http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0438869
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-23
issued: 1924-12-12
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note: V _-___-____-_i_i-ii___H-i^i-_w»i-i.-^ The Labor Statesman Owned by the Vancouver. v» w—.__ . ^ V* A 1UI| .No. -M-EIGHT PAGES O-ed by the Vancouver, New Wester and District Trod , ~-^^J^^^^C^m ,1™ Trades ^ ^bor Council; "Appeal for 8-Hour Day Exemption The board appointed by the Legislature to administer the "Eight-hour Day Act" held sessions in Vancouver on Dec. 3 and 4. ...., xj. \^., uecem FARM THE FARMERS! IT PAYS fafa VaflCOUVer WASHINGTON. — Farming the farmers through M>» *•—'- (Another Social by South Van. Group rmiol __ j ^ '■ ^ 1 ....^,tji.vxv. — Farming thi farmers through the banks pays bet ter than working on the land. Stat istics by the department of agriculture show that capital invested in *" agriculture in mortgages and other ' a",a ' ' ' indebtedness was paying an average Anyone who attended the sitting rate of over «. ~ cennn'i921=22. must have been impressed with the yne feintn'""' --'•-- ' " •sad, penurious condition of the in- - dustries of B. C. According to the ,_ — ' . employers, if the act is enforced a "Even this meagre showing," says large number of them will go out of *he ^Pf' wa? "*ade only by va]u: business, others will be greatly crip- 'Jg the, labor of farm operators and •pled and some will have their profits the,r families at no more than the 'cut down to nothing. None of them current rate for common ]abor* .admitted that they could rearrange the workings of their plants and factories to conform to the Act, and : J many of them actually lied in, their • efforts to gain the sympathy of the I board. For instance, a representative of the ship builders stated that the lining of ships for grain is highly specialized work and can be performed mos. off'-" -■■" PROFITS ARE HIGH — V* j Hard-boiled Wall street is stagger- Lahot* CsildldlatCS I''' at tne I"'0'''3 °f the Delaware, I Lackawanna and Western Coal Company and the Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Company. Although 1923 was far £roin a normal year, Lackawanna's profits were $5,600,000, and L…
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