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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council _____ 'NO. 14—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B.C., July 25th, 1924 FIVE CENTS PER COPY i; (G_rower And Consumer In V Grip Of Canadian Fruit Trust m V FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE A SECRET INVESTIGA- 1 TION OF WELL KNOWN FACTS-FRUIT TRUST IS A I' NIGHTMARE TO EVERY- RANCHER _-. SPREAD f'..;.' BETWEEN PRODUCER AND CONSUMER IS V FAR TOO GREAT—MUST TURN OUT / '.'.;'. * .' . / GOVERNMENT-' ■ /' ... __' (EY.,-SVDNE*t. WARREN) "**""'""" '""-•*"''"" ...f-IWE DOMINION .'OVERNMENT is investigating the fruit an_L_.geta.le I X monopoly in British Columbia, but It la doing 'it In secretl \ It is charged, and facts offered to back the accusation, that the entire j fruit and vegetable produce of this province is being monopolized by two .. companies—the _futuai and the Growers' Sales Agency, and that British ! _Colu_ia fruit growers are forced to sell to either one of the other of these /, concerns. Shipping his fruit out of the province will not take the grower .1 from their clutches, for they operate under different trade names iri all the ,"l prairie provinces and one eyen has branches in Minneapolis, U. S. A. (;. ;: .; THESE.FACTS ARE KNOWN to all who have the slightest acquaintance j with the fruit raising industry of this province. I ■•■ Why should the .Dominion's investigation commission swathe itself in '/ secrecy wjuen the. very facts it _'e!_'to keep, from the public.are, k,n,g.\vfl-t__H- , . those interested? ___....'-.■ •-■^■■'-&»"-Z^'.'l^^:z^tt->~*--'v.*>«-*^ -f^m^mVlif^mWmWWcTunless he is an utter fool, _,ows , that sfrf- ^*as the prices he receives for his products he is absolutely at the ' mercy of "the [packing ho_es and jobbingr-c. ncerns. ••'-. , • ' __ '■ . , Penniless Ranchers I know a man who has one of the best cultivated orchards ir. the whole .lOkanagan Valley and whose fruit-is jof the highest grade, vet this man. for (his entire fruit crop last year received $63. Another man who invested all ;"._" "sayings and borrowed capital, in Jddit'oi; to expending in labor for in. J-rOvements to a total suni ,of nearly $10,080, was compelled to leave his orchard near Kelowna and return to Vancouver practically penniless. - The banks flatly refuse to advance cash on fruit crop returns and the local merchants have been compelled to demand cash for all goods bought sjpt-en. who ha.vc homestcaded their land and battled for years in developing it are being driyen away, loosing everything and forced to come back j(* to the city in search of a job that is '1 becoming increasingly elusive.'""
"Kince *_Si_ j marck's eightieth birthday,- Professor Lenbach congratulated him and said he trusted that Bismarck might have' many happy years in store for him. To' :this came the reply, "My dear Lenbach, the first eighty years are always the happiest.". MOSCOW.-rDuring 1923, 19,712 centres were maintained for fighting illiteracy in 'Russia ~ana"'"ha.e taught 505,000 persons. . ■U 'it if- July 25th, 1924. THE LABOR STATESMAN I r» i Business Cards Dance "Programmes Wedding Announcements Social • Stationery Office V. Stationery Mitchell-Foley Limited 522 listings Street West | Phone Sey. MM", Vancouver, B.C. I'LL WAIT AWHILE .''l.ll wait awhile before getting glasses," Tha. sentence spells doom to the delicate tissues ot the eye., that need at once the aid of glasses. ,; *• The n_J...'o_ of &_____. is to save aha strengthen your vision; To postpone weai'Ingr them only makes your eyesight worse. We malco a feature ot moderate charges tor up-to-date optical service. B. RICHARDS "Registered Optometrist" ass c.____l. s_, vaaooniar, m. o. Phono Sey. 1792. xrM^^^fmmSn^r^tbT^^^tbe. .^niatrib.err*- _.3_fE_r*"''_ Deputies; Brazil, provides for the establishment of a foundation for the building Of homes for recognizedly poor persons, in exchange for a small monthly rent al. New Zealand.—The Labor Party of Australia has decided to take part the Anti-War Day. "You can rest assured that everything possible will be done to make the Anti-War Demonstrations in New Zealand as great a success as possible," they say in a letter to the I.F.T.U. in which they send information of this decision! TS/TIEN you require' radio apparatus or parts, it naturally follows'that you., also want Service, Quality and Price. Our speci- _. >lty is "Wireless," therefore give us the opportunity to serve you. . '■.. •■•- Operating CFYC Radio Corpora tion OF VANCOUVER, LTD. '".' '.- 605 Dunsmuir Street :''.' Sey.".814 Australia Also Has White Barbarians By W. "FRANCIS AHERN •(Federated Press Staff Correspondent) RAMAUL, New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean.—Although forbidden under fhe League of Nations, white officials of the Australian government administering the mandate over the ex- German territory of New Guinea, are forcing women to co-habit with them. Here arc specific case, reported to The Federated Press by officials in the territory: At Eitape, an official-attempted to rape a young native woman. She resisted and was flogged. With her back bleeding profusely she fled to the hospital. .Nothing was done to the white official. At Biligil, a district officer compelled a native woman, with a child at her breast to "sleep w_h_im for several days. He then handed her over to another officer. At Kambok, a police official saw a native woman, newly married to a native chief. The chief'was thrown into jail and his wife defiled and turned loose. Because she had consorted with. _-European she became a prostitute. The Catholic mission at Marienberg reported.to the commissioner of natives that it is common for police officials to capture native women for immoral purposes. The protests were in vain. In April a white official was charged with ordering native \vomejj, to be brought to, him. M| nj j|p__ead_. ■—6aptaliT Thompson, an official of the Austrialian government at Rabaul, testifies that a native woman's breasts were lacerated by a "heating from a white official, iAt Gasmaita a native woman was, thrown out of the hospital to die in the bush on the orders of a district officer because she was ''too much trouble." A native police boy was ordered to take her into the bush and leave her there. She was never seen again. Protests against the enforced prostitution of native women have been made to the Australian government With little result. • The protests arc being forwarded to the league of. Nations at Geneva. Ex-Political Prisoners In German Reichstag By LOUIS P. XpCHNER (Fed. Press Staff Correspondent) BERLIN.—In the Communist delegation of 60 in the new German reichstag the metal workers head the list with 12 members." The office employees have 7, the miners 2, carpenters 6, masons 3, railway workers 2, transport workers 2, and printers, tobacco workers,_hoe workers, house painters, masseurs, and cooks 1 each. All of the delegation are ex-political prisoners. ■.■•_'.- Only't .o members had the luxury of a higher education..' One is Ruth Fischer, graduate of the university of "Vienna, the other a lawyer.. The rest of the delegation consists of party editors and officials. The Only. Working Class Party In U.S. (?) (International Labor News Service) Chicago.—The Farmer Labor Party, Foster's St. Paul creation, was scuttled and sunk without a trace by its national executive committee here today. The committee at the same time urges party members to support- the (Communist) Workers' Party candidates for president and vice-president wjio were announced today as being respectively William Z. Foster, of Chicago, and Ben Gitlow, of New York*."' The committeemen signing" __ manifesto were Alexander Ho * at, chairman', C.»A. Hathaway, Joseph Manley, Alfred Knutson and^Scott Wilkins. . The official reason assigned for this action is that the time is not propitious for a "united front" working class political party and that this situation was brought about by the action of the conference for Progressive Political Action a,t Cleveland, July 4, in nominating LaFollette, and his susequent indorsement by the Socialist PaHy. That is for,public consumption, however. The Fosterites are congratulating each, ether on being great "slickers" and bragging about their wonderful strategy in eliminating the Farmer Labor and Socialist Parties as competitors of the Workers' Party of America, leaving the latter as the o^ily "working class party in Ameri ca," as they put it. , _!___«-._.-»-'■-'''--"•' Prison Labor In 2___5__sA a /.^tt'-^h^aSfeevi^f^i^^of^SS^^i one of the firms in the U.S. using priion_lahotfo. ma_mg~cot^n~gOods," operates . 1. prison factories, getting buildings rent free and-also power, heat and light fr_Tor * at,nominal rates. It gets its Iflhorfrom state prisons and reformatories at rates varying from a fifth to a half of cost irf free plants. "Net profits for the first 11 months of I023 were $999,409.44. . . TRY Stevenson's QUALITY Whole Wheat Bread Pure, wholesome and delicious, our Whole Wheat Bread provides just the proper warm-weather health food which contributes all the desired nourishment without overheating, and which by promoting elimination in nature's way is an aid to better health. You'll find it especially delightful toasted for breakfast. At your grocers, or PHone Fairmont 227. ■' • STEVENSON'S Stevenson Bros., Ltd, 17t_ and Willow To FIoo_ New South Wales With Girls SYDNEY, New South Wales.-"0ne thousand British girls of not more than 14 years of age" is the latest child immigration scheme launched in New South Wales. The scheme is fostered by employers. The promoters express the opinion that the economic necessities of many British parents will induce them to consent to the migration of their girl children, and that it will not be difficult to' obtain the required number. In fact it is thought-that 'it-will be easier to effect the migration'of girls of only 14 years than girls of 16 and upwards. New South Wales is not under a Labor Government. The experience of Canada with similar immigratioqschemes has been that a large proportion of the young newcomers find their way. to. I. api, tals, asylums and prisons, ".any of the children born in Canadian public institutions are the~ offspring of young unmarried girls Vho had been received from Great Britain through emigrant agencies. tries must not cease to devote their attention to propaganda to put an end to animosities between the nations, so that it may be possible to reorganize the. relations between the peoples, basing them:.g|®^^ffl__il_i_dl«-f<__t0_^ir Sp~4 mi t-r*n___jgl*ai5r t^eaj>pT_.tiO-L,o_ international 12w," afiicF compulsory arbitration. . ' • General Disarmament "In view of the fact that the general well being of the peoples cari only be safeguarded by general disarmament, the Congress proclaims the urgent necessity for: _ 1. Controlling the manufacture of and traffic in arms and war munitions. . - 2. Convening an international Conference for the purpose of suppressing the private manufacture of armaments and effecting a general prohibition of the manufacture and sale of all war material. The Congress instructs the Bureau of the I.F.T.U. to continue its activities for the education of the masses, and especially for the rising generation and the women, for the strengthening of the activities of all forces working for peace in the whole world. "In carrying out this resolution, the International Congress, while soU eninly confirming the resolution adop- International Campaign Against Militarism "The .Campaign against War and Militarism" was the subject of an afternoon's discussion at the Third Ordinary International Trade Union Congress-held in ViennaT After speeches by Ben Tillett and Jduhaux the" resolution was unanimously adopted amid very hearty applause. The resolution'reads'as..follows:""" '.-',■', "The Third Ordinary Congress of th-TntcrpationalFederatjon_f_Tca4',* Ujj_H ■*""•"_"__ a_V'ehn_ ffolhiISe-se . o^^i^ltiLM^m^f^^'^^- nrniing - the -previous - resolutions ajfams._mUit-_.i_m__d war, reaffirins that if i. the duty of the working class, organized nationally and internationally,; to resist war in.the most energetic way. by stopping the manufacture of arms and munitions, by effecting an economic blockade,-and by declaring the international general .strike;..; ;- , "The Congress declares that the trade union organization of all coun ted' by the executive at its meetings of November 8th, 1D23, concerning the organization of an international anti-war demonstration on September - 21st,, 1§24, calls^»J^|&J8!____< '""""
-"iffs St B. Presf- ' IB.j-wecrotary, Frank II. Humphrey*, P. , - _,..> »^ --66^^ «.. v.....fui._i._rr cficial to Labor wc do not deny. ' Nor db"\vc --hcrc'attcm. ibariiuc" ag'ainsi them. In our previous effort on this matter we opined that the movement in thcold land ilnght'l.- looked at with profit so far as this subject was concerned. When the .Labor government of Britain, 'holding office by suffrage ______ B-oal 182—President, E. B. ; McLean, 463 flth Ave. VV. Secretary, S. A. Uoni-dman. 3388 Parker St. Meet., second and fourth Friday at 8 p.m. In Room 313 Labor Hall, 16 Has- tlnga East. ____!_ _oonl 692—President, Thos. Sills, 1352 Burrard St. Secretary, P. It. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, .' 16 Hastings !__. Meets on second . and fourth Tuesdays In month. , Vns-OlaiM Kntoal Protoctivo Union Hood 1.5, A. r. of I_—Meets at the a. W. V. A. Auditorium, second ^Sunday at 10 aim.' President,, 1_ nost C Miller, .. *_ Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamleson, 991 Nolson Streot; financial i secretary, W. E. Williams, 991 Nelson Street; orgtanlzer, F, Fletcher, 991 Nelson Streot. Stroet ana Elootrle Bnllway Employoos, Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, EI. ith and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, F. A. Hoover, 2409 Clarke Drive; rec secretary, _ E. Griffin, 447 6th Ave. Bast; treasurer, H. W. Speed;--.financial secrotary and business agent, W. H. Cottrell, 166 17tn Ave. West. Office corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Faf_iont 4504Y. . Journeymen Tailors' TTnion of Amerloa, Local No. 179—Meetings held first Thursday In each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every .month in Labor Hall. President, A. It. Gatenby; secretary, C McDonald, P.O. Box 603, Executive moots third Thursday of every month, Mia Drivors, Bridge, Wliarf and Dook Bt-Uder. __ooal No, 2404—Meots every Friday night at 8 p.m. In 112 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, secretary, P, O. Bo .820 Printing Pressmen and Assistants, -.ocal - No. 69—Meets every second'Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m.- In Room 218 ■ Labor Hall, 16 Hastings at. 10. Presl ,-___. —*?«__ -_WU__W_i TO. T___ITItlt. .7M1I Sheet. Metal Workers. Amalgamated. ?=-?#_#__,_T_loi___i;-_l_)^.MeetB;rec_fld and fourth Thursday tn month ' in Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings St E. Preside!. Thos. Burke, 2731 24th Ave. 1 . secrotary.. E. w. Crawford, 1761 Charles St. ._:.- . . -— •the Tnnoonvor Tbeatrlonl roJoration— ;. • Meets at 991 Nelson Street, at 11 a-m. on the Tuesday p_oedlhg the first Sunday .of the month. President, E. A. _.*»....»i"MiiR.,.»i i_i .n ai.; Dusl- ness agent, F. Fletcher. 991 Nelson St. _V~._>U_UM__D WW_ A.M. A ., __1_ J.rO_UI__ hood. Moots socond Tuesday in month 804 Holden Bldg. President, F. Milne. 536 Drake St.: »_rotary, A. H. Hos- tlilN, 118 fi-iul Ave. W. C. H. Wullams^-991 Nelson St; busl- of the Liberals, is cited for argument nem mront. P. Fletcher. _.fl! _r_i__n at _. ... _--*•_____; i we retort that no parallel exists. There *_!__!_^ffJ_^ Lab(>r Party* as such, have nOoa-r-Meets second Tuesday In month I .■ . . produced a government, such as it . and by the "good -will" (sic) of the Liheni'Is,, might be admitted. But'the politics of that country, as of others, arises out of its economics. And MacDonald is permitted to occupy No. 10 nowning-Street, not so much because ms political enemies, .desire htm to, but iMjeadse they cannot agree to allow each Other that privclcgc.. The "financiers of Lloyd George are too deeply hostile, at' this moment, to Baldwin's industrials. So Labor governs, as well as it can, ) ■ But that is a'different situation- to a tabor representative taking office in a capitalistic cabinet and thus^sink- ing his own identity and that of,.such portion of the working class movement as he represents and can" influence, •> When the elder Liebnecht launched his polemic entitled "No Compromise ; No Political Trading" it was occasioned by the entrance of Millerand into the French Cabinet, Was Liebnecht justified? Events subsequently have given the answer. And such of the Labor men in the old.land that took cabinet positions . in Ltoyd George's coalition cabinet still carry the stigma, frctui-.'lBlackrFrJday.'LThomas .down_ to. Arthur Henderson. - Do they not stand out m contrast to'-Bob Smillie who was deliberately persecuted by the Welsh wizard after h. refused'the job of Minister of Health? Brace, who was made Privy Councillor, rati in the last election as a "Conservative." Now come home, "Murphy" thinks Labor could get more legislation jn two years through an "agreement" than by years of patient building up. Maybe, but what of it? Labor* has already a-large amount of legislation "that n._'y be cdii,.idered''goo'cirtrur'l't* I is^Tea3-™TE'Ts h6F^iTf6Tcc^_r^"TR_."Ts" stated merely to show that the' mere writing- of-laws does not constitute everything. And the (.economic interests behind the Liberals at this time will sec to it that very little lee-way is given Labor, for what Labor is able to get worth, while must necessarily be.at the expense of the other parties' profit. And- at that they jib. . But suppose, an agreement to be consummate..; what then? When another election conies around -we would t_cf~cbtifrbi^tcti'- with the spec- tacle of a Labor meifiber, 'holding a cabinet positibli, parading .the. country with the Liberal piinisters extolling the work of his colleagues itV'Uie cabinet. Either that or he.would lutve to oppose them, and then with the cat out of the bag, what a pretty picture! That would be sufficient to discredit in the eyes of the thinking worker any stich performance. "Murphy" appears apprehensive oi a-combined attack;;on~the prosenf L_>^ bor iiiembers and notes . the lainent- able affect. Can that be avoided? If it can, is it" really worth while to escape it through, a submergence into the Liberal (or other) political whirlpool? Iif the capitalist parties wish to combine against a sitting Labor member they will do so. when it suits them. But they cannot do so without prq- ficing the ihevitabhr reactions. - And those *ft reactions would undoubtedly result' iri the further awakening of members of the working class to the character of the game-that is played. Much more could be said, but tor the once, we forbear., ,: THE LAW OF COMPENSATION The successful Liberal candidates in the City of Vancouver in the recent^ pna^ss.. ■, .■;:-Vfacfcc-ii:7Jie--c-;et--^a*f}f while "Mi^ry FJlen" . was ilarrowly fque-tM-ijtt.; "Tt'fv H'ni.VriTlbk^that not those who led. the. field in .the "home" vote, but tho^c to whom 1 .nost good1' cottfd be done led the "absentee" vote, resulting in ' Mary Ellen being narrowly squeezed in. . God is kind; and in his infinite wisdom sends tlie raindrops at the proper season upon the arid desert. We had notions of mentioning North Vancouver, but after a second look we became That they have done so, as a minority! too full for words. It'*t a good world! *_r *f_iaiKi_m ADDENDUM TO NOTE ON WILSON IDEALlSiyi Owing to lack of space last, week we were crowded out with what we had to say under this head. What follows, therefore, is by way ofamp^ lification.' We concluded as below: "So far as the Wilsonian policies are'concerned, judged from Tiis proiioucements, they constitute a jumble of ideas and fancies remarkable- for their incotisisten- In resuming,:then, let lis illustrate! On the question of • world |5i»a- liieuts, a speech to the, French Chamber of Deputies, Feb. 3rd, 1919, the professor-presideirt delivered himself as follows: .,. "The nations oJ. .the world are about to consummate a brotherhood which will make it unnecessary in the future to maintain- fhose crushing, arn.anlents which make the people suffer almost as much, in peace as they suffered _inj_ war." '. . ■ - But in his mes.sage to the U. S. Congress only' two months previously TDe.;_Sdri918) we'fi'ndlKe following: "1 take it for granted that Congress will carry out the naval prp- gramme.,-....- , Thescplans have been prepared . . . w?ith the intention of adhering to a definite method of development for the . navy. L earnestly recommend the uninterrupted pursuit of that policy." -..-■".-■ As to the culpability of the German people in the European .Var we Tmd two opposing opinions c.vpressed wjth-.i ^n^-.'^__-_^>____^^ ^t'*-.€*ol*u^Tm_3;-'-5-rrtrHthr^^^ charges the Qprman people with it, ,a = follows: , »-. "In the' last analysis,my fellow- '■■" -eountfy men, as:'wc in America - would be the first to claim, a people are responsible for the acts of their government . ". , Germany \vas. self-governed. Her rulers had not concealed the purposes they had in mind." But a week later at Billings, Mont.. (Sept. 11, 1919) he exonerates them, in the'se"words: "The German' nation had no choice-..hatevcr as to whether it was to go into war or not, did not know that it was going into it until its men were sumniOTied-to 'the colors." .— ■■....■. Ij> the same Billing^ speech he attempted to whitewash the Allies and claimed that they had never been^ dishonorable. He said: ■„, - J\l challenge anybody to show whore-,— __.«*-recent" year_r,~*.^>:r":- there has been the repudiation of . an international obligation by ' Frain-cc; or Italy-,or Great- Britain or Japan. Japan has fcepther engagements . . . There 'can be cited no instance where these governments have.been dishonorable." But at "San Francisco six days later (Sept." 17th, 1919) he lets loose the following rhetorical-broadside against this Japan "which has kept her agreements:", ,,;..-.. -.'■-■; "Let me remind you.of some of the history of this business. It was in 1898 that China ceded these- rights and concessions to Ger- . many. The pretext \vas that some German missionaries had been killed .. . Two Christian missionaries are killed, • and therefore one great nation robs another na- ' . tion,a.H3 'do ...fa-flifng. which i<r tiin-'- r-.damentally un-Christian and hcAr ed, my; fellow-citizens? Tfieri Russia came in and obliged China ■ .--.jtaxedc t'o her .port Arthur. and Talien Wan, not for quite so long a • period, but upon substantially the same terms. Then England •* must needs have Wei-Hai-Wei as an equivalent concession to that which had been made to Germany; • and presently certain ports, with the territory back of them, were (Continued on page 5) IF IT'S KIRK'S Cassidy Nut - C 0 A L - . .'... It has the HIGHEST REPUTATION SUPERIOR QU-AUTY Coata no -Bore than ordinary' NUT COAL KIRK & CO. LIMITED i 929 MAIN STREET Phones: Sey. 1441 and 90JS. Horseshoe Bay Hat Many Attraction, (or - ..i Picnic Partiea THE PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY operates an hourly service on Sundays and Holidays to this. picturesque resort. Return (are from Vancouver to Whytecli.f for Horaeahoe Bay: Adulta, 70c; Children Under 12 Yeara, 40c. Good day of issue only. Tickets may he purchased at the North Vaiicouver Ferry Wharf, Foot of Columbia Avenu . Timetables and further information may be had from Passenger Department, 122 Haatinga Street W. Telephone Seymour 9331. ■ - ' - ... --.-'^ .. . •..- ■ j UNION G. W. G. MADE Carpenters' Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Men's ^ Furnishings 144 CORDOVA 'STREET WEST Hall Machine Works, . * LIMITED _ Manufacturers of Hall Automatic Cut-off Saws. Hall Diesel Logging t| Donkey Engines _ IP 1221 Alberni St Vancouver, B.Cv Phone Douglas 2742 . . ' UNDERWOOD " Rebuilt $35 to 75 Portable $45 Terms: $10 Cash, Balance Easy Terms United Typewriter Co. BAYVIEW FLORISTS Funeral Wreaths, Presentation s and Wedding Bouquets 2746 4th Ave. W. Phone Bay. 2616 1853 .4th Avenue East NIGHT PHONE COL. 12SL3. "Ring Up Se. 2.154 for .Appointment DR. W. J.XURRT DENTIST S Suite 381 Dominion Building "Vartcouyeri. B.C. Phone Sey. 801 Gordon S. Nicholson - THE Orpheum Haberdashers LIMITED In the Orpheum Theatre Building 759 Granville St ' Vancouver, B.C. T-«~i_--»i_« f jjgj ^'WWWB-ffM^.y-itfe _;.' July. 25th, 1924. THE. LABOR STATESMAN n"i i '.!■' S Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY j For Better Bread, I Cakes and Pastry '•■I."". _■■ -h . ' .. ~ .' 37Z8 Hastings E. Phone. High. 1309 , 1 :■■•-. ._ I . H. A. HILL GROCERIES, FRtrffl, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hastings St E. Phone High. 1640 First-class Painter and Decorator , All work guaranteed. , GEO. ANSELL 3752 Hastings St E. Rhone High 1037 Ladies' and Gents' Suits made to order W, T. Graham—Tailor .CLEANING,- PRESSING, DYEING, ALTERATIONS - All Work Guaranteed. , Olenburn 157R 4105 Hastings St E. J. Rloux, Prop. Estimates Given VANCOUVER HEIGHTS Heating and General. Repair^ Ph. Glenburn 66 V* ■3900 Hastings E. MONTRSAL.-TK. Canadian Bro thcrhpod of Railway Employees havc opencd a Montreal office here for the central region. _The headquarters of the C.B.R.E. is' at Ottawa. ..Other railway organizations which have offices in Montreal are Division 4, railway employees department, American Federation of Labor and tlie Railway Sartren of America. Miners Lose Lives For Besco's Profit By Barbara Feningston •;, '.'■;.'■ For The Federated Press Stellar ton, Nova Scotia.—Investigation has failed to fix any responsibility for the explosion which cost the lives Of four men-in the Allan mine shaft of the Acadia Coal Co. at Stcllarton last June. 'Miners who have worked for years in the Acadia mine charge that the cause was "cheap production," Related requests for the repairs weift unheeded) The British Empire Steel Corp. owns the Acadia Coal Co. TJic „four men died of after-damn. 1200 feet below the'., irface where they had been working. Their seven .ro.m- pai-ions were brought to the surf a-e'_ unconscious but were revived. -'Ore of their number immediately upon noticing the smoke broke the pipe conveying the compressed air which drives the pumps and other machinery, giving them a supply of air. .. The Acadia mine has been the sc.nb of many similar disasters since 1880. In. that year, 46 men lost- their lives in the old Foord pit explosion. In 191,4 six men met death in flood and fire. In 1918 a disastrous explosion in the Allan shaft cost 88 lives. - This' terrible toll of human life is significant of the policy of the British "Empire Steel Corp., familiarly known as Bescoy It controls practically all the coal area in Nova Scotia in addition to steel plants and iron mines and in which it maintains low wages and hard conditions. For.years it has bitterly fought .organized.labor. •The Acadia mine is probably one of in the dominion. The Foord pit is the second richest scam of bituminous coal in the world. • MONONGAH, VV. Va.-The $20,000 new miners' hall and mo_ic house at Monongah is in full use since its dedication July -I. It is the property of Local 16 ._>, United Mine Workers, whose members paid assessments equalling $20 per'man for it. Besides the hall with movie equipment, seating 550, there are two stores and offices in the building.; A LL tho goodness of the golden *- grain, briuaied into a'- pure, sparkling tonic drink at tho moat perfectly conditioned brewery on the coast. Bottled at tho brewery in light-excluding, sterilized bottles, "Cascade" conies to you in perfect condition. Insist on "Casc-ide"—on 3a_ at all Govt. Liquor Stores. Vancouver Breweries, ' Limited This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Tenth Annivrsary of World War LONDON.r-The World. War which began Aug. 1st., 1914, when' Germany declared war, following Russian ..mobilization, is coming-to be regarded by European labor everywhere as a monstrous capitalistic crime on the part of all great powers. •'■ - Permanent peace in Europe seems -remote on .lie 10th anniversary of the outbreak of thc'gencral slaughter'.' 'The war represented the tragic and inevitable consequence of "a system based on capitalistic, control,- international competition,' secret diplomacy and hostile alliances," says Secretary Jxgd B'ramlcy". British Trades Union congress, which . has over 4,300,000 British workers. The causes have not been eliminated except'Russia. . Bramley gives these figures-on-the war, which''lasted more than 4 years a_d 3 months, ending in the armist.ee of Nov. lltli, 1918. ':,'_.' "Over 56,000,000 able-bodied men 'ii. volvcd 'in the degrading and brutal task of human slaughter.-' -- - "Over 7,500,000 of the 'strongest and most promising young men of the nations engaged in the struggle were left dead~bu the field of battle.' "pver 12,500,000 wounded, thousands mentally and physically beyond repair." . ' . He, also cites the destruction of international trade, economic paralysis, abnormal unemployment, poverty, widespread reaction, undermining of trade unions. ' . . . Permanent peace will come,'Bramley, .tHt4ke^fyeti<io^i&>mifc* i_nicrs to participate in a. game in which they become helpless pawns of the unscrumilous criminals who leave them .0 bleed, work and pay for. tin folly and crimes of others. Militarism was not destroyed, diiriitg the years from 1914 to -1918. ft was temporarily suppressed in one place and strength ened iii others." INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES Sydney, N.S.W.—Jack Curtiii; editor of the "Westralian . Worker" (Perth, Western Australia) has Been appointed the workers' representative frolH Australia to attend the Interna- tiflhal Labor Conference at Geneva in June. Mr. R. A. Crouch, of Melbourne, has been credentialed as a delegate on behalf of the Australian Labor Party to attend the British Empire Labor Conference at London' in August, Addendum to note on * " *wilson idealism *" > / (Continued from,page 4) ceded upon similar principles to France. ' Everybody got in, except the- United States, and said: 'If Germany is going" to get something, we will get something.' Why, none of them had any business in there on such terms. Then when the 'Japanese-Russian war came. Japan did what SHE I-JAS DONE IN THIS,WAR. .She at- . tacked Port Arthur and^captured Port Arthur, and Port Arthur was ceded to her as a consequence of the? war .'"■■'. . Just so we could trade with these stolen territories, wc were willing to let them he stolen . . . She (Japan) has it (Shantung) as^spoils of war." -4_dte.rwB8jak^ written merely upon the glaring in consistencies running throughout the ..ek»qu_n. _pi_li-vvi>l*r^^-h!ctt4V.lsen^*1?^t-^ _P the world and which pulpiteer and publicis. havC hailed with acclaim as the high-sou led sentiments .Qf the world's greatest modern idealist. If an aptitude for dealing with political and' economic problems in the language of the gowned pedagogue indicates fHcT^posscssion of wisdom then Wilson might be remembered by posterity also as one of' the wortf** greatest Solomons. Beet Sugar Trust Exploits Children Exploitation of entire families including women and little children .under a contract labor, system ha. enabled the"American beet sugar trust to pile up huge profits totalling about $20,000,000, an increase'of nearly 100 per cent compared with the previous year. . • The nature of the exploitation which makes such profits possible is revealed in .a .{port bf the Children's Bureau of.the Department of Labor. Th. bureau found that, the labor of mothers with little children and-.f--T_"*_ and j*'irls as young as 6 years is a regular tlfjng in the_ beet fields .of Michigan and Colorado. ln"*fa_t; the'.possibility; of turning tiny children into wage earners is one of the inducements offered by contractors in recruiting the slaves of the sugar trust. fn both Colorado and Michigan one- fourth of the child .workers were under 10, another fourth were between 10 and 12 years old and only one-fifth in Michigan and a little -over one- sixth in Colorado had passed the age of -14 years, One-third of the entire number reported working under pressure for 11 hours or more per day and one-eighth,reported a day of from 12. to 15 hours. "These long hours were continued in some instances for weeks' at a stretch. -•- - CORONADO VICTORY FOR THE MINERS By Martin A. Dillmon :— (Federated ,Pj_s5.S.ta.ff Gojjj»j ^^^■ip^40nit^<^SnTftetB goes down to final defeat in its suit against the United Mine11 Workers' of America. The.U.-S. circuit .court of appeal has denied the appeal of the coal company and sustained District Judge Pollock, Fort Smith, Ark., who found in favor of the union in the coal company's suit for damages aggregating £2,200.000. This was the suit iii which Candidate Davi. of the Democrats helped the corporation. — -'- In' the suit the company sought Fo recover 'damages as a result of a miners" strike- in the Hartford Valley fields, Ark., in 1914. NEW PREMIER <OF DENMARK A CIGAR-MAKER BV TRADE Theodore Stauning, the new prime .minister of Denmark, is a cigar-maker. by. trade. There are two printers in his cabine., also an editor and a widow who gets a living as a- teacher. The people, w-ith the. .titles, are', becoming very rare in. those Sca-ndinavian._coun. trie . ~~' NEEDLE TRADES GIVE WARNING Los Angeles,—Needle trades workers intending to come to California must understand that sunshine does not pay rent nor buy food, announces the Needle Trades council. If you intend to come to Los Angeles the council asks you to communicate first with its information bureau at 138 _ S.- Spring St. The capitalist press throughout the country is carrying advertisement from the chamber at commerce urging workers to come. The object is to pile up an army of unemployed to drive wages below the present low level,—the council de clares. .'■' - THE L. M. Diether Coal COMPANY GRANVILLE ISLAND THE COAL THAT IS. SOUGHT AND SATISFIES, WHEN EVERY OTHER ONE FAILS— • OLD NANOOSE-WEL. LINGTON. . PHONE SEY. 6761 The Subway BILLIARD ROOM 309 CARRALL ST. Tho Best Equipped Pool and Billiard Parlor in the City. Jack Parliament, Joe' Caswell, .Proprietors.- _ THE BETTER 'OLE 915 Main Street J. Turner, Prop, picks the best pf ' '.., tobacco. .-,. fig 5S e "Camera and Arts, Ltd R. P. Dunne, Manager. Kodaks—Professional Supplies, .Papers, Plate*. Portrait Film, Developing, Printing, Enlarging PHONE SEYMOUR 4845 610 Granville St Vancouver, B.C., PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 A big picnic is being planned by the Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Union to be held at Bowen- Island, Saturday,-Aug. 2nd. The picnic will include 24 afield event's with four valuable prizes for each. The.boat leaves1 the Union Steamship wharf at 9 a.m. Tickets, adults, 1.00, children, 60c_ . "jTHe" Painters.' Union, journey to jB-jwcn Island on Saturday, Aug. 2nd for a day of fun arid, light refreshments. The boat_ leaves the Union Steamship wharf at 9 a;in.*Snd 2 p.m. . Tickets, adults,'"$[."25, children, 60c, A day of frolic will be indulged in next Wednesday \by the h-en.bers, of the Tailors' Union. They.- and their families willjourney to Wigwam Inn from the Gore 'Ave. wharf at 9 a.m. Sports aiid prizes of all description vHH be the order of the day. Tickets, adults, $1.25, children, 60c. The Bakery'Drivers' Union asks for your support of union drivers. Be a good union man and tell your wife about it. MAINLAND XIGAR STORE 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER v , J. W. WILSON Office Hours; 9 to 6 p.m. S. L. MORGAN WILLSON & MORG . , FOOT SPECIAUSTS Corns and Callouses Removed Wi.,.jiit Pain. Instant Relief-.Given to AW Foqjt Troubles- Special Attention to Hotel and Restaurant Employees. 912 Robson St Phone Sey. 3927. Vancouver. B. C. CONSULTATION FREE f I .Hb.| THE LABOR STATESMAN July 25tljr1^4. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS l.« r BUSINESS IS GOOD Quality and Service has now compelled o_ to open an additional diniaig room to accomo- date the .increasing number of patrons of LOVE'S CAFE. Our increase In business is _» to oar firm coavkthts that "QUAL- ITY FOOD" is oi-r best ad. vertisemenfc In coi._rac{ins this new dining room we have taken the comfort of oar gueoto -into consideration by making all the booths semi-private. This |_m is cool and well ventilated and we feel sore that it will gain your approval. ■'-.'.'■ -SERTLOVR OUR STEAKS AND CHOPS ARE COOKED ON THE BROILER MS—GRANVILLE ST.—927 ODD BITS By SYDNEV WARREN "It is impossible to give the soldier a good education without.making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him."—thoreau. BROADWAY CAFE Cafe de luxe Phont»L_eyr4306-1292-O 105 Hastings St. East, Vancouver "Wm. Brevitt and Chas. Sykes, Props. MARTINIQUE CAFE Where Satisfaction Counts 1166 Granville W..JI. MARSHALL ALWAYS ON HOT PLATTERS ... Open All Night. COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND -JRILL . , GOOD MUSIC . ",. - -_ Delightful 'Di_ffg.___; with'a "Distinctive Appeal- Tray Service in Hotels _ Apartments (113 Granville St Seymour 3617.0 IMMIGRATION to Canada for the past- six mouths constitutes a record since 1914. Does that mean anything to you as a worker? Just stop and think what will happen to. the Canadian labor movement if the industrial bosses of Europe arc allowed to dump their surplus unemployed onto the already over-crowded Canadian labor market. Common horse-sense should tell us that such, an influx at this time means suicide to organized Llahor in Canada. One of the immediate demands of the newly-formed Canadian Labor Party should be the strict curtailment of' all immigration, both European as well as Oriental. . * a PUBLIC FLOGGING . still in existence, in Canada. Only last week were three youths "of Portage La Prairie, aged 16, 17 and 18, who had confessed to stealing, sentenced to receive a public flogging at the hands of the local chief of police in addition to prison sentences. The eldest of the youths was sentenced to, receive 18 lashes or orte ft. each of his years'and three Jte____^___n__r*_i°_^ ,||^U--__«mfc.-^ca_«im'pri_i5___*^ the youngest, a boy little more than 15, was given a suspended, sentence,, but was sentenced to a public flogging' along with his cofnpaions. In England a lit Ie over a hundred years ago the list of prisoners sent up from London and Middlesex assizes included two boys aged 10 anc( 13 years, sentenced to hang for a petty theft, while from Shcster Assizes capital sentence was passed on a boy fourteen for stealing -a silver watch and two bank note,s. When one considers the progress that has ben made in. science since 1817 one realizes how- far justice has lagged, especially when, the crimes have been against private property. Sey. 8909 Troy service at all boors STRAND CAFE Pore and WhoSesome Foods Properly Prepared in Our Modern . Kitchen 2» Hastings St W. Vancouver, B.C. Farmer-Labor Group Makes Good Start SEATTLE—Release of the Cen- tralia I. W. W. who defended their hall against armed American legion rioters on armistice day 1919 is an outstanding civil liberties plank of the Farmer-.-Labor party platform of Washington state which held its convention in the Seattle Labor Temple with 110 delegates. Six of the.-jury that convicted the lumberworkers of second tlegree murder have since sworn to affidavits that the men were innocent and that shots fired were in self defence under Supreme danger. Public ownership, free education, restoration of land to, the users, welfare legislation arid elimination of labor injunctions are other, planks. The Faf mer^Labor ticket goes to the regular state primaries; Sccrctary John C.-Kennedy of the party says interest is widespread and points to donations of almost $500 to begin the campaign, more than they ever started .with before, ...- When You Buy a Meal —you should be even more cautious and careful than when you buy a car. A car, serves you for purposes of locomotion only. But a rneal, serves- you for much more than locomotion—for the ability to think clearly, talk convincingly and generally "mould your destiny." . '_... """r Therefore, when you buy a m'eal, buy it at ttj. Pender West Just off Granville m r RUSSIAN WHEAT has been the subject of much speculation and-ponderous comment by the financial writers of the plqtc press of Canada. -_yi__r 3168 ' Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD -DEGG BOG KRAUSE Late 5_h Batt. Late 72nd Batt. . ._ Hastings St. E. Vancouver, B.C. Australian Labor To Win Next Election By W. FRANCIS AHERN. (Fed. Press Staff Correspondent.) Sydney, N.S.W.—The political out lo_t.ii»_Aust___ __j--t_-that-fe__p ..___£w_-p.i'_-o0nti_*rtf^.1.h^ al elections next year. During the last 12 months Labor victories in the state election have, been little short of phen- oineiial, and this, is expected to be reflected in the national elections. In the national elections, labor will have the assistance of Edward Theo- .or__thc Labor premier in the state legislature, of Queensland—where Labor has reigned for ten years. He lias announced his intention of entering national politics this year, and his prestige in Australia assures him. of being: Australia's coming prime jirinister. . Twelve months ago there was only one Lal_r government in Australia-. that was in' the, state of Queensland , . " . . . . - where-, there was a majority of one. ORPHEUM CAFE . Highest quality of food properly prepared and neatly and courteously served in generous portions by experienced Union employees, ._ ... ,_ !>___:..' _ . • -_ 'You wiil find our prices much lower than the average first- class cafe. ALWAYS OPEN 762 Granville Street Vancouver. B. C» Opposite Orpheum Theatre Today there is a. Labor government in Queensland, majority 11; one in western Australia with majority of 4, one in south Australia with majority of 8; and in Tasmania Labor is in power .. , , . .though with the support .of the other .borne weks -ago..,it. w_s=,,statcd thatKartj, v a:. SELF SERVICE »4l Uranville Street WASHINGTON—Fifty local- trade "Unions in Wash^^ingtoh"HaveTF_jsf __rdt .heir accounts to thc'Mt. Vernon Savings *?ank, in which the Intl. Association of Machinists is the chief stockholder. , ■ •'■ - ..':..' ' Russian Wheat would be of no impor lance-on the world's market in view of the small crop this year. But due to the fact that the grain crop of Russia is- managed for, the wheat growers instead of the grain speculators, the Russian peasants will sell tfieir grain abroad through co-operative associations and will get the benefit of the higher grain prices. * * * DOCTOR BUTLER, president of Columbia .University and high priest of the "Goose-step" educational system of the States, decrys the contempt for law that is now being engendered in the minds of the youth. Nicholas Murray Butler blames prohibition for this state of affairs, but I think he is mistaken. It is hardly surprising that the youth, qf the^States ^hpj^tt^^v^^ _tii_'iil'K!rc<f*tli_ for tlie past four years^he X*. S. has. been governed by a set of the most-sinisterly corrupt politicians w^^^ Vive"offices as the means of pilfering fight and left and who violated most of the criminal laws of. the' country iyith„._br_s<_n. .impunity. Their motto was. and for thatmattcr still Is, "Ahy- 'thin"". you can get away with." •;'■, _ "." *■'-• "'. ......... ; ... : ' . - ' '' Beware of liim who has nothing to lose—Italian. proverb. In the national parliament, an anti- Labor coalition government is in power but its prestige-, is shattered and already there are prospects of the coalition ending at any moment and causing a general election. The coalition consists of the Conservative party and the Country party—the latter reprc scnting, not tp: . dirt farmers, hut the wealthy ranch owners, stock-jobbers, and primary market manipulators. Labor needs to win but • 12 scats in order to capture the federal parliament. Considering the present wave of Labor enthusiasm breaking over the continent) Labor expects to'win.' BOY ABBI-NSB_.bg. -.resident O. ___NNAZ_' Secretary :.__ . ..v_-i_,_ 1-X___p J"£ps___:.j_._". -"-"''_*: "*'..,''' ' _ A FIRST-CLASS DINING ROOM FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN "Something Different" 777 Pender St., W. ' Vancouver; B. C. ,.__. _- — Phone Sey. 77SG-0 WASHINGTON.-Antonip Arroyo, vice-president . Free Federation of Workihgmen of Porto Rico, has been dismissed as chief, of the bureau of -labor fo.tH'at territory; «s a result of the anti-Socialist alliance'between the island's- Unionist and Republican parties. . •. ... . . • CHICAGO—William F. Dunne, co editor of The Daily Worker, the Com niunist he. .iapcr, heads the .state, ticket* in Illinois Of the Workers "Party. Beside. Dunne 'for'.'goycrnp. nominations-.for. other state'offices, for con. gress' and for the U. S. senator have been made: Local tickets will be put up in many localities. , This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. I aaaaa—-_-M '. ;■;(; July 25th, 1924. THE LABOR STATESMAN 7 I Announcement J .. A New Creation Has Been Accomplished by _Our Brewmaster er For Sale by All Government Vendors NO other Beer contains choicer ingredients than RAINIER Special BEER; hut even after the best ingredients are selected, it takes our Brewmaster to make them yield their richest FLAVOR; it takes his skill,"his life-long experience, his enthusiasm for Beer as one of the finest drinks that people can' drink. Taste how deliriously he blends the malt and hops. , ^ Rainier Special Beer is the MASTERPIECE in Beer making; it is refreshing, invigorating and healthful; your physician recommends it. Rainier Special Beer is brewed and RairiieFBrewihgCo.'of Canada Limited a corporation owned, controlled and operated exclusively by residents of BRITISH COLUMBIA with BRITISH COLUMBIA capital. v Brink In B_t_tS_- CO-_D_—IA __._ Is male In BRITISH COLOIIBIA ___yonnil. '__J-e ______ COi.Tr_-.BjfA "Rainier Special Beer" This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of . British Columbia. - By the Way Spud. Tamson .." Who is getting the big rake-off from the government s_Jc of liquor? Selling wines and spirits has always been a profitable business, but there is a limit to what the public will stand and that limit'has surely been reached in British Columbia. The insurable value of raw whisky at the distiUeries1 in ."Britain is 50c per gallon, and after blending and shipping, the best brands, of Scotch can be bought in Hong Kong for $175-to $2.00, per bottle, the same brands cost from $4.00 to $5.00 here It would be interesting to know the overhead expense of the government liquor stores. Then there.is the outrageous $2.00 charge for a permit to purchase liquor which to any reason able minded person must.Iook like legalized robbery. Fancy any business house taxing customers for doing business with them. If we must have liquor let us. have it controlled iirth'e* 'interest of the public. ' » TO- The god of war seems to be busy in this old wprld of ours again, and the merest accident may light the smouldering embers, plunging humanity into a struggle which may mean an end to civilization as we know if. Even Henry Ford has thrown in his influence with the war mongers, asserting that the U.S. must arm as never before if that country is to keep peace in the world. A sinister influence is .a_ _q_ fin "_r..e_mt"fy *_T .fie south of us' and States mobilizing war,, forces (jn ft, scale, hitherto unknown in peace times. The boy scouts, girl guides, officers',, training corps, and 400,000 civilians who General Bowlcy claims are.inter- csted in military .frilling will stand at attention and declare their intention to fight for the freedom they believe is theirs; .September 12th- is1 to be callcd General. Pershing's mobilization day and the war mongers have started a press campaign against the Y.W.C.A. charging that institution with pacifist anti-American tendencies. That no stone is to be left untuhled to instill the war spirit in the young, people is evident by the fact that the public schools have been forced to'include in the regular work for girls an examination in essay writing with subjects, entitled "Why a boy I know should join the Citizens' Army," "Why I believe a man from the Officers' training corps would make a good husband," etc., with .free trips to Washington a* prizes. - The exclusion of orientals, restriction of immigration from other countries, the quest for oil, the control of the mfiney market, all tend to bring war closer to our door. Truely Capitalism and peace are as far separated as the poles. . . ■ Symphony in "D" Minor • (By an Eighth Floor Dingbat) A number of the .Boys were hanging around the office the other evening. One of the gang had just got off a crack about like this: Little drops of "water; Mixed in with the milk,1" keep the milkman's daughter, .*'-.'" Clad in swishing silk. Naturally, Birt Showier didn't like it and he-was" just about to shoot back one of his scathing replies when a stranger sfuck his head-in the door and asked, "Say, do yuh have tb see a doctor before yuh kin buy a little drink of real good stuff in this man's town?" He seemed to be looking at Harry Neelands at the time, so Harry says, "No, not before, afterwards." . WeJl, sir, that started it. Frank Hunt and Billy Duiin contended that the medical examijiatin should be performed before and that it should ne performed )_. an alienist or -head- specialist. Some of the others said that it was a-shame'that a.man could not gtt a snifter without having to buy a whole drunk, or a glass of beer without having to make a signed and sealed contract. Percy Bengough wasn't saying anything but you could tell by the pleasant look on his face and th.' way he kept moistening his lips, that he was thinking Jiard. Then 'the Stranger spoke again. "Well, boys I'll tell yuh. I'm from acrost the line, and of course it's dry over there. Wh-ii _a tfllpB.yp!itsj<^ii|t,,(^.l_,s.,toJ._lM South Hill Parker's Meat Market 47th and Fraaer Phone Fraaer 204 Try Our Own Cured Beef and Pickled Tongues. All Kinds of Cooked Meats Kept on Hand. All Meat Governriient Inspected ONLY O'NE QUALIT Y-THE BEST W. Lindsay — Barber 6348 Fraser—Elks' Hall Ladies' Hair Bobbed. Children's Hair Hair Bobbed. Cut. WE DELIVER POULTRY Paris' Fish Market Fresh and Smoked Fish Daily. 5973 Fraser Phone Fraser 289 Genuine Ford Parts. Tire*, Tubes, Oils. MacKenzie's Garage Repairs to AH'Makes'of Cars. ALL WORK GUARANTEED 5914 Fraaer St Phone Fraser 442 tins here bootleg or moon. _T.h£_|?ogt-,,,,. _g»4_i1iM'_*>{rf1Tco"*a'mr,so"'i)ad,"but ' some of this here moonshine is cruc! stuff and bad for yuh, too. But a guy's got to have something. An' I wus . wondering how to get the real stuff in Canada an' I thought maybe some of you boys could help me out." We .explained'how it was done and what it would cost and he left promising to come'back "as soon as he got the wet goods. ' Of course ..he never came back-but what I wanted to say is this. On August 1st, the Canadian Labor Party wiIIvhoId "a meeting to form a local Council of the Party for this district; and if tiic workers will-only give as much attention and thought to this meeting as they did to the beer question the meeting in the Labor Temple should be a hum dinger. Curry's Grocery '.. Quality Value Service Family Trade Our Specialty CORNER 47th AND FRASER Pbone Fraaer 37 3580 Commercial (Cedar Cottage) Phone Fair. SS90 i . ____-_S_f-=!_'i*-?Iii 6241 Fraaer St. MEN'S Phone Fraaer 645 WEAR Odd Panta, Work Shirts, Caps, Overalls, Underwear. Bring this Coupon and get 5.. any article. to off Victoria Notes , negotiating . The 18 governments that have'thus far recognized Russia are , Germany, Denmark, Italy, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Lithuania. Latvia, Esthonia, Turkey, Great Britain, Afghanistan, China, Persia. Recognition by Japan and France is said to be impending. § li T|ie situation in Germany has net improved. There are still 1,__,090 workers unemployed and .locked out. 25 Weeks for _mD0M^ VIENNA.-—Five hundred suicides in six weeks is the record of Vienna. The daily papers carry a regular column entitled, Die Lebensmuden (Tired of Life). All classes .are victims of the suicide epidemic, the poor because they cannot subsist, the wealthier because they have been caught in the speculation which seized Austria during the fluctuations of the French franc. VIENNA.—Every day in Vienna Victoria Teamsters a new-wage' schedule Street Railwaymen are revising their wage scale. . . Cook and Waiters have scut a,new wage scale.to hcadqartcrs for approval. .The Trades Council tendered a vote of thanks to the police force for services rendered at the May Day Ball of.the Council. Unioi. reports indicate, an upward trend. . The May Day Ball-petted a profit of $R,5.79. r ."-'•-' The Brewery Workers have secured a new agreement with the Phoenix Brewery, and the Silver, Springs Brew- cry. * '.'*.':.'- The casting vote of the mayor of Victoria killed the attempt of the civic employees to increase the wages of the iak_:s.cs_- WASHINGTON. — Gen. Calles. .is . elected president of Mexico, according to Luis N. Morones, Mexican Federation of. .Labor, who has telegraphed., here .a"' statement that labor elected Calles by an overwhelming majority, and that .it also elected all of its candidates for the house and a majority in the senate. ' -a—. .^0~S^^w.T<mesJwam0^::^"'"T_ifC_:'p«n.-7rS-«riias"Vecured an ~. " .-. ..-! *. T__ .___-.._- _._»__-...■' __. A ii .. t _-1 _ .»■ _._ __ Fdcks. The bank scandal in Austria as real as the oil scandal in'the W^MBOR STATESMAN Holden Building Vancouver British Columbia The Nippon,Nomin Kumiai, or the Fanner's' Union of Japan, Is a strong workcri' organization including -tenant and farfii'laborers. Two years ago it bad less than 300 members, but at the beginning of 1923 the membership had grown to 20,000.- At the end of 1923 there were 250,000 members, and the latest information shows a 'membership of over 500,000. __.__.-J— Victoria Road Phone Fraser 236 Prompt Delivery Tecumseh Meat Market One Quality Only—The Best 5675 |JctorIa Rd. E. Savage, Prop. Phone Fraser 344 Window Glass Victoria Road Hardware Gasoline, Oils, Tires, Paints, Roofing 5697 VICTORIA ROAD E. H. Belscy - - pr____,.!_. increase to. $6.00. The Trades C6mufe9fg|^(|ffii__fe _?*_"(:__:. rinoti'for"supplying.the or- cbestra at the J. ay Day Ball.. The Musician's Union returned $25_). WASHINGTON. — Necessity for placing federal :judges u .lis. direct control of'the people, as a safeguard against abuse of the injunction, will be urged upon the Intl. Assn.' of Machinists, in the 17th genera! convention, to be. opened Sept.. IS, ii_JD_, ...i.. br--. re. rt_f*W_" IFjohnstdn, -""'""-"ICODAKS,AND FILMS, ■ _.__ Brjng'Your Prescriptions Tobacco, Cigars,. Pipes, Pouches, Etc. Phone Frasfcr 694- THIRtV-F.I#H AND VICTORIA 5022 Victoria Road J. Ponsay, Prop.. Ladies' and Gents' TAILORING^ Cleanirlg, PrC-Sftig" Slid "Repairing .*■!.'".': Our Specialty. w _a__giw_y i^m. ii"| __ ^srtjjttt^j^f/^lt&a^w '-'>'- "I _■'_j • -.HI Correspondence Vancouver, B.C. NC. JLa Editor, Labor Statesman . It seems to me that Murphy took the correct attitude in the last issue of the Statesman, on the question of a labor 'member of .parliament accept- the portfolio. While the offer may not be forthcoming now. that, the Liberals have a working majority, I think it is, a:-question well worth the serious consideration of all wage earners. "We . haye nothing to lose but our chains" and .f wc can rely on the man obtain- . ing the office then we certainly should be in a position to gain something even if it is only the enforcement of the labor laws at present on the statute books. During these days of stress and trouble, that in itself is of real value Jo the workers. - If wc ate going to retain- a "fatalistic" attitude and deny that .'anything can be remedied under the present- systcniHhen we might as well take to the woods and hide ourselves from ihe rest of the human family. If the polticia! situation is so acute that the Liberal, or any other govern- •-ment, offers Labor a real post folio in exchange for the support of the Labor group, then the Labor group should be in a position to dictate the terms, and those terms can be strong enough to give labor some degree of power at least. THE LABOR STATESMAN Victoria State Goes Labor One more Australian state goes Labor. This time it is Victoria. The latest returns give Labor 28 scats, the former government 24, Farmers 12 arid Independents 1. Sir Alexander Peacock, Nationalist Premier of Victoria, has decided to -ling to office despite the result of the elections, according to an Exchange message. ■■'■■■■?■ His majority has disappeared, and Labor is now the strongest single party. His attempt to form a coalition with the Farmers' Party has failed. News of the Turin Terror in Italy Since the murder of Mattcotti writes a correspondent, the Italian.-] press has enjoyed' a greater amount...oi I freedom than before, and .numb .of Fascist misdeeds have been • exposed which it was not possible to ''print hitherto. The Labor papers give prominence, to the revelations tjf the "Turin massacre" of December last. '..'■'. Evidence given by Ziirl-.fi, one of those left for dead, shows that, he .and his brother-in-law were taken outside Turin at midday and shot by eight Fascisti, directed July 25th, 1924. J_l Around the Town By "QUEDOC" It is seldom indeed that the Art of Song and Music so sublimely lends _d to the delineation of a political situation; but such was the case when j at a musicale held at a residence in Shaughnessy Heights this week in honor of one of the newly elected Liberal members, the engaged tenor opened his repertoire, with that beau- tifpl song "ABSENT." '*..' * . * . * "''■..' The members of the Waiters' Union, are generally a fine "sel of people and worthy of our respect; they are courteous, civil and obliging, but sometimes they have to put up with incivility from patrons that should know better. I suppose -that somebody must have previously jar- redjti-e patience of the young lady U_ho served me the other evening. 11 merely remarked thaf the_steak was-| nat.tenderenough to-my liking. With reproof in her tones she answered: "Steak not tender enough? Do you" expect it to jump up and kiss you?" . _ --_ , -» by a., man with And that is what Labor wants at the Tuscan •"j'.nk '■','.".' $_£■?..-.""
**"""*; and TOe dem de truff. But by golly I was terribal .cared, he might have asked me one more question." "And *hat might that be?" asked the qf- flcial. "I was awful scared he might ask me if the lantern was lit." By Laurence Todd (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON.—Coolidge, Dawes,- Pershing, Gen. Fries of the chemical warfare service, and the rest of the super-guardians of preparedness are directly challenged by the executive committee of the Federal Council of Churches. Nothing that Jane Adams and the Womc.. s Tnternational League said or did, in their recent-world congress here, was so cruel in its implications to., the military ring as what the respectable, spokesman of 22,000,000 respectable churchgoers in t h csc United States have handed to the. velvet-salaried generals.-., "Let. the churches challenge the war system?*' is the slogan which the executive committee of the Church Federation has announced. "Should not the churches, it. asks, "affir .ling.that their, layiiltj' to Christ transcends all lower loyalties, and determined to apply the principles and the spirit of Christ to every national and 'international problem, - stand_on their own feet, do their b.vri'thinking, adopt their own policies and assert their independent right to deal with the greatest moral evil ot this generation?" that anybody opposing the national ' defense on principle should be locked up as a traitor. "Let them refuse unequivocally," says the church committee, "to sup- j port pagan international policies or; acquiesce in colossal and provocative | preparations" for super-pagan wars. J Let them declare that, for nations no less than for individuals, the wagcs.oi! sin is death and that evil is to be overcome with good. The substitution of law,, conciliation and arbitration for war in tho settlement qf international , disputes is a matter of moral principle.. "The war-s^Etem of the nations will be overthrow, 'and"a peace system established only when millions of meH andwoni.ii take vital interest in these questions, place them above party policies and express their convictions in their vo|es." You are one of those people who arc looking for good groceries at low- prices. Why not patronize our new advertiser—Kirkham's Grocerteria. Tell your wife to tell our advertisers whom wq_iope she patronizes to mention The Labor Statesman to the merchant. Trv job printing department. 'South. Hill readers are invited fo make a saving of 5""S on purchases from one of-our new advertisers. Read l!;£_W_!L'l.-a---r_;-fi241 .Eras st.St. Ad. MR. WORKINGMAN DO YOU BUY YOUR BREAD? If so do you patronize a member of the Bakery Drivers'Union ? Griffith Bread JC_Q____^__ are the only firms in'the -ity, employing union drivers. Ask your wife or mother.to sec that the bakery driver has a unioncard-_.sk to see it. BAKERY SALESMEN'S LOCAL NO. 371 Affiliated With the Trades and Labor <.'.iim.il and the Canadian Labor Party. k
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