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[The Labour Statesman]
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r/' Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and Distr ades and Labor Council^ I P^i> Official Organ of The Canadian Labor f^g m: No. 63—EIGHT PAGES *?:*>& ?/ | How Usurous Shylocks Harass Honest Workmen After Tempting Clients and Tooting for Trade, They Charge - Extortionate Interest, and Hang On Like Leeches Until Last Cent Is Socked Dry—Then They Menace Jobs—Work for the Prosecuting Attorney Here! .:""" A CHEAP yONEY-LENDING concern galling itself *The B. CT i^'ari3'T5a"cific'CdaiiZ& Bfofcerage Co.'r, headed by an individual known as Isidore Goldenberg, has't$S?"ii making a persistent cam-" rspaign among employees of the B. C. Electric and other workers in ' \te^dy employment, offering various blandishments designed .to | sarfcpt them into borrowi% money. This fellow's circular letters -. pari "Perhaps you need ready money for domestic purposes, for , or chase of new furniture, for clothing for yourself or your wife, to Tor other purposes. See us, in confidence. We lend $50 to $500 ex steadily employed men and women, without embarrassment or rtjposure." Every bait aiid temptation is held out, and this concern n,»ps at nothing in trying to entangle - Stage Set For Big Drive To Cot Wages x „ •tj ^onest union workers into its meshes. About Mr. Goldenberg jj If our memory is not in error, this fe the same Mr. Goldenberg who Operated "The Puget Sound & B. C. fopcurity & Loan Co.". which closed aIHlowing a public outcry started in 80» exposure by the Vancouver Hook Paiiie 18 months ago. The "com- consistinpr solely of Mr. Gol- .. managed tp gouge $135 /'p^ok her troubles to the paper which _^iired her case, proving the poor wo- 'man had originally borrowed $50 to defray funeral expenses in the family. What with "fees" and interest, and pyer-due .interest and other incidentals, the teacher -paid < out $135 in excess of the original loan, all within 13 months. ,■ ■■•>■•-■ I A decent working man, member of one of our unions, relates these -significant facts concerning the usurer: His Job Menaced "Owing to work being slack soon after I got married, and my wife's father dying, I ran short of money; <* our furniture was on the installment » ,plan, but the furniture firm, Messrs. Stewart & Go., was decent and did sPtiot press roe* My wife wanted some ™ clothes, also, and did not care to trouble me. She expected to get work at her old job as a chocolate dipper, so thought it would be all right if she borrowed a little sum which she could pay back herself. But she got ill and our baby cost more ■ money, so she did not go to work. Work, however, picked up, and my wife paid interert'frohT "her housekeeping money, not caring to worry me. She skimped and saved, but the money lender had her worried sick, and somehow she never got ahead, but the interest piled up, leaving the loan of $35 still standing, with $60 piled on for interest and fees, although she had paid out more > than $35. Then the collector called on me at my job, and pestered me until my boss told. me to keep my private troubles away from the shop. I have paid the collector $18, and now he claims I still owe $55. He threatens to garnishee my wages. It's worrying me to a frazzle." Ready to Drop Case, But—: The Labor Statesman gave this good man some wholesome and practical advice which has been followed with some success. We advised him ' ,tO consult Major McKay or Cant. Oscar'Orr, of the city prosecutors' * office, police headquarters, and swear out a warrant for the fellow, charg- ' ing him with usury and obtaining '.--.money'under false pretenses. When '-', he: c^eft-A»d .Mgrnifid,; tb^memy, lender"'of: M» intention; that',astute individual replied, hurriedly: '*VelI, vat's the use of niore troubles, my friend. You pay der balance when you're ready, and then we'll all be happy." Since then, however, states i^the-debtor, he has been visited again by a collector, and now he wants to know if his job is safe, or if-his pay can be garnisheed for a debt that has been more than paid. Seems high time to* clean up some of these Shylocks in Vancouver. The Labor World, Montreal, says: Signs are not wanting that Canadian manufacturers are setting the stage for a drive on wages, and trade unions in Montreal and other cities are enlarging their organizing plans, an. irnusual procedure at this time of the year. Some sporadic increases of manufacturing activity are apparent, ' but' the hoped-for general improvement this year has not materialized, and financial and trade journals are loudly lamenting that the high labor costs of production are preventing tne recovery of business. In Quebec province, there have been several meetings of manufacturers, at which the need of reducing production costs were urged. Sir Henry Drayton, the political spokesman of the protectionist manufacturers, has been telling Parliament that factory labor costs represent 60 to 80 per cent of the price paid by the consumer for the average manufactured, article.1 Labor Cost Moderate - In Canada in 1922, the gross value of the manufactured product at the factory was $2,439,000,000, while factory salaries and wages combined were $497,800,000, according to returns filed t by ;sthe manufacturers themselves with 'the Dominion Bur eau of Statistics. The total labor cost of the average manufactured product, represented, therefore, 20.3 per cent of the gross value of the finished article at tiie factory. The proposition for wage labor alone would be about 16 1-2 per cent- Now, representative Canadian manufacturers have filed statements with parliamentary committees show ing that marketing their products added 100 per cent to their cost at the factory. That would not be. the case when the manufacturer sold his products next door to his factory; but it is frequently asserted that on the average the cost of marketing an article is equal to the cost of producing it. Accepting this view, the manufacturer, who spends $20.30 on labor, obtains on the average a product which costs at the factory $100 and at the point of consumption $200. When profit is added, the consumer probably pays $230. Therefore the factory, labor costs represent only 9 per cent of the consumer's price, instead of 60 to 80 per cent, as Sir Henry Drayton avers. In other words, if the manufacturer reduced salaries and wages by 20 per cent, the change majieln f#^M*f8ft^e^ cents oh the dollar, if all the other VANCOUVER, B.C., July 3rd, J q • f FIVE CEiSPla PER COPY i WHAT OUR READE7 WANT TO KNOV Why bakers use molasses to turn white bread into brown bread? * * c Why the directors of the Children's Aid Society 'declined to attend an open meeting to answer charges brought against them? ».;""**' ■''■■• What they will have to say when they are brought into court to answer charges made in. two civil suits? ■j . • ~— * _ « . » ...:- •■• ; Why the aldermanic pets who took the places of'former civic employees were not in the Calithumpian parade? * *. * Why the provincial government refuses to aid the berry growers of British Columbia but will aid corporations? * * * Why another aldermanic pet who is an alleged incompetent electrical inspector holds down a job on the city staff? *:";.•'* Why pure orange juice cannot be sold for ten cents a glass instead of the concoction put up by the Sunsette Orange fountains? '' ' ' * * * When tbe city health department intends looking into sources of impure, milk sold by certain groceries on the east-side? Also if something should not be done about cleaning up ^^j^r^g^.,jiAimpSvvAtere filthy 'foodstuffs"are peddled? ' *.. ■ * * . Why a score of foreigners, unable to speak English, are able to land in Vancouver and get work, while residents and citizens are walking the streets in need, seeking jobs? t ■ * ■■*• Who is behind the company that is trying to start 'up a defunct box shook factory that is advertising for "handy men" able to invest $500 in exchange for big wages? * * • If it is not true that one of the original box shook mill promoters who bilked victims and skipped out early in 1923, isn't back on the job, trying to put the "sam.e thing over again? If Mister Hemphill has managed to sell any stock in his knitting project to union men yet, and how he is getting along with this enterprise that busted up last time it was started? Also if it is going to be a branch ""trade" school this time, for1 giving girls a "lucrative trade" on payment of a premium? Why employees of Woodwards have to start work half an hour earlier,, on.195 cent days and July sale days and then work until 6 o'clcck while other department store employees start later and leave at 5 p.m.? What consideration did a certain society Miss obtain from a certain society Man in a now famous Shaughnessy Heights murder mystery when a libel suit was dropped? /hy Wait for Epidemic?; Health Dept's Duty is Plain Attention Is Attracted To Disease-Bearing Dumps In Chinatown-' Nearly Whole Blocks Are Festering Germ-Laden Spots—Do We Want Smallpox or Other Diseases Engendered From Filth? SOMETIMES, when an article appears in this paper, relating to matters- that do flot seem--exaet4y-affectingorganized labor :.or our, unions, the question.is raised:---SSrVhat has this to do with the wage scale, working conditions, or unionism ?" The answer is easy. All conditions of living affect the wage scale; they affect organized labor; they affect the working man's home, health and his children; and they have a great deal to do with community interests that are served, directly," by the principles that animate organized labor, in a clear, thoughtful and practical trend of application. Hence, The Labor Statesman's remarks concerning the city council, or other phases of our civic administration, have a direct bearirtg upon every union local, and every chick and child of union men and women. The city, provincial and Dominion government is YOUR government, "as much as it is a government representing the elite of Shaughnessy Heights, and every other section of Vancouver's industrial, residential and society region. Our Advice It Followed In several preceding issues of The Labor Statesman, we had occasion to refer to grossly unsanitary conditions ex/sting. Hj^Gtejeaial'^iffi'sJKhere meat that was actually smelly and putrid, was offered for human consumption. In this issue we have elsewhere referred to tainted milk and other foodstuffs sold in some of the stuffy little stores on the east side. It is gratifying to learn that the city health department is now going after the Asiatic cafes where attention has been attracted, through this paper, to unsanitary conditions. Next week we will be enabled to say something definite regarding remedial action taken along this line. What About This Pest? So far, so good. Now we rise to enquire why the city health department is not doing something toward the abatement of such nuisances and menaces to health as the pestilence- breeding poultry places like for example, that Chinese damp in the 200 block, Pender Street.TEast? If anyone doubts it, just go there and. visit the subterranean poultry run extending along most of that block. It has LABOR CANDIDATES CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Greater Vancouver Central Council Burrard J. Sidaway Vancouver Centra W. W. Lefeaux South Vancouver Alfred Hurry cost factors remained unchanged. Some Employers Reveal Truth The Canadian manufacturers, if the returns they make to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics arc reliable, have little reason to complain of the high cost' of labor employed in production. They know very well that the factory wage bill is a very small part of the price paid by consumers. One manufacturer in Montreal is selling a patented electrical device ifor $10, which he admits; .costs $3.53. the'*H?airy*'(raw material, tlie big. item'in costs, included). An important manufacturer of boots and shoes admitted .'a year-or so ago that his factory labor cost was less than 11 per cent of the price the consumer paid for his products. Showers Of Gold By Leland Oldi A quarterly dividend of $2,500,- 000 declared by the First National Bank of New York on its $10,000,- 000 capital stock means an annual dividend rate of 100 per cent on the stock of this branch of the Morgan combine. It means that the owners with a nominal investment of $10.- 000,000 will receive $10,000,000 back each year as their share of the tribute levied by bankers on industry, In recent years the--owners; have' been satisfied ' with a mere 60 per cent. During that period the bank accumulated surplus profits of $68,- 000.000. nearly seven times the par Value" of the stock. The recently announced increase in the dividend rate caused the market value of the stock to jump to over $2,600 a share. NEW YORK.—^The Actors' Equity Association collected more than $90,000 ejus actors for back salaries ths last 'year, according to a statement Ms si i:h? Equity's annual iHsetiiig. Seattle.—The organizing activity of the Shipwright's union made it possible to raise wages $1 a day. a wooden flooring. To anyone gaining access, and caring to visit this fearsome and fetid den, we urge the wearing of knee-high rubber boots, a gas-mask and strong disinfectants, for the fluid offal squirts eye-high between the cracks, and anyone but a Celestieal innured to such a stench, feels like swooning in an excess of - his overpowering emotions, before the visitation is half completed, Look Out For Epidemic! This is only one place, which The Labor Statesman mentions by way of an instance. Check up all Chinatown: and- find the rest. It does not re quire a divining rod or the service? of a psychic seer to locate these places. Nor do they need adverti* ing. They advertise themselves to passers-by, possessing ordinary sense of scent. We have just emerged from a mild epidemic of smallpox. And, by the way, it's sheer luck we did not have worse, with such conditions prevailing here. Smallpox bacilli thrive on filth, such as fester and foster in Chinatown's henneries. One ease of smallpox is enough to spread far and wide, and a duck or hen from these contaminated germ farms is enough to spread an epidemic .that would include a hundred union homes, among other domiciles. Sol you see, after all, The Labor Statesman has a mission in drawing attention to this matter of Community interest. An American company has obtain ed a hug^togjj^ jnanga^ —'••, ' 1, '■"*i"P^Tl"P'*5TpHr -V - ,• ' iDAM Iff It is' illegal, to .'boycott, but the following are on the UNFAIR UST ; , -.. , of TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL .Avenue Theatre Dreamland Theatre " Cedar Cottage Theatre Princess Theatre ' Progress Theatre - Heights Theatre Sweden Adopts Socialist Armament Plan The Swedish Parliament has agreed to the Socialist scheme for retrenchment in the national defences by accepting the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee which was appointed to work out the scheme. With the exception of some slight concessions to the Liberals, the reduction in forces is as proposed by the Lahor Government last February. It provides for a transition period, at the end of which the total cost of all forces will be about £5,310,000, compared with the cost of about if 000,000 on the basis of the 1914 plan The personnel of the army is to bfe largely reduced, no additional building fund is to be provided for the fleet, in which arm the present conditions are to be observed until 1928, when the naval programme will be reconsidered.. ■-.' ".' •-■■ S. FJEE Montpclier, Ind., June 30.—Charges against 47 members of Iron Mulders' Union No. 357 have been dismissed and the whirlwind of public opposition to these workers has been replaced by a belief that they were "frame-up" victims. The charges followed a' bomb explosion, two yerfrs ago. The union- iots were on strike at the time. Thej were thrown into jail, and .publ.ii opinion was so bitter that the accua ed could not secure a fair trial. f If BJ '■j.j Si * H 1 11 Ii p§ ** Kl 11 m , THE LABOR STATESMAN July 3rd, 19251 Union Made Unequalled for Strength and Comfort. Work Shoes T^WW Christie & Stump, Ltd. 51 W. CORDOVA ST. 'Factory and Tannery, Z7S West First Stmt DR. HE. HALL DENTIST Formerly of 36 Hasting* Street West . '' Isf VOW IOCATBD AT 510 Hastings Street West - - Standard Bank Building ■■' (Suit. 3) Take abort stair* to th* rig-lit befor. yon reach the elevator. OURPLATES We cannot help, talking about them—we guarantee them —guarantee the fit, guarantee the appearance the most natural, guarantee you entire satisfaction—and our prices 50« OFF ALL DENTAL WORK —From Regular Charges! THINK OP IT. LET US TALK IT OVER WITH YOU- WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE PLEASED ' Oar Phone I* Seymour 7824 BUDGET DEBATE By J. S. WOODSWORTH, Labor M.P. We have' at tne present time in the province of Alberta a commission sitting on this whole qnestion of the operation of the coal mines in that province. Their findings, of course, are not yet available, and failing these I would like to quote a few sentences from a report with regard io the coal mining industry of the province of Alberta made as early as 1919, which, indicates pretty much the difficulties that confront the miners in that area. It says: "Many mines only operate one- half of the year or less. If more continuous operation is obtained, the result will be a reduction in the price of coal to the consumer and steadier employment to the workman." Again: "Provisions for making working agreements, the settling of disputes and such matters that employer and employee deal'with, are not satisfactory.'' Again: '- . - —• "At many mines the living and housing conditions, and matters pertaining to nealth and sanitation, are not in a satisfactory condition." Again: " " ,"In some camps the educational facilities arjfcjnadequate. Again: "Much capital expenditure has been lost on account of failure to obtain reliable information about properties and marketing conditions before operations are commenced; and also owing to lack of sufficient capital being provided to carry on operations to a successful issue." Again: "A considerable loss of market has been sustained owing to: cessations of work; shortage of railway cars; misrepresentation as to size and quality of coal." Still again: "Your commissioners are of the opinion that considerable saving would be attained if owners would -rPn?rcf7^TPp?*p Fewer Employees How the major industries of Canada have failed to provide employment for the natural increase in population—much less for immigrants—is shown by the following statistics, taken from government publications: Persons engaged in: 1911 1922 Manufacturing 491,342 463,864 Mining 62,767 62,249 Logging 42,914 29,954 Transportation 217,547 211,538 Fishing /. 91,132 57,880 Agriculture 933,735 988,000 Production values in 1922 were about double what they were in 1911 in nearly all these industries, thanks to higher prices and improved machinery. Capitalism is able to produce more with fewer persons, and if this trend continues the country will be glutted with wealth, while the population has to flee to the United States. Trades Union Picnics Painter* Union Bowen Island :" July 11 Carpenter* Union Bowen Island : July 25 Plasterers Bowen Island :■*■■■ July 25 Tailor* Wigwam Inn : July 29 Plumber* Union Bowen Island : : August 1 Bricklayer* Union Bowen Island : Aug. 8 Alec McKay, secretary of the U. M. W. of A., District No. 26, and secretary of the Communist Party of Glace Bay, has been expelled from the Communist Party for conduct unbecoming to a revolutionary class- conscious Communist. Magicians 22=^ of Today THE magicians who caused castles to spring up at the touch of a wand have their counterpart today. At the touch of a switch, electricity summons light, power, service. Current from the great power plants instantly floods the room with light, starts to revolve the electric washing- machine or begins to cook the meal. ^Thejn^cjaris.Jjf today are the men "behind the great power systems—- those who plan; manage iaB*»&ptsMje- the ■: Jiydro-electric plants, the substations and the vast network of wires. They serve you. ltemsHtafWflffitam 400 men on two days a week. Poverty and suffering through lack of clothes and food in this cold region are much in evidence." A few days ago I had further communication from the same district and from the. satne writer, and I would ask tbe House-to pay careful consideration to it: "There are within this province ten thousand unemployed, and the miners of Alberta who are working are not earning enough to keep themselves owing to the company keeping the pay for strike rent; there is much poverty and destitution, and no help from anywhere; women and children starving; and the coal operators taking advantage of the situation and violating the agreement arrived at between District 18 and the Western Canada Coal Operators' Association." Listen to this: "We have exhausted all methods within the law of the country. We have adopted Murdock's method of going "to the ,foot of the throne:" Nothing has been overlooked to try and get some food and clothes in full accord with the law, but every time we have been met with the same answer of No. Now for the last time we are asking the government, through you, to bring in some measures whereby the people of this country can eat. We do not want to take the law into our own hands, but the women and children have to be fed. Therefore, on behalf of the five hundred organized workers of Nor- degg, and in the interests of the starving people of Alberta, I ask you to try and get something for your fellow beings. The whole situation is more serious than is realized by, the King government and the opposition in the House." (To be continued) Vancouver in A.D. 195G £t.M,-.r ™™ ' "owners wouia Being A Peep Into the File* of. Tbe. e^^son^en^^^ ' HEAD OFFICE VANCOUVER* ac S! agimejrr^i&revy^nia^'&ing' equipment; also that a considerable Saving would be attained if the power, used were obtained'from central power plants located in the. various fields. The carrying out of these suggestions, in the'opinion of your commissioners, would decrease the cost price of coal, and would not only be a saving to the consumer, but, in addition, would tend tp increase the market. As this province has within its borders the largest known coal resources in the world, the conservation of this heritage should be zealously guarded. Your commissioners therefore recommend that you obtain authority from the federal government for the same commission to" be given full powers for the safeguarding of this national asset." So much for the industry.' Now let me turn for a few moments to what the miners think about their present situation. I should gladly have brought this matter to the attention of the House at an earlier date, but owing to our rules of order it has been imnossible to do so, and I have felt that I, could not r ass the first opportunity of giving to the House and to the country cdine little idea of the almost desperate situation that prevails among the miners in Alberta. As early as March 2 of this year I received the following telegram: "Members and families destitute—- credit cut off—many not worked since-.March 19, 1924—remainder only a few days during eleven months. The agreement consummated October 18, yet operators attempting further reductions and open shop conditions. Want to know if federal government will make some effort to solve this problem." ''•" I have been sent a large number of the actual pay sheets of the company. A study of • these sheets—which I shall not take the trouble to read to the House—clearly shows that the stories which have been told of exorbitant wages being paid are absolutely fairy tales. It may be true that in a few instances contract miners under very favorable conditions earned large wages, but they are unemployed for a very considerable portion of the year. Then iny correspondent -said on March 12: ; -"This company-—the Hillcfest "Col- iicri.es.. limitedr^in, ordinary »■ tiroes "etm'iJta? 'about four hundred rme*n, with-an abundance of .petty bosses, including three general managers, also a, manging director. Its financial yearly report showed an enormous profit |n 1924." ;•:: : Again let me read a communication which I received from Nordegg on February 23: "'The imemnloyed situation in Dio- trict 18 ia very bad. In fiij-jvie 1B0 .man ire "snemp; From Now. Mt. Pleasant Buy Your Lamps. Radio AlW IW.ECTH.ICAI. SUPPLIES " * ■ Prom th* Prootlonl Store ( City Electric Co. FAIR. 486S MAIN AT 8th Bepalr* Say »nd Night . * The Janet Smith murder mystery, which had its inception a quarter of a century ago, is still under probe, and the provincial authorities are investigating another rumor. A new clue is said to be received. The houseboy, Wong, was guest of honor at a banquet in Chinatown last night, the occasion being Wong's 50th birthday. * * • His Worship, L. D. Taylor, announces his candidacy in the coming mayoralty campaign. Many old friends tendered him a rousing reception last night on the occasion of his 77th birthday. * * * Plans are being considered for a scenic road up Grouse Mountain, and this may be included in the new money by-laws in the Greater Vancouver election. -*— * * * Heralded by a reception of areo- planes and the Girl Guides' Bagpipe Band, the first carload of wheat from the Peace Kiyer country arrived with much rejoicing this morning. ' *' * * Local. No. 44, Aviators' Union, will hold a Whist Drive and Dance in the Provincial Labor Temple, on Labor Statesman Square this evening. * * * The Husbandette's Protective Union will hold a picnic on Draft Beer Island next Sunday. Excursion fleets of airplanes will leave the Gore Avenue hangars at 8 G.M. i - * .* * . The Labor Cabinet will convene at the Provincial -Capitol; Main Street, next month. The Lethbridge Brewery and Soft Drink Workers of America, No. 354, has renewed its agreement with the brewery operators on the basis of the old wage scale but with a reduction of hours for the winter Months when 44 hours Will prevail. This change has been made so that a larger number of men may find steady work during the. slack season the question of the Nova Scotia miners .was dis-' cussed and.on motion jt wag.^P'SW'Sd, 'toy^s»tr;?f5t3'>'0*0*¥of* relief.' " eating Company 105 Broadway East REPAIRS OUR SPECIALTY Fair. 2593 Res. Phone Bay. I098X A, HILKER & SON Anything in Dry Goods and FancyJ Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory] — ' or Money Refunded. 2425 Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Phones:' Fair. 58 Res.: Bay. 4766R MOUNT PLEASANT UNDERTAKING CO., LTD. AMBULANCE SERVICE COR. OF MAIN AND KINdSWA] "If I'd Only Knovf Before" I Is an explanation wc often hear when a comparison of prices is made In the store. Men's Oxford*, now tos, tan or blncsc, a to 10 - _.......»4. Boy'* Brown Banning- Shoos, crepe boIo, 1 to 5, special 11 Man's Cotton Socks, rag-. 25c; 6 prs- Hen's Hemstitched Handkerohlefs, 4 for , Men's AU-wool Cashmere SocSs, band knitted, assorted colors..... Wool Bathing- Salts, Boys - ,', atMfs.;:.,.::;:. Arthur Frith & Cc Men'* and Boys' Furnishings, Ha. Boots and Shoes. Phone: Fair. 14 \ 2313 Main St., Between 7th and 1th • PARIS BUS DRIVERS CALL NOVEL STRIKE I PARIS.—The "slow strike" made its debut here today, and tied up or I, delayed transit on all "downtown busses. Indignant at the discharge of » several agitators from their midst, bus drivers and conductors continued _, to perform their regular duties today J& but in as slow a manner as posf'* j,,.; > Busses crawled through the st.' at a snail's pace. 'j The Birmingham Labor Worn Conference closed with the sing, of "The Red Flag," and the won* sang it with all the fresh enthusia they have brought into the moveme Five years ago not a handful of tht even knew the words of that son Ten years ago the majority wot* have thought it very wrong" to leav their homes to attend such a conference.—Dorothy Jewson, in the "New Leader." Main St. South of 18th J. C COLVIN Plambing Heating Oasfittinf Estimates.Cheerfully Given. 4178 Main Street Phones: Fair. 3071 Res., Fair. 2375R 30 Years' Experience GENEVA DECIDES MORE ARMS PUBLICITY NEEDED The Arms' Conference at Geneva has decided in favor of more publicity as to armaments. An article making the export of aircraft nublii was carried. Lord Onslow supporting on behalf of England^ though the Italian and Japan «se ROBINSON'S Cycle and Repair Store. 3917 Main at 23rd - Fair. 5994 Specialist in Bicycle frame repairs,' Keys cut, Saw sharpened, Baby Buggy Tires repaired. Agent for' jt _"Red Bird" Bicycles.' .r-r—~~r- ZJAWN, MOWERS SHARPENED^ ,-,.I. .|rij."lHPr—P-fflT1>P',1t:Ata^'-'-"*''** ''''"' KIRKHAM'S . .GROCERTERIA No. 22 Our goods,are always fresh. • Our prices the lowest. Give us a trial •nd be convinced. 3320 Main St. Phone Fair. 3300 LET US GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE ON YOUR NEXT PRINTING JOB. July 3rd, 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory SHE!™' *»*•• »nd Srtor connoll— President, R. a. Neelands, M.L.A.; Keneral secretary, Percy R. Bengough. %"'?*• 8°? Holden Bldg., It Hastings t V" „P|??ne Sey- 1*iS' Meets In JSbSriHal^*t'* P-m. on the first and third Tuesdays ln month. Automobile x,oage 70S, I. A. of H. — Meets every flrst and Third Wednea- y3yt^Jhe Holden Bldg. Prealdent, w. W. Hague, 8489 41st Ave. W.; sec, w- R- Hobday. 1728 2nd Ave. E. Beverage Dispensers Union Mo. 676— meets flrst Sunday In month at 2:00 p. m., at-441 Seymour "St. President, w. H. Clancy, 1117 E. loth Ave. Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Han- ofln. 2376 W. 6th Ave. Office: 441 Seymour St. Phones: Sey. 136 and Bay. 1666-R. Building Trades Council, Vanoonver— Meets second and fourth- Tuesday In Holden Building. President, J. Flynn. Secretary-treasurer. W. Watt. Bakers' I.oc.1 4S», Joitra.ym.ts, ot An. erica—Meetsflrst and third Saturdays at 7 p.m. President, J Mirtle, 2740 Pr. Edward St.; sec, T. Rigby, 37 Broadway West, Phone Fair. 6882R. •faohini.t looal MS—President, EL B. McLean. 488 6th Ave. W. Secretary, S. A. Boardnwn. 1188 Parker St Meets second and fourth Friday at 8 p.m. In Room 311 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. ItteWniat Iiocal 8»»—President, Thos. Bills) 1362 Burrard St. Seoretary. P. R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor HalL II Hastings East. Meets on second . and fourth Tuesdays In month. Meat Cotters sad Botcher Workmen, Amalgamated—Meets first and third Tuesday In Holden Bldg. President, W. R. Walter, 762 Hamilton St.; Sec, W. L, McGregor, 1761 38th Ave., E. Mental Hospital. Attendants' Fed.ral Union No. 35—Meets at Essondale 1st Thursday In month. President, J. A. Gibson, 312 4th St., New Westminster; rec. sec, Will Mackie, Provincial Mental Hospital, Essondale. Bakery Salesmen, Iiocal 371 — Meets second Thursday every month. Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings B. President, A. Wylie, 4336 Elgin Street; financial . secretary. H. A. Bowron, 761, 13th Ave. E., Phone Fair. 107X. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, local Bo. ISM — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets flrst and third Thursdays in Room 813 Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fln. Sec, H, Brewer; Rec. Sec. B. Holden, 1710 6th Ave. W., Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-R. Barbers', Journeyman International union of Amorioa— Local 120. Vancouver, B. C,-meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month In Room 310 .... Labor Hall, 16 'Hastings East. President. Fred Daws'; AH. secretary, A. R. Jenril, 728 Hastings Street West; ,_yrec. sec. Bert -Peprey. -li.,)khlnaors Xooal No. 10S, Int. Brothar- ;.,■.; i'ooa—Meets second Tuesday in month say 104 Holden Bldg. President, F. Mllno, D|Ir,536 Drake St.; secretary, A, H. Ho»- Purtlns. 118 52nd Ave. W. or " ' '■ . ■ soot and Shoe Workers Union, Mo. 506— to Meets In the Holden Building on the « nrst Wednesday of each month. Presl- "T dent, J. Turner, 1919 64th Ave. E.; fln- St sec, J. Griffiths, 3622 McGUl St. It' Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, local 464—Meets second and fourth Friday in Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St E. Business agent, Birt Showier, 1115 Robson St TURKEY AS IT IS By L. HADEN GUEST, M.P. ■riokloyors', Masons' aad Tile Setters' .Int. Union No. 1—Meets second arid "J lli?urtlX Wednesday ln the Holden Bldg. ,1 iPresldent, G. B. Halliday; Secretary, 'I I SL' s- ^agnail, 1244 30th Ave. M ""Phone Fair, '846 R. I ^"Carpenters and Joiners, Amalgamated to Socloty of,—Vancouver 1st Branch anv meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each .„, month. President, W. Taylor; Sec F. jProsser; business agent, J. McKinley., pai Headquarters, room 36, 163 Hastings tieiySt- W. /"' S,0o.a °*' ■*»«•> ««—President, R. W. Hatley; recording secretary, W. Page; business agent, , Wm. Dunn. Off too, Room 808 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings f East Meets second and fourth Mon- . days, 8 p".m. City Hall Employees' Association meets first Wednesday of each month at 146 Hastings St. W., at 8 p.m. President, W. H. Lewthwalte; business agent and treasurer, W. J. Seribbins, 3208 Pender St., E.; Secretary, H. A. Black, 2870 Yale St. Holders Union Xooal 2B1—International of Worth America—meets first and third Fridays In month In room 813 Hoiden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, Sam Wilson, 1728 Y*w St. Corres- PPT, ng representative, J. PInkerton, 21CT Victoria Drive. Motion Pictures Projectionist's Union, Xooal 348 of I.A.T.S.E. 6 M.P.M.C.— Meets at 991 Nelson St on first Sunday In each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster, 1161 Granville St.; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 346. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Mnslolans Mutual Protective Union Xooal 145, A. r. ot It—Meets at the G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, Ernest C Miller, 991 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamleson, 991 Nelson Street; financial secretary, W. E. Williams 991 Nelson Street; organizer, F. Fletcher, Ml Nelson Street Painters, Decorators and Fsp.rhang-.rs Xooal 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 319 Pender St. W. Bus- Those who go about the picturesque streets of Old Stamboul, explore the Mosques and the Bazaar, admire the light, the coloured wall, the shadow and the cypress, breathe in the soft air and rejoice in the blue sky, may well leave the city carrying with them chiefly memories of beauty. They will have memories of squalor also, vignettes of quarrels with "liamals" fighting over baggage, of bandit boatmen, of dark square little boxes of shops in the bazaar where this or that rarity has been picked up, of the noise of the streets of Pera and Gslata, of the silence of Stamboul, of the swarming crowd on the bridge across the Golden Horn. But in all the memories they will find one at least lacking: they will have, little memory of children playing, children running, children calling out —they may remember miserably ragged children begging, for Constantinople (Stambul, Pera and Galata are alike) is a" city of grown-up people. Children are few and are becoming fewer. Turkish Nation Dying Out During a , recent visit (Easter, 1925) to the city I got into touch with the Turkish medical oificer especially, concerned with the care of child life and met a committee of Turkish doctors acting under'his superintendence to attempt to improve conditions. But their account of conditions in Constantinople was almost one of despair. And yet it is the simplest of all tragedies—the Turkish nation is dying out. In Constantinople eight out of every hundred children born die in the first few years of life. In the villages of Anatolia a detailed enquiry was, I am ■informed, made recently in ten villages in -the neighborhood of the new capital, Angora, and revealed an infantile mortality of 75 per cent, among the children of the peasants. An optimistic Turkish ; doctor at Smyrna guessed the- infant mortality rate in rephy to" my question at 50 Djahid Bey, editor of the suppressed Tanine, a leader of the party in opposition of Renin! (but even more "Western" in tendency), his trial by the "Tribunal of Independence" at Angora for an unimportant and slightly disrespectful comment on the Constantinople police, and his sentence to perpetual banishment to an Anatolian village lost in the wilds. A government which childishly suppresses criticism iii this manner, which risks driving critics.to secret conspiracy and armed revolt, and incidentally throws away the sympathy of the progressive forces in Europe, is clearly not in a strong position to begin the heroic tasks that lie before a real Turkish Government ,of reconstruction. Poverty and Disease Everywhere Are we in face of a nation from which the life-force is ebbing? Syphilis has made terrible ravages in the near past. Is the present high infant mortality partly due to that? Malaria—which has destroyed civilizations in the past—rages in Anatolia, and there are practically no doctors or means of medical help in the interior. And, worse than all diseases, poverty is present everywhere. Workers in Smyrna receive wages which, by calculating cost of food, amount actually consumed and numbers of their family, would appear to be about 20 per cent, below the minimum level of subsistence. Those who live do so, therefore, by drawing big overdrafts on their life capital. Many workers in Constantinople and Smyrna have no homes, but sleep in coffee houses or in the streets. Many workers in the country districts have no proper places even to sleep, but share the byres of cattle in the winter and sleep on the fields they work at during other seasons of the year. Not that anyone in Turkey gets paid on a scale comparable witn Europei Administration is defective indeed, largely because, adnxinLsfcr^ William Braidwood, D.C., Ph.C. Isabella J. Braidwood, D.C.Ph.C Licensed by Stale Board, Wash. Chiropractors, Nerve Specialists Ennino Appointitisnts, Hijtitand 1643-L S.y. 1638 716-7 Standard Bk. Bids'. Kerr. 81X2 From 8 p.m. My Appointment Xady Attendant X-Bay S.rvic* ■•y. 1966 W. F. E. D0RRANT DOCTOR Of CH3B0JPBACTIC Palmer Graduate 614-18 DOMINION BUILDING Office Sey. 8031 Bes. aterr. 338X3 Dr. Elmo Marshall Graduate National College, Chicago CHIROPRACTOR 803-3 KOXDBaT BUXXSUTt 16 HASTINGS STREET, ING iness agent Robt. S. Stevenson..-Office,, #e^ ^mm^^^^^^W^^^^^ and for the: calFimpossible for them to live on- Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders Xooal No. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m, ln 112 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, secretary, P. O. Box 320. Olvlo Employees' Union, Xooal 38 — Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 145 Hastings W., at 8 p.m. President, R. K. Brown, «52'r Charles St.; secretary-treasurer, George Har- ' rison, 1182 Parker St. ' ftj?nUnlon Expres. employee., Xooal No. J £' .8, Brotherhood of—Meets first Friday "■,/ nd flrst Tuesday alternating each faonth In Room 810 Holden Building. president, G. M, Payton, 4136 Sophia St.; Sec-Treas. H. C. Haines, .1819 ; Klngsway. <t Uotraoal Workers, Xooal 318, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m. ln Room No. 6, J19 Pander Street West President, D. W. McDougal, »10 Hastings'Street Bast; business agent, B. H. Morrison. Office, ■>..ll» Pender Street West r Engineers—International Union Staans and Operating Xooal 844—Masts every Thursday at 8 p.m., Room 808 Holden Bldg. President, R. Finley; business agent and. financial secretary, F. S: Hunt; recording secretary, Herbert MgSavaney. ■ Plasterers,' Xooal 89—International' Association of Operative, meets first Wednesday ln month at Holden Bldg. President, W. Strickland, 289—16th Ave. E. Secretary, M. Galway, 1161- 69th Ave. E. Phone Fras. 604-R2. Plastersr's laborers' ITo. 603 International. Meets third Friday In month at Holden Building. President, F. Phillips, 1674, 2nd Ave. W.; Bee. Sec H. J. Oliver, 163, 23rd Ave. B. Plumbers and St.amflrt.rs, No. 170, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and *6fc Friday in the -Holden Bldg. PreftjRnt, Bert Stlnchcombe, 1899 Ogden Ave.; secretary, and business agent, W. Watt, 806 Holden Bldg. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Xooal Mo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. ln Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings SL B. President, Harry F. Longley, 303 8th St., (Worth Van.; secretary, Frank H. Humphrey, P. O. Box 894, 4038 Victoria Dr. _ Railway Carmen of America, Xodge No. 88—Meets first and third Friday In month at Cotillon Hall, -flS-ahvillIe' and Davie Streets. President, A. ST Ross, 6873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D, Vullamy, 2316 16th Ave. W. ■rigineerg. Steam and Operating, Xnt. Xooal 883—Meets flrst and third Wednesday at 8 p.m. in room 806 Holden Bldg. President, Charles Price; reo. secretary, J. T. Venn; financial secretary. Frank L. Hunt. Office, 806 Holden Bldg. rir. Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of president. President, Nell Macdonald, No. 3 Fire Hall; financial secretary, C. A. Watson, No. 3 Fire Hall. , ■treat and Eleotrlo Hallway Employees, Pioneer Division Mo. 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. E. Griffin, 447 6th Ave. Bast; treasurer, H, W. Speed; financial secretary and business agent, Angus Maclnnes, 3644 Pr. Edward St Offioe: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2150L. X-Servlo* Palmar (3 Year Coarse) Graduate Bertha LEWintermute D.C., Ph.C. CHIROPRACTOR-SPINOGRAPHER Sey. 1807 Nights, Sey. 8184 '403 DOMINION BUIXDING Plodrlayers' Union, No. 1875, U.B. of C. & 3, of A., meets 1st and. 3rd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg., at 8 §,m. President, John Soderman; Fin. ec. A. Held; Bee. Sec. W. Johnston, 1666 16th Ave. W. Hotel and Sastsarant Employees Union, Xooal 38—441 Seymour Street. Meets first and' third Wednesday at t p.m. Second and fourth Wednesdays at 9 p.m. President, G. (Joleman; business agent; Harry Wood. Phono Sey \ mour 126. Iron Workers, Xooal 97, xnt. Asso. of ■ Bridge ft s»rnjitai^r<?p..Mftftt«ftSiEssryp •'-M6hday.'Rotim~SD4"HoWen Bldg,, st s p.m. President, W. Flnlay, 1666 22nd Ave. E.; Seoretary, James Dunn, Box J19J City; Phone High,. 48841..' Anatolian villages near Angora were arrived at after specific enquiry and calculation that of Smyrna was admittedly a guess and probably an underestimate. To his aesthetic impressions of Constantinople the tourist must add another "motif," for he is in presence of a nation dying out of the beautiful shell which its life has made. The death-rate is greater than the birthrate; a nation is going the way to disappear. More Blessed To Lose Ware There are no reliable statistics of any kind in Turkey, and therefore it is impossible to say "whether there are points of growth where life is still vigorous which will balance the loss in other parts of the country. But it is at least improbable that such points of growth exist. Exhausted by a continued series of wars since 1912—Balkan War, Great War, Greek War, and Kurdistan revolt (a big thing) of 1926—-Turkey has received blows from whicb it is difficult to recover. The expulsion of the Greeks from Smyrna and Anatolia generally- has b^en a loss to Turkey and a gain to Greece, as the booming prosperity of Athens attests. It is very evidently more blessed to lose wars than to gain the'ni. And now in the interior of Anatolia great tracts of fertile land lie uncultivated. A population which is probably not more than ten millions, and may be less, lives in great poverty in a rich Iand which-might support twenty millions with ease, snd probably more. Trade is lacking, transport is lacking, political leadership is lacking, and, more fatal, the all-vital initiative is lacking. Over everything is the shadow »of—not resignation—but of a fatal indifference which calls the nerveless hand "Kismet." * From Despotism to Despotism It would seem that the leaders of Turkey are alive to this. The revolt against the Sultanate, the divorce of Church and State brought about by the Kcmal Government, the excellent programmes of ^railway,building, of ihsbruction in agribulture, even df;vre- vival of industryf or, rather, creation of industry,.make this evident. But :Meets at 991NeTawrStreet, at ii a.m. ed which cannot keep its children Sheet Metal Workers, Amalgatnntad, Xooal Union No. 380—Meets second and fourth Thursday ln month In Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings St. B. President, N. C. Smith, 4426 Inman Ave.; fln. sec, E. J. Wardrop, 425 16th Ave. B.; cor. sec, A. P. Ashton, 4503 Spruce Street, Burnaby. Tailors', Journeymen Union of Amorioa, Xooal ITo. ITS—Meetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month ln Labor Hall. President A. R. Gatenby; secretary, C. McDonald, 'P.O. Box 603. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Xooal 466—Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, F. Grantham, 1030 Robson ,,-SB-:."■ secrsetary-trcaSurer, A,:"-P. Black, 519 Hamilton St;; recording1 secretary, . R. Reynolds, 1790 3rd Ave.- Br■--. - their salaries. Thus, the Governor of Smyrna is said to be paid £4 a week and the Chief Customs Officer of Smyrna about £3 a week. In the Midst of Plenty- Government despotic and fearful, ruling by the Tribunal of Independence (a kind of Turkish Tacheka Court) and suppression, Administration underpaid, frequently inefficient, people poor, wretched more, truly, and with numbers decreasing,, what remains? There remain wide and fertile lands at present empty of men, there remain beautiful forest-clad mountains, copious rivers, a delicious sofe climate, historic traditions of the past and of the wealth and luxury built up out of lands now mean and poor. What wonder, then, that some Turks are saying now: "We cannot govern ourselves; we must be conquered and ruled." What is to happen? Or is nothing to happen? Are things just to drift until some new "revolt" like that in Kurdistan, or some insurrection provoiced by internal conflicts between political parties in Turkey gives the opportunity for a foreign Power to intervener England has no interest to intervene in this matter. But what of other nations? But cannot the League of Nations help by offering at least medical and sanitary assistance to deal with the infant mortality question and the limitation of malaria and other infectious and contagious diseases? At the present time the condition of Turkey is a danger to herself, to Europe and to tie Near East. Can we- not make a change in European politics by offering assistance before the conditions have got to the stage of. crisis? A kind 6f intervention if you like, but a disinterested intervention, aiming at the safety of a nation as well as at stability and security in the near'East.—The Spectator. ' / OWN YOUR HOME, THE EASY WAY! See Us About Reliable INSURANCE REAL ESTATE y^mm ,And -advice #| BROKERAGE Allan & Boultbee Ltd. 574 SEYMOUR STREET Phone Soymonr 8837 Xathors, Wood, Win and Metal, International Union, Xooal 307 — Meets 1st. and 3rd Fridays In month, at room 299 Holden Bldg. , President, V. R. Midgeley, 3761 Keefeir St. B.; secretary, J. G. Finlayson. 3636 12th Ave. W., Phone Bay. 4943R. on the 'Tuesday preceding the first Sunday of the month. President, E. A, Jamleson; secretary, G; W, Al- lln; business agent, Lochley Clark, 991 Nelson St. . Typographical Union, No. .836—President, C. S. Campbell; vice-president, R. Gouthrd; Secretaryrtreasurer, R. H. Neelands, P.O. Box 66. Meets last Sunday of each month, at t ,p.m„ in Holden Building, It Hastings St. XI. eep alivo? Can a nation becomes mod ernized which revolts from the despotism of the Sultan to grasp at. the despotism of the Kemal oligarchy? Good observers agree that the men working in Government oervice at Angora are honest, industrious and well-meaning. And then eomes the incident of the' arrest of Huoseisi T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director, and Embalmere New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phone Fair. 3 Girl Worker Tells About Slavery In Office Here WORKERS IN DENMARK REJECT WAGE AWARD "A lockout ,gf. .IfjAOOO; men..in: &vs: different crafts is now in effect in Denniark. -This was because of a refusal to accej)t wage,aWards,.arianged trntter •tf^ovel'nthehf bbarxl of arhi-: tratibn. Germany is the scene! of another lockout, of, turners and coppersmiths to the number of 8,000. This occurred because of a controversy over wages, and the strikern have since been joined by r/,000 other workers. The dockyard workers of Hamburg' have been given a raise oi 40 pfennigs a day. i Get. $10 A Week For Addre.sinsr 100O Envelope* A Day.—Say. Underpaid Stenographer. Are Overworked. How would you like to address 1,000 envelopes a day, and be compelled to turn out careful work, for $10 a week? This forms the cpm- plaint of a little office worker who is afraid to give her name because she fears being fired, and she needs ifjfa'e money badly. She says; Here is Rear Drudgery Being; poor X did not have the chance to learn much offio. qualifications, but can type nicely. I got a job with a firm that receives (350 per thousand envelopes, and th.y pay me glO a week for addressing thom. When the day la ov.r I feel so nervous and tired that I simply throw myself on the bed after supper. Often X have gone to sleep In my clothes. It is very hard and a dreadful grind to .typo all day. Most girls have nice Jobs at office work bdt X am not so lucky, and wish X had got the chance to learn office work completely, so X could get a better job. . .1 know girls who get 3100 a month and don't do half tho work I do for 310 a week, . A Moral For Church Folk What about this, you. njee church ■ people? 'How 16rig'Tvoiild' you keep "good" if you had to slave all day at a nerve-racking grind? And doesn't this girl's story suggest the need of a union for office girls? Also, isn't this girl"B boas violating the minimum wage scale, the girl being 18 years old? The Labor Statesman happens to know the place where this girl. works is a non-union printing place. Later, we will run an unfair list of these shyster concerns. I I 1 £jH>np ■ it-J 1 i I ■tjz ft fl ,rl) •-!/ K % ZHWBBP'^*1'*^^ ^ THE LABOR STATESMAN July 3rd, 1925 The Labor Statesman »?ubli«hed every Friday, at (K Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B; C Owned by^ the Vancouver, New Westiiiinster and District Trades t and Labor Council. Press Committee: J. Sidaway, St Railwaymen; W. J. Seribbins, Civic J3m- ir?.LT: ^' .?unn' Carpenters; V. R. Midgley, Lathers; P. R. Bensrousrh Machinists; J. ThompsonrPile Drivfra and Wooden Brldgemen. H. W. Watt., Man. Editor. Subscription Rates:—Canada $2.00 per year, ji.no for six month! United States and .foreign, 13.00 per year. To unions subscribing in a body - - per member per month. ISc Vhoa. Seymonr l»B». Vancouver, B.C., July 3rd, 1925 PROGRESS IN CANADA AND HUNTING FORJOBS Hon. N W. Rowell, K.C., at one time leader of the liberal opposition, mi the Ontario parliament and after that one of the most reactionary members of the Union Government— Ottawa, 1917-20—has just expressed his opinion, that "nothing can stop the progress of the West". We are not aware that at any time in the last forty years anyone in good mental health has suggested that the progress of the West was to come to a standstill, and consequently we do not know any reason why this type of drivel should be telegraphed from Winnipeg to Vancouver. Mr. Rowell also inflated his chest and issued the excathedra statement that no country in the world offers the young man the chance to make good that he has ..U} Canada. Mr. Rowell ends his statement of piffling inanities with the observation "I" (vocalized as if migrant is writing his people,a detailed story of his experience" seeking work in Canada, and will probably leave for Australia by the same boat as Hon. Mr. Rowell..—M. CHARITABLE MILLIONAIRE SLAVE DRIVERS Kresge, the millionaire owner of American five- and ten-cent stores, who is being divorced for the second time, throws away millions on charity which he squeezs out of his numerous shop assistants. Big dividends for owners' and the lowest wages paid women in any industry are*high spots in the 1924 record of the (Woolworth and Kresge chain stores. "Operated at variance with nearly every principle of cooperation these chains are lamentable examples of profit-seeking- individualism-in its worst aspects. While the lucky possessors of Woolworth stock were collecting $31.80 on every ?100 share, women employed in the 5- and 10-cent stores of Ohio were trying to exist on a $10.55 wage. The Cleveland Associated Charities declares a girl cannot live on less than $17 a week unless she depends on her family or other means for charitable help. The Woolworth 1924 dividend, high as it is, was less than the 1923 melon, while the Kresges.profit was $40.66 for every $>00 share. Against this is the record of 80 per cent of chain store women employes •receiving less than $12 a week. These industrial and commercial magnates who make their millions out of the toil-worn bodies of sales girls and factory hands either spend their money on occasional debaucheries or advertise their alleged generosity by giving to charity. How long will such a business system be maintained by those -whose living is obtained under such conditions? Surely we must get rid of a social philosophy and an industrial system that compels men and women to whine like disgraced curs, for crusts, -and cringe like spineless, worms for the privilege of living under the heel of it were spelled "Owhoie") have no st™tt4n&^ndJIiUsultingpgreed.^--W. . time-for P.essirflisW^«.:ate.'Mri.'^iveTf .»#™*^.™'^^"'''? Bre.*a-;.-JEfr** is oii Ooliday trip to Australia„and New Zealand we begin to think that there is no very evident reason why the Hon. Gentleman should feel pessimistic. The writer fattens a hog occasionally, .and we have always noticed that when a hog has glutted itself until all it. can do is to rest itself, the dirty beast is just as happy and free from pessimism as Mr. Rowell is. 'On the day that this insipid cant was telegraphed from Winnipeg to Vancouver the writer was visited by a young man eight weeks out from the British Isles. The fellow appeared nt, capable and alert. He held British Surveyors papers. He would go anywhere, do anything, on land, underground, or on the water. In eight weeks he had struck one job, clearing land at one hundred and fifty dollars per acre for the new oil works near Barnet. There is no land on the Coast that can be cleared for less than three hundred and fifty dollars per acre. The average cost would not be less than four hundred dollars. After three days work the man was able to calculate that witTi the progress that he was making he would owe the employer considerable for board when his contract was completed; he, therefore, decided to quit, and keep what funds he had brought to the country with him, to enable himself to get out of it if compelled to. This man was sent to the writer with the assurance that with a fairly complete knowledge of the Province and its industries I would be able to direct him to some -point where employment could be secured. Unfortunately this cannot be done. At the present moment there is absolutely no point in British Columbia to which a workman can-be directed, with any confidence that he is not being advised to waste both his time and money. The writer advised that the present being the opening of the haying season, if the man would take the byroads on foot up through the Fraser Valley he would undoubtedly pick .pj^pjrojjpxa^wojfcwiljr some farmer' iii the sixty miies between •-.••WvstiHi<jj^i-;-H.^XJ(ia,iisr,ackjj«.u..¥h3 man caught at the word "temporary" -and asked, what he would he able to — find after the harvest work was.com- . pleted. The writer informed Kim . that while there was. not sufficient work to keep more than seventy-five : to eighty- per cent, of the wage work- '. ers employed, during the fall months he might be able to slip in between the continual coming and going of! the various camp workmen and that! by New Years the regular winter j Soup kitchen, and relief work, would . he going in Vancouver. This im-' PORTLAND LAUNCHES ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN Sixteen officers of international unions are conducting an organizing campaign in Portland, Ore., with marked results, according to J. F. Reed, secretary of the Bakery Salesmen's Union, Local 499, there. After a trip to Victoria and Vancouver, B. C, Reed was a visitor in Seattle Friday on his annual vacation. Reed reported that during five years Of struggling, marked by more or less trouble, the Bakery Salesmen in Portland have .steadily improved conditions and strengthened their organization. The sixteen international officers now working in Portland will be there about six weeks longer, Reed says. During their two month's campaign recently .ended in Vancouver, B. C., several thousand new members were induced into the trade union movement of that city. In the Tonsorial Chair By SPUD TAMSON fUPPORT GIVEN CHINESE TO AID IN BETTER CONDITIONS Mr. A, A. Purcell, speaking at Louth, Eng., stated that he noted the British Press had commenced to attack the Trade Union Movement for its support of the Chinese workers in their dispute. He thought this attitude towards British trade unionists was distinctly dangerous, on the ground that their main interest, as trade unionists, was to see that the Chinese workers were encouraged to fight for better conditions in order to render them a less competitive force against British conditions at home. The most effective way to counteract unfair competition, so far as British workers were concerned, was to see that wages were lifted gradually towards the rates obtaining in this country. Good morning, ma'am. Shingle? Just take this chair, ma'am. You look kind of worried this morning, but most of have some little thing to take the joy out. of life, particularly the' working class. What? You are Mrs. Inglis whose house was pulled down and whose furniture was thrown out on Marine Drive by Sheriff Robertson and three men— Excuse the language, ma'am, but, ye Gods and little fish hooks, it makes my blood boil when I see a working class woman getting a dirty deal like that. You have been in Vancouver since 1879, eh, and your husband fought for the glorious, empire; to save the home from the horrible Hun, but just because he enlisted in Sidney, Australia, the government will not make any provision for you. Ah, mafam, the way of the worker is hard but it is his own fault. He will not think right nor organize right, nor even vote right. Let me see. Your husband had an accident some years ago, did he not? On the water front, yes. He got $2,300 for that, didn't he. What? He said he did not get a cent of it. "Well, who got it? Went for lawyer's fees, hospital bills and eats! Well, ma'am, I have my own ideas of what constitutes theft, but it seems that even murder can be legalized in this country. Yes, ma'am, we have twenty-three square miles of land for every inhabitant in this country and yet you cannot get. a place to put a little house on. Your house cost you $800, eh? Well, they sure made a wreck of it and left your bits'of things lying on the side of the road, a nice spectacal for the tourists. Where are all the brave boys who stood shoulder to shoulder with your husband for the benefit of the capitalistic class? Where are they now? Yes, ma'am, if they were as anxious to enlist for the protection of the worker as they were for the protection of capital maybe we would have something worth risking our lives for. Of course, that is poor consolation for you,,buf^.there^ansi.- several old soldiers in- the Provincial government, and Ian McKenzie knows something about the evictions that took place in Scotland and should be sympathetic. I bet if you had any dough, though, Ian would nosey 'round. Yes, that is what I think. The Labor members should raise the question in the House at Victoria and find out if a worker's •home can be demolished and the fumitui;e and the owner thrown out on the street without somebody having to make restitution. I bet old Davie Kirkwood would give these old "ducks hell if he were here. That sort' of stuff is right in his mitt. Of course, the point is not whether you have a legal right to the property or not. Why, woman, they take care of the bears and wolves, badgers and buffaloes, at public expense, but when it comes to a human being, there is nothing doing. Yes, the, beasts of the field' get more consideration than the worker or his children, ^but Lord save us, there is a day coming when the worker will take the bit between his teeth, and then it will be the devil's,, own job to stop him. That's the trouble, he will likely go too"far and spoil the soup. Anyway, I hope you get fixed up all right before winter. Oh, that's all right, ma'am. I am not very busy just now. Be sure and let me know how you get along. Next please! Superior Dentistry-Cut-Rate Prices 193 HASTINGS ST. E., COR. MAIN (Opp. Library) POOR DENTISTRY is worse than none at all, and is a MENACE TO PUBLIC HEALTH. j We do only the be.t grade dentistry, yet our fees are positively the lowest in British Columbia. 15 YEARS GUABANTEE IN WRITING . v "A Trial W1U Convince You" PHONE SEYMOUR 1020 OPEN TILL 9 P.M. DR. WE. WESSELS, B.A., D.D.S. ** ii r '» DANCING PiCNICING BELCARRA PARK The popular picnic grounds of tho North Arm. Celebrated Crlt.riori Orchestra RETURN FARE, 70 CENTS Boats leave Gore Ave. Wharf Daily 10 a.m.; Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ' SPECIAL DANCE BOAT SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M., RETURNING TO * VANCOUVER AT 11 :-35 P.M. , ... HARBOR NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED TELEPHONE SEYMOUR 6163 UNION ST GLORIOUS LINE To BOWEN ISLAND The ideal holiday resort, one hour's sail from Vancouver. Bathing, Boating-, Dancing, Tennis, Fishing, Hiking. STEAMERS LEAVE UNION DOCK Every week day, 9 a.m. Saturdays, 9 a.m., 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. FARE, $1.25 RETURN Special at Week-ends, $1.00 Return (Saturday or Monday a.m.) PHONE SEYMOUR 306 FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS AND PURE -MADE IN B.C. THE DELICIOUS DRINK FOR SUMMER Ideal for socials, picnics, parties, the home. Phone V» for Prices. Prompt Deliveries. Van Bros. CIDER Fourth Avenue and Commercial Drive Highland 90 BRIGHTEST -3 - THEATRES REX ALWAYS SNAPPY PROGRAM Cool Cosy STRAND VANCOUVER'S PREMIER HOUSE Ventilated GLOBE WED. NIGHTS 10 Cash Prizes for Cream of Vancouver's Variety Talent The dignity of.labor depends not on what you do, but how you do it. — Edwin Osgood, Grover. ... - * * » The brighted spot on earth ia that place in the heart that generate, the power of love and tolerance for your fellow man.—ElicaBU. ''-. -f * ■'* » . There- can be no great or Hauling work without in.pira- ttiom.—Emm«E-notn). UNION TAILOR SHOPS D. Altchison, Westminster Trust Bldg., New Westminster. Abrama, 676' Robson St. Beaton, 563 Georgia St. West. , Bey land, 901 Robson St. Charles Butt, 1066A Pender St. West. Commln & Creelman, 603 Dunsmuir St. Creasey, 751 Granville St. J. Gass, 446 Granville St. Gray & Jeff, 2530 Main Street Hartle Bros., 662 Seymour. Kelr & Furneaux. 445 Granville Bt. Langtry & Co., 318 Hastings St. West. Matatall & Marshall. 1080 Robson St. Thos. Morgan, 817 Granville St. Perry & Dolk, 18 Hastings St., West. Pettcrson, 14 Cordova St. West. Perrln, 2148 Main St. . Rav Bros.. 80 Hastings ' St. West.,.,...... Slo'wln-':207 .Hastings West.'1'---'----—->-■• Stori-y. 663 Granville St. . J.-.H, Swed$r. 427 Seymour St. T'rilbn Tailors. 346 Hastings, West. "WlflTSfmi1* Keri-nedv.- «7 ' FGlldaO-S*^ Van AlKeii", "620 Columbia Ave. West. JtXSAXtT HtAJJE OsVOTHXHO BVOKBS / EMPLOYING WHIOB BWSSSBI.aSSil.l' Arnoktft Qulgleyi 640iGronvHle:St. * Bruce Ltd., 4l0 Hastings St. West. Book D. K., 137 Hastings West. Claman's Ltd.. 153 Hastings St. West. Wm. Dick, Ltd., 46 Hastings East. Thos. Foster, Ltd., 6.08 Granville St. J. W. Foster, Ltd., 345 Hastings West Robinson's, 441 Hastings West. Thomas & McBaln,' 655 Granville St. WARNING! _ City of Vancouver—Water Works Dept. Notice Is Hereby Given That the Lawn Sprinkling Hours Are: 5 to 7 a. m. and 7 to 9 p. m. As provided by By-law 967 of the City of Vancouver, and no person is permitted to sprinkle or use water upon gardens, lawns or grounds except during such hours. Any person guilty of an infraction of the said By-law is liable to a lino not exceeding one hundred dollars. WILLIAM McQUEEN, City Clerk. "-.-J1 Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lltllllllllllllllllllll£ PREVENT Beit Value. In Working Men'. Wearables; McKee'., 6 Cordova W. =IT PAYS* niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiDiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiir; San Francisco.— Cracker bakers have securedj'he Saturday half Kofi- day in their new agreement with employers. Los Angeles.—The Saturday half holiday and wage increases feature an agrement between local breweries and employees. ■ ■m. .JutyMr 1925 THE LABOR STATESMAN UNION G. W. G. MADB Carpenters'Overalls Phone Seymour 3594 Campbell & Griffin Clothing, Hats, Caps and Men's Furnishings 144 CORDOVA STREET WEST RONIZEll Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT; MAKE SURE YOU GET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. It Is Rich in Nourishment— DELICIOUS Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST Suite 301 Dominion Building Vancouver. B.C. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors IS Hasting* West Room 3) S. BOWELL & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS 66 6th St., New Westminster .;'.-.-* '_ ■.. ..Ph.o|>i)1SaS»«i«'3i>?™fa?''f '. ■ . '.". y'^■...?^4gpy^^w*^il'p'w'rf1'1.'.'' Phone: Seymour 1790 Hartle Bros., Ltd. TAILORS ess sbykowb street (Opposite Hudson's Bay) f FAULTLESS ^ or_ TAILORING^-; attention of an expert journeyman. That is why particular men order from us. Our prices are for the workingman's pocket. J. H. SWEDER & CO. 437 SEYMOUR STREET Vnlon Snop Custom Tailor FREE Just from the press, our Periodical Investors' Digest. Sent free to anyone on request. THOMAS KING CO. LTD. v STANDARD BANK BUILDING VANCOUVER British Blamed For Present Chinese Trouble New York.—The British are responsible for the demonstrations in Shanghai and other parts of China, according to the manifesto sent to the American press by professors of Peking University. C. Y. Cheng, Chinese consulate-general in New York, formerly of Peking University, affirms the truth of the professors' statementtEat the British practically control the^jiolice of the international settlement wftfo fired on ^defenceless students, killing many" protesting against injustices to Chinese i strikers in Japanese mills. ' "Why'did not the British and Japanese Ministers in Peking give instructions to stop the "killing' immediately if they did not approve or countenance it?" the Peking professors ask. "The facts are clear enough. Strikes of Chinese workers, demanding increase of wages, had been going on for some time in ihe Japanese., cotton factories at Tsing- tao and Shanghai, and a striker was shot and killed by the Japanese without any justifiable cause. Against this brutal act* some Chinese students who were merely young boys and girls, paraded as. a manifestation of protest in the streets of Shanghai on May 80 last. They were armed with nothing more than pamphlets and handbills. "The police of the international settlement, which are practically under the complete control of British officials and consul, not only saw fit to prohibit the demonstration but also arrested a number of the students taking part in it. Then the rest of the students went to the police station demanding the release of their fellow students. The police ordered them to disperse. As they refused to go, a British police inspector ordered 'Shoot to kill!' Six of the boys were killed on the spot and over 40 were seriously wounded. This did not, however, prevent the defenceless students from repeating their demonstration, so the firing of rifles and machine guns cqntinued by the British-controlled police for .at. least-six r}ays:-.-:---'—"-""
The Amalgamated (Union) Bank of New York has declared it' first dividend on its capital stock at the rate of 8 per cent per year. Real Working Men'. Bargains at E. V. McKee'., 6 Cordova St. W. Vancouver Theatrical federation Have Placed the Following Theatres on the UNFAIR LIST PRINCESS THEATRE - Hastings St. East PROGRESS THEATRE - - - - Kingsway HEIGHTS THEATRE - Vancouver Heights AVENUE THEATRE - - - - Main St. DREAMLAND THEATRE - Main & 26th CEDAR COTTAGE THEATRE - Cedar Ctg. Endorsed by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council =¥ Portland, Ore.—Organized taxi drivers have adjusted their wage dispute with employers. Through arbitration the workers made gains and defeated the proposal to establish a commission basis of setting wages. Ward, W- Va.—The cal company at this place has served eviction notices on 209 miners who live in company houses. This concern recently repudiated its agreement with the United Mine Workers. ttmmmmHmmmmmmmmmtm^mmmmmt^mmmtm^mmtA^lm^^mm^mmmtm^mmtm^m^m0mmmaim^mmmmtmmm BEfTER VALUES FOR JLESS! "We don't depend upon sensational "Bargain Sales!' or hysterical appeals, because EVERY DAY IS BARGAIN DAY WITH US! But at present, we happen to be overstocked with certain articles, including a particularly fine assortment of _ . - SUITS FOR MEN AND BOYS ' TheHOfiuitH ai*e really Tielrig sjolcfl elsewhere for $10 a suit more than we asjt. 'WB^aro selling then. _-„_^_ PROM $1D.00 and you can't possibly got bettor values in town I The Real Opportunity for Working Men to Save Money. SHIRTS UNDERWEAR RAINCOATS WORKING TOGS WRAY-McKEE LTD. , 52 WEST HASTINGS STREET itfinssiwisiailiw>iina*ir itigi>wc^«<>fTVffiw?»ti»^p'f?iin' fy.' ' " ■'i*&lt3^****,, mxffimiiimm^ iUi.-.^*. ^*l-,1(»miu B.SSjlBsjl'^lWl** «•■ \P THE LABOR STATESMAN July 3rd, 1925 Two Good Places To Eat -Home and Here rRAY, SERVICE ALWAYS OPEN CUISINE TNE BEST 612 PENDER ST. WEST Oppo.it. Us. Magere Bailalar QmarUr Hook last of OraarUl* at. ' m CAFE WHITE LUNCH LIMITED Five Places to Eat. Granville Street—Nob. 439 and 806. - Hastings Street—Nos. 128 East, 124 West and 439 West Satisfaction Guaranteed. POPULAR PRICES TABLES FOR LADIES REST ROOMS FOR LADIES NEVER CLOSED 21 CORDOVA STREET, WEST. STANLEY HOTEL Now open under new management Refurnished throughout. Hot and cold water. 'Phones in bedrooms. Up-to-date comforts. An ideal hotel for all! HICENSED KEPKESHMINT PARI.OK HEBE *. Taylor—Proprietors—B. Watnm Phono Bay. 4410 MAINLAND CIGAR STORE * iMsttum&:,^k^ 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER WHAT IS WRONG? By Lucy l. woodsworth Why Direct Labor Pays Here are a few more points for . Direct Labour from an article in the last, number of ..the Municipal Journal by Mr. E. M'Laughlan, A.M.I.C.E., Deputy Borough Engineer for Yarmouth, Eng:-^— Scavenging There is not much .that can be said in favour of contract labour with regard to refuse collection and street scavenging.. Past experience has proved that where tact, cleanliness, and unfailing regularity are required, the employment of contract labour means that the authority will be inundated with complaints. This work can only be tarried out satisfactorily by Council workmen who are known by experience to be thoroughly trustworthy. Highway, and Sewer* The surveyor, from his study of both the technical and practical sides of the work of highways and sewers construction and maintenance, is better qualified to do this work that! the average contractor. What have been the usual reasons for the. surveyor not carrying out the work? Probably there were one or two lower tenders, and it was not the usual practice of the local authority to carry out work by direct labor. Given more opportunities for direct .labor and consequently an organized and efficient staff of workmen for this class of work, the surveyor's estimate would naturally be less. Construction Housing, and repairs to the Council's property, previous to the .war, ,was rarely carried out byv, direct labor. Events following the war, however, practically compelled local authorities _toconsjdj;r dlreslJaiboft-And. ^•■to-dfiy, irf many instances, houses are ' being erected by local authorities at a less cost than tenders received. Troof of this statement will be found in a report: of Mr. W. H. Eley, ; surveyor, of Newmarket, on the results of a housing scheme by.dir.ect labour. Tn"e savin's perhouse'on the .Builde!^ tender was £353, resulting in a total saving on the twenty houses constructed of £7060. Another and more recent example can be found in the report of Mr. Arthur Blearard, borough engineer • of Clitheroe. Here the lowest tender per house of one type' was £1255, for which the Government agreed to pay not more than £950. Direct labor has constructed this type for £700. Another type for which the lowest tender received was £492 10/ has been constructed under direct labor for £400 (approx.). That contract prices for this class of work in very many instances have been and are even still unreasonably high is plainly evident. In these instances direct labor is distinctly advantageous. Painting Work Very often painting work by contract leads to trouble between the contractor and the surveyor, owing to the former trying to avoid putting on the specified number of coats, or substituting materials of an inferior kind to those originally analyzed or tested. In buildings such as police stations, hospitals, etc., the officials concerned usually desire that the regular employees of the authority undertake this work in preference to contract. Comparative Costs It has generally been said that contract labor is cheaper than direct labor. This may have been so with an inexperienced gang of workmen, or old employees now not so active, but there is no reason why, after a few weeks' experience, a regular gang of workmen under direct labour should not. accomplish as much work as a gang under contract. A careful selection of the men, with sufficient plant and proper direction, ought to bring results up to average contract labor. With the reduction of the profits on contract and possibly a fair proportion of the clerk of work's salary, the cost of direct labor ought to compare most favorably. It. is. natural that at the outset the best -results "She looked around at us so helplessly. Any woman with a heart at all would feel like striving to do something. She turned around and said "what is wrong? What is the matter? We used to be able to work and have very good time," She was a miner's wife and had been born and raised in a mining town.P. She knew~a1>solutely nothing else but, compared with her past experience, what they were going' through she considered terrible." This pathetic picture was given.to the House of Commons by Miss McPhail in speaking of the Miners' situation in Cape Breton. What is wrong? The question is fundamental ; the answer is no less so. Besco runs the mines of Cape Breton to make profits for the Company. To make profits, a Company must produce at the lowest figure and sell at the highest. This means getting the labor cost doWn to the bare subsistence level. It would seem, however, that this time they have ventured a little too far, hence this undesirable and much-to-be-dreaded publicity. This is the time then when it is just worth while to point out what is wrong. Let no one imagine that the miners' plight is an isolated case in Canada. From Alberta, where the greatest coal fields of the world are situated, piteous letters have been received for months now, pointing out that in many of the mining districts the women and children are destitute and starving. These accounts state that they have averaged 125 days work per year for the past three years, with an average earnings just one-half of what a family needs for a decent living. Luxury On Money Not Earned Turning to the farming industry, let me give a few excerpts from a letter in the "Western Producer", written by the wife of a farmer: "Do you mean^to say that we should, sit still and be satisfied -to let the other fellow skin us down to.the, -;is^-^pX^T^0j^rM^m^1St- tho ■ Winnipeg Grain Exchange; cattle buyers and .other-speculators make millions of dollars from what we produce in order that they might live in luxury off the money they haven't earned? Since the deflation came the farmer of Western' Canada has not made running expenses; how then can he be expected to pay anything on his debts?" "Don't you think the farmer is more entitled to the little comforts of life than the man who has made his money grafting from the farm- "But should I go ahead and scrub rough board floors until they are white for the rest of my life while the other fellow grafts enough from the wheat raised on my husband's land to pay for a bit of paint or linoleum so that my work would be a little easier and say nothing?" "Under the present system of things.this is not a free country. How can it be free when we farmers have Seymour 3168 Always Opea TENDERS FOR FIRE HOSE The undersigned will-receive tenders up to 12 o'clock "Wednesday, July 8th, 1924, for the supply of the following: one thousand feet of thjreel,inch, fire hose- with Stt-mch couplings and three thousand feet of 2V4' inch fire hose with "couplings. Successful bidder will ba requested to furnish Bond for the fulfillment of contract as per specifications, which may be obtained at No. 2 Fire JAMES STUART, Purchasing Agent. analysis of costs and comparisons the weak spots can bfc detected and the necessary improvements effected. While considering the costs, a surveyor, particularly of a small authority, is often deterred from carrying out the work himself owing to the fact that Ihe has not sufficient plant. . To purchase would considerably increase the cost. Certainly the first cost is sometimes difficult, but by gradually acquiring a little extra plant on each job and so building up a good plant reserve, the cost will not be excessive. When once a.good stock is obtained a plant account can be opened and each job charged its respective share of wear and tear. -.- to knuckle down and work like slaves for a mere existence?^ r- "How many families in Saskatchewan are hungry? I am pretty safe irf saying there are about 90 per cent, hungry every day for a little bit of something to eat that they, can't afford to buy. Did you ever sit down to the table and' fill up on potatoes and perhaps a little bit of bread? You couldn't have all the bread you wanted because bread is made from flour; and flour costs money. Such are the conditions in our household and a good many others whom I know. We are not actually starving but nevertheless we are hungry- hungry for things pur system craves and requires in order to keep in good physical condition." Become Contented With Dole *s<As.to general industrial conditions, jv\hav^ just'had a winter in which unemployment^ has been more widespread and distressing than ever before. Lot me quote from the Ottawa Citizen a paragraph on a recent speech in the British House by Sir John Simon. The article deals with speeches by J. H. Thomas and Philip Snowden, quotes Lloyd George that he sees no symptoms of a real restoration and then continues: '^Sir John Simon said that after the war the exceptional ' unemployment was thought to be a passing phase requiring temporary relief, whereas it has turned 'out it was no passing phase. With the variations of a few thousands week after week, approximately 1,100,000 or 1,200,000 unhappy people in Great Britain are receiving unemployment weekly allowance solely on the condition that they have got no work to do. Most of the unemployed were people who at the beginning were looking eagerly for work, but were becoming naturally less and less inclined to carry on the search as time went by, throwing up the sponge, not content with but iy:-- quiescing- in.',a-'"'ffisWitlfte^ffitence,' With th%. capacity for work oozing out of them." . -- Apparently all parties are at last beginning to recognize that present day conditions are increasingly serious symptoms, but of what? When will they become able to agree upon the diagnosis which the most penetrating minds have arrived at long since, that our social and economic system is rotten at the core. "These mills were not built for the glory of God but to make profits for the shareholders," is the truth brutally put. It is true but we have never said so. We have, preferred to talk altruism and brotherly love and wing altruism and brotherly love and wink at a system which left no impulse toward brotherly love in the hearts of those who were being racked on the wheel of profit making. Hone Power v.. Man Power If a man keeps a horse, the law compels him to feed it and treat it decently but, strangely enough, there is no law which makes the employer sufficiently, responsible for the human beings without whose aid he could not carry on his vast business concerns. Fresh relays Of human beings are being worn out or broken in the process. The only concern of the employer is to see that sufficient supplies are available in sufficient quantities to enable him to carry on and keep the labour costs low. After all why should one man or a small group of men control the daily life of thousands of their fellow-men? We say we believe in democracy -which" has been well defined as government of the people by the people. Why should not industry be organized and controlled by the people for the people? Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEdO BOO KRAUSE Late 54th Batt. Late 72nd Batt. 14 Hasting. St E. Vancouver, B.C Morris Lunch BOB MOORE, Prop. Quality Eat. Reasonable Price. For Working Men and Women ... 63 0 DUNSMUIR STREET (Half Block East of Granville) BE CONSISTENT " William Tell CIGARS are the product of a 100 per cent UNION FACTORY THE BETTER 'OLE 915 Main Street J. Turner, Prop, pickj the best oi tobacco. More Experience Afforded ViXISBfitfg'ost' Jabor0the engineer is, by keeping proper accounts, able. to analyze in detail the various costs of the differ- entportiona cd.-j^eTyrpr^r^^^:rd:e-' teflS'-are' of 'Extreme use and importance,^ Thejr not only give .accurate data to. base future estimates upon, but indicate, exactly where-the fault occurs when the price per yard is not r gp&ssttfSS&p .-■ 43 Powoll Street * GETS $14,000 FOR IT Everybody is saying the government ought to practice economy, like . , .ipj$.-^Jk4eiBjaflsliraa^ irect that the. leader of the Opposition' gets $10,000 a year; plus his sessional allowance of $4,000 or so and a lot c^4irjyjlci3^.^^^ow^rfr4fe'gheri. niade a speech on protection the other day, and I want to say that if the Canadian Press report oi his speech which I read was a f«iri^j»s*it4if,hiB speech, then.he; ought to be fined $14)000. instead of being paid it. I be WINTERS HOTEL A real hotel home for working men. Every comfort; modern conveniences; cafe; 100 rooms. FBOVtNCIAI, PAHiOB -LICENSE 305 Abbott St. Phono Soy. 2473-0 JAMES CONNOLLT. Prop. Tbe Plata Han'* Hotel — Modern Conv.nl.no. Every HOTEL EUROPE Hconeed Beverage Parlor Vancouver CIVILIZATION'S PROGRESS "In future wars fighting forces will by no means bear the direct brunt of. war and they will be rendered powerless when the arsenals, dockyards, munition works, and manufacturing towns and the seat of Government have been drenched with mu§tard gas." Thus Surgeon - Commander Mc- Cowen, M.D., R.N., in a paper read recently at the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health at Brighton. Mustard gas, he said, was the king of gases. The sufferers not only became casualties, but carried this oily liquid on their clothes, on the mud on their boots, and, in fact, to all buildings and places occupied by others even far removed from the site of contamination. working out.ao it should. Quantities jjeve in protection, but I have no use in contracts u© not givei prices 1 or I for any politician who ddesn't stand these detail headings, and it is often for protection of labor before he found that when the quantities have :- ■ ■> -■■ ■ been priced out, although the total cost in two or more contracts may be approximately the same, the difference in the detail prices is very large. wants to put $ protective tariff on goods. WAGE EARNER. TRY US FOR JOB PRINTING DEAFNESS NOISES IN THE HEAD AND NASAL CATARRH CAN BE CURED Tbe New Conttnerital Remedy called "LARMALENE" (Regd.) If) a simple harmless home-treatment which absolutely cures deafness, noises fn the head, etc No expensive appliances needed, Tor this new Ointment Instantly operates upon the affected parti with complete and permanent Scores of wonderful cures reported. RELIABLE TESTIMONY Mrs. E. Crowe or Whltehorse Road, Croydon, HritM^-l..aW-pIease«*J-to,t«II Jfou-that f-*r*Tl*ronnflrw 6P^^ frm sent'nie at Ventnor has proved o complete success, my hearing Is now 'quite normal, and the horrible bead noises bare ceased. The action of this new remedy must ll» *eri,,reniai^blA ^or:*!'" 4l|liu^6n.-tft>tibfed"with-tnese tomplalnta for nearly* ten years, arid b'are had some of the very best medical adrlce, together i with other expensive ear instruments, all to no purpose. I need hardly say how very grateful I an, •for my lifthas undergone an entire .change." Try one box to-day, whiehean be forwarded to any address on receipt of money order for $100. ■ , - ' Write NOW to:— Hie Manager, "LARMALBNB" Co., Deal, Kent, England. There is nothing better at any price. I ,- -..-..«.p*w*w 1' I 3 July 3rd, ,1.925 THE LABOR STATESMAN A Big Assortment of CUT FLOWERS POT FLQWERS SEEDS PLANTS BULBS Brown Brothers & Co., Limited FioBisTS aom NrrasEB-snmw 4—STORES—4 181 Hastlnsja at. W. - Say. 1370 1047 Georgia St W. - Bay. 74W "SAT IT WITH FLOWERS" Double the Pleasure of Your .Outing RENT A KODAK! We also have a big supply of Cameras for sale at all prices. ZU. ^.Sa'argenients-a specialty. Art supplies, etc. CAMERA AND ARTS LTD. 610 GRANVILLE STREET SEYMOUR 4846 » COLONIAL THEATRE BUNSMU1B AMD OMAXvTL3,B PREMIER FILM ATTRACTIONS Three Variety Programmes from Cream of Local. Performers Moderate Prices Continuous, 11 to 11 CONTINUOUS POLICY-NOON-TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND* FEATURE PICTURES H O US E FURNISHINGS HONEST VALUES — CONSIDERATE CBEDIT R, H. STEWART CO. LTD. 2424 MAIN ST. — FATS. 2S12 V Military Expenditure The following remarks were made in the House of Common, by J. S. Woodsworth in reply to the supply estimates for Canadian National Defense: As It Effects Canada I have spoken of the situation as it affects the British Empire. Now I should like to draw attention to the advocacy of preparedness that is being carried on in Canada. I hold in my hand a pamphlet issued by the Navy League of Canada in which we have a very excellent statement as to the real reason for armaments. It is entitled "The Inter-dependence of Canadian Industry and Naval Defence." I notice as patrons: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Their Excellencies Baron and Baroness Byng of Vimy; and the Lieutenant Governor of each province. I notice among the honourary presidents: E. W. Beatty and Sir Henry Worth Thornton. This document reminds me verVstrongly of another that I hold in myshand, dated August, 1912, when the same kind of propaganda was being earned forward. On this particular document Hon. D. C. Cameron, then Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, headed the list I also find the names of George Bury, Vice- president Canadian Pacific Railway; My H.' MacLeod, -General Manager, Canadian Northern .Railway; Hugh Sutherland, Executive Agent, Canadian Northern Railway. So'that it is the same class of men who now advocate preparedness as urged it before the last war. I should like to read two or three statements from the pamphlet in question which, I think, place the issue frankly and fairly. I am not throwing any discredit whatever on gentlemen who honestly believe this is the way to save our country; I give them every credit for their convictions in this regard, but I claim they should extend the same credit to us and admit that.we are.honestly endeavouring to OUT-OF-WORK SOLUTION IS HIGH BUYING POWER Cincinnati.—Increased purchasing power of the workers is the solution for unemployment says John P. Frey, editor of the International Molders' . Journal. Wages must keep pace with the workers' increased productivity, the labor editor declared. "In - America," he said, "more wealth is produced per employee than in any other country in the world and unemployment for large numbers is . almost constant. "Wealth, the "result of labor, is piled up in enormous masses as never before and thousands of men, sometimes hundreds of thousands, return • s\ night to an empty table because vt^jSiiSsearch f or employment has been unsuccessful. . "Many suggestions have been made to overcome the evil of unemployment. Economists .and* statesmen have given it their best thought. PracticaPmen in industry have done . likewise, and some methods have been suggested and applied which have, to a small degree, minimized the evil. "To the trade unionist, and particularly to one who is' not wedded to any one economic or political doctrine, one fact stands out more prominently than any other. The increased productivity bf the individual workman, due to the introduction of machinery and more effective systems of management, has not been equaled., by an equal increase in the wage earner's power to buy. "So long as the mass of people can produce more than they can purchase men will feverishly work for-a few months and then find it impossible to secure employment because the warehouses are full and there are none who can buy. "No more certain way of solving the problem of unemployment can be found than to make the workmen's real wage keep pace with his increased efficiency to produce. So long as the worker's wages are insufficient to buy on a basis of labor's increased productiveness, so long will it be/im ^ssihl&*to tppseveht-unempl. TROTSKY ON SHANGHAI Trotsky, writing in "Izbestia," comments, according to Renter, as follows, on the Shanghai strike:— "Part of the foreign Press, and particularly the English Press, is ascribing the bloody events in China to alleged intrigues by Moscow, and is accusing of Bolshevism nil Chinese students and workmen who resist foreign interference in Chinese affairs. "This only makes Bolshevism more popular among the wide masses of the Chinese people. The English Press itself suggests to the Chinese the just idea that "the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics favours the ; ,—■ ■ CONFIDENTIAL ENQUIRIES- LABOR — CORPORATIONS —. PRIVATE WE ALWAYS GET RESULTS! OAT OB NIGHT 409 Dominion Bldg. Phone Seymour 6791 "The fact is that the seeds, the root of war, be not in armaments, but in economic causes, in the reactions of varying national policies framed by governments with a view to the industrial and commercial development of their peoples. The economic struggle goes on to-day as actively as * prior'to August, 1914. Nations, with their varying economic problems, their natural racial pride, their own group psychology, evolve policies which it is vain to believe will all be in harmony, and which involves an ever present risk of a clash wherein stability of industrial commitments will lie only with those in a position to maintain their sea communications." One more brief quotation. After the pamphlet has frankly admitted that the Washington conference changed the details but not the principles of national naval defence: "So we differ both from those who say that armaments prevent wars and those who preach that armaments are the cause of war. It is the everlasting economic war, .which prevails in time of nominal peace, which Jias produced, and will produce, physical war," There we have a most important statement made very fairly and very definitely by the navy league. I agree with the navy league in this regard: "It is the everlasting economic war, which prevails in time of nominal peace, which has produced, and will produce, physical war." So we have to conclude that the last war was not, as we were assured, the war to end war. It was, in fact, simply a skirmish. I think we have to go further than that, and say that those who promised us that this was the war to end war are not men whose judgment can safely be followed; they have proved themselves blind leaders of the blind. They have led us into the ditch. I think the least that-might be expected of them put forward. a poljs&wl^^ IjgH^g'j^g■jcj.jjf"save «ur^Country. *"
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