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tbor Statesman Downed and controlled m^^WM THE Vancouver trades and labor council Jq Official Organ of The Canadian Labor || as^ffS^., No. Ill—EIGHT PAGES Trades Council Plan Labor Day Celebration Some Delegate* Oppose Idea in Favor of "International*" Labor Day —Donation* to Miners and Molders Still Being Made- Stage Employees Paying for Empress Case. A committee was appointed by the Trades and Labor Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday evening to devise ways and means of holding a Labor Day demonstration "next September. The scheme may possibly take the form of a huge picnic, although a parade was suggested in the communication from the A. F. of L. urging the demonstration. The committee is composed of Dels. Deptford, Stevenson, Pettipiece, Bartlett and Woods. Dels. Harrison (Civic Employees) opposed the idea of a parade. Those held in the past, he said, were failures, and only amounted to an advertisement for a lot of non-union firms who generally followed up in the parade. —Del.' Gibson (Mental Hospital Attendants) favored the parade by drawing attention to tbe huge parades held in Australia' and the benefits and strength given to the labor movement thereby, —: Del. Smith (Street Railways) opposed celebrating Labor Day because the A. F. of L. had turned down the proposition of sending a delegate to. the Pan-Pacific Labor Conference. ' Del. Floyd (Civic Emp.) opposed itfe&JdSA - ol-celebratmg -on "a" dSy"*?et* -apart for labor, by the employers of labor. He said that the bosses and A. F. of L. were seeing the effect of world-wide celebration of International Labor Day on May 1, and were now drawing attention to the Labor Day in .September. Del. Bartlett (Blacksmiths) was of the opinion that something should be done by organize)! labor in the form of a picnic and sports. He thought it might also be the means of raising funds to meet the expenses of the appeal in the picketing case. Del. Deptford (Street Railways) favored a picnic, and saw no reason .why it could not be made the means of boosting union labor and helping to finance its struggles. Del. Pettipiece (Typos.) was of the opinion that it was not a good policy to theorize about International Labor Days, hut to get better acquainted with each other, and a picnic was one of the ways by which it could be done. Del. Morrison (Electrical Workers) said Labor Day was a day set [aside by our kind masters for us. He was opposed to it for that reason.' i T)el. Scribbins (Civic Employees) jtsaid that if that was the reason Del. jrrrison ogposed it, for that reason •« favored it. , The Champcky Act A communication was received froni the Victoria Trades £ Labor ouneil asking the council to ascer- iin the views of its members'on the inefits or otherwise of the Cham- |Vty Act,. It having recently been ruled, that champertous agreements setween lawyers and workmen were llegal. The Council, not having a opy of the act, turned the matter vet to the parliamentary commit- ;e for consideration. The parlia- (Continued on Page 8) VANCOUVER, B. C, JUNE 4th«$,"^ FIVE 'CENTS PER COPY Labor Wins Tory Seat in Great Britain LONDON.—The Labor party scored a signal victory in the Hammersmith, North Division by-election today. J. P. Gardner, Labor, defeated both Conservative and Liberal candidates in- the election for the seat in the House of Commons made vacant by the resignation of Capt.- E. Ashmead-Bartlett, Conservative. Mr. Gardner, who> was a member of the previous parliament, who went down to defeat in the > last general election received. 13,095 votes; Samuel Gluckstein, Conservatives M84; md G~.£^Mm^ttr^ibermrr,Sii: : . This drop in the Conservative vote will be attributed b ythe Labor party to labor's reaction to the Baldwin government's handling of the mining dispute. In the last election Capt. Ashmead- Bartlett, widely known as a journalist, polled 12,925 votes against 10,- 970 by Mr. Gardner. New Zealand Labor Win Tory Stronghold AUCKLAND, New Zealand.—The by-election for the Eden seat in the New Zealand Parliament resulted in a win for the Labor forces. It can be regarded as a severe blow to the Government, for the Tory forces- have held thc seat for over 45 years previous to this election. The New Zealand Labor Party is holding its tenth annual conference at1 the time of writing, at Wanganui. The ballot for president and vice- presideht took place at 'the second .lay's session, resulting in the election of Mr. Semple for president and Mr. Thorn fon vice-president. The conference is still continuing. ,*-*.P FORCE BOSSES TO PAY TORONTO, Ont.—Ontario employers are experiencing difficulty in evading the regulations of the Minimum Wage Board. During the past year more than $17,000 was collected for girls from employers who had failed to comply with the board's findings. Non-Resident Labor Burnaby ratepayers turned down the sewerage plebiscite last week. The reason is supposed to be because the council persists in letting the contracts to firms that employ non-resident alien labor. Jjjj \ BUILDING TRA ^S TAKE NO\ 4? Job stewards on alKJ must call for a show of working cards each Monday morning. . ' . ' W. PAGE, . Secretary. Building Trades Wage Scales Recognized The Building Trades campaign is now well under way and some results arc already showing, reports Secret tary W. Page. He has received official notice from the Department of Labor that carpenters' scale of $7,50 per day, reinforced steel workers' scale of $6.50 per day and painters' scale of $7.00 per day had been recognized by the department. These scales are to remain in force until May 1, 1927. Ironworkers Local No. 97 initiated some sixty new members during May, and Archie McQueen, the business agent, reports all members working under practically closed shop conditions. Enforcing Card Rule Carpenters are enforcing Balding Trades card on all jobs down town. The Lathers are new receiving the attention of the organizing commit;- , U'tvami-«m*at*ewpt"wiTTbe made"to bring one or two large' shops into line, who' are at present employing non-union men. L. A. Davis, who controls the largest shop, has agreed to meet the committee, and some ac tion is looked for. Jim Wilson, organizer for the Lathers, arrived in town on Monday and intends to stay until conditions for lathers are considerably improved. One objectionable feature, the fact that local lathers supply their own nails, may be eliminated. Vancou ver is'one of the few remaining cities to retain this old method. Co-operation A representative from Plasterers International will arrive in town this week, and the plasterers and plasterers' helpers will no doubt be well looked after. The Plasterers' Local is considering a proposition that they will only work with helpers who are members of Local 602. The helpers have already decided not to work with non-union plasterers and an agreement is in sight between these two locals. Millworkers Local 1699 is holding a' special meeting Thursday, June 3, to consider a trade movement, and, the prospects for improved conditions look good. Local 1599 expects to establish a* new wage scale. Union Label Doors It is- interesting to note that the carpenters in Great Britain have decided to refuse to use doors manufactured by Wheeler Osgoode Co., of Taenia, Wash,, on account of the unfair conditions under which they are manufactured. Women and boys, to a large extent, .are being employed in this factory. This should be an incentive for local firms to .try and getl in on this .market, as Wheeler Osgoode Co. was their most active competitor. Doors are now being manufactured by Robertson & Hack- jjaagfe Commoawealbi And Jungle Marriage Bushnegroea of:West Africa Have System That Eliminates Greed and Graft — Capitalistic Exploitation and Ownership Is Not Tolerated—Sane System of Marriage and Primogeniture. By JOHN W. VANDERCOOK, in Harper's Magazine. HERE IS A STORY of an alleged "barbarous" and "uncivilized" race of people who do not murder and rob other people in the mad race for wealth; who do not pile up huge fortunes from the sweat and blood of little children and toil-worn men and women. These "barbarous" people do not equip huge bodies of men with death-dealing weapons and send them forth to capture new markets for the goods produced by exploited slaves. They do not permit an insane "incentive" system of wealth accumulation—sons do not inherit the fortunes (if there were any) of their fathers. Last but not least this "uncivilized" race have a family and marriage system that is quite in keeping with the sanity, harmony and happiness of a people who are not exploited, fooled and cowed by a capitalist system. _ TT is commonly believed throughout peoples who live in thickly forested regions are savages. "Primitive" and "barbaric" are alternate kdjeotives which carry the same meaning. The average citizen infers that these races are "low.on the scale of civilization.' Learned«gentlerriierrfV"se*"tb remark portentiouslv that the sun near the equator has something to do with this sad state of affairs . .'. forgetting for the moment that few regions ever suffer the intense heat of a hot New York summer's day. Traders return from the tropics in a high state of irritation at the "savages' who have refused to buy their shod dy at outragious prices. Missionaries whine about "benighted hea then." All these worthies are wrong. 10,000 Peasants Died In 1763 a private colonization so ciety transported twelve thousand Alsatian peasants to French Guiana. The settlers were selected on a basis of sound health and good sense. Two years later two thousand survivors went home to France. Ten thousand had died. French Guiana \f/as pronounced unfit for a dog. The Alsatians were not acclimated to the tropics and they brought with them insufficient supplies and tools. These faults contributed enormously, of course, to the disaster. But the essential cause of the failure was lack of government. In the tropics Nature is jealous. Man can possess little and must work valiantly to keep that. The Alsatian colonists found that in the new coon- try the.place itself—the \mood of Nature there—set the firat^ftnTt to possessions. Human effort by itself counted for strangely little.t^^i^allS llimil i' A' eaiitprexe 'reversal ol the funda- ett which carry the union label. Replies have been received from several interantionsls to letter sent out by secretary asking assistance during organization campaign. Electrical Workers sent a donation of $100 and other international unions are .considering giving either financial support or sending in organizers. The question of a working button in place of working card is now being considered, and all locals will be asked to decide which, they prefer. It is felt by the building trades that the button being more prominent, will be more effective and will be a further incentive toward the closed shop goal to which all locals are striving. ' mortal belief «i man's supreme place in the universe was vital to survival. But the revolution of soul essential to such a change of thought was impossible for those simple • French . farmers. It has been impossible for all white men, singly and in groups, who have ..tarried on the sweating belly of the world. In the jungle Nature is first, man second. Only the Negro knows that. He, alone among all peoples, has reared his spirit in that stern but quiet tutelage. So he alone survives. Fought, Stole and Murdered The Alsatian colonists found to their sorrow that the forest breeds* envies. Those, who had least took from those who had little. The religion and law of Europe which they had brought with them proved woefully inadequate. Both failed in a land where man is not pre-eminent. < The colonists were good and kind folk, but here they fought and stole and murdered and wept and died. So only a few went home at last French Guiana has never recovered from that first stinging defeat. It is still a marshy place of emptiness and sorrows. In contrast, the Bushnegroea of Suriname, the territory immediately adjoining French Guiana, never murder. They never stcaL They never weep, for they have no things to cry for lack of having.- The rare exceptions to the rule do not change it. ' TJie jungle negroes of Suriname have evolved a system, of forest law and government that is adapted to their environment. True Basis of Society Paths in thc forest must be cut through with knives. Even by this means it is impossible to make better progress overland than two miles a day. And, at the end of a month, if the path has not been carefully tended, it will have utterly disap- ' (Continued on Page 6) . i I 1 I Two THE LABOR STATESMAN June 4th, 1926 WOODSWORTH'S BUDGET SPEECH Burning Up Wealth I have spoken of the way in which we may conserve something of the comparatively small amount of our revenues over which we have control. Just to illustrate some questions which arise outside of this, parliament building but which receive scant attention inside, I should like to quote a paragraph from an address recently delivered by Dr. C. D. Howe, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry of Toronto University, to the Canadian Club According to the Ottawa Citizen, he said: In the last seventy-five, years nearly a million square miles At forests have been destroyed by Are In Canada. Even today three million acres are burned each year,- equivalent to a. strip of land a mile wide from Halifax to Vancouver. Does It matter who Is Prime Minister as long as we continue to lay waste our forest wealth at the rate of three million acres a year? This is my point: We spend a great deal of time talking about a few dollars rise,or fall in income tax, about a few cents rise or fall in certain customs duties, while in the meantime great economic questions find hardly any place in the discussions which go onjn this House. I think Mr. Howe is quite right in the question which he asks: Does It matter who Is Prime Minister as long as we continue to lay waste our forest wealth at the rate of three million acres a year? I will npt take the time of the House to go into the way in which we have been dissipating many of our natural resources. There came into my hand only a few weeks ago a paper delivered last March by Mr. C. M, Campbell before the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, on our Canadian natural resources. 'Some of us have been rather prone to emphasize the fact that we have almost unbounded natural resources in this country, but scientists are now beginning to tell us that we have been altogether too optimistic with V'irsjriwidi tu ' tliese lUatterH atttir&Stf -already our soils are Being depleted, our forests are rapidly diminishing and even our mines are not nearly so extensive as we have imagined them to be. These* things, it seems to me, should give us pause, and instead of spending three or four weeks in discussing what, after all, are almost entirely political matters, we as representatives of the people ought to spend a great deal more of our time in considering the conservation and the proper utilization of these great natural resources. Efficiency in Industry I wish hon. gentlemen could read a little book, The Tragedy of Waste, by Stuart Chase, with regard to the wastes that are occurring on this continent through lack of co-ordination in the management of our industrial affairs. I remember several years ago reading an interesting little book by King C. Gillette, a practical business man who was accustomed to sizing up industries from the standpoint of the efficiency engineer. He looked over the industrial field and asked whether we were at all efficient? He said, among other things: The engineers estimate that the loss to industries through lack of efficiency is as follows: Mens' clothing industry, 6".78 per cent: building Industry, 68 per cent; printing Industry, 67.61 per cent; boot and shoe Industry, 40.93 per cent; metal Industry, 28.66 per* cent; textile Industry, 49.20 per cent. This, he points out must average something like 50 per cent, a loss which he thinks is chargeable to lack of co-ordination. In the author's opinion an individual under the system of co-ordination which he is advocating could produce enough in five years to maintain him for a lifetime of seventy years, no matter how extravagant he might me. This comes, not from some university professor or from' some academic dreamer, but from a practical business man who, after looking over the arrange ment* of our industrial system as it operates today, suggests that there are great gaps to be filled ih and duplications to be cut out, and that co-ordination is absolutely necessary if we are to produce and distribute economically and avoid the waste which is now taking place. I suggest that if our industry is 50 per cent inefficient we should pay a little more attention to recommendations of that kind and less attention to protecting our industrial concerns from outside competition. Let me say again, as I have said before, that in my judgment neither protection nor free trade will solve our present problems; we must get behind all that and recognize clearly that solutions which perhaps might have been satisfactory some years ago are no longer feasible inasmuch as new factors have entered the indutsrial field in recent years. Huge Public Debt There is one other matter to which I .desire to"call the attention of the House in connection with our financial statement. I have spoken of the estimated expenditure and the estimated revenue and made a few comments in each case. There is also the balance sheet, if I may so describe it, which the minister has submitted to parliament. On March 31, 1925, our net public debt stood at $2,417,437,685,59, and the minister estimates that there will be a decrease in the debt this year to the extent of $22,353,000 odd. This sounds a large amount, and as some of the hon. members of the opposition have pointed out, it is only apparent in viewof the fact that the Canadian National Railways have not been taken into account. Personally I hope the time is not.-far distant* when, in preparing the balance sheet, our government will include the Canadian WjltlSritsl KaTlwayiramong the" public works of the country. But, after all, it must be remembered, this apparently large decrease of $22,000,- 000 which is anticipated is less than one per cent of the debt, so that if the Canadian National Railways are taken into consideration it is evident that we are not even paying the interest on our debt. This is the great point for us to emphasize. Most of us are unable to think in terms of millions or billions, but there are few who are incapable of thinkg in percentages, and that is why I am trying to emphasize the percentages. We are therefore reducing the debt annually by less than one per cent. And while this is an improvement on previous years it is still a very small reduction and does not touch the main problem at all. Labor Views As I have pointed out before, it is somewhat 'difficult for those of us who belong to the minor parties to know how to vote on the budget, for the simple reason that only one amendment is permisaable. We have therefore to vote for or against the amendment, and then for or against the main motion, for under normal circumstances we have no means of stating what we think should be the fiscal policy of the country. It may be, in fact it is true, that we in tbe labour movement are so small numerically that it could make no immediate difference to the House or to the country what we might propose as a fiscal policy. 'Nevertheless we are here to submit our policy to par- liamentj and as I cannot move an amendment to the budget.I want to put on Hansard again, as I did two years ago when I had an opportunity of proposing an amendment to the budget, the views of those whom we labour members represent in this Houso. *** (a) in the abolition of fiscal legislation that fosters and sustains class privilege; (b) in the removal of taxes from the necessities of life; (c) in the'taxation of land values; and (d) after the exemption of small incomes, in a steeply graded income and inheritance taxation. And the eleventh plank of our platform provides for a capital levy for the extinction of the war debt. I want to call the attention of the Minister of Finance (Mr. Robb) to the last two proposals. I cannot see why we in this country ought not as a federal government to impose an inheritance tax. Mr. EULER: Would the hon member add that tax to the inheritance tax already imposed by the prov- - incest, . " An Inheritance Tax Mr. WOODSWORTH: Yes. Some of the provinces have an income tax which their citizens have to pay in addition to the federal income tax and I see no reason why we should not have a federal inheritance tax*, In this connection I would observe that as between administrative bodies taxation is after all merely a matter of adjustment, and it is one that could be worked out between the Dominion and the provinces. I am inclined to think that in some respects the federal government have pre-empted too great a proportion of the taxation of the country. However I am not discussing that question at the moment; rather, I am considering the principles underlying the proposal for an inheritance tax. I believe that we are absolutely right in suggesting that after a certain exemption, sufficiently large to enable a man's estate to provide for his immediate dependents, the rest of that estate ought to be very heavily taxed. Personally I would go a great deal further; I wbulff 'say' tliat"it ought to be expropriated. An hon. MEMBER: What would be the limit? Unborn Saddled With Debt Mr. WOODSWORTH: I would not make, any suggestion offhand; I am merely stating a general principle. But I would allow an exemption sufficiently large to enable the estate to take care of the man's immediate dependents, to give them a start in life, and after that I should think the state might very well take pver the remainder. After all, when you come to financial wealth you must remember that you are dealing with something that is different from the real wealth of the country. In the case of real wealth the more I have the better it is for me and it is none the worse for you, but in the case of financial wealth, dollars and pounds, the more I have the worse it is for the community, because after all the dollar is simply an order on the services of the rest of the community. If we allow.large numbers of these orders to be passed on from generation to generation it means that the rest of the community, that the unborn children of the rest of the community, are saddled with debt and have to pay services for which those who inherit these orders have rendered no real value. These are considerations to which we should give attention. (To be continued). Our Preferred Trading Register THE following business, men patronize the advertising columns of your paper. In return you are urged to patronize them. Cut out the list Os-Mse • month and keep it where you can check it up. Watch for deletions and additions to the list. Esther Bakery, 3738 Hastings East Br. Middleton's. At all Orooery Stores. B1SC17IT MANUFACTURERS Br. Middleton's 888 Hasting* East. - BOOTS ft' SHOES Arthur Frith ft Co, 2313 Main P. Pari*, SI Hastings St- w. W. n. Brunimirt 18-30 Cordova Bt. W. CHIROPRACTORS J. A. Bryant 307-8 Bee Bldg. OOS'HCTIOBBBY Davenport Confectionery, 17-43 Commar- oial Drive. CIGARS ft TOBACCO Mainland Cigar Store 310 Carrall DANCIWO Cotillion Ball. Qranvlll. ft Davie DENTISTS Of. W. J. Curry, 801. Dominion Bldg-. Br. W. A. B-utlodg-o, 108 Hastings W. DEPARTMENT STORES - Hudson's Bay Co. Granville ft Georgia BST GOODS A. Frith ft Co., 2313 Main DRUGGISTS Bad Star Brag- Stan. Carrall ft Cordova Vanoouver Brag Stores 111 storos ELECTRICAL 8UPFLIB8 ft CONT. City Electric. Mil ft Main. Hirst's Electric 4099 Hastings B. ELECTRIC THERAPY Hoalthwyn Clinic, 801 Dominion Bank H. Walton, 311 Frovlnco Bids;. FLOOR COVERING Mount Pleasant Floor Covering- Btora, 848 Broadway Bast. FLORISTS Brown Bros., 48 Hastings B. SGS Oranvllle 181 Hastings W FLOUR Br. Middleton's Ironlzod Whole Wheat. GLASS AND GLAZING Western Glass 00. 168 Cordova St V. GENTS' FURNISHINGS A. Frith ft Son, 3313 Mala Wray ft McKoo S3 Hustings W. w. B. Bnunmltt 18-30 Cordova St. W. CrBOCERS H. A. BUI, 3723 Hastings St. B. A. Frederlokson. 20th k " Manitoba Hard war. 1714 Commercial HEMSTITCHING Broadway Hemstltchsrs. 948 Broadway Bast. Fiona Pair. Bill. MEAT MARKETS W. Dickinson, 3724 Hastings B. MUSIC Grandvlew Mnslc House, 1738 Commercial Drive. NOTARIES V. B. Bengough, 803 Holden Bldg. PHOTOGRAPHERS' Mission Stndlo, 108 Hastings E. Labor Statesman 803 Holden - RESTAURANTS Bergman's Colo 334 Camble St Empire Cafe 78 Hastings St. B. Manhattan Cafe 1047 Granvillo St. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. B. Beard, 959 Hobson SBOB REPAIRS H. A. Korwood, Glliuore and Hastings. 2440 Main St- 3887 Main St. 3338 Granville Servloe Shoe Shop Bast. B. Sopp, Toronto Shot "epaJ-er .- ' 10»' Perry ft Bolk 18 Basung* St. W. J. B. Swader 437 Seymour THi-'TRES Pontages , .'astlngs at Carnal! Strand IK' rgta ft Seymour Lunger's Circuit S Theatre* UNDERTAKERS Monnt Pleasant Undertakers Kingsway ft Main. T. J. Kearney, 803 Broadway W. B. Bowoll ft Son, S6 6th N. West. Armstrong ft Hotson, 304 Dnnlevy At*. WATCH REPAIRS—EXPERT B. L. HMimiergren 718 Klngsway 8. 0. Johnson, 3838 Basting* St East ■ ■. :....m.J±-jeZ end upon most w€ appreciate least WINDSOR PLUMBERS SECURE WAGE RATE OF $1.25 AN HOUR •Entering into a new agreement with their employers, plumbers of the Border Cities, commencing May 1 will receive $1.25 an hour,.an increase, of 10 cents. This is the highest wage ever paid to plumbers in the Dominion, according to J. 8TRBETCAR SERVICE British Columbia ^ImmcMmnrCo. VANCOUVER VICTORIA --IIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinillllllMIMIMMIMIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-f | Prevent Forest j I Fires I YOU CAN HELP = BRITISH COLUMBIA FOREST SERVICE | With regard to taxation We believe Hart, secretary of the Plumbers' r. -.Iinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllirr- June 4th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory Tanconver Trad** and Labor ooaaetl— President, William Dunn; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Office. 803 Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings East.) Phone Sey. 7495. Meet* in Labor Hall at * p.m. on the flrst and third Tuesdays In month, J , , Automobile Lodge 703, I. A. of M. — Meets every second and fourth Tuesday In Room 310 Holden Bldr, Pre*.. W. W. Hague; business agent, O. S. Hague, 007 Holden Bldg. Beverage Dispensers Union No, 876— meet* last Sunday in month at 8:00 P.m., at HI Seymour St. President, W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office; 441 Sey- "i-?2rT.St- Phones-' Sey. 125 and Bay. 1856-R. Boilermaker* and Helpers, Local iu Meets flrst and third Mondays IrSuhe month at Holden Building. President, S»? C*mpl>*ll; Secretary. A. Fraser, 6078 Rows St. Phone. Fraser 60JT. **££*' * ■fnotural Iron Worker*. Local o' Iat:~A"c—M»et« "very Monday. Room 804 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. President James F. Burns; Secretary, mat- K 302, Clty" Phone Pa,r' Building Trades Oonnoal, Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Holden Building. President. Robt. ptevenaon; Secretary-treats., W. Watt Bakers' Local 4SS, Jonrneymen, of Am- -/ . °?—Me6t8 "rst and third Saturday* 5.' l,pLm- .JPr^sMen*' H Hall; sec, TJ.,R,fJ"''J7 Broadway Weat. Phone fair. DoseR. ****ry aal*atia*a. Local an _ Meet* secondThursday every montli. Holden wjR-i ll,¥.aBH?g.e % President, A. Wylle, 4338 Elgin Street; financial secretary. H. A. Bowron. 741 16th Ave. E., Phone Fair. 3831X. Barber*', Journeyman International tra- wa of Amorloa— Local 180 Vancouver, a. c, meets second and fourth Tuas- asrs- *J> each month In Room 310 J"?„b,or sP'l1' Xs Haatlng* Blast. President, Fred Dawe; fln.- secretary A R. Jennl, 728 Hastings Street We*t; rec sec, Bert Deprey. Buokblnder* BoeaAlTo. 106, Int. Blullm ■sV??*trMe'"'„?Soond Tfl*sdejr In month l°* Holden Bldg. President. F. Milne 638 Drake St.; secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Lather*, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 407 — Meata 2nd and 4th Mondays In month, at room 209 Holden Bldg. President, ' H. P. Fulljamea. 2106 Vanness; Secretary, Bert Jenkinif, 60 45th Ave. E. Machinist Local S»S—President, Thos Sills. 1352 Burratrd St. Secretary. P B. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor HalL 18 Hastings East. Meet* on second and fourth Tuesdays In montli. BOH and Factory Woriers' Union, Looal No. 1M« — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiner*. Meets first and third Thursdays In Room 313 Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fln. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec. Sec. If. Holden. 1710 6th Av*. W„ Vancouver, Phone Bay. 3123-R Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, Looal 464—Meets second and fourth Friday In Labor Hall. 16 Hasting* St E Business agent Blrt Showier, 1115 Robson St Molders Union Local 381—International of North Amerlca-^Meets first and third Fridays In month Ih room 318 Holden 'Bldg., at 8 p. m. President, John Maley, 1336 2nd Ave. E, Corresponding representative. J. Pinkerton, 2169 Victoria Drive. Motion Pictures Projectionist'* Union, Local 348 of I.A.T S-E ft M.F.H O.— Meets at 991 Nelson St on flrst Sunday in each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster, 1181 Oranvllle St.; Secretary, Oeo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Musicians Mutual Froteotlvs union Local 14S. A. F. of M.—Meets, at the G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President Ernest C Miller, 991 Nelson Street; secretary. Edward Jamieson, 991 Nelson Street: financial secretary, W. E- Williams. 991 Nelson Street; organizer, F. Fletcher, 111 Nelson Street Fainter*. Decorator* and Faperhenger* Looal 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 319 Pender St. W. Business agent, Robt. Stevenson. Office, room 204 319 Pender St, W. Phone Sey. 3809. Brewery Worker* Union Wo. 300—meets flrst and third Wednesday In month in room 313. Holden'BuIldlng, at 8 p.m. president. Anirus McLennan; - Secretary, c. Graham. 2219 16th Ave. W. Phone Bay. 3353R. ■^J^d?1' M»*<ms' «nd SMI* Setter.' rat. Union Ho. I—Meets second and . fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bid* Prosldent G. E. Halllday; Secretary. W. S. Daa-nall. 1244 iOth Ave H. Phone Fair. 846 R. W. J. Pipes, Fin. , SeCrefcg^^^^^^^^^rfs^^'fe Carpenter* and Joiners, Amalgamated Society of,—Vancouver lst Branch meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. President, G. Riehardson; Secretary, John T. Bruce; Business Agent; J. McKInley. Headquarters, room 35, 163 Hastings St. W. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 452— President, R. W Hatley; recording secretary, W. Pare; business accnt Wm. Dunn. Office, Room 808 Labor Hall 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays. S p.m. mt7 ?"JJ Bmploy***' Association meets ?J;?t. Wednesday of each month at 251H Hastings E., at S p.m. President. D. Hargreaves; business agent and treasurer. W J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. Olvio Employees' Union, Looal 28 Meets first and third Friday* In tbe month at 251H Hastings E., at 8 p.ra. President. J. MacRltchle, 616 8th Ave. E.; secretary-treasurer. George Harrison, 1162 Parker St Dominion Express Employees, Local Bo. IS, Brotherhood of—Meets flrst Friday and first Tuesday alternating each month In Room 810 Holden Building. President O. M. Payton, 4136 Sophia St.; Sec-Treas. H. -C. Haines, 1919 Klngsway. &?*?*,i Wo**"W"*«. *oeal 818, International Brotherhood—.Moots every Monday at 8 p.mu fn Room No. 6, 819 Pender Street We*t President D. W. McDougal, 910 Hastlqir* Street Bast; 319 P^*srant' E S' sforrtson, OfflX »I» Pender Street West - ■nglneers—International Union Steam •sul Operaung Looal 844—Meet* every Thursday at Tl p.m., Room sou Holden Bldg. President J. R. Flynn; rec **c- retary and business agent, Roy Flnley. Bngineers, Steam and Operating, Int. Looal 883—Meet* every Wednesday at 8 p.m. In- room 806 Holden Bldr. President, W. Hulbert; vlce-pr**., X Russell: business agent and financial sec. W. J. Irwin; rec sec- W. L. Alnger. Office. 808 Holden Bldg. Fir* Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meet* every month at call of president, at 261M Hastings E. President. J. Anderson, No. 2 Fir* Hall; financial secretary, C. A. Wataon, No, 3 Fire Hall. FloorUyers' Union. No. 1875, U.B. of C. * J. of A., meet* lit and 3rd Thursdays in 110 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. President. E. C. Woodward; Fln. Sec, A. Held; Rea Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1161 Howe St. Hotel aad Restanrant Employees Union, Local 88—441 Seymour Street. Meets Second Wednesday* at 1 p.m. and last Wednesday at I p.m. President. G. Coleman; business agent, Barry Wood, Phone Seymour 1S5. Pile Drivers, Brldtrs, Wharf and Book Builders Looal No. 8404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. la 112 Hastings St. W. Jamee Thomson, secretary, P. O. Box 320. Plasterers. Local 89—International Association of Operative, meet* first Wednesday In month at Holden Bldg. •President, Chas. Keall, 1926 McKay - Ave. Secretary. Ed. Williams, 1133 Barclay. Phone Douglas 3093L. Plasterer's Laborer*' no. 808 International. Meets third Friday in month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips, 1674. 2nd Ave. W.; Rec Sec, F. Tait. 289 47th Ave. E., phone Fraser 896L-.'-- Pl ambers end Sieorniltter*, No. ITS, - International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday in the Holden Bldg. President Bert 3tlnchcomb*. 1899 Ogden Ave.; secretary and bual- ness agent. W. Watt. 805 Holden Bldg. Printing Pressmen and assistant*, Local BTo. SS—Meeta every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. In Room III Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St K. Presl- ' dent, Harry F. Longley, 308 8th St, North Van.; secretary. Frank H. Humphrey, P. O. Box 894, 4028 Victoria Dr. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge Bo. 58— Meets first and third Friday in month at Cotillon Hall. Oranvllle and Davie Streets. President. A. S. Robs, 5873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy. 2215 16th Ave. W. Street and Blectrlc Rallwoy Employees Pioneer Division Bo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall. Eighth and Kingsway, lst and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President J- E. Smith: recording secretary. F. E. Griffin; treasurer, H- w. Speed; financial secretary and business agent Angus Maclnnes, 3544 Pr. Edward St. Office: corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Fairmont 2150L. Shoot Metal Workers, *»'»'j~'—tf« Looal Union no. 880—Meets second and fourth Thursday in month In Holden Bldg.. 16 Hastings St. E. President N. C. Smith, 4462 Quebec St.: fln. sec, E. J. Wardrop, 425 15th Ave. R.: cor. sec, A. P. Ashtoo. 4503 Spruce Street Burnaby. Shingle Weaver*. Looal 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month, in Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and 4 th Sunday, 7 p.m.. In Room 213 Holden Bldg.. Vancouver. President, J. N. Chute. Phone High. 1982T: sec, W. H. Matthew, Joyce Rd. P. O. Phone Coll. 413R1. Tailors', Jonrneymen Union of America, Local Bo. 1T8—Meeting* held first Thursday fn each month. 8 p.m. Execu- - tlve meets third Thursday of every month In Labor.HalL President A* R. Gatenby; secretary. C. McDonald. P.O. Box 603. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen aad Helpers, Looal 4S8—Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay. 2236 Quebec St.; secretary-treasurer. A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. Th* Vancouver Theatrical Federation— Meets at 991 Nelson Street at 11 am on the Tuesday preceding the first Sunday of the month. President, J. R. Foster; Secretary, Lest!* Clark; Business Agent, George Gerrard. Ill Nelson St ' Typographical Union, Bo. 898—President C. 8. Campbell; vice-president, R Gouthro;- Secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, P.O. Box (I. Meet* last Sunday of each month at 1 p.m.. la Holden Building. 14 Hasting* St. B Let a man think he is having; his own way, girls, and yen can do almost anything with him. Correspondence - Re the Red Flag Dear Sir: - As one who has consistently voted for labor candidates in provincial and federal elections and intend to do so in,the future, believing that the Labour Party stands for the greatest good for the greatest number, there is one thing I ani ih entire disagreement in connection, with the movement, and that is the red flag being either sung- or carried in processions. My activities in the labor movement are limited, being confined to attending the meetings of the union to which I belong, paying my dues, subscribing to a labour paper, and voting at elections. Outside of this, however, I do not attend any labour propaganda meetings, for the simple reason that the creed of socialism has long ago been soaked into the fibre of my being, and that creed is "Production for Use and Not for Profit" Therefore, being a labour-socialist, it may seem strange,to some people that I should protest against the red flag; but I love my country, its people, and the Union Jack, and it is just because of these facts, and because I wish to see my own people raised to a higher level, that I- vote labour and socialist. Love of one's country and the flag that flies over it should not be incompatible with: the labour movement and socialism; indeed, I would say that those who are not in the labour movement and do not so vote, cannot have a great love for their country, their people, or their flag, otherwise they would not be so blind to the poverty, the degre- dation, and misery that is in their midst. Therefore, while a labour- socialist, and so vote, on these grounds, I "object to the red flag, because it savours of disloyalty to one's country and people,_ and ^the ■im^!^^v!Wemnrig^tls'Xmg''s "uni- form and serving under the Union Jack may be just as good a labour man as I am. The two things are not incompatible; indeed, they should not be so; labour and loyalty to one's country should go hand in hand. However, the trouble is that people do not see it in this light, and the result has been that where the red flag has been brought into play, people get thc impression that those in the labour movement are disloyal to their country, and th^.result is votes cast againsflabour candidates, and who can blame them. I am sure that many more people would vote for labour if it were not for the fact that they are afraid of the movement, or rather do not trust it. Therefore, I say, for the good of the movement, cut out this red flag propaganda, and let the people know we are just as loyal to our country and our flag as any liberal or conservative, perhaps more so, and the result should be more votes cast for the labour candidates both in Canada and Great Britain. Yours truly, DAVID ROBSON. the view of finding if anything can be done to bring us all under one party. It is the intention of a few of us here to make an effort to cover the district of camp riding this summer and coming fall with the view of bringing as many workers as we can into the Labor party. But which Labor party? I think you will understand how complicating the matter seems to us and how delighted the boss must feel with things as they are. I remain Yqurs for freedom, WM. LAW. Editor: ' I wish you would axplain the reason for the Independent Labor Party. Is it connected in any way with the C. L. P. If not, then why? If this I. L P. is a new movement, then I think there is cause to feel depressed. It occurs to me that we cannot make headway if we are to be separated, and again separated in this way. Are the leaders of our party (C. L. P.) not sufficiently strong to hold the organized workers in our party? This matter might not seem to be of much consequence to you comrades in the city, but to us up here in the quiet places, it is a serious subject. If you have not given this matter previous thought I wish yon would discuss it with Comrades Mclnnes, Sidaway, Pettipiece and others with (Editor's Note). The Canadian Labor Party is an organization composed of delegates only from Trades Unions, Labor Parties, Co-operative Societies, etc., having for their ultimate objegt the abolition of Capitalism and the establishment of a Cooperative Commonwealth. ' At the present time the organizations affiliates! with the C. L. P. are Trades Unions, Independent Labor Party, Communist Party and Junior Labor League. The Independent Labor Party (recently organized) is. composed Of members who formerly belonged'to the Socialist Party, Federated Labor Party and~C. L. P. Groups. These are now combined into what is now known as the I. L. P.* which leaves only the I. L. P. and the. Communist Party in the field for propaganda work. The C. L! P. becomes the medium whereby these parties are able to co-ordinate their activities during election time, all candidates running under the auspices of the C. L. P. —. In districts such as yours, you either form a branch of the I. L. P. or the Communist Party. During election time a convention of all locals in the district is held; a candidate selected and endorsed by_the MK&Seeiio^^^he!!^Mf'^kWWe campaign carried on under the banner of the Canadian Labor Party. Editor Labor Statesman: As there has been some misunderstanding and exception taken by Mr. Taylor, Safety Director, regarding the article published in the issue of May 23 in connection with the engineers' and firemen's strike at Westminster Mills, I desire to make the following reply about the rotten conditions which the Statesman called attention to. When a fireman has to work' for 29c an hour, seven days a week, soaked through with sweat, and throw blocks on Sunday, we consider that a rotten condition. Engineers and firemen at the Westminster Mills receive the lowest pay of any firm on the continent. The Engineers have to do all the pipe fitting in the dry kilns, oil all the mill, and, while they are doing this there is. no one in' the engine room If an accident happened and the engine had to be shut down quickly, who would do it? This is endangering people's lives and are some of the rotten conditions we complain of. We had no complaint to make regarding the mill stewardship of Mr. Taylor because he has helped to remedy many defects that prevented loss of life and limb, but we do complain of the company's attitude towards its employees. The mill is now being operated almost entirely by Oriental labor. The rest are incompetents. One of the men who filled our places burned out a* boiler, but the company still continues to endanger the lives of those working for them. A. C. RUSSELL. Chicago.—A threatened strike of 5,000 organized carpenters employed in sash and door mills resulted in a union-shop contract and a minimum rate of $1.20 an hour. If a worker reports for duty and is not employed he is paid half a day's wage. Vancouver Heights THE ESTHER BAKERY FOR HEALTH, STRENGTH AND BEAUTY Eat Our Brown Bread Also Our . White, Raisin and Nut Bread 3728 Hastings E. Phone: High. 1309 *■- ft A. HILL GROCERIES, FRUITS. CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND. FEED 3722 Hatting* E. Phone High. 1640 -, W. DICKINSON MEAT MARKET 3724 Hastings Street Eaat - — My Motto: ONE QUALITY ONLY—THE BEST Hirst's Electric We do complete and dependable HOUSE WIRING at reasonable nates. Glen 370 4099 Ha8ting*s St. B. Headquarters in N. Burnaby for Edison Mazda Lamps, Textile Strikers Ask Investigation Washington.—Members of Congress from the New England states were urged to demand a congressional investigation, of the strike against the American Thread Company at Willimantic, Conn. The request was made by Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers, and a committee representing the ^OPj&jkfiHL^^ssiipjsPBSiJ.pi' " '*>'" "'!." *"" " Tins strike has been on for more than a year. .State police are in charge of the town, despite the workers' protests that law is being observed. The company is a snbaidary oi English Sewing Cotton Thread Company of England. It has attempted to cut wages although it has declared a 10 per cent dividend. on. its full capitalization and placed *>1,380,000 in its reserve fund. "During the 10-year period ending December 31, 1924," said President McMahon, "the company has paid dividends of 250 per cent in cash and stock dividends. The total surplus of the company is $14,000,000, nearly equalling its entire capitalization, which is approximately $16,- 000,000, including bonds." UNSKILLED WORKERS AVERAGE 40 CENTS HR. Unskilled workers in the United States are receiving an average wage of 40.5 cents an nour, according to a survey made in 12 important industries as of April 1st,-by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. The lowest rate was 15 cents and the highest 62.5 cents. The highest rate appears in the automobile industry, and the lowest in the sawmill industry. "; The study was confined to wages paid newly employed unskilled adult" males in industries which require considerable numbers of common laborers. Some establishments, the bureau said, reported two rates, one for the ten-hour workday and one for the eight-hour day or one for white and one foivnegro or Mexican workers. /'It is apparent," says the report,' "that the lowest rates are shown for those geographic divisions where there are large numbers of negro or Mexican workers on ' a ten-hour day basis, while the highest rates are in localities .where the eight-hour day is more or less prevalent. ■' , Four THE LABOR STATESMAN The Labor Statesman Pobll.he4er.rr Brlday. at lit Hold*a Bldr.. Vanoou»er. B. C June 4th, 1928 Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. PRESS COMMITTEE: W. H. Cottrell. Street Railwayman; H. Woo°J!t 5°'el una Restaurant Employ- H. W. Watt*. Man. Editor. Subscription Rate.:—Canada 12 00 per jrjar, 11.00 for .li montha Unites! State, and foreign, 11.00 par year To anion* .ub*crlbing In a body Ke per member par month. **om S.ymonreart Vancouver, B.C., June 4th, 1926 IMMIGRATION AGAIN A local evening paper with great approbation - quotes a Calgary publication to the effect that seasonal employment, and the winter breadline, are tbe results not of too many people but of too few. And here is the process of mental juggling by which it attempts to establish the startling proposition that by adding more workers to those already unemployed work will be created for all: "Owing to tbe high operating costs and low prices for farm produce in recent years, the purchasing power of the rural population has been lowered. The market for industrial pro-, ducts is restricted and there is less for transportation companies to transport and the railways and factories suffer" and the men and women who should be employed by them go without work." This makes the matter so clear to our local paper that it ramps off in a general endorsement of the Canadian t crime and insan ity of crowding alieni" in when it cannot employ its own citizens. "" Putting these specious generalities apart and examining them in detail they prove as inconsistent, as illogical and as untrue as any argument must be that seeks to prove that by adding to a "surplus the excess is caused to disappear. Commencing with the lie of it, when and where and how do Canadian factories and railways suffer. C. P. R. stock consistently pays 170 per cent, the company is practically rebuilding the line ont of profits, and have many millions of dollars of excess profits set aside that it is afraid to divide up in case it should cause a demand for lower transportation rates. The Canadian National is carrying a load of a hundred million dollars that was plundered out of it during construction by our very best citizens. But in spite of that, and of the fact that the system is largely a pair of paralleled lines built to compete, it is rapidly becoming an asset instead of liability. Banking is gloriously profitable; twelve per cent seems to be the average return, with two and three per cent of a bonus added in a few cases. Our Federal Government returns show the factory production per. man in Canada as being the, highest of any country in the world. ' Canadian exports per head of population is the highest of . any country in the world. A New York financial publication recently stated that the per capita increase in industrial capital in Canada, since the war, has been tbe greatest of any country in the world, and the larger portion of this is reinvested profits, and not new capital. One of the unquestionable measurements of the financial and industrial welfare of a nation, is its trade balance; if the value of its exports exceeds the value of its imports it reflects a profitable condition of trade, industry and finance. Last year the balance of trade was /our hundred and three million dollars in favor of Canada; again, per head of population, the highest of any country in the world. These are the facts of the* case and they conclusively prove the brazen quality of lie that industry, transportation or financial juggling in Canada is unprofitable or "suffers." The real fact of the matter is that these profit-making operations are very much more profitable than any figure we can give would indicate, for the figures which the world over is taken as indicating a healthy prosperous eight million people in reality is the measure of the prosperity of a small segment of the people, for the farming and wage working classes enjoy no prosperity. ' The mortgaged and abandoned farms unmistakably indicate that farming is the one unprofitable Canadian industry, while .the annual bread line indicates the condition of labor. If immigration is to affect either the farmers' high operating cost, or the low price of his produce, it must be the former for the market price of wheat oil beef is not/determined by its productive cost in Canada, so immigration is to influence the operating cost*—in jitber words, drives down the price of farm labor. At the present time the Canadian farm employs the maximum of labor for two months, less than half the amount for six months and for the other six months not as many as it turns off farmers and farmers sons into the labor market. During the summer the" farm employs the newcomer, and the less alert worker, and at a scandalously low wage and at the beginning of winter it dumps him on the city streets to rot, steal or 611 up the bread line, and we are now told that this bread line will vanish by importing sufficient labor to further break down the wage during the few months of ranch work. Wallowing,, further in this mire of argument^ rtlitatfmg^frie* faffiiSs'lrpraHng' cofts will enable him to buy more factory products, thereby keeping this "suffering" factory going. The amount of additional purchases by the farmer will be equal in value to the sum that he can save by paying less for his labor. All the additional business that any factory could obtain from this source would amount to nothing. While on the other hand the city would have the increased number of workers flooding in for the winter, and each individual would be as much poorer as the farmer had profited by the reduced cost of labor—and these are the methods by which seasonal employment and the winter bread line is to be abolished. But the whole argument is invalidated in another way. The Canadian state-aided immigration hoax has been carried on continuously for fifty years, and uniformly throughout the period it has produced an overwhelming majority of city and industrial workers. The only time during these years that Canada has not had a large, surplus of unemployed labor was during the years that the Grand Trunk and the Canadian Northern construction employed tens of thousands of industrial workmen. At all other times the Canadian labor market has been glutted, and men who in their own country were able to maintain.their self respect, sank to the level of the bread line and the soup kitchen, and the native born Canadian cursed his own land and abandoned it. With forty years of this type of ghastly failure, what possible pretex or excuse is there for pretending to believe that during this year some different results are going to be had from the same crime? But we do not have to await next winter to see the results —ff>r the last couple of months every train from the Atlantic seaboard, reaching Vancouver, has carried a varying quota of European immigrants and at the present moment, June" 1st, within fifty miles of this city, the Provincial Government operates "relief work" and cannot hope to give employment to more than a tithe of those demanding work. An inquiry at the American immigration offices, Credit Foncier building, this city, will show a steady daily stream of young Canadians supplicating for entry to the United States. And to protect itself against the flood of penniless Europeans that the Canadian Government has brought in but cannot employ the "quota law" has been put into force at the Canadian Boundary. The effects of its immigration policy is not, nor cannot be, unknown to our Government and therefore we must conclude that in alliance with the employing financial and transportation interests the policy is deliberately designed to grind wages down to the substance level, and by driving out its own people before a continuous flood of aliens, to prevent the growth of anything in the form of national spirit or outlook, so that Canada becomes a land of rich profitmongers, and peons, indifferent to all but the needs of the hour., —M. T3/VRMS [©TAT© IATCH ' If all other parts of the British Empire respond in ratio to their trade union population as well as British Columbia, the British coal miners will have ample funds to "carry on" till the obdurate coal barons reach the conclusion that without miners there is not much "business" for them to mind. ', *■*■• After a year's absence from the Central Labor Body as a delegate from the Typos., it seemed refresh- h*-g""fi*^r'.Jn^ the good old way last Tuesday evening. Met a whole flock of the old- timers and enjoyed seeing the new blood on the job. * .* * Disobedience of I. T. U. law calling for the submission to a referendum of the membership, the question of an increase in minimum dues, helped the Progressives to ditch Pres. James M. Lynch in the general election on May. 26. Ex-President Howard has been elected by some 2,200 majority as against a defeat by some 2,500 two years ago. A complete turnover of some 5,000 votes. It seems that our own W. R. Trotter is elected as an I. T. U. delegate to the American Federation of Labor (on the Progressive ticket). '« * * Am leaving via tinolimo for Salem, Oregon, on Saturday to attend the Pacific Northwest Typographical Conference which opens there on Monday. The potato patch, including the wonder gladioli show, will have to remain unhoed for a few days, and, incidentally, this column will probably be shy next week. May have an idea or two for the week following. MRS. KID BURNS BENEFIT DANCE SATURDAY, JUNE 12 A benefit dance is being held in the Clinton Hall, Clinton and Pender, on Saturday evening, June 12, to raise funds for the benefit of Mrs. Kid Burns and her. three children, iler husband, Kid Burns, was sentenced to 3 years and four months in jail on a charge of inciting a riot and disorderly picketing during the strike of Druraheller, Alta., miners last fall. The dance is being held under the auspices of the Communist Party of Canada. Dancing 9 till 12. Regular prices for admission. Debt funding: "Lend me ten more, Bill, and I'll pledge my grandchildren to' pay that five I owe you," IN THE - TONSORIAL CHAIR - SPUD T/V Hello, Charlie 1 Where you bin? Long time no see. Been down in California looking over your walnut ranch, eh? It must be great to own a department store. Beats me how you do it and "sell for less." There must be an awful killing somewhere. Either the wholesalers are robbing the small trader or your help must be giving you 100 per cent efficiency. Say, did you see that tall man who went out as you came in? He was telling me he is a janitor at your layout. Tickled all up the back, he was, because he is only to be worked 8 houra'per day instead of the 12 he is working now. Now that, is what I call a step in the right direction, and I understand it came quite voluntary from you. Now, if the janitors had come out on strike to obtain that condition, it would have been hailed as a great victory for labor, and it would have been; but when given voluntary it is a great victory for common sense. Of course, mind you, Charlie, there is a great many things you. could do along those lines to make life more tolerable for your clerks. Well, now, since you ask for examples, how about closing your store at 5:30 p.m. during the summer months so that the basement staff could get a little more time to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air? Coil knows you hav'e only to look at their pale faces to see that they need' it. Then you might give your friend McNiven, chairman of the Minimum Wage Commission, a kick in the -aspect, so as to waken Jwjt-ttpsto ^&m*eewtiy~tf~1fo&~^n£' mission justifying its existence; Here they have been "investigating" for the best part of a year, and nothing has been done yet. Over six months ago the Retail Employees asked to be heard by that commission, and so far the silence has been complete. Square dinkum Charlie, how much do you think the lowest-paid male worker should get? $25 per week eh? Well, you put it low.enough, but I want to tell you that a hang of a lot of married Retail Clerks would be tickled to death to get that amount. By the'way, that reminds me of your,, pet "Political Football," the P.G.E. How is it that a government professing to be anxious to give the workers an 8-hotir day and a minimum wage Of 40c per hour, work their help 10 hours per day and pay them 30c per hour. Holy old mack- inaw, fancy how reckless a married man could be with his stake after working for, say,-six months in that mosquitoe ridden country. Let's see. His weekly wage would be $18. His board, and boxcar would be $8.75, say tobacco and stamps 50c, and doc- £6r*muid Workmen's Compensation 25c. That leaves a balance of $8.50 to be sent home to the wife and kids. Of course, if he happens to lose his poll tax receipt, the amount would be $3.50. There is no need for the insurance companies to ask "How much will you be worth at 65c?" and it is a waste of time to ask that man's wife not to deal with the Chinaman. She has to in order to live. Now, you cannot'say you did not know about those conditions next election. Far better for you to attend to such matters than waste your time kicking' about freight rates and urging tourist traffic. Show us that you are out to make B.C. a place fit for a white man to live in, and you will have no need to ask for immigrants, they will simply flock here when a decent living can be obtained by a fair day's work. Oh, you have an appointment with Honest John? Well, good-bje, Charlie. Next, please, j Mount Pleasant Bring Us Your Electrical and Radio Repairs that is our business Our Service Prompt and Courtedu*. Our Charges Reasonable. Our Men Practical. CITY ELECTRIC CO. -rasa, was kaiv at at* Mt. 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Men*, and Boy*' Furnishings, Telephone Fairmont 14 2312 MAIN STREET Between 7th and, 8th Avenues Corporation of Point Grey ELECTION OB SCHOOL TRUSTEES PDSIIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the elector* of the Municipality of Point Grey that 1 require the presence of the said electors at the Municipal Hall, Kerrisdale, B. C„ on Monday, tho seventh day of June, 1926, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon, for the purpose of electing one person to serve on the Board of School Trustees for the Municipal School District of Point Grey for the remainder of the current year (1926). The mode of nomination of candidates shall be. as follows: The candidates shall be nominated In writing; the writing shall be subscrloed by- two. electors of the Municipality a* proposer and seconder, and shall bo delivered to the Returning Officer at any time between the date of this notice and 2 p.m. of the day of nomination. The said writing may be In tho form numbered 3 in the Schedule of the "Municipal Elections Act," and shall state the names, residence and occupation or description of each person proposed In sudh maner as sufficiently to identify such candidate; and in the event of a poll being necessary, such poll shall be opened on Saturday, the 12th day of June, 1926, from 8 o'clock In the forenoon until 8 o'clock In the afternoon, at the following places: For Ward 1—Edith Cavell School. BOO W. 20th Avenue. For Ward 3—Queen Mary School, West Point Grey. For Ward 3—The Municipal Hall. Kerrisdale. For Ward 4—The Board of Trade Rooms, Marpole. For Ward 6—The Municipal Hall, Kerrisdale. For Ward 6—Community Hall. 4478 Dunbar Street For Ward 7—Garage, corner of Granville and Angus 8trset. And the Municipal Hall, Kerrisdale, shall also be a General Polling Station for taking the votes of elector* from any and all Wards. Of which every person Is hereby required to take notice and govern himself accordingly. GIVEN UNDER MT HAND at the Municipal Office, Kerrisdale, B. C, thl* ' 29th day of Hay, 1926. HENRT FLOYD. Returning Officer. CITY OB VANCOCVEB TEWDEBB BOB CABLE The undersigned will accept 'tenders up to Wednesday noon. June 16. 1*26, for the supply of the following, dellver- ed to the City Yard. 323 Alexander St. Vancouver, B.C., sales tax and all other charges Included: 16.000 feet No. 6 Cable. B. A 8. gauge. 40,000" feet No. 8 Cable. B. & 8. gauge. 26,000 feet No. 10 Cable, B. & S. gauge B0.000 feet No. 8 L.C.R.C. Single Conductor 600 volt cable. And as an alternative: < B0.000 feet No. 8 L.C.R.C. Single Conductor 2000 volt cable. Specifications can be obtained at th* office of the City Electrician, Holden Building, 16 Hastings St. E. JAMES 8TUAKT\ Purchasing Agent. I ' I f June 4th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Fire BETTER VALUES FOR LESS ^tm-^^i^srw^&s^s^ h-"ter,c" •*** ^s^s^^Su^^ris^^wkh Mrta,n *"""••• ""I0*- SUITS BOB MEH ABB BOYS u^MwV^u%n^^m' "°,d e,MWhere t0r "° • •*"* ""»•- *•« - raoa 815.00 aad yon out po.slnly g.t better value, in towal The Real Opportunity for Working Men to Save Money SJUBW tTBBBBWBAB BAIWCOATS , WOBB3B0 TOOS WRAY-McKEE LTD. '.'.,' 52 WEST HASTINGS STREET WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES JLIOW much money have *■ * you upuihyn at the present time? '< Enough to pay a doctor in case of sudden illness in your family? Enough to make a payment on a home should you be offered a bargain? Enough to take advantage of a sudden businesa opportunity? Ordinary op-xirtunities, ordinary liappenings, these, yet how many are ready for tomorrow's big chance—tomorrow's emergency? The man with a good bank balance is always ready for th* unexpected. Oar boollM, "THE MEASURE OF YOUR INCOME.*' will h'lp ytm- A,k she Manaje, lor a cop,. Vancouver Branch 16 Office* in Vancouver. B. L Mitchell, Manager 51 Branches in British Columbia 252 ( UNION STEAMSHIPS ENJOY AN ALL-DAY CRUISE ON BEAUTIFUL HOWE SOUND •LEAVING UNION DOCK EVEHY WEEKDAY MORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK-SUNDAYS AT 8:30 A.M. To Squamish, Via Britannia and Way Point* ROUND TRIP HM-MEALS ON BOARD Phone Sey. ap« for further Information regarding a series of delightful pSESm.^K" *""• scne<Sute °f sailing* to all Northern British Columbia porta. KABOm BBOWB, tT.ri.ral Manager. JUNGLE COMMONWEALTH AND JUNGLE MARRIAGE (Continued from Page 1) peared in new growths of bramble and vine. Even canoes on the river are a slow and arduous method of traffic.. So widespread social units are impossible. There are in all about two hundred Bushnegro villages, remotely separated over an area of ten thousand square miles. Each is inhabited by a few related families. These villages are little more than geographical units without' Special social significance. The Bushnegro family is, first, last, and always, the only true basis of society. -Man'* Ambition* Checked The discovery was made in West Africa during the dawn of time that a strong man with strong sons provides a danger which may disrupt a whole society. The negroes' philosophy teaches them that though a man may seek power in the jungle, he can never achieve it. The gods will soon be angry at the impertinence and the ambitious one will die. But when widespread quarrels grow out of man's ambition many innocent ones also die, and afterwards still more souls are weary and. go away, for in time of war the cassava fields are -left empty and crops fail for want of tending. Then there is no food for a whole season. Nothing will have been lost. Nature makes sure there will be no lasting hierarchy of a rivaling power. The "Matriarchal System1 All this was foreseen and the social order formed accordingly. Tbe wise men and women of the Bush- negroes of long ages ago formed laws that erect an impassable wall against the will-to-power of men. They know that the strongest ambition is built of perishable stuff. No man strives very hatdto *-»tjh<>r fla^f****1,|jflp- pller only relatives are the people of her own family. A household which includes a man and his four wives is not one family. It is simply the temporary association of representatives of five families. Each wife's children belong to her family—the father has no "legal" control over them whatsoever. , SPEND YOUR HOLIDAY AT Horseshoe Bay PACIPIC OBB AT E A8TBBN BAIL WAY (*«» "lor*. VaiKawtr City F«rrlt») TRAWS RUN AS FOLLOWS ON SUNDAYS AHD HOLIDAYS Uare North Vaaawter for all itaUom 8:40 a.o. and then thirty minute, paat mod hour until 8:30 P.O. Beturn Iron Whitsclltr 9:29 an and 35 ■loutes past ends hour uniil 11:25 p.». r*wch*w Tkr.su il Ferry Wharf tad at 533 Gram-lilt stmt ■••am "Tare* From Vanoonv.r Adult* Children 70c 40c Box Information Telephone Borth 800 Seymour 8331 -L The cheapest guy we're heard of for a while gave his girl a lip stick bo that he could get it all back again when she thanked him for it. T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Directora and Embalm.rs New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 502 Broadway W. Phon* Fair. 3 S. BOWELL & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMER9 N «th St.. New Westminster Phon* 993 Hollyburn Pavilion WBST BABOOUTBB DANCING WBBBBSBAT ABB SATUBDAY 8-30 P.H. TO 1130 PJC. Bigger and Better Than Ever Bio*-* Olympian 7-Vleo. Orchestra BBXVB onn ABB'BBOB IB Perry leaves for Vancouver at 12 midnight. P.G.E. train leave* for North Vancouver at 11:30 p.ro. Parking Space for Auto* "Don't Patronize" List Trades & Labor Council ROYAL DAIRY CRYSTAL DAIRY NATIONAL LUNCH TROCADERO CAFE EMPRESS THEATRE CENTRAL CAFE «^rs*in1ftrj*''niiWeiT1fli he knows the whole structure of his effort will crumble away when he dies. Accomplishment is satisfying for a period—but the effort falls at the prospect of utter vanity. Kings conquer for their princes, for in them they foresee eternity. The Suriname Bush- negroes believe this is true, so'they have destroyed the danger of kings by divorcing the father from his children. The "matriarchal system," as our awkward phrase has it, accomplishes this end without heartbreak or any sense of deprivation. Nor does society suffer in any way. The forest negro has, however, no dread of greatness if it be greatness of- the spirit and the mind. Their systems allow for this sort, because the negro of the woods is wise enough to know that the thirst for the quiet supremacies of knowledge depends not at all upon the hope for the physical perpetuity which comes through sons. The works of the mind have public immortality, but it is otherwise with the deeds of warriors. NEW YORK.—For the first time in more than three months the tide has turned in favor of striking fur workers, who have been arrested and clubbed by police. Nearly half a hundred of these workers were discharged by Magistrate Brodsky, who censured the police for "undue coercion." Women Channel, of Inheritance The term "matriarchal system" is apt to be misleading. 'It is indeed if it carries the suggestion that women are the heads of Bushnegro society. They are not. Men hold all public offices, such as they are, and a man is head of the family, the clan, and the tribe. Women are simply the channels of inheritance. There lies Male I* End-Product of Family Atoto, whom I know, is a I*u*s$- negro. He respects and lovea his fajpjjyr, but he is not related to him by any other ties. The head of Atoto's family is his maternal grand- uncle—bis grandmother's eldest brother. When the older generation dies out his eldest uncle will be chief of the family. Atoto, as is true of all Bushnegro sons, is an end-product of his family. The name will not continue through him. If only sons are born of a solitary Bushnegro daughter, the line ceases. But if there are many daughters and each gives birth to girl children, the family will continue forever. In that case, the headship of tbe family will fall to the oldest daughter's eldest son. He is "uncle"—tio in the Bushnegro tongue. Men, as I have said, are the heads of Bushnegro society so far as each generation is concerned. A man is also chief of the village. Only with death does the great check upon the dynastic impulse of male rulers make itself felt Yappi, as it happens, is head of his family and chief of the village as well, though this does not necessarily follow. When he dies his sons may in time be headmen of their families;'hut they can never be Yappi's heirsyof'iexert any influence over any of Yappi's offspring from other mothers. Female Primogeniture The Bushnegro matriarchal system dfli»<aeemsrrti^'!dffffc^t;?™Bn I should no doubt -be stoned for this —it is really quite simple. We are accustomed to think in terms of father - and - son primogeniture. The Bushnegroes think in terms of mother - and - daughter primogeniture. With us girl children are the end products of the family. The name does not continue through them. Completely reverse this, and the Bushnegro system becomes intelligible. Marriage among the Bushnegroes is not an elaborate performance. Neither is divorce. Each young Sara- macca takes his wife when he is still in his teens, just as soon, in fact, as he shows he is able to support a bride and prospective offspring. No festival of any kind marks the occasion. The proposed arrangement is just discussed at some length by both families and, when the consent of the girl's family is secured, she simply takes her possessions and herself and goes across the village clearing to set up her lodging in tbe new hut which her man has built. The neighbors and relatives of both youth and maiden wish both parties well—if they happen to think of it—but no one is impressed. This is not an especially momentous event. Marriage is quite a common" occurrence., Besides, until children come, the balance of family power will not have been varied a particle, and the family is the only thing in which the SYNOPSIS OF LsMFMNDMEiYTS PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown land* may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 year* of age, and by alien* on declaring Intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, Occupation, and Improvement for agricultural purpose*. Full Information concerning regulations regarding pre-emption* la given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Serlea, "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charg* by addressing tb.e Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which 1* not timber- land, 1.*., carrying over 8,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Rang* and 5,000 feet per acre eaat of that Range. Applications for pre-emption* are to be addressed to the Land Com-' missioner of the Land Recording Division, in which the land applied for 1* altuated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emption* must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of $10 per acre, Including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed information see the Bulletin "Bow to Pre-empt Land." PURCHA8E Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being tlmberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price for first-class (arable) land la It per acre, and second-class (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease of Crown land* 1* given 111 Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Loasaof Crown Lands " —.■-..«.>-"-■-" Mill, factory, or industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, the conditions including payment of stumpage. , HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acre*, may be leased a* homesites, conditional upon • a dwelling being erected in the first year, title being obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions are fulfilled and land has been surveyed. LEA8E8 For grazing and industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acre* may be leased by one person or a company. ► ■ •• • r GRAZING Under the Grazing Act tbe 'Province Is divided into grazing district* and the range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permit* are issued baaed on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock-owner* may form associations for rang* management. Free, or partly free, permit* are available for (ettlera, campers and travellers, up to ten head. m \ the difference between the Bushnegro' villa*e it^Tv^. conIclerned' system and ours. The Bushnegrd recognizes the female as the viaduct of life—just as we do. But the Bushnegroes follow that logic, into law— a law which is not entirely easy for us to understand. ' > . Monogamy is considered disgraceful. It is proof of incapacity. Each man may have many, wives. The total of brides is limited only by the number a man. is able to support— and, still more, by the attractiveness of the gentleman himself. There is no .coercion in Bushnegro affairs of the heart. Marriage, however, .does not relate a woman to her husband. (To be. Continued) AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY EXPELS SEVEN MEMBERS , SYDNEY, Australia.—The Annual Conference of the Australian Labor Party expelled from the Party the five Labor nominees to the Upper House who stayed away When the vote on the Abolition Bill was taken in the Legislative Council of New South Wales. These five men, with two others who have already been expelled,' were responsible for the defeat of the Upper House Abolition Bill sponsored by" Labor. GLASS — GLAZING Plate Glass, Window Glass, Mirror* Resllvered, Automobile Glass Replaced WESTERN GLASS CO. LIMITED 158 Cordova W. Phone Sey. 8887 Mother Wants Your Photograph Tou know you promised to send one Don't pot It off any longer w. will allow 80 par cent, from all sitting* this month. Take advantage of thla otter now and fulfill your overdue promise. Passport Photo., Kodak Finishing, Framing and Photos Copied. MISSION STUDIO 108 HASTIBOS EAST 8. WILKINSON, Pres. D. DUNCAN, Ssc Reynolds'Cartage Co- LIMITED Plum** Sermunr 3377-3378 Crating, Tacking, Shipping and Storage Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving ' Pool Car Shipment* . ' Offlc. and War.b6a.ei 733 — CAMBIB BTBEBT — 733 ' ...wwr. :***'=*""" Six THE LABOR STATESMAN June 4th, 1926 If 01 , o d I t o t li s CONTINUOUS PQUCY-NQQN-'TILL MIDNIGHT VAUDEVILLE AND fCATURC PICTURES BRIGHTEST -2- THEATRES STRAND THEATRE Vancouver'. Premier Bona* Present. PIBST BUN PICT1TBES and th* STRAND OPERATIC C0MFA1TX REX THEATRE Vancouver'. Popular Eons* Present. THE BEST IN MOVIES and th* COUNTBY ■TWUl___ •jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii!: I Lianger Theatres I s a B WINDSOR 25th and main VICTORIA 43rd and VICTORIA ALMA BROADWAY and AI.MA REGENT 3970 HASTINGS ST. D. KERRISDALE 3 Union H#lp Popular Prloa» S ZZ Bright and interesting shows every day that S you .and your family cannot afford to miss. nillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliii; Big Free Fight in Austrian Parliament Amazing scenes took place at a recilnt^gjl^ the age of eighty-six, died in front of Katun's store, while engaged in ™ llament. The Socialists, who have declared that they would use all possible means to oppose the Government's attempt to raise the rents of Vienna Working- class homes, announced that they would obstruct the appointment of a Eents Committee. The governments' supporters answer was a recourse to physical violence. They launched an attack on the Socialist deputies, who defended themselves vigorously. In the struggle windows were smashed, desks and chairs overturned and broken. One "Christian Socialist" deputy, Or. Hampel, is said to have been seriously injured. While the fight was going on inside Parliament a greet working-class demonstration was marching through the city protesting against the pro- / posal to increase rents. It was, however, prevented by a strong police cordon from approaching the Parliament House. RUSSIAN ENGINEERS . TO SEE POWER PLANTS . Montreal.—A commission of four hydro-electric engineers, including one woman, arrived In Canada last'that * am in absoIate sympathy with Humanity First Mr. Church: ". ... It is prettv near time that this parliament, which is ready to spend millions and millions of dollars on transcontinental railways that are not needed, and on breakwaters and other material Labor's European Correspondent [had struck, Thomas, Cramp, Bromley London, May 17.:—Britain's first general strike was abruptly called off on Wednesday, May 12. As this dispatch is written, five days later, industrial Britain is still demoralized, like nations at the end of some indecisive great war. - Transportation remains in a bad ttangle; newspapers are abbreviated; all kinds of enterprises are limping. The loss in dollars and cents is estimated at $1,500,000,000. No one knows the exact figures. General resumption is impossible while there are dissatisfied minds everywhere. * Evidently the "understanding" between the trades union leaders and the intermediaries who were supposed to have authority to speak for the government was not sufficiently defined. Then "hard boiled" employers complicated the situation, thinking they saw a chance to "crush labor. Shocked by Collapse When the order to quit came, the strike was at full tide, with more workers getting into it every hour. The order was such a shock that thousands of men involved , refused •Xo believe it was authentic. Others things of that kind, should do something for humanity, but when a ques-'' interpreted it as notice of victory, tion comes up, the British North Am- They couldn't believe that the strike erica Act is trotted out and made a political football of, just because the country is asked to do something for humanity. We have millions to Squander on material things, but not one dollar to relieve the aged, the blind, the poor and the suffering. .'. When I think of necessitous cases I have .in mind, the case of an old man named Mjchaey Brophy, a Crimean veteran, who had served the empire for years. In spite of his long and faithful ser-_ «'«W"-h-r*'**««"riv^ selling pencils and bootlaces. It is lamentable that cases of this kind should occur. The offcials of the Health Departments of our large cities know aged people to maintain a precarious existence. The cost of food, the high rents, the lack of work, render it almost impossible for these people to live. Even if they were physically fit "to work, the employers of labour demand younger people. ......" Mr. Bury: "In my view the resolution and the scheme of an old age pension implies that there is something wrong in the wage-earning conditions of this young country. Mr. King (Kootenay): The world over. ' "Mr. Bury: The very fact that a country like Canada, supposed to be a country of opportunity, supposed to be a country calling to' the effete lands of the east, to come over and find their chance in the land of opportunity of the west, has to establish an old age pension scheme shows that there is something radically wrong with our system. But apart altogether from that, I wish to say week from Soviet Russia to make an investigation of hydro-electric development on the American continent. It is the intention of the Soviet Republic to develop the waterpowera on the Dnieper River in the Ukraine. It will be the largest hydro-electric development in Europe. The enterprise will furnish power to a large part of the southern mining districts of Russia which produce 76 per cent of the country's coal, 70 per cent of the iron and a large part of the manganese. In addition there -are well-developed chemical and dye industries. the linking up ..of the Black Sea "with the German canal system via the Dnieper, . the principle of the scheme, because we have to face facts as they are. LAZY WIFE! "What did 'Rastus git married fur? "Lawd only knows; chile. He keeps right on aworkin'." Denver.—Wages of $10 per 8-hour day will be paid carpenters in Denver after June lst, by order of the Colorado industrial commission. The union had asked for $11, a $2 raise. The California Automobile Chamber of Commerce issued a circular urging owners and drivers to favor Another interesting result will be non-union garages and fulling sta tions. As a result the mechanics are forming new unions and co-operative garages. had collapsed, because on all sides they could see only signs of solidarity. They awaited more definite information, but the Trades Union Congress General Council had nothing to add. Then came waves of bitterness, as labor leaders gave out statements, chiefly appeals to employers "not to be vindictive." That sounded like defeat to the devoted rank and file of labor's army. ■Wm")|hi'_W*8--^^ . ' "l: So. far there are three bodies of labor opinion. First the conservative union opinion which accepts the General Council's explanation that they "cashed in" at the moment of greatest strength, avoiding possible breakaways from the weaker unions; that they pulled the unions nut of a difficult position which imperilled their agreerneuls, and that the government's stand in reference to the strike left no other way out except the downfall of the government, which was not wanted. These men argue that nationalization of the minesjs nearer than ever before, and, that labor has struck such a powerful blow that employers will wait many years before invitiing another general strike. The fly in this ointment is the fact that the miners refuse to accept the settlement, and their charge that they were deserted by the com- rades who went to their relief. Radicals Are Critical The "left wing" of the labor movement is frankly critical of the council's attitude, particularly the refusal to use any revolutionary methods; such as mass appeals to the troops. This left wing is a minority, a small minority, but a vocifertnis, fighting minority. Midway between these extremes is another body of labor opinion which and Walkilen, the chiefs of the rail way unions, were compelled to sign an admission that the strike was a "wrongful act" to the companies and to promise that in future there would be no repetition of the sympathetic strike' without previous negotiations. Seymour 3168 Always Op*a Eraoire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Beat Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG ' Late 6«th Batt 70 Hasting. St. E. BOB KRAUSE lata 72nd Batt Vancouver, B.C. Tlu Bert Of Bat* at Popalar li"'-.- UNION HOtnJ-No'rtli of Hasans. railwaymen say privately that it re presents only legal verbiage calculated to appease the companies which were threatening to bring damage suits against the organizations. These explanations emphasize the point that the men were reinstated with seniority. Many rail locals, bow- ever, are refusing"tO go to work, denouncing the terms of the settlement. In the printing and other trades employers are demanding similar assurances against the possibility of sympathetic strikes. Debate About "Assurance." Some members of the General Council declare that their subcommittee, headed by Thomas of the railway workers, told them that full assurances had\been privately given by the government that the miners would be given a satisfactory settle-^ ment and that those who had gone out in sympathy with the coal diggers would be restored to their old positions, without loss of wages or cjiange in working rules. These men seemed thunderstruck when. Premier Baldwin in his public utterances indicated that no such assurances had been given. There is every reason to believe, however,- that Thomas and- his colleagues did receive such assurances "of"Hie Koyal Coal Commission, and pthers who were acting.as intermediaries for the government. Treasuries Couldn't Stand Strain Undoubtedly, some of the bigger unions were influenced to accept the suggestions that the strike be called off by the way their treasuries were melting in the attempt to take care of strike benefits. The railway unions paid out $3,000,000* the first week. The transport workers disposed of another million, and so it went down the line. They simply did not have money enough to finance an industrial war. Another telling blow delivered by the government was the court decisions holding the general strike illegal and intimating that unions and individuals might be held for damages. In the opinion of your correspondent the strike's effectiveness-is demonstrated by declarations on all hands that it will take from one to three months to get industry going again. "Nine Amazing Day." The extraordinary solidarity of so many million strikers acting together undoubtedly had the effect of unduly raising the expectations of the workers. They felt that something very concrete must result. Hence, the bitterness of disillusionment which they are now experiencing. But their recollection of those amazing nine days will likely outlast BERGMAN'S CAFE 324 CAMBIE STREET A Ntw Place to Eat In Vasscoiner, 8. C. Manhattan Cafe Fait and Clean Semes Will-coated Food . Phone Seyiuonr 6584 1047—GEANVII.I.E STBEET—1047 Across list Street Fran the Belmont Motel widespread was the fear of serious j clashes. Whether this was the first or last | British general strike will no| be settled in labor's mind for a long time I and the final settlement will depend j in large measure on the attitude of | British employers. If they persist j in their attempt to lower the living | standards of the ' workers, more trouble and of the most serious character will be inevitable- Capital Seeing tbe Light That this truth is gradually work- | ingVits way through the cranium of I British capital is evidenced by the following from the editorial page of j one of the big anti-labor dailies of j London: "Any one who -thinks this is the occasion for smashing the trade unions Or for imposing humiliating terms on the strikers is not helping his country." Now that the smoke. ofjbatllej! from Sir Herbert Sarauel,,.chau*.maa. ■-,•-:-,■■;.•,.>,:■::—.■«■**■.■,.•'.■.>-•:;>■■•-■,•"",'-/■" r- ..„ -;*>-rr »-rt : i'W ,7,* j cleared away, the leaders of. the deeply questions the wisdom of the the}r disappointment settlement and emphasizes the fact that the' miners are still locked out. "What have we gained?" asks this group, and they do not hesitate to. indicate some of the losses. Already unions such as the woodworkers formally "view with grave concern the calling off of the strike without consulting the unions," and demand a special convention in order to afford the leaders an opportunity to make explanations. Hard Term* for Rail Men The greatest irritation is over the railway settlement. Before thc companies would' take back the men who Another encouraging development is that big employers are privately saying that this country can not continue to drift longer but must seriously tackle the job of industrial reconstruction—either that or be prepared to face another upheaval, which might be .far more serious than the one which has just ended. Pr.iae British Self Control ' On all sides one hears praise of "British steadiness" and comments to the effect that in no other country could a general strike be conducted without a shot being fired. Incidentally, this talk indicates how Labor party have issued-^ manifesto I reviewing the strike. It contains the f following significant paragraph: "For the purpose of checking unconstitutional governments and acting as a defensive weapon in the industrial battle of labor, the general strike has its place, but the emancipation of the people from capitalism and the re-establishment of socialism must be achieved primarily by an educational and political organization." O.M.S. JHWARTED The O.M.S. (Organization for the , Maintenance of Supplies) came up j against a snag at the week-end. It had prepared a document which, ; if published in the Sunday newspap-.; ers, would have been of much value I in the furtherance of the aims of the I O.M.S. But the mechanical staffs of most of the newspapers refused to handle the document; and, in the two cases where it appeared, it had first to be modified considerably. On the Friday, the O.M.S. had attempted to. get this document printed as an "appeal to the public," to be issued in enormous quantities on the Saturday. It was put into type, but the machine staffs of the London printing firm concerned refused to handle it, and the firm was compelled to explain to the O.M.S. that it could not fulfil the order. AMERICAN WORKERS , LEAD IN PRODUCTION Washington. — "The American, working man leads the world in individual 'production, but our expenditure of human life through ihdus- I trial accidents has robbed us of much' of the net advantages of our effici-. . ency in production," said Secretary of Commerce Hoover. The cabinet official'pointed out' that "there are more than 200,000 ' accidents in the mining and quarry- ing industries annually." I I June 4th, 1*"*26 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven For The Funeral, the Wedding, the Home ._ CALL or phone to brown brothers kor Gut Flowers Wreath Designs Everything Floral Brown Brothers & Co., Limited rtOBISTS AJTS nvnnMrmnn i—STORES—i ; „ _ _ BBS OranvUl* St., s.ymonr 9513-1391 46 Harfing-. »».■., Bey. 988-673 * 181 MaattaJ. M. W., Bey. 1370 "SAY IT WITH FLOWERS" RED STAB DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" W* attfc* a Spaolai Effort to Oat Qools Out by Plr.t Hall Attn leoHfl ^_ of Tour Order OOBtTalB OOMDOVA AND CAWULI. VANOOirVM, a. o. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER The Two Leagues of Nations # BY F. W. . I MOORE About 1,900 years ago, roughly speaking, a runner approached "The Lowly Nazarene" and after telling 'him that he had observed a series of moral "laws from his youth up, was advised in a kindly manner as follows: •,*"•" V.. ' "One thing thou lackest; go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor." Now, whatever the conditions were that made that course advisable, they don't exist today, when all sections of Labour are trying to gain,' not give away wealth. Nevertheless, the first four words remind one of a self-evident fact, namely, that any scheme of life is virtually useless if the funda- | mental factor of progress is left out of its composition; and in considering schemes for.thei'fij*p*'*ff'*mff' 'M'" ■', ■»'■'**»y Jnrifnt'rnjrrrii'nnl all world conditions, bur minds naturally revert to the activities of the League of Nations. - ' -,■'•!.' But, quite as naturally does the psychology of the worker, that is when he is looking for the main spring of social development stimulant, induce in his mind a stereotyped impression of the world-wide class struggle; yet a consideration of that factor was, perhaps expediently, but in truth, totally ignored in the construction of the constitution of the League of Nations. And thus was omitted "the one thing needful" without which abiding success of a juridical nature is out of the question. True, the activities of the League J are more practical and multifarious than most people imagine, as one may judge from the following paraphrases and extracts from a very interesting article in the "B. C. Teacher," by Professor F. H. Howard, of the University of British Columbia: "It has instituted a Permanent Health Organization which was instrumental in stamping out a variety of epidemics in Greece; it fought typhus in Eastern Europe; it established a crusade against social evils such as opium and white slavery; it was the means of repatriating 350,000 prisoners of war and helped to establish in Greece 1,000,000 Greek refugees from Turkey; it established, in 1922, a committee on intellectual cooperation; under this committee similar national committees have been set in twenty-eight countries to coordinate research, to standardize educational systems and to arrange for exchanges of students and teachers. In the case of the reconstruction of Austria the League Council appointed expert committees who worked out drastic schemes of reform in balancing her budget and establishing her currency. Hungary and Danzig were also helped*in accordance with their needs. Albania and Esthonia have been provided with financial advisers. The World Court ha^alsoJieen-estab- Main St. South of 18th PEARSON'S Meat p,oSu«. Market The Worklm-man'. Prlend tTatXOaT 8H0P 41873 ataUaT ST. PAIB. 13*1 Phon* Pair. 797 night Mo** GEDDES GROCERY Qtraxinr OBoeaattM aun> movisiom «s7 Maxir man SOUTH VAKCOlTVBat, B O. the, important legal systems of the world except German.' It has given the world the mandatory system 'with powers to train subject peoples to take th'.-ir place with more advanced people.' It brought about the making of ten treaties at Versailles which protected 16,800,000 national minorities under alien governments. It is now trying to simplify the passport nuisance, clarify customs regulations and discover the cause of economic crises and unemployment." The work of the.League is, therefore,- of great importance, temporarily; but so is tbe work'done on credit by a tinsmith who patches up the cooking utensils of a victim of delirium tremens—utensils, without which the invalid,, reduced to poverty by his debauch, might find himself in sore distress, We are not, however, depending on the capitalistic League altogether. Happily, there is in embryo a real constructive organization embodied in the trade unions of the world. When the majority of the membership of these have acquired sufficient power of reasoning to enable them to see the urgent need of confederation, we .shall know they have outgrown the adolescent stage and will soon be in a position to abolish the economic class struggle with its attendant night-mares of poverty, un employment and war,^__ The vast sums thus saved would be immediately avaiable for the human development that ought to accrue in proportion to the magnitude of increased opportunity. The "one thing lacking" in this case, the thing before which every, other consideration is insignificant, is confederation. It, therefore, behoves every true man to work earnestly towards its acquisition. _ When once acquired a really powerful League of Nations will have been materialized for the first time in human history. With Woodsworth at Ottawa By J. S. WOODSWORTH. In discussing the amendments to the Budget, which the Government are willing to grant, a gentleman who knows Ottawa very intimately said: "The trouble is, the Government livesa from-hand-to-mouth existence. Its actions are moved entirely by expediency. It will do what it is clubbed into doing and when it is not clubbed, it will do nothing." No other could very well better express the situation. General principles may sometimes be advanced for public consumption but general principles do not determine policies. Policies are determined under political and economic pressure. Indeed, the more one sees of life, the more one comes to doubt the value of these general principles, because after all, decisions must be .made in concrete cases, where usually very high-sounding phrases ma.7 be used by either side. But it'would seem as if a Government should have some definite objective and should not be blow hither and tither by every wind and when no wind blows should remain dormant. Outsiders frequently imagine that the Government sits up nights planning for the good of the country. As a matter of fact it would seem as if the Government has few ideas of its own, but waits until some outsider presents an idea with sufficient backing before it will even consider it To repeat, when it is not clubbed, it will do nothing. The statement of the Minister of Railways Withr egard to the contention of the National Railways, was generally conceded to be very satisfactory. Mr. Dunning presented it in a very able and lucid fashion. The criticism concerned details, but there was very considerable satisfaction ever the good showing. A a matter of fact, neither one party nor the other is responsible for this experiment in public ownership nor for the growing' measure oi*.,suecess which is attending it. It would seem likely that the socialization of our industry and finance may come, not through preconcerted intelligent action, but rather by force of economic pressure. Perhaps Karl Marx was right when he suggested that in each system were internal contradictions and that each held the seeds of its own decay. The. Committee on Industrial Relations has been considering the question of a minimum wage for male workers, as there now is for female workers. A witness from a small industrial town in Ontario gave evidence that the girls' were receiving the legal minimum of around $10 a week and that a majorit of men employed were receiving only about $15 a week. This witness, a manager, seemed to think that these men were quite content with his wage, and were able on it to maintain wives and families. He even went so far as to say that some of them were able to maiptain their own motor boats and to acquire homes for themselves, and pointed out that a fek wlie himself were able to work up until they received $50 a week. Just how a man can keep a wife and family on $15 a week, when board alone costs $8 a week, or when asmallhouse rents at $15 a month, is not quite apparent. There is no labor organization Whatever in the textile factories which he represented. He admitted that woman, after marriage, often returned to the factory and that many of the children, as soon as they left school, immediately went to work in the factory. In contrast with this statement is that of an investigator, who states that in the larger cities across Canada', a" decent standard of living for a moderate family would, at existing prices, require a little over $40 a week. The higher paid mechanics actually receive this ampunt and require it in order that their families may receive ordinarily decertt,.a4xantage8rs The question arises,- how ^. tJ}e-I,,n'iiiqrepaney< inaiJif'lipT" ^"sociai worker yte]^j>a^!rterl?rt^&"crowding, of under-nourishment, of the buying of second-hand clothing, of the keeping of children fi^om school, of the undermining of health, of the lack of education, of crime, of the anxieties, with regard to unemployment and sickness and old age,-of th emprtgaging of the future generation. Most industrial workers can fill in the details. Is it unreasonable to insist that a reasonable standard of decency and comfprt should be insisted upou as a minimum below which people would not be allowed to fall. - ' ■ - The Prime Minister, in discussing, the Budget, made the astounding statement that the , whole capital cost of the war, and demobolization, during the fo'ur years of war and the two years of demobolization—every dollar of it—still remains to be paid. He went on to blame the Conservatives for failing to meet the capital cost of thewar and to point out that not a single dollar was received by conscription pf wealth, altheugh men were censcripted. Wheever is to blame, it should be clearly understood by the public at large that very heavy taxation will be necessary, whichever party is in power, if the obligations arising out of the war are to be met. Further, it should be realized that the tax-exempt bonds, are simply a means by which one small section of the public are able to levy direct upen thc rest pf the cpmmunity. Following an illustration used in a recent debate, it is sometimes the practice to label poison with a skull and cross- bones. Might it not be well to put the skull and cross-bones on our heavy taxation to remind people continually that the war is responsible for fully half of the amounts which we now contribute? A statement recently issued by one of the leading authorities on Canadian banking reveals the true situation with regard to the goid standard and incidentally bears out many of the contentions of the group that has been pleading for fundamental financial reform. Our total gold holdings are 189*4 millions of dollars; our total circulation is 315 "4 millions of dollars; a ratio of gold to notes of 60; but after all notes are simply the small change of commerce. When we come tp the credit structure, we find that the chartered banks in Canada have deposits (or so we say, loans) of 2,049 millions. Outside Canada, 360 millions, Savings Bank and trust companies 193 millions, or total deposits pf 2,602 millions, yet presumably this enormous amount is built up on and shoul dbe paid in gold. Is it going too far to say that the bankers are playing a gigantic game of bluff? IhokIzeD EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. It Is Rick in Nouriahm.nl— ,.'".;. DELICIOUS Rinr Up Say. 2354 for Ayjapoin taunt DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST Sulfa 301 Dominion Building ' Vancouver, B. C. W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing PKIVATE AND CLASS LESSONS Social Dances, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. SEYMOOTB 101. COTIII.ION BACK NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades and Labor Council Boom 809, 18 Ha.tings Street B*«t Phones: Sey. 7495-0279 Ru.: 855 Marina Or. W. Phone Mvneli 4001 DRS. J. A. BRYANT OHXBOnUOTOS X Bay.—Blootro Therapy PIiopic Fairmont 5228 Office: 207-8 Lee Bldg., Broadway and Main The Financial Times, in a recent editorial has a good word to say with regard to the Budget Debate and politicians generally: I W'The fact is that the great bulk of the Budget Debate at Ottawa this year has consisted of very intelligent utterances by business men who knew a good deal about what they were talking about, and represented an extraordinary diversity of points of view .... The evidences of individual th» king and of personal study of at least the local situation in the member's own constituency have been quite general ...■". On the whole, the present House of Commons, while perhaps less brilliant than some of its predecessors, is certainly not less sensible. The most striking evidence of foolishness on the part of its members is that they are willing to devote so much time and ability to the country's affairs in return for so little gratitude from their fellew citizens." - When an outside lawyer, acting for the people on the Customs Committee, gets. $200 a day and expenses, we suppose that ordinary members serving on a committee might well, consider themselves fools, but ih any case, what about the outside public? " Candidates in Alberta P. M. Christophers, the sitting member for the Rocky Mountain constituency, was again nominated by the Labor party at a convention held in Blairmore on Saturday. The twenty- six delegates present represented an affiliated membership of 2,500 workers. Many of the delegates took the opportunity to express their appre- ciatien for the werk pf Mr. Ghrist- pphers in the Hpuse. Prank Wheat- ley, president ef the Alberta Federa- tipn pf Labpr presided. Mr. Christ-' ephers' name was the only one submitted. Edaon Select* Candidate Chris. Pattinson was the choice of the Edson Labor party at the nominating convention held in theG. W. V. A. hall on Saturday to select a candidate to contest the Edson riding in. the coming provincial election. Mr. Pattinsen is a miner of Luscar and is well known, especially in the mining districts of the constituency. The Edson Labor candidate received his political Labor experience in the old country, having been identified with the Independent Labor Party of' Great Britain. While a resident of Australia, he was also an active member of the Australian Labor party. There were 48 delegates present at the Edson cpnventien representing an affiliated membership ef pver fourteen hundred. .,. :,'*■ Chicago.—One' hundred union bakers a day are giving their time to the Chicago drive launched by the joint organization committee of, Locals 2, 13, 48, 62 and 237, Bakery & Confec tionery Workers Intl. Union. Each local is obligated to furnish 20 men a day to canvass neighborhoods-where r non-union bread and cake is being sold. 77 HOME Timothy Titcomb said: "Home, in one form or another, is the greatest object of life," and again, "No observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift." ' i cube, ok nnrxrtm too money H. WALTON ' , Specialist I* RMiaatiisi, Lumbago, Sciatica Parasyiii, Nerrait Debility, Sleeplessness, Sprains, Chronic Ailments. , Twenty Yean' Experience. 311 Province Bltt*". Phone S.y. 2048 *| Medical and Surgical Masseur. Electric and Physical e ,t y sh itr re Be lias, fe- >r- ;&*>«'■ Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN, June 4th; 1926 My PLTUenth aaalvanary BABY WEEK 7th to 11th JUNE The Newest Thing in Vancouver . EVERY BABY UNDER TWO YEARS Will be photo/graphed and one 6x8 picture given ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE By THE CALDER STUDIO, 627 Granville Street Phone Sey 3117 and make appointment. Open 9 to 5:30 p.m. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors* _ 18 Hastings West Room 33 YOU'LL BE SATISFIED when you have one of our Suits. J. H. SWEDER & CO. 427 SEYMOUR STREET A UNION SHOP Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BABBISTER, SOLICITOUS, ETC. ' -101-408 Metropolitan Building: 837 Hasting. W„ Vancouver, B.O. Telephone.: Seymour 6066 and 6667 WARNING *0 HOUSEWIVES > This is to inform readers qT-the Latror Statesman that , effofts to organize the Bakery Salesmen . . or - COWAN'S BAKERY has not mef with any success. The management has been approached by the local union and Trade Council organizers but at this date the-employees ARE UNORGANIZED notwithstanding the alleged statement of the management to the contrary. Junior Labor League The next regular meeting of the Junior Labor League will be held as usual this Friday, June 4th, in the Fraser Hall, 46th Avenue and Fraser Street. Please bring cakes and sandwiches. . ■ - . A collection will be taken to clear expenses of the hall. The baseball team will play their next game at Robson Park 16th Avenue and Fraser Street, on Friday, June 4th. Game commences at 6 p.m. The players will appreciate your support. '-"-:., —R.S.F. BAKERY SALESMEN'S UNION, LOCAL 371 PLAIN TYPING WANTED - Envelope, addrea.ed. Charge, reason able. Enquire Stateaman Office, Holden Building, Phon* 8*7. 6279. 816 FURNISHED ROOM or half house, close to Bey and Park; reasonable terms. Douglas 2468L. "You seem able-bodied and healthy," she remarked coldly "you ought to be strong enough to work."- "True enough, lady," he replied. "And you seem beautiful enough to be in the movies, but evidently you prefer the simple life." Her cold look vanished and she gave him « good meal. TRADES COUNCIL PLAN LABOR DAY CELEBRATION (Continued from Page 1) mentary committee will meet Monday week. The executive committee resom- mended a donation of $50 to the Brit- I ish miners', strike fund, and is sending out an appeal for funds. Endorsed. Referendum on Monthly Button The Building Trades Council asked the Council to take a referendum on the question of using * ftonthly Vut- lonjostead,,^^ dorsed. The appeal in connection with the Empress Theatre case will not be heard until September. In the meantime a ways and means committee will investigate plans for the raising of funds. In this connection the Council has been informed that the Stage employees, although composed of only 35 members, has paid all its counsel's fees and. taken care of some $2,000 of the expenditures. It is assessing its membership 5 per cent, of their pay to meet the costs of the case. Carpenters reported donating $25 to the miners' strike fund. Del. Gibson reported that the Men- 'tal Hospital Attendants' Union was still growing. Moldera Going to Win Del. Wilson reported that the Molders were going to win, although the fair wage officer had not had any success in getting a settlement. His union thanked the local unions for the financial support given. Del. Chute reported that the Shingle Weavers' Union was still taking in new members.. • Del. SESvensoh reported the painters were taking.in new members and that the fair wage officer had granted the $7 as a fair wage. Del. Neelands (Typos) reported his union donated $50 to the miners and $25 to the molders. He urged organized labor to draw the attention of business houses whom they have dealings with to the lack of the union label on their printed matter. Del. Finlay (Engineers) reported donation of $60 to miners. Trade picking up. Del. Watt (Plumoers) reported donation of $50 to the Molders. Building permits issued in Greater Vancouver for the month of May totaled $2,496,852. Contractor Galloway is preparing to eretet a block of super-suites at Comox, and Gilford to cost about $100,000. The contract for a $30,000 business block in the 800 block on Hastings West has been awarded to H. P. Leek. Contractor A. H. Kennett is to erect an $8,000 residence at the foot of 26th Ave. Two residences are being built in the third section of Shaughnessy Heights. Contractor Fred Davis has one to erect at Somerset Crescent and Churchill St. to cOBt $11,000. The other residence, costing $10,000 will be erected on Connaught Drive. A $6,000 home iB to be erected on the day labor plan at 6111 Sperling Ave. for J.."H. Whittaker. An home, built on the English Domestic plan is being built by; Contractor W. J. Read at 4470 East Boulevard. Another house is being built on the, day labor plan at 2366 3rd Ave.^W., at a cost of $4,200. Moncrieff & Vistaunet has the contract to build a $33,655 school for Point Grey. An addition to the apartment block at Bute and Haro is being made at a cost of about $25,000 on the day labor plan. Contractor H- Christensen'is erecting a $5,000 residence at 4707 Granville St. for B. A. Burden. T The contract .iar;.,«xe. .ei"s*esTeteof .the- Pfe'feil.Ji'.y Pier and Tea Jio.ouis, costing about $18,000, has been awarded to ■ Smith Bros. & Wilson. ffipft-amy 11>a*i (Sum******** $$ IMPERIAL RANGE Put Into Your Home For $7.50 Cash , "T*HE IMPERIAL is a large and very attractive looking range that -*• is economical and bakes .and beats water to please the most particular. Fitted with six 8-inch cooking holes, duplex grates if or coal or wood, large size oven, white enamel oven door .warming closet with nickel roller door and two teapot stands. Connected in your home anywhere in Vancouver for $7.50 cash; *)|J'7,,» sfisfi balance easy. Price , —.... *»? ' p.V/V/ y^i 11 f 11111111111111«t f t 111111 ■ 111111 f 11111111111111111111111 f ■ 1111 i 11111 f 111111111111 ■ 11 ■ 11111111111:111^ ! PARIS HAND MADE I I WORK BOOTS I $roo \ 5 PER PAIR = V WE BUY THE HIDES TAN THE LEATHER BUILD THE SHOES SELL DIRECT TO YOU Aooe.sorl.. Phone Pair. 5094 Angus Cycle Stored Under New Management Blcyole. for Oaaa or Term. Joycyclrs ind Roller Skates. G (rural Repairs Baby Buggies Retired. 3917 HAIN St. sTBAJt 23rd AVB. T- New York. — Strike of 2,500 stcam'fitters, which started March 29, has ended through compromise. Wages will be $12 a day until December 31, -1927. Rates for helpers have also been increased.' . ! PIERRE PARIS HASTINGS WEST Secretary Bengough's Help Is Appreciated The lock-out of the union girls in the Central Cafe, 608 Pender St. W., still continues, their places being filled by a varied assortment of help who are no doubt worth all the wages they receive. JuBt how long the six union girls who were locked out will remain out depends entirely upon YOU, Mr. Union Man. You can assist us in this particular instance and at all other times by remembering that only houses that display our Union House Card should receive your patronage because that card is a guarantee that the help employed therein is working under decent conditions and are being paid fair wages. Now that our new wage scale is an accomplished fact and is working very smoothly, we • feel that we are indebted to Bro. Percy Bengough, Secretary of the Trades and Labor Council, for many courtesies extended and much valuable assistance rendered. Thanks, Bro. Bengough. Elsewhere in this issue will be found a list of union restaurants submitted by Business Agent Harry Wood of this local and we suggest that you keep this list before you and refer to it before you patronize any restaurant or dining room in this city or vicinity. -Your co-operation in this respect will be appreciated and will be of material assistance to us in our efforts to make this a 100 per cent city insofar as our craft is concerned.' ' —J. C. Your Baby's Picture Free A 5 x 8 photograph of your baby will be taken and given without cost to you by the Calder Studio next week. Look up ad. on page 8. Property has its duties as well as its rights.—Disraeli. nimmiiimiiiimiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiii: ■■K*»%'*:si:.'-w'-A.-%iW^:,i-,' T/r^-«rt-«-.',;.'-'.:;-'^.'-..'-'.' DRUGS AT CUT PRICES , Make a purchase at any on* of our twelve (tor*, and not* tho QUALITY. SERVICE AHD BAVINS. Friday and Saturday Specials 10.75 Vacuum Bottles 48 .35 Safetee Shaving Stick .23 ,35 Reld's Lemon Shampoo .19 .29 Vlnolla Bath Soap, 3 for 43 .50 La Mar Soap, 3 for .71 .75 Liquid Petrolatum, 16 ok. .39 1.50 Aristocrat Fountain . Pen (name engraved free) .... .89 .10 Epsom Saltans lbs., for .... .25 .60 Glycerin & Rose Water, 8 ox. .39 .76 Renaud Talcum (made In France) .83 .50 Dellca KIbs Proof Lip StlckB 1.00. Mary Garden Face Powder .10 Lux Toilet Soap, 3 for _.... .26 Wright's Barium Carbon- ate (for killing rats) .60 ahd J1.00 Nature's Remedy Tablets, 32c and .70 Sloan's Liniment _ .15 Campana* Italian Balm 1.00 and 11.60 Arlola Compacts .60 Zed Health Biscuits % .20 Stork Castile Soap, 3 for — .28 .71 .25 .14 .27 .40 .38 VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED If STOKES The following city restaurants, are co-operating with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees* Union, Local 28. We urgently solicit your patronage as they are all fair to our craft. GRANVILLE STREET—Love's Cafe, Orphonm Cafe, Cgramodore t" Cafe, Original Morris Lunch, Manhatten Cafe, Bell's Cafe, Jim s Cafe, Paragon Cafe, Carnation Cafe, Cecil Hotel Cafe. HASTINGS STREET—Bancroft's Cafe, Strand Cafe, Empire Cafe, Broadway Cafe, Golden Gate Cafe. T PENDER STREET—Good Eats Cafe, Olympic Cafe, Boston Cafe. DUNSMUIR STREET—Standard Cafe, Morris Lunch. „_ CARROLL STREET—Wonder Cafe, King's Cafe. CAMBIE STREET—Bergman's Cafe. ABBOTT STREET—Oaks Cafe. MAIN STREET—American Cafe. SEYMOUR STREET—Ambassador Cafe. Don't Waste Your, Energy by Wearing Too Heavy Underwear YOU CAN BUY B. D. V. Combination* for .|1M Brushed Combinations, short sleeves, long legs, per suit .92.00 Balbrlggan Combinations, double thread $1.60 Open Work Sox Cashmere Sox for . 50c 600 Fancy Striped and Checked Silk Sox for .— „ 7Bo Sport Shirts 91.50 G.W.G. Men's Sport Blouses, from _._ _ _...43^S Men's straw Hats, suitable for that stroll In the park. Up • from .. 91.50 Men's Canvas Hats in plain tan and fancy colors. Up from 91-00 UNION MADE OVERALLS W. B. BRUMMITT 18-20 CORDOVA W. VANCOUVER, B. C. :;,i;»t*n
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