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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council «s^£*>» No, ^-SIXTEEN PAGES VANCOUVER, B..C, May %, 1924. No. 2. FIVE-CENTS PER'COPY i. Ninety Six Delegates at C. L; P. Convention Ninety six delegates, representing local trades unions and working, class political ', parties, were present at an enthusiastic convention held • in-the Tra"des-Gouncil -Hall of the Holden Building, 'Tuesday evening, for /' the purpose-of organizing a British Colam- \ bia section of. the Canadian Labor Party.' \ ^kfcough men and women representing all ^ptinds of views were present, not one word of discord, or discrimination was heard.. It iseemed to be the general concensus of opin- ion that all differences should be sunk at •S the present time and a united effort made to get a bigger working class representation in both ,thc Provincial and Dominion houses of Parliament. ■ ' ' Official delegates from the' following unions and organizations were in attendance Bricklayers and Masons,s Boot and Shoe Workers, Blacksmiths, Cigarmakcrs, Car- . penttrs, 452; Civic Employees, City Hall Employees, Electrical Workers, 213; Dom- '.. injfift,-Expres3_ FnTpJoyees, Engineers^ §82; -Federated Labor Party, VancouVerT^'Easf Burnaby and West Burnaby branches; Hotel and Restaurant Employees,-Hod Caf- ' riersrBuilding and CoinriloTlTabrnrTsTTSniS |Pf" ber-Workers,* Machinists, 182; Machinists. 692; Musicians, Menial Hospital Attendants; Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees, Molders' Union, Plasterers, Plumbers and Steam Fitters, Railway-Carmen, Railway and Steamship Clerks, Street and Electric Railway Employees, Sheet Metal Workers, Xiildrs, Trades and Labor Council, Typographical Union, Workers' Party, Finnish Branch Workers' Party, Blacksmiths. i Called by Trades Congress -■ — The meeting-was called to order by W._IL_ Gottrell of the Street Railwayrnen's Union, who stated that the convention was called at the recommendation of the Executive committee of the Trades and Labor congress of Canada. . The provincial .executive committee of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada,, comprising W, H. Cottrell, R. P. Pettipiece; Phil Smith, Victoria, Malcolm Sorley, New Westminster and P. R. Bengough met Wednesday, April 9, and prepared a plan of campaign which was presented to the convention and was, with one or two changes, adopted. , It was agreed at the beginning of the meeting that there would be no sinking L-of the identity of ny working class political party at present in existence. Each party would carry on its own propaganda, but during election time all,candidates endorsed by .the- Canadian Labor Party would run as "Labor Party"-candidates. Next Convention May 31 • The following recommendation were adopted:'.. '•:■■ , ..) ,(a) Recommended, -that we form a Provincial Section of the Canadian Labor Party, to be known as the British. Columbia Section of the Canadian Labor Party. .-,.... (b). That wc provisionally adopt the Constitution of the Ontario Section, until the next regular Convention of accredited delegates.. • . (c) That wc elect Prmusioual Officers to carry on the work of the 'organization';-'.to secure affiliations and to arrange for the formation of provisional branches of affiliated units where considered advisable, .' ... (d) Provincial officers to consist ot Pres- "-Idffi-f^eFrSfS-r^^ :t'ecs. .' •■■-' :.:--r-:^:V. ' ■." ,, ' ,':.. (c) That a date Be set for a regular Con' vention of accredited delegates from fully paid up arid affiliated bodies. (f) That the date of the Convention, be set for Miy 31st and June 1st. (g) That. affiliation Fee be set at $5.00 FOR UNITED POLITICAL FRONT SYDNEY, N. S. W.—The Labor council of New South Wales has' issued a manifesto calling for the linking up of all working class political partiea"with the Australian Labor partym order to secure a United clasB front. & "We realize," says the manifesto;' "that the day when all working-class parties are accepted- into the Labor party will be a historic day. The need of a united working class is apparent to all. "The council realizes, that only a united working class can secure a workers' government. Only a workers' government can take the necessary steps for dealing with the immediate problems'of the workers." Labor Establishes 44 Hour Week in Queensland By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Press) - BUtSBANE,:Qu«t'!is]and,.-»-Tho-.14,:liour. working week is established by law in Queensland. Other legal achievements of ■fcj-sbqr Gnvelnmejitjire..industrial con- ciliation and arbitration with the "public members not loaded against labor; stautory protection for trade unions; wage protection under which there can be no docking from the worker's wage by the employer at the time of payment; increased compen-* sation for workers for accidents. and industrial diseases. * " • ;;-•: ■ The right to work and insurance against unemployment; government employment bureaus^ guarantee of full civil rights for all state ""empioyeesj-homw[for workers at reasonable cost and EQyernmehCmonopoly of workers' accidentVinsufance "areT'other measures now on the statute books. - . The Government proposes legislation for equal pay for men and women In like employment, and to amend the railway act to safeguard the rights of the railroad workers more completely., j per organization and a Per .Capita- of -10c per member to end of 1924. Greetings were received from Jack Logic the F. L. P. Candidate for South Okanagan. The convention instructed the secretary to extend an invitation to the" Alberta'section of the' C. L. P. to send a fraternal delegate to the next convention. ■ The -next convention will commence Saturday- afternoon, May 31st and continue on Sunday, June 1st. A nominating contention will be held two' -weeks latere The provisional officers elected were: Prcs. W H. Cottrell;-Vice Pres. R.H. Neei- ands; Secretary, F. Hunt; Trustees Wm, Dunn, Malcolm Sorley, P. Floyd. CELEBRATE FIRST OF MAY DRUMHELLER, Alta.—Throughout the Drumhcllcr Valley, the first of May, will be a day of celebration, the miners',. railroad men and various other labor organizations, including the Women's Labor League, tak-' ing part in the festivities. This being the first attempt of the workers of the VaJltTy to stage a celebration of this kind, and also the"fact that the miners are engaged in a struggle for a decent standard" of living, the various organizations interested and the people at large, arc, showing g£cat enthusiasm in the work of helping to make the celebration an outstanding success. A fact to.be wondered at, is the earnest Ko-opcration of the, business men of the district, who have' generously contributed to the list of prizes for the various events. In fact it is the business men of the town, who have donated most of the prizes, and most of them aic very substantial. Strong Impetus Given _^„,_ Alta Labor Movement That the' political Labor movement in Alberta has received a strong impetus as '^^jLJfeiiiilt nf tKo third «nniial_c^onverrtjon o£ the Canadian Labor Party, Alberta section, held in Calgary on Friday and Saturday, is the concensus of opinion expressed by Labor men throughout the Province. Many and varied were the viewpoints of the 98 delegates present, but through it all there was an earnest desire to make Lnbnr politically a force to contend with in Alberta. H. H. McKim, past president of the Dominion Labor Party, Calgary) opened the convention Friday morning and handed the gavel to President George Latham after Welcoming, the delegates on behalf of the Calgary Labor movement. ..----' *' ""'"■'•■'"■ Fraternal Delegates. Greetings from the United Farmers of Alberta were conveyed by.JH. E. G. H. Sholefield, vice-president of the U. F. A., who suggested that the Farmers and Labor co-operate at every opportuntity. The Farmers' organization is heartily in sympathy with the Labor movement, said Mr. Scholefield, who warned the Labor ;hien of the forces at work trying to keop Labor and the Farmers "apart. ~" Fratcrnal greetings were also extended from Frank Wheatley, president of the Albeit Federation of Labor; J. W. Verge, of the\lberta Teachers' Alliance, and R. H. Neelauds, representing the Federated Labor Party of British Columbia. * A resolution calling for close co-operation with the U. F. A. was unanimously passed. It was pointed out that similar action had been taken, by the Farmers in their convention.—AlbertaLabor News. Labor Correspondent In . Rome Told to Quit LONDON, Eng.—Mr. Giovanni Giglio, the Rome-correspondent of the London -Daily'Herald, has.been expelled from Italy bj the' order of the Government, wired the Exchange'yesterday, and has left already. The reason assigned for this action is the allegation that he has transmitted news prejudicial to "Italian interests" (that is to say, to Mussolini's Government), which the authorities regard as inaccurate." Mr.. Giglio is a British subject, of Maltese birth, which fact has no doubt for a long while protected him from the violence to which-other journalists..in.,,ltajy who-preserved their independence have been sub-, jected. • - Recently the Daily'Herald published' dispatches from him exposing the terrorist means, including, actual murders, by which the Fascist party has been attempting to secure a majority at the present electiins. JlftyiH.OKANAGAN LABOR CAN- ■•"---." "didate ~.":.,..^~'"T":"™"r JackLogie of the West Summerland F. L. j P- ^ aK?'.n-fl ''audidate of that partvjorlhe "South pkanagan"cpnstitiieiicy in the fortrP'"" coining proWncial elections. "Jack" is an old campaigner and has been s-o near being, elected tha-fthc prospects look good for his election as the M. L. A. for that district. "NEW- WESTMINSTER TABOR CAN. I DIDATE R. C. Higgins of the 'Street Railwaymen' Union has been spoken of as the possible candidate of the -New -Westminster, workers in the forthcoming election. A convention will be held shortly-for-the selection and as Brother Higgins has been a very active" member of the labor movement there for a number of years and is very well liked, he will in all probability-be the choice.. BURNABY LABOR CANDIDATE The Burnaby brgjich of the Federated Labor ParU- has selected Frank Browne as their standard bearer in the forthcoming provincial election. Frank Browne is at present the municipal accountant for Bur- naby/and has been active imlabor circles for many, years. , He was at one time president" of the New Westminster Trades and Labor Council: , ' ' MAYDAY May day, pregnant with ^new and botfnclrijg life and rapture of resurrection, is the glorious harbinger of industrial and political freedom. .-'-.. ;, May Day is above all days in the year the day of the workers'; the day-Trhrejoicing'^rrid fraternal greetings^ the day of high hopes and lofty asperation; the day of national "and-international celebra-.„ tion. ■ . . . " . ■ •' . . • •--.-- ■ '. Unity and Solidarity is the watchword of the- day. • Industrial and t. ^o!U^aJ:pjrrr^]ri^ia|iQn,.r4£^ sex or creed "mTm-4re;-B'r-]^ v "May Day has been proclaimed by International Labor, and is celebrated by the workers of every nation on the face.of the earth, and is prophetic of the coming day when race and. creed divisions shall be *iped out in, a' brotherhood of joyous productive • labor—Speed .the Day. !-":;'' ,.-;' •'■.- ;- ■'' "' ;' /': " ■'■< -: NANAIMO LABOR CANDIDATE I The Nanaimo local of the Socialist Party ! Canada has nominated W. A. Pritchard, itor of The Labor Statesman, as their candidate -for the forthcoming provincial election. This nomination-has not yet been accepted because W. A. Pritchard has deemed it advisable for the workers in that district ■ to hold an open nominating .conventiBh" "Tn order that other prospective labor candidates might be given a chance to have their names placed before the convention. If the convention should choose some other candid- date, W. A. Pritchard will not run in that constituency . If he is chooscn,. it is hoped that the other nominees will step down and work for his election.. > . «AMK---.Mfce trades councils exchange .Minutes «A. nijjK.iUip-.ae'Jjivc has-jn$t {yor^i^m-^At^Uitl^-..,,. VtM\vWH"t1ier^^ Rupert Trades Councils. This is the interchange of minutes of each council's meetings thereby keeping in touch:YMth ~thc activities •*-, of all sections, which naturally will "redound'....!. to'tne benefit of the -trades unions in each . locality." „ ■- ;.... ./ 't {■■■■■ Ml mmmmm Two, BHRPR 'S 5KBM fltSS "3 H ;; •Jl j i -f i l-l ; THE tABOR STATESMAN May 2, 1924 IJFCiSliARDm :.■" TENTCOLONIE$ OF '',!-, . "",-;,-.-' ....-: ■,-,''. -i'-,. - ■-- - ■ :«■; By TOM TIPPETT ''•'.-."' (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) '" ,--;, ESKDALE, W. Va.-^There are still 2000 members of the United Mine Workers of America" on strike on Cabin Creek. They, together with their wives.: and children, number; 10,000 people, -and are- all living .in tents or barracks and have ;b$en since 1922. Wreckage of the national coal ^ strike. ' .'■„- Cabin Creek is Jn the' Charleston terri* tory of West Virginia and was solidly organized in 191-2 by-Mothers-Jones after- much trouble. The "Bull Moose special," an armored train, played an important .part in the 1912-13 . Cabin Creek strike. This train passed slowly through the valley and fifed a machine gun broadside into.a tent coiony occupied exclusively by striking '•■ minerai-wameitand-obiidren-at Holly Grove on Paint Creek. On Cabin Creek*the men were; not bluffed by the "armed monster. (Chief Justice \"?m. Howard Taft was then president). A fort was,erected on the mountainside and a war began that ended with-the Kenyon congressional investigation in 1922. The. publicity surrounding, this; trouble and the cry of protest from outside contributed much toward success for the miners. After a year the strike was won in 1913. Peace reigned on the creek with the union firmly established until the 1922 national coal strike. No settlement -had been made since and mines are operating with strikebreakers. ■ The inevitable tent colony, erected to sTiellef~ffie "Tarm*iies, ~thrown out of corrP r'par^'5'K'd1Sl!('1^'t^r^''-rJSSdsiae, stilt houses Uie$e unfortunate people though they are "raaiy''^1apraaT^r^tter" stahdlng-WTrri? mehts two years. District 17, U. M> W. A., is supporting these strikers ;as well as thousands of others similarly situated throughput the /state. The strike relief provides coarse food and nothing more. Live Like Cattle. . The suffering is indiscribalile. , The badly worn tents stand all along the creek on odd patches of land not owned by the coal companies. One colony is exactly like another. Hundreds of women and children huddle together like cattle. In, the EskdaTeT colony alone 12 children diedTast year—all under threeyears old. The living ones seem to be"half" starved, "though rtioy' declare th«-y have ononph to eat. There are a few, barracks but most families live in tents. The—countryside bristles" with state police with huge searchlights mounted throughout the Valley. Guns of every description are everywhere in evidence . against the evicted mine workers and their families. * -;. • An injunction rigidly enforced by the state police provides six months'in jail and j $80'fine for a striker caught "speaking with" a .strikebreaker. The strikebreakers here were shipped in from Alabama, most of them. .'•■.. In the face of what already seems defeat the sufferers say they will fight on to victory. And they have won victory after .victory in this fashion-in-previous struggles. <The history of their'unldn is an uninterrupted chapter of that kind of misery. BOB MOORE AT, NEW ST AND Bob Moore, who was for many years one Of the partners. in the Empire Cafe, on Hastings Street East, has taken Over the Colpnial' Confectionery and has got away to a flying -sta/f and aH of his friends will , find him right on the job with the best of confection and latest magazines. Mr. E. Roberts, the new Maure-d'Hotel (head waiter) at the Vancouver hotel," his received awprtderful welcome in,bur midst. Mr, Roberts came here .from the Royal ■for maiiyj'cars. "Mr. Roberts has.bcert con- ■ nccted with the C P. R. for nearly-twenty years'" and that certainly speaks fpr itself as ability goes. We hope Mr..R'ob'crts will like Vancouver'as well or even better than Winnipeg.and become a Vancouver Booster. iiimim « ODD BITS By SYDNEY WARREN Sir John Martin-Harvey ■ *' ...' ■ AS\"OEDIPUS ltEX" IN "OEDIPUS REX » .,..__. ^ .Tke Ancient Greek Play to be Presented at '. "'■-■;' THE ORPHEUM THEATRE NEXT TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY- RAILWAY CLERKS' DANCE The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks held a very enjoyable whist drive arid dance in their lodge room, Belvedere Court, last Monday the 2is£ Mr. B. V. Dunkerly won the gentlemen's prize and Mrs. Ewell the. ladies' prize. President John Brodie presented the prizes and gave a few very fitting remarks on the value df workers taking an interest in the world's work of the Labor-movement. -—:——--— — Choice refreshments .were, ^served and music was provided by very capable "musicians. Brothers Tweedie, at the-p-iano, Brother Hopfi^at the traps and; Brother Cowie, violin, all members of the Musicians' Union. One charming young lady confided;-to our reporter that she always sensed an element of romance in the music ■vhere there wasa violin in the orchestra. And so friendship is ripened by confidences'. Our reporter in his old-fashiortpdcourtier style admitted that he envied "Bob" that privlege of planting tender melodies to live in precious hearts. If Bob Cowie only knew this he would be treating himself to a new cake of rosin. ENGINEERS REVISING ITS-WAGE SCALE Local No. 844 of the. Steam and Operating Engineers' held another of their very successful regular, meetings' last Thursday evening.'"0 -,-..■ , ". -.-.- _ Five new .members were initiated and a committee was elected to take-up; the matter* of the revision of the wage scale. This commiiTee will report next meeting,, so any nieni.ber-whd has .some ideas he would like to express along those lines should be. present or hancj his suggestions to the committee, • There seems to be someslight improvement in-the Unemployment situation. The -peree,ntage. ..of„..un.cmpjpxcd ,is less -rhsiv. i-t was .a, month ago. " ^ ""■ The local has subscribed to The Labor Statesman for its entire membership-for a trial period of three months. The'UnpardonqbltSin. Have you .jever wondered why the incessant campaign' -of denunciation and calumny against Soviet Russia continue? Other countries have changed their govern- ■ ments from time to time and beyond the usual "comment at the time, nothing else is said or done. "". But with Russia it is different! The international commercial pirates are not one whit concerned with a change in government that is brought about in the usual way. They know from experience that their profits are as secure under a i-epublic regime as where a . royal head' holds sway. BUT—inRussia the workers did more than merely change th<- form of government—they did more ,thu.. supplant $* the corrupt Czarist beaurcaucy with a rep- -Eesent_ati.ee government modelled on the j lines of a constitutional monarchy or a, republic-^they determined to use the nat-.J tural'wealth of Russia.for the general wel.I fare of the Russian workers, "They decide ■ to produce for USE and not for PROFIT' >$ In so doing they struck at the -very hear 1 of the plutocracy, of the world becaus. 1 they challenged its economic supremacy. ' —....-._.... -.-•—-*- *- --* -— -'— '•—-—-- - The Canadian Labor Party. ■ The initial-steps'taken to form a British Columbia section of the Canadian Labor Party should nieet with response in all""" quarters of this province. Whether or not you agree 'with the exact details of the organization or of its proposed programme in every respect should be a matter of secondary importance at' - ■this..s.tage in_the,-pi-fleeeding3. . ,Ti«4J-npor---'-r tant thing for the workers..of British Columbia at present is to find some common hasis-fflj-cohesu-p pn)itieaX-a.-J4aj-:ap-l.,|he;..... Canadian Labor Party will..! believe, serve this purpose. .;• , i Here in British Columbia the. workers for. year's past have pi buffeted about fronwine of the old-political parties to the other. Vabue promises of labor legislation '-,. haye ben made by both Liberals and Con- servativesj but the legislative records at Victoria are sufficient to show the falsity of these. Take, for instance, the proposed eight-hour, day measure. When the act was being drafted- tho gevornment -invited the timber bosses of the province to "sit in wjth them1! but- when the" Vancouver Trades and Labor Council asked that labor be permitted to assist, in drafting the bill, the re-r quest was side-stepped. . , A Canadian Labor Party will mean a distinct step forward!,, . SOCIALIST PARTY MEETING The Socialist Party of Canada will hold its regular propaganda meeting in the Theatre Royal next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock: Speaker, W. A. Pritchard; subject; "Labor's May Day." Questions and discussion., , Socialist Party Mating f ' THEATRE ROYAL , . ;; Sunday Evenings 8 pom ' ' SPEAKER.: W.'A. Pritchard. 1 " SUBJECT: tabor's- Max-Day QUESTIONS: - t DISCUSSION. ' y WORK FOR DINING ROOM MEN ,, -On Monday, May 12, Local 28, Hotel atd -jy> Restaurant Emplpyees, will be Called upc p, by Mr. E. Roberts of tl.e Hotel Vancouvi''', to assist inserving 1000 guests at. the dinm- »-'-! given by the Native Sons of.Canada. Y64';,' j boys who are not working had better, press* lip that Tuxedo or have your white 'coat ?' laur/dered and don't'faif to give your names-' , to Bro. Graham, at headquarters. • ".. "'i-"i'-" 1 TOOLS For; All Trades HANDSAWS Disstons, 26 in., No. D8, ■-..': '$3,25 ;■: : SAND LEVELS 48 in* Brass fiQUitdr^8.25 ;«ASTERERy _ t ^TROWELS - IWarshallton, ll1/^ in., • ""Fin^, $3.50 each. , p^MuAiV(TT|rL.'V|'. ija^ w^iMBtptgai^ttrott I^rk ^Hardwarie: -f."':'" ^ '■:-Limited"'"'-l''!''i''^::;''" Two Storet: -.' 8 Cordova W. 5^0 Main St mm May, 2, 1924 THE LABOR STATESMAN- Three I- /- Saturday 3rd May Globe Theatre Saturday 3rd May Invest Your Money - At Home The Wall Street Journal says: "The Alberta Oil fields threaten to rival all the great oil iiclds of the World combined, and .if the field proves.,op to expectations of the expert geologists based on careful investigations, the oil deposits of Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, or Tampico will , seem like bubbling .springs beside a geyser." . j__ The Financial Times "says: .7-- ... "The chances for making immonse fortunes were never so much in evi- ' dence at any rime in any. field in the World." - " ' Wc will drill adjoining the discovery' well. ■-. Write or call for information and maps. " " DISTINCTION J w No matter how many brands of Beer '1"'::" thereaK^wiW^rfia^m^** § just a little better than the rest. COMPETENT JUDGES DECLARE: BrkamiaBeer Caa't Be Beat— '- This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor __!.?,s-.a.avComrol, j^rd or by the Government^ B. C TYPO'S NOMINATE OFFICERS Nomina'tion of officers was held by the Vancouver Typographical Union at their regular meeting last Sunday. Elections will take place at the next regular meeting to be held Sunday, May 28. The international "oTficTrTwiir l^oTeiruW-ar-^rR^arm? 'meeting. ' '.: ~- -..-.v, . . G. llttlewood H. llulowood Anglo-Wainwright Oil arid Refining Co., Ltd. (Non-Personal'liability) Cor. Pender and Richard Sts. Phone Sey. 4150. * .J*H3cusn.«, ..... 'JflrtCJ CARPENTERS WILL HOLD PICNIC. T,nenl 425. U. B.,of Carpefrce.rs at their V3 ■■■■■• .\--l3AA tA hSla „ SLIPJNN BEAL FISH AND CHIPS THE OUT) PIRM , Phone Seymour 6768 719 Nelson Street, One door west of Granville ..-■LiQtLai-ijf^j-y....-/^.-^-..^"'-^.--."--r,—^„—,. last monthly meeting decided "W""Hola™S"" picnic to Bowen Island, on July 12 and declared a.holiday on that date. Don't forget our Job Printing Department. It ia more.help to the paper. . - MISS VERN'A FELTON :L^:, m For a Relishable Spring Beverage Dtmk---L RAINIER EXPORT PALE BEER There is new vigor and strength in every drop RAINIER BREWING Caol .'■-,"Working people predominate in our audiences," says Miss Vcrna Fclton, leading woman of the Allen Players at the Empress Theatre, "and wc arc glad to. know that they are to have such a splendid paper as The Labor Statesman to assist them in . their, organized effort to^mprpvc-conditions for humanity." ... ^ ***(QraariB«"»lK«uL: ^gaiiidi^ IMd. i»^^-jK*ki>l^n&S^3SESZXSJ^ This advertisement is; *not published or displayed by the Liquor ...Control Board" or, by the Government pf B. G. BUsftti;&t*jrKm&J&? .y 'Fotir THE LABOR ST-ATE-SMAN ,j»>«tri FREE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH.- Ill* LOCAL SPRING LAMB This Lamb is the product of the Experimental Farm, and is , diessed by the packing housed ' '• LIMITED QUANTITY ONLY AVAILABLE „. POULTRY __.*'_ * TURKEYS—Per lb. .".:_. , '.......... .'...,...., : 35c FRESH KILLED LOCAL CHICKEtt-Per lb. .......:... 30c :fr~ • ' BEEF SIRLOIN ROAST—P*r lb. ,....'. ,'. 25c '"- - .-' LOCAL_MILK_FED VEAL :.'-».-'-—------ LEGS OF VEAL; about 6 lbs. each—Per lb.... 28c PORK -\-~-- ALBERTA GRAIN FED PORK, FRONT LEGS-Per lb. .12V2c BACON—3 lb». for $1.09 BEST ALBERTA BUTTER-3 lb*, for .....: L $1.00 • With Meat Orders of $1.00 and Over. FIRST AVENU^ MARKET Near Vancouver Drug Store and Three Poors North of ' ■ 'i—'- . i Grandview Theatre. 1710 COMMERCIAL DRIVE VANCOUVER, B.C (Mention This Paper When Purchasing.) STRIKING STATEMENTS ON WAR BY BANKER The following striking statement was made before a luncheon party at the -Canadian Club, in Ottawa recently: "We must resolutely set" our faces against this horribleness and this foolishness of war.. We must, insist, individually and collectively, that we will refuse" to break off negotiations with, any nation until those who have to bear the brunt of the fighting have the opportunity to record their vote as to whether or not there shall be war. ' . , ... "Let Canada and the United States cooperate in the "rebuilding of the industrial machine so-terrlbly-ssreeked byJthe war Vancouver^ 1 j Heights i Know Where to Buy Ten years from now—will the home you buy today reflect credit on your good judgment? "J," Will the "articles you buy today—food, 'clothing, tools, etc.—be the BEST and will, -.-.. tlajtt;)att-Jie£^.(t4'tei*a~-,ii:'Ji^^rj;-::.fc:.«!J.Wi-; Yes—if you make the right SELECTION, at the right PRICE, from the right II SELLER ": Grandview Grandview Grocery WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY^ I t.l. v*.... .j....^. *wo ..A^/..^,ir ...kuvij ,L.u,i,cu umii an exienaea trip fTlTTwitU ' T?o.» TVCKSSW " ' of inraoiimtin™ «„.'jit:—: :- -ii'.i.. ■ ■ • Cash With prce Delivery 1752 Commercial Dr. '■ Phone: High. 268 Depend on The Labor Statesman adver tiscrs for purchases that .assure .value flb. the buyer. Always refer to The Labor Statesman columns before making your purchase—then buy from our advertisers and tell them WHY. . . NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Richmond District Sewers, University of British 'Columbia and ._.-; _Point Grey Lands' SEALED TENDERlTendorsed "fender for construction of sewers at the University of British Columbia and Point Grey lands' will be received by the Honourable the Minister of Public Works up to noon •n Monday, the 12th day of .May, 1924 for tho construction of sanitary and storm water sewers at the site,of the University •f British"- Columbia and on a portion of the Point Grey lands adjacent to the University site, as set forth in the schedule •f quantities. . Plans, Specifications, Contract and Form of Tender may be seen at the Department of Public Works, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, and at. the-Public'Works Office, Court House, Vancouver. —Copies of PlanB an,d Specifications may be obtained from the Department on payment of a deposit of $20.0.0,' which will be refunded on return of the plans, etc. in good condition. \ - Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted,bank cheque on a chartered bank of Canada made payable to the Honourable tho Minister of Public Works for the sum of Teh Thousand Dollars. ($10,000)' which shall be forfeited if the party tendering declines',to enter into contract when culled upon to do so. The cheque of the successful tenderer will be retained as security for the due and faithful performance of the work untrt"lhT^tisfactq"ry completion of the contract. , Tenders will not,be considered unless 'made out on the form supplied, signed •With' the .-.HCtuBl?^gjiivturB,_j»Cthev.tend6rsr,,|.. and enclosed in the envelope furnished. -~;"T!lg,1!SOTTOst'brie«HK»5M®r^^ accepted. v . P. PHILIP, - .-.-- - . '•■.,' Public Works Engineer Department.of Public Works, Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C. - April 28th, 1924. ' .._ Kill this war business, in "which there has been so much traffic and so muchi intrigue that even the bankers themselves have beeh'fpoled. .' , . *•"',,/; ' ThjsjNexf War ''. 'If there is to-be another war—and it is difficult to find any in Europe who did not think that there will be another-Hhen the costs of that war must be paid in cash, 100 cents'to-the dollar. It must ijot be a charge on future generations, as was the last war." ,i..„ ~~. ',''.'-■' These were but a few of the very striking statements made by Mr. John F. Sinclair in the" course of an .exceedingly interesting address made before the Canadian Club at a luncheon - held at the Chateau Laurier on Saturday. Mr Sinclair is a Canadian by birth, although he has long been a resident-of the .United States. He achieved considerable success as an author, banker and'economist. He is a keen student of international affairs and has ...Vancouver Heights Pharmacy - ' and -, ''• '' ' 'Post Office --..-... 'Prescriptions, Drugs and -';;;','■ KODAKS ? 3955 Hastings St. East Phone High. 476 B. C WINDOW GLASS CO, LTD. Dealers in ■' SASH, DOORS, FRAMES AND GLASS Window Glass, Leaded Art Glass Building Papers Roofing, Panelling RELIABLE . ";'': -"~AT REASONABLE RATES " -.' R.C. HIRST '__ 4903 Hastings St E. Phone High. 1462L recently re*u^^ ™J^^l^ ._^^ ,.■.,, „tiVM»...^ ,J.«...,i ,, , ■... ...-.I .^— i a——». | Manitoba Hardware Shelf Hardware, Granite and Tinware, McClary's Ranges, Bnpco Paints and Electrical Goods. 1174-16 Commercial Dr. Phone High 978 GRANDVIEW Furniture Exchange J. D. Smith, Prop. RUGS AND CONGOLEUMS 181? Commercial- Dr.- Phone: - High." "476 =^X. DAVIES ±M Plumbing and Sheet Metal Work, Furnaces, Eavestrbugh", Cornices, etc. - 1943 Commercial Drive Phone: High. 861 Cox's Shoe Store SHOES FOR THE FAMILY Leckle's, Chum, Hurlburt, Classic, Empress 1712 Commercial Drive Phone: High. 1298 of investigating conditions in all'the lead ing countries. ... TJta^aidttMisgtl -a~-n uiHUtni'-of-welliferS"of Parliament on economic matters, in a committee room, at the House last week, and he made so profound an impression that He was requested to address the Canadian Club—a request to which he readily acceded. Members who attended' the, luncheon gained a wonderful insight into the econ- * THE ESTHE^JSAKER For Better-Bread, Cakes and Pastry 3728 Hastings E. Phone: High. 131 4 H.A.HJLL GROCERIES. FRUITS, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hastings Street East Phone High. 1640 First-Class All work guaranteed, GEO. ANSELL omical insight of the war, its causes .and effects. Mr. Sinclair's address, was not only, remarkable for the intimate knowledge of the subject that was revealed, but for. the masterful way in which the problems were presented and for the solutions suggested. 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'. ,"• 'l«foj.*v ttoiteJeymo ur 4ft TfTrTflimif mrTi.i.W.ffiT.r nhw-:* ■ .'■ ::1<Hto<«^rr««KB^"^~«j[ju2(^^ , ^ """W Six THE LABOR STATESMAN The Labor Statesman Publlshed'evory-Prlttay, at 818 Holden Bld>. Vancouver, B.C. ■-:-', cOwned by The Vancouver, .* New ~—Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, i Press Committee: R. H. Neelands, Typographical Union; P. R. Bengough, Machinists'; Wm. Dii'nn, Carpenters'; A. Mcln'nis, Street Railwaymen; J. Smith, Carpenters'; J. Thompson, Pile Drivers' and Wooden Bridgemen's. Subscription Bate: United States and Foreign $3.00 per year: Canada, J2.50 per year, ji.60 ■for six months;"to Unions subscribing in a body, !6c per member, per1 month.. - * Second Class mailing privileges applied for. Phoria SeVmour 1989 Vancouver, B..-G, May 2, 1924. MODESTY IN FULL BLOOM y Mr. J. W.'deB. Farris, quondam' Provincial Attorney-General; and one ... of the present big guns of the Liberal Party, is nothing if not modest. As reported in a local journal of 'unimpeachable veracity, he declared before'an audience of his admirers: "If a Labor government in-England adopts ah Equal Guardianship.Act and a Testators' Families Maintenance Act it will only be following the Liberal government of .British Columbia." The local sheet then goes; on'to report how Mr, Farris was-able .to dissipate certain doubts entertained by the House of Lords concerning the feasibility of s>a.y in England last summer, y ,ris crowing jubilantly over the social and.labor legislation of the Oliver government, citing the minimum wage for vyomen which he claimed "prevented this class of mvergan.ized workers from being as formerly the victitfis of wage reductions . \~. . " .'.-' Of this latter point- we shall have more to .say probably later on in this place. Fqr.the nonce.let it suffice to remark that almost all, if not all, of these lovely lilies in-the vale of provincial law-making bloomed only after the expenditure of a vast amount of energy on the part of those vitally interested in the every-day welfare of the laborer. Some, of course, as for instance, the Workmen's Compensation Act, were copied, not from Britain, be it noted, but from the'Ger- many of industrial enterprise as she existed prior to the'war, and were put into effect here partly through the pressure ofyemployers who found sucli insurance cheaper .than- the o'ld:fashr ioned mcthqd of recourse to litigation. . But none of these measures, hardy "though they be, can bloom as exquisitely as Mr. Farris' modesty when that worthy gentleman is in reminiscent mood. ' " " . :~ into their own hands and meet .force with force with most lamentable results, for the legal machinery of the world's greatest democracy is neither slow nor-Uncertain When dealing with members of the working class. • Current press despatches now carry news from Wheeling, West1 Virginia, of the entombing of some,one hundred and fifty-five miners, caught like rats in a raging infer-no. Messages of .condolence will pour into that unfortunate territory from governors, mayors, United States Senators andTongress- trieri; law makers and laity dispensers; who in tlic past have assisted in the cruel operations of the state machinery against these, same-miners fighting for. the right to have some say as tcr the terms under which they would work, will make hot the wires with assurances of their Unplumbad grief to the unfortunates left behind. Arid, as in the past, the unfortunates will be" left behind, forgotten by the crocodiles whose tears at this moment are being shed as public'-.evidence, of their sorrow'. "--■ \ ;;. But why this Waste of human life, according to the best sellers, the most- precious thing on earth? Last wek we carried a despatch by a Federated Press correspondent, Tom Tippett, concerning these very same West Virginian coal fields. We commend it to our readers for further perusal in the light of this most Recent.tragedy. Let us quote: "There you -Have it .in a nutsbell. Large tonnage at low cost. It costs money to .sprinkle explosive dtist. or to employ sufficient gas inspectors or a timber gang large enough to timber dangerous tops .., ;. And when the inevitable happens the coal, company isn't but anything. Insurance companies take care of dam- flg»-*-t«Mteaw5S«iB^;'iiiM«feTan4»iih«.)«» settle for the dead coal diggers." And ^■H3lttody--^tr;t-rn&f-West--Virgiriia-ts repeatedjt may be-in somewhat lesser degree, in every coal bearing territory from Belgium to Vancouver Isjand. In very truth, > > "If blood be the price of capital • Stood God.! we have paid it in full." THE PRICE OF CAPITAL '■■;'-.-' West Virginia is a state in the east of the' li, S,. Ai._ It 's noted for many things; its vasF coal-lands and, rcsult- " ing from its lavish gift,from nature,, its bad; habit of flaring meteor-like into the headlines of the world's newspapers.. To make mention of its name is to open a vista of. horror, to the mind's, eye too tqllosal; for effective descriptiqn. • Its History, since the discovery.of the aforementioned coal fields, is a history of massacre that .J_xonipietely . eclipses, even the...terrqrs. -of Czsristic Russia with its Okhrana, aiS^rrgrgms,cxiles£and-bloodshed?---|tow andagain"its oppressed slaves," desir-; ■■" ing probably nothing higher than the ' right to organize for collective bar- "rgaircimrin the world's self-touted highest democracy have been clubbed, shot; driven out of "their wretched ' hovels, and their women ami*-ehiMt*'n starved and man-handled.. Often this has resulted in attempts on the part of thesesamc workers $p take the law THE POOR ICE MAN Recently, the Vancouver: Evening Sun editorially informed its readers that some 800 pounds of ice would be used in 1924 for every man, woman arid child, entailing an expenditure of a million dollars for each day of the year on.this continent. .. Therewith it pictures- the impossibility of the modern city were it to be deprived of this means of keeping its .large stock of edibles in'fresh condition. ,-..,./ The last sentence, quoted herewith in full, is; replete- with -.'telling* eloquence: "Tellier, whose discoveries made cold storage possible,- died in- poverty." ..'•'.".■ Out of the near past comes the quereious 'demand of the .skeptic asking: "What,will yem do with the inventor in a society in which the workers own the means of life?" Well; we' don't know really even yet. But, perhaps, we might do a little better than to permit them to pass out submerged ,inpenury and follow such event with squelky~editorials about their great serviceability to the community. viewed, and what low. -appraisal is made bf their, political sag&dity, by their master's. J ■>-—.""' • '•. Here we are, welljSver. four years after'the Versailles Treaty arid; the launching Of the League of Rations,! One of the promised rewards for wirw r.ing the war was an eight hour day and the labor clauses,of the League of Nations' Covenant, stand, an 'eloquent but ineffective record of our masters'good intentions. For a considerable time an Eight Hour Bill,.-introduced as a private members' measure by one of the opposition; has been gentry ~but firmly laid, on the shelf on the grounds that this Province teuld not afford such a. radical departure in legislation while other provinces of this, fair Dorninion gave no indicatioris of fulfilling the terms of the League of Nations' Covenant. This was taken by many workers to be an excitse »of sufficient ■weight,-albeit other provinces dodged the point with somewhat similar excuses,, and all the provinces wished the contentious bone ori to the Federal Government. The Federal power,'not desirous of harboring other peoples' dead cats on its own immaculate doorstep, pointed out repeatedly ' that it had no jurisdiction over the question as it was distinctly one for the several provincial author itiei-tb deal-vritferr^": In stich fashion "Honest"-John and his coherts wriggled, through and evaded the soleinn undertakings of: »the allied statesmen., session after session avoiding either introducing or en.- dorsaing any such-piece of legislation. But, behold] Now an Eight Hour Bill' appears evidently in anticipation of the periodic election. ■'-■■ \ according to its own terms, until 1925 BiTv fimrrnfct-hiH'dule-ftM- KIRKS EGG COAL . $1235 Delivered . The Most Economical Coal Sold , :-,:, in Vancouver Now being called fonmore and more every day on account of its sterling quality. . DOES CAST LONGER KIRK & CO. tilD. 929MainStret ■' Phones: Seymour 1441 and 90Mt PERRY&P0LK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Brooks & Wilson . f 7 Ideal Confectionery' ■ ; 1889 Powell Street Cakes, Pics Tobacco and Cigarettes ^BETXE^LE MS Main Street J. Turner, Prop., picks the best of^tobacco. W® Oraer Your Next Tailor-Made Suit - -_ ■ JExsml.... '".;.....,„ , '' . GAINING &t0. J m. HASTINGS STREET EAST ^.(Threc"' doors west Empress Tneatre) weeii-tlit-pieswi' o'ther- Session-of the .Legislature will be held. It would have, been possible, at that time, for the government to ha-ve shot the necessary holes into it, in order to make it ineffective and a fraud. But not so ! So lightly do they esteem the perspicacity of the worker that unblushingly and without attempt at excuse they provide the' Bill ready- to-wear already shot, full "of the inevitable holes. Of course, the Bill was passed at the moment that, the'gov-., ernmental weather eye was cocked on the poiverful lumber lobby then firmly treading the corridors of, the Provincial Parliament. - ■' . „ ~ Look at-one or two points! Clause 2 sets it down that "Industrial undertaking," which is the term used throughout the Bill, includes "Mines, quarri and other tforks for the extraction of minerals from 'the. earlu," (Emphasis ours). Clause 13 (unlucky number!) proclaims that "The provisums"t)f 'this' act shall not in any way limit of affect the provisions of the 'Coal Mines' Regulation Act, or the 'Metalliferous Mines Inspection Act,' or '.The Labour- Regulation Act.'," (Emphasis ours again).,-' Ring Up Phone Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W.J. Curry ^ "", - ' Dentist Sjilte 301 Dominion Building Vancouver, B. C. Phone Sey. 804 Gordon 8. Nicholson The Orpheum Haberdashers IN THE ORPHEUM THEATRE BUILDING 759 Granville street, Vancouver, 8. c. .And there you are-! Where are you":. When we consider the almost limit- ess powers of the Hoard of Adjust- w<im\ which under the^Act will be ap- pbiilte"tl-to administer'it, one froii.iJ:hc Employers, one from the Employees (with a truly Employers' squint)—, that will-make two to none—and one from the public, we can- conceive another pfece bf reform legislation which might oil the surface be ccii§idcred as beneficial to the labor movement, becoming nothing but ."a sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." THAT EIGHT HOUR BILL! The final act .of the last session of the Provincial Legislature was the hurried passing of an Eight-Hour Bill. This, it is to be_supposed, constitutes tlic: sopi-wbieh the Oliverlans have de- sigriedlifiy^the^uuwi.tting„,,woi^BJfvio^ ffle'fleXt election. -:-isw^.vrJ, The" existing galaxy of politicoes] who constitute the Provincial Governmental Party, evidently guided by ex-1 perience, have made a long bet on the worker's credulity. For' certain it is, that if the members' of the wtfrWmg- clas,s possessed any great 'critical faculty they would immediately' perceive with what contempt they are JOIN THE SUBSCRIPTION HUSTLERS' GLU6 Get. yotir Friend,- Neighbor, or Workmate to subscribe for '■'■■. .■'■■", THE LABOR STATESMAN^ • on a . ' "■•:•'. a-::-,'': trial Subscription-ef -Twenty Weeks for ir!ren:TCcs»K.7i;i; ONE DOLLAR "".''-. '. .,' ( Address: The Labor Statesman, 16 Hastings St. East, Vancouver, B. C. i ( fe I. idLi-ii'ai^. * - A «m*tmKiimMW9»^<<i'lf^tl^'ft!il^> in THE LABOR- STATESMAN Seven Mt. Pleasant JAMES HARKNESS Teu and Provision Merchant 2505 Main Street Phone Fai* 1269 SPECIALTIES Coffee Cooked Ham Cheese Teas 'Ayrshire Bacon . v Butter EMERSON L. BURRILL Chiropractor • Graduate '1916 . Post Graduate Course 1923 207 Lee Building Main and Broadway City ElectricCo.7- Electrical Contractors and Supplies Repairs Day and Night. ■ ■ Eighth Ave, and Main Phone Fair; 4865 2412 Main, Opp. Eighth Phone Fair. '524 SINGER SEWING MACHINE STORE There is no better place, in the city to buy at cash or on the installment plan. Hemstitching ' Second-Hand Machines R.H. Stewart Co., Ltd. Furniture nad House Furnishings Cash or:Easy Payments. -. 2424 Main St. at Eighth. Phone Fair. 2512 Bell Plumbing and Heating Company 105 Broadway East . ' REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Questions and Answers « ; r$y."PML.TAS" Tbis department.will lie a continuous feature of this paper for the benefit of read- ■crs. Fire in your questions on any subject and we will endeavor to answer them. , Address this department. Ques,—K. Mc.: It is the contention 'of labor that every worker should be educated to become class-conscious. Would this solve- the labor problem? -Aits.—TNol It_is_..vitjU!v_neccssary to become class-conscious. The working .cliJsT must become a conscious dynamic' men'" power, not only to originate but also to sus tain a new system.- Ques.—A. M.: What is flic proportion of Sand used in the manufacture of glass? Ans.'—Here is a Plate Glass '-formula: Quartz sand, 1U0 parts; lime,.,36 parts; sodium sulphate, 24; arsenic trioxide, half; broken glass (plate) 100 parts... 'Ques.—E.J., S.V.: What is the cause of the chahge of character in the public meetings held on behalf of Labor. "' Ans.—The mental attitude of the labor ijiari today is of a keen inquiring nature. He wants.to know ..facts as they are and has ce'ascd,to be swayed by an appeal to passion. American Socialists Will Attend Conference CHICAGO.—Morris Hiliquit, Victor L. Berger and Bertha "Hale White have been elected as the three national delegates of the Socialist party to the July 4 eontfim tioa at Cleveland of the conference for progressive political action. "If the convention is sufficiently advanced in recognizing that there can be no traffic with the two old capitalist parties, and-that the working clas"s must strike out boldly for independent, political action along the^ lines of its class interests—if a majority of the'delegates are-sufficiently class conscious and- courageous to take a atancLund to plan their campaign accordingly, then I am most heartily, in favor of joining issue with them and making common cause under a united banner in the coming campaign and in support of the same candidates, while at the- same time preserving strictly the " identity and integrity of the Socialist party as a revolutionary working class party which stands uncompromisingly for the overthrow of capitalism arid the establishment of the Socialist commonwealth," declares Eugene V. Debs. WAGE BONUS FOR BABIES w-tHfitte-liwSsSS . .—SSSMXBtm ^^Fur Wwlvlim, Cltmftn find Jf"yplry ARTHUR WISMER Wafchniak'cr/Jeweller and Optician —— 2317 Main St v-V' Fair. 966 Gillrie Garage AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER General Repairs, Storage, Ford Parts, Oils, etc. 2222 Main Street ((tear) Phone Fair. 5633 ¥7 . The Store With Small Expense. Arthur FrithJkJCd. Men's and Boy's Furnishings, Hats, Boots, and Shoes. , Phone:.Fair. 14 2313 Main Street, Between 7th and 8th A vcs. A. Hilker & Son Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory'' or Money Refunded. 2425 Main St, Halfway Between Broadway ... - and 8th Avenue. Phone: Fair. 58. Res. Phone: Bay. 4766R Mount Pleasant ' UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. • AMBULANCE SERUTCE 1 • CORNER OF MAIN ANT)" KINO^WAV i. W. Hogg, Prop. Phone: Fair. 1324 Broadway Bakery WEDDINGS SOCIALS BANQUETS Two Stores: 522 Broadway E. 4132 Main fst OWEN'S MEAT MARKET HIPK CLASS MEATS We Deliver Phone lair. -lift. 3»«B Main St. UNEMPLOYMENT IS asm*- i^JNCREASlNG IN JUGO-SLAV1A ™*»- "M"^ '-'-'-a-*--:-^"»»»^--.T^-','.-^Bw^^.-;»,^M" ,.'.. Unemployment, is increasing-Tn iSgifi Slavin.Official Estimates" p4Bre«>5thc-nBm'- bcr of unemployed at over 100,000 workers ~an'd'TO0O salaried employeea.__ '_.'"_ ii« TO MOUfyT PLEASANT-READERS By an ..oversight Owen's Meat Market was left out of our advertising columns last week. This has now been rectified and we hope you will make it a special order "of business-to'patronise this market ana tell them why. ■ '-•" ■" PARIS.—The French- government, as well as a number of.other European countries, - has introduced, a system of supple^ ,-,,-• rneTOrirWfgrr^^ to married nllaffflnp°g|. whiMii^ are g'ven' workers with chilSrefrin"addition WTher ordinary wages. The employers paying these ■ family allowances create a special compensation fund, to which they pay contributions' proportionate to their payroll. Out of this fund the family grants are paid. The rate of allowance, according "to Prof. Roger Heard French economist, "differs in different districts. Some funds have a regressive scale under which the "worker gets less for the second cMld than for the first and less for the third' than for the second. But most. Of/the funds aim at an increased birth-rate/Slid have-a progressive scale which increases the amount payable pet- child with /the, number of children. Some pay_a uniform rate fof all children. Some funds pay spcciaL bonuses iri addition to-the ordinary allowances, such as maternity and nursing bonuses,-and sometimes even a bonus to a workman's wife \yho_is solely occupied in taking care of the family." v , ■:.'.' JOHN D. DEVELOPS C0LD-IN HIS FEET BAYONNE, N, J.—More than 750 strikers at the Vacuum Oil Company's plants have1 put their faith in the christian professions of John- D..:liockefeller, jr., and have, returned to Work without their 10 per. cent raise. The inert have no union and rti-e unable to.fight the company. The com- Main St. South of 23rd K K.PARKER Dry. floods and Men's Furnishings "Where You Buy and Save" . 25th and Main - Phone Fair. 801. - Open Saturdays Until 9:30 p.m. Latimer Hardware McClary Ranges General Hardware Jamieson'8 Paint 4124 Main St Phone Fair. 792 J. C. COLVIN Plumbing Heating_i: Oasfitting Estimates Cheerfully Given. 4178 Main Street \ Phones: Fair. 3071 Res., Fair. 2375R" , "''•■ 30 Years'Experience G, W. FISHER Prescription Druggist QUALITY SERVICE SATISFACTION Prompt Delivery. 28th and Main- - Phone Fair. 831 TRY NEILSON'S Superior Bakery BREAD - "For CAKES' 4491 Main Street *\ PASTRY Phone Fair. 4701 Universal Grocery Special, 4 lb. Tin Pure Strawberry Jam, 60c Highest Possible Quality at the Lowest . . Possible Price. : .;'■■? 3851 Main Street ' Phone: Fair. 5000 TORONTO STREET CARMEN -:- SECURE TYVQ.-YEAR AGREEMENT TORONTO.—The- Street Gar Men's Union has secured a two-year agreement which includes working conditions for "extras," who formerly had to waif long hours for a few hours' labor. These workers are now guaranteed six hours' work a day arid minimum wage of $93.'69»!pWnonth PREDICTS THE rfoUR-HOUR DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE NEW YORK.—The four-hour day in the near future /v^s predicted ,b°y Arthur B.; Jones at a "hmftari engineering" conference in this city,_yihich ■ was attended by JBQ delegates from 13 eastern; colleges. ' Mr. Jones explained that the present output of industrial concerns^ if properly systematized with .due regard to the work- meB!—would-Jie.4)radHSsd_jri..|half,the_Jinic it novi-4nkc* ..■»,.,-... „„:'.-,;-,.,... „-~ - ,'.-_ ENQUIRY INTO WORKING.-—r~T^T HOURS IN GREAT BRITAIN An enquiry has recently been instituted by the British TraSe Union Congress on the' working hours of members (if" the affiliated orgnni«atiiimil»!B?j^ift< results show, that 3 1-2 millipn/wqrkers have a, 48-hour week, and 800,000 a' 42-hour Tweetc. ' Of the 15 million British'workers, some.iff to 12 million work ft'hotSjj a week or less. -: thelrrsucir^rcorrFprry* ^titr*$^8$gfr Buttlieonly wage promise if 'thi\t.-the employer will^iay as' much as Neighboring plants; ■, -' ■> ■> ■;•-; ■' That is'-where John D. conies in. The Standard Oil employs 17,000" men in its five northern New Jersey plants who threaten to strike unless they get ,a 10 per cent rais^. Since- John D. got religion after his -Ludlow massacre'-the New Jersey workers have been1 herded in a company union, the notorious industrial -representation plan of the Standard Oil Co. The mer? aire tired of waiting for a raise.*vAs^'fuithful employee's" they say they do norTbeli|6ves-in strikes but they may be driven to it. • When President W. C. Teagle tiirned down their request, they wrote-a letter- to John D., the Baptist deacon, quoting some of his brotherhood stuff tq„hi«rr~<rhey: asked him to come to the ahnualllove feast of bosse's and workers last'weekS-Ai the last minute he sent word that he had a cold. "Not in his head but in his feet," 'wasItho unkind comment' of workers' representa tives at the love, feast, F. WELLS §il©&IvMJLm~~ ^mmSimSlM 2jJ|p^AVENUE EMPLOVERS' TRADE SCHOOL FAILS ; SYDNEY, N. S. W.—Trade schools maintained, by building employers in New,South Wales;to teach bricklaying and other crafts .iila.hurry are drawing official disapproval. Hundreds of half-baked men, have been turned on the building trade market, with the result that much faulty work is,being done. This was predicted by the" unions. Leading architects now report to the government that as a result there is-a .tendency to substitute concrete fof bridk- work. The architects point out that the skill of bricklayers and others in the building trades should not be allowed to deteriorate, because inferior or inadequate housing menaces the physical and moral health of.the- people. . • /. -.:, In an official statement regarding these '^aavfiEest fm3^re^.rterrtr-|rf^--1*e^^ S?1ffln*^le^^rard' of«%'«^"i'sfl*sMiha«sa5B4a conditions of training were very''' uriWtis^ aacjtory. He added, that in tKb opinion of tte board the bricklayers', frade could hot be^aeqliiireUinJ1t2_weeks-arid that^^-at^ least two years' apprenticeship was heeessary. It has been a,loiig,time coming,and it is not here yet, but we are getting^ closer and closer to. the, time when all the, unions affiliated- with organized labor will stand arid^itill together. ■•>■ .'■••:.'■ . WILLIAM HENDERSON . TAILOR Dyeing, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing and -.,.---, Altering. - - ' J- 3828 Main Street Phone: Fair. 5651 TRY Cblbourhe-s Market For Choice Meats, Fish and Poultry. PROMPT DELIVERY •-- 26th and,Alain' . , .Phone: Fair. 1646 THANKS! NOTHING DOING BERNE, Switzerland—"We feel nothing but- contempt. _for.the tyrannical Fascist government of Italy." This is the answer of the Swiss Federation of Trades Union to an ingratiating invitation received from the Mussolini -government to send delegates to an. international emigration conference to be held in Rome in the near*fa- ture. The Fascist governrhent is trying t)i create the • impression that it is deeply interested, in social questions. ' ■ The Swiss workers replied to~the Italian * dictator: "We beg to inform you that we are yei-y much interested in the emigration question, but we are unable to take part ' either in the preparations for the confer- • ence or iri the conference itself, in view of the fact that the' Italian bona fide trade unions .. . . are persecuted' and • oppressed by your government. You must not count upon, our' co-operation until a complete reversal of this policy has taken place.". : •■ , . ■;• the Dominion Barber Shop Where Service', and Goaijftesy Counts " H. B. Baitrls, Proririotor . . - " i\ " , „ 073 ftranviUe Stroot,: "Vancouver, B. C. Kext Hoor to the Dominion Thoatra WALTER M. GOW ': WATC1TMAHEB tlttl .lEWEMIt Diamonds, Wntciios ana Fine Jowolrr a ;_v , ■ ^-- ,. ■ Siieclnlty Kdadiiiwrtot's lor Community Silver Plate ,, Pliono Sovinoiu* 0878 -•' 009 oranvilia. St., Taacenver, ST. O. HttnDfflHflgfft|gH| SSS|j;ftSi& HOTELS AND a HOTEL AND vj W. A. COLMAR, President. RESTAURANT EME PHONE: SEYMOUrI "An 'army, fights oil its stomach" is an expression that^ha's been world- famous and it is-just as true that men and Women WORK on their stomachs: There, is nothing in the world as important to lie considered as your, health. . . ". Napoleon died of cancer of the stomach because lie ate too fast, and did not give proper consideration to . what he ate. John D. Rockefeller.has spent un- " • - told fortuntcs to teact} the world the proper care of the body because he suffered himself so much., --'- Charles F. Murphy, powerful T.am- . many leader of New York, died of acute indigestion. For over twenty years Murphy has been one of the biggest political ' powers in America. He made, or helped to make Mayors, Governors and Presidents. He also' broke, pr helped break them. Hundreds of 'thousands of people yoted-as he fold . them to-, vote. But at the same time he controlled over a million votes— *Mr'-*-- •■■ He^trb'frttf*ift3 nSmttwHits- -appetitei-".*™^ and where to cat is innnitely"be.t'ter off than the man who can control nations. . . ". : Phone Sey. 8909. Tray service at all hours. STRAND CAFE Pure and Wholesome Foods Properly Prepared in Our Modern Kitchen: 29 HASTINGS ST., W. Vancouver, B. C. Always on Hot Plotters. - Open all night. Cosmopolitan Cafe and Grill GOOD MUSIC A Delightful Dining Place with a Distinctive Appeal ^ Tray Service in Itotcti and Apartmenta. ' -PHONE SEYMOUR 3617 O 1113 GRANVILLE ST VANCOUVER, Phone: Sey. 8326 Phone: Sey. 6773-0 Golden Gate Cafe ■' Where Tourists. Meet, and. Eat '■•*- '. 130 Hastings St., E. ..Vancouver, B. C. Next to Regent Hotel ■ Phone Seymour 7061-O ■«,*..,- JIM'S CAFE OPEN PAY AND NfCHT TRAY SERVICE A SPECIALTY 1184 Granville Si. Vancouver, B. C... The Following Restaurants Employ tTNION HELP- Broadway Cafe Bull Pen ........._.. Cosmopolitan ....,: Central Cafe ...; Empire Cafe , Good Eata Cafe Gourlay's Waffle House Golden Gate Cafe Jim's Cafe — -- Lodge Cafe ...:..»..... • Love'a.Cafe ..'. Moonlight Cafe Morris Lunch . Martinique Cafe Orpheum Cafe ....: Oak's, Cafe ..'.'. Only Oyster House Pender Cafe »..«s..paiajes,,eafe.,..i , .... Standardise^,, '. Strand Cafe '.. Savoy Cafe .. Victoria Cafe :a£ii~~~tW*j,: .-.Hastings Street Eastj- 700 Block', Pender Street West" .' 1113 Granville Street .'.....608 Peader Street West Hastings Street East *_...Pender Street West ,.-.-..' ...Cambie Street Hastings Street East : ■■.... ...-■■■■Granville Street Seymour Street :.'........^Granville Street .'....'....Hastings Street West Dunsmuir, Street ■ Granville Street Granville Street"' • Abbott Street .'.L.Hastings Street West .-. Pender Street West Cordova Street ^_„ Seymour Street '.':£} HastiTigS"Strcet-JW«rt--^= 72 Hastings Street East aaeiejsisiacafcfiw -«?'.' .Main Street THESE RESTAURANTS EMPLOY WHITE HELP IN THE FRONT ONLY:. Granville Lunch Granville Street' St. Regis Cafe .......1' Dunsmuir Street Wonder Lunch Carrall Street AU Vancouver Hotel Waiters Belong to the Union All others ha* no agreement to'hire Union help, and, believe in-the open -shojl; tbey are not entitled to patronage " from Unkm-members.! ,...'.' DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM Be a Live One __-.J_.lE5t in a union restaurant Look for the Union Card; . ' Boost for the Cooks and Wafers And Waitresses, good and hard^3 ,"■ ~-< Now is the time they need you, Don't let them ask in vain. , . Get on the list with live ones, ■ v * —- Can't you see that your duty's plain? j- ' —T. H. W., in Kansas City (Mo.) Labor Herald. .' .PHONEs SEY. 1647 A. T. SPATZ H. R. THRAPP ■1 - ■<» ^CHiL'a[lAKS"jCAFE ■\yivNEvmt.„ciAO.sji 326 Abbott Vancouver, B.C. -----.t^nn. Meet Your LOVE'S 935 Granville Street Phone Seymour 3133 !?*';«>«««<*» vrt*V< .ligJtoin^Trj 7l flpr Annout THE OPEN OFTHENI] AMBASSADfl LI ..,......: «0SEYMOUR(l VANCOUVER] On or About Dancing Eve> Patronize the Eating Places Advertised in the Columns of The Labor >^?*>WWWMsW»gtegfM«*ffi^^ uOYEES' UNION, 1 1681 i LOCAL NO. 28 A. $RAHAM, Business Agent iends At IAFE ."'■. |y Service |d Night MM* |ing y :•'■;>•■ i -2W \ - . tf ©rpljeum Cafe Highest quality. <pf food properly prepared and neatly and courteously served in .generous portions by experienced Union rprfpltiylge^ ~ . You will find our prices much lower than the average first-class cafe. . - Statistics ALWAYS OPEN ■N: ■^r-^L'^e^"^1 ■"."■ \*<wtivmp.^w^^}-;:£,■£ ''^^'~-",'i-r^^!!SS!Si^^srT,::. 762 Granville StiSt ancouver, Opposite Orpheum Theatre —oii down-town meals show that 3.2 per cent of them are followed by glad cries of joy," 17.9 per cent by sifeers and frowns and 78.9 . . . pet cent by groans and vows of. vengeance. .'".:. Foremost in -that j|>2, per cent- class are the dehgHtftil meals served by GOOD EATS-. soon t-j i.-ii'*3riVi;ir.'«.;v.i :■;■'.'■:, "'.'.".,. -„..-/>. ,*'7* :T- Pender West just off Granville !■■ IB CAFE STI iEET i 'B.C. • - $$& 1, 1924 t ry Evening <ia: You Canndt Get a Better Meal ■ In Vancouver . ......•> (OPEN DAY aWnIGHT) >' Since .the CENTRAL CAFE passed into the owner.- „ ship .and'.personal' management of Mr-.' Peter L." : -. ~ - Bancroft, regarded as onedf the leading restaur- , tcurs of the Coast, THE PATRONAGE" HAS EX- .-" '■':: *• .■ CEEDED i ,000 MEALS A DAY; This .tells its own i-- ; story of FAULTLESS SERVICE-;* PERFECT ',-,*-— CUISINE, AND THE MOST EXCELLENT • VIANDS THAT THE MARKET AFFORDS. "IM- • '•■'-. . ■[).■ MACOLATE-CLE-ANLINESS THROUGHOUT. ;,, "■ Private Compartments, Unexcelled Accommodation for Ladies and Rapid Service Private Parties" Courtesy Music the Best Phone Seymour 3168 ' Empire Cafe «£ GriU i '. Vancouver's Best. Under Personal Management ot H. DEGG B. KRAUSE. I.at« S4th Batt; late 7»n4 Batt, 72 H#i«tfats:St^E.r;.";.:-V»Aco^Ver;:B^C.^ SSBBBGV - - _Q.WBBNttAX.Tj Seoretary WbEpengo; -.uanxsa. , t . r ..RST,CLASS...D1N lNG.,itQOM. 3— INDIES AND GENTLEMEN ' "" "Somotlilng Different" m • "m \stii W. , Vancouver, B. C. Vholld'soy. 7786-0 .-,.„oJ #; CENTRAL CAFE:r- 608 PENDER ST. WEST PHONE SEYMOUR 9147 BR O AD WAV CAFE The Cafe DeLiixe ~-^^>:'-\^»JUiones4««fvw?-.T<ji Seymour43(rt-1292-P - | IflS Hastings St. East, -;.-" Varitoilverr-;B;-:Crr^ Wm.: Brevitt and John Dillias, Props. '.. TOM GROMB1E, Proprietor and Chef. .. - •- Open T.' a.tn. to 8 p.m. " r -' ."'-.. .■ '."•.' ' Standard Cafe All that tho Name Implies In Quality Best in the Market at Popular Prices. . 678 Seymour St. '8 .'.Sfeymqur at. Vancouver, B. C ,'■, Opposite the Hudson's Bay.Stores ■:.'•' Phone Seymour 7886 k PENDER CAFE The Place of Good Eats and Good Service If Satisfied, Tell Your Friends; ,. If Not, Tell Me ' ' ,- TABIDS -FOR LADIES r ' ■'■ . Waffles_ Servedat All Hours 514 Pender St. W. Vancouver, B. C. '•'"•' Phone Sey. 9205 G. STAFFORD, Prop. ,.: -, Tviirlraapr^tt r~"f[^Wf:Sa{rsJ^9Tt^Vur>tf~~::^: - 1166 Granville W. H. MARSHALL Statesman. They are the best and are.FAIR .to^gaMJLator \j ::.--;.<;S Ten THE LABOR STATESMAN OTKE3IEGTOC SILVER STEEL A MESSAGE TO CARPENTERS p§= AND ALL SAWUSERS-'^ V-^DNLESS YOTJ USE' ATKINS SAWS Til your daily work, you will never know how good'they are and you owe il.to yourself to find out about ttieir scientific grinding, casy-i-tdlnmg, fast- -frTf^^-^w^::,:,,^--**""-^ cuttjn&gujlities. y&£ w4jQy.,kijQi&Ca5^ with ordinary results, but if you want to experience the glow of satisfaction that comes, from using ATKINS SAWS, askyOur dealer to supply yOu. If he cannot furnish, the saw you require, writejo us. ^j A trial of an ATKINS SAW will demonstrate its superiority and convince you that it is: "The Finest Saw on Earth" Modernize your tool kit. Begin today with a genuine ATKINS SILVER STETEL SAW, fcrnnnw^-w*"**^*-*^ Main Office and Works, Indianapolis,"U.S.A. Branch Houses: Atlanta, Oa. .New fork Cllyr Chicago, 111. _! EortlaiwU-Ore...._:.; _ Memphis, Tenn. v.8an Francisco, Cal. r ,,E^-1n,.ai'ififr^ wasir"""-**"" - New Orleans, La, -Hamilton, pm." - • Canadian Factory, Hamilton, Ont. E,C. ATKINS & COMPANY HAMILTON SAW WORKS * ''" ; -. . V'MACHiNlTlUfiVES 109 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.e. -«/Nfw.r .-^.■y-i; ..MbVBI >;;■:.?.V-^r.v'r.": ..,..,_ THE LABOR STATESMAN- Eleven South Hill If You Live Anywhere in South Vancouver Try Wilbee's Stores ; FOR YOUR GROCERIES 46th" & Fraser. -'. 61st ft Fraser 25th &' Fraser 42nd ft Victoria K 1 Houghland's Drug Store For Prescriptions Forty-seventh and Fraser Phone Fraser 281 ... _ Right .Prices 1 Parker's Meat Market Forty-seventh and Fraser Phone Fraser 204. All Meat Government Inspected. ONLY ONE QUALITY—THE -BEST W.Lindsay — Barber 6348fFraser—Elks' Hall Ladies' Hair Bobbedfc Children's Hair-Cut. WE DELIVER POULTRY Paris'Fish Market Fresh and Smoked Fish ■ Daily. •S973 Fraser- . Phone Fraser 289 HOW MINERS' LIVES ARE LOST TO COIN OPERATORS' PROFIT .'.""■•;'; By WILFRED CANAN (Federated Press" Staff Correspondent) CROSBY, Minn.—A little brass check with the number 30 on it is what identified the remains of Valentine Cole, whose decomposed bqdy was taken out'of the deathtrap Milford mine six weeks after the terrific February disaster. Forty-one iron miners of the Whitmarsh Mining Co., a steel trust subsidiary, were drowned when the bottom fell out of a pond that had Been permitted to remain undrainud over the TSinerwbrkirigsv- The company had refused to heed warnings of the fatal break and the safety, .precautions had been so disregarded that escape was impossible for the men caught in.the flood of slime and water. ■ Cole's body was found under">jna8s; of fallen timber near the mouth of the 135- foot level. Soon .after, the body of another miner named Graves was found and identified by his son. Other bodies remain to be found. Thirty-nine widows and nearly 100 fatherless children are'the.net result of the steel trust's saving on safety. Extremes Will Meet In German Parliament AUCTIONEER Auctions conducted at your home! or .goods' :— bought for cash. .". WALTER PEAKE AUCTIONEER kAND APPRAISER ■ Slst and Fraser Fraser 602L Coles Stioe ^Store >~ 6167 FRASER STREET Our Aim: . THE BEST QUALITY ,SHOES AT" THE' LOWEST PRICES.. . Wilson & Anderson, Ltd. ■'■ •iisrsukANGfe -- AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS •• 6181. Fraser ' Phone Fraser 108 i IiW ■ Genuine Ford Parts . Tires, Tubes, Oils MacKenzie's Garage REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF GARS All Work Guaranteed. ; 5914 Fraser Street , Phone Fraser 442 . m H, C. SPALDING 5971 Fraser Street ^ ., Boots and Shoes. Neatly Repaired. " *■ 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE - STF 0 | TRY^NEILSON'S Superior Bakery -rcjii -'--'For- -*»■ ■:> BREAD ' CAKES. PASTRY „ -6421 Fraser Street . Fraser Bicycle Store Agent-for B. C. M,. Rcdbird and English Paragon. ' REPAIRS ; .' (551 Fraser at 52nd - Phone: f-'rascr 331L '-1 -3- UNION DONATES $10,000 I Her CHICAGO.—-Support of the Chicago :_--F-ederation of Labor-,was-pledged--to _. -the - striking International Ladies' Garment Workers at the April 20 meeting of the Tr»*a«»xle^ratioTif'^An^6ffte^ .j-^srilL be sent. tQ.Joach_local connected with the federation'ana- a co'mmiftet!"of lsWke'rs: assisted by the federations", committee pf 15 that is co-operating with the Union "will visit the locals, to raise the money. ... President John Fitzpatrick . lauded the Amalgamated ..Clothing Workers for their 'donation of f 10,000 to the'strikers and declared it an example that should be followed by the A. F. of L. unions. if b/u LOUIS P.' LOCHNER (Federated Tl^iaJStaff Correspondent) .: BERLIN.—The extremes will touch in the next German reichstag to be elected May 4. Botlf Gen..Erich Ludendprff and Comrade Ruth Fischer .will "'be members of the nexthousS'. Ludendorff has been put up to head the reichstag ticket for the ning mate in the.second place on the ticket." The. Communist,list will b#headed by the extremist Ruth Fischer,. \yho returned from Moscow recently, - with the scalps of Heinrich Brandler, August Thall- heimer. Fritz Heckert and other more moderate leaders of the German Communist party. ■ The German electoral system is different from the American. A candidate for parliament does not have to reside in his district. A number of- candidates are -elected at large. All-the seats are apportioned to the various parties according to their voting strength shown in the election. Suppose there are 600 seats to be filled and 500,000 Votes cast. SupposeYthe German Nationalists cast 100,000 votes, the Soicalists 150,000, the Communists 100,- 000, the Ludendorff party 100,000, the Democrats 50,000, ttil other' parties the rest. Under'the German law, the Nationalists wijl get 100 seats, the Socialists 150, the Communists "]f00, and so on. ;.■••Now;.which of the 500 Ludendorff .candidates will get the 100 coveted seats? Why, those heading the ticket as candi- datcs-at-largc, and those heading the tickets in the various electoral districts. It follows that the men and women who are placed at the head of the tickets at their party caucuses are almost sure to be.elected, for every one of the large parties will get at least a dozen or two seats. .&■_ Ludendorff heads his ticket. Everybody knows that his extremists will get at least some seats. Ludendorff is therefore bound to bo elected. Likewise, everybody knows that in the industrial district of Berlin- Brandenburg enough votes will be cast to elect at least one Communist. Ruth Fischer heads the Berlin-Brandenburg Communist list. She is thus practically sure of her election. mczwwljl»1**<"-Wj iiEsW.n Jal "42 *W " i=-.'"^v.7=;* .Ts-SaTwAWM^r---.. -,~ -.-,- ■--.;■; The ALLEN PLAYERS in "A: Full House" A rapid fire comedy POPULAR PRICES, 15 - 75 cents . Metineest Wed. ft Sat. 2.30. Evoninsa 8.30. Is It Nothing to You . By an Anti. ■ I stood a moment ■ looking at that' , ' .' big, tall pile of rock on Victory Square, afnd myeyes seemed to go dim and instead I Baw - - , barbed-wire entanglements and men . ' broken and'bleeding "and shells squirting death. And I could hear the sobs of the loved ones who earned the pile ~~~ . of Rock their masters erected to the glory , of wa"rS The erection of that .ugly Cenotaph is as useless and stupid „ as the war was useless and ruthless ' and degenerating. Labor- and Grafters Sing, a song of railways,; . take the P. G. E. _ _- : it may be quite completed - by 1993; • Paagressive Party counsel says that in the deal "Northern Construction Company made an awful steal. "S^oJieseSa^Mda^wartiiui^i. •"•^t'!W*M,«Tu^to^™'"^-'?«H5sS Sub-contractor Murdoch ■ ■-. stuck them quite a few."* :/#' ■ ' <£'• '.''.-' The Progressives%ouldn't squander nor trade where grafting lurks. They'd quote a little scripture and then they'd-grab the works. The moral< is, this for workers, VOTE LABOR, and never fail, men will get what they produce and grafters, go. to jail. Let workers represent you • dr take it'straight from me you'll get no more than you deserve and that's a P. G. E. ; -,.' Victoria Road Phone Fraser 236 -'■■-. Prompt Delivery Tecumseh Meat Market One Quality Only—The Best 5675 Victoria"" Road - E. Savage, Prop. Phone Fraser 344 Window Glass Victoria Road Hardware Gasoline, Oils,. Tires, Paints, Roofing. 5697 Victoria Road R H. Betsey, Prop. TRY OUR. MEAT PIE-NONE BETTER Tecumseh Bakery ' - 5687 Victoria Road HOME" MADE" BREAD AND CAKES REXAL STORE NYAL STORE Heyworth Drug Store Bring Your Prescriptions * THIRTY-FIFTH AND. VICTORIA 5022 Victoria Road J. Pbnsay, Prop. Ladies7 and Gents' TAILORING Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing Our Specialty.- If You Live Anywhere in South, Vancouver- ■ Try Wilbee's Stores ;■■' TOR YOUR" GROCERIES 46th-ft Fraser 61st & Fraser 25th & Fraser - 42nd ft Victoria 2000 EX-SERVICE SUICIDES NEW YORK.—PoveVty is one of the chief causes of suicide-'as shown by investigations of the Save-iPEife Iieague,! New York. From 15,000 to 16,,000 persons committed suicide in the United States last year, the league estimates on the basis of the 12,94$ admitted suicides. "Nothing is" more' pathetic than the many disabled soldiers'who themselves ended life's battle, 200'0 having gone out in this regrettable way," says the league report. Many of these ex-soldiers were left in sickness and poverty because of the wholesale graft in the veterans'' bureau of the Harding-Cpolidge administration. V"i\" AMALGAMATED OIL CO* ,, LIMITED (N.P.L.) ' ; CAPITAL, 53,000.000IN SHARES bF $^0ft EACH T . .-"*■*♦ . ' , ' - -' ■ '' ■.-' •- - ■ The Directors Are: . "•--- The Hon. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, K.C.M.G., K.C.; Norman . Russell Lang, James Ernest Spankie, M.D., Lt. Col. Guy H. Kirkpatrick, D.S.O., Norman D. Shaw. ' ' '". - ; The Company's "Jvell in the Flathead Field is down 2.615 feet.' Drilling; is continuing, with every indication of successful results at an early datq. See samples in our office of the oil already ohtained. For further developments .100,000 fully, paid shares are now dffered'to the 'public (subject, however, to withdrawal without •notice)- at 25 cents per share,-with the right to purchase 5 times as many more at the same price if desited later on.-- This is an exceptionally'favorable offer. The amount already expended on the Company's holdings is approximately $120,000. . ' • ■:/.. In addition to its holding of 12,000 acres in the Flathead (South .East Kp.otenay) District, the .Company^ holds lease's of considerable^ areas in the Fraser Valley and 2,500 acres in tTie Wainwright fields""' - • in-Alberta. The properties were paid for with shares of this Com- :-j*sw«^-ii'a»»ew« The Directors have-been giving their, services without remun- . cfatldrif atTd'afelfniargersha^^ Full information on all points can be obtained at the office.. '■■'....,--' \. ■' **.-,- Phone Seymour 2226! . <f49 PENDER "STREET W. / VANCOUVER, B.C. I / Twelve THE LAB0R STATESMA-N; >May 2, 1924 Provisional Programme of B.C. Section of the CLP. "_-■ .... 1.—Name. '■*.'■• • .-• .'"The B. C, Section of the:Canadian Labor Party '. -':- , -."/,;"' ' ' ' ,-- ::2.—Membership. The La,bor Party shall consist of all its affiliated organizations, including Trades Un- ' ions,- Socialist Societies,,Co-operative Societies, Trades and Labor Councils, Local Labor Parties, and Farmers'" Organizations, tbgct-her'.wit'h those men and women who ., arc individual members ,of a Local Labor Party, and who subscribe to.the':constitution and programme of the Party. ■ • 3.-Objeets. - ,, (a).To organize arid maintain in.Parliaments. Provincial and Federal," a- Political Labor—Party.' ": -—-—/'"'"'• ~ "*~—~ ■'•'.' (b) To, co-operate with kindred organizations, in joint or-political or other action in harmony with the party constitution and standing orders, , - i -".. . (c) To^gTve.effecTlis far as may be practicable td the principles from time" to-time approved by the. Party'Convention. ]—- ' (d) To secure for the producers by hand t>r by-brain the full fruits of their'indus- try, and the most -"-equitable distribution thereof. ' , --, (e) Generally., to I promote the political, social,' a'nd economic emancipation of the pebplp,'la".n,d..'mbr"e7"patrtcmarly bf'thos,e who ..depend directly upon their own exertions by hand or by •brain for. the means of life..' .' 4.—Party Programme, ' (a) It shrill- be the duty fit the Party Convention to decide, from .time to time, r^ WESTMINSTER-VANCOUVER BUS SERVIGESfeRTS mi , % mi " what' specific proposals of legislative,^ financial,- or administrative reform shall receive the general support of the Party, and be promoted, as .occasion _ may' present" itself, by the Provincial Executive and the Parliamentary group: provided that no sUctiprCH 5M^l.t*k^te'-;».^&^ General. 'Progi-iuiiiiie' of ■""ilie Party uiihfSS.it has been adopted by th? Convention by a majority of the votes recorded by the" delegates. :■• ' «•■-., .-,'", \b) It Shall be thp duty of the-Provincial Executive, prior to every Parliamentary Election, to call a special convention, to define the principal issues of that Election, which, in the judgment of the Provincial Executive,' should be made the .Special Party Programme for that particular Election Campaign. Every Labor Candidate shall at that Provincial Election include in his Elec-. tion Address the special issues thus defined, and give them prominence in,his candidature,' whilst remaining free, to include, in addition, any other proposals not inconsistent therewith, and to discuss any.otticr subjects at-his own discretion. ,-..---■-; —r (c) It shall be the. duty of every Parliamentary representative of the Party to be guided by the decision of the meetings" of such Parliamentary group, with a view to giving effect to the decisions of thc^Party Convention as to the General Programme of the Party. ., ., ;; (d) The'B,.e, Sectiou.flf the Carjadhm. Labor Party shall assiime;rcsponsibility..fbr the organization for Federal-election, in the event of the Canadian Labor Party riot be- ' ing organized if a Federal General Election is held, but in the event of the National Party being; organized the Provincial Execu tivc Committee shall take such steps as are deemed necessary to have the B. C. Section of the Party adequately represented at the National Convention. i . 5.—The Party Convention. 1. The woric of the Party shall be under the direction and control of the Party convention; which shall "itscjf be subjcct-rO" the Constitution;- and Standing Orders of. the Parly. The Party Convention shall meet regularly once in each year, and also at such times as it may be convencd-by the Provin.- cial Executive.- .; 2. , The Party Convention shall be constituted Jis follows:--" ~~ (a) Trade "Unions arill^btlicrs societies. affiliated- to the thirty may send oric^dclc-^ "gate for cac^^mT'liuti'dFccV memBefs - Today marks the inauguration of the de luxe motor coach service of the B. C. Rapid Transit Company1. Starting tfiis "morning" the big blue mptor coaches slid away from their stations in New- Westminster and Vancouver, starting the fifteen and. twenty minute service that willbe maintained between the two ^cities. - Although the schedule has not heen finally settled it, now starts at 8 a.m., running, through to 12:30 nridnight on weekdays; 12 on -.Sundays from the Vancouver terminal and from, 8:20 a.m. to .1:05, .a.m. weekdays, 12:20 a.m. .Sundays from the New.Westminster terminal. • . '- Tfeje are^^iA,-'toartiX*s:-'ratiSfittirrTii|-liri'cr fleet, five of which are Fageols and one a 'White.- The .manufacturers-of both ..types have 'made a special study of motor bus construction and in meeting the' requirements bf the B- C., Rapid Transit Company they have turned out work that represents, the last w,brd in tmVfield.' ':) . f ■ While the motors arftt~cba^sis have been imported from a'cross the line the bodics,..fix- tures arid other accessories are British Columbia products:- The "coach .bodies were' built in the shops, of- Tripper &' Steele on Third Avenue, Vancouver. The niain compartments are .finished in: dove gray, velour, the smoking;-compartments in gray leather. There is seating accommodation for , twenty-two passengers "with a baggage__sectioiTOii the, end of the car . The predominating color is blue.' They are abundantly lighted so -that 'passenger's may read while 'travelling at night., This fea'ture, combined: witlMhc smooth;. riding. ;quaiit4caiiiiid-1iic,luxurioiis finish, .iviii niitGfr the twelve-mile trip a pleasure. There are numerous,mechanical .safctytje- viccs with, which these cars .are equipped, in which respect they are exclusive. It -is pifccticallyuripossible to'turn them over-owing to" their low centre"of-gravity. (c)- Provincial Executive Committees of affiliated-units shall be entitled to t'hree delegates. each: - ) (d) The^ members of the Provincial Executive, including- the Treasurer, the members of the Parliamentary Labor Group, and. the duly sanctioned Parliamentary Candidates shall be ex-officio members; of the Party Convention, but shall, unless delegates, have no right to Vote. . ;■ ->■**- -, o^The Provincial Executive. . '(a). "'There shall be a Provincial -Executive of the -Party consisting of the.' duly elected officers.elected by the Party Convention at its regular An.nuaJ Meeting, tinder sucruconV, ditions.as may be set out in the Standing' Orders'for the time being in'force, and this "Provincial Executive shall," "subject to the control and directions' of the Party Conference, be Administrative Authority of the Party. ., ;. > (h) Tlie'Hpyinrial Executive shall In- responsible for^he conduct of the general work' of the .Party. The Provincial Executive shall take steps, to ensure that the Party is represented .by'a propcrly'consti- tuted organization in each constituency, in Inch this is found practicable; it shall give fraction thereof on which fees *r^|* l£;^O^ji^Sam^^iUaSScSSsa. 11 ^B^.iJir t0^,c <;eneral P«)Br««»neW"thc appointed by. each affiliated unit^T5f°viding there are not less than twenty-five or more female members. ;. ■ C ",'■ (10 Trades Councils and Labor Representation Committees shall be entitled to three delegates. ., . to^lic d nfff it si tibn; aiW it shall interpret tnoiConstitution and Standing Orders and Rules of'the Party in all cases' of dispute subject'fo an appeal to the next regular Annual Meeting of the Party Convention- by the organization or person concerned. ..; ... . - (c) The Provincial Executive shall confer v*Uh the -Parliamentary Labor Group at the opening °f «ach Legislative Session, and aJso.aJLJluy dtlier.time when.the.Proyjncial. Executive or. the Parliamentary Party may desjtxjudu^cnmce^^uajiyj^u^ty^ nig to the work and progress of the Party, Election. Before any Parliamentary Candidate can be regarded as finally, adopted for a constituency as a'candidate of the B. C Section of the Canadian Labor Party,' his candidature- must-be snactioned by the Provincial Executive^" » — '-'■;' -(b) Candidates approved by the Provincial Executive shall appear.before their constituencies under the designation of "Labor Candidate" only. At any .General Election they shall include in their Election addresses and give prominence in their campaigns to tlic issues for that Election'as defined by the Provincial Exocritive froni the General Party 'Programme. If they a,re, elected'they,, shall act-in harmony wi[.h the ' Constitution' and-Standing Orders, of the Party in seeking, ,to,.discharge...the responsibilities, established by Parliamentary practice, !,£-. (c) Party Candidates shall receive financial assistance . for election expenditure from the Party funds where the Provincial Executive so ; decides, but-such assistance must be-,.supplementary to the finances provided by'the affiliated groups in each constituency. 8.—Affiliation Fees; j.- The .Trade : Unions Socialist locals Co.-Opcrative Societies, and other organizations directly affiliated to the" Party shall pay' 10 cents'per member per annum to the; Provincial Party Funds with a minimum of $3.00. • ': ' - , ■ The membership of a Trade Union for the purpose of this clause shall- be those members cont'riliuting to the political fund of the Union, and only such member-should have the right to vote on the selecting pf Ihy-delcg.TO-ordelegntn "to" tiro Annual Cort- 4. Individuals residing in districts where no local branches of affiliated units exist must pa^an annual fee of $iQ0, providing they accept, the constitution and',prb'gramme of the Party. \ ' c"<ienerat-FroBrawttic-oMfte-f arty 7.—Parliamentary Candidatures. (a) The Provincial. h>ccutiv'c shall co operate with the affiliated'units in any coh~ stituency with a view to nominating a Labor Candidate at any Provincial, General or Byc- Truth and Poetry^ ^ An Atkins Saw i recortinend' " To any hardware-dealer\l*riend, , And feel assured results HvilJ show * The facts that have convinced me so. The Silver Steel - from which they're made Is the finest grade known tq the trade, For sixty-seven year,s or more Found tried, and true in ways galore. . ; The,:tapKr.firimiiiig, the;iincst-jxt. ■"'-.'■".,.1 Gives -ample clearance with, little set, Runs fast and smooth, keep this in mind An Atkins Clears, where others bind. The handles are a work of art, And finished so that they impart A hang, that cannot be^ surpassed By other saws, against them classed. The guarantee is broad, exact, "Satisfaction or-your money back," Convincingly worded, a.spade's a spade. Once, read the sale Ts nearly made. So. if you for success aspire, Just say'Atkins, to. the buyer. To you they soon will prove their worth, Truly, "The Finest Saws on'Earth." - -aU.Cuifcm vi-ntion. : -', •. '. -fe—¥rades-GetMU'il9-witos<l-»Wiii»t«|..Irf>i:al Unions exceed twenty-five shall pay an ail?, affiliated- locals number iess tlic fee shall be $12.00 a yearn ■ : ;■' - - * . '' ■' .3. -Provincial Executives Committees of the affiliated units and Labor Ueprescttla- liou Coinnu'ltecs shall pay an annual-fee of SKI.00. The fares on the new line 'win' Iwthirty- five ceut5 single for adults and sixty cents ?^urh,'while- cluldreii will ride for twenty cent^ single fare and thirty cents return. Waiting ' rooms haite been established aloiiL; the route where coaches will stop to pick/ up passengers on being signalled. , In'-view of the mtercst that has been taken in this new'^development in transportation, it is likely that many people will avail themselves of. the opportunity to ride to New Westminster and back it" for nothing more than"the enjoyment of this method o,t travel. ' '', . The .coachcs^.will leave Vancouver' from - 'tht^eafTHIpSrfHf --e-fitV'a'nT<r"c."f-1he' BT C. ItiecTric1 Railway Coriipariy anrf irom the Columbia Street entrance of the cinipany's station^ in New (Westminster. The arrangem'enis^for the new serritrc have bceti. under the nersonal supervision of W..G. Murrin, vice-president of the B. C. Electric Railway, Company. ',, '-,_ Shoff's Blood Purifier An Effective Remedy for iMPURB-AfVfr IMPOVERlSrtEB-BfcOOD and 'J, .■■■ -ruh-siijbiww-* ! tir. ■- """ Skin Diseases Price $ft00 - Postage Extra. ^ Shoff s Drug Store V O: P. Harrison, Prop.. 0 Main. Sey. 491*. f _ - ^;_". THE LABOR STATESMAN BALTIC STATES MAKE NEW WAR ON LABOR In Esthonia mass urrests have recently taken_place. The majority of the prisoners were representatives of labor in municipal councils, trade union workers, deputies to parliament, and leaders of Communist organizations. All workers' organizations—legal and illegal—were suppressed, their offices raided by the-police., and all Hfterature and records confiscated. Labor papers were suppressed. Over 200 persons were arrested in one night, and the arrests continued for several days. There are BOO political prisohersjn Esthonia at present. ..The workers have found it difficult to-provide for their imprispncd" comrades because unemplyoment in' Esthonia ha.s caused great poverty^ .In Latvia numerous' arrests haVe-.aiso taken place recently. American third degree methods are nothing compared to the horrible tortures used by the; Lettish authorities to wring confessions -from the political prisoners. - ""'• '-, Thirteen tf TRADES UNION DIRECTORY Taaoonvai Trades ana X*bor Council—Presi --dent, n. H. Neelands, M.L.A.; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Otflce, 803 Holden Bide., 16 Hastings Bast. Phone Sey. 7496. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third TuesdayB in month. * Bakery Salesmen, Xiooal 371—Meets second Thursday evory month. Holden Bldg., 18 Hastings B. President, A. Wyllc, 4336 Elcln Streot; financial secretary, .H. A. Bowron, 929—Uth Ave. E. Jouraoymon Barbers' International Union ot America—Local 120, Vancouver, B. C, meets , . second and fourth Tuesdays in each month in Room 310 Labor. Hall, 16 Hastings East. President, C. E. Herrett, 71 Hastings Streot East; secretary, A. R. Jennl. 728 Hastings Street West, Phone Sey. 1813. Res. phone Doug. 2171R, ' Bricklayers and Masons—-If you need brlclt- - layers or masons' for boiler works, etc., or . marble setters, phone Bricklayers Union, Sey. 7495 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East United Brotherhood of Oofrpenters and Joiners, Local 452—President, R. W. Hatloy.: ro- - cording secretary, W. Pager business agent, Wm. Dunn. Office. Room 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Engineero—International Union Stum and Operating £ocal 844—Meets every Thursday, at.8 p.m. Room 806 Holden Bldg, President, J. Flynn; business.agent and financial . secretary, F, S. Hunt; recording secretary, D. Hodges. -.'-—. City Firefighters Union No. 18—President, ; -Neil MacDonald, No. 1 Fireball; secretary, C .A, Watson, No. 3 Firehall. General laborers Unions—Meets .every first and third Monday in Labor Hall, 16 Hasr tings East President J. R. Hawthorne, - 4794 Drummond Dr.; financial secretary, A. Padgham, Joyce Road Post Office,- 'Vancouver, B. C; recording secretary, G. Tether, , 2249, 45th Ave. East Vancouver, B. C. Xtotel and Bestaurant Eniployoes Union, local 08—441 Seymour Street Meets first and - third Wednesday at -3 p.m. Second and fourth Wednesdays at 9 p.m. President W. -'A. Colmary business agent A. Graham. Phone Seymour 1681.. Machinist local 18a—President, B. B. McLean. 1 453—6th_AVe. W. Secretary, S. A. Board- man, 3388 Parker St Meets second and fourth Prlda'y at 8 p.m. in Room 313 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. . Llflli -' Meet's on . month. second and fourth Tuesdays In Musicians Mutual Protective Union local 14E, A. r. of M.—Meets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, Ernest C. Miller, 991 Nelson Street^ secretary, Edward Jamleson, 991 Nelson St.; - financial secretary, W. E. Williams. 991 Nelson St.; organiier, F. Fletcher, 991 Nelson St.1-. .'-,'."'. Street and Blootrio BaUway Employees, noneer Division Wo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, Eighth and KIngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10.1* a.m. and 7 p.m. President, F. A. Hoover, 2409 Clarke Driven recording soo- retaafr, F. E. Griffin, 447—6th Ave. East; ' treasurer, A F. Andrews; financial secretary and business agent W. H. Cottrell, 166 17th Ave. West office corner Prior and Main Btreots. Phono Fairmont 4504Y. Journeymen Tailors' Union of America, local Ko. 178—Meetings held first Thursday in" -each month, 8 p.m. Executive, third Thursday in Labor Hall. President,' A. R. Gatenby; secretary, C. McDonald,, p. O. Box 503. Executive meets third Thursday of 'every month. - The Vancouver Theatrical Federation—Meets at 991 Nelson Street, at 11 a.m. on the Tues- ' day preceding the first Sunday of the month. President, E. A. Jamleson. 991 Nelson St; -'-. secretary,,,C. H. .Williams,.991 Nelson St.; business agent, F. Fletcher. 9#l Nelson at. Electrical Workers, local 313, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m. in Room No. 6, 319 Pender St W. Presl- • dent. D. W. McDougal, 910 Hastings-St. E; business agent, E, H. MorriBOn, office 319 Pender St W. lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, local 307—Meets every first Friday In month at 319 Pender St. W.,' Room 112. President, Sam White, 2754—6th Ave. B.; secretary. J. O. Jfinlayson, 263S--...12th Av. W. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, ' local 464—Meets second and fourth Friday In Labor Hall. 16 Hastings St. E. Business "agent Blrt Showier. 1115 Robson St. Printing PreBsment and Assistants, local No. 69—Mi.-is every second Tuesday in the ' mdnth at 8 p.m. In Room 213 Labor Halt,- 16 Hastings Sij E. President, Harry F, LfenBley. 838 8th Ave. E.; secretary. Frank HT Humphrey, P. O. Box 894.- Address,, 4038 Victoria Dr.. Phono Fair. 2702R. Sheet Metal Workers, Amalgamated, local Union Ho. 380— Meets second and fourth Thursday In month In Holden Bldg. 16 Hastings St- B. President Thos. Burke, 2731 24th Ave. E.; secretary, E, W. Crawford, 1761 Charles St . Pile Drivers, Bridge. Wharf and Dock Builders local No. 8404—Meets every Fridav- nlRbt at 8 urn. in 112 Hastings St. Mi Gorddn Campbell, President. 828 Pender St. Eu. Jomes_ Thoiuiwn^..iMirft*iK>)il;**>«j,al,lBox 320. • ' _'.. _ * -~ DtlSTINQ eAN-STeP-B#T*LO6l0NS ' . WASHINGTON, D.C.—"Stone dusting," to prevent the widesprcading ot mine ex- ine--«np--«aoBB prevent tlic wiacsprcading plosions, has proved more effective. than watering methods relied upon in most of til* coal mines of the United States, according to an- official mission from Great Britain. This mission has spent several weeks in this country arranging' for joint research won "Liberal, Education" is ,an education for .liberty. / - ■ ■' ■ .'-, ""/ •• -. : * ■ # .Around the Town By"QUED0C" "The cenotaph isvnow in full view; clean, and fresh, from the.mind of the artist and the hands\>f the workmen. Erected on the spot where stood the recruiting tent nine years ago. Many of us well,remember the old tent wherein we entered and tempted fate. It\rij a noble, silent yet impressive reminder \f man's duty to those who suffered and. a)tJ still suffering. To me its message reads: "Itespect the memory of those who bravely died; at the same time not forget their dependents; and also those who_have . rfilnrhedX T,herfi-is_atill much Work to do if the pease and liberty dreamed and fought for is to he attained." ■:.•. • * :\ . ' Passing along Hastings Street one could feel the breath of balmy spring\ today, Spring'breezes, it is said, turn youngWen's fancy to thoughts of love! But, what of the girls? Said one girl to riiother, uncto the sign .of the diamond: "Just look at the swell sweaters/'" "Girlie," instructively in-^ formed Iter chum, "those ain't sweaters, see! they're called ghappie Coats." .-.:..' -* * * It's some time ago, I'll admit,. but. I remember when i;he—JerBey," the "Cardigan. Jacket," got the new name "Sweater."- A young lady, wished to make her brother a present of a sweater, and the natiBe not being then so "familiar, and being* doubtful of the propriety of the word (it was in the late Victorian age that our dear old friend Felix Penne %o. loves), so she asked the clerk to show her one bf those "perspiring coats'!" And now, by George, they're *' * ■ * V- : -, ■ .' This "clean up week" every spring that the city fathers try to start is all right, but it should be kept up all summer. Vancouver is not only one of the finest tourist cities in Canada, but it is to be the future home of many of-our,visitors. "They come, they see, and are' conquered." , NoWi once in a while, one of these tourists escapes from the clutches of the sightseeing taxi- drivers, and walks up the streets like a free man. ..And should he get off Granville or Hastings or the authorized route to the '"Bay" or the "Park," he might see some of those dirty little old shacks, long passed the ripe arid mellow stage of usefulness, but are still occupied by those who fear the open spaces. Some even so far gone that habitation is .impossible. Maybe it is the class of property that the worthy Secretary of the Property Owners'-Association complains they do not get sufficient revenuefrom "ft}- cover n;xp'eris6Sr~'Next.' Sunday "morning, if it be fine, get up early and take a walk down Drake Street east from Granyille and decide for your own, good selves what kind of advertisement does Vancouver get from such buildings as 620. '«_»». ■-» ' Even South Vancouver is improving its properties. It's encouraging, I'll' tell the world. The other morning we noticed that the progressive municipality was patching up the sidewalks, taking a plank of a place where it was not" needed and putting it in a place where it might be needed more.' Along with the rest of .nature/ 'North Vancouver .is chirping, "Clean up,, clean up." Ex-Mayor Vance started up a "Roosters' Club." Beg pardon,' that's not quite-right. It is rather a "Bookers' Club." Wrong again. "Dammit" this typewriter gets my goat. It's a "Boosters'Club." A club to boost North Vancouver. This club is formed* for the purpose- of boosting, which according tp my dictionary (which ^8-fltolen-fr*m^e-hy-i-Swede--last-.wfiek)_ means "to boost." "Good wine needs no bush,~-says--an„.iM_|;nglish..piQyarh...J)fl.|,. you notice the connection between the" old word "bush". and the new ward "boostl".' ififpVrrrSe^m'' t)ws'ieEcyiwtiie4 splendid sceneoy of North Vancouver needs no "boosting/' but some of the*buildmgs m North Vancouver ano thirsty for a. little paint, riot forgetting the old bnrber'B pole and the street cars. The poor-old cars are pitifully dry, they seem tonrry- out °frf the agony of their- thirsty I do•• hope the Boosters' Club "will boost for them.' Ye Gods! I nearly spelled it again with a "Z." ON THE STREET CAR , ■-: First -Kmdergarten . Teacher/r-"Ahd how any ■chiidren 'have you?" ..' . ..-*-.. ■ Second K. Teacher—"Twenty-nine. And how many have you?" ■ ■' - , FirsfNK. Teacher—"Thirty-six."- Pat, inNseat ahead—"Say, what part of Ireland are Vou from?" ■ PHONE OPERATORS WIN THIRTY-FOUR HOUR-STRIKE (By The Federated Press) MELBOURNE). Australia. — Telephone girls iri the Australian government service have received an increase ranging from $46 to ♦•laO per .nnnum^necording^o .p>nae, Hours have been reduced to 34 per week. Formerly the hours ranged from 37 to 46 per week. . \ In granting the atyard the federal arbitrator agreed that, generally, the work of the" operators was underpaid, and the value and amount of work had increased since the last award was made. ' - ASK FOR TILLIKUM PRODUCTS .Made in B. C. Double Duty Furniture Polish FLOOR WAXES WATERPROOF OILS HAND CLEANER MACHINE OILS STOVE POLISHES MOP OILS The Tillikum Manufacturing Company ' Phone Fair 1423 1205 24th Ave. B. THE HOME OF THE "ORIGINAL" . Harvey Logging Boots ^HANO-MADE BOOTS ^ " For Loggers, Miners; Cruisers, Prospectors and Work Shoes Quick Service, for—Repairs. Established in Vancouver since 1897 Factory: 58 CORDOVA STREET WEST ,.,■'...-, Vancouver, B. C. ~r-' ■ Bird, MacDonald. Bird - & Coiihis :.^i Barristers, Solicitors, Etc ' 401-408 Metropolitan Building 837 Hastings Street West Telephones: Seymour 6660 and 6667 ^^NCOUVER CAFE 151 Hastings Street East (Opposite • Regent Hotel) MEALS AT MODERATE PRICES / ALL HOME COOKING - - Give* us a trial—You ;will come again, v A IX the goodness of the golden. ■*■*- grain, brewed into. a pure, sparkling tonic drink at the most perfectly-conditioned brewery on "the coast. Bottled at the brewery in light-excluding,, sterilized \bot- tlos, "Cascade" comes to you, in perfect condition. ■'.''. -.':"■■-■ :r:-4 '■:::-'. \' Insist on "Caic»de''T=on_.»«Ie_ at. all' Govt. Liquor Stores.' Vancouver Breweries, ———t~——Limited .'■' . > This advejtisement is not published or displayed'c.tjy the, Liauor Control • -Board or by the Government of "British Columbia. :\ IPPMIPPI II I ,1.1. I: Fourteen THE,LABOR STATESMAN May 2,-1924 ^ROY^LtHEATRE NEXT WEEK Reno Flappers PRESENT "Treasure Isles" Wednesday—Chorus Girla Tryout COUNTRY STORE FRIDAY • , $100.00 in Prizes Given Away! •-. ' . . ADMISSION, 10, IS and 25 Cent., Children, S Cents Columbia Theatre NEXT WEEK ->» ''The Summer Boarders' A LIVELY FARCE COMEDY and 6-Vaudeville Acts-6 The Usual Superior Picture Programme and Unexcelled .Etertainment 3-HOUR PROGRAMME ADMISSION, IS, 25 and 35 Cents Children, Any Time, S Cent. V VAUDEVILLE TRYOUT EVERY FRIDAY * J. W. Willson ,. ».»«iy,rt, n .. WILLSON & MORGAN FOOT SPECIALISTS Corns and Collouaes Removed Without Pain. Instant Relief j -,-• Given to All Foot Troubles Special Attention to Hotol. and Restaurant Employees -'' - PHONE SEYMOUR 3927 912 Robson Street, Vancouver, B. C. ooNsrmrATioN rami j- GET THE FACTS! Learn the Truth About the Wonderful Wainwright Oil Field. INVESTIGATE THE SPECIAL OFFER TO EARLY INVESTORS OF THE CAL-WAIN OIL COMPANY, LTD. (N.P.L.) .-..,- Only 50,000 SHARES Are Being Offered at Half Price |0c. Per S\v^0 Par Value $1.00^ USE COUPON BELOW Fidelity Securities Corporation, Ltd., . .,,.' 518 Standard Bank Building, . Vancouver, British Columbia. . „. ^M»ase-?e»>d me. furth-er - L«iforro»tjan regarding tha- Cil-^aie., •«ltCom^toy,'Limited, ^rid'llitiW.^^ . Name .; ; f - . • ■ .. - ' . i--,' Address.! .<. ,. The Colonial Confectionery ; THIE VERY BEST CIGARS, MAGAZINES, CANDIES '** SODA FOUNTAIN 60S GRANVILLE Bob, Moore, Pro .•■•-■.' Next Boor,to Colonial Thoatro Favor Subsidized Theatres lor Workers Sir John Martin'Ttarvey, celebrated English dramatist, is a friend of the laboring man and has advocated very' strongly in . England the support of Ramsay MacDonald • and his idea of subsidizing . the theatre, '-..• either to the municipalities "or to: the -government, to allow one day a week to the working man so that they may attend the better class productions and see the- star performers at a nominal fee. The tremendous expense of transporting the company,* -paying salaries, expenses, etc. make it ut- terly impossible for ahy company to show . or exhibit at prices that a working man ■ can afford to pay, because the ordinary price of admission would equal at least a ,f,ull day's'pay, but under municipal or government subsidy it would bo made pos- _8Jble_foir the working man to attend the -very best showsUnd enjoy the things that he would like to see were he able. On a —statement made,to-Mr.. W.. A^-CQlmar, president of the Hotel and Restaurant Em- " ■ ployees': Union, Local: ISp,, £8. Sir John ii^4w*iir^H«8*^'Sx1!W^ ", to support and help the working man. Sir John Martin Harvey.will be at the 'brpheujri Theatre all next Week and will present a number of his greatest plays. It will certainly be to the advantage pf overy- ' one who can possibly do so to attond one or all of his performances. EAST BURNABY BRANCH F. L. P. At a well-attended meeting of the newly formed East Burnaby branch of the Fed- crated Labor Party held Wednesday evening, April 23, the fallowing officers were" elected: President, W..', Paul; . vice-president, W. Dingle; secretary, F. A. Browne; treasurer. R. Webster, Organization, social and publicity committees were also formed. R. Neville, W. Dingle, and F. A. Browne were selected as delegates to attend the Canadian Labor Party convention. The action of Central Burnaby nominating I convention in choosing F. A. Browne as can- tlida.tc..for next PraYJnsM election was., endorsed-' - ■ i-■ — '- . ' '' II 3 I j I i I 1 I CARPENTERS 'STILL -' INITIATING MEMBERS The special, quarterly meeting of Local 4J2, U. B. of Carpenters, was held last Monday evening in the Trades Council Hall. The big hall was packed to the doors and twen-' ty-scven new members ..were--initiated. Bro. Muir read-a paper entitled "Labor and the Law;" which was well received. Another interesting paper has-been prepared fof the next meeting. "} ■ A number of- the members expressed 'heir appreciation of the appcara'nee pf The Labor Statesman, and urged that those business houses advertisinjf-in, the paper be given the fullest support. NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER THAT ,-.",_ SJPRING SUIT ABRAMS The Tailor 676 Robson St. Phone Sey. 6424 WELL! WELL! Wc realize our dependence upon-the local merchants and manufacturers for our financial success, and we want, every union man and every member of his family'to' remember that the advertisers in the columns of The Labor Statesman have,shown their interest tand gdpd wishes for our .welfare, and now !AtL .TOGETHER—let's show them oiir interest, in their welfare by boosting tHcin at every pp'po^tumty1^-^-^^^ thenr our patronage—and don't'forget to TF.L1. TH1-M WHY, ■ ■ ' SHEETf METAL WORKERS ........ ■^Hre'r^faneTOvei'-'' "Lo'caf" '<>?' t'hc>"~Amaigu-' mated Sheet Metal Workers' Union has received word from the Tacoma local advising' members of this croft to give Taconiu the go-by. because a strike is on in that city. ' ,"' ■ • • Get "one more" for twenty weeks. tfeiy valves K'>iM.teBm«.*«'<.'i:--.*l*KWiWto----.-i^SI»»«-.. TN the basement of your house you •*■ NgiU find fuses on every circuit —: safety volves to prevent damage to your wires and lamps. . .j. . Tlic same means to safeguard the machines that keep your service continuous will be found in our substations and power -bouses. '"' Switches that automatically open in case of lightning or surges on tlic wires, duplicate lines and transformers and even an ..auxjhajry, sfram- .plant are^ part ..pf the- system intended to keep your service free front interruption. '__ . • m British Coidmbw (®) EKCraicItaiwiiyCo HEAD OFFICE. VANCOUVER, B.C. . 45WT s*atjta>a«ia_ tjmm May,. 2, ,1924; , THE LABOR STAtE.SMANL ■;Fiftgen - :■■ v \i New Spring Suits for Men LOW TKat Gpnabine Ouality Wit^Ecmioiijy; A: Collection of suits that offers style and quality, and good taiToffngin liberal measure—fine suits, and no mistake—and prices that show a saying of from $5:00 to $9,00 on each. :■ ^ ■ • ■ ';: -::." , Men's T^d Suits, Foraerly $10.75 Extra Trousers to Match, Sale Priced at |2.90 ' Substantial tweeds in medium and dark grey herringbones, homespun weaves and mixtufes/^Easy^fittirig styles. ~. ' " ' .u'i---- . "'•."■■■.' . •■•'.! Youn^Men's Blue Serge SiuU $13-50 Extra Trousers to Match, Sale Priced at $6.50 ■ Made from pure wool botany yarns/.' In young men's single or double-breasted styles with hip-fitting trousers.^ - ~ ..--■>. ,- • Men's Donegal Tweed Suits, Regular $29.75, for $24.75 —'£■ ~" Extra Trousers to Match, Sale Priced at $5.85. A lot of specify handsome and-dependable tweed suits-in Donegal and others patterns. Splendid.values. _,—.—p ,._.'.'. on MEN'S FOOTWEAR I ;..Shj)ffesOf^tylg(j That Combine Quality With Low Price * - Snd^iisji&jial^^^ . .., r are-built to «ive-the 'iiluioslof \y ear. and vahieto'- tlio mcniey .asfefe..:: -.: ■■; .-^.-;r««-;» Special Sale bf Men's Boots and Oxfords at $4.95 One of- the outstanding values of the sale. • Made of black and brown c"alf, in a variety of styles, wtih Qoqdyear welted ^ . /\l"» soles.- Wonderful value ........;.. Jh4»i/t) Men's Oxfords, Values to $7.00 for $5.95 ^ Correct styles "for business or dress wear— latest season's styles in-brown and black calf. In D and E widths. Value Apr qj» unmatchable.v Pair tp9«.«/c) Men's Boots and Oxfords, Values / ' to $9.00 for $6.95 Reliable English and Canadian makes, suitable for dress and every occasion. Wbnderful wearers. Priced, per . pair : ::'.. ieh"'.P.a'y' Less $6:95 Men's Work J^ots Values to $5,50 for $3.95 Comfortable styles in black and brown. Blueher .style, with or without toecaps, arid standard screwed soles^-built for hard wear. All sizes. Price, ; (CO OK per pair : ,..........:..:.„..:.... , tpO.ift) f 0r Fu rii l.s;;lti,ft''jgrg7^ Just what bargaihs they are is best shown by the fact that in many instances makers' prices are. quoted. Jslo more -l practical way of economizing than by availing yourself of sayings like these. . • practical way Men's Negligee Shirts, Values to $3.00^ ior$1.45 Standard makes of high-grade shirts in neat stripe designs, with soft double cUffs.icoat shape. Every shirt guaranteed. Sizes 14 to 17 1-2. Values (ft-| ' i •> to $3.00. Each ...'„'. „ «pl.4e) Men's Fancy Cashmere Socks, Special 69c EflgJishL£kshji£re^ wool, plain shades, fancy cashmeres, with clox or novelty checks and stripes. All sizes. "$1.00 $1.25, A/»^ $150, for each ....■..■.;.„.:.....;t.:v.v;.....;....;.;.:...:.. _.,r.tfDC B.V.D. Combinations Special $1.50 : per Suit Made of fittest quality white nainsook, sleeveless and, - knee-length styles. Sizes 34 to 46. dj'i f*A Usually sold at $2.50, per suit ..........'.:....:......• tPl.tJU Boys' Sweaters, Regular $3.50 ■ V- _ fer$2^9 ' Universal-make. All-wool quality, in fancy color coni- "'"'rbilialion^ Cgllar." Twenty-four different color .combina- =r .'■ tions. 'Sizes 24 to 36.J .•tB3Vwl.-.i'.ilMClZlOT INCORPORATED if* MAY WtO Jk ~TT 4*8 ' c ' i 1 A \ \--7 M fij« i!i?'i-"i:-;v-.-'--'i ; i1 ■ 1U Sixteen THE LABOR STATESMAN SometHing New! NOW YOU CAN HAVE Hot Rolls At Any Hour FRESH EVERY DAY How fafet this-old world does move! .Yesterday one had to fuss over a hot oven to produce the light, tasty rolls that add so much •-to any -mca't- *- ;■».,' .<•;«(."i 7imi,:«i» ■i«.i^w«,. , „,,,„,. a,* v.t i..,„ Today you may have SHELLY'S 4X TEA ROLLS eitherb'elivercd • with your groceries, or from thejShelly wagpti ,on your! street.. Jtist slip the big, generous panful of 19 rolls into the oven for five minutes and out they "come—<risp and delicious—without doubt the finest food you.have tasted.in many a day, ; * SHELLY'S 4X TEA ROLLS are dainty enough for the afternoon tea-table, satisfying enough, for the- family dinner-table.' They ~aTe-rreh, light and slightly sweet. Really enjoyable and certainly economical. -' ■ -...•-• • ,' Order SHELLY'S 4X TEA ROLLS Today! You'll never .bother making Biscuits again. _. _ Get them wherever you're getting SHELLY?S 4X Bread. Liberal Students' Come {& Out for Fighting Bob ' tij CHICAGO.—Students of the University ' '■■ of Chicago are strong for -LaFollette'-ior president, as their mock Republican convention shown. President Coolidge was a lame-duck second -choice with -96 votes against 199lfor LaFollette, Some of the president's backers bolted the convention when a platform for disarmament, Russian recognition,' abolition of conscription and f-o-r-public ownership of natural resouces was adopted before the nomination began. Northwestern University students In their convention had nominated Coolidge but with a platform so liberal that the president would never think of running on' it. LaFollette supporters bolted that convention and put him up as an- independent. • At Dortmouth College, Hanover, N. H., a students' club for independent political action has been organized,-with a platform calling for "co-operation , between labor and learning, for the organization of an American Labor party modeled along the lines of the British Labor party. .To realize this object college students can cooperate with Progressive and Labor leaders in their community to unite on a programme of fundamental; economic and political reform, including the nationalization and democratic management of public utilities and natural resources, taxation of excess profits and inheritances,—government aid to farmers, opposition to war and imperialism, abolition • of government injunction in labor disputes, guarantee of civil liberties, and other measures which will pave the way for a government based on. true political and' industrial equality, social justice and world peace.": The new club defeated^ the Dartmouth Coolidge club in an open forum. Town Talk A "news-item from across the line gives an account of the future action of the U. S. government regarding their merchantile policy-ATo wit, The adaption of the British policy.. .- ■, --. . Experts have been investigating and found that th csecret of success in the British -.Merchant Marine tlics in the fact that the ownership of stock is spread ou.t, thereby- making the continuity of policy .and con- solidation of trade routes a possibility. J^..V.anca«ycr_.^c|t-dis^ssion is centred "aSmTHT ttrcwrry s-anrr-memis- o¥c-FeaUns-ionic central body of administration for Vancbu- -ver and .the siirroiwdirig municipalities, arid experts have already been investigating its ■; po««sb«liaes.teAWhetl>e» i>*;! W^callftd^^jjjglgar matibn, co-operation or .metropolitan area, the public.sheuld-be emphatic in their demand, that the - '•••' - ^''Consolidation 'of Trade Routes": '"Continuity of Policy" '■ , ••• be a!*, absolute fixture in the constitution of .the new administration. What a good policy is to the nation, city or large corporations is equally important to the labor man. Unity of action, a"nd practical demonstration of their unanimous support of representatives on .the central executive body, will enable. these men to consolidate their efforts in establishing a sound' foundation of principles laid down for the b.cnefit of the working class. A unanimous vote in favor of Bible teaching in schools was passed.at the Teachers' Federation meeting last week. Judging by the individual opinions expressed in catch conversation after the meeting the teachers wSiltr-B«^well advised to have a public dc- iJSte on thesubject ;-adhcre- strictly tb-rules of order, thereby confining long-winded orators to time wfiich is their own and not the opposition... ■-...R-Mt.- -:,-■::.,.,>.... .;. «- . The-results would be interesting. -"■*'"- ssss sssa ,- -^OBSliiSXEKiM IMPORTANT , If you notify the postman or the post office of your new address when.you move, they will notify us and you will continue to receive your paper regularly. If your paper should' not reach you drop us'a post card and give us your OLD and NEW, address. • DONT READ THIS When sending in a name and address or 7 communication, just draw a straight or crooked line and let it go at that. - If you want to be sure'.that we.will understand it be siire to splotch some ink all over it. We are marvels at deciphering hicroglyphic's. Thine annua! Clean-up Week for the city still leaves a few hidious store fronts in the Sii.v-.".i'A?^ -tion of cijior, while they attract attention for buyers, has a -morally depressing effect on sitrrouijtjing values. ■ ' AFFILIATED UNIONS Street Railway Employees.'* Carpenters Union. * Bakery Salesmen. Journeymen Barbers. Boilermakers Union. Steam and Operating Engineers. General Laborers Union. ■ '''.,.' Hotel and Restaurant Employees. ■ Machinists Union 182. Machinists Union 692. ,;'., Musicians Union. Stage Employees. Moving,Picture Operators. ' Journeymen Tailors. ' Typographical Union. Bookbinders Union. Electrical Workers *H3r Sheet Metal Workers. Milk Salesmen. '.-■'' ". >"** :;,: Journeymen Plumbers. v ./-__ Railway .Carmen. aH£_JL„ ■ Blacksmiths Union. Garment Workers. , "--•*- -;■-'■ Plasterers Union. . ' Bricklayers and Masons. Cigar Makers. Teamsters and Chauffeurs. Boot and Shoe Workers. Printing Pressmen. Mental Hospital Employees, N. W. Civic. Employees. ,' ..' Bridge &, Structural Iron'Workers. Pile Drivers. :" Moulders. 'f .'■•" , Painters/ Lithographers. Soft Drink. Dispensers. .'.. | Switchmen.*1 Theatrical Federation. "There will.be no peace in the world, no understanding, no, trust between peoples while children hate every other country but their own." ■ .. , H. G. WELLS. 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