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Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party No. 37-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, January 2nd, 1925 FIVE CENTS PER COPY South Vancouver Labor Candidates ■ Councillors: J. Auton LenEdge Y Alec. McDonald -0. J- Mengel •"' J. G. Smith School-Trustees: A. Claridge R. E. Rigby -- Police Commissioner: W. Ford LIST OF CAMPAIGN MEETINGS Jan. 5—Municipal Hall, 43rd and , Fraser. Jan. 6—Carleton School, Joyce Road and Kingsway. Jan. 7—Selkirk School, 22nd and Commercial. Jan. 8r—Tecumseh School, 43rd and Victoria Rd. Jan. 9—MeBride School, 29th and <Culloden St. Jan. 12—Secord School, 60th and ^Victoria Ed. Jan. 13—1. 0. 0. F. Hall, 30th j Ave. and Main St. Jan. 1,4.—Wolfe School, 27th and Ontario St. • Jan. 15—Fraser School, Marine iand Fraser. Up. 16—Municipal Hall, 43rd and •.jPffn. 17—Social and dance, I. 0. - 0; F. Hall, 30th Ave. and Main. _§§ MEETING SUNDAY, 4 P.M. 'IW'A special m-feting of this feroup "jwill be held in Horticultural Hall, back of Municipal Hall, 43rd and Fraser, Sunday, January 4th, at 4 to'clock. All willing and interested iworkers will be on hand to help complete arrangements for campaign. \We need your help. (South Vancouver Junior Labor League :| The recently organized'Junior La- Jbor League will hold its first edu- /{pat-ona! meeting on Friday, Jan. 9th, jjat 883 2lih Ave. E., South Vancouver, r Subjects of interest to all young Mrnerrtbers of the working class will './jbe discussed. Members of the Lahor iParty are also invited to attend... \ The Junior Labor League is open ffor membership to all young workers -\between .the ages of (15) fifteen. fJ-n_ thirty (30) y^ars. It inteVids to carry on a social as well as educational program among the young people oi the working class. If you are eligible for membership don't fail to.attend,1 and bring your friends. Everybody welcome. sFor information regarding the league, phone Mr. George Mitchell, Fain 3320x or Mr. W. Rees, Fraser S51L. ' - ;D. L. CHARLTON, , -;' / . , ■ . . Secretary. If MORE MUSEUMS "IN RUSSIA ' j MOSCOW—Before the war there i'j ib^re a're^'abput 250. * "targe, num- -4fera:*re being opened in theprov- J5--9_ and many of the art.treasures 1 feoiffl former noblemen's homes in Lainingrad are being sent to provin- snuaeums..' PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PAY MELBOURNE, Australia. — The following governmentjowned enterprises in the state of Victoria show profits for the year ending June 30, last: Beet sugar factory, $95,080; state accident insurance department, $50, 470; state bituminus coat mine at Wonthaggi, $17,735; state brown brown cpal mine at Morwell, $22, 175; state sawmills, $10,190; state timber seasoning works $320. Loggers Risk lives for Miserable Pay By LELAND OLDS (Federated Press Industrial Editor) Lumberjacks lead in the tragic list of workers Who risk their lives" for the owners of the world's natural resources, according to figures for 1922 by the Canadian Department of Labor. The department finds that in 1922 one out of every 176 employees in the logging camps lost his life in producing. a profit for the lumber trust. ' The department records 153 fatal accidents in the Canadian industry, which employs, approximately 27,000 men. It finds that the greatest loss of ,life is caused by drownings among river drivers, -falling trees and accidents in rolling, loading and piling operations, :■ Th'e 1922:figures published by the department for indpstries showing a relatively high accident rate are as follows: ~, - ' /'-; Canada 1922 No. employes .Logging 2fl.950~~ M-I.il Mining 13,138 Coal mining . 31,838 Steam railways 165,635 Wood and paper 118.462 Iron and steel 75,334 Chemical 14,085 Fishing 57.880 These are labor's casualties due to the carelessness about the life of manual workers characteristic of capitalist industrialism. Like conscript soldiers, paid- 30 pieces of silver to risk their lives in the wars of capitalist expansion, these workers take their chances in the woods and mines and mills for the lowest subsistence, wage while the profits go to the master. In the logging camps where the fatality rate is highest, monthly pay runs between $40 ""aiid $45 with a few getting' as high as $60 a month. " S=* Fatalities Per 100 153 0.567 37 .281 07 .304 143 .086 74 .062 42 .055 58 , ...056 20 .034 fo? Church for Peace--Now SYDNEY, Australia—At the annual conference of the Congregational Church Union; held at Sydney, it was decided as a general principle tljat war, as a method of settling international disputes or for. national aggression and aggrandisement, is opposed to the spirit and teaching of Christianity and therefore stands condemned in the eyes of aUTwho are in sympathy with that spirit and teaching." The Conference asked the state governments to. make provision in the school curriculums for deSnite instruction in the principles of peace and international relation^, also that the federal, government apnoifit a snui_|j_isstfi-a'._w-h S-K'lt-- act Ss- a publicity bureau for -thfc .Cjgpimot- ! Wfialthin: 1_h_)Jntere4s,of pe^ee. - - Modern Science. > . ■ Most parents Would rather sell their daughter than give her away. C.L.P. Municipal Tickets Selected At the regular meeting of the Greater VancojiMr- Central Council of the C. L. P. a full slate was chosen for the municipal campaign in Burnaby. The whole ticket was first of all chosen by the residents of Burnaby and then placed before the council for indorsation. A labor candidate will be run for the reeve- ship and for each ward, and also for school trustees and police commissioner. A strong campaign con; tee has been selected and a streni campaign will be made. Considerable discussion took place over placing another candidate on, the South Vancouver slate. The CoUingwood branch of the Federated Labor Party selected a man from that district to be placed on the ticket after the slate had been selected a month ago. Efforts were made to. get this organization to affiliate with the central council, but through various mishaps the "application for affiliation did not come in till Monday evening. By this time considerable printing had been done in connection with the campaign and the-council did not feel justified in indorsing the candidate. "~ The ticket will therefore stand as selected at the previous meeting. Volunteers are wanted for all parts of the. districts in '"bcS-li Burnaby and South, Vancouver-.-. Caj»paign,i_«:hds are needed, and if .yo-U_liaye_not_ak ready bought a campaign bond how is the "time. * ' "'-' , Labor expects to do far better in these two districts than in the city of Vancouver, because labor is much stronger there. Both these districts have a Labor member of the Provincial Legislature, and although South Vancouver has. the proportional representation plan of election, Labor expects to have a strong representation on the council. Burnaby will no doubt retain its representation in two wards and will -capture others. U.S. TRACTORS TO RUSSIA 'NEW YORK—The second great shipment of American tractors to Russia goes '<-....' month, according to arrangements made by Amtorg Trading Corp., agents for the Russian state export and import bureau. The shipment is worth $1,500,000. The first 600 tractors go to Odessa and the second 1,483 go to Novor- ossisk. -- , Most people are like gasoline stations—they give plenty of free air. Australian Youth Prefer Fines to Drill * By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Press Correspondent) WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The unpopularity of the compulsory defense -.-training- scheme for boys in New. Zealand is shown by the fact that during the second week of October, 54 boys were brought before the courts and charged for evading the compulsory drills. All were fined. Since the compulsory defense act became law ,in New Zealand the number of convictions for offences against the provisions of this law total something in the vicinity of 30,000, and periodically, when the magistrates are particularly bilious, there is a fury of disfranchisements in addition to the usual pains and penalties. If familiarizing lads with the courts-is an evidence of popular approval, pf the law, the defense act is the most successful measure on the New Zealand statute book. There is certainly little else to commend it. Oh all hands, the act is regardec. ,8Sli?_3iWilS___«#%-^ ^KfeayifcBan^deS-it-ii^ao'i; for proyid- ing.-de. <-,i,;'—j._ is a_ hpwling-joke in this reBpect-^but for harrying young folk for the benefit. of btass hats for whom more useful , occupations should be found. Big Industrial Fight; Looms Up in Britain By LELAND OLDS. (Federated Press Industrial IMit-SYfc Reduction of British-labor costs to capture foreign markets in the face of cheap foreign competition is about to produce a struggle which may make or break the independent labor movement as a power in that country. The employing class, faced with a continued upward tendency of wages, insists that trade union conditions including present wage levels have become a serious handicap since the J continent has gone over to longer hours and lower wages. Wage changes in Great - Britain in the 9 months ended September 30, 1924, were predominantly upward. Increases affected 2,664,000 workers bringing a rise of over* $2,500,000 a week in T__.e country's total payrolls; Decreases during the same period affected only 635,000 workers cutting approximately $350,000 from the weekly wage bill. During the same period in 1923 there were net reductions totaling Approximately .$2,350,000 in the weekly wages of 3,160,000 workers and net increases of somewhat more than $1,400,000 in the weekly wages of 1,130,000 workers. The general character of the increases granted, during the 1924 is shown in the table issued by the British ministry of labor which records thelhcreases and decreases By industries: British No. affected Net change per wk. Workers Inc. Dec. .Inc. Dec. Mining, .quarrying 856.000 304-.OO0 815,000 225,200 Uriel!, glass, etc. 220,000 250 161,200 . 141 Iron & Steel 157,000 41,000 87,400 25.600 Engine, slllpbldg 156,000 8,000 228,000 8,220 74,000 82.000 56,800 11,200 22,750 96,500 10.800 25,000 3.500- 50,200 3,200 7,000 87,200 2,820 ao'tino"; mts 21,800 2KU 421,000"' ' 282 Other metal Textile, clothing Fund, drink, etc 08,000 Woodworking 45,000 Paper _ printing 1,250 Building 478,000 Transport • 330,000 15;000 546,000 5,870: 7,05. Public utility other 1~ 198,000 23,000 134,000 68,000 14,500 48,800 3,570 These increases were secured" and maintained largely because the employing class was not yet ready to I-recipitate a fight with the strongly organized unions. Today the strong metal trades labor amalgamation is pressing for an all-around increase and it is generally admitted that these workers are underpaid. But with the temporary regularizing of the European situation by the Dawes r-paratiohs plan and the number of unemployed workerS'not diminishing, there are signs that union demands and'i-tandards will meet stiff er opposition.,. There were 94,- 000 unemployed metal trades wofr kers in September among those 'pressing for wage increases and 25,000 emigrated last year in search of a s?_-_s_a-_$__k«^-*_s____te^ ployed in the insured trades Sept, 22. .19*24, was 1,240,045 orJ..8Jp.V cent of the total;; ~~r~- r*rry---■*—- Included in this grand total of unemployed were 103,076 coal miners, 122;867 in'the nietal trades and iron Burnaby Municipal Labor Candidates For Reeve—■■ J. P. Dickson Councillors— 7 Wafdl—H. W. Swanri* Ward 2—M. Sorley Ward 3—W. J. Holdom Ward 5—C. B.Gibbs Ward 6—J. Brown Ward 7—H. Enberg School Trustees-^ Alfred Smith M.Marino V Police Commissioner H. S. Bate Tasmanian Fishermen Form Industrial Union (The Federated Press) HOBART, Tasmania—The fishermen have formed a union, known as the Fishemen's Industrial Union, with the following objects: i. To afford mutual protection to and to safeguard the interests of the fishermen in- and around Hobart. 2. To protest against the use of mechanical catchers around the Tasmania^: coast, and to have legislation made U). protect certain fish. _^__ , ,_; 3. To endeavor," by "every ■ means' possible, to introduce the system of selling fish at the market direct to the consumer,whereb y ensuring that the people get fresh fish at reasonably cheap prices and removing all chance of improper control of the markets. Plumbers to Install Officers at Smoker Election of officers took place at the last regular meeting of the Plumbers' Union. At the next meeting, Friday;. January-9th, the officers will be installed and the remainder of the evening taken up with a smoker at 213 Holden Building. The following officers were elected : President, Bert Stinehcombe, reelected; Vice-president, Art Jape; Recording Secretary, Bob Taylor; Financial Secretary aijd Business Agent,-W.,:Watt;• Treasurer, George Cog-iill; Sentinel, H. Fulton; Executive, Sam Sraylie, Bob Simpson, J. Robertson, J. McMurtrie.'H. Fulton." Trades Council Delegates, W. Watt, J. Hays and Art Jane. Building Trades Delegates, W. . Watt, A. Chase. foundries,' 77,790. shipbuilders, 80, 602 cotton-mill workers 20,053 wool- enmill workers, 21,908 tailors, 12,- 290 shoe workers^ 70,412 building trades workers, 66,711 in the iron- .nd steel industry and 85,869 in distributive trades. British .industry like American industry came out of-the war overex-v panded. To/maintain prosperity., on - a capitalist basis it must regain, its" old-dominance in foreign markets. That old dominance was-achieved, according to Frank Vanderlipv former ^__-__--i_t----,fflr.^^ .through sutjh low wages as constituted: a red' ink overdraft on the physique - of-the-British-nation..-_Th-L' vital Question is whether British labor will tolerate a similar overdraft today.: . ill ill III - -ii if ;H ■j ;J_4 ! THE LABOR STATESMAN January 2nd, 1925 Mt. Pleasant JAMES HARKNESS Te_ and Provision Merchant HW Main St Phone Fair. 1269 SPECIALTIES * Coffee, Cooked Ham, Cheese, Teas Ayrshire Bacon and Butter City Electric Co. Electrical Contractors and Supplies Repairs Day and Night •. Phone Fair. 486. EIGHT AVE. AND MAIN ST. 't MORAN DRUG STORES 6 Prescriptions Courtesy and Efficiency 7th Ave. & Main Cambie & Broadway Fair. 3799 Fair. 1099 Bell Plumbing & Heating Company — 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY- Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. 1098X m For Watches, Clocks and Jewelry ■ . Try ARTHUR WISMER Watchmaker, Jeweller and Optician 2U7 Main Street Phone Fair. 966 A. HILKER & SON Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Hallway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phones: Fair. 58 Res.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. r'^'*vUBaSAIiVE^KJv>^"'*'" COR. OF. MAIN AND KINGS WAY The Heroine in the Home Owen's Meat Market HIGH CLASS MEATS We Deliver Phone Fair. 181 2545 Main St. Vancouver Hardware Company 2421 MAIN STREET UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Builders Hardware, Paints, Var- * nishes, Brushes, Crockery, China, Glasses > f C "W__ WISH OWU, FRIENDS—ONE AMD ' _ AUV—A BRIGHT AND HAPPY NEW YEAR *We thani them for their kind patronage ., anting 1021 ana Solicit _, oou- tiimaiico for 1925 Men's Dress Boots—Tan or blaok. s to 11 __.., J3.50 -M- Work Boots—Tan or blaok. - to U ,....,, ...-94.9S Men's 38-lnch Silk Suspenders ......91.00 Men's Irish Serge Pants — rive pockets, belt loops and- cuff Bottoms ;-...:..i>a.95 Children's Knee Gum Boots—First quality. 5 ttf iOH 91.98 CMldren's Bain Capes—With hood attached _ -93.50 Arthur Frith & Co. Men's end Boys' Furnishings, Hats, . . __ Boots and Shoes. Phone: Fair. 14 231$ Mala St, Between 7th and 8th Idea'Conversation. ''__!Ye7!te__2_ jfranjed." Sighed the photograph. .* " "That's.nothing,"-moaned the ox£. :l$_B'i:;''''Mi^rtr.-een^-__^ Megani-'aHraseni*iVts;:rfro__i.-i trotting, its Victory, balls, its bridge Household Hints, ^partie^! .-Above all,- it, mustn't be Her—**r hope -your next wife will disturbed at its. brain-racking: task of beat you up." -.■"--,-.".' thinking out intricate patterns for Her Husband—"So do I—-for I'm the poodle's winter woollies! How tired of getting my own breakfast!" awful if Fido's jumper didn't match By HELEN E. GAULT in "Forward." the wall-paper in the boudojr of Fido's mistress. "'- ,. Well, dear reader, many a time and oft have you come in contact with a family and a heroine like the one I have mentioned, But you haven't, many a time and oft, come into contact with a family like the one I am going to mention. 'Tis a noble family, and its ancestral seat is in the North Countree? The garden! where I used to sit and prepare my school lessons in the days of long ago, was but a stone's throw from its wide domains. When the "gentry" were in residence a flag proclaimed the blissful tidings from a lofty turret. When they dined and wined in the evening a piper paraded in the grounds outside, and startled the echoes with the stirring strains of "The Cock of the North." And our collie startled the echoes With its howls and lamentations! I assure you, that, between the piper and the collie and the French irregular verbs, eight o'clock always meant for me the end of a perfect day! ' The great house dates back to feudal times. But it has been brought up-to-date. In fact, it is such a supremely comfortable dwelling that I have chosen it as my summer residence after the Revolution! Well, there are four children in this titled family. TVo girls and two boys. A handle to the name of each! A big enough family for any woman to manage? Why, yes—of course! I agree. I heartily agree! But wait a minute, please! It isn't one woman that manages this family. There is a lady's maidi for.the mother. A gofl. erness for the girls. A nurse for the baby. And his young Lordship is at Eton! There is also a housekeeper and her" staff. - A "bTTtler and his staff. A gardener and his staff. And tbe mother runs a miniature laundry besides. Well,-no, not exactly the mother. She only washes and starches and mangles and irons by proxy. For there is a staff of four attached to this -home laundry. I have sat in it often. 'Tis a pleasant workshop. Plenty of labour-saving devices here! And the linen! And the silks! And the real lace! I wish I could describe some of. the garments I have seen there. You mothers of girls, who take a pride in their' "dainties!" You who like to turn out spotless your "little rays of sunshine!" You would have revelled in the fine lawn, the snowy linens, the cobweb lace. The dainty hankies with a coronet in the corner! The radiant "flimsies" worn once and thrown aside 1 The stockings or real silk! The kind you get at the "Poly" Sale*!* No reader; I blush for yovil Certainly not! I said real silk! You don't get that for 1111-4. How is it done? How does this mother balance her budget? Her rent—how can she manage to square it? Nicely, thank you!, She sits rent free. And makes you and me pay pretty heavily for the privilege of squatting anywhere near her. Talk about a subsidised house! The subsidy here dates back to feudal times. In facty this subsidy has existed so long that we "have all grown accustomed to the idea of subsidies!—for our old nobility! And as for the .budget of the noble lady—poof! Hundreds of working-class mothers square it daily on her behalf! . And what of the- future? Is it safe for her childrBtt-*" Are there any .__B__S„S8S„a_wtmK-^ Mush foryou, comrade.,, You don't Comrades,, ..come ahd pay homage at. the shrine of a heroine. Please don't shrug your shoulders! Please don't turn away! This heroine won't bore you stiff. I haven't any great love for the usual heroine myself. She leaves me cold, You know the kind I mean, don't you? You meet her in dull books .by dull writers, Brightly beams the halo around her saintly head! In her presence you walk on tiptoe, and whisper in your Sunday best voice. Inwardly you may yearn to kick up your heels and scream. Strange oaths may tremble on the tip of your exasperated tongue. But they remain forever Inarticulate. You simply can't let yourself go in the presence of the orthodox heroine. There is only one thing for you to do while she is near—and you do it You savour your own exceeding great unworthi- ness and wallow in misery. Well,, my heroine isn't like that pne tiny little bhV She happens to be a jolly ordinary, real woman. 'Totally unaware of the fact thatjhe is a heroine. Let me take you into the secret. She is—A Working Man's Wife! Made of great heroic stuff! Chancellor of the Exchequer in a working-class home! A Brilliant Balancer of Budgets! Ay, Winston, your job is a picnic compared with hers. Aijd as if that wasn't enough for any one woman, this heroine has undertaken another task. She is the mother of six children. Ranging from 16 years to 7! Six bonnie bairns! But, my word, being a heroine is no sinecure! Six bundles of wonderful possibilities. Twelve eager hands knocking at the doors of the mysterious "fu^ Jure.'-What does it hold for them? Whither does it _,ead.Is it safe for their adventuring feet? Will they get a chance to make good? To look at them moves one almost to tearsX A never - to - be - forgotten picture i Seated around the supper table, four bobbed" heads and two - shingled, bright eyes shining in the firelight, as they watch the movements of their clever little mother ministering to their wants! How does she manage? How is it done? Think of washing day! Think of darning day! This mother—it seems to me—is running a miniature Laundry and a miniature hosiery factory rolled into one! And when she goes shopping, think of her task. Think of what it means to clothe.her family for the winter. Twelve pairs of woolies!. Twelve pairs of stockings! Six pairs of boots! And all the other etcs. I The husband iB a tradesman, and the boy of 16 has just begun to work. The house is a new one 4nd the rent and taxes figure out at a £1 per week. And this father and mother want to give their children a chanc.e.. A struggle here? I should say so! But "we might as well struggle to pay for a slum!" These were the words of my heroine. And I came home in the car mesmerized. A heroine? 'Tis a poj>£:Word after all! Her price is, indeed, far above rubies. May her children rise up and call her blessed! Quite suddenly as I journeyed home I remembered another picture •a picture I had seen in the illustrated Press of a titled woman standing at a stall in ajbazaar selling juns- ■pers for dogs! 'Tis- an old ' saying and a true^-o.ne-half-the world does not dtnow how the other\ali tiyea! And doesn't want to know either! Wouldn't^c%retho* 4t,;4idifta_0-w.wX- does solrStrt-- b-hMt5rK^ seat-i'.tt from the day her children first saw the light, until the day they close their eyes forever, they shall not toil neither shall they spin! When your oldest lad "puts away childish things," and submits to the yoke of drudgery, "his young Lordship" is still exercising his muscles on the playing-fields,of Eton. When your daughters grope their way through mud and fog and snow to the work: shop, the office, and the factory, her daughters are. basking in the sunlit gardens of a continenthl winter resort. When your son comes out on strike for a living wage, her son will organize the Fascisti against him. When your daughters fight shy of Domestic service, her daughters will write scathingly to the Morning Post about the selfishness and extravagance of working-class women! Is it not a mad world? Potential plenty for all, and still we cannot attain it! A spacious leisured .existence possible for each of us, and still the mad scramble for the bare necessities continues! Luxury for the few.! Penury for the many! 'Leisure for the few! curious thing about it all is this—: Drudgery for the. many! And the Idleness-means' luxury and leisure! ! Industry means penury and lack. Australian Unions Fight for Rights By W. FRANCIS AHERN (Federated Press Correspondent) SYDNEY, Australia—Waterfront workers at all Australian ports have declared a partial strike against open shop methods. ,._. Members of the Waterside Workers' Federation have refused to work overtime—that is between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m.—until the labor, agency at Sydney, through which scab labor is *''be'-ff?'W-rui'ted f ^ .notion was' carried -at meetings at every Australian port.. Some time ago, the federal arbitration" ruled that members .of the Waterside Workers' Federation should have preference -in employment. Notwithstanding this ruling, the shipping owners continued to employ nonunion' labor (principally returned soldiers). Coal-trimmers have thrown in their lot with the waterside, workers, and the decision not to work overtime has been indorsed by the maritime transport group, the miners, and other key .unions. Mounted Police Stool Sells Coffins to China VICTORIA, B.C. — After being ' convicted as a dope peddler and enticer'-of .young girls to the opium habit, Frank Eccles, former Canadian jj mounted policeman, has com.?, back in the business world as an exporter , of cedar coffins to Chlria. Last*week he shipped some 2,400-, cedar coffins to the Orient, aiid announces that he has opened up this (' business for the ' selling of B. C. cedar products abroad. The fact that • this vile stool pigeon is .enabled to enter the export business on such a ' scale is positive proof that between his dope peddling and labor spying activities he has been well rewarded j financially. Eccles was convicted, along with . two other members of the mounted police, of having sold dope to young , girls and when they refused to purchase from him, planted it on them < and then made their arrest. _n..*he trial it was brought out that he was i the receiver of "hush money" fdr{ protecting higher-ups in the traffic.!'* He also confessed that during 192. 22 he was engaged in disrupting t lumber workers union by foster! - the idea of a dual organizat] among the discontented members.' ' 1 MORE IRON IN RUSSIA I p MOSCOW—In Viatska proving ■< new deposit of iron ore has bj_—- discovered, containing millionsiJ of*- pounds of high quality. A nev.? supply of magnetic orejias also beg discovered in Krivarovsky basin;. \; Main St. South of 18th J. OWEN'S Albion Meat Market 3836 Main Street Quality Meats. Reasonable Pric Trouble has also broken out between the maritime unions and the Australian government in Connection with the dismissal of 47 stewards from government-owned steamers and-the—engagement Of non-unionists. The stewards were dismissed because they refused to .look after t\.o'lunatics being taken from Australia to England. The stewards contended that this .was'the. work of guards 'and not stewards. When the stewards were'dismissed the union refused to supply any more stewards unless the 47 men were reinstated, and an undertaking given that stewards would not be called upon to do the work of warders. -.. RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER ACTIVITIES MOSCOW.—There are~531 newspapers in the Russian Soviet Union, according to the press department, Central Committee of the Communist party. Of these 160 are dailies with a total circulation of nearly 3,000, .9-Q.O c_U__^_^J-lU____bMdr£4_.^_l__J-.>__i teen are in non-JJussiaij languages! -fco^_-3jh|_":fi^-_rr-Ai___^'--n- affi.__o_mifi£_-iuiWspapermeo1*^_->-Tper cent! art; .revolutionary journalists, and 40" per cent are iievp5_i-i"_f;*'i"l_?here are also 25,000 worker correspon- idents writing for the Russian press while also working in factory or vil- la-e> . . ' "V J. C COLVIN Plumbing Heating Oasfittinj Estimates Cheerfully Given. j 4178 Main Street I Phones: Fair. 3071 Res., Fair. 2.75R 30 Years' Experience ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Storf 3917 Main at 23rd Specialist in Bicycle frame repa;* Keys cut, Saw sharpened, 7 Buggy Tires repaired. Agent', "Red Bird" Bicycles. ';™ ' SKATES HOLLOW *GROUN KIRRHAIv, ? GROCERTERIA, No. £ Our goods are always fresh. ,< prices the lowest. Given* ffV-Jj and be convinced. TWENTY-THIRD AND MAINJM P. N. PARKER Dry Goods and Men's Furnishiiw "Where You Buy and Save" \ 25th and Main Phone'Fair. 80 Open Saturday Until 9:30 p.m.. 1 ■Wm mt SPOECRAFT W.J. BADCOCK Expert Shoe Repairer '" Try Our Hand-made Work Shoes 4136 Main St. - Near 25th A,*. Scotch Bakery .__ __A. H. BENNETT, Prop. 4mjjjajn_St. Phone Fait. 4246, FOR RELIABLE FOOTWEAR '''For. the whole family, call (at thef Quality Shoe Stores 25-S- atM- Main audi 6035 Fraser St. 7 ' ' _ . 7: __a_ . v_., ■ ',.', I . . V; January 2nd, 1925 -<r y THE LABOR STATESMAN TRADES UNION DIRECTORY Vancouver Trades and Labor Com_ol_— President, H. H. Neelands, M.L.A.; ^neral secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Otflce, 803 Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings ?_*..'' ,Fh.?ne ae*- 7<»*- Meets in J£ 2rwPaU*at 8 P-»- on the first and third Tuesdays In month. AJnalanwnatsd Society or Carp-it--- aadt -5°™**—-Vancouver 1st Branch meets? Mfl and 4 th Tuesday^ of each month. President, W. Taylor; secretary. P. Prosser; business agent, J. McKjnley. Headquarters, room 35, 183 Hastings ^__i7.,Sr_-!•■'a_■,,• '*oeal. 371 — Meets second Thursday every month. Holden i_.2f.'_ 1-.HafJ4.I"ts B- President, A. wylle, 433. "Elgin Street; financial secretory, H. A. Bowron, 929 11th , Ave. IS. . toaznaymea Barber's International Vn- Wu of America—Local 120, Vancouver. 8. c, meets second and fourth Tues- t X." '?r £acn """it- In Boom 310 -if-5,or-.H^1Ifa18 Hastings East. President, C. E. Herrett, 71 Hastings Street East; secretary, A. R. Jennl, 728 Haa- tlngs Street West Phone Sey. 181J Official Organ of the Greater Vancouver Central Council Canadian Labor Party Bookbinders Local Ho. 106, Int. Brother- ftjod—Meets second Tuesday In month _2_ Golden Bldg. President, P. Milne. 536 Drake St; secretary, A. H. Hos- tlns. 118 52nd Ave. W Bricklayers', __»sona* and Silo Setters' int. Vnlon Wo. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg. President, G. E. Halliday; Secretary; 2_' S' _J-ag'_aU' 12*4 WU* Ave. B. Phone Pair. 845 R. 0t^ ^H BntPloyMa' Association meets first Wednesday of each month at 445 Richards St at. 8 p.m. President. P. *>• . Bentley; business agent, W. J. i Seribbins. 3208 Pender St. E.; secretary. D. Robson, 1006 Pendrell St. -Jlo Employees' Union, local 38 — meets flrst and third Fridays in the ■nonth at 445 Richards St, at 8 p.m. 'resident, R. K. Brown, 2527 Charles ?t.; secretary-treasurer, George Har- •Ison. 1182 Parker St I -J ' | A, 1 tad Brotherhood of Carpenters and joiners, Local 463—President, J. C -Thom; recording secretary, W. Page; msiness agent Wm. Dunn. Office, •00m 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mon- days. 8 p.m. "'allwoy Carmen of America, Lodge ZTo. 66—Meets first and third Friday in - month at Cotillon Hall, Granville and Davie Streets. President. A. S. Ross, 5043 Clarendon St; secretary, J. D. Vuliamy, 2218 15th Ave. W. Electrical Workers, Local 813, International Brotherhood—Meats every Monday at 8 p.m. In Room No. 5, 319 Pender Street West President D. W. McDougal, 910 Hastings Street East; business agent E. H. Morrison. Office. 319 Pender Street West , Engineers—International union Btdam SS?4 Op-ratinsr looal 844—Meets ewer., Thursday at 8 p.tn- Room 806 Holden Bldg.' President R. Pinley; business , agent and financial secretary, P. S. Hunt; recording secretary, Herbert McSavaney. Engineers, Steam and Op .rating-, int. I local 882—Meets first and third Wed- , nesday at 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden Bldg. President. Charles Price; rec secretary. J. T. Venn; financial secre- » tary. Frank I_. Hunt. Office, 806 Holden Bldg. Ploorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U.B. of i C. - & J. of A., meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays in 310 Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, John Soderman; Fin. Sec. A. Reid; Rec. Sec. W. Johnston. . 1666 16th Ave. W. Hotel and ___t_tanrant Employees Union, I Looal 38—441 Seymour street. Meats j,. first and third Wednesday at 3 p.m. -.Second and fourth Wednesdays at 9 , m. President G. Coleman; busi- ' ss agent, A. Graham. Phone Sey- . ,_our 1681. .* .Workers, Local 97, Xnt. Also, of ' -Idgro 8; Structural — Meets every I ti;da.y. Room 804- Holden Bldg., at 8 1 W President W. Flnlay, 1655 22nd tf- E.; Secretary. James Dunn, Box Ji City; Phone High. 4334L. ' . icrs, Wood, Wire and Metal, Inter- ational Vnlon, Local 207 — Meets i st and 3rd Fridays in month, at room j U99 Holden Bldg. President Wm. H. Crane, Hudson Hotel; secretary, J. G. Finlaysori, 2636 12th Ave. West MacbinlH. Local 180 President E. B: / McLean. 453 6th Ave. W. Secretary, f' 8. A. Boardman, 3388 Parker St .5' Meets second and fourth Friday at 8 <* p.m. In Room 313 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East Machinist Local 682—President Thos. ' Sills, 1362 Burrard St. Secretary, P. : R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets on second • and fourth Tuesdays in month. Milk Wagon Drivers and Doiry Employees, Local 484—Meets second and fourth Friday In Labor Hall, 16 Has- l. tings St. P. Business agent Blrt Showier, 1116 Robson St Holders Vnlon Looal 381—International ot Worth America—meets first and ' third Fridays in 'month In room 313 Holden Bldg. at '8 p.m. President J. Gortcn, 2427 Venables St. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkerton, 2169 \ Victoria Drive.*.: AFFILIATED WITS TBE B____CX8R LABOB PASTY DIRECTORY Dominion Secretary, J, Simpson, Labor Temple, Toronto, Ont. I Executive British Columbia Section: Pres,, W. H. Cottrell; Vlce-Pres., A. Mclnnis. Wm. Dunn, R. H. Neelands; Secretary-Treasurer, Frank Hunt, 806 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, Greater Vancouver , Central Council: Chairman, P. A. Hoover; Executive, Mrs. P. Dolk. Miss Moran, A. Mclnnis. P. E. Griffin, J. Flynn; Sec- retary-Treasurer, Wm.Dunn, 809 Holden Bldg. ' WASD OXO-UnBBllS, VANCOUVER, Wand 1—H. W. Watts, (16. Holden Bldg., . Phone Sey. 1989, Ward 2—W. Page, 809 Hol_en Bldg.. Phone Sey. 4143. Ward 4-^A. J. Wilson, 1648 Graveley St., High. 1054R; Secretary, J. A. Wood, 316 Lakewbod Dr. Wart 6—W. Watt, 984—7th Ave. W. Phone Bay. 1664-. Ward 6—J. E. Dubberly, 1812 Broadway W. Phone Bay 2356L. Ward" 7—W- J. Seribbins. 3208 Pender St. E.. High 4033; Secretary, A. V. Lofting, 505 Clinton St. WaK-iS—C. McDonald, 2834 St. George St., Fair. 3317-T; Robt. Skinner, 536 22nd Ave. B. BJBTBICT OBGAMISSE3 Worth Vanconvor—G. H Page, 219 8th St E„ North Van. 321R, Sonth Vancouver—J_; iankin, 736-27th Ave. E„ Fair. 65. }.; Secretary, H. W. Speed. 4660 Jai_ is St. WILL RESIST, LAW OR NO LAW CALGARY—Radical governmental changes obtained by parliaments ary, constitutional methods must be met by force of arms just as sternly as those obtained by violence, declared Gen. Griesbaeh, of the Canadian forces to the military institute at Calgary. He said: "I take it that s^wl-Kers--sn'-l citizens loyal to their institutions; .you are not prepared to, aceept the dictatorship, of the proletariat patterned on the Russian model WHETHER OBTAINED BY CONSTITUTIONAL MEANS OR BY FORCE. We will, best maintain peace by frank declaration that Communist propaganda cfifried to its conclusion means war." A Pennsylvania paper says: "Boston, populous Boston, may be described as the town in which thousands live daily, move and have their beans." Plasterers, Local 89—International Association of Operative, meets first Wednesday fn month at Holden Bldg. President, W. Stricklandr 289~46th Ave. E. Secretary, M. Galway, 1151- 59th Ave.«E.' Phone Fras. 504-R2. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local Mo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. President. Harry P. Longley, 838 8th Ave. ■B.j secretary. Prank H. Humphrey, P. O. Box 894.■■ .'Address. 4038 Victoria Dr. Phone Fair. 2702R. ~ Street and Bleotrlo Ball way Employoos. Pioneer Division Ho. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President F. A. Hoover, 2409 Clarke Drive;- rec. secretary, F. J3. Griffin. 447 6th Ave. Blast; treasurer, H. W. Speed; financial secretary and business agent W. H. Cottrell, 166 17th Ave. West. Office corner - Prior and Main streets. Phone'Fairmont 4504V. Musicians Mutual Protective Union Looal 148, A. r. of lO—Meets at the G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday _.. 10 a.m. Pr-sldent, Ernest C.Miller, -991 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward .'lai.il-tjon, 991 Nelson Street; financial lecr-i-.r.. W. B. Williams'. 991 Nelson (ftrfeot; orgttnlier; P. Fletcher,■ -Ml ffeloon Street <■' * -,. ."■ ,.._™v,d«_. saps tgftoggm itoso. Decorators and Paperhangera ■t_MI sas-^Meets second and fourth Wiursdays at 319 Pendor St, W. Bus- iBaaoosent, Robt-S. StovensoBr^flHeer room 204 819 Pander 9U W, , -Shone ■Jey. 3609. ■:" .-■ ' .""-- MSa J-rtvors, Bridge, Wharf and Book SmUdcro J_>ocal Mo. _HHM--Meets every Friday nlghtat 8 p.m. -is 112 Hastings St w. James Thomson, secretary, P. 0. fflox 8(0. :-.-..■'.■ Sheet Metal - Workers, Amalgamated, Local Union Mb. 280—Meets second and fourth Thursday in month in Holden Bldg- 16 Hastings St E. President Thos. Burke, 2731 24th Ave. E.; secretary. IS. w. Crawford, 1761' Charles St ' , :'■ Violence in Molders' Open Shop fight SAN FRANCISCO—-The struggle between the molders union and the non-union iron companies continues, with violence charged by both sides. The San Francisco Labor Council in an open letter charges the Industrial Association with having imported gunmen and private detectives and while posing as an impartial organ, ization having assisted the openshop companies in their tight on organized labor.'"'"'• . Latest victims in the war between the Molders Union and the openshop plants, 3. E. Parente and J. M. Lambert, union members, were set upon in the street and badly beaten. Parente staggered bleeding into the lobby of the fashionable Fairmont Hotel, causing a near riot among the society ladies who had never before beheld.a-live-molder, particularly one dripping blood from an attack by hired gunmen of the employers. He has been taken to hospital,-where it is feared he has internal ihjuries. Lambert was .kidnapped in the assailants' automobile and taken to Golden Gate Park, where he was again, beaten up, suffering a dislocated shoulder and two broken ribs. He finally escaped when another automobile scared off his attackers. He -is chairman of the executive committee of the union. fV - Anti-Labor Government Gives Charity to Rich —-MELBOURNE .Australia — How the anti-Labor federal government looks after its own wealthy supporters is shown by a return recently issued by the taxation authorities, which shows that following applications for remissions of taxation because of "averse circtrmstances," ho less than $700,000 in taxation has been .relnitted. to .veal thy interests-^ principally the rich ranch owners. It ^-as-. also shown that no less than $30,750,000 of taxation remains unpaid—-some of it as-long'as eight years ago. The unpaid taxation relates to income taxation, land taxation and taxation on war-time profits. In several,cases it was found that no taxation returns were furnished for ten years. .-•■■■ - In connection with the latter matter, Labor members in the federal parliament openly- charged the government with' favoritism of the rich ranch-owners, and the government was forced to prosecute those who failed to make up their taxation returns. Jonrnoymon Tailors' Vnlos of America, Xooal Ko. 178—Meetings held first Thursday In each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month in Labor-Hall. President A. R. Gatenby; se__retary,._.C- McDonald, P.O. Box 503. Executive meets third, Thursday, of every month. ■ Typographical Union, BoY aS3e-+Presi- dent. R. P.. Pettipiece;-vice president , C, S.-Cimnl-ell; secretary-treasu.C,errR., _-_W.TWS__ffl_r.':"'-".(.'."»_r 68:" Weets 'last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in Holden Building, 16 Hastings St E. The Vancouver Theatrical 3?oderaaoa—. Meets at 991 Nelson Street at 11 __m. on the Tuesday preceding the first Sunday of the month. President; Harry Pearson; secretary, Edward A. Jamieson; business agent, Fred Fletcher. 991 lgelson.St Sabotaging Government Ownership of Ships **" SYDNEY, -Austmlia—H. ii: Lar- kin, general manager, Australian Government steamship line, announces that if the line continues to be hampered by constant labor troubles it will be-sold out to British shipowners. Lord Inchaper head of the British steamship combine at London, is willing to buy put the Australian Government steamers, As regards labor troubles, it is the general opimon-iirA-istralia ffiat~i¥ is due to the management and officers of the steamers who make a special point of causing friction with the m/'.itime unions. In every case ;d'ispi_i__3 have arisen because of some attempt by higher-ups to interfere With the working conditions pfjthe. crews.. . .'■ ■■ ■ ■■■"• • -. T, $&$» maritime unions contfin_--.that the provoking of trouble is part of As,',66h$lS8_jtM_ sabotage tlieta_?eBe^s_- ment-bwnetl■ lim^~and that" after a i__g£_ai__^^^ril-i_»^-ave bc;cn yorce'd^ the Governnieht will proceed to sweep the line wit of'existence and __J((Bjjthe interiiHtional shipping com- bineto have full, control of the shipping to and-from Australia! Our Winter Trbubles The fight which our forces wage each winter to maintain hundreds of miles of telephone lines in the face of wind, rain, ice and snow, constitutes a creditable and picturesque record. For this we do not seek praise, as it is part of our regular service to subscribers. All that we ask is a tolerant under- ' standing of the fact that some troubles, such as falling-trees, cannot be guarded against, nor can repairs be made in a few moments, but that when sueh troubles do occur we are willing to work night and day to remedy them. , BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE CO. Huge Mortgage Debt of American Farmers WASHINGTON —The suggestion that the administration take steps to refund the farmers' mortgage debt while it is busy negotiating agreements with foreign nations for a funding of the debt to the United States is made by the Farmers' National council. The statement followed close on the heels of the adoption of the treaties funding the debts due the United States by Poland and Lithuania. "The Department of Agriculture reports that thje total mortgage debt on farms in the United States January 1, was ?7,3o7,700,b00," it is declared. "It is now estimated to be at about $8,000,000,000.- The department states that the prevailing rate of interest charged by reporting banks in March, 1921, was 7.23 per cent on first mortgage farm loans, and 8.10 per cent on second mortgages. "The federal farm loan board, reports that on December 31, 1923, the net mortgage loans of the twelve federal land banks represented just one-tenth of the outstanding farm mortgages, and that the bond market is such that it can probably continue to maintain a rate to farmers of 5% !£®s&%$mtoK*-P#rw-_wrf_i^^ on the average 7 v2 per cent interest. Farmers_.!are_paying at'--least- ?175,- 000,000 a year too much interest on- their mortgages. The federal government should promptly take steps to' refund the farmers' mortgage debt at a"reasonable rate of interest, since it is- the only agency that can do this." The mother squirrel does not crack nuts for her little ones; if she did so, their teeth would grow too .long and they would die. The squir- ifcl does not want her offspring to be useless, so she compels them to develop their own powers to the utmost. Resigns Because of Green's Election NEW. YORK — William Green, secretary-treasUrer of United Mine Workers, is the new president of the American Federation of Labor by choice of- the executive council of the federation in special session in New York. Green is the man who led the attack upon William F. Dunne, radical delegate, in the 1933 Portland convention of the A. F. of L. James Duncan, senior vice-president of the A. F. of L., urged his own claim to succeed Samuel Gompers but did not have his name presented for voting. He resigned from the council immediately. Action upon the resignation is deferred to the February 3rd meeting of the council in Miami, Fla. James P. Noonan, of the Electrical Workers, was chosen by the council to succeed Green on the council. Green's statement after election indicates his conservative position'in trade union matters. "We will endeavor to promote' collective bargaining, the observance of wage agreements and the acceptance of the organized labor movement by all classes of people as a logical, necessary moral force in the economic, industrial and social life of purjijf-,r tion. Our problems must be met and solved upon the basl^_i".f---_t--__---fe fair play and in accordance with American traditions and American ideals." He said', "Our devotion to America and American institutions must never be successfully challenged." Green opposed the-A.'F. of L. indorsement qf LaFollette and does not believe labor unions should form a labor party, is against the A- f- °f L. group insurance plan, and opposes the recognition of Russia. He is a Baptist, Mason, Elk, and Odd Fellow. He is 51 and has six children. As- floor leader, in the Ohio senate he. was instrumental in passing the Ohio workmen's compensation law. m Public Opinion pUBLIC utility companies like the British Columbia Electric Railway- Company cannot well do business without public sympathy. The British Colombia Electric policy is to give good serv/ce and thus merit the good will of the public :— The only reason for and the principle underlying British Columbia Electric publicity is to give the public truthful statements and fair enlightenment regarding services' they shouWjjnder;-. r._tat-d.;*';:"""•' "
Keep religion and politics out of the union.
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