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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. ' Supporting The Canadian Labor Party NO. 27—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER. B.C.. October 24th, 1924 FIVE CENTS PER COPY r ■ 1 m 5*ec -l.-ni.i ..lh'ci few .crcBi i\\M ■ -jm couj .rec'i nes8 Ldid rent Defeat—the Gateway r/t To Greater Victories The British House of Commons was dissolved while the Labor Party Conference was in session in Queens Hall London. The Cabinet and members went to -the hall, where they received -vocifer- ~ous ovations. .,- The first in the morning. The entry of Sir Patrick Hastings. As soon as he'was seen, the assembly was on its feet. It cheered and sang, and sang and cheered again, and he made an excellent little speech. The gist of it was a warning'tp Labor's foes to beware of imputing personal dishonesty and deceit tp men whom millions of people respected, honored and even loved. A mean folly for which they will be made to pay dear. So amid more enthusiasm Sir Patrick sat down. :':.- To hear the great cheer that went Up when Mr, Clynes spoke on a "defeat which will be the gateway to victory,' was a heartening experience, but there were two great moments duringthe day which will live in my 'Memory forewr-.,**-:>'' ";-?-;-'-'";'■'■'-—•!=•**--- A Record Meeting ** But if I call that enthusiasm,, what word shall I employ to describe the scene in the afternoon when the Prime Minister arrived? For half an hour the Conference had been listening (or rather, had not been listening.) to speakers who spoke with one eye on the door. 3*hen the delegates took to singing. After "England, Arise!" and "The Red Flag" they —stenHgsrF^the "Internationale," and ' while the stirring strains of this filled the great concert hall, Mr. MacDonald entered. In a long experience I never saw a more spontaneous or a more vocifer- , ous outburst of welcome. It seemed as if it would never end. When it . did the Prime Minister began at.once,. and at once it was clear that a very ' different man was speaking from the j ■ man who addressed the Party meet- '.ing in the House of Commons on the , day before. -■■—-— —»-■-' Then lie wiis racked by the cnnse- ( quences of a morning in a dentist's chair. Then he had the anxiety of . the coming debate upon his shoulders. Now he was bouyant, and to all ' appearances care-free. His voice was resonant and flexible. He spoke with 1 vigor, with vehemence, with passion even. Not for a long time has he made so effective a speech as this, ' made without preparation, less a political pronouncement than a , talk from one earnest labor man to others ■'pnjjhat had* happened and what all •--had-to do;- "•"■': --.-.--•.--«...---~.»^s-- ; Mr. MacDonald said: "I want to say this to you, and 'through you to the country: 1 aever heard in all my life a case \. ■ qo completely shattered as the case -. ' cgainat uo was shattered yester- h . Say. ' . -' ■ "They only meant to put us in a fix—and a fornight later, to put an -fleefcion on U9r '~~gf'~ *~~~ '! "I don't care about humbug. aSSj&gFBfP* -'•-"' '■SB*-** - M- *•- "• " "J* -■ '.. '.V- "Yeslerday t*as the * first, move im a game. ..They knew if we lost .':'.. Shat move the end of. the-game, wouild be very quick. ..1 take them now!" Prolonged' cheers.) . "No Charles the Second for us— having to apologize because of taking (Continued on Page 5) DR. CURRY TO LECTURE Dr. W, J. Curry will commence his illustrated lectures "From Star Dust to the Industrial Republic"-Friday evening, October 31 at the C. P. Hall, 666 Homer St. Everybody wel- North Burnaby Holds Successful Social The North Burnaby branch of the Federated Labor Party held an extraordinary large social and dance-at the Gilmore Hall last Friday evening. Quite a number of local artists took part in the programme -andTuT were well received and forced to give encores. Angus Mclnnes was introduced, by the chairman, R. C. Hirst, to give a five minute talk which was well appreciated. Between other parts of the programme Frank Browne, M.L.A., and H. W. Watts gave short talks and then the even^ ing was finished up withcoffee and cake donated and served by the women comrades and a dance in which almost everybody joined/ Another social is to be held ne5et mouth. Organizing Campaign to Be Launched At its regular meeting'held in the Holden Building Tuesday .evening, the Trades and Labor Council decided to make preparations for a big organizing drive to.^commence about next March. The plan was brought forward by the organizing committee and indorsed by the council. It is proposed to ask financial assistance from the headquarters of the International Unions and to urge them to send organizers here to take part in the drive, —Some of the delegates were of the opinion that the drive should start at once, but it was pointed out that it would take time to tet word to the international unions and that the holidays would soon be here and interfere with the drive,. The organizing committee also put forward a notice of motion to combine the secretary and treasurer so as to enable the then secretary- treasurer to help in the organizing campaign for which be will be. reimbursed. WaT£n"ToT""'fh'e~ ijBKouljpement. '".' **.' Socialist Majority in Swedish Diet The final results of the elections to the Second Chamber' of the. Swedish Diet have resulted as follows: Socialists, 104; Communists, 5; Right Party or Moderates, (54; Liberal Prohibitionists, 27; Peasant Union or Agrarians/ 24; Old Liberals, 4; Independents, 2. Labor Government's Work Unfinished Reporting -on the last day in the British House of Commons the Daily Herald says: . _.\ "I regret," ran the Prime Minister's announcement, ■" that the action takcriby the two opposition parties renders a General Election, inevitable.- (Labor cheers.) I have had an audience with His Msjesty the King this morning, and asked for a dissolution." King's Assent "His Majesty empowers me to announce that he has assented." The Lahor plaudits broke out afresh, and Mr. Jack Jones exclaimed, "In spite of Lloyd George> the Sixth!" The Prime Minister went on to explain that the Government thought it would be better to have the General Election over before the municipal elections commenced - andj that the House should therefore be prorogued this afternoon and that the General Election should be held forthwith. ^ The sitting was then suspended until 6 o'clock. Then came the -Royal Assent to the Irish—Bill and the speech-from the throne. This was a quiet record of work accomplished at\ home and abroad that is a te'stimonV to the efficacy^ of Labor's Government ■•-•.Geneva, thev-Bussiar^ Treaties, and •iif^^atuXe^nT'iforc'ign.paHcy,^ Government's still unfinished efforts in regard to the marketing of food and constructive-developments to-deal with unemployment, the increase of insurance benefit, the 15 years' house building programme, assistance to agriculture, educational progress—all these had their place in" the review. -"":- .^B,* 'C.: Execttti've'Members™*'-' A communication from the Dominion Trades Congress asking the council to appoint a delegate to the. B.C. Executive was acted upon and W H. Cottrell elected- R. P. Pettipiece is the chairman of the executive and other members will be elected from Victoria, Prince Rupert and New Westminster.' . .:.. The Moulders Union donated ?10 to the Trades Council Building Fund. The executive committee of the Trades Council recommended the name of P. R. Bengough to be placed before the government for appointment as the employees' representative on the Eight Hour Day Board. The council indorsed the recommendation. ■ . . .The Building Trades Council asked that the secretary be instructed to -write .the Federal Government to urge that the Fair Wage Act be made a statute. At the present time this .act is only an brder-in-cbuneil', aftd the delegates feel that there would liej better chance to have it enforced if it were a statute. The secretary was so ordered. The Hotel and Restaurant Employees requested the council to place the Pender Cafe, 500 block Pender Street West, on the unfair list. This was so ordered. The Painters reported that the iron work now being put in the No. 2 elevator by the Vulcan Iron Works is being done by non-union men.. A general complaint was made against the Harbpi\ Commissioners beeause-of the unsatisfactory condition under which tbjp. -contract work is being done. The union scale of wageSvis not being paid in a number of cases and all attempts to enforce the fair *wnge act have failed. Government) money is-being u'sed for the work but the contractors ignore the act and the Harbor Commissioners don't seem to be inclined to take up the subject. "... Aldermanic.Nominees ...-.-. , .At the. request of -the Canadian liabor^'ji^i^iij^nlnaljons for the. rajterpai clectioti; the council' indorsed. R. P. Pettipiece and J. thorn, -whose-.- names-will-roe placed before the nominating convention. The secretary was instructed to send 'a. cablegram to James Ramsay MacDonald wishing him success in the campaign. i C. L. P.-MEETING The next .meeting of the Greater Vancouver Central Council of the C.L.P. will be held in the Holden Bldg., Friday, October 31. Final nominations will be held at this meeting for municipal candidates.- Big Meeting Held in South Vancouver An audience of over two hundred which overcrowded the Municipal Hall, greeted the speakers at the meeting of the South Vancouver Labor Party held last Friday evening. The speakers including Mrs. Rose Henderson, Angus Mclnnes" and Frank Browne, M.L.A., were given a splendid reception which augers well for the success of the organizing work which is to be carried on in that district. A collection bf $11.76 was taken up to cover expenses. Quite a number of new members were enrolled and although this is the first., meeting in the district, others will be held in other parts and district organizations' formed. An organization meeting will be "nWTn*Th*<rHo1a'WB^^ 'day) evening to which any South Vancouver resident'is invited. Labor's Opponents On the Defensive The London Daily Herald reports ttie following scene which took place in London the day of the- Labor Government's defeat. There were stirring scenes in Downing Street when the Prime Minister, fresh from seing the King at Buckingham Palace, drove up in his motor car to No. 10, where a Cabinet meeting was about to be held. A crowd of onlookers, numbering several hundreds, surged towards the car. Burst after burst of cheering rent the air. Constables—hastily joined hands and formed a lane through which Mr. Ramsay MaeDom- ald passed. . *' In response to loud cries of "Go in and win!" the .Premier, pausing, "removed his hat and said, with a broad sniiie: ''Thank you. We mean to." . Crowds' Enthusiasm. ~ Other Cabinet ministers; arriving were recognized, especially Mr. Thomas, Mr. Henderson and Mr. Wheatley. The Colonial Secretary, flushed and beaming broadly, shook hands right and left. When, an hour later, the Ministers departed to attend the Labor Party meeting, it was noticeable-that-all- of them appeared to be in a thoroughly cheerful mood. , Most wonderful 'bf all was the scene outside the Queen's Hall. The word went round that the Premier was to address the Labor Conference there at 4 o-clock. Hundreds upon hundreds -of people swarmed round all the entrances, seeking admission to the public galleries (at a shilling a head). Most of them, of course, .were doomed, to disappointment. Huge crowds assembled outside the hall to cheer the Premier as he left, apd hiariy we're, the cries df "Good !uc*l?!"'-"GridMn-ess' youT^ValJffi-''Labor in' power jnjxr. time.!"' . .' ■-.■-;.'.«.<.< Jtorced to Defence ' .... **' TSvefywhere tlierii_was_the feeling that the Labor Government in appealing to the country, has already forced its opponents into fighting a defensive action. The Labor Party "G.H.Q." in Should Understand Truth About Mexico "We Mexican workers are verx anxious that our British comrades should understand the truth about our country," said Senor Trevino, secretary-general of the Mixican Federation of Trades Unionsr "I am afraid that you have been led to think of Mexico as a wild country of brigands and 'bad men,' where there is no order and where there is no personal safety. That fantastic idea is largely due to the deliberate propaganda of foreign capitalists anxious to discredit the Mixican Revolution and the Mexican Government in the eyes of the world. "But I am afraid few of the British workers know even that there has been a working class revolution in Mexico, that our present government is virtually a Labor Government, and that the President-elect, General Calles, is a Socialist. ' I "Before the revolution Mexico was agriculturally a country of. fuedal servitude, industrially a country of *WfaKexliloifatib''ri b*yr:Rrei^r~rc'apr?-? talists. "The resolution, after breaking down the old political tyranny, be-- came a struggle for industrial freedom. The land monopoly was at-' tacked by Article 27 of the Constitution, under which the great estates are being broken up. The intolerable labor conditions were attacked? by Article 123, which establishes" tne eight-hour day and a minimum wage, safeguards women and children, enforces employers' liability for accidents, and guarantees the right -to strike. Discrediting Mexico "The social legislation has incurred for us the .bittej^Jrpstiity of the foreign capitalists and of the oldLIand- owning class. It is they-who are using all the influence to discredit us abroad, and particularly in England and who, having failed to overthrow bur Workers' Government by armed counter-revolutions, are now using all their influejjcc to keep us Isolated and estHillged from you. "We cannot help thinking that it is because of misrepresentation and misinformation that the Labor Government of Great Britain has so far failed to recognize the Labor Government of Mexico. "It is partly in the hope of removing misunderstandings and of helping to clear the way not only for recognition- but for a real friendship between the two countries that I have come here. "And as a beginning,' "C0«e!u.'ded- Senor Trevino, smiling, '-'I do want to make readers understand that Mexico" is not the sort of cinema country, inhabited by brigands in big hats and big revolvers.';- It is a country in which a Labor Government, supported by a great and growing trade union movement, is seeking to build up a new social order. And in that task we think we are entitled at! least...to. your. ..sympathy' and . gop.A, •.■.vW^lMM-.-,'..- -"' ~~^—:—~ Eccleston Square, resembled a beehive. Work was being pushed forward at top speed, yet. all seemed to be going o/i with almost machine-like precision.' "Feverish" would be the. wrong word.to use; everything was too orderly. . •>".-'-*.. '-...'..' :■;'! ■1 f .' --,- w llf :,0 ivn TlHi|-|ll """T ' - ; ' '5": i i If ;! 1! W Si * I ,*"■".' j^gj ^mmm^^^mm mmm THE LABOR STATESMAN 6'ci0bei"24lhl 1924 Mt. Pleasant JAMES HARKNESS Tea and Prwlsiosa Merchant I**S Main St Phone Fajr. 1269 SPECIALTIES Coffee, Cooked Ham, Cheese, Teas Ayrshire Bacon and Butter ' H KEEP YOUR RESISTANCE *7~-*T PAR BY Adjustments ; *nd you will not have ailments " -and disease DR. E. L. BURRILL 207 Lee Bldg. Main and Broadway Phone Fair. 3383 City Electric Co. Electrical Contractors and Supplies Repairs Day and Night BIQHT Phone Fair. 4865 AVE. AND MAIN ST. Can Socialism Succeed ? - V /v .■'■.'' ;"By Bailie P.. J, DOLLAN in Forward MORAN DRUG STORES . Prescriptions , Courtesy arid Efficiency 7th Ave. & Main Cambie & Broadway 1099 Fair. 3799 Fail Bell Plumbing & Heating Company 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. 1098X For Watches, Clocks and Jewelry Try ARTHUR WISMER • Watchmaker, Jeweller- and Optician A. HILKER & SON Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phones: Fair. 58. Res.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND KINQSWAY .the. ap: rei SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY Men's Knee Gum Boots, sizes „_, 6 to 11 $3.95 Children's Knee-Gum Boots -""r sizes 5 to Ujt<•.:.„."..],.:.. 1,06 Greb'Work Boots 4,95 Men's All Wool Knitted Vests ! 2.75 VIKING Undjrwear,- two piece or combination pet- suit I..:. 6.50 Penman's No. 71 Natural shirts and drawers, each .95 Men's Handkerchiefs 12 for .86 Arthur Frith & Co. Men's and Boys' Furnishings, Hats, ■- -"-—-":Bootii and Shoes."' ••"'-.-" . *" Phone: Fair. 14 ' 2313 Main St, Between 7th and 8th The accounts of the Glasgow muni cipal departments are of special interest to the" Socialist. These accounts reveal the true state of municipal Socialism for 1923-4, and contain numerous facts and arguments in favor of public ownership of collective industries and services. Glasgow has been described as the "Mecca of Municipal Socialism," and, while the description is an over-emphasis of the actual condition of affairs, there is much in the management of the city's affairs of which the Socialist may well be proud. In nearly all the departments public ownership has paid its way., The Corporation with over 20,000 employees and properties worth £43,422,327 is undoubtedly, a good example of what could be done by the general application of Socialist principles to industries and services. The municipal election will be contested on Socialism vs^ Capitalism, and the more, we know about actual Socialist experiments we shall be better able to deal with the arguments of opponents. Taking the city as a whole, we learn that the following simple sum concentrates the value- of properties and the amount of liabilities: Corporation assets £54,422,327 Corporation liabilities .. 27,817,083 Surplus £15,605,244 The assets do not .include -art treasures and collections of books, etc., which are at least value for one million pounds. The Corporation then quite solvent, and not "in. debt" in the orthodox sense; because it is ^Snfn'rtru'e^^^a^tfSmfSrlef and have a great surplus left over. EVery department is in much details' on thisv aspect of municipalization) every department is in much the same condition, but the outstanding example of successful municipal Socialism is the Tramways Department, which is conducted on direct labor principles throughout. I ques- tinn'if even'in Soviet Russia there is a more "Socialised" service than the Glasgow tramways, meaning by this s- sefvice which is operated for the maximum of common good and the minimum of private gain. No Socialist would worry overmuch if the extent of world capitalism was in no bigger proportion to what is allowed in the tramways system. The social revolution would indeed have-arrived if such were the case. The average propagandist makes too little use of the tramways as an.example of what Socialism cpuld be. The tramways are today valued as being worth four times more.than tho liabilities, -H8ro are the figures: ".'..-, Tramway assets £6,765,688 Liabilities 1,678,337 FAT AUTO PROFITS, SKINNY - WAGfes , .', - ;•' * WASHINGTON.—Workers in the motor vehicle industry in the United ' Staterrrt;ot*rrted'-ffleit)173-rl-99—of 'gross profits for the 351 chief-companies, according to the census of >Si>^Sa^^ceV'ti!t'JS^!i^fy^^-^%^-,--aa reported bS the department of Bommeree, and for themselves they received wages «vernjafing.^ly6^ 1921' theyi gave''the bosses profits amounting to $341,368,712; and took ,$W>45 apiece as wages. Surplus ....y.C. £5,083,351 The department on this showing could be realizing al) its assets pay off all debts and have a surplus of £5,083,351 for allocation to the common good.' That is a wholesome po- sitipn indeed when contrasted with the condition of the private companies which have avoided -bankrupt- cy*.'by'confiscating' two-thirds of the share capital of investors. But the assets are under-valued at the amount stated-above, and the commercial view is that the concern, would sell for ten million pounds. And at this price-there- would be competition- to purchase. The total- capital expenditure has been £6,026,16.4, which has ticen' liaid off—f rom-re venue - except., -ing-for-that-portion already-referred to .as liabilities. The concern was munlcirffltisi^i*-'MIW!'^o^'u*9fRmes5 on.the CREDIT of the Qommon Goddj so, that its. success owes nothing to -finatorLur-iaflitalisl;. Sihcfi-"i894; a; total free, -allocation o:f *£1;216,S04 has been paid' oyer to the Common Good Funl for city use, while over £130,000 per annum is 'now paid in rates to the local authorities. The enterprise is the lagest ratepayer in Glasgow, and has fewer privileges than a private transport company would have. The employees number 8,500, and the wages bill for last year was £1,294,281'; The track is constructed and maintained -by direct labor; the cars are built and repaired on the sanie principle;'the electric power is. generated in the departmental station; and wherever possible "mind your own business" is the rule and practice. Hence the large measure of success. The department conducts its own third-party accident and fidelity insurance and has saved over £51,000 by so doing within ten years. Likewise employers' liability insurance was taken over, from private, .companies in 1915, since when the, department - has saved £8,363. There"Bre over one thousand cars in service, all having been built by direct labor, an deven capitalists in the coachbuilding. industry admit they cannot compete in price and craft- manship-with the products of direct labor as organized by the tramways. Of this more in due season. Other departments have also been successful, but in a lesser degree compared with the tramways. The Electricity Department has as sets to the value of ^£7,500,479 as against-liabilities of £5,628,691,'sd that there is a surplus of £1,879,788 in favor of municipal trading. The department is now equipped to undertake the generation and distribution *lL£i££iji£iiK.i811 U'jhtinjg^an.cJ ,.pow.ev,. tor fie"\vTiore'ot'GTffigow^id7district, and before long should be empowered to acquire the Clyde Valley Electric Company. The assets of the Gas Department are valued at £5,187,559. and the liabilities at £3,282,578, so that the surplus is £1,904,981. This department has been reorganized and there is now a direct labor system of repairing and maintains appliances bv means of-a staff specially appointed for the purpose. The municipal*-. satton of the chemical works attached to the various gasworks has been a success. Last year there was a profit of £270,787, which went into the common pool. Until a few years ago the chemical works were leased to companies which made great profits out of the arrangement. .These pr'ofits are new secured-for the gas consumers, who benfit'by a lower price of gas. The,,Water Department has : also been-a" wonderful venture and has assets of £5,212,616 against liabili^ie^of only £2,§93,462, which figures prove -how., suoceTssftrily., the business has been managed. The tenant of a £20 house pays only 8/4 per annum for an unlimited supply of domestic water, which is less than 2d. per week. _Np private company could give a Loch Katrine service as cheap as that. The tramways, gas, water and electricity departments are tlie four great trading con'cerns .of' the Corporation, and are a credit to the' principles of municipal Socialism. The anti-Socialist will have a ,busy afternoon trying to show how private entel-pfisteS i-Muld manage "the four concerns more effectively than public ownership. The tramways, gas and water departments had to be organized on a municipal basis because of the failure of private enterprise in each of these three'services. - It was only when the'profiteers became incompetent to maintain an efficient ,ser.yiee^thai.jiumi.cJpal'.JSrjcialism.was: -called -in--torassume-control--~-Private- entei'prise collapsed in all these se'r- Vices-iustBJs^iwe-.s.oe it eollapsingwin- the provision and. building .of houses for the working class. ' Fire insurance has been a profitable business, for the Corporation since, a municipal "fire insurance fund" was organized-in 1912. The surplus for last year was, £18,038, and in twelve years the fund has- saved reserves amounting to £126,- 434. The revenues of the past year was £20,997 and the expenditure £2,957. The profits from insurance seem to be enormous and an extension of the fund to insure the houses and property of citizens would yield a large income for the Corporation. Here indeed is a gold mine for all local authorities which could be worked easily in association with a municipal bank. The "tenant, ratepayers maintain the fire brigade' and the private insurance companies obtain the benefits from this proceedurc. It is those who pay for the fire brigade who should gain the economy in insurance disbursements saved by the efforts.of the brigade. That means municipal insurance. The credit of the Corporation stands in better respect than that of any private enterprise company in the country. The credit of Glasgow municipality is almost as good as that of the State. This is due to the social ownership of so many properties and services. The Corporation has now an aggregate loan "debt" of £26,274,003, which represents "investments" in housing and other-utility schemes. This money or credit is obtained on cheaper terms than any other borrower could get. The average rate of interest paid is £4 7/9 per £100, whereas a company would require to offer £6 to £8'per £100 to obtain credit or money for an issue of debenture stocks. Investors lend on more favorable terms to the muicipality, because ti is safer and more secure, than private enter- in flTTTmmieipality the safer tlie investment. Large Labor Group In Debating Society The Vancouver Parliamentary Debating Society is again organized for its winter session. The leader, of the Labor Party this year is 'Mr. H. 7Cemp";~JnaiVager ■ of Kemp & Co., wholesale woolen, merchants, and the leader of the .Conservatives is Mr. W. M. Carnjjcliael, manager of S. M. Morris"'& Co." Iron Works. The Liberal Party has not yet chosen its leader as it has not a very large following. The Labor party has a large group and is expected'~to be called upon to form- the government within a short time. The society meets at 445 Richards Street, on the second and fourth Thursdays..in the month at-8 p.m. The secretary of' the organization is Leonard Miller,. 1411 Dominion Bldg. New Zealand Govt. Ignores Housing Act WELLINGTON, New Zealand.— Low-price homes for workers are being sabotaged by the anti-Labor New Zealand' government . A housing act to provide homes; for the workers permits a worker who desired to build a...home to. borrow.,an .amount equal to 95 per cent,of the cost of building and land at 5 per cent interest. .But the government refuses to act and the workers are unable to finance hohie-bailding. Money lenders and rack renters are reaping a rich harvest. . , • Behind the action of the. government are, the financial trusts who -rule.~%vhe-re--eredi-ts;-:'or-loans-are con- cernedT If the' wofkeT-'TB.rrtorrow money to build" homes at 6 per cent, t*»5£«s««»iltefee; v«5*ji4!ttl»<» harrowing 'from private money lenders at 7 and 10 per cent. . -..,- ' '■ ilWhen a halt -was.:.called in the housing act interest on borrowed money rose from ■;% to 1 per cent above the prevailing rates. ' Main St. South of 18th J. OWEN'S Albion Meat Market __,,. 3836 Main Street ** Quality Meats. Reasonable Prices J. C. COLVIN Plumbing Heating Qasfitting Estimates Cheerfully Given. " ■ 4178 Main Street Phones: Fair. 3071, Res, Fair. 2375R 30 Years' Experience-^ J. FRANCIS Victoria Bakery 3834 MAIN STREET * FRESH CAKES, PASTRY AND BREAD DAILY ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store 3917 Main at 23rd Specialist in Bicycle frame repairs, Keys cut, Saw sharpened, Baby Buggy Tires repaired. Agent for "Red Bird" Bicycles. KIRKHAM'S GROCERTERIA, No. 22 Our goods are always fresh. Our prices the lowest.-^-Give us a trial nnd be convinced.. Day Labor Defeated * in North Vancow f The fight made in North.V ;P*ii-tefiau»wlte^PJ»«is-,lfo^<!^ bor on .the approaches tds}.and Mhe. main deck of the Lynn Creek Bride i was lost to contract labor. In order to provide the councillor with data regarding the success of day lahor Secretary Bengough of the Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council has forwarded the information given to the council last year by Chns. E. Tisdall tb the effect that $43,290 were 3aved on the Colling- wood Valley Storm Sewer work by day. lahor over contract estimates. The following data obtained from Great Britain was also forwarded to Councillor Dennis, the North Vancouver City and District Councils and the North Shore Press. The Independent Labor Party of Great Britain have' just issued a valuables list of recent successes in day labor experiments from whir, we quote the following: ■ Scar House Reservoir Lowest tender was $86,115 abb what the-work actually cost by <■ labor, and. the contractor*'only p';*'*: posed to spend $125,000 on accoi-*']! modation for the workmen engagi'i on construction as a"gainst $700,0 |i in the day labor estimate. Derby Electric Power Station Extension Contractors' price $20.0,000. Day labor did the job for $130,000, sav- inv $9,4,385, or 34 per cent. Glasgow. Housing Glasgow built three hundred and eighteen houses by day labor and saved $900 per house as compared to similar houses built in same per- ( iod by contractors. Bradford Housing Bradford saved $'225 per house on its-first day labor s'chcuie, after pay- . ing for "wet time," a fortnight's' holiday with pay, fares and a first^ class canteen for -the men*.' ■ . ' Irlam (Manchester) Housing,; ,' -, -Day: labrrrsayed $I,20ft per house.. West Hartlepool Housing- "...On.-two..-hundred ..and. sixty^onc houses built by day labor, the saving has been $200,00.0 on the contract price. , • r' " mmmmmammmmmam a October'24th, 1924 THE L^BOR STATESMAN TRADES UNION DIRECTORY Vancouver Trades and Labor counoU— President, R. H. Neelands. M.L.A.; SRneral .secretary, Percy R. .Bengough. «Jco. 803 Holdon Bldff.. If) Hastings East, Phone Sey. 7496. Meets in Labor Hall at 6 p.m', on the first and third Tuesdays in month. ■akorj BalotrmoKi, fcooal 371 .— Meets second Thursday every month. Holden Bldg., l« Hastings B. President, A. Wylle, 433B Elgin Street; financial secretary, H. A. Bowron. 829 11th Ave. Hi. Jonrnoymen Barber's International Union of America—Local 120, Vancouver, B. C, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each, month in Room 810 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Bast" President, C 13. Herrett, 71 Hastings Street Bast; secretary, A. R. Jenni, 728 Hastings Street West. Phone Sey. 1813. Bookbinders Local No. 105, Int.* Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month 80.4 Holden Bldg, president, P. Milne, 63« Drake St.; secretary. A. H. Hos- ttns, .118 53hd Avo. W. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. union No. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg. President, O. B. Halljday; Secretary, W, S. Dagnall, 1244 20th Ave. B. Phono Fair. 845 R. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, looal 462—President; J. C. Thorn; recording secretary, W. Page; business agent, Wm. Dunn. Office, Room 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings Cast. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m^ . Hallway Carmen of Amerloa, lodge No. S8—Meets first and third , Friday in month at Cotillon Hall, Granvflle and Davie Streets. Prosidont, A. S. Ross, 5043 Clarendon St.; secretary, J. D. Vuifaniy, 2218 15th Ave. W. Electrical Workers, Xocal 213, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m. In Room No. 6, 319 Ponder Street West. President, D. W. McDougal, 910 Hastings Street East; business agent, E. H. Morrison. Office, 319 Pender Street West. vie* butV Engineers—International TTnion Steam and Operating local 844— Meets every Thursday at 8 p.m., Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, H. Finley; business agent and financial socretary, F. S. Hunt; recording secretary, Herbert McSavaney. "•lneei-H, Steam and Operating, Int. during Veal 882—Meets first and third Wed- T ™amn™ Sdayat 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden I»emorj£gr_ Pr-eaident, Charles Price; rec. st^V .iCretary, j. T. Venn; financial secre- ■P-wr* .vtary,- Frank L. Hunt. Office, 806 WL •-'-;, ,-Holrion^Bldg., £ . w.; ' ™ ^^^"^otel^an^ Local 28—441 Seymour Street. Meets /. first and third Wednesday at 3 p.m. Second and fourth Wednesdays at 9 p.m. President, O. Coleman; busi- *a ness ftfent, a. Graham. Phone Sey mour 1681. Iron Workers, local 97, Int. Abso. of Brldgo & Structural — Meets every - Monday. Room 804 Holdon •*BTa,gV1:at"8 p.m. President. W. FInlay, 1655-22nd Ave. B.; Secretary, Jamos Dunn, Box 119,6 City; Phone High. 43341,. lathors. Wood, Wire and Motiil, International union, local 207 — Meets list and 3rd Fridays in month, at room 290 Hj>Iden Bldg. president, Wm. H. Crane, Hudson Hotel; secretary, J. G- Finlayson, 2635 12th Ave, West. Kaohlnlst looal 182—President, B. B. McLean. 453.6th Avo. W. Secretary, S: A. Boardman, 3388 Parker St. Meets second and fourth Friday at 8 p.m.. in Room 313 Labor Ha.ll, 16 Hastings East, Machinist looal 692—President, Thos. Sills, 1362 Burrard St. Secretary, P. . R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor HAH, 16 Hastings Bast. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In month. BfflCA h, Mill: Wagon Drivers and Dairy Bmploy- ■ »H oos, local 464—Meets second and ' Aa-y fourth Friday In Labor Hall, lfi Has- »■ .1 tlnE8 St. B, Business agent, Blrt 1t Showier, 1116 Robson St. ,- Qt'O'xoiiiers Union looal 281—International rnn' of North America—meets first and **"**■' third. Fridaysill) month in *mnm*''313 Holrlori' Bldg, at 8 p.m. President, J. Gorten, 2127 Venables St. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkertort, 2,169 Victoria Drive. « the. apl •. ____________ reso KusioianB Mutual Protective Union lo- v.„r oal 14B, A. P. of M.—Meets at tho G. W. V,. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, Ernest C Miller. 991 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamieson, 991 Nelson Street; financial secretary, W. E. Williams, 891 Nelson Street; organizer, F. Fletcher, 991 i Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Paperhanger* local 138—-Meets second and fourth Tuesdays at 319 Pender St., W. Business anent, Robt. S. Stevenson. Office, room 204 319 Fender St., W. Phone Sey. 3G09. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and-Dook Bnildors looal No. 2404'—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. in 112 Hastings St.. W. James Thomson,' secretary, P. O. Box 320. Plasterers, - local 89—International Association of -Operative, meets' first Wednesday In month at Holden Bldg; President; W. Strickland, 289-4.6th Ave. E, ■ Secretary, M. Galway, 1151- 59th Ave. B. Phone Fras. 504-R2. • ^-^Pjdh^ng.PriJsotoHii.niul Assistants, looal .'.V.'.:,..''_&!^ 1 in the month at 8 p.m. In Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. B. Presl- ''■^'^'de;nt,rHim'r-*J^^oneIey-,'^834}-8th AV07 — B.| fiecrotary; :Franlc H. Humphroy, P. O. Box 894. Addretss, 4038 Victoria Dr. Phone Fair. 2702R. " Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer PlvlalonHWo. 3,01 Mooto Jfe-p, Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, lot nnd Brjd Mondays at.S0:'i6 aim. end V p.m. Prasldant, F. A. Hoove?;- 2408 Clarlta Orlve; ■ vac, socretary, "F, K. Griffin, Ml 3th,Ava. ifflaat; treaoiiravrH."W. Spaed; ona/Acinl. secretary and busl- noes agent, W. H. Cot-trail, 196 17th Ave! West, OMlca :cornap Prior and Official Organ of the Greater Vancouver Central Council C.L.P. AFFZXiIATED WITH THE BRITISH LABOR PASTY DIRECTORY Dominion Secretary, J. Simpson. Labor — Temple, Toronto, Ont. Exocntlve British Columbia Suction: Pres., W. H. Cottrell; VIce-Fres., A. Molnnis, Wm. Dunn, R. H. Nee- Ian^; Secretary-Treasurer, Prank Hunt, 806 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. Grantor Vancouver Central Council: Chairman, F. A. Hoover; Executive, Mrs. P. Dolk, Mrs. Tjorimer, A. Mclnnis, P. E. Griffin, J. Flynn; Secretary-Treasurer, Wm. Dunn, 809 Holden Bldg. - . WABD OBGAJTIZEBS, VAHCOUVE3. Ward 1—H. W. Watts, 816 Holden Bltlg., Pliono Sey. 1989. Ward 2—W. Page, 809 Holden Bldg., Phone Sey. 4143. Ward 3—Samuel Angel, 666 Georgia St. E., High. 266611. Ward 4—P. L. Hunt, 800 Holden Bldg., Sey. 7495. Ward 5—W. Watt, 984—7th Ave. W. PJione Buy.-166'4x. Ward 6—J. E. Dubberly, .1812 Broadwav \V. Phone Bay 2356L. Ward 7-*W. J. Seribbins, 3208 Pender • St. E., High 4033. Ward B—C. McDonald, 2834 St. George Str, Fair. S317-Y. DISTRICT OEGANIZBHS Worth Vancouver—^/. H. Page, 219 8tli St. E., North Van, 321R. Sonth Vancouver—J. Rankin, 735—27th Ave. E. Pair. 657-R. Try Nut Doctor Instead of Divorce NEW YORK.—Marital difficulties ought to be treated in a neuropathic clinic, according to Magistrate Jean H, .Norris, New York's only woman for the proposed neuropathic hospital.-] Most matrimonial squabbles, Morris alleges, "can be attributed to the mental condition of the man." But the. wife is sometimes to blame, she says, "and her mental breakdown i< caused by "the stress of life itself— high rentals, lack of conveniences, care of a large family, small income and constant fear, that the breadwin- er may lose his job." Norris charges that the war left many "indelible marks on the minds of returned soldiers" which create psychic disturbances and lead to clashes at home. - TUCSON, Ariz.—The students of the University of Arizona at Tucson, Ariz.,'have organized a cooperative store which will operate on a close margin, furnishing the students with books and school supplies. Amiilffanmtod Society ui" Carpenters and ■Tolners—V;ineotiv<>r 1st Branch raeots 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each mohUi. President, \V. ' Taylor; secretary, F. VroHHor; lnminonn agiml, jI.McKinl'.'.v: Headiiuarter-s, room 35/163 HastmR.s St. W. Clvio EiJiployooo' Union meets first .nad third Kridnys^Jn the month at 445 Richards St.faT 8 p.m. IVesident, David CathJll, 2652 Alhert St.; Kocre- tary-treauror, Gebrge Harrison, 1182 Parker St.' rioorlayers' tTnion, No. 1875, U.B. of C. & J. of A,, meets 1st and '3rd Thursdays fn. 310 Holden Hldg-. at 8 -p.m. President, John Soderman; Fin. See. A. Refci; Ree. Sec. W. Johnston. 16G6 16th Ave. \V. City Hall Employees' Association meets first "Wednesday of each month at US Richards St. at, 8 p.m. President. F. Ji. Bentley; business ,ag:ent, !W. J. Seribbins. 3208 Pender St. E.; secre- tnry. D^.Robson,... VW>6 Poiidroll-St - >■ Sheet .Metnl Workers, Amalgiunfttaa, XiOool Unlofl No. 380—Meets second and. fourth Thursday In month in Holden Bldp.. 16 Hastihps-St. E. President, Thos.. Burke, 2731 24th Ave. E.; secretary*/ E. W- Crawford, 1761 Charles St., Journeymen Sail or b* tTnion of America, Xooal No. 178—-Meetings held first Thursday fn each month. 8 p.in. Executive, meetsr third Thursday of_.every- l7mTi-tir^*i*ir''T^1rt>r-;T'iv*(nr-,'Pr;-Miit't;t kM"' "R. t'3at"efiFy; secretary, C. M~cDbualfl P.O. Box 603. '.Executive meets third ^-'■-TJjJJi^feorjH-^ry '"onth.-.^. ■■■'-'- -*; Mate) 'typographical tTnion. No. 236—^T^resi- . dent, H. P. Pettipiece:, vico president. C. S; Caniphell; secretary-treasurer. R. H. Neelands, P.O.iBox.66. Meets last Sunday„of >aeh month at .2 p-m^'Jn , Holden Builrtingr, l?7*HastinB8 SV"ET ¥he Viancouvor Theatrical • Federation— Meets at 991 .Nelson Street, at H a-m. on-the Tuesday preceding' -the first Sunday of the month. I'resfdent, , Harry Pearson; ."seerettiry, Edward A, Jamieson; business ngeht, Fred Fletcher, ilfll Nelson St. ' ODD BITS By SYDNEY WARREN The English think they ai;e. free; they are free only during'the election of members of parliament. . ... - —Rousseau. JUDGE CAYLEY recently sentenced William Hughes, twenty-year old boy, to spend five years in the penitentiary and be lashed twenty- five strokes. The boy's offense was robbery with violence. No sane person advocates leniency in a ease of this kind, but I cannot help noting the. avidity with, which judges ar.e ready to apply the lash on those,, who, through force of economic pressure, commit offenses against private property, and the dilatoriness with which even,a bare gaol"sentence is passed upon those, who confine their operations on* a„larger scale. Have you ever heard.even the suggestion of the lash being used on the backs of the guilty Horns Bank officials who wantonly plundered hundreds of workers of their life-time savings? Today, the majority of offenders against the law are boys and youths under twenty-five. In many cases they have had only 'rudimentary education and were forced out to seek their-livelihood under the present-day employment conditions with no special trade. They drift from pillar to post, and, instead of society utilizing the splendid enthusiasm of their youth, it gives them jazz and then lashes {hem when they react to it. To my way of thinking the lash takes from the law the very purpose of making all punishment a corrective brutal revenge. If lashings were panacea for all crimes then it would be a simple matter to revert to the barbarous penalties of the past, but experience has shown* 'us that brutal and savage punishments were not deterrents to crime. The way to "stop crime is to improve social conditions, not to indict savage and degrading reprisals against twenty-year old poys. WHAT DOES THE RUSSIAN WORKERS' REPUBLIC mean to you? Perhaps you think of Russia merely as a name or as a country filled with samovars, snow and "Reds." When some wise "know- all" tells you that Russia's commercial relations are not worth bothering about give him these facts: The Russian Workers Republic embraces one-sixth of the land surface of the globe having some 8,650,000 square-miles, the. largest contiguous area of any nation*: "On the west it stretches - from the' Baltic Sea, Germany and Sweden to" the Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea ,.on the east. On the south, Soviet Russia borders the ..Black and Ca.spian Seas and is bounded by Austria, Bessarabia, Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, British India and the outlying dominions of China and Japan. Within the borders of Soviet Russia there are today over 130,000,000 people representing forty-two different nationalities. In potential natural resources of al] ,'kiiyds Rusaja,Js excelled by no other country-^—her oil, timber, coal and fur resources have scarcely been touched, while the agricultural possibilities of Russia, are only now being discovered. . ,. Lighting Contest Open to Children What child, living on the lower mainland of B. C., would not like to win a $15,000'home? In addition to having a chance of getting a scholarship at one of Canada's- leading universities, or to win one of $750. worth of prizes? ■ .. This ..opportunity will be afforded evio-y school child between 10 and 16- years of age living on the lower mainland of B. O when the National Home Lighting Contest opens here on November 1st. The rules of the contest'are simple. Each child wilj receive from the school teacher a- primer in which are diagrams of rooms, showing living rooms, bedrooms, halis, etc. There are also reproductions of lighting fixtures. The_ child takes the lighting fixtures and places them in tbe position he thinks.best suited to the room and pasting it down, submits his effort along with *an essay of 600 words. The rules a^e .explained by the primer in detail. • ' The -object of the contest is to teach the importance of proper lighting in the safeguarding of eyesight. Children have been the greatest suf-~ ferers in the home and the classroom as they have tried to study under the glare of too much light or the strain of too little. It is with the intention of teaching the fundamentals of efficient lighting that the contest has been undertaken by a nationwide committee under the auspices of the ?-7atiuual Electric Lrglrt~"AssdcTa"-: tion. - Schoolboards throughout, the' lower of the undertaking. Judges will be Mr. Justice I). A. McDonald, J. K. McRae, president of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Professor W. A. Smelzer and E. S. Robinson, librarian of the city of Vancouver. The contest in this section of Canada will be conducted- by the Electrical Service League of B. C, which is -TjfTering $750 in local prizes to swell the* number of awards being offered by the national committee. What are kno.wn as regional directors, -who will have charge of the contest in each zone, have been appointed, those' for this district being E. E. Walker and J. Lightbody, both of .the B. C. Electric Railway Company. For two. months committees have been working perfecting plans for the contest, which will last for thirty days, ending November 30. There will be no fees or charges of any kind, the contest being purely of an educational character. Winners of local prizes will be eligible for the Canadian and international prizes, consisting of the ?15,000 home and the university scholarships. "The purpose of the contest,"' points out Mr. Walker, regional director of the lower mainland, "is to prevent defective eyesight among school children. "The Eyesight Conservation Council estimates that one school child out of every,four suffers from defective vision and this council, is taking steps to conduct eye clinics in our schools. "We believe, however, it is much better to take steps to prevent defective eyesight by eliminating one of the chief causes of today;—improper lighting. "■;; "From the point of view of the school authorities, this is very important because it has been shown that backwardness and bad eyesight go hand in hand. Therefore, as we are able to prevent glare in lighting or otherwise improve it,' education will become so much -more effective." }1 is ifa ".'■ I 'ork, letc.1' 861 SINGING ORCHESTRA AT THE ORPHEUM There are many orchestraes now in vaudeville, but none offers -more diversified entertainment than Sher-. wood's Singing Orchestra, , which comes to the Orpheum Theatre as . the headline attraction on this week's , bill of vaudeville opening with a matinee at 2:20 on Thursday. One of th^L finest harmony combinations m duet singing will be offered by Bob and Gale Sherwood, the former having a deep rich baritone, and the ... The finest Canadian tenor in musical history, Craig Campbell, a native son of Winnipeg, who has not" been heard here for three years, is coming back this-week. Since he toured the Orpheum last he has won an enviable reputation in New York. Moore and - Freed will offer "Spooning and Ballooning," a comedy musical act, these two comedians extracting music from all sorts of impossible articles. Val and Ernie-Stanton,"the Eng-- lish boys from America," have an entire new act this season, which is said-to-be even funnier than the scream they dispensed last season. Harry Hofman will present his new version of "Hard Boiled Hampton," this act has a touch of pathos mingled with comedy for the tired business man. Johnson and Baker will present "Practice," which is somewhat of a nut act, only it introduces some entirely new stunts. Hobert and Bolt have novelty gymnastic act. The usual attractive pictures and Orpheum Concert Orchestra make up the bill. PROFIT SHARING has become-a :^fA£efflfcfcdte,iee=MUiivto^ t67^meloriate social;*c^n^tfoHiT"Wi|S? out disturbing the .powers of the inY-fflmttre-chrss.''- "Pr;(rfit^shS<Wg"niay be a' make-shift, but it certainly is not a solution -to present economic prabiejns..'.'''JPniivcanno$ share with a man what you steal from.'him, and "profits" is ■ the name given to. that part of the workerij'' products that are stolen frbm him. ' Profits can be taken but not shared. You wouldn't build on a day-to-day lease 'O one builds unlesshe/isassuredof un* disturbed possession of his property. Power plants, street car lines, substations or car barns are fartoo permahent|md unremovable to be built unless their owners have tolerably certain safeguards such as charters and franchises protecting the investors as well as the publid .' Jtanchises?.ate;iirjmarj!^ behalf—to obtain- public utility service. They make it .possible"TorTJiJblic~utflify" corHparifes ' tcf "rriSire""- pa^*ffle#%rWfSt?" merits for serving the public. )ELECTMcBfHMrrCa I si": 4 I III -HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER, B.C. 36 EHjjSBISiai^^ ■HBjmsMBjugHSJslBHBKttHHI SMB. y;p*:r:**; -.-.'r t+, y-rl'v^r)\ wm-: W.?*-; ^V's^'KaSiiS THE LABOR The Labor Statesman published every Friday, at 81« Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C, I. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades -,-and Labor Council. Preos Committee: R. H. Neelnn<29, Typographical Union; P". B. BengougH, Mar ehinista'; Wm. Dunn; Carpenters';' A. S^clnnio, Street Railwaymen; J. Smith, Carpenters': J. Thompnon, Pile Drivers' and Wooden Bridgcmen's. DIember THE! FEDERATED PRBS3 Subscription Rates:—Canada 12.00 per year, $1.00 - for' six months: United States and foreign, $3.00 per year. To unions subscribing In a body;-180 ....., per member per-month. Phono Soymour 1983. If Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 24th, 1924 THAT VACANT PORTFOLIO vligifeS away it was'found that the member for .'Vernon had comitted "hari kari." One beneficial result that the government may look for from the Vernon fiasco is that the new leader of the' opposition will start off with a totally wrong conception of his :pwn weight, size and relative standing in a beauty show, and until he gets a few lessons to the contrary he is highly likely to tramp on himself and thereby get hurt. The portfolio is still vacant. Vancouver wants if, but will not guarantee to elect the government nominee. Mary Ellen wants it, but Mary Ellen threw her last chance into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a recent trip to Europe. McKenzie wants it but could not be elected. McRae has interests to watch that can be better handled-from outside the Cabinet. Odium could make a trade that would let him through, but does not appear to be seeking the position. Woodward, could be elected, but can ill- afford to accept it. Neelands, the Labor member for South Vancouver, may have the position if the Labor group chose to so direct. While a vacant porfolio is a handy thing to have around, it is also menace. At any moment-the member for Prince George may hear "a calf and decide to "accept." The lesson of Vernon means nothing, the singed moth never returns—but' there are other moths. Then again, Dick Burde has been looking in from outside, just long enought to get tired of the view from that angle. Dick is liable any mornirfg to decide that he would like to look out from the inside. If something of this kind does not happen, and fate should gather some Conservatives to-his fathers, a vacant STATESMAN 1 October 24th, 1924. ae«J 'Ion the; '." tw "■ The morning after the Provincial election of 1916 a most unusual political situation was found in British 'Columbia. There was just exactly as many potential ministers—gentlemen of Cabinet size—in the success- —ful party as there were of members elected. Now as is was clearly evi: dent that the Cabinet,. could not be expanded to take in the whole group, the story of the next six weeks, during which the personnel of the Cabinet was being determined, will when written, prove to.be one of the most interesting and amusing chapters in Provincial political history. Albeit it was hot all comedy. When the dif- ■ ferent individual hunters had curdled into groups and the contending groupB had toward each other exemr plified the old impossible mechanical the immovable object, and later churned itself down, it was found 1 that every salaried portfolio hadf been pre-empted and the leader of - the party was pushed out of bed- there was not room for the Premier in his own government. As no group would give way it was eventually found that anyway the Premier should be a sort of general Overseer and not be burdened with the duties *ot a department. Passing over much interesting history, the cabinet remained in its 1916 top-heavy condition until recently, when the Minister of Finance retired The government seemed to have preferred to keep the portfolio vacant— it was a handy thing to have around, anyway. Its local effects were that Mary Ellen and McKenzie were as .^.guiefc as church mice while the Capilano timber comic opera offered a wonderful opportunity for some publicity—and'both these members are .. gluttons for free advertising. But, conceiving that the way hito«tbe Cab- - inet was to be "Good Indian" and stay on the reservation, they permitted McRae, Odium and Woodward- to shake the rope while Pattullojwas doing his stunts. ';...- ,< In the meantime, the inember from Vernon, itching in JuVtents saw a vision—«or was ir a mirage—-and forthwith Iandetlin Victoria between two days, arta explained that he was the white-haired boy, and the King Pin^of interior politics and that he >would accept the vacant, portfolio, 0Tm8 that If he did not get it he would. •• .rock the boat in such a way that someone was liable to fall overboard and get wet. The Premier is alleged to have told his pushing follower to go to a place that modern theology asserts is much too warm for comfort, and grabbed his hat and^grip and of the Railway Commission. "■'• «''*" jxicts. The healthLofficcr,jn this, iisi TTK. Minister of Mines; who has a trict; happens tb be progressive wonderful hose for the possibilities i- /".pfipoliincal Bituatibh, inoisted tHat -^rrriifeB proposal" was' unsafe- and refused to bet ten'-* lame horse. With the Premier miosing frojtt the top and the ''Minister oi Election"; missing from ■ ££_tta>: &*5*4^?!?#)iefi'.' the,''-.smojee' had1 parents do not know how to avoid such contingencies, and because the parents are not aware .of the actual dangers of inattention.when the complaint is first discovered. This, the board desires to overcome by complete free medical attention to all school children, thereby decreasing the sickness and reducing-the expense to the parents. *. Of course the success of this scheme will depend quite a lot on the parents and upon the doctor employed at the work. If the parents forget that plenty of fresh air and sunshine and moderate eating are the best health providers, then doctors will be constant visitors. If the doctor is one of the old school who believes in all kinds of concoctions then he will not remove very many causes. No drug or serum will stop a process which is continually being built up by unwise habits. A physician should posses a knowledge of the cause of sickness. If. he understands that he will not have to use drugs or serums, or suggest surgical operations. People must be taught that the highest states of mental and physical fitness, are attained only by knowing how to live right and give attention to the right care of themselves. When that has been accomplished, doctors will be very scarce and the human family much healthier. their quota to the Labor vote, having seen through the hypocrisy of the two old parties.—W., ~ A LIVELY FIGHT The election campaign in Great Britain is getting lively. And well it might. There the capitalist class parties are fighting for their very existence and the Labor Party having tasted the fruits of office are not desirous of relinquishing same. The enthusiasm among the leaders and the rank: and file of the Labor Party CREATING CHAOS , We are generously informed that the Klu Klux Klan, under-another name, is gaining great'strength in the city and that its aspirations are political. In other-words we suppose that this organization intends to endeavor to become an eczema on the body politic. . . Of course we are inclined to be suspicious, and well we might. In spite of all their claims, minute men, fascisti, klu klux klan or the "Invisible Empire" have only tended to create chaos, fear and bloodshed. When they were not hounding or tormenting somebody- whom"'they thought should be chastized," they were hanging, murdering or shooting somebody who was active in the La -bor movement. Frank Little, Felix Baran, Hugo Gerlot, John Tooney Abraham Rabinowitz, Signor Matte- otti all met their deaths at the hands of members of like organizations., If certain beneficial legislation is is needed let them come out in the open and fight for it. We very much doubt, however if the legislation they would suggest would be of any be*ne-, fit to the toiling masses;' The Fascisti in Italy, however, is about at the end of its tether, and the K-. K. K. in the U. S. has met with such bitter opposition that only weaklings and cowards, who are afraid to break away from it,"remain to bolster up thy-.aspirations„,„an!l blood lust of its readers.—W. . . fF IT'S ■.'. KIRK'S, Cassidy Nut COAL " ""HIGHEST REPUTATION F<"'SUPERIOR QUALITY Costs no morel than ordinary NUT COAL KIRK -& CO. LIMITED j" 929 Main street Phones: Sey. 1441 and 9075. UNION G. W. G. MADE Carpenters' Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Men's Furnishings 144 CORDOVA STREET WEST uuiiacjyuuvcs tUMiib iaiders, a vacant uie liintv. win* i»c wi »"*- *j««v- - ~—j . . . , . , T ih : Js portfolio will'be a handy thimrto istamjaita&jBMJ^^ That s a good place Mary Ellen Smith is being boosted for the Senate. Mary is becoming a UNDERWOOD Rebuilt $35 to 75 Portable $65 Terms: $10 Cash, Balance Easy Terms United TypewriterCo. Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment 'tnTlnifcome migfit will continue to grow. Out of G02 constituences there are only three that are not organized. Newspaper reports coming here would give the impression that the Labor Party has failed in its production of working class legislation, but the organization of three hundred Labor Party locals during the year would indicate that the workers' theje JUSTICE Contrary to the preconceived ideas of numbers of the members of the Labor movement; this universe, the Earth and all things thereon, includ- the actions of men, are governed by Law under' Absolute Justice. This may appear harsh and brutal on first contact: the idea being extremely distasteful to any one who is forever trying to get something for nothing, or who does blame all the sorrows, troubles and misery of themselves and their fellow humans, on-everything under the sun, mortal and imniortal, except the thing which is to blame, to wit, themselves. Actioh and reaction are eW^^'Go'v~crumeniman and-opposite," runs the £aw. by the Liberais. othe'i Whether in the realm«-of things', physical, emotional or menjal, therein lies the Absolute Justice of the^Um- verse. To every,'fnan or woman n't pre the shelf, for her anyway. comes his or hia"own, under the Law. And whatprfh the mind of maiiMMui- ceive more just than that? , So?'therefore, let us not deny ra- .titinal Truth any longer. There stands in front of us a wall; made up of a complex of our false teachings of the past, erroneous conceptions, ignorance and fear. ±,et us cease looking any longer for a hole to crawl through in that wall, but proceed to batter it down, for on the* other side thereof lies happiness greater than you have yet dreamed of.—Seneca. FREE MEDICAL ATTENTION The North Vancouver District School Board is asking the district council to levy a one mill tax for the purpose of giving free medical attention to alt the school children in the district. This seems to be a step iij are satisfied. The unsolved unemployment problem is flaunted before us-as an unfulfilled Labor Party promise. But the opposition has frustrated every move to relieve the unemployment problem. The'"big two and a half million housosscheme was . sidetracked last June by the Liberal and Tory defeat amendment by the Liberals. Other measures were blocked in a like manner. , But even had-this legislation been allowed to pass it is very unlikely that unemployment could have been reduced to .any great extent during the nitif months of office, because half a million new labor recruits enter the field of industry every year with an infinitesimal death rate, Another big factor this year is the large number of men who have returned to the Old Country from Canada and the U. S. because of the business depression on .this continent. During its term in office the Labor Party lowered the taxes on certain foods, but this was taken advantage of by the profiteers. Tea, for instance,, was., reduced iour„ pence-.. a pound, but with onlyjjne exception all tea companies raised the price. The one exception was the co-operative society, who could find no reason for raising the price.'Hence the good- work of the Labor Party was fru, trated bythe profit hogs. Ex-mayor Findlay has passed on. He started out to make a name for himself twelve-years ago by denying: free speech to the unemployed after one month as mayor.- Twenty-five arrests were made and sv lot of blood spilled, including that of two capitalist visitors to the city. From" then on he was an "has been." : t An average of six workers a day are incapacitated through working "down below" at the second narrows .bridge. Workers who object to working under these conditions are generally termed agitators by those who clip coupons. * DENTIST Suite 301 Dominion Building Vancouver. B.C. The Camera and Arts, Ltd. R.- P. Dunne, Manager.- Kodaks—Professional Supplies, Papers, Plates, Portrait Film, Developing, Printing, Enlarging PHONE SEYMOUR 4845 610 Granville SL Vancouver, B.C. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 '.. E. J.' Strachey, son pf the editor of the "Spectator," British.Conservative paper, is a Labor candidate in England. Young bloods such as he and Baldwin and Mdsuley, -bi'dUght up%> Tory families, are attracted to .the one party with vitality; 80,000 British miners are out of work because the mine owners refuse to recognize the national agreement. The miners say that the mines will have to be nationalized if conditions are to be remedied. With that end in view they have nominated over 60 candidates. ; '''■ . ■ Public Lectures BY CHARLES LAZENBY, B.A. Every Saturday evening at 8 o'clock for' the duration -of this series in the Board of Trade Auditorium, corner. Pender and Hamilton Streets. Oct 25th .'...'. "Psycho-analysis"* Nov.* ist .'...'...'."The Universal Way"and the Great God Pan" V TAMPA, Fla.—Women pickets around the strike-bound Tampa cigar factories are being; arrested by the police in an apparent effort to break the iron-bound walkout which has been in effect for over a month. The 15,000 union and ; non-union cigar- makers demand wage increases' and other concessions. the: .riaiiL.iJrficti.ah.,,.4iBd,,o,n(iuJJiai,Js.. --■-^'^«!-^™*'H^ime**-*,2^ --^H^^'tii<v"M-rt'-'Wl!!^ enough, to. faVnt-ther'-Schl'me at the present-time .apd some of the council TaWflitr .There are quite a number of children in these schools, as well as in other districts, who suffer from diseases, and complaints which are not properly tajfen care of because Party has full power no very noticeable results''.will1 b*--.obtained from its efforts: : ■".,- ■ / -, ' ^ '";; ' ' : """We "are"~W the opinion that the British .electorate in. great, numbers will still cling to .the old party opinions and attacks upon Labor, but that a great many thousands will add ... TJie...remnants,of .tl"^Frsn,c'v,*i**my are leaving the Ruhr. Neither are the niasses of France up in arms against it. Lloyd George, Baldwin, Curzon, Poincare and; Clenienoeau would "have had it still a seething mass of hatred were they in power. The Musicians Union- .report- that the Dreamland Theatre and the Cedar Cottage Theatre are still unfair./ :„.'.-„ ''■■■■■ M I V n; -™ffihe-S»viet-M«i*«tei; of-finance;has- . «,-{afe«?^4.4.1-,*^l-lt.-Ki;ssJ»ii J.Uu.-.linji».'nt ?M^nnisiy.S"« n erican financial. institutions had agreed -to-advance Soviet Russia ex- terisive' commercial.-6redits^_/Rujsia has balancedits Budget, without re" sort to. the emission, of-paper money. .This will upset the-Toi-y'and Liberal campaign of lies and ubuse levelled at-the British Labor Party. The Milk Wagon .Drivers, report, that the Stev.es_and Royal Dairies wer,e still employing non-union ili^vem.^--'^-^"'^^™m^-^a^^f^^^''y.^: —^ *»tjy- A TliEK ET NOW —— - Twenty-five prizes, wi'l, be ,gfyen away "at the,-next .whist drive and dance'of the Union Label,League to be held'in, the Alexandra Academy vl'cdnesday, November 10th. Tickets now; on sale at usual' price. Get your ticket-early as'.they were all. sold- oUt early last time. , <■ ttHMBHHflflttHCBI iiiBWiiMsmmnwiiiMinsiiwi' ,'„■ ....,.-.-.,.-- October 24th. 1924 THE LABOR STATESMAN 'S* it m Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY r« For Better Bread, Cakes and Pastry 3728 Hastings E. Phone: Hlgfc. 1309 H. A. HILL GROCERIES, FRUITS! CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hastings St. E. Phone High. 1640 First-class Painter and Decorator All work guaranteed. GEO. ANSELL .. 3752 Hastings St.E. Phone High 1037 Hirst's Electric rUSHUBBT I3PEOIAI. THIS WEEK Have you seen the new type ot.switch- UOTT CEI,JiS, TWO IFOR 40c S1BAX.X. SI8E, TWO ?OB '. .350 All mentioning this advt. will get a furtber rsdnction of s per cent. 4003 Hastings E. Phone Glen. 161L Do you belong to the rate payers' association? You will need- the information obtained by this organization in the coming municipal elections. -.-•'•'' bs£x£ \ THE BETTER'OLE 915 Main Street }'■ Turner, Prop, picks the best, tobacco. of SCIENCE AND THE CHANGING ORDER Dr Curry will contribute a synopsis each week for the "Labor Statesman." Editor, "Statesman" I thank you for your offer to publish reports of my lectures. . For many years I waited patiently for some one to initiate a course that would' give a scientific basis for our Labor problems and give us a ration-' al foundation for our philosophy of life. Five years ago, "George" having not then arrived, and after reading- some works on Biology, I decided to try_,out this myself, and am pleased to say that interested audiences were present froth the first meeting and were, for the first time privileged to hear explained and to see illustrated some of the great mysteries of man's existence and struggle upward from the brute creation. During the last four years, reports of these discourses were published in the "B. C. Federationist," so that probably a million papers containing these articles were distributed over this continent. Among others, our heretical comrade, Bishop Brown, ordered bundles of "Feds" because of these articles. This year considerable changes will be made in the course. The published lessons for classes issued by the "Rand School of Social Science" will be used in connection with other works. Marxian philosophy and tactical reforms in line with.the. recent experiences and pressing problems of ■,,w^ FROM STAR DUST TO THE INDUSTRIAL REPUBLIC" Man has mastered many problems Of the Universe. Modern man with MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER INSIST ON 'mmaTtmmWmmWUUXmT A LL the goodness of tbe golden •^ *. grain, brewed into a pore, sparkling tonic, drink at the most, perfectly conditioned brewery on tbe coast, Bottled nt ths brewery light-excluding, sterilized bottles,- "Cascade" comes to you in perfect condition. his marvelous instruments of science can penetrate billions of miles of space and watch myriads of nebulae forming into solaf systems, and worlds' which, will some day teem with life, even as our world does, but even a more important knowledge to us is that, in one vast country we may today witness the assembling of matter and social forces out of which is being built the intellectual an economic pillars of the New World, for, after all, what would this_earth. be without man if we have not economic freedom and happiness? The age in which we live may well be considered the most glorious and momentous epoch of the world's history, the beginning of the end of slavery, yet, today, how many even among the ranks of the oppressed, or in the higher seats'of-learning, seem to be aware pf this fact? —Truly the climax of the class struggle draws near. As the "Communist Manifesto" states: "A stage has been reached where the exploited and opT pressed class cannot attain its emancipation without once and for all emancipating society at large, from all exploitation, oppression, class distinctions and class struggles.". As Scott Nearing recently stated in his debate with Bertram Russell, "Russia is building a new social order on the text 'If a man work not, neither shall he eat'." In conclusion, Comrade Editor, we will quote some paragraphs written by Eugene V. Debs some years ago:' "AVhat a madhouse the earth ■y,ot capitalism, but for the light that Socialist philosophy sheds upon its. What Alpine peaks of wealth, what desert wastes, of poverty, despair and death. What man, unless his heart be adamant, can contemplate this scene and be content? What man, unless his brain be atrophied and his vision blinded, can fail to perceive the impending crisis? "In the presence of this vast and terrible phenomenon, how satisfying to be enlisted in. the Socialist movement, to understand its philosophy and to interpret passing events in the clear light of its science.' "The era of mechanical invention has brought us to this common point of view. "Child of the brain of labot, the machine has come' to free mankind, and not to enslave him. "To realize this great sociaLidenl is the Work of education and organization. Tlie workers must be nj-ous- ed, they must be, made to hear "are- trumpet call of solidarity,! on.e great ail-embracmg industrial union and one great, all-embracing political party,, both revolutionary to the core.' -'-' , ... - These illustrated lectures will begin Friday evening, Oet. 31st, at 8 p.m., in the C. P. Hall, 666 Homer St. (between Dunsmuir and Georgia). OUR SCHOOLS By Robert Skinner .i. While Vancouver <;ould easily.make economies in the various items used in our schools, the broader question of financing our schools must be faced and solved. Vancouver is not the only city where the cost of education is getting seri6us considera- - lns!^£aJ|i§!!^ Jmmtkmx&^&^c^^^ at all Govt. Liquor Stores. Vancouver Breweries, This advertisement is not published of displayed by the Liquor ■ Control Board or by the Government of British' Columbia. "'New Yo.k, Seattle and^in.;_faetr ~=]*e*ve"fy'rc,ity where schools, have in 'any way become modern, the public feels that the burden, if burden it be, must -become heavier : as time goes on.':"<>fte thing is eertaihT that with _^jlffieMiSeJiducati6n -any-eiyHizctt country would stagnate, therefore it is necessary to keep education to the front. There is no room for argument in that respect. If hygiene is neglected as it was in Britain 30 years ago, the country becomes a C3 nation, as Lloyd George demonstrated during the war. 80 per cent of the manhood iff "'Britain could not be classed as Al and I feel that 60 per cent of that number could lay the blame on unhealthy schools for their condition. It is therefore ' evident that we niust loobafter the child and also teach the child" to look after itself if we are to have a healthy population. Many of our leading-citizens object to paying more taxes for school purposes. . Many say that too much money is being spent on what they term the frills of education, but before condemning the spending off money for the purpose of hygiene, a comparative investigation is necessary to determine whether the people who foot the bill will have to pay more or less should the teacher of hygiene become a larger part of the curriculum. Our schools have become so productive of smallpox, diptheria and "other eontageous diseases that the city fathers are considering the advisability of erecting an isolation hospital. Outside the cityL the sanitariums are well nigh full with consumptive patients. The clinics-in this city are crowded daily with anxious mothers seeking advice on vaViou's ailments common to children—tonsil- itis, adenoids, catarrh, etc., nearly all of which could be avoided if the children were looked after and the mothers instructed in hygiene. The taxpayer then would not be called upon to provide so much money for the prevention of disease. The sum spent in Vancouver during 1923 for that purpose was $70,000 and no consideration is given here for the loss of time and the pain endured by he people concerned.. So far, it must mind that we must .have, our eduea tional systerii revised, the leaks.closed, many unnecessary subjects eliminated from-the curriculum, and hygienic methods adopted, if we are to keep pace with the growing needs of industry and commerce and do justice to the coming generation. We will in a.future article consider ways and me . s of financing our schools so that collars and cents will not be the barrier to healthy children and a clear thinking nation. DEFEAT—THE, GATEWAY "V TO GREATER VICTORY (Continued from Page 1) a long time to die. (Laughter.)' No; when done, why cumber the gropnd? "They have been telling you how we we're anxious to stick to our offices. What wonderful things these offices are! Up at six in the morning, work before breakfast, iih>re in the forenoon, worry - in, the * afternoon, the House of Commons at night, and starting the new day's work at 11 at night. *;'".;'-■ "Then the magnificent salary of £5,000 a year less income and super tax brings it down to £3,500 or so. The only thing you can't stick to in such work is your life. "Now, my friends, back you go now from here to your constituencies; back.to your pariohes, your towns, your villages, and start tbe fight—-the greatest fight, involving , the. :largoot issues-of the many -fights of the past SO years. . good heart, my friends. Some of us are getting old. But per- rennial youth is in the Labor 'movement, and by some magic of assimilation our individual youth defies *:-, -"Now^-we haW" given1 the lead in this fight, send us' back with a majority, having—experience^ of—our eight months' work. . "Wprk,_;W„o.rk,i\vork;..:. That-is my last word. I now go to, poriorm_lha- UpaT 'ceremony..'- I think it is called screwing up." (Laughter.)- Mr. Arthur Henderson, appealing for funds, announced that Bf. Bernard Barron/ an employer of labor 3gr THE L. M. Diether Coal COMPANY GRANVILLE ISLAND THE COAL THAT IS SOUGHT AND SATISFIES, WHEN EVERY OTHER ONE FAILS- OLD NANOOSE-WEL- LINGTON. ! J PHONE SEY. 6761 Grandview T. DAVIES Plumbing and Sheet Metal Work, Furnaces, Eavestrough, Cornices, etc. 1943 Commercial Dr. High. 861 Royal Drug Store M03 Commercial Dr. Cor. Kitchener BETTER DRUGS _ BETTER SERVICE E. SNOW LEE, M.P.S., London, Eng. Phone High. 649. 1955 Commercial Dr.. at Fourth Ave. McKAY'S GROCERY Specialties: d Grain, Flour and Poultry Supplies^ Hay fKneHigh. 975 Feed Prompt Delivery and and old friend of his, had sent a cheque for £5,000 for the purpose of financing Labor in the rural constituencies in the election. In his letter, Mr. Barron said he was a man who had.started at the bottom. * — "I wish you had 50 friends," he wrote,; "like myself; thenMfbv .could go forward and defeat you opponents quite easily. I hope somebody else will follow my example ... I hope Labor will rise as one man to avenge the insult to the Goverii- ment." "We Will Fight Clean" Mr. MacDonald, who had resumed his place in the chair, closed the 1924 Conference (one day ahead of schedule) by crying, "Good luck to you all!" "Good luck to, you "."-. replied.'. the delegates. - "We .will fight the clean fight," added the Premier. "We will be perfectly straight. \Y,e will not mince words. We will feel everything we say—for when you feel things, you. can speak with that; rugged, force '^ ■"^'i"-™*"'^^ *fliere. was an impressive scene -at the end. The Premier asked all present to join iri ""that grind old song, 'Auld Lang Syne,'"_..,.., ...;■.-. '- ^Immediately.Mr. MacDonald; mem; bers- of---the^abinet*'am1*Tfie""'Parfy officials"had linked arms and were singing. The delegates and members of the public quickly followed; suit, and then this Conference, unique in the annals of Labor, ended. •■: We Solicit Your Patronage C. AHONE SHOE REPAIRER Boots and Shoes Made to Order , 1721 Commercial Dr., Opp. Theatre Manitoba Hardware Shelf Hardware, Granite and Tinware, McCIary's Ranges, Bapco Paints and Electrical Goods. 1174-76 Commercial Dr. High. 978 r A ' "fi*- f m -S 'J- 0? - •It. '-" ■ ■ '■' ■ -.. THE LABOR STATESMAN October 24th, S9?4 I ! M i'f la A ,nii| en) H iin 1 hcl TIB adai rBusi HOTELS A&D RESTAURANTS BROADWAY CAFE Cafe de Luxe Phone.: Sey. 4306-1292-0 10S Hastings St. East, Vancouver Wm. Brevitt and Chas. Sykes, Props. MARTINIQUE CAFE Where Satisfaction Counts 1166 Granville W. H. MARSHALL ALWAYS ON HOT PLATTERS Open All Night. COSMOPOLITAN CAFE AND ORILL * GOOD MUSIC A Delightful Dining Place with a Distinctive Appeal. Tray Service in Hotels & Apartments 1113 Granville St Seymour 3617.0 Sey. 8909 Tray service at all hours STRAND CAFE Pure and Wholesome Foods Properly Prepared- in Our Modern Kitchen 29 Hastings SL W. Vancouver, B.C. Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG , BOG KRAUSE ::K==fa-4fefe'ifcftrtfc=^^ ••nfirffe'*'^!™^ 76 Hastings St E. Vancouver, B.C. CORRESPONDENCE Editor, The Labor Statesman City Dear Sir: Press reports of the past few days inform us that out Health (?) Officer declares that, smallpox will only be stamped out of Vancouver by universal vaccination, and we also learn that Mr. Gordon, our school inspec- the fight to have every curred in these islands in 1918-19. We ask why didJ.24,948 Germans die of smallpox in 1871-2-3 after having ten vaccination marks on each arm? Did vaccination protect? History answers a thousand times NO! It would be easy to fill your'whole paper with similar facts, but out cow- poxing friends ignore facts. A fable, a theory i's at' stake and facts don't mean anything to our health officer and school inspector along these lines as is very evident. Now, since vaccination does not protect from smallpox, is there anything that a dose of cowpox" really accomplishes? Dr. Alex Wilden says "Consumption follows vaccination as directly, as effect follows cause." Medical Times and Gazette, London, Eng, says: "Consumption ha*3 been widely spread since vaccination was introduced." Prof. R. Wettstein says "Measles increased immediately after vaccination." Holland;rmlde vaccination compulsary in 1882 And the next year the garrison "at Dartrecht was decimated by awful skin diseases which the Medical Officer reported 'Was Undoubtedly Due to Vaccinations" It is "also interesting to report that a whole battalion of soldiers stationed at Algiers were afflicted with Syphilis as a result of vaccination. ' Dr. H. Boens says "Continue, gentlemen, to vaccinate if you choose but never forget—that while you sow vaccine among the people, they REAP THE POX." We want your readers to ponder this, and -then, we want to ask if the time has not come when a Sanitary .Engineer should not be told to attend to the three R's, General for England and Wales and will give us some light: • Heaths Deaths „'..*. , . from- . from Percentage Year ' smallpox varcinatirm nf birtlis (under live (under U»e vaccinated years! years) 190-5 .'.:. ::..... 17 26 75.8 1906 , ?.\ 28 73.4 1907 12 70.9 1908 ...... l 13 63.2 1909 l ■ 11 59.8 1910 1 - 8 55.9 1911 14 9 52.3 1912 : 2 50.1 1913 '.. 1 7 46.5 1914 1 5 44.6 1915 ...: .. .. . 2 .7 2, 6 45.5 1916 3 44.7 1917 ....... 0 43.3 1918 0 3 41.5 1919 :.. . 2 6 Total 42 157_ M* ,re:u j .1-333 § child attending school given a dose of cowpox. For the information of those who may riot know, the writter begs to state the the official description ;.of vaccination ir'the Intentional transference to the human of the eruptive disease of cattlecalled cowpox." We •pay our taxes-to support-a Health Officer who insists"on inflicting cow- pox upon all and sundry, and we-pay our taxes to support one Mr. Gordon as school inspector, whose duties we deemed to be to attend to "educiP tional matters, but alas, this same Mr. Gordon is evidently desirious of having our children given a dose of cowpox before they are allowed to study in school. Our advice tp the school inspector is to "tend" school and notjalk about things he is ignorant of. In view of public monies being . expended on this propaganda of cow- poxing our children, it is necessary . that the facts be made known. We have all been told that vaccination prevents smallpox; wa were willing . showed that cov/pox didn't prevent smallpox." . a ' , '■" ——W-rrara-TFp-e"^^ 'Why, af- i'32- 7(5 years of vaccination and with 9? per cent of the people vaccinated, ■ England twic* Wales buried ..44,918 cmftllpjjx victims in the epidemic" of l iB-'l'i-%,■-- We want to" knovf wh'y,"af- . tar 88,0.00,000-' vaccinations in the Rri'lipines on some-9,000,000 people, J5s9rljr 80,000 smallpox deaths oc- to make the cowpoxing of our children a penal offence. \ We have riot read how the College of Surgeons went on. record as declaring that arm to arm inoculation of smallpox was a "salutary operation and beneficial to the nation." We also know that because of this filthy practice smallpox was spread until, in 1840, to inoculate was made j a penal offence. We call upon the citizens of today to preserve the bodies of our babies from cowpox. Health officials have at all time the open sesame" to the press because at their official position, and our taxes are being used to propagate pus punching. What folly to urge pure food, pure water, clean bodies, pure air and sanitary homes and then demand that we submit our bodies to a dose of cow- pox. The- healthy child is excluded from school (because he has not been given cowpox) as a menace to the cowpoxed scholars. _ This is being done today "In the city. *W-ow, sir! If cowpoxed children are protected from smallpox where is the danger in allowing at healthy child to. sit in class? The exclusion from school "showes that the cowpoxers don't.believe in the protection. • What do your readers think? Is it not time we swept cowpox and cowpoxers into oblivion arid made it. safe and legal- to walk around with pure blood? The parent has a responsibility to the child, ■ You parent, you cannot shirk it if you would, and you would not shirk it if you could. Organise. Write your member. Insist on the abolition of cowpoxing and using your taxes' to spread disease. We notice "that vaccination is responsible for nearly four times the number of deaths over smallpox; keeping in mind that only cases that cannot possibly be attributed to any other cause, are certified as due to vaccination; also the terrible after effects, disease arid maiming that do not bring immediate death, are not included in above list, and yet all this is to "protect" against something none of us will probably ever get. Cowpox is syphilis of the cbw and it is well known that syphilitic persons do not take smallpox. Smallpox is not to be dreaded, but avoided, by keeping our bodies in a healthy condition and our sanitation in good order. Thanking you, ■ WM. J. COOPER Nova Scotia Miners Break From U.M.W.A. The coal miners of Stellarton, Thorburn and Westville, Nova Scotia, have broken away from the U, M. W. A. and joined the O. B. U. Disruption in the union ranks has been in evidence for the past year over disputes with the International office. Ben Legere, organizer for the O'. B. U. took advantage of this and went to Nova Scotia and has succeeded after about three weeks of negotiations in getting the miners to break away. ORPHEUM CAFE Highest quality of food properly prepared aiid neatly and courteously served in generous .portions by experienced Union 'employees. ■•'• - ' - - . You will find our prices much lower than the average first- class cafe. ' , --•- ... ' ALWAYS. OPEN 762 Granville Street Vancouver, B.C. Opposite. Orpheum Theatre Exposes Foes of Public Ownership ADELAIDE, South Australia. — Sensational evidence showing how the recent anti-Labor government of the state of South Australia tried to drive state-owned trading concerns established by a previous -Labor government out of action, in order to. prevent competition with private enterprise, was given by the manager of thf>' South Austrialiah State shipping service before a commission appointed by the present Labor government. By order of the recent anti-Labor government profits from the state concerns were paid into the general iuntHli the state, and if subsequently 'a Concern showed a loss, instead of subtracting the loss from the previous profit, the loss was set down against the concern. In this way, some were pronounced 'as losses and Yours for health, - •wf^gmxK"'" EdiSor.,. '^^ss^xssssssis^sssf Labor Statesman" "■/_ ■ ■' . Dear Sir: , - _, - ' ',;'■ !>■ In, view of the ..present medical agitation, for vaccination. and the at tempt to niake.it compulsory, IfeeL that" it. is necessary to remind ourselves of the profit and loss account. The. following'list is taken from the records in the office of the' Ke#sfrar- Miners in the Bristol (Brigland) the ownjrfs_refused_tpl operate the. National Wages Agreement, are to receive unemployment benefit. "'TX0OMAr'vyaah[^-G)iarantPpd an. audience,of 7,000 if he would, speak at thcWcstern Washington Fair'Sen. Wheeler actually drew 20,00,0 people to his LaFollette campaign speech. This, advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor ' Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia.. War Shorter Now For-Peace, Till—■ .WASHINGTON.- — "Upon these grounds I finally, renounce War," says Sherwood Eddy, converted from militarism, in a pamphlet reviewed by the National Council for Prevention of War. "I'will take no further part in it. I will not sancition or bless any future war between nations..- I will strive with a large and rapidly increasing number of Christians to lead the church to ("xcommunicate it, that the state may finally Outlaw it, and make-it as illegal as slavery, the duel, highway robbery or "private murder." - This declaration is made at the end of Eddy's,story of his own conversion from ardent opposition to pacifists ,l.B„a.j»osiiiiJi0iiJ'„^,l«i^aW.4s/i«!wriv-iiri moral and religious grounds. During the -war J^wroJ^JThc .RjghtJaJag^. defending America'!, entry info the ^LQrldJ-slaughtei---and--in(lictiiig Prussian militarism on 10 points; fn triat work he declared that the. .'pacifists ,wero-:lackirig in social ;m6rality:''fie> ca^sc; they^-wpulif! -rio.fr- take up arms with the government; whose, protection they claimed.'. • War objectors, will- watch-;;J3ddy when the-war drums beat again. Debs Scorches "Grand Old Party" Attack TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Eug'enei V. Debs, former Socialist standard bearer in presidential compaigns, but now and ardcrit LaFollette supporter; answers the G.O.P. attack from" his" home in Terre Haute as follows: "I should feel myself-disgraced in- '..,' deed'to receive any testimonial of approval from the thieving, hypocritical and ufterly conscienceless gang you represent. It is true that , 1 was robbed of my citizenship by the political perverts you are seeking to keep in the offices they have be- • * fouled, buXI_stiJL.hfl.Yi;..liiy-manhood. , and scJf-resp'B'ctT"I'went to prison for a principle, but as you do not know .* what this is--you are excusable for ■'; attempting to libel me while yourselves functioning as the servile lac- . keys of Wall Street ,the profiteering 1-fcWffiWd'^lf^ ing the nation and debauching its in- .. 4;stifcutj.ons^-j«^9e.-pnteesceTit,-ftlW was revealed in .but the minutest ,» part in the "recent uncovering of the stenchpots in Washington,', while' their diminutive political manikin,sat-,,, silent' -aiid supine in. the executive^ „ clrair'o'ncc.occupied.b*y Lincoln-,-whose grave, clothes,have been stolen antS whose memory is outraged and insulted., by. the grafting gang now in control of the Republican Party." - **-' fe^'"*-***' "-' "■■ ' /„;/,.;„..' ' y ■MmmvmmW'. S»S October 24th, 1924 THE LABOR STATESMAN Sir Patrick Hastings and the Campbell Case -!Pil i i By EMRVS HUGHES ■ I" s^K* m Pf IM-1 H' 1 . _,; ' However strong the legal and technical reasons that have been put for- , ward in justification of the Attorney- General's action in droppingtheprosecution of Mr. J. R. Campbell may % be, the strongest case that can be jf j made out for the decision is that it was dictated by plain common sense. t It was a stupid prosecution which should never have been begun._ ' On broad grounds of general principle, we should have thought that any members of a Labor Government ';. would have hesitated before deciding on an action which might have been interpreted as an attempt to interfere with the freedom of the press. What are the relevant facts? On 25th July the "Workers' Weekly" published an "Open Letter to the Fighting Forces," and the following 1 week issued a Special Service Supplement on similar lines. I have these ' issues before me as. I write. It is doubtful whether they, were .written to influence the fighting forces as much as to embarass the Labor Government. Reading them, "one comes to the conclusion that they would impress the "fighting forces" . about as much as they would impress the man in the moon. They urged upon soldiers called upon to take part in industrial disputes not to shoot, and called "upon soldiers, . sailors and airmen to go forward in a common attack upon the capitalists : and smash capitalism forever.' ' Nobody, who knew anything at all % about the Communist Party, and'.Vrd thought about the matter -serious,. is?=ro'ErM*SPe0'tMntm??#o'uT for two minutes. * * * - - - - Now what would a prosecution have meant? If it had been decided to proceed with the prosecution the Crown would have briefed two or i three of the most prominent K.C.'s and entrusted them with the brief. The leaders of the Communist Party would immediately decide to take ad ■ vantage of the splendid opportunity , for publicity, and would decide to engage two or three prominent K.C.'s (most likely Liberal or Tory K.C.'s who had fought Labor Party candidates at the last election,- perhaps Sir John Simon or Sir Douglas Hogg) who would jump at the offer. The leaders of the Communist Party have stated that they intended to call upon the Prime Minister (and probably three-quarters of the Cabinet) , whom the Liberals and Tory K.C.'s would cross-examine at great . length, the full report of which would occupy whole pages of the Daily Mail, I.the Record and tho Morning Post, and extracts of which would' be republished as a special pamphlet by the Tory and Liberal headquarters ready for the next election. ■ money and that the proletariat' must pay. The only people who have any reason to be perturbed because the Government had the sense not,to throw away a few thousand pounds of the nation's money so insanely, are the lawyers who have missed fat fees (see how Sir John Simon and Sir Douglas Hogg are raving about it), the Communist clique, who, having failed to form a party, are desperately trying to attract public attention by putting their fingers to their noses, and the capitalist newspapers, who have missed a good sensation and a good scoop. . We congratulate Sir Patrick Hastings on his decision to abandon a prosecution "which should never have been contemplated.—Forward. Workers of the World Cannot Find Jobs By LelandOlds (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Chronic unemployment on a world scale is revealed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. Its figures show that during the last six months at least 5,000,000 wage earners' have been out of a job. The world army of jobless workers is equivalent to about half the entire working force necessary to operate the mines and manufacturing industry of the United States. It means loss to theworld . ouTR'tioh* equivalent to half the huge output of American industry. Such potential production of goods might enrich the lives bf the world's producers both in mines and factories and on the farms. It would provide a general lift in the standard of living. It is withheld because owners of industry limit production to maintain prices that will provide excessive profits. A partial list"oTIhe^wage-earners throughout the world who are today unemployed as a result of the mismanagement of industry by private capitalism is: • ■' ^ United States 2,o00,000 Great Britain 1,180,000 Germany 214,480 France 7,837, Belgium 21,148 Netherlands 67,990 Netherland .....;.. 68,990 Switzerland ....: - 10,938 Italy .".' 155,935 Denmark, Norway arid Sweden ...a...-. 34,204 Poland and Esthonia 114,659 Austria ; 68,475 Szechoslovakia 140,001 Canada :...A 44,000 Australia - ..1 100,000 What Labor Has Done in Great Britain By Sydney Warren What has the British Labor Party done during its, nine moriths'-irr office? ■ .Perhaps you are one of those people who expected the Labor government to usher in the millennium. Before considering what labor in England has accomplished, it is necessary to understand the circumstances under which the British Labor Party assumed office. The Labor Party took office as a stop-gap government because of the --.fact that, neither the Conservatives or the Liberals were able to agree upon a coalition, and because both these parties" were, as they are today, bankrupt of any practical solution for the domestic and foreign problems of Great Britain. The Conservatios and Liberals suffered Labor to take power in order to prevent,.a complete expose of their own political bankruptcy. Yet, in~spite of the fact that Labor in England assumed office as a minority party, it has achieved certain outstanding successes. .Labor first proved to the British people that it-is "qualified to govern. To many this may appear superfluous but it is a psychological fact that many people—-workers at that—had misgivings as to Labor's ability to govern. The statesmanship of Ram-, say MacDonald as Foreign Secretary, J. R. Clynes as Colonial Secretary and Philip Snowden as Chancellor of the Exchequer have set at rest all doubts as to Labor's governing capabilities. . . : ■ Next Labor gave to England anew ^rSpWP^o^ff junk-pile the vicious backstair ' intrigue of Viscount Curzon and for the first time since the war gave hope for a reconciled and settled Europe. It was largely due to Labor's foreign p.olipy, astutely handled by Ramsay MacDonald, that discredited the French chauvenist politician's in the eyes of their-own people and paved the Vvay for the Herriot government in France. -— — curing for them'economic justice. In the present election campaign, meaningless tarn" issues, senseless~budgets jingoism and imperialism-have been superseded by reform programmes dealing with housing conditions, education, the abolition of slums, .unemployment and social welfare. What does this signify? It means that the British Labor Party has succeeded in placing Living, Human issues to the front. Had it done nothing else this alone would have justified its term in office. In the -Tonsorial Chair '' By Spud Tamson South Hill Curry's Grocery Quality "Value Service Family Trade Our Specialty CORNER 47th AND FRASEH '.- Phone Fraser 37 3580 Commercial (Cedar Cottage) Phone Fair. 5590 WE DELIVER POULTRY Paris' Fish Market Fresh aind Smoked Fish Daily; 5973, Fraser "" Phone Fraser 289 jTOitli ci-nJ : Nine out ten judges after hearing evidence would send Campbell to prjson for twelve months (in spite of fie fact _ that he had loyally served . his King and country during the 'Pro'\Great War). There would be ap- 'in—4 peals to the Appeal Court and the i?*£| House of Lords, more publicity, more P?r| lawyers' fees. In the end the Gov- , j ernment would haye helped to broad- IPSj cast the. "Appeal to the-Forces," tp . ™,tvery barrack-room in the land, and ada al wouid have run the nation into a 'Busin| ill of » couple of thousand pounds. 3'ect'h!- arid . either ^bankrupt or send the bill to Zinoviev, ,ci-eas^w})0 wol,]j hail it as a .sign that the 'wt,,/b.evolution had begun ...and., the. h^njjs", ,,.Ttort-r.»|...-ti)e fjj.jjj.gh. Communists Were at counied , «hj.oflt;S 0t the British bourgeoisie. , ,«aupemtio*ovjjv. refused to acknowledge . ',1SSP;?&$* 'tn6*its, , the, Communist'; Parjy ii!&i'iJKI*^^d-TOTlia^efFerri'or" tho Tn«t' °~''"i °' tVs a.nd I-t-r^ branches" T '. '■' W that, the fight had cost Dirty weather we are haying, sir. Oh, yes, I guess we can lbok for lots of rain frorn now on. Too bad our sidewalks are in such a! bad condition. Yes, sir, I have to walk through water which.'squirts up between the planks of the sidewalk every time I go home and I live in the city, too. You will fix all that? How come? Well, by the Tower Building! Louis D. Taylor. Just the man I want to see. ~I'm going to have a little chat with, you and you better take notice of what "I say because" it is the real Sandy MacDonald. Well, now look here, you have . the name in Labor circles of being the best of. a bad bunch arid I believe Union men and Labor Party members may get behind you in your fight for the position of Mayor of this city, but don't you think you are going to.get the benefit of this unless you meet us- half way. You know the Labor vote is getting bigger and bigger every election and we mean to step out now W?*=3Be*1-f--^"5re^ have voted for our fancy if a Labor man was not standing, without any definite requests being made, but we are beginning to wake up, so mind your step this election. You know-, Taylor, that some .of the big companies in this town do not pay anything like the amount of taxes they ought to pay. Others have been exempted from paying taxes for a period of years. Take for instance- the way the C.P.R. is trying to get away without paying taxes on the improvements they are making in low,er Oenuine Ford Parts. Tires, Tubes, Oils. MacKenzie's Garage Repairs to All Makes of Cars. ALL WORK GUARANTEED 5914 Fraser St Phone Fraser 442 White's Store 6241 Fraser St. Phone Fraser 645 • MEN'S WEAR Odd Pants, Work Shirts, Caps,' Overalls, Underwear. Bring this Coupon and get 5% off „ .. any article. way you treat labor. Now, my advice to you is to wade in and win.'but if you do win don't forget that the labor vote will be. the IT that put you there, and we will not stand for any monkey work. "Yes, sir, fifty cents. Now, don't be so profuse with your thanks; you look after the worker and he will look after you, but if you double-cross, us look out, for-it is the last chance you will ever,get. rJ'&xta5ifsteHSe?s,== The Labor government ended the blacklisting of the Russian Workers Republic by extending "de jure" rec- . _ . -, „:„„ ,„jj. Shaughnessy. If they get away with ognition to Russia and opening trade ....%,.'■. .. •„ ,., , , - ' ' ... -v. „ ,„.„,■ it in Point Grev they will likely try negotiations which when completed,. . ... .-•. ... .... ,.-.., , " jk- „^,j;t;„»s=K-girtssti|iK concession from the city. w*ill relieve unemployment conditions , *;_ t ^ _,, tl_. ,_,,, ^ tJt n England for the next decade. Total .:.- 4,660,673 Full figures, if available, would swell this total. Additional million's are today working part-time, still further reducing essentials and com forts. - , =■', Use of the people's credit to em ploy the jobless ni producing some concrete service to the community is increasingly recognized as the practicable approach to a solution, short of complete dethronement of private profits In England the nation's credit'will more arid more be extended to, municipalities and local governments engaged in road building, drainage ahd other public' works; Similar methods are reported from the The British Labor Party's greatest successes were achieved in the matter of its intelligent foreign policy, for in foreign "relations the bankruptcy of the Conserva'tives and Liberals was plainest. It has been contended that Labor should have emphasized its domestic programme rather than the foreign, brit it must be borne in mind that Labor in England assumed Office, not Power, and had the British Labor Government attempted any drastic measure of domestic reform it would have resulted in spectacular suicide but little eleei Even with the' handicaps under which Labor took office, the present election campaign in the old country is' proving - that Labor has remained true to its principles.—-Today—the Conservatives and Liberals are sinking what minor differences divided them and are united under a common banner—opposition to Labor. Is any further testimony ncces sary? The British Labor Government is . faced Mi}Jijkil^k.■QnnB^iWfll''^li^*^ ■*-■■""• cause Labor's ideals of government The corresponding development in the United States appears in the increased expenditures of state and have, proven, themselves. practical, even in the small way in which they have been, tried, and fhey are today loKal^x^atasDls^Jxhkh:^^^^^ ^teriteHfin-jptb'e""^bT'Tspcial arid pol- financiers such palpitations. In 1923 itical system in Englarid-\iot by rev- taxes and assessments were supple- olutionary shibboleths but by con- mented by the issue of over $1,000,- structivo accomplishment. 000t0p_0;jji..trix--exempt bonds whicV means that comriiunities were using their credit to employ workers-ion public works. -.,-' '• , .,,' 1To-dByi3oth the Consersiatfyes and Liberals are making frenzied efforts to prove tp the British working class that they, too, are interested in oe S>ok at the way they hold up traffic on "Hastings Street when their trains are, going to the yards at, Drake Street. Do you think the C.P.R. would stand for the city traffic holding up their service? No, you bet your life the wouldn't-. Then, if-you are .determined - to fix up the sidewalks—and they need it badly—see that you don't pay 10 pet cent interest on tlie moriey you borrow. And another thing, BORROW IT HERE," don't go to the U.S. for it. You can get it in town easy enough. Then you must put your foot down on the grafters. Yes, I mean the contractors who try to evade the labor. - clauses in their contracts, but moreiparticularly the real estate men. You know quite well that when you were in office before, the real estate men got almost anything they asked for. Well, now instead of spending thousands of dollars to enrich them, we want to see the money paid out in wages. Then there is the waterworks, paying as it is, nearly 100 per cent on the operating expenses, there must be a decent-water supply next summer. The,city's indebtedness mus, iK^emm'^^fn^^dSto have 29 per cent of the total taxation of this city going to INTEREST and sinking fund. You must expose the -..raoBe-y.tenders; ar/d^tlimr'TnStho'd's if we give you our support. Remember also that we are not-going to stand for any reduction iri. wages for 4?iv-je employees;^^-WederoSnoTaTmark-- ed reduction in the ambunt of interest we now pay to the money sharks. Get that in lybur hoodie, for your political future depends on the STREET CAR MEN'S GAINS MONTREAL.,— Great improvement in conditions among Montreal street railway workers in the.last 15 years, owing to tlie operations of the union," are called attention to by W. B. Fitzgerald, first vice-president of the Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway employees. Fifteen years ago, he said, wages were 12 to 15c an hour as compared with 60c now. Nine hours is the average today with some runs involving 14 or 15 hours, while 15 years ago the working day ran 17, 18 and' 19 hours. Fitzgerald is here to prepare for the biennial convention of his organization next September. \A thousand delegates,are expected to represent the 135,000 members of the union. MOSCOW.—The number of members in the Russian Communist Party July 1, 1924, waif'340,000.'"" 'ft "ad-" dition there are over 300,000 applicants. The cleansing of thejparty., removed 18,500 during 1923, and 4,800 in the-first half of 1924. - ■-'■' ! I. i. i ':' tf '. ? Victoria Road' ,0 i | 1" ; I, : Phone Fraser 236 Prompt Delivery Tecumseh Meat Market One Quality Only—The Best S67S Victoria Rd. - E. Savage, Prop. Phone Fraser 344 Window Glass Gasoline, Oils, Tires, Paints, Roofing 5697 VICTORIA ROAD E. H. Belsey • - - Proprietary^. | I I f T ' j 'I BOOKS AND MAGAZINES, Heyworth Drug Store -■-.- Bring Your Prescriptions Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Pouches. Ete. Phone Fraser 694 THIRTY-FIFTH. ■ AND VICTORIA '*?".: fist .A:,,.:'. Vi WWmw^I . I MM * ,F • M Hl ("rail . cga ' into ■>. - *ji | peril this! ' 1 , in it I crnl 'pro! ,in I bea| I"'rl ' mitl THH.. , Tlf ada I (Bush! •ject i, 'long- .: ' 7 THE L ABOR ST ATE S M.A I October 24thr192*1 We Are Offering a. Number SUITS For This Week at Excep- I-.-,':"; tional Values $25.00 to $30.00 for ~ $19.95 W. B. BRUMM1TT 412 HASTINGS ST. W^ New overcoats arriving-daily "The Gingham Girl" Coming to Orpheum Schwab and Kusell will offer the merry musical comedy, "The Gingham Girl," at the Orpheum Theatre, .Oct. 27, 28 and 29. This attraction comes here with the endorsement of America's leading critics, who heaped unstinted praise on the piece, cast and chorus, during the runs in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Schwab and Kusell are in their early .twenties, and were fresh from college when they produced "The Gingham Girl," which undoubtedly accounts for the report that there are no antiquated ideas or shop-worn features in the piece, but, that it literally "bristles with new and novel situation, has sixteen song hits which catch the popular fancy to the extent that the melodies are universally whistled and hummed wherever the piece is presented, the musical numbers played everywhere by orchestras and have reached a' million homes through the medium of the phonograph. The company to be seen here is composed of artists who won fame :_in„otJp£.jMsje.al.j^ given .lift^jusJah^jfo ""tilT(r^re"y'oring"pIayer's who jumped to "—-- •-'" -'» —J -**- the forefront within the past five years, with the exception of two vet- • eran players who are'east in character parts. Especial mention should _be made of the chorus. Sprightly beauties, ranging in ages from 17 to 22, each is an expert dancer and gifted with a melodious voice. RAILWAY CLERKS DEMAND _ . RAISE , "_. Railroad, profits totalling $10,000,- 000,000 in the last 12 years and now running at approximately a billion a year were stressed by E. H. FitzGer- ald, President Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, in opening the wage hearing before the U. S. rail labor board. Following FitzGerald's presentation the railroads will present their side of the ease. FitzGerald cited the increasing prosperity of the railroads as ground for a reconsideration of present wage Kites, by the board. How long, he asked, will railroad owners go on making a billion a year before the i railroad workers get consideration of their request for a living and saving wage? , -'" fcioSMwnrtara* Grow BRAND'S BULBS fn ornamental howls with Brand's buib. fibre. By n very simple method and at srnall cost you can surround* your_ home with Hyacinths, Tulips. "Narcissus, Crocus, Paffodila, "flta-, throughout the winter.' PKEE—Bountiful illustratad Bulb Catnlorrno, with full cultural notes Brand's eoant ,«cur| -nesoT Ldi-j-hl lent II PUBLIC LECTURES OK THE PHXXi080?H7 OF TMLW1& 'very .Suttirday.. H p.m., fioard of Trade •* Aur^ftorliiin. corner of Pender and Hamilton Streets. Octofrtt' SStia Su^Joct . * .'. ^PSYCHO-ANALYSIS" *y IB. CS2ASX.B8 %ASBMWS, ».*. 1 ABMBSBIOW SPBBJB On the Firing Line in Great Britain "It. is the direct result of the -industrial class war that these people -have precipitated a political clasg war," said Mr. John Wheatley, Minister of Health, at a meeting; in Birmingham recently. "I ask the working people of Binningham to., put aside the views they have held on politics up to now and to unite as a class against those who desire to crush them as-a class." The political development was not 'accidental, but, was the natural evolution of what was going on in the industrial and political world. ,'. If the Labor Government had proposed, to -spend 50 millions in crushing Russia there would not have been any talk of a - general election. ' But with Russia free to do "as it likes within its own borders capitalism had no room for anything but war, and it was in pursuance of that war that there was- an- election/ Mr. Wheatley said, in his opinion, a rude awakening awaited those who had rushed them into an election. Mr. J. J. Lawson, Financial Secretary for War, says: .-'"" "What was the heritage of the Labor Party when it took»office? When Mr. Lloyd George finished in 1922 the French were surly, disgruntled, scarcely friends, to say the least of it; the whole of the Allied nations were drifting apart, and all Mr. Lloyd George, seemed to think was that Europe was a kind of 10-foot ring, where he and M. Poincaire had tp spar for the rest of the world. "By 1923 even Mr. Baldwin had Mr. Russian loan was not to help Bol sheviks, but was one to help British workers. , . . . , It was bunkum to say that the treaty was the outcome of the back benches putting a pistol to the head of the Government The campaign against the treaty -w.aa..the.most dishonest.representation he had ever known. was bitterness and fear abroad. The whole of the nations were drifting farther and farther apart. .' "What is the position now? The League of Nations has been brought down from a mere pious aspiration into the realm of fact.". - 'Ware Stunt Press Mr. George Lansbury urged supporters of the Labor Movement to refuse to be stampeded by the stunt press. "The attacks we are meeting on the Russian Treaty are all class attacks. The classes who for centuries have stuck their noses into state hose- bags are getting hungry. "For nearly nine months their sons, nephews," fathers, uncles, aunts and cousins have been obliged to fend for themselves. They now hope, by a combined effort, to secure another period of eating bread< which comes from Government offices. "The programme of achievement during the past eight months was a proof,of what could be accomplished once we were .in a majority." As to the Campbell case, this was another class attack. Sir Patrick Hastings had committed the great crime of becoming a labor man and Socialist; in consequence the whole of the protected "legal* profession in the House of Commons were after him like as many hounds. The.whole movement must stand behind him and beat back his enemies. His' action in stopping the case Was worthy of the best traditions of the movement; to have continued the prosecution would have been a" scandal and disgrace to all. Tory Uneasiness Mr. Ben Turner, M.P., in a speech at Halifax, declared that: - "It is a fight against the Labor opposition to Mr. Snowden's declared intention to reduce the Old Age Pen sion age to C5, and against-the pro BE CONSISTENT William TelL ci'gars - are the product of a 100 per cent UNION FACTORY posal already announced to grant pensions to widows with dependent children." Open Diplomacy . - "So far as diplomacy is concerned, it is the greatest thing that has ever been accomplished in our history," declared Mr. A. Purcell, member for Coyentry, speaking at Manchester, of the.Russian Treaty u "It was the first time; in the history of the nation that from the start a treaty with another nation had been discussed publicly, openly and avowedly, and in the future no treaty could be made with another country unless it had been fully discussed all over the land. This was a great step forward." He believed that Labor could secure another 60 or 70 seats. . Purpose of Lean E. D. Morel, M.P., said , the not to help Some of the Wonders of a Great Industry The Timber Industry is a very fragile thing; of course you would not think so if you watched a "Washington Donkey" rope the forest, or got hit with a "Bull block" '(usually after getting hit with a bull block you withstanding this, the timber industry is a very tender plant. • . A logging camp can thrive while entirely surrounded by "blind pigs," but the atmosphere of one trades union hall within ten miles makes logging as impossible as orchids growing on the quarter deck of a copper smelter. Logging is a seasonal vocation, somewhat resembling, yet quite different, from tomato picking or snow shevelling. In the case of the latter you can tell from the almanac approximately when work will start. Logging, however, starts when the boss feels good and ready, and just what it-is makes him feel that way- has never yet been discovered:— Logging is like a Ford ear, for it has a high and low gear but no in- temediate, and like a second-hand One at that, for it goes a while, then it'stops a while. When it goes its "go" is like the gallopof the little pony that we used to see in Bible pictures, it is shorthand sweet, and when it stops it is.like the Supreme Court of British Columbia ( you can never tell whether it is on the "long" or "short Vacation," but it is "certain to be one of them. When it. is not some other period, a logging camp works to break all former records for- five and a half months (if a camp does not continuously establish a new record the foreman is fired and an American hired in his place). Then it shuts down for four months— sometimes less a,nd sometimes more. This serves to scatter the gangs so that they don't become too familiar with, each other and get to taking trades onion. Most logging camps keep three gangs, but oBly pay one. The gang that is coining and' the gang that is going are not paid. All the "Up- the Anglican Church, not that there is- marked, evidence of piety around the camps, but it must b,e so, for they, split,the loggers' wage with the Columbia Coast Mission, whefher he eonsents. or not. • ■• - '. Tho "orofroing vrai 'conlrifiiifcd without consulting the Timber Tracleo Council. ..-' ■ -■ Our Annual October^ Sale of Footwear NOW ON . ■•■-- *'-:-v*- . .'! O Always an important even!., but more so than ever I Iris-season because it starts just when everyone is planning to purchase new Shoes for Fall; and because it ■ offers Shoes in a wonderful variety for.- '.'. dress, business and school wear, at wonderful price savings. You can see many of the styles in our Granville Street window—every pair up to Hudson's Bay standard of quality, and every pair sold with the Hudson's Bay __ expert.fitting service. G mcomromAtto *^ «*• mav iaro H *^ SUNNY BROOK CLUB Every Wednesday, Alexandra Academy WHIST, 8:30 :: DANCINO, 9-12 Special 925 WMst Frizo.and Other Prizes WASHINGTON. — Coolidge and Davis managers are issuing daily forecasts and reports from field workers, to show-that the American voters will elect one or the other of these Morgan nominees next month by a landslide of patriotic, conservative, anti- radical ballots. They agree that the LaFollette-Wheeler ticket ha? no chance. Now comes the retortof the, LaFollette enthusiasts^: "It will be a landslide for the Progressive ticket." . -..•'. WASHINGTON.—Election returns from Nicaragua show that the ticket backed by President' Martinez, .Progressive, and the new-Labor movement was triumphant. In the election Oct. 8. President-elect Saldrzano is reported to be less progressive than Martinez, but he will have political reasons for continuing the work of emancipating Nicaragua from the control now ex&rcised by Seligman & Co. and Brown Bros., American banking firms who administer the internal and customs revenues and the national bank. MY RELIGION By LEO TOLSTOY '(From an essay in which tlie Russian novelist and reformer, 1828-1910, has set forth the creed - by' which he lived.) What is the law of nature? Is it to know that my security and that of my family, all my amusements and pleasures, are purchased at the expense of misery,-deprivation, and suffering to thousands of human beings—by the terror of the gallows; by the misfortune of thousands stifling within prison walls; by the fears inspired by. millions of soldiers and guardians of civilization, torn from their homes and besotted by discipline, to protect our pleasures^witli loaded revolvers against the possible interference of the famishing! Is it to purchase every fragment of bread that I put in my mouth and the mouths of my children by the numberless privations that are necessary to procure my abundance? Or; is it, to be certain that my piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat? STEEVES DAIRY AND THE ROYAL DAIRY HAVE1 ...Mct-JIgree with' the Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Union,, and do not employ Union men. "be"'Royal "Dairy1, milk is sold principally by stores. - ON.. YOUR - .MILKMAN SHOWIN HIS UNION BUTTON ■ «&&®i*$&t%?i&iM0mmtsiwmiwtmm *■?.-
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