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fabor ^^^^#/jfoWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES Al Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions Trades Council, Working Button i l:lu. i for the Last Quarter of 1927 NO. tf-MEIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, OCTOBER 14,1927 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Company's Figures are Challenged by Employees ? / Representatives of the Employees Show, the Arbitration Board How the Cost of Living Figures Are Juggled by the Company—Vancouver Figures Are Higher W. H. COTTRELL CHALLENGED the company's cost^f living figures in the B. C. Electric Railway arbitration hearing. He showed that, by using certain Labor Gazette tables, the cost of living could he raised or lowered to suit one's purpose. This, he contends, is what the company had done. He alsp showed, however, that if certain other tables were used, there wa§. no change to juggle the figures, and these were the figures that the employees had worked upon, and he contended that, ins all fairness, the company shpuld have used the same table. In attacking the company's figures, he said: Q With regard to the Company exhibit No. 43, Mr. Saville said: "This chart shows the cost of living in Vancouver in June, 1927, compared with other Canadian cities where there are street, railways companies." Mr. Chairman, I have maintained that there is only one reliable guide regarding cost of living in the Labor Gazette, that is the food tables. That if you deal with these figures as set out in the Labor Gazette and take the set of the commodities taking the same quantities and standards *-you can g^t ah almost exact comparison, i That it does not matter particularly who makes the 'chart, it will ■ show the same result. I want to prove this by the Com- ' pany's chart, No. 43. Take the fig- - ures for meat and groceries and they show this: - Vancouver ....... $3.77 7.66 WAGES AND PRODUCTION American employers now generally express the view lhat high wages are advantageous as being an incentive to pro-* duction, as engendering a better feeling among their workpeople, and.as creating a purchasing power among them which serves to promote and to maintain prosperity. These results have certainly flowed on the whole from the payment of good wages, but to suppose that the average American employer deliberately adopted a high wage policy because he foresaw these consequences, would be to credit him with a foresight to which he would hardly pretend.—"Industrial Relations in. the United States" by H. B. Butler, Deputy Director of the , International Labor Office. Carpenters Withdraw From New Moose Hall General Contractors Still Trying to Enforce Open Shop Conditions on Down-town Jobs ' Local No. 452 Carpenters were compelled to accept the challenge of the Dominion Construction Company, when they insisted that the tower hoist would be manned on New Moose Hall by a laborer. Some thref months ago, when a new Moose Home was mooted, and it appeared inevitable that the Dominion Construction Company was the favored contractor for the job. The Building Trades Council, supported by all its affiliated locals sent a committee to interview the Moose- Building Committee, asking that they have a union clause in this contract, This they promised to consider. q The committee then informed the Dominion Construction Company that closed shop conditions would be enforced on their next contract, as this company did not play the game on any of their jobs with all building trades workers, some part of the work always being let to an unfair contractor. The new Moose Hall being their next job, we were compelled to take action. \ The Moose claim to be a working organization, and without a doubt a considerable number of local trade unionists are'members. Their records to date have shown them to be one organization that is fair to organized labor, and one interesting feature is that in their Moose Haven trade training school no apprentice, is allowed to leave' until yjie has a pa'id up union card. Pending a settlement which demands the removal of this non-union man from hoist and the recognition of the engineers' rights on this work, and an agreement that no further non-union men of any craft will be employed on this building, union building trades mechanics will not accept employment on this job. W. PAGE (Carpenters). Winnipeg. 3.00 7.57 Hamilton 4 3.20 7.93 11.43 10.67 11.13 London 10.77 „ Ottawa .— 10.98 Montreal : 10.65 Quebec 10.32 Halifax ,........; 11.10 8% lower than Vancouver 3% lower than Vancouver 6% lower than Vancouver 4% lower than Vancouver Tto lower than Vancouver 11% lower than Vancouver 3% lower than Vancouver Woodsworth says More Labor Members Wanted Labor Party's Policy of "Human Needs" will Eventually Put Labor in Control—Present Old Parties Are Controlled by Financial Groups and Must Be Eliminated B ASING ITS POLICY on "Human Needs Above Property , Rights" the Labor Party lias been able to force legislation that the old parties are not inclined to give, said J. S. Woodsworth on Sunday evening in the Columbia theatre. After attempting for many years to get an old age pension bill through the federal house, the opportunity came when the two Labor members practically held the balance of power. This forced the hand of the government and then the government discovered that it was a popular measure, he said. This shows according to the Company's chart, "That the cost of living so far as all foodb are concerned, Vancouver is higher than any of these cities quoted." Mr. Saville says the cost of living is lower in Vancouver than in these other Canadian cities, and attempts to prove it by the chart 43. I maintained that the figures for fuel could be so utilized by using different standards that-'they would prove anything and there is an excuse for using different standards in that there is no price quoted for Anthracite coal in the west and no price for hardwoods (firewood) in the west. But it is possible to take a standard and parry the same standard through and have a correct comparison. Gazette are as follows for fuel and light: 1-16 ton anthracite coal; 1-16 ton bituminous coal; 1-16 cord wood (hard); 1-16 cord wood (soft); 1 gallon coal oil. You can get in the Labor' Gazette, Ex. 25, page 809, the price of bituminous coal for all the cities mentioned on chart 43. You can get the price also of soft, stove-length wood in all the cities. By taking these standards and doubling the quantity, that is, % ton of bituminous coal and % cord of soft, stove-length wood, you can make a real comparison. To check the Company's figures, . have done this with the following re- The quantities set out by the Labor suits (showing detailed figures): Fuel Hamilton London $1.12,6 11.34.4 Winnipeg % ton bituminous coal.. $1.50 yl, cord stove lengths... f 1.06.S! Coal oil, 1 gallon 82.8 11.56.2 .25 ',-- ....'; , . ",#-1.88.-7 Vancouver % ton bituminous _ots!.. |1.37.5 % cord stove lengths.... .87.5 . Ccal oiJ.,- I»K«_Iom:.r:-.:.:.:::.':'.'r.S0 " $2St% __S=£==2fe~~ #1.26 S1.60 $1.40.6 ^ .24.6 12.88.5 Halifax #1.40.6 Ottawa $1.15.2 $1.25 ' .32 Montreal $1,37.6 $1.56.2 .35 Woodsworth at Social On Saturday Evening A social and dance has been arranged by the Independent Labor Party to beheld in the Belvedere Coure on Saturday evening, commencing at 8 p.m., to give the members and friends of the I. L. P. a chance to meet J. S. Woodsworth, Labor M.P. in the federal parliament. This is aninvitation to you to attend and also to notify any of your friends who are sympathetic to the political Labor movement. Some local artists will sing, the committee will provide refreshments and the Musicians' Union will provide an orchestra fpr a dance. • A charge will be made in order to defray the expenses, but you are assured that you will get your money's worth. The charge for admission will be 50c for gents and 26c for ladies. Please tell your friends to be sure to go to the Belvedere Court at Tenth and Main street on Saturday evening (tomorrow) at 8 o'clock. $2.72.2 $3.28.7 Victoria New West. $1.37.5 $1.40.7 , $,1.12.6.-.. $1.26- .28' .34 .68.7 .35 ;|f„T -jjMftrfr- OBfpAgg t>) "A Night in The West" The Hotel and Restaurant Employees arch-Wing _> social evening at the O'Brien Hall, Hastings and Homer streets, on Wednesday, October 19th, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dick Gardener's Union Orchestra will supply thc dance music, and the entertainment under the arrangement of Mr. Blackman of the Dairy Employees' Union. Tickets can' be secured ifrom the waiters and waitresses at any union cafe, and the price of same are $1, which includes, some' liquid :refr£shmBftjts.~;So: don't forget "A Night in the West. yfjdHa__r~#£%-fE ==SBwitfcmiiidw.. MfttfT"T can't see him. Tell him I'm sick. PROSPERITY AND WAGES High wages have been found to carry with them compensations which were not generally suspected. There is no doubt that their effect in stimulating both production and consump- ' tion has been more fully realized by employers than ever before. The fact that many thousands of work'ers have a margin above the bare necessities of life means an increased demand for all kinds of articles, in other words, a steadier market and a stimulus to further production. The average value produced annually by each worker has risen from $3,447.84 to $6,892.93, while the average annual wage has augmented from $579.14 to $1,253.93 per head.—"Industrial Relations in the United States." Co-operative Plan Encourages C.N.R. "We have an organization on the Canadian National Railways such as never before prevailed, both as regards members and intelligent interest displayed," declares R. J. Tallon, president, Division No. 4, Railway Employees' Department, A. P. of L., in his August report. • "We are not dominated by the boss. We are educating him to work in unison with us to make for a pleasant occupation, and wc are more intelligently militant than ever before. Co-operative System Extended "The union-management program," he continues, "has been extended to the roundhouses arid car yards on the Atlantic region and is being adopted on the Central region. "In this connection Sir Henry Thornton has appointed a committee for the purpose of reporting to him the progress made with our co-operative program and to estimate', what it has meant in the way of general betterment to the company; thus enabling, him to make an award to our membership as a recognition of their co-operative effort. "This committee," he says, "is making a very careful and complete investigation*jwd-J have been authorized to say to our membership that they can rely upon a fair and im- The meeting was held under the auspices of the Independent Labor Party and during his remarks on the ■ Old Age Pension Bill, Mr. Woods- worth stated tjjat although he recognized that the amount of the pension was small and the age minimum too high, the Labor members were powerless to introduce any amendments as they were not permitted to interfere with expenditures of- rrioney. This was one of the rules of parliament and the function of spending money was left entirely in the hands of the government. Mr. Woodsworth stated that Labor had now increased its representation to three and had the support of a number of farmer members, chiefly from Alberta and Ontario, giving that group a vote of about 21 in all. This lidded to the prestige of that group. He pointed out, however, that there were about 70 lawyers in the' House and this was enough to ruin anything. He urged more efforts on the part of Labor in this district to elect men who would be directly responsible to Labor. • The Labor and Farmer group were there to stay, he said, and would eventually get control. » , By means of a chart he showed that agriculture, education, industry, finance, publicity and government were entirely under the control of financial groups, who were becoming more and more centralized. In this instance he pointed out that before the war there were 35 banking institutions in the country, while today, there were only ten, and four of these did 70 per cent, of the total banking business. He described how the small' business element were being gradually wiped out by chain and department stores, yet they still clung to the old parties who were controlled by the financiers. By means of another chart he described the functions of govern- mept, showing that all the activities of government rested in the hands of a small group of the one party. Both parties, however, function the same when in office and their programs really amounted to propaganda to get each other or keep each other, out of office. He urged more efforts on tbe part of Labor to get Labor men elected. Reinforcements are needed in both the federal and provincial houses, and not until these are sent will there be anything accomplished of real value to the working class other than what they can do by means of their economic power. one occasion someo-tfepfiafcr* desires to do ' something to show his appreciation." WOODSWORTH TO PREACH J. S. Woodsworth will speak in the First Unitarian Church, Tenth near Granvijle, on Sunday afternoon at . 3-p.m.r Hi* -subject-.: wfTT^ha "fhe™ Religion of Tomorrow." On very small for its age," said Gna- thaena.—AtheneuS. Two THE LABOR StATESMAN October 14th, 1927 Mom »sy. WM H. HARVEY BOOT MANUFACTURER Loggers', Miners', Cruisers' and Prospectors' Hand-Mad* Boots Our Specialty. Quick Repairs. Om »e.oo WOBK BOO* best xn IOWS 58 CORDOVA ST., WEST Vanconvsr, M. OL T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Diractors and Embalm.,, New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service •OS Broadway W. Pb on. Fair. 3 Western Glass Co.,Ltd_ Wholesale and Retail Dealers. 158 Cordova w. flume Say. MT SEE US ABOUT BROKEN SUSS II Wll- DOWS, AUTOaOBILES. MIHR0S5 SHOWCASES, ETC. Art elan R»iir__ Hinws »«-illm«_ SYNOPSIS OF UMTIEMEOT. PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, survayed Crown land* may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 yean of age, and by aliens on declaring Intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation, aad improvement for agricultural Vurposes. Full Information concerning regulations regarding pre-emption* la given In Bulletin No. 1. Land Series, "How to Pre-empt Land." copies o. whloh can be obtained free of oharge by edrtreeelng the Department of Landa, Vlotorie, B.C, or to any Gk«v- ernment Agent. m Record* will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purpose*, aad whloh ia not timber-. land, i.e., carrying over 8.000 board feat per acre west of the Coaat Range aad 5.000 feet per aore eaet of that Bang*. Applications for - pre-emption* are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, ln which the land applied for la situated, and are made on printed forma, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emption) must be occupied for flv* year* and improvement* mad* to value of 810 per acre. Including •tearing and cultivating at least five aore*. before a Crown Grant can b* received. For more detailed Information a** the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Vacations Needed by Men to Recuperate Further statements on tbe need for vacations with pay were made by W, H. Cottrell to the B. C. Electric Railway Arbitration Board. He said : To meet our argument for two weeks' holidays with pay the company put in copies of certain telegrams intending to discredit the reliability of our argument. However, I believe our case still stands and any difference between our figures as to the number of street railway systems granting holidays with pay can be accounted for by different interpretations placed on the terms used. Our case has been made when we have established the fact that holidays with pay are granted by certain companies as well as municipalities. We do not consider that precedent is necessary. If we all waited for others to set a precedent there never would be any progress made. The Csmpany is continually on thc alert for ways in which the service can be improved and waste time and obsolete matter can be eliminated. This means more economical operation by the Company, it also means that more service is required of the men. We do not object to this. We believe it is in line with progress. If any service can be done with one turn of the- hand by proper organization we see no good reason why we should continue to use three turns. But we do maintain that this organizing and speeding up takes more out of the men, and certain periodic lay-offs, where a man can get away from his work to recuperate are necessary. We claim that this is not only beneficial to the men, but also to the Company. r PURCHA8E Applications are reoelved for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timber land, for agricultural purposes; minimum prlo* for flrat-claa* (arable) land la j li per acre, and second-class (gracing) land 11.50 per acre. Further ln- tanaatlon regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands ls given ln Bulletin Mo. 10. Land Series. "Purchase and Lease of Crown Sand*." J Mill, factory, or Industrial sitae on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres. ■say be purchased or leaaed, the conditions Including payment of stumpag*. HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 •area, may be leaaed a* homesites, conditional upon a dwelling being erected In the first year, title being obtainable after residence and Improvement oondltlon* are fulfilled aad land ha* been surveyed. LEASES ***. graalng and industrial pur- area* not exceeding (40 acre* be leaaed by one person or a company. GRAZING Under the Graxlng Act tbe Proviso* la divided into graxlng district* •did th* range administered under a Oraalng Commissioner.- Annual . oraalng permit* are issued baaed oa anaber* ranged, priority being, given BB eetabllahed owner*. Stcc-t-owoere may torn associations for range ■taaagemant. Free, or spar-ly free, permit* ar* available for settlers. tamper* aad traveller*, up to ten National Left Wing Movement Gets Sore The chairman of the "National Left Wing Movement" was anxious at its annual conference to deny the impeachment that this group is "under the domination of the Communists." But, as he knows and as all the Labor movement knows, the impeachment is correct. Not only do members of the Communist party exercise the most powerful influence in this organization, but its main purpose is to secure the reversal of the Liverpool and subsequent decisions which make clear the relation of the Labor party to the Communist party. We have never disguised our opinion that the theoretical cleavage between the Labor party and the Communist party is fundamental. And often xrA- have declared that real unity in a political party demands unity in method as well as in ultimate objects. On that we should have imagined there could be no dubiety. But there would seem still to be need to impress this upon the minds of some who belong to the Labor movement and of opporents who, for their own purposes, constantly ignore it. Through its authoritative and governing body, the Labor party has declared that it .will not have any affiliations from the Communist party. It demands that its adherents shall in spirit and in word abide by its constitution, its methods and its objects. That is elementary discipline. Both in Russia and in this country departure from the tenets of the Communist party by its members is visited with swift expulsion. Communists, therefore, cannot complain if another party exercises the discipline it deems necessary. They cannot consistently claim a latitude and a licence inside another party which they do not extend to members of their Own organization. Nor have the Communists any right to wax righteously indignant when their attempts to foster discipline in the Labor party are exposed.—Daily Herald, London, England. On The Waterfront I (By J. S. WOODSWORTH) The pleasure which ought to go with, the making of every piece of handicraft has for its basis the keen interest which every healthy man takes- in healthy life, and is compounded, it seems to me, chiefly of three elements—variety, hope of creation, and the Self respect which comes from a sense of usefulness, to which must be added that mysterious bodily pleasure which goes with the deft exercise of the bodily powers.— William Morris. It is well sometimes to get a glimpse of what work might be and which, in the co-operative commonwealth, it will become. We know something of what William Morris is describing. When as boys, we dug into a huge snowdrift and made our castle, we experienced the joy and exhilaration of work. We dug the channel and carefully scooped out the miniature room and laid up our store of snowball ammunition and then rushed into the house all aglow to eat some of mother's doughnuts fresh from the pot. Ah, but that is play, and we were boys. And why should we so soon grow old? I think of a neat little cottage on a small farm. Two young people built it. The wife proudly showed me over the home. "Do you know," she said, "I think I held every board while Jack nailed it" How carefully the boards had been matched. That little corner cupboard had taken a lot of designing. How they had discussed the wainscoting of the dining room! The sink was not yet finished. They were waiting till Jack could find time to dam up the little creek. During two years these two had built themselves into the little home. It was for them a thing of beauty and a joy forever! Such work measures up to the standards given to, us by Morris. Killing Time and Souls But what.,is the work most men are compelled to perform? Once I saw in a penitentiary a row of men seated on a long bench. In front of them was a long pile of stones. Each man wielding a hammer, bent over his task breaking the stones into smaller pieces. Up and down, up and down went the hammer, monotonously, hour after hour—no object, no interest, no change—killing time and killing the souls of the prisoners! They dared not straighten up. They dared not stop work. They dared not speak to on__another. Such is the punishment in Canada in the year of our Lord, 1918! No wonder there was a madhouse in the corner of the penitentiary yard! LONDON LABOR ALREADY MAKING PREPARATIONS Already the London Labor Party has started its campaign for winning the London County Council for Labor at the n«xt electioA. The first step—and an important one—is to make London Labor supporters alive to the importance of the L. C. C. elections. For this purpose the party has just issued a striking leaflet, "Wake Up, London," which makes it clear that Socialists are just as open to criticism for their apathy as are supporters;; of- other political parties. The "Free" Worker But is the lot of the "tree" worker so much better? Watch him as he trucks salmon cases from the ship to the warehouse. Physically his lot is much superior to that of the convict. He is in the open air, not bending over a dusty stone-pile. He can talk to his fellow workman. He eats in a restaurant instead of in a cell. He is to receive wages at the end of the day. '. But is his work in itself so much more interesting? He shoves his truck to the sling. The loaders put on four cases—one—two—three— four. He "brakes," throwing his truck into balance. Then across the shed he wheels his load. The pilers stand ready to receive it. He throws up the handles and by a deft movement withdraws the blade of the truck, leaving the four cases one on top of the other ready for the pilers. Then back he slowly wheels his truck to the sling — one — two — three — four. His load is ready. Across the shed again, a trucker ahead of him and a trucker behind him going through the same motions. Back and forward—loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders. Is it any wonder lie looks at his watch? Ten-thirty, the,morning is half gone, anyway. Back and forward—loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders—loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders. The pile of salmon cases grows slowly—it is twenty cases wide, twelve high, and before night will be twenty deep. Slowly tier by tier it grows. Back and forward— loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders— loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders. Ar) odd case of "half fSato—it must be taken to another pile. The little journey is qtsite a relief—we knowf so well all the knots in the floor in that backward and forward march between pilers and loaders. A false move and a case slips to the floor. The piler utters a savage curse. How irritable'he becomes! Back and forward—loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders—loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders. "Twenty minutes" says a fellow trucker as he passes. He need not say more. Twenty minutes till, noon—and freedom. ,_.._.' ■"m,^'""iM%r"¥ovtr Jobs' Then back again for .anothef^i . This is Our Rainy Season Mackinaw ShirU, double Men'. 6-eydet Rubber BooU back, front and sleeves $5.50, $8.00, $9.50 Mackinaw Pants, Carss $7.50 Carss Heavy Tweed Pants $7.00 Raintest Clothing Shirts $5.00 Pants $4.00 Agent for Headlight, Union-made Shirts and Overalls and Pants. $d.._t), $0.t7U Black or Brown. White $4.50 and $5.00 Men's Rubber Boots Knee $4.50 % $6.95 Hip $7.25 Hunters' Rain Clothing of all kinds. 184W. B. BRUMMITT IN CANADA over 800 Branches including Vancouver Victoria Calgary Edmonton Regina Winnipeg Fort William Windsor. Ont. London Hamilton , Toronto Ottawa Montreal juebec 5t |ohn, N.B Halifax < I Sydney Charlotte- town ank with Jbranchoj &$$*&& -••. \* ■*\ at horned J> and abroadp • .pp.: _y-—. p- • , jri \ J~Z~~~Z-'--:•■'■''■ T'V ABROAD over 100 Branches including London New York Paris Barcelona St John's, Nfld Havana San Juan Santo Domingc Port-au Princi Nassau PortofSpair BuenosAires Rio de . •' liineirc Montevideo Caracas and in '■ Colombia Peru Venezuela Itoe Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch 16 Offices in Vancouver. - B. L Mit^iell, Manager 51 Branches in British Columbia We deliver your thoughts instantly by long distance telephone B. C. TELEPHONE COMPANY VI s-4_ar hours—long, drawn-out hours—^backwards and forward—pilers to loaders —loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders —loaders to pilers. "I've been on salmon trucking for four days—I'd be glad of a change to rice sacks," admitted the truckers. So it goes— day after day—and the days stretch into weeks and the weeks into indefinite years. Unlike the convict, the free worker can quit his job. Oh, but then his money stops. He has no free lodging and board as has his brother, the convict. So, next morning, seven o'clock finds the worker standing in the drizzle outside the "hall" waiting anxiously for a possible job. He is one of a hundred that stand patiently waiting. The secretary appears at the door. The hundred men crowd toward him. One man has had no work for three days; another has a sick wife and must take every job that offers; a third is saving so that he can have a long-deferred operation that may possibly save his sight. "Brown, Jones, Martelli, ToI-> ski—Eastholm — Evans-Coleman" — calls the secretary, and the four men move off to unload thejjastholm at the Evans-Coleman dock, leaving 96 misappointed men standing in the drizzle. "Variety in work." What variety in the weary march trucking salmon cases—or doing . the single, piece monotonous work that is the-day's work for so many today. "Self-respect, which comes Jrpy. -a -—WBf_fie?^W5sf%F_fnF: ness in building mountains of salmon cases that are being loaded into vans even before we finish the last tier? What usefulness in perpetuating a wasteful system of competition? "If we can make the work last another hour we'll get six bucks on the job." Why not? We can't afford to buy | these little salmon tins that we are J piling mountains high and yet we know fortunes are being made out of \ them. V "Hope of creation." It is to \ laugh! We notice an improvement * that could be mads,—a curse for J your pains. "That's up to the boss." E "Mysterious bodily pleasure which ; goes with thc deft exercise of bodily \ powers." Backward and forward— J loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders— i loaders to pilers—pilers to loaders, i Three minutes to six our coats are| on. "Back at seven, toys," says thc I foreman—and wearily we trudge Jt homeward. Is it any wonder that the worker ■ f dreams of a six-hour day—and be- I yond that of a new social order— ••' when he can live a man's life and do. a man's work? The above is one paragraph from % a book published by .1. S. Woods- Vorth. It deals with his expericnajp as a longshoreman "on the watK, front" of Vancouver." The bookjp' V-tymteresting and well worth price. Copies can be obtained..i_. T>tjstpi_-3"to any address. October 14th, ,1927 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three VancooT.r Trad., and Labor ConneU— President, J. Thomson: general secretary, Percy R. Rengough. Office, 801 Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings Bast Phone Sey. 7.95. Meets In Labor Hall at S p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. B C. Fishermen's Association, meets ev. ery month at the call ot tha SecreUry In the Holden Bids. General Secretary, ft. Hornbrook. 53 Hastings St., W. Beverage Dispensers tTnlon Wo. 676— meets second and fast Sunday In month at 8.00 p.m.. Room 310, Holden Illdg. President, W. H. Clancy; Sec- . rotary and Business Agent, T. J. 'Hanonn. Office: Boom 5. Flack Block; Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1666-K. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Kaeainlat Local 6»H—President, Tlioa. ■Ills, Hit Burrard St. Secretary, P. Ft. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, li Hastings East. Meets on s.corid and fourth Tuesdays In month. ■Oil aad- Factory Wort.rs' Union, Looal no. 15.9 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners. Meeta first and third Thursdays In Room 313 Holden Bldg. President, H. <:. Matthews; Business Agent, A. Graham, 809 Holden Building. Rec. Sec, R. O. Inder; H. G. Avery. M3Xt Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employes*. Local ABA—Meeta second end, fourth Friday In Labor Hall. 18 Hastings St. B. Prealdent, T. Rutherford; business, agent, Blrt Showier, 1115 Robson St. Bridge A Structural Iron Workers, Looal •7, Int. Asso—Meeta every Monday. Room 804 Holden Bldg., at ( p.m. President, Sydney Dunstone; Secretary, P. Laur.et, Box 302. City, Phone Fair. 2108L. I Building Trades Council, Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Holden Building. President, Rob. Stevenson; TSecretary-treas.. w. Page, Boom 815, Holden Bldg. • Bakers' local 468, Journeymen, of America—Meets second Saturday In month at 8 p.m.—President. A. Morris, 2834 Vine St.; sec, T. Klgby. 1482 Broadway E. Phone Fair. 2355X. Bakary Salesmen. Local 371 — Meets second Thursday every month. Holden BMg., 16 Hastings E. Prealdent B. Holmes; acting secretary, Blrt Showier, 1116 .Robson, office. 807 Holden , Building. Barbers,' Journeyman International Valoa ot America.—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month In Room 310 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Pres.. Fred. Dawe; Sec.-treas., C. E. Herrett, Office 114 Holden Bldg. Bookbinders Looal No. 106, Int. hood—Meets second Tuesday In moatk at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bldg.. 603 Hastings XV. President. G. Low, 61 53rd Ave. W.: secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton Street. \ Molders Valoa Local 381—International of North America—Meets first and third Frfdaya ln month ln room 813 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p. m. President, John Brown, 638 Broadway W. Corresponding representative, J. Plnkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. Motion Pictures Projectionist's tTnlon, Local 348 of LA.V.SU.. A __._>.t_.0.— Meeta at 891 Nelson St on flrst Sunday ln each month at 7:30 p.m. President. J. R. Footer, 1161 Granville St.; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Boi 846. Business Phone: Sey. 8923. 19,000,000 Workers Get Holidays with Pay Dealing with the question of vacations with jiSy, before the B. C. Electric Railway Arbitration Board, W. H. Cottrell quoted the following statement from the Calgary Daily Herald of March 14, 1927. He said: Nineteen -million European workmen, according to a Geneva press despatch, have now won for themselves the right to have annual holidays with pay. This represents about 40 per cent, of the working men of Europe and these concessions have nearly all been won since the end of the war. The statistics were gathered in order to demonstrate the steady progress that is being made in Europe towards social reform. MM Over the Teacups By TEEPEE "Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our best faculties to rust in idleness. When people are bored, they generally look out for a new pleasure; or take a holiday. There is no greater mistake; what they want is some hard piece of Work, some productive drudgery. Doctors are fond of sending their fashionable patients to take a rest cure. In nine cases out of ten a work cure would do them far more good." So says Dean Inge, and quite right, too. Did you ever find a good all-round housewife or the mother of several healthy children bored? The weekly publication; "New York," printed by the New York;:*0" nmV ""d her tired to death at University, I notice, has been giving tne enc' °l a long "woman's" day, Musicians J-atrial Protective TTnloa Local 145, A. P. of ML—Meets at tbe O. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President Edward Jamieson; secretary, W. Edmunds; financial secretary, W. E. Williams; orgar.icer, F. Fletcher, all at 991 Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers Local 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 163 Hastings W. Bua. lness agent, Robt. Stevenson. Office, room 34. 163 Hastings West Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge. Wharf and Sock Builders Looal So. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. ln 122 Hastings St. W. June* Thomson, secretary. P. O. Box 320. C. Anderson, President. Bricklayers'. Masons' and «la Setter.* Int. Onion So. l—Meets aecond aad fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg. President, G. B. Halliday; Secretary. W. 8. Dagnall. 1244 30th Ave VS. Fhone Fair 845 R. W. J. Pipes. Fln. Secretary, 840 Beach Ave. Carpenters and Joiner*, tmslgamaUi Society of,—Vancouver lst Branch, meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President. O. Richardson; Secretary, John T. Bruce: Business Afrent, J. McKinley. Headquarters, room 35, 163 Hastings St. W. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 453—President, R. J Thompson: flnanclal secretary, R. W. Hatley; business agent, W. Hargreaves. Office. Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East Meets second and fourth Mondays, .8 p.m. Plasterers, Local 89—International Association of Operative, meeta flrat and third Wednesday In month at Holden Bldg. President. C. Keall: Financial Secretary, A. Campbell, 461 Fifty-sixth Ave. E„ phone Fraser 184L2; Cor. Secretary, A. Hurry, 861 Thirty-fourth Ave. E., phone Fair. 3222R. Olty Ball Employees' Association meets first Wednesday of each month at 251H Hastings E . at 8 p.m. Presidents D. Hargreaves; treasurer. W. J. Srlb- ; bins, 3208 Pender St F. ; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. Civic Employees' tTnlon. Loeal 33 — Meets first nnd third Fridays in the month at 251 hi Hastings E.. at 8 p.m. President. R. N. Hogg. 1718 Commercial Dr.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St •lactrical Workere, tional Brotherhood day at 8 p-ra. In Room der Street West President, H. . All en: buslneas agent, K. H. Mi Office. 319 Pender Street West Local 313, tot t—Heeta every -oom No 6, 8» » anglnee International Union and Operattng Local 844—Meets every Thursday at 8 pa Room 8e8 Holden Bldg. President, VS. McCallum; reo. eec, Geo. Fettapteca: Fln. Sec. A Bua Agent T. A. Newblgglng. Office, Room 806 Holden Building. Bngineers, Steam and Operating, Int. Local 883—Meeta every Wedneaday at 8 p.m. In room 806 Holden Bldr President. M. J. Kearne; vice-president E. Thomas:' financial aecretary, A. J. Newblgglng: business agent. M. J. Kearne; rec. sec. W. Methot. Office 806 Holden, i Wre Fighters, No. IS, International Association of—Meets every month at eall of president, at 261H Hastings ■. President. J. Anderson. No. 2 Fire Hall: financial secretary, C. A. Watson, No. 3 Fire Hall. noorlayars' Union, No. 1875, V.B. ot C. A J. of A., meets lst and 3rd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg.var I pjn. President, E. C Woodward; Fln. Sec., A. Reid: Rec. See., W. D. Wilson, 12M Howe St some consideration to this question. In the hope of producing some helpful discussion the editor addressed a questionnaire to a number of leaders of opinion, mainly heads of industries, on the proposal of giving industrial workers who had been continuously in a company's employ for at least two years, two weeks' vacation on full pay. Already in Operation In the meantime, Walter G. Teagle of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, informs "New York" that the company now has a vacation plan for wage earners, of which the principal features are: (1) One week's vacation with pay to employees of five years' total service, the last, ten months of which are continuous. (2) Two weeks' vacation with pay to employees of five years' or more service, the last ten months of which are continuous. The announced purpose of the vacation plan of the'company is the two-fold purpose of preparation for another year of service and reward for faithful . performance of work already done.' Worthy of Consideration "The granting of vacations, wjth pay, constitutes, we admit, a prob- says "New York:" "There is the question of filling the places of Point Grey Municipal Employees' Asso-1 those who are off, and there is the elation. Local Mo. 3—Meets second | question of added expense. The de- Monday of each month at the Masonic /_. . - j _• a _ _ r> _ mand for<production fluctuates. But vacations for employees of administrative and executive offices present a similar if n§t exactly the same problem. Whatever the difficulties and whatever the expense, we contend that the plan, if at all feasible, is worthy of the most careful consideration. For it introduces into- the relations, of employees and employer a human element which would.go far towards bringing the two groups into one family. Having a steady job the year round, with a vacation coming, creates a mighty comfortable feeling. It should be capitalized to the best interests of business. It can be if the question is studied with imaginative insight." In the meantime what has been accomplished in Europe, according to the Geneva despatch mentioned, is interesting and worthy of careful thought. , -"-.labors aad Steamfitters, Wo. 1TD, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday In the Holden Bldg. President, R. Simpson; secre-. tary and business agent, W. Watt, 805 j lem Holden Building. THE ESTHER BAKERY . MAKERS OF HOVIS Alio Makers of the Beat White, Raisin and Nut Bread Place Tour orders now for oar Fruit Loaves, 15c each. Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST Hall, Kerrisdale, 8 p.m. President, I_. Ross Squalr, 3728 30th W. Secretary A. Patterson 8179 Hudson Street. Printing Pressmen and Assistant*, Local no. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. ln Room 218 Labor Hall. 16 Hastings St. E. President, Harry F. Longley, 301 3th St., North Van.; secretary, Wm.' Qufgley, 2083 2nd Aye. W., Box 894. Railway Carmen ot America. Lodge Me. 6B—Seels first and third Friday In month at Cotillon Hall. Granville and Davie Streets. Prealdent, A. 8. Rose, .8(3 Pr. Edward St; secretary, J. D. Vullamy, 2216 15th Ave. W. Street and Bleotrlo Bailway Bmployees, Pioneer Division Mo. 101—Meet. K. P. Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, lat and 3rd Monday" at 10:16 a.m. and 7 n.m. President, W. H. Cottrell; recording secretary, F. E. Griffin;, treas., H. G. Blaster; financial secretary and business agent, Angus Madnnes, 8644 Pr. Edward St. Office: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2180L. Sheet Ketal Workers Association, Looal Union Mo. 390 •— Meets second and fourth Thursday ln month In Holden Building. 18 Hastings Street E President. A- Fisher, 1962 4th Avenue W.; business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Pherssn, 807 Holden Bldg. Shingl. Weavers, Local 17813—Meets second Tuesday ln month. In. Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and 4th Sunday. 7:30 p.m., In Room 313 Holdsn Bldg., Vancouver. President, J. - N. Chute, Phone Hlsrb. 1-82-Y; sec, W. H. Matthew, 3436 Irving St Tailors', Jonrneymen Union of Amertoa. Local M*. 178—Meetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of everv. month ln Labor Hall. President, F. Franco; secretary, C. McDonald. P.O. Box 503. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. _____ Mod Carriers and Bnlldlng Laborers, Mo. 802. International. Meets flrst and third Friday in month at Holden Building.. President, C. Lawsen, 1133 3rd Ave. W. Fin. Sec. and Business Agent, J. A. Barrington, 4293 Welwyn Street. Phone Fair. 1434L. Motel and Beetaurant Employees and Marine Coots A Stewards, Local 38— 441 Seymour St, meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., last Mondays at 9 p.m. President Thoa Edwards. See. -Treas. Harry Wood, Bnsl- ne.s Agent Phone Sey. 12.. Ladles' Auxiliary, Local 171 — United Brotherhood of Oarpenters — Meets every first and third Wednesday of - each month In II* Holden IBdIMUrk. at I n.m. President Mrs. Michel!!. High. 1081T; oecreia-?. Mrs. A. Gracey, AIM 13th XV,; piioii* ft Grey 211L. Wttars, Weed, Wire apd MeSal, sater- nsttona. Union. Local 10. — Meete Ind aad «Ui MobOisja, .1b saoa-h, at "_*_Bi'..t«- t-Oldan Bldg. Prealdent, _5 _>. FulIjaBiss. 816. Vanness; Seers- tUT, Per. Jeiiktaa, '-• <S6-B_ Ave. SB. Teamsters, Chanjrenrs. Stablemen aad Helpers, loeal ABB—Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay. 773 Beatty St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black. 881 Homer St Theatrical Stage Employees' Union Loeal 118 of the I.A.T.S.B. A M.PMO. —Meets at 1*1 Nelson Street on the second Friday in month, at 9:80 a.m. prealdent, G. tt. Allen: Secretary. Gordoif Martin. O. Box 711. Business address, P. TysofrspkleeJ Union Me. __»—President. C. S. Campbell; vice-president R Gctsthro; Secretary-treasurer. R. H. Neelands, P.O. 80s St. Meete last :'iii,i_-i. of such montli fit 3 p.m.; in Holden _Bull«-ln_r. 18 Hastings St. E Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In eaeh month. President ?. D.,JWc- Donald, Box 288. Secretary, Frank Derry.eBox 418, Prince Rupert, B.C. Illinois Mine Owners Yield to Union CHICAGO.—After six months of idleness, the bituminous mines of this state are beginning to hum with life. Coal operators and miners reached an agreement Saturday, along lines suggested by the union. The agreement provides: The mines reopen and the men go back to work under the Jacksonville scale. _ - , A joint committee of two executives,, from the operators and two from the unions is to study conditions in the state, and report to a larger joint scale committee on February 7, 1928. This report will be taken as the bhsis for a new and permanent agreement on wages, to date from next spring. • The'settlement is regarded here as a victory for thc union. It is the first break in the ranks of the coal operators, and is expected to be followed by settlements in other states. Well, Hasn't He? An eastern judge has ruled that a man has a right to drive his car without any assistance from friend i wife in the back seat. He a|so has ■' a legal right to monkey with a buzz jsaw or light a match to find a gas leak.—Atlanta Constitution. / ....... .-.-.' -si ■* *~r-.Z-.' -Art is long, life short; judgment difficult, opportunity transient. Goethe. __...:. . ■-■■■ and you may find her mad, some times, when Mable leaves the back door open and the dog tracks mud into the clean kitchen, or Dad and the boys eat up the pies meant for supper—but bored? No. .She has not_-time to be bored! * ♦ » Lines for a Bathroom So many feet in my stockings, So many pounds, net Weight, Muscle is well developed, Chest measurement is great. Passed all tests with distinction, Fine specimen, all agree. But when I stand in my naked soul- How big shall I be? —Fay Inchfawn. * * . « Do you like onion dishes? Try cooking them in a double boiler, and leave them to look after themselves. Creamed Onions.—Take one or two large onions, slice very thinly into a double saiicepan with 1 ounce of butter to 1 large onion, half teaspoon salt, and enough milk to cover. Cook until tender. When dishing up place onions in a vegetable dish, thicken the milk they were cooked in with flour mixed smoothly with a little cold stock if possible, and boil for three minutes. Pour over the onions. Savoury Onions.—Cook as above, but to the sauce add half teaspoon made mustard, some- grated cheese and chopped paisley. * Onions in Gravy.—Cook as above but instead of milk use good gravy or stock to which has been added half teaspoon of Bovril. When done, thicken with one teaspoon each of Bisto and flour, season, and add a pat of butter. When serving onions with steak, slice the onions very thinly, and cook in boiling water with one teaspoon of salt for 15 minutes. Drain well. Then saute gently in butter, moving slightly until tender. Don't forget that onions boiled in milk, and nicely seasoned, are an old fashioned and sure cure for a cold, taken on retiring, besides being a tasty dish for cold winter nights. * * », In future, when buying tinned goods, take n good look at the Nabob Ifne. Down towards the bottom of the tin you will find, on the beautifully colored label, the Union Label of the Allied Printing Trades. There are 2,000,000 of these now on the press. * • * Are you one of these "Part-time Parents" mentioned in a report of the Big Brother movement? "Too many parents tie up the dog at night and turn the boy loose to run at will. Too many woodsheds have been converted into garages. Too many half- time parents; parents who take the 'easiest way,' who give the boy a curt word or two, then a five or ten dollar bill to appease his feelings and the use of the car to run hither and thither. Too many parents who do not care whether or not he is at school or ehurfh as long as he is out of their sight. Too many parents who are mpre concerned about dollars and cents than about the moral welfare of their own sons. Too many parents who leave all the religious instruction of their own children to Sunday School teachers and Pastors. '' Too many parents who are afraid to discuss the vital things of life with their own children. 'Too many parents who are ready to blame ojher peoples' children for leading theirs astray." R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Olen 370 4089 Bastlnge at M. Bes. Phone: Ft. Orey S88-L H. A. BLOWEY BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC 1S3 Hastinirs West. Sey. 7472 JL Ctvamo lOagon on every street- every morning tfrdafety. FRASER VALLEY MILK FAIRMONT 1000 That Prove. It ' Grady (after Riley had fallen five stories): "Are yez dead, Pat?" Riley: "Oi am." Grady: "Shure, yer such a liar, Oi don't kno.w whether to believe yez xsr not." ' "~ '" Riley: "Shure, that proves Oi'm dead. Ye wudn't dare to call me. a War rf-^iwtn. alive!"- We Do Not Patronize List of Trades Council THOMAS & McBAIN, Clothier., 655 Granville STEVENSON'S BAKERY AVENUE THEATRE WALDORF CAFE GOOD EATS CAFE ROYAL DAIRY CRYSTAL DAIRY NATIONAL LUNCH TROCADERO CAFE COLLARD, the Clothier, 663 Hasting. W. LEN. A. DAVIS (Lathing Contractor) PRINTERS , CLARKE & STUART- MURPHY & CHAPMAN . R£SE, CQWAN-A LaTTA ' * GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDOE, G. A. LTD. y J. W. BOYD Four THE LABOR STATESMAN October 14th, 1927 The Labor Statesman Published every .Friday, at 81« Rolden Bldg.. Vancouver. B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Official Cirgan of the Canadian Labor Party. H. W. Wait., Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Chairman, H. Wood, Hotel and Restaurant Employees; J. McCurragh, Typographical; J. Thomson, Bridge Builders; W. Deptford, Street Hallway Employees; . W..£lanoy, Beverage Dispensers. Phone Seymour 6279 Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 14th, 1927 RAILWAY RATES There is a peculiar and suggestive similarity between railway rates and the stuff that ghosts are made of. In both cases the ordinary methods of investigation and reasoning breaks down. Our mastery of various sciences enable us to perform some wonders, including building railways, but when it comes to discovering HUMAN OSTRICHES One of the candidates who has been nominated by the Canadian Labor Party to run in the City of Vancouver takes up the issue on behalf of six candidates. In the, first place, we think that Brother Chappie is basing his arguments on a misapprehension. He appears to believe that each of the six candidates will run in different wards in the city, for he says that if "two candidates only are put in the field in Vancouver City it will leave four wards without a Labor representative." If Mr. Chappie is no more conversant oif how elections are run in this city than that, then he should wait until he is before accepting nomination. The city is not divided up into wards during the provincial elections. Thg city of Vancouver is entitled to six! representatives and every resident in the city has six votes. South Vancouver has one candidate, Burnaby has one, and so on, the only other city or district in the province entitled to more than one candidate being Victoria. Because Vancouver electors have six votes is the very reason why a great many members of thc Labor movement consider it useless to run a full ticket of six candidates. The old party votes have always outnumbered the Labor votes and will undoubtedly continue to do so for some Correspondence what the railroads should charge for .,..,. ,. . , , the service which they are buif. to Iyears. yet ?utJJ th.e clty-XSSdivMgft supply, aH our sciences and all "We I "P m,to ^districts, as ^Brother know avails us nothing. Here ^ i Chappie supposes it to ^be, Labor something which'^ transcends aU p would undoubtedly bf able'to elect humon understanding. From the ?ne or .wo °¥ ?f the,SIX- U. already time when we climbed down out of _as a str-ong Labor element in wards 7 and 8, and parts of other wards also turn out a good Labor vote, but when the votes of the entire city are all jumbled up together, Labor jgets outvoted by the west side. That is the method the old parties use to defeat Labor. If part of the west end vote could be tagged on to South Vancouver or Burnaby, those districts would be in the same predicament, but the government cannot do that without endangering its city vote. Because of this condition we ought to be wise enough to beat the government at its own game. That is what some of us are trying to do but there are too many people in our own ranks with their heads stuck in the sand. Our correspondent appears to be one of those with his head in the sand because he has persistently refused to see or admit the advantage we would have over the old parties if we only ran two candidates. But in order to give him one more chance we will try again, not that it matters very much now, as the C. L. P., through the medium of the Communists, has apparently made up its mind to upset the chance3 of electing a Labor candidate from the City of Vancouver. About 30,000 electors in the city of Vancouver have six votes' each. Labor polls about 5,000 votes, leaving 25,000 to the old parties. A minimum of 10,000 votes have heretofore elected old party candidates when Labor had six candidates also in thp field. But we have shown before in these columns that there has been a spread of 7,000 votes between the elected candidates, proving conclusively that the electors ''do not persistently vote the straight party ticket. If they do not vote the straight party ticket, {hen they must give their votes to some of the other candidates. Now then, the fewer Labor candidates that those electors have to concentrate their votes upon, the greater will be the Labor vote. If you divide 6,000 votes, of those who want to, throw away one vote, among six Labor candidates they will average 1,000 each, but if you divide those 6,000 votes among two candidates they will average 3,000 votes each. That is the way that we want to increase the Labor vote and eject a Labor candidate. It is. certainly worth trying for we have nothing to lose. If 6,000 out of the 25,000 voters decide to throw away two out of their six votes to other than old party candidates, then there is -a possibility of each of the two, Labor candidates getting 6,000 votes tagged onto that already given by the Labor voters, thereby giving the Labor candidates over 12,000 votes each, which would elect them.—W. the trees and commenced to perform on our hind legs—and probably for some time before that, two added to two made four, but in railway rate making two added to two may make three, five, seventeen or any other sum which the railway gentlemen chose to say it does. And it is altogether useless to appeal to mathematics for a thing made of the stuff that ghosts are made of does not conform to the laws which govern human affairs. By means of his appliances man is able to fly the air, or travel .beneath the sea, or determine the chemical constituents of a star ten thousand light years away, and by deductive reasoning he is able to discover bodies in space which he cannot see, and determine the nature and movements of subdivisions of matter too minute to be recorded by any one.of our five senses, but with all our appliances and all our knowledge the skilled men of the earth could not determine what it should cost to <_arry one ton one mile on a railway—only railway officials can do thisA-In the face of this great mystery all our appliances crumble to dust and our knowledge evaporates to thin air, and we are left with nothing to show for all our boasted powers. In human affairs man has not yet been able to anni- . hilate time or space, but inothe stuff that dreams, and ghosts and railway rates are made of, time and space means nothing. We once saw—or thought we saw—Tolstoy making love to Cleopatra. Pat Bums drove them out and left them on the Sumas flats. Burns got back to town in the half of no time, but when he got there the spooning couple had returned a considerable time ealier. This we hope is crazy enough for all ^^practftal purposes, but is the following any better: The carload rate from Winnipeg to Kamloops is' the rate from Winnipeg to Vancouver with the rate from Vancouver to Kamloops added. It costs one hundred per cent, more to carry a passenger from Vancouver to Nanaimo on Tuesday than it does on Monday. A carload of wheat is carried from Alberta to China and a thousand miles up the Yang Tse Kiang river for the same sum as.is charged for delivering it to Vahcouver. The people of the Pacific Coast must appear as one huge joke to the C. P. R. ■v* * ■ * A titled director of the Dutch Oil Company prophecies the regular semi-annual overthro.w of the Soviet government * e ■ e President Beatty of the C. P. R. says that the politicians should not interfere in railway matters, but we % have yet to hear that Mr. Beatty has offered any objection to Mr. Bennett, a director of the C. P. R.f accepting the leadership of the Tory party, <* V • A lieutenant-colonel some old thing or another, at Montreal, says that Canada ii ideally situated for aviation. We always thought so; so much room overhead and no danger of running over the edge.—M. TWO OR SIX? There are at least two sides to every question, and the one concerning the number of candidates to run in the city wards is no exception to the rule. It is well to look at a question from as many angles as possible and the writer modestly places some of his thoughts concerning the above title before you. If two candidates only are put in' the field in Vancouver City it will leave four wards without a Labor representative. Aiiy-sympathizer with the Lsbor movenient who resides in any of these wards, must either vote for one of the old-time parties with whom he is not in sympathy, or, if he, has objections to that, he is compelled to withhold his vote. The effect of this on some men's minds is that Labor is not sufficiently _wide awake, or is apathetic, or that it cannot-furnish men of a proper calibre to represent it. This is not conducive to mental health and too often «ndsin a feeling of disgust. The public must be educated to the fact that Labor can place candidates in the field who are able to intelligently state their views and to command attention even from their opponents. There are many advanced Liberals _wlroni one could class" "left wing" Liberate'- for want of a better term, who would support a sane Labor policy if opportunity offered. Without this, opportunity they still stay in the Lifferal fold. By running several candidates the public would become accustomed to it and no surprise is occasioned when a thing becomes.normal. We must remember too, that even our opponents may take us at our own valuation. There is always "X" the unknown factor, and it may be that in many ways Labor would profit by making a bid for power. If Labor has not enough faith in itself to train and equip candidates for the field, how can it expect to influence voters? How shall the people hear without a preacher, as holy writ puts it? Remember, too, that the population of the city is not fixed or static but is constantly growing, and this in itself constitutes a reason for increasing the number of candidates. A clean, live campaign must be of value to, Labor. Even though most of the' candidates were defeated it by no means follows that the fight is hopeless. There is a aense in which Labor is never defeated if II can profit by the experience it has gained. Labor's task is to educate the public as to what __•-stands for. To do this it must have speakers to place its views and aspirations before the public. Labor must use the methods of the business man and advertise its wares. There is no other way, it cannot be done by proxy. How does a child learn to walk? Simply by trying to walk.. Does it fall and get bump's and bruises? Yes! but the normal child quickly learns through those very mishaps. So also can Labor profit by its falls. It is not the one who falls that makes one disgusted, it is the one who refuses to rise after having fallen. Let us try the experiment of placing more candidates in the field. Rememoer the eyes of others are watching our movements, so let Labor forget its little difficulties concerning methods and concentrate on the task before them. To take liberties with Tennyson: " 'Tis better to have tried and lost, Than never to have tried at all." JACK CHAPPLE. (Ed. .Note: J. Chappie says: "Let us profit by our mistakes. Let us try the experiment of putting more candidates in the field." Replying to J. C, we desire to point out that we have "tried putting more candidates in the field." We have had 3, 5 and 6, and the more we put in the lower was our vote. We are now proposing to "profit by our mistakes" by putting only two> candidates in the field, yet he objects). Don't forget . the sociaLna. Saturday. - Woodsworth. FIRST UNION LABEL PLACED ON BUILDING ST. LOUIS.—(A.F. L.)—The first union label of the Building Trades Council was placed on the Gast building with ceremonies that were witnessed by a large delegation of trade unionists and friends. The principal address was made by Congressman Cochran of the Ejleventh District, in which the building is located. The label is a guarantee that the work was done by competent workmen, and that all proyisigns,o.._the. ctty*_*Btifl3ing code were observed. AUSTRALIA LEADS IN *- BRITISH IMMIGRATION Canada continues to worry about the immigration problem. The latest item to.stimulate the debate comes from Australia.- C. Hartlett,' Canada's trade co'mmission-. er at Melbourne, reports that 115,479 immigrants reached Australia during the last year^ Of the Europeans, 85 per cent, were British. Of the immigrants reaching Canada last year, only 40 per cent, were British. 1 Why do British immigrants favor Australia as against Canada? Canadians would like to know. • % The Thirst for Vengeance "WTIIie, whaUs_your greatest -am- .hition ?-!' -' '- - - •"-=*--*-- •** "To wash mother's ears." DIVERSIFY FOR SAFETY ■5S-5«tMlMBr£££- JFOAANt HAMAAMS CMWHV VANCOUVtfl UNCOUVOI OWN V.CTORIA VAN. not INI. ACIKTV * 1«K 1 MM. tlTtft l> acBONDDUun When you consider it Is possible to invest aa small an amounti as $16.00 in Investors Trustee ShaHes, where your money is secured by fifty-five American leading industries such as American Telephone and Telegraph, E. T. 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