The Standard
data provider: CONTENTdm
issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1916-10-21
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/gvchinook/items/1.0315563/source.json
format: application/pdf
note: Vol. V, No. 25���Established 1911 VANCOUVER, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916 Price Five Cents The Problem of the Canadian Patriotic Fund Voluntary Organisation and Effort is the True Test of Our Patriotism 'THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMIN'" Work for Women on an Organised Scale��� The Revolutionising of Industry WIP) i-, there among us all who loves Canada not for what Canada gives, but for what Canada demands?! "Show me tliat man and 1 will show you a patriot." The whole tendency of today is to accept everything Canada gives as a right, as something which has been won by our forefathers and to which we are entitled. Our freedom, our right to choose our government, our ability to approve or disapprove of taxation, our religious emancipation, our liberty to serve or not to serve, our education, einr municipal governments, our factory legislation, nur .privileges of industrial organisation, our syslem of life, our comforts, are all gifts from Canada which we accept without question and without thought. But when Canada, demands something from us, when Canaela demands service of any kind, do we give it willingly or grudgingly ? Do we give it at' all unless we are obliged to? "What is there in il for me? Where do f come in? How much do 1 get?" Is not that the universal cry? We are told lhat it is impossible to do away with pat- ronage. The argument is put something like this. "Snp- posing you were sincerely convinced that you could do a good deal of public work by getting elected to the local legislature? Supposing that I thought you would prove a good member? Supposing that I worked hard for you, canvassed, spoke at meetings, organized your campaign, and you were elected and I came to you and asked you to do something for me, help mc to some job or other, what would you say or do? Would you refuse me?" Is that patriotism? Is thai, the object fbr which the work was done? Is the whole effort of life to be directed towards getting something, being rewarded by a "job" for work whic…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315563
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Standard Printers
rights: Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text