��l throughout the tote, ^ unionuda in Australia at the R. IJeiigougn. and j �� a . ^ for ,.democnM.y.. because they! ;nd of .920 waa 684.450. This rep- Publlshed every Friday at Labor Hall, j risked their lives every day to keep: resents an increase of 567*65 over ODD BITS (Conducted by Sydney Warren I Trades Union Directory I So.ret.iru-s are requested to keep this Directory up-l.v J_Ir T the lines of transportation and com-1 ��be previous year. 319 Pender Street Wast Telephones Seymour 74yS-74**> . ,���> Vtaeo^*c'BC. ��� ,nnht.n'marines were "hooting their torpe Second (law mailing privileges applied. for. Subscription Bates: S2-00 per year by mail in Canada S2.5J per year outntle Canada Advertising Bates upon application FKIDAV. \\l (.1 Si their lives in the interests of Allied 'shipping; but, scarcely had the war clouds passed away, when an attack i was made upon the wages and work- It w. WATTS - EJitor ana Minager if))_ condition,.^, the sean-.en. All i, ].,>! j their heroism and sacrifice bad been ���' forgotten, dollars and cents counted A LABOR CLASSIC Anything for aamja rights it con ��� . tiomal. -V�� L-a^-ing in hook.', to The number of !*'���'*���' acqnircd ������ coirts, .no jAar*t.,'��, , ^Tkiu'ii���, n ~__i__' union* at the end of 1920 were 388.! '�� forensic d.-J-.ngs. no cunnm ��� �� ; mumcation open while German sub-. ,>f.:ting hairs, can impair the : .: r The local street car company of' '���' *rcof. This u the supreme law of. does into the hulls of the Allied ships. Denver. Col-, has rewarded its -free' ���"*��' '�����* --layfatae to the contrary Hundreds of these union seamen lost and independents" by slashing wages.) -<**ilkstand,ng.-Cmmrles \\umner. These employees broke the recent _ strike of street car men who resisted wage cuts. V �� DESTRUCTION OR CONSTRUCTION^ ' RICHARDSON SPRINGS, CaL��� When tire broke out here recently the summer visitors objected to being drafted as volunteers to fight it- Unemployed men from a "jangle** in more from then on. This only is the vicinity immediately offered their why non-union, inexperienced crews ^'j^,; "rui aved *"* towI are used to transport passengers We might destruction. CAR Cani��o i-. 'Ie,��d'* \\.-:. tl.ai.k-. to the ingenuity of mod-j, . T-n invention, the magic echo ot hi> j . .uce i* ?ljl" with i-�����and lor tin. ic: are thank "til Jenny I irtd is dead and tlie world, '..... 'mt the r.erTv.'ri oi tbe Swc-li-h I "tghtirgate an I memories are poor -��t I b. .t ��� ��� I ��'aro-��> produced nothing material' He Ssiilt neither railroads n-'r >t -ck across treacherous seas. We might HALIFAX. N. S.���-A resolution >r.���|.. place the blame on the crew because, (remanding work, or in lieu of work..' He neither held n.-r ...uutlit bui-i the necessaries of existence, waa-.'ace ii goiemment >>r lii-rm^* He 'lid not even give advtc-.- ��>n ho* movement was an -J- ����� ���- ��e ���c..eve v..�� ���.* a...,���-. c.= ����_.- the unemployed of the city, attended ,. hcomc succoiul' to that body. IU onslaughU. how--be held responsible and should be Common. It is estimated that there \\nd , ,-t a :V- davs a^>. patrician ever, having failed, the party unoffic-i piven prison terms. This, however, by about 2.0C0 people on the Halifax ,. I .. a an:. stood wi:h t����wel b .. I ially adopted a "boring from within js impossible, because jails are not are 1.000 unemployed. _;���| ,!,��Unc-*t eye* i:i r->pert t�� the For many years we were a member of the Socialist Party of Canada, hence we know that the trade union ! ���f the dirty job they accepted, but ent was an object of attack we believe that the shipowners should ^i"_^_L_T_7_v* _!__"f_*_��.��i i Vancouver Unions |w_ura s.Jent F. W. Welsh: Secreury. I��. Bensouch. Offtc* >������ iMbnr Hall. ]!�� I'end��r StraM Weat. Pji>n* Sermour *��>$. Meets In Labor Hall at s p m. on the first aad third Thursdays In month. BUIXODtO TT_AJ>KS CpnKCILr--CIi_u_iui. O C. Tkssa. SccrsUrr. st*T stassscar. OOles S!0 Lshsr HalL TsfMU tint aad third Wsdsssssy m aisath at Lzbtw HilL MAMMMW SaiifSSUUI. Local No. JTl- I*rtrs..lent. H. Curtis. Seervrary. W. Rarr.sw. i?~ Klw-ntb At��iiw�� Km��x Meets at tl> rVnder Street West on *-rt**aald**a. I0S M.ia StKvt at " fm. first sad third Wcdawtsy. FLO _ Local No. ��i l'r.��Mfst, J Smith: Secretary. R Showier. Sit ("endve Street Weat. ��.<���� at Jit. P��ider S'.-rt West at t p.m. on a*e- ���>r,.t and foorth Frtdsys in month^ ,V?J5f2--I>?com*TO"* * ***Bsw MASaXMB, Local \\_ i:��-Seer��tary. ! \\m���� its <\\.-.|,>v_ Street Meeta at !!*. Cord-��ea Street, at t p.m. on s.eond and fourth Thur^taya In month. rui oauvaTJsn. anaxpoK. wsutr'ii DOCK BMUIU, Local No _t*4��� Presideat. W. It IVllarJ Srereury, N. II Vernon. Box 33*. Meeta at lit Pender Street West. Vancouver, at ��� p m on serond and fourth Fridays of month. policy" to pet control, and having i built in the United States, nor Can- practically obtained control, the des-1 ada, nor anywhere else for that mat ter, for that purpose. The crew might be given prison terms for being incompetent, the officers f'ir being drunk or careless, but the own- Inaction of the craft union movement was attempted by the formation of the One Big Union. Now���with what object in view, we do not know���the Socialist Party of Canada is attempting the destruction in Winnipeg of as it stands today. the one and only stronghold of the One Big Union. We have a circular If the housewives of Vancouver letter to hand from the Executive discover that the bakery salesman Committee of the Fort Rouge Unit is late every Friday from now on, of the O. B. U. (one of the largest they can put the blame on the B. C. Railroad Units) calling for a special Labor News. The union of 12"> has meeting to rid itself from "the con-1 subscribed in a body for one year trol of a clique of officials" who are and the members will want to read disrupting the organization of the the paper before delivering the bread, entire city and district. These officials are members of the S. P. of C. One acre of bana trees in a year; will produce IT.uOO pounds of the' world's cheapest food. Yet that well- known philanthropist and 100 percent American institution, the Unit- , ed Fruit Company, will sell it to us at 15 to 20 cents a pound. That's r:--T'-r\\ oi thi�� man. *��h<>-c iur" ohn-ed that ���>i c<��!t--mp-��r.��ry Km^. tir'icr.t"- ^:td State.I'K-ri �� ��� ��� did but "ii-.- thing-In- ��a-n; ell. they are above the law ��hat makes banana perls so slippery. The Trades and Labor Council of Hull. Que., have gone on record to ::.-k the Dominion Trades Congress meeting at Winnipeg, to urge that ror.sription be maJe unlawful in Canada until such time as it has been approved by the voters through a referendum. Tart ..! Imc' He rjp. the nh p_ti:��-r and prince a citmon nr��j><>!i~e Whctt he -anc �����! 'He heart br-.Jc "i ilouri and hi* ia::bb-��* wile, be in' ted at ^nkr-own ^.ul c!v��rd'. willii'i u-' And tthen. entuHilH-'l with hi�� If !<>\\."L Ke l-ade iarewel! to tlie -.arth the IJ.����I ran. hot .��!:d .wif't tbr'Utb >ur \\cinv siArrsMTTBs. nnyp roaoi ���taTXPXMa, Loeal No 1$1��� President. W. J. Bvrtlelt: Secretary..T Mrllus;ri. !<�� Snih Avenue West. Meet�� at 3IS Pender Street West at I p m. on third Tuesday of such month. ���ottTSMa aririrtv tmost _n_xPBvn.D- tSS ft M_TI-raT_M. I^-al Vol 1M ��� President. R. Lynn. Seeretarv. A. Pra*er: lt-M>m 3*3. 31�� Pender Street j West. Meet* at 3!�� P-ncter Sir^et We*:, at < |>m on fimt ar.d third M.'nd'^-* of e��ch m��inth. Local No. S�� ��� I"rei��:dent. F. Looaer: Secretarr. Cor- ���Ion HJsrards. i;il Fifth Avenus West Meets at World Building. Vancouver, at i pm on Saturday of each week. l.orai x-,. ������� IVesKdent. Charles KeaJL Secretary, Alfred Hurry. S<1 Thirty* '���>urtrt Areaue |!s-tt. Meets at lit Pender Sirr^t We*t. at S P m. on first "edres-lay in month. MTtm ���irrrn rr.sia���t, oT He>��; S^-retary. J L. Irvine: Business A^ent E. a. Uoildard. *S( Itiehar.l* Street. M&U at IIS Pender ,S!re�� XV. ��t <>n f:r��| and third Monday tn month at i p.m rrrsemens an srxsn rimas. I^eal X* iTO��� PrewJ.r.i. lien Slmh'jme: Seeretary J Crmriher BiMseu Areat. F ��' Wel*h. ����ff.e, sol Labsr Hall. Meet* at 3I�� Peed>r Hi reel We*t. at ��� a m. o�� teeoad asd fe.rth Fridays. poxacca-KM-a r-tDsoaaTioaT. Dneai ���-Presr'dent. Roy A. Perry: See- Living costs remain so high that a reduction of wa^es or Workers is not warranted. Federal Judge Sam-'the !��� The Workers International Indus- ��el Alachnler of Chicago ruled as an ..... ... , .. o arbitrator of disputes over wages and and the statement says that they t'"" Lmon, an auxiliary of the So-, wor|_jn,- conditions in the packing were responsible for the recalling of cialist Labor Party has opened up industry. He dismissed the appeal Johns and Russell from the organiz- ����> attack on its old enemy the I. W. of the packing houses fora 5-cent ing tour: disrupUng of the Building: W. in Vancouver and at the same j ^".our cut ,n the pay of more than Trades Council; disorganizing the *>me taking a dig at the remnants of Kcnora unit; preventing the railroad the O. B. U. thus making a regular men from holding a meeting in Vic- mulligan of all three toria Park; preventing the Central; Labor Council 0. B. U. from circular- j The Provincial Government has izing the units with certain special 'helped launch sixty-five new indus- minuteaof the council; abusingJnem-jtrie�� "�� th* province through the hers who did not aee eye to eye with j medium of an Advisory Industrial the Socialists and personal abuse both Council. Over one million dollars from the editor and manager of the h��* been loaned, some of which has One Big Union Bulletin upon the j already been repaid. WhUe about executive of the Fort Rouge unit three of f1* ,0����� haT�� ***" unsatis- On top of this comes word to theif*ctory> *** re*��,to *��� ��� who,e ����� effect that the Street Railwaymen'a encouraging and of real benefit to Unit of the O. B. U, has broken upjthe Province. and an independent union formed which will "dearly represent the view of the rank and file" and looks very much like more S. P. of C. work. Is it any wonder that the rank and file of the trade union movement, having been "educated" by the S. P. of C. to criticize the officials, activities and aims of the Trade Union movement, should "follow their leaders" into the One Big Union to be used to further the ambitions of that political party? Is it any wonder that the Trade Union movement fails to function aa effectively as it might? la it any wonder that the One Big Union has become another "Big Fail- 100,000 workers. THE SCAB'S PRIDE No scab would write back home and aay: "Dear mother. I am scabbing; I'm working here in a non-union shop At the only job worth grabbing. i I work, eat, sleep here on the job; Am hemmed in like a crook, ' And have pickets watching me Sent hy the men whose job I took." Nor would he write to Molly Dun And say: "My Molly, dear. I want to prove myself a man. And that is why I'm here, I'm praying for the day to come When you and I shall wed. I know, dear, you agree with me, 'Tis best to scab for bread." ure" in working class activities? We think it is time the workers got down j Nor would he take his little kids to brass tacks and steered clear of | , A,nd P'��ee them on his knee, j- __, . ��������� . �� __��_, And tell with pride of the time he disruptionists. and rallied together. scabbed to build up and strengthen the po-, On men who would be free. wer of an organization that has stood i I'ut a man who fights his union's the test of time and today numbers .. cause upwards of six million members i" ! -M?y teU- -w,th keene8t Pride- The racial composition of the United States as shown by the 1920 census is 94.S22.431 white persona, 10.- 5C3.013 negroes, 242.959 Indians. 111.025 Japanese. 61,686 Chinese and 3,485 of other varieties. The Japanese population increased at the rate of 53.9 per cent from 1910 to 1920. The white papulation showed only a 16 per cent expansion and the negro 6.S per cent. Both the Indian and Chinese groups dwindled 8.6 and 13.8 per cent, respectively. \\^-l t.ru-. i- .kid* He died al High No-mi' la i'ii- ites dealt kindly with him" Perhaps he wottld Have said with Xe !>rr> ska"* poet-laureate: "Let me go ijukkK. like a candlelight Snuffed out ju.t at the he\\dcy oi it-, glow. (>i\\e me hteh mom��� and let it then la_rr- ������President. -Fnwst Wilde. Secretary. Win. S. ITaitnel!. Itoj S3, t Vancouver. StiWs at 31S Pender St.. < n ��e,-����nd an.I fourth Wednesdays In Month. aniiscn. srstucTunai. ft trauraaoar- TAX. most WOBI-BS. Local Na ��T - ��� Pr, w-irwt. B lir.>n*��i: Secretary, I Roy M**��ec��r. 31�� Pender Street West, j Meets at 31> Pender Street Weal, at I 4 pm erery Morrfsv i asOWbisXaT��BTas*T^a1 i m on the first and third Friday in month. cxvr hall EnrLornr i* ��i No >�����Pre*:dcnl. H. A. Black: Secretary. A!<1 W. J. Scribben. Pity Hall. Meets at MS Pordova Street West, at * p.m. on fiest Wednesdar of each month. | cAa\\narrcs_B. mrmmm^MMOiin. is*-*! Mm^s,WAT otKramcrvrnM. mviahm No. t -.3���President Geo. H. Hardy: See- t 3CT���President. G. W. Hatch: Secretary r��tary. W. J. Johnston: Business; -I. R Phystck 1ISS Thurlow Street. retary. Aleundes- Murray. |l|| Tenth Avenue West. Meets at *** Pender Street Wen at 7 3�� p.m. on fourth Tueoday of month. rASLIAMEKTAKY COMBnTTB-^T? aTlTTt CTsatravm. W. J. Baitka Secretary. Mm. J- MakM sseeu la rossa 3*5 Laaar HaO ���a taw arcsod aad fsaith Taaraday ts at a plbl _ ^Pr^denirTiX-X Mci*arthy; Secretary. G. E. Jarnew. 13t�� isllum I>rive Meets at ������� Pender Street West. Vancouver, at ��:����� _*_"_-_ ��" _����t Friday in month. Local Xo *v !'re.;.;ent. S. W. Myers; . Secretary. K R Stephenson. Box IS4. Meets at III llastinRs Street. Vancouver, at S p.m. on second Tuesday la month. . Dtrlalon No. ����'��� presMept. A N. L<>we��: Secretary, <"harles B'rd. ��aja I'nlon Street. Meets at loop Hail. SIS Hamilton Street, at S ;��.m. on first Monday la month. Resolutions For Congress SLAFERY AM) FREEDOM Many politicians oi our time are in tbe habit of favit:,; it down as a -el1 I ev.dent prof��>shh>n that no people ' ought to he ���>���:���- until they are lit. is ! worthy of the fool in the old story'. I who resolved not to go into the water i until be had learned to swim. It | men are to wait for liberty till they : become wi��e and good in slavery, they iy indeed wait forever.���Macaulay. �� m on second and * fourth Tuesdays of each month. Ixnas, Loral No. 357���PresH ' deet. G. Thomas: Secretary. R. J.. Praia. 3* Kootenay Street. Meeta at j tl�� Pender Street Went, at S p.m. on first Tuesday in month. I J. R Meets at I.O.O.F. Hall on first Sunday at 2 p.m_. and on third Thursday at 9 p-m. lABLWAT nUnsMDOL Local Xo. 144 -President. P. A. Mitchell: Secretary. P- A. Munro. "��� Seventh Avenue West. Meeta at I.O.O.F Hall. Hamilton Street at ���:!��� p.m an first Tuesday and I:'3�� p.m.on third Tuesday Delegates from .the V Trades and Labor Council to the" Trades and Labor Congress of Cz*-\\aMERICA'S XEIC CHIEF JUSTICE] ada which will be held m V\\mntpeg. c D -, . .. -���- _, _s ��r -_ i conm.nring Augt^t 22nd. havebeeti- ^^ ^ "r^-.^1 instructed to tn^n the lollowmg re- |^"^- Cl^ ,USttc< of ** -lm,fd ' , , N'% , ; speech dehvered bv him forms an ex II hite Girls and Asiatics cellci insight as "to the mind of this X, WOMB-CBS. I��c��l IIS��� I President. tX W. MeHourall: Secretary, j F. R Barrows: Business A seat. K.H. MmiIim. Offtee 114 Pender Street West. Meeta at 44* Pender Street Weat at ��� n.m. every Monday. Local Xo. It��� Presi- Perey Ties lac: Secretary. Chaa. A. Watson. Xo. 1 Fire HalL Twelfth and Ouebee Streets. Vancouver. Meets at SIS Pender Street Weat. Local Xo IC4 Mahon: Secretary, I I>ncal Xo. J7S��� Prewldeat.i A- P. Glen; Seeretarv. O. T. Brown. 3119 Twenty-seventh Ave.. West. Meats at SIS Pender Street weat at ��� p.m. on first aad third ardent P_ P>. C Cral** Secretary. Gea. Gray. l��3t First Ave. Bast. Meets at Fjurles" Hall. Vancouver at tit pm. oa first aad third Sundays la month. The following extract from a,' fVestdeat. Mrs. *4T. |.|��-eeed Kr 1^��� f^_, ,�� Ada Hawksworth. 3SIC Fleming Street.; Laeal X��. ��S5 Praaidsal. W. M. Brews; Secretary. Hirt Stassrler. Offie* as* laaar HalL Mseta aseaad aad fsarUs at a >a ia Laaar HaO. Whereas the employment of white man. who. when asked what a start- girls by Asiatics is not conducive to ing man with a wife and family should , the best interests ol" Canadian citi- . do. gave the now classic reply. "God j ztnship. and. knowrs*** Whereas, the employment of Asia-; "Time is measured by the hour, tics m estaldishmcnts where ~-white "bile Labor, properly conducted, is! girls are employed is detrimental to the i15"1 counted by the hour. With a] morals of white girls, therefore, be h. - ^,*��*l heart and with a desire to achieve < Resolved, that, legislation be passed,'*tnf *na>' hetler work twelve hours a| prohibiting Asiatics and white girls l.e- ��!*>' lnan Perform eight hours of per- ing employed in the same establish- '"���'���ctory toiL Our laboring cla Meets at Labour Hall at C p.m. first Thursday In month. on BOTKL % BBSTAtrBASTT Iwoeal Xo. IS^���President. J. Pu-nmlngs: j Secretary. J. W. vanHook. 441 Seymour! Street. Meets at 441 Seymour Street! at I ** o.m. on second and lit p-m. f on r>vrth Wednesdays In month. fa>assia.��:sMww ssraiaisrseaia^ T^^i >-0. j ��:���President. J. E. Dawson. Secretary.' R T. Kelly. 1SS* Hastings Street Fast. ' Meets second and fourth Mondays In I rwHith. Sl�� Pender 8treet. ��� Asent, It. Towrsaad. Meets at 7 o m every Monday at 1��3 Oordora Street Weat Xo. ��7s_president. Frank MCGana? Serretary. T J. Ilanafln. 137S Sixth Avenue West. Vancouver Meats at 441 Seymour Street. Vancouver, at 2:3* n-m. on first Sunday In month. _ run ft orca.Tisc Local Xo. CIS���Presideat. Weelman. Meeta at 31* Pender St-. W. Vancouver, at TH p.m. on second ment this drift the United States and Canada and thirty-three million throughout the world. Rome was not built in a day, neither can a working class organix- ] ation be perfected in a few short years. Officials of the A. F. of L' have long been accused of many DISTRICT 18 U. M. W. A, crimes by these self same leaders of the O. B. U. Now that the tables are turned, what will the rank and j Calgary.���The full slate of the file do? What should they do but: new officials of the United Mine help build up. solidify and industrial-1 Workers of America, District 18, ixe the International Trade Union I *"f *���0���fe* Monday by William . ., . .. .. ! Dalrymple, International organizer. movement and thereby obUin the, xt,,, pre_iderit of ^e ,,_*���,* is power that ia so necessary for work-! Ernest G. Williamson, of Drumheller, ing class emancipation. Independent! wno has been elected by acclamation, and national unions will not answer! William Ryan, of Mountain Park, ia the purpo_e in Canada hec.use then, ^l^^^^S^^^ inserted in all government contracts, whether they be direct, by subsidies, or financially assisted in any way wliat- socver. His dear old mother, way" back home, t Old Age Pensions. Or the girl he would make his \\ Resolved, that the utmost b~ d ��e to bride, secure legislation covering the insr-v Exactly what his pursuit is; dnction of a��� oIJ b ^ He has no cause for shame; ,- ., ^ And the kiddies, too. are glad to hear I ( *"'"���/���������'>"������'" Compensation Of the days when dad was game. I ^ bereas. the ever present c-��;idit;'>n ; j oi unemployment among the citizens! of Canada is a detriment to the wrcL ��� most look out for from the honor of will never do to create a short-hour Resolved, that a lair wage clause he ed race. Wbat we want Fair Wage Clause. away ( achievement. It I is a perfect I aliiance of brawn and brains."* ���William Howard Taft' ~C"d grants Hberty only to those e. ho Ii\\ e it. and are always ready to i stiar.l and defend it."���Daniel Web- i -:��:r. COLORED WORKERS ADMITTED TO UNION roon. wibe ft Local Xo. :��7���President. A. B Flnly. Secretary. A. P. Surses. ��TJ Fifty-j ����veoth Avenue Fast. Meets at SIS. Holdea Bulldma. Vancouver, at I p.m. : on first and third Fridays in month.'j _ Loral Xo. 44���Pres;- ���lent. H. J. Rhodes: Secretary. H. Wal-! V��r. iae�� Pendrett Street. MeeU at Room 3����. 319 Pender Street West, at ( * ����� m. on third Wednesday la month. ' "Brother ���a. ���tL���'Te-ldent. W. Bayley; Secretary. A. Birnie. Mt�� Cmmercial Drive. Meeta at 31 > Pander Street Weat at t |..n_ on second Monday in month. I unwiT is- . Annlgariat- ed A���.�����!,�������:.>n of. I'.v si-.n ,Xo. !���!���- President. K. Rirby Secretary. F. B. nriffln. 117 Sixth Avenue Hast. Van- roriver Meet * ^ m _l��r^��iW��rT��VB~r��BBBTX!��^ ABTp |1UIM����. I.fK-al Xo. *-.�����President. ���_ STOBTB T McFwen: Secreisry. H. CS. (-"ampbell . 7M He"mcVe-> Stree?. Vancouver Me*'* ��t I.O.O.F. HalL on first ar.d thir.1 Tueedays of each rv>nt��v tOXn-jijaEnTFS aVSSOCIATIOrT. tj��cil Xo. ;��-SI���Secretary-Treasurer. F ��"*-��;>m �����>���: Business Agent. B Richards. IS* rordo'S.v Str��et West. Meets at US Pordova Street West, at *. ws��_ <>n first and third Fridays in STBOBS* PT11S, I>w��l Xo 171���Presl- mo-ith. | dent. R A. Lawsoe. IKl Seymour Street: Secretary C. Mctkontld. P. O. !��. ��! ! <3���Presi- ���sent. C. IMitw S-> r-tarv. F. Rumble. !'���< n>thJ��r-I Stre-t Mr+l* in labor Hal! V-snrouTer at * p m. firat Toes- ���'��v in month TUBPHOkTB AIBE.W Offica CFEEATOfS ��� Secre'.ry. Mtss T 3S8 Laaar HalL 319 Laeal TT MORE AMALGAMATION MOVES TN BRITAIN placed on the market for human con sumption, and Whereas, this is repulsive and highly injurious to the health of the community, therefore, be h. Resolved, that wc press for legislation for the compulsory inspection of all meat, and that government inspector* be placed in all abattoirs, and be it further Resolved, that any animal containing tubercular disease be fully destroyed and no part of the animal whatsoever be used for human consumption. Ilealth and Food Preparation. Whereas, the lack of medical exam- is being held in London to decide illation of all those engaged in the pre- ��� upon the details of a working agree-1 paration of food for human con warn-' ment between the two organizations.: ption is a serious menace to the pub- j The agreement, if ratified. w��9 Ik- health, therefore, be it . eliminate the |iii*nihilili of demarca- Resolved. that ire request that legis- {tion disputes between the two unions lation be introduced whereby all kit- and will thus make for greater solid- | chen help and all those employed im the arity of the workers concerned. preparation of food shall be medically 1 examined periodically. The most useful ���! those who sec evils a*BTJrc OOKS ft : President, p. Braxlnton: Secretary. Wed Walsh. 31] Hastings Street W. Meets at 311 Hastings Street West at a na on alternate, rlghta weekly. HUVlafB FltlTJBB OFaTBATOWn. T>v- m Bov i*J West, at morth. Me-ts at 319 Pender "Street t I- m. an first Monday la Local i;t���Pr.s dent P. IT. politer: Secretary and Business Ac-��. R. X Xe*l-r-Js; Off ee 314 Labor Hall. Meeta last Sunday la month at 2 p m. A ballot ia now being taken among members of the Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' societies on the question of amalgamation. The two anions, with the Shipwrights, have had a working agreement, which has now lapatri, A meeting of the officials of the Amalgamated Building Trades and Constructional Workers* Union aad the National Union of Raflwaymen being held * Local Xo. 1 tT���President. A. Osborne Secretary. A D. McDonald. 991 Pea-! dee Street West . Vancouver. Meets j at 1 t��.m. ea third Thnraday tn aaontB. ��� tS��JUM��SW. Bus! tat���President. W. I J. Clark: Secretary. M. 43. Keefe: Busi- ' sea Aznt. P. Beneouirh: Office 319, Feeder Street West. Meets ��t 31* Pender Street Wst at ��� p.m. oa and faurth Thursday. -Local 11 ������Presideat W J. Parti: retary. G. W. Allin: Bus:ness AffMt Meeta at 3*9 London Building at *:N am. on second Frtdsy In month. Provincial Unions Local No. IIS���Presideat. Bowser: Secretary A Jaaleaoa. sat London Building. MeeU at Mi HalL Homer Street, -at 1* a.sn. Sunday la month. H. Boats: secretary. Evan McMillan: Business Agent. P. Bengoogh: Offtee 319 Pender Street West. MeeU at Labour Hall at ��� p.m. on second and fourth Tuesday. Commercialism dotnrnates everything they are of importance. The habit of honesty in Germany j is taken for granted in many ways. ] A conductor frequently enters the are street ear and asks: "Is there any before! one here who hasn't paid?" He to have the utmost confidence at. C Sievsrtx. I7!t Penman Street: Secretary K. Woodward. 1ISS Oarlln Street- Meets at ��� p-m. oa first and third Wednesdays in ___���_> at Trades Hall. Broad (Wrest. *���PmstdsoL- a IX MeDnaald. Prtoea Rapert: Itatudaij. O. Waddall. Box 4SX. Prtae* Rspart. Meets at Orpenters' Hall an second asd fourth Tuesdays of cacti month. -Prssndent J. Lstlssii. Nelson; Secretary. FalU Pexerll. Boi t34 Xel- PtdUn win up. I. -President JaaM title. Revel stoke. Secretary. Parker. Box 234. Revetetsfca. at ��� pra. at City Hall. Beveistoka. OB the second aad fourth Saturday of Bin. Temple. New W, - :_nl_t__i I .'��� I I n Is = I v. B * _ ���at Tr ior en< ���I* coi ��. wo *��� wil tat un me mi vid int adi we trii I tin ev< ior an< rer me we dui ed ��� ahc dm em to n*j wa wh P' /*"�� dal to mi! am ��� of wO Tel cit coi lac ity sta be thi 01 j Co cht hat a OCI the bet I exj tbt soc of tui ha- en he he do tht am tht tht in ��� tot a < tin ths the y jet at th' tV no V be ��� otf thi tul \\ .-��� . ��� ���* ^i Jb; ��� - ��� PAOE FOUR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR NEWS High Noon���Stanley Park A stone's throw from the city is I picture to the mind by means of vivid Stanley Park, beconing with all its lure | color impressions. The sun's rays ol enchanting color and beauty. There pierce through the canopy of leaves and is no hurrying and bustling here��� no | cast flickering arabesques upon the striving after vain things, ho market-, 'ground and with the slightest rustle and margins - no politics and palaver, of wind they flit, sprite-like, in all di- All these are left behind along with j rertion-. In Stanley Park doe- nature the clatter arid noise oi crowd swept ]abide in all her subtle witcheries. i streets ' /)(JY />-,._,,���_. Here there IS room to breathe -de-p ��� ��� ,- , ��� ii - i - l ��� i I 'anev it wa- in >uch a spot as tin- lung'ml- ol dean re-li air that c\\ , . ., . ��� ��� ��� , i _. . ��� . ., ii i , tlu.t l>atit. wlu-pered love- sweet luarate- tn n and glistening. A il ep silence pervadi - everything. It i- profound and t>ul sates with life arid i- broken onlj I,. the buzzing sound of mil!i<-ii- oi n-r insects whose sameness beguile- and charm- one like the strain- of a mater's mu-ic played over anil over. Life's Battles. In such a spot as this peace and calmness might be expected to abide, yet as I look about me I observe terrific life battle"* being, waged everywhere. Thousands of tiny ants of various kind- are engaged in a gigantic .', r-.rcii he!J Laura clo-e to his heart to prt--- love's holy seal upon her vir tin lip- In the -oft glow of moon li;:lit I can hear Poalo plead his low with thrilling ardor to elusive Fran- 11 sea: perhaps it was in -ucli a sp>t a- this tl at I'rfris and Helena loun I Cupid's hidden trysting place. I cam'"', -av ���vet in such places |>e they in -it:* 01 the earth's four corner-, have maids h-tered in thrill- of rapture while slim youths have told love'- old. old story. A la'e so old, yet never trite and whose sweet words have set firm cheek- aglow with color and filled young eyes vvrli soft warm ligbt. whose answering word- have vanquished cold friendship with warm love, conquered incvitabk death with eternal life. It wa- at such a hidden spot a* th<- Aberdeen.���The annual conference of the National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers haa opened in the Gondolier Rooms, Aberdeen. The president, P. Mc- Quade < Liverpool I was'in the chair, and delegates numbering over 150 were present from all parts of the United Kingdom. James Sexton, M.P.. acknowledge j ing the local Trades Council's welcome, vigorously criticized the new , Unemployment Insurance Act. Councillor McLeod (Bolton) seconded the vote of thanks which was' carried'. I In his presidential address P. Mc- Quade said that since the last coi* gress at Bangor the workers of' Great Britain and Ireland had had | to undergo a grave and strenuous time. The transport workers in particular had felt the pinch of under and non-employment. Splendid, efforts of the Transport | Workers' Federation had resulted in a minimum of 16s. per day under' Lord Shaw's award, but this had been largely nullified by lack of work. Commercial speculators in all I A Few Smiles He Got the Job A business man advertised for a boy the other night. When he arrived at the office the next morning there were some fifty boys already in line. He opened his desk and was just about to begin examining the applicants when his stenographer handed him a card on which was scribbled: "Don't do anything until you see me. I'm the last kid in line���but I'm telling you���I'm there with the goods." No Facilitiea "They say that Cupid strikes the match that sets the word aglow. But where does Cupid strike the match? ���that's what I'd like to know."��� Cornell Widow. Some Song, Some Singers I A suburban resident, who had travelled much, met a man���a stranger to him and, indeed, an ex- soldier���who had recently returned from France. struggle for existence. One pitted again-t the other-iilent. determined.��that Psyche came to see the exquisite At my feet an emboldened i\\ lentli bee h;i the ground. Ii gage hini in whelmed by i< si on v.ini|iii-hi make food lor their wi'ti ( lose l,v. iti'i rging from und< !i hi. a spidi-r grapple- i'i' ,'i- ailver-arv. a hug. stantly a dozen ant-.cn mortal combat. 0\\cr of numbers, he is and***carrii d o.T -... r brd. :��� r a dri.V. v. i!'i lii- n ro black ant. lv..-h lia- much strength and Loth are c.n. i' determined ami relentless for the -i':i;..- gle means all to either. The co'ile-t i- even for a time, then the ant looscn- his grip for just a fleeting second, and the spider seizes the opportunity, grip- his enemy like a vise, pierces hi- hod-, with his fangs, and set free, scurries off to safety. Here in the silent recesses of cool trees Nature's eternal and uncompromising struggle is being waged. Life is taken that life might live. Harbor Magic. ' Out beyond the trcs Burrard Inlet lies speckled with color and light where the sun pricks a million points upon its unruffled surface and Imrnishe loveliness of her body mirror, d in the j depths nt" -till water-. On thi- grass i carpet did rose-lipped Bacchante- dance am! rive them-elves to frolic. In the \\ profound -lillnc-- of the.-c depths 1 "Have you any pleasant memories , lands had been afraid of a possible I of France?" he asked. workers' upheaval, and the dreadful! "Oh, rather!" answered the ex- [ consequences of this fear had been ' Tommy. I a bad time for the bottom dog. There I "And what did you most enjoy in had been for generations no worse ! France"" continued the inquirer. Well. I think it was the French pheasants singing the Mayonnaise," answered the exTommy. l- rtii I'ar-ifal niaki She ilolv f',r., - .,-��� th . ��� a -| :,.-! r>: - '.��� ����� I -he '\\ :-!.-.:���-. . <".u -ar. Cleup; Naptiteon. .1 11 inn iiiir to Ir.irn out t'.v ���'ark erftars ivrv n". i' nit n and wo i re in;, \\ i-ioii \\-r -. Marie of ,!u -ui ra. I "oluml""-. (.a! o> Arc. Toii--ain! I. < >u\\ erture - king-, emperor-. i�� p.- -iiti-iiKii. urn ral-. leader-,���all tho-e v.ho have -at i" the High Places. 7"-*..' World Puildcrs And now come others. Come levies of little children wilted with the penury of hard toil, who died befort they had lived. Follow a legioa of trouble-worn mothers grown old too young, their ill-nourished bodies broken with the rearing of unwelcome babes, their souls seared jvilh endless household slavery. Now march past an army of men. young and old. all spent upon the industrial wheels. times for the workers than the past 12 months. As to the present, it was consoling to know that, in spite of terrible unemployment, their members were loyal to the union. In the solidity of. their 80,000 members lay their hope;., good one. II. Bottle ��� j was jailed Monday In view of the increasing number of unions who arc meeting in the \\\\'inni|Kg I-aU-r T. mule, the directors of the Trades Hall Company are considering the remodelling of the hall to make it the most comfortable hall ill I-aN'r in the 'IV-minion. Gunmen Spied On Union Activities ! come. ���I ��� a ��� And now. behind all these comes One cedar-' who walks alone, the grandest, gentlest ... , .- "i" I Gaunt Hunger has placed her masque them in mul -colors, ranging from the hcir f __d , jr has ^b deep blue of the tr.s flower to sol ^ lhem of smilci ��Thfy grays anil violet mauves with here an< ' , , .����� ,. ��� , . ��� ��� i" ,.���_._a 7_ . ._��� > c ��� j i slowly, blighted, broken and starved, there long Ih.n streaks of ivory and Knowy' ^ot? ^^ are the Icv4���. emerald green. I ^^ a_d .^.^ f so__ow Todav under the noontide sun the j, * . _ ,. i.-ij_��� vt-i.,. ;^ , i -1 , . r., \\ liearers and world builders. \\\\ hat is harbor dozes and dreams softly, sensu !. f ���,.���, , __���������, yet lf otisly seeming to beckon weary eyes ���,,. f , _m cortain__thcv c_nnot go and troubled minds to look upon her fc ��� f from th���_cc A havc ��� lottts-hke surface, and, lo, their cares I ' * will vanish. Noon Witchery. Buried under the shade of , .... ��� p and lined with ferns and grass. I found and most heroic figure in all history��� a pond of crystal clear water made by a fisherman of Galilee, whose deathless the spring rains. A bevy of sancy! words, "Peace on Earth, goodwill to sparrows hop gingerly about quenching | men." must one day set the whole their tiny thirsts at its edge, while, j world free and make is over anew, from a nearby cedar, a chipmunk , ���C. B. Boardman. scolds them soundly for their.intrusion. j ��� I look upward and see, masked toge- ', Hank's hired man says: "There's thcr the color- of leaves, the fre-h rrrecn I been a hull lot of change out here hue of the leaflets, the shimmering \\ since that N'on-partizan league cunt emerald of the older leaves and the j along. Four years ago there had to drab olive and brown of those dead be sum politiahun around to open a that await the wind's coming. Their can uv beans at a fanner picnic, and colors blend together like a painting of now the farmers kin run the whole the new art which seeks to convey a show themselves." Vancouver and the Open Shop By "100 Per Cent." It would be superfluous to repeat again the fact that the open shop campaign is now tinder way in some sections to a very great degree. Again, wc arc all aware of the preparations on the part of the employers in general, backed by the Manufacturers' Association and the Boards of Trade, to inaugurate the open shop in the industrial world. Just what docs the open shop mean? And what will be the net results to employers and employees in the final outcome? There is only one answer available^-the open shop can never succeed. On the one hand, especially ,-> in the smaller lines of industry, the movement compels many unionists to, establish themselves in business, which | does not help the employers. On the j other hand, it acts as a great strength- Draft With Individually. The open shop gives the employers the whip-hand it enables .them to deal with men individually, and they may- dictate, hire and fire at will, and on their own terms. Wages may be cut and hours of labor lengthened as they see fit^thc employee has absolutely nothing to say in the matter. And. mark you. the employee is the real producer of all the wealth. The open shop gives you all this, except the wealth or a share of it. Just travel in your mind a little farther on south���down into the coal mines of Alabama and over into West \\ irginia. The open shop works lovely here���for the employers. But��� Open Shop Protection Imagine, if you can, workers livinv' ener to the union movement, contrary behind big stockades protected by ma- to the opinion of employers generally, chine guns and thugs armed with six- Doomed to Defeat. ' shooters and automatics, whrkers who The open shop plan is doomed to de- imu5S obu.in ��"-Sses.in i*"^' lo ��"�� oyt feat its own purpose for the very' simple reason that the Underlying principle, if it might be so termed, as laid down by the employers, constitutes a direct challenge to the freedom for the protection of which millions of men laid down their lives in the recent great conflict. This in itself is reason enough, but look farther and digest side to breathe in God's fresh air. Talk about slavey? That's it. Can yiu conceive these conditions in this twentieth century? Open shop again. But to come nearer home. Right here in our own beautiful city of Vancouver, where we have the rare environment of sea, mountain and stream the open shop advocates would de- just a few" past experiences 'with "the! *!?L*\\-V*t*-.~io!f- of- "v,nR" 1?,c open shop plan. We will take for an example the operation of one of the largest industries in tlie'U. S., which has operated on the open shop idea for about 20 years, more or less. I refer to the U. S. Steel Corporation. We all know that this industry employs thousands of men, while being only typical of other large/ industrial plants, is a shining example of rotten conditions existing under the open shop. Twelve Hour Labor Just a few facts will at this time illuminate this particular instance. It may be news to you to know, that nearly one-half of the entire workers employed by the company mentioned are working on a 12-hour a day basis, while a half again of this number of 12-hour slaves are_ working the 7- printer- arc out on strike to main tain a principle which the employers themselves agreed to some time hack. As usual, the bosses may go back on anything, but it's a crime for the workers to do so. But to return to the subject. Vancouver Open Shoppers. Open shop has been declared and employers did Send one of- their members back east to recruit a train-load of scabs to run' their open shops. One employer even housed a scab in his own building, in order to protect him from the contaminating influence of the union's pickets, who might awaken the scab's sense of manhood and fan the flame into a fire of right thinking. Can yon beat it? Does it take any great amount of _. ��� . brain capacity to fathom the undtrly- day week. Fine conditions arc they j ing principles of the small bunch of Hot*? But this i- not all. On top of j employers who arc standing shoulder this condition must be added the fact, to shoulder for the open shop? There and a fact it is, that fully 75 per cent. lis. apparently, no limit to the depths ���(get the significence of this)���75 j to which the _ advocates will sink to Continued from page one men for the hastily recruited military he accepted only those who were recommended by business men and coal operators. The 207 ' State policemen now stationed at West Virginia are all avowed enemies of the United Mine Workers of America. Farmers, railroad workers and others who were not under the thumb of the mine owners are not permitted to serve in the organization, Brockus stated Miners' Charges Sustained. Witnesses for the miners testified that this organization is recruited lar ! gcly from the criminal elements, and Brockus' admissions corroborated this charge. The main function of the State Police. Brockus declared, is to prevent unlawful assemblage. "We don't allow- more than two persons to get together at one time." he said More than that is unlawful assemblage and subjects those offending to arrest and imprison ment. Tom L. Lewis, formerly international vice-president of the United Mine Workers, and B. C. Kennedy, formerly president of District No. 17 of that organization, now on the payroll of the mine owners, testified that they considered any further progress by the union as a menace to the nation. Both very earnestly' espoused their "100 per cent. Americanism," although Kennedy later admitted that he was born in Europe and came to this country when 18 years of age. These witnesses, it was evident, had no stomach for the job they were doing for the operators. Lewis especially, was conscious of his unenviable position. Attorney Houston, for the miners requested permission to cross-examine 'Lewis at a later date, when he had acquainted himself with the wit ness* antecedents. C T. Lively. Baldwin-Felts detec the, and four other persons arc in prison, arrested in connection with the murders of Hatfield and Chambers. Lively admitted that he posed as a friend of the striking miners in their struggle to organize, spying on them for the Baldwin-Felts agency. This sleuth is said to have "got the drop" on Hatfield and his pal in the court house yard last week. It was also Lively who testified at length against Hatfield and Chambers and twenty of their comrades in the trial of murder growing out of the gun duel between the officials of Matewan and the detectives in 1920. Hatfield and his co-defendant- were acquitted. ��� ������������**��f������iHs*-*' �������������* ��<��e^��c��*>��j.t��*���� Vancouver Fair per cent, do not receive wages ade quate to maintain their families in the minimum of comforts so far as the necessities ' of life are concerned. Thank the open shop plan. gain their ends. In conclusion, workers you may take your choice: the open shop, and all hs $60,000 in Prizes and. Attractions evils or the closed shop 'and respect I iiinuiHinntiiiniittt and decency. It's up to you. ' ����������������������������������.���*��� ���������������������������� Hootch When you pick a name, pick a 39, a laborer, night charged with ' eing drunk. Bottle said the "H" stood for Hootch, but of course he was drunk. "Ten dollars," was Judge J. B. Gordon's only comment Tuesday, morning in police court. S Dignified and Appropriate �� s PRINTING Handcuffs For Sale Over in France, with other surplus war material sold to our late ally, there are a million American-made handcuffs. Nobody seems to have an idea of the purpose for which they were purchased by the government. France doesn't want them, so they are coming back home. Agrees With Her A teacher in the public school asked a little girl to parse the word "kiss," which she did as follows: "This word is a noun, but is usually used aa a conjunction. It is seldom declined, and more common than proper. It is not singular, in that it is generally used in the plural. . It agrees with me." :o:��� That the Dominion and Provincial Governments be approached with regard to coping with the unemployment question, and that the Congress take all means in its power to resist the open shop movement, is the substance of two of the resolutions of the Regina Trades and Labor Council which will be presented to the Dominion Trades Congress, which meeta in Winnipeg, August 22. EDMONTON COUNCIL I PREPARES FOR WINTER Edmonton Trades and Labor Council will hold a whist .drive and dance on Labor Day, September 5th. This is the first of a series of like entertainments which will be carried on by the central labor body during the coming season. Memorial Hall having been engaged for dates which extend into Marcsh of next year. If present arrangements signify anything it would seem that the social aide of the Labor movement in the Capital City ia not going to be neglected during the days to come. Satisfaction That's what our customers get. . Our customers will find our prices as reasonable as our aroduct is good. Whether a bigM I The British Columbia I Labor News ' Telepjipne Seymour 7495 319 PendeY Street West At the regular meeting of th gary Trades and Labor Council'on. Friday last, the members of the coup' cil broke into hearty applause wh: lasted several minutes when Pr< dent T. Riley, of the Trades' a Labor Council, in congratulating A Ross and F. J. White on their el tion to the legislature, added have hopes, and reasonable prof having to offer further congfafu'a tions to Mr. Ross on his elevation to the ��� cabinet." The Railwayman's Federation of Italy intends to promote the building of one big federation of trans- Ah, J po>ters, to include seamen, tramway- LS '"men, etc. proportion of outline as upon veracity of detail.���A. J. Balfour.' <', Real truth depends aa much upon I am digging ditches to earn money to buy me food to give ma strength to dig more ditches.���The 'Laborer. The Soviet Government haa decid- td grant entire mills and factories Ruaaia to groups of Russian work- rs returning from the United States, irovided they can prove they are ipable of conducting the industry. Subscription Special for Two Weeks The B?C. Labor Official Paper, Vancouver Trades and Labor Council I Tht! wind must blow( and blow���if the eraft would ONWARD i K��> and Ko. _. 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; wild The B. C. Labor News to me for one year Name . The B> C. Labor News ISM Room 306, Labor Hall, 319 Pender W. Vancouver, B.C. City ��� a .- \\ . *�� . y, ��� n> 1 ��� ��� ��� - ' % . v.. . ' ��� / I ��� , ����� 1 ��� - -j, .'��� ��� , , ' THE BRITISH COLUMBIA LABOR ttEWS PAGE THREE ��;::::;::::::;;����i:������;��rrn!;��t��:ii;m��')i��ii;:iii����������������:KH!K����M��mtmmnm WHAT OTHERS SAY In these column* there will 1m* printed every week the IttAiliii)? editorial* In ��in other newspapers and magazines IllllllllliniHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII HI I IIIIHllTMlTTTTTTTTlIirTrillTIITMTIIIIIIl 1111111111111 Tl T11TITTTT DATE SET FOR REVOLUTION responsible for the cessation of war effort. Now would appear to be the accepted time, to make the start.��� -A! bcrta Labor News. Wc have received a call for the "re volution" from some mysterious source hrariiitr tll<- following cauti'in : "Ap- ��alHW the Coming Worldwide Social LABOR NEWS Evolution t.. the Workers of the i World Socialists. Communists. Inter j Our lalior icporter handed in 'h- H^i..Ti_lis!. ;,nd Idealists. M:iv I. |'..llowitiK otiol. ti-m from the Spokane r��_J~ There i~ no signature altach.-d l.al-'t�� having aJ.ed him whether lie ,-> idiirjv anted it repriced, it is reasonable V< some super-"rrvolutioni-t" >���''"' 'hat ��"ne "' foe condition.; Shall wc wait? we :.r.- a-k.d "W !i\\ I conironting the Lalior World reporter wait? Is not thtre ;mv' m .re nerve must have been encountered by him in left in U4? Are ��< _'.m_ to Ik- alwa\\- the course of his daily work. the victims of |h< >'. v\\ priiile-^ed? ��� Are Here is the quotation. Are you one we not the majorit*'- \\r< we Hoiii* to | of .those who resist "nixing up" neus submit forever1 Now is ilie tine-! | stories when the labor reporter come.- Economic prostration, stagnation of around? If so, read this; biisiiu-s. fiiluie .i providing bread "Some dclt-gatc in the Central La- far cvery'-ds all 'his proves the ah '>or Council last Monday night stated -urdness o:' "he capitalistic system! 'hat local news should he given greater Whv wan' l-'t us organize for the consideration in the columns of the La Mav 1''-' revolution" 'M,r World. Wc wonder if that dele- So we'aVe invited to join in a "gen ! Kate ever stopped to think how next lo eril ��orM wide s-rike" on M.-\\ I. ! impossible it is to get local news out |'��__�� VA, r. in-.- to thrill to tin- in '" lllt' ""ions in the city or the mem s..,r,.., ,.-,11 even at the ri-k of I.-ing �����", "' 'hose locals. rfjl.-rrd a- "counter revolutionist-" | A representative ol this paper has ���,.| ae.nts of the Uiurgeoi-i." In 'P��'"t hour after hour visiting the van ���he fir.t plae. we cannot gel a polie ��� j "lis halls m the city asking yet. beg i-ri":' to pull it off In the ��.-cm.i.1 , ��'���''�� l(,r "���''*">��� And he has met with the "stagnation of husitiess" i,iav|:'">'hitig >"t the response lie should 1 bv Mav l l<>__ It would '"'vr "ceived. p.ae b.iv�� I- I��- jut bk dirtv trick tr capital;.in I In th ram and the mysterious generalissimo win, issued this ,-_ll might rcflt-e lo I. ad us to the barricades for war oi _��� tting his f.-et wet. No. we shall ii"t respond. New V-rk Call. STRAINED RELATIONS The past week has witnessed o play such a j Sorflc secretaries sa\\ they don't knoi place" i! might * a!'>'hi"w. or that they haven't time t As... third ,. give it out. Some representatives ol unions are so damned husy doing thing- they should cut out and cut out at once���that they haven't time to talk to a representative of the Labor World There are other- who have nothing ior tlnir own paper, hut who break their necks lo get their names in the columns of scab newspapers. Local news is what we want. Local ,i gravi ,���.ws js what we waste our time trving !-h-i*i in Anglo French relation,. di.-jto ^ ,{u, i( ;. ,;kl. pt|]|ing u.c[ll ,( get it. In Woman's Realm Carpenters' Wives Active 'toltbe problem of I'pper Silesia. S. ifr,��ined arc the relations that Mr. Lloyd George has promised to make a statement to the House on the situation The Supreme Allied liocly may meet next week. The press in France grows more anti-British in tone and charges that the British are lined up with the (icrmaiis against France. This is tin definite charge of the Paris Temp, the semi-official organ of the French Government. It must Ik- apparent to anyone who follows the trend of events that the alliances of the Great War are fast dissolving and that the isolation of Great Britain is forcing her statesmen to seek the company of strange bedfellows. When Mr. Lloyd George, who piomiscd the head of the Kaiser and the last ounce of indemnities, is prompted lo speak in terms of praise of Germany, and to disparage the French and Poles, it is < v idcut that we are far from the peace promised by the League of Nations.���-The (Toronto) Statesman. * THE CONGRESS AND VHB- ARMAMENT If there is any criticism because of lack of local news it falls heaviest upon those who refuse to give out information concerning their local unions, which should appear only in these columns, not in the columns of newspapers who are defenders of the "open shop" policy. This paper is no different from other lalior papers. All complain of lack o' co-operation upon the part of mem Iters in the movement .and it is a just complaint. No labor paper can exist unless there is whole-hearted support given it. You want local news and lots of it. Wc want the same, and are striving to get it. If representatives of local tin ions will lie a little more considerate when a representative asks for news, the columns will lie filled with the do ings of the local movement."���Seattle L'n ion Record. Last week in discussing the disarmament conference which is to take place in Washington in November, the Labor News suggested that forces were operating in the world today that almost nude it impossible for anything of real value to be accomplished at the coming convention of the nations. Since then the sky has been further darkened h the announcement that Britain has ad ��� ���'���t. d an additional naval program calling for the building of new shins. It wiH.'.d fcem that the leading nations are endeavoring to make the greatest po�� mMc -hewing in the mat'er of prepar.i tion for war so that they might attcd the conference armed with ��i rei.tia' slrciKt-i lo make their presence felt, 't LABOR RESISTS COOLIE INVASION While alleged friends and frank opponents of organized labor bemoan that "trade unionists are only interested in hours and wages, these workers struggle on for American ideals, with their critics silent in time of great teat. Labor's present fight against the importation of Chinese coolies to Hawaii, thereby destroying the principle of Chineae exclusion, interests no critic of organized workers. , Under the banner of the A. F. of L, organized labor in the United States and Hawaii are alone fighting this proposal. Hawaiian trade unionists have commissioned two of their representatives to come to Washington, a distance of 10,000 miles, to expose the claims of sugar is tl-��s old story, it would appear, oi pr< paring for war in order to bring about I planters and their mercenaries. These peace; a theory which surely was dis-1 unionists are .now in the national credited by the last war. We do not j capital, working under the direction wish to appear pessimistic, but the La bor News expects little from the Washington conference. Wc do. however, believe that a disarmament conference may and should \\w held which could accomplish something ol" real value in the matter of disarmament. That is a conference of the workers of the world as suggested in tbe Labor News last week. It is the of President Gompers. Every affiliate of the A. F. of L., especially in the Pacific and inter- mountain states, has been warned of this menace, and protests are pouring into the halls of congress. If the public were acquainted with this proposal, what it means to our country, and the single-handed fight labor is making, the objectors would A committee of the Women's Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters in Philadelphia called upon the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Committee of Twenty three which lias been conducting the open-shop drive in the Cit) of Brotherly Love, and told him tiny would not send their husbands, sons and brothers hack to work at the proposed wage cut of 20 to 25 per rent. The women's committee de manded that the lock-out of fAOOO Imilditig workers be brought to an enj. The auxiliary committee then mailed a letter to the wife of each member ol the Committee of Twenty-three urging co-operation with the wives of the workers in maintaining a living wage. \\iter reciting the history in the pre s( nt controversy, the letter said: "We, as women, must live and bring up our families under such conditions as our husbands are able to make possible. Thus the welfare of our chil dren, of the future citizens of our MORE CHILDREN: LESS RENT A movement to remedy simultan '.>iis- ly the tendency to depopulation and shortage of houses has b.-eti inaiig'ir.-t ed in Flame. In the sulfirlis m' I *.-. r, - and other cities, one story houses ro.i laming a. dining room, kitchen and'.wo ledioonis, surrounded by a small ;:ar den. are lieing erv'cd by a, society or ganized for this endeavor, l.acli hou�� is to cost i INK) francs ($l._0U). It v.iii he leased to a young married Couple foi nine years with the stipulation that at* ler the birth of the first child the ren; will lie reduced by one-fourth; at the l.iilh of their second child half the or iircial rent will he taken o!T. When tin third child comes they will he called on to pay only one fourth of the ori ginfll re tit. and when they have foil' i hildren there will In* no more rent so pay, 'the parents Incoming owners ot the property. This will make each child cost the stale 1.3<)0 francs ($J00V which the promoters claim is a good investment. This is only one of mam schemes to increase the population and keep up the supply of cannon fodder. country, depends on our husbands' I working conditions. "Would you want to run your households and bring up your families on a j wage of less than $1 an hour in an j industry where weather conditions 1 make seasonable unemployment unavoidable? It" you would not want lo : do so, could vou consistently urge that any other woman should be forced t<> do so? Is it not social justice and so- ' cial wisdom to see to it that not only i your own. family but every family in the community has a chance to grow ; up with decent standards of living? "We believe that every right-think ing American woman will agree with us that ours is the right approach to this question, and we urge you to hack ! pur stand." i The carpenters' wage vvas $1.12'_ an i hour under the old scale and they were ��� willing to accept a cut to $1. but the boss carpenters insisted on a further reduction, and when the men protest- i ed. they were locked out. men defeating her own husband fori mayor. This year the men tried a come-back, but met with an avalanche i tit feat of ^ to 1. In line .ear the Women have transformed what used to I be country lanes into city streets am have started after a modern water sys tern. In the meantime the town has Income so clean and decent that the mar shal quit her job from sheer ennui This is a tip to those men who hope ii stay in the political game. 'PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT' TOWN A year ago the little town of Jack son. W'yo., turned out its man-made administration and installed a town government of women, one of the wo- MAIDS URGED TO CHARM SWAIN c Authorities of the Church of ring land recently raised the price of mar riage licenses $1.52. and as a consequence there has liecn a decided slump in the London marriage market. This caused the Kt. Rev. H. L. Warn ford to hand out some advice to lovelorn ladies* who are in danger of bciiiK left on the shelf. He urges the coy maiden to conduct a "more liewitcliiug offence than ever" to show that they are worth the extra cost. The clergyman's mini - mum for performing the service, formerly $124. is now $2.70. "Let us I hope this raising of the fee," says the I reverend, "will not make the swains i more shy. more hesitating, more cool and calculating. I f it does, then the | maidens must rise to the occasion and ; sec lo their charms and show that by j extra arts and blandishments they art- well worth the extra cost of getting married." Mimniin mm ibuiwii if . .. twm\\ mm n m ti*' ���! The proposal is the most brazen fcriog and misery from it^ So thai | yet suggested by reaction, drunk vlu-ti disarmament is the subject tin | with war profits and flushed with a der discission, the workers are parti political victory. It shows to what cularly interested. Xot only so. but lengths plutocracy would go but for Mhc worker- of the world have in1 their j an alert and aggressive trade union hands the method <>f bringingja'ar-s,tol movement. a stop They' can do so by cvjfusinjt to )j The oozy, sentimental, so-called have anv rarj in them. J >-\\v*\\ -"liberal," th > The Tradr'ss.and l_abor' Congress oi Canada vhich\\ocet$ in convention in Winnipeg oi the 22nd of this month might well take tfie disarmament question under advisement Tnte the action of any one country or nation on the matter will not !��������� of particular ad vantage, but if the Congress by its action could arrange a conference of the Lalior movements of the several na tion*. great progress might be made at such a gathering. There should be no doubt in the mind of any student of International affairs that the workers of the world alone will in the end be ^������Mairi^isaisa��ass_Mai__a DON'T PATRONIZE LI8T The following, places are run under non-union conditions and are therefore unfair to organized labor. Stettler Cigar Factory, making Van Loo am) Van Dvke Cigars. King's Cafe. 212 Carroll St. Capitol Cafe, 930 Granville St. White Lunches. Electrical Contractors. C H. Peterson. 1814 Pandora St Hume ft Rumble. Columbia St.. New Westminster. B.C The ChilKwack Electric Co.. Ltd.. Chil Ewadc, BC the muddled doctrinaire, the poularizer with his rose-water theories, the writer of giddy labor programs, the denunciator of trade unionism���all are silent aa big business attempts to insert in the Chinese exclusion act the thin edge of a wedge that would permit hordes of coolies to sweep, like locusts, across the Pasinc and inter-mountain states. Every right thinking citizen should join with labor in this fight Every senator and congressman should hear from "back home" in language that is easily understood. Let the country accept this challenge to chinafy America. Don't trust reaction, its newspapers or political agents who would sneak this legislation through congress under the plea that there is a "labor scarcity" in Hawaii. Forty years ago labor insisted: "The Chinese must go." Today let Washington hear the country-wide roar: "The Chinese must not come."���Seattle Union Record. Loudon.���All the daily papers devoted much space to the controversy between the Lloyd George administration and Lord N'orthcli'ie. I.on cablegrams were ���vrinted from Washington, where Lord Xorthcliffe is now visiting The Daily Herald, organ of the labor party, rs- fused to attach any importance to the qt'arrel. "It is the most amusing piece of lo-v comedy that British politics lias produced for a long time." said the Daily Herald. "Two of our greatest demagogues have turned bach-chat comedians with the whole broad Atlantic as their stage. Xorthcliffe denies that he said it. What if he did or whnt if be didn't? It doesn't make any drfferenc.- either way." (By Federated Press) San Francisco.���The San F'rancisco ; local of the Boiler Makers' I'nion, j though voting to reject the wage cut j i announced for August 1 by the Califor- i rtia Metal Trade* Association; does not , intend to call a strike. One of the officials of the union put ; th esituation as follows: "There will lie no strike, but we have ; informed the shipyard owners that if I w ages' are cut from $6.40 to $5.76 a day j the men employed will do only $5.76 work of work." To "get business" you want to go after it Put an "ad." in the News. ":o: Pass the, fttfcer along BOILERMAKERS BUILD ON ENTIRE CITY BLOCK Following a precedent set by other labor organizations', the last convention of the Boilermakers authorized the executive board lo secure a site and erect a hiiildinir to be used by the organization. Kansas City, which has lorn? been headquarters for the national officers, was decided upon as the location of the edifice and work began on its erection last March. Rapid progress was made and finishing touches are now being given. The home occupies a full block on Minnesota avenue, is five stories high and will be one of the best equipned and most modern buildings in that city! The two lower floors have been leased to commercial concerns and are occupied by their tenants, who have transacted business while work was progressing. ' Space has Ixsn teased on the third and fourth floops, and tenants will be permitted to take possession in the near future. .,' GOVERNMENT BUILDING HOMES IN N. S. WALES Svdncy. X. S. W.���The Xew South Wales Lalior government is looking forward to the day when there will lie no slums in that country. One of its schemes is the providing of homes for the workers at reasonable prices. For this purpose it proposes to use avail able government-owned land, utilise timber from the state forest*, the state sawmills and cement works, and purchase all other housebuilding materials in bulk and erect homes wholesale. In the near future 1000 homes will be built near the city of Sydney un der this scheme, at $1,000 cheaper than could be done by private enterprise. The homes will have every requirement, with three bedrooms, and preference will be given to workers having families. BIG BRITISH HEALTH INSURANCE SURPLUS i Interested comincrchl tritic�� in America of the British! workmen's health insurance system have received a jolt by the report recently presented | to Parliament upon the assets and lia- {bilities of the approved societies at the end- of 1920. says the American Labor Legislation Review. The surplus is shown to aggregate j ' many millions of pound*. With par- ! donable pride the British Government j administrator i says: "Surely critics were never more con- j founded" j Dollars dictate deeds and are pushing tolerance to the walL Give your fellow trade unionist a square deal���boost his union label, card or button. BUSINESS MEN, ATTENTION! YOUR GOODS are on SALE Quality Circulation���Buying Power SHOCLD HE YOUR FIRST CONSIDERATION The manager of this paper would be pleased to talk business with you. 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