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'I. OWNED OLStatesiiian ftHh fflBW>n"tn ^^^y BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL H Official Organ of The Canadian Labor Party _^gs|i^i4 lo. 139—EIGHT PAGES a VANCOUVER, B. C, DECEMBER 17th. rofiteers and Pulpiteers IHE ROYAL COMMISSION investigating the Customs Department is uncovering a little of the corruption that has been going on in our midst since the Prohibitionists started their campaigns . against liquor The drunkard very seldom affected anybody else but himself and his immediate family, but the ramifications of the liquor ^ trade today includes more murders, deaths, suicides, graft, crime and i corruption than the old-time bar-room ever did. ___ . Creatinir More Criminal. j Because men cannot get good Scotch,sWhisky or a schooner of beer as easily and cheaply as they "formerly could, they drink methylated spirits, (canned heat, and all kinds of other poisons that will produce some kind of a "kick", even though it invariably ends in death. .. .. - The bootlegging trade seems to be one pf this country's greatest | industries. No matter where you are you can get in touch with a boot- 1. legger. And bootlegging is supposed to be a crime. If it is a crime then f bootlegging has created more criminals than any other known industry, jf The Royal Commission has discovered something that looks very much like corruption amongst public officials* When ship loads and truck loads v| i of liquor, held up by local custom officials, can be released upon orders from the Customs department_a__Qttawa, there might even be more than ."contributions to party funds"-*in the deal. If it is a crime to corrupt public officials then we believe that prohibition has created just as much, .if not more crime, than any other law on the statute books. , A Failure and a Fraud Prohibition has proven to be a rank failure and a fraud. The**people of every age and every clime have used stimulants and we may safely ' conclude that they will continue to use them in some form or other. When men will drink the concoctions made by these bootleggers and druggists, then we can depend upon it, that men will continue to imbibe them when they cannot get the les.s harmful stimulants. We admit that liquor has'done a..vast amount of damage, but has prohibition or even-moderation lessened that'damage?,,,. .W_«>d»ny>• tjfiat :T_ rha... But■ there-•_.-every- indication, thatrcrime hfts increased tenfold- stuee" /the old-fashioned public house was closed. And..the prohibitionists now ' tyail about the crime going on in our mid-st. It is they .who have created it and it seems almost impossible to remedy it. • Industrialism Needs Attention I If these he-virgins and female wall-flowers • want something to do, they should attempt to. check the slaughter going on in industry. More ■ lives are wiped out in a week by the industrial machine than liquor ever wiped out in a year. Ten times more poverty has been created in the home l by greedy industrial and commercial magnates than by whisky or beer. Miserable wages, long hours, grinding toil have transformed, what should . have been happy homes, into homes of despair. The medical profession with their pills and nostrums, operations and amputations, have made human beings the sickliest of the animal kingdom, and have aided the coffin trust to fill more premature graves than demon rum ever dreamed of. More people die every year in this city by being poisoned with food, and afterwards doped by a medical profession that thrives on ignorance, than ten . thousand bartenders could kill in their whole life time. Preachers and pulpiteers have raved about .drunkards, wife beaters and home breakers. They have hac], then- day and their say. Crime, poverty, misery, drudgery, aye and slavery, is still in our midst, and the preachers and pulpiteers are still lined up with the profiteers agajnst those of us who are striving to rid this world of the incentive to crime and of the spectre of poverty.—W. Industry Can Change to Five Day Week NEW YORK.—"The workers believe our nation has reached that period in its economic life when industry can-methodically change to the five- day week," said President Green at a luncheon meeting given by the New York Building Congress. "The capacity to produce has in- greased to the point where serious thought must be given to equalization of our producing and consuming power. We must recognize the stern necessity of balancing our facilities of production with our capacity to buy. "There are a number of industries, some basic, which are governed by seasonal fluctuations and because of their great productive ability, can not operate steadily. In such industries where part time operation is inevitable, the substitution of a shorter work week would distribute the working time over a longer period, and, as a result, overhead charges would be reduced, improved and scientific methods of production employed, wasteful processes eliminated, labor turnover reduced an a more efficient organization maintained. Industries which -come piwithfn this' class 'wb-ilcT be greatly benefitted by the shorter work week." W V / .' Social ana1 Dance on Saturday Evening This local will hold a social evening in the Horticultural'Hall, 43rd & Fraser, on Saturday, December 18th. Ladies are requested to bring a cake or sandwiches Tea, coffee, etc, will be provided. Sociable crowd, good music and an all-round good time provided. Do not forget to bring your "unsold tickets for New Year's Eve party," as time is now getting short for making the necessary preparations. A special meeting will be held on Friday, Dec. 17th, at 8 p.m., in the Horticultural Hall, to receive a report from the committee appointed to draft a manifesto and other campaign matter, Be On Hand I— H.W.S. /*■ Immigration to Canada for October, totalled 10,013. This is an increase of 30 per cent, over October, 19„., when the total number of immigrants for the month was 7,703. For the ten calendar months, this year, .nding October 30th, Canada's popu- tation was increased by 122,848 im-' migrants. District 18 Miners to Start Re-organization Coming to the conclusion that the time had' arrived for anjetive and aggressive policy, of re-organization of District 18 of the U.M.W. of A., delegates representing' different parts of the coal fields met in Calgary Friday, November 26, and planned a campaign which is destined to bring back the solidarity and stability of organization which was once enjoyed by the mine workers of Alberta and Eastern British Columbia under the United Mine Workers of America. New Board Members To simplify matters the sub-districts were re-numbered and the board members elected in the following manner: Sub-District No. 1 (Drumheller area)—.fames Conroy. Sub-District No. 2 (Wayne and Rosedale)—John E. Gordon. Sub-District No. 3 (Edmonton and Brule)—G. Ungarian. Sub-District No. 4 (Mountain Park)—T.. Hill. Sub-District No. 5 (Crowsnest Pats).' The idea'is that each of these board Ford 5-Day Week Has Began in England According to local press reports_the Ford Motor Works, at Manchester, England, have inaugurated the 5-day week, also enabling the worker to earn as much in five days as they did in five and a half days. A similar system throughout Canada would absorb the unemployed. In the same local paper appears an article under the heading:— "Work for Unemployed at fl.00 and $2.00 Daily." And in answer to a question from an alderman, the Relief Officer said that he has received a number of applications from unemployed for work at the rate of $1.00 a day for single men, and $2.00 a day for married men. Still the Government is fian- cially assisting emigrants to "Come to Canada." We have nine governments in Canada to govern a population- of similar size to London, England. There can't be any slump in the Political industry. About a dozen stewards signed on the S.S. Aorangi from this port on her last voyage. They were all members of the B. C. Coast Stewards & Hotel & Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28. None but members in good standing with Local 28 are accepted by the Australian Union Delegates for the vacancies occurring in this Port—H.W. 1926 .,*-%» CANA' __"V BOR PARTY C'$*',iDATES •f° H VANCOUVER Count, .r Alex. McDonald Councillor _...._.0. J. Mengel School Trustee. R. E. Rigby Police Commissioner W. Ford BURNABY- For Reeve C. B. Gibbs "Councillors Ward One A. J. Keel Ward Five.: W. H. Abel Ward Seven _C. Groombridge Police Commissioner S. Bate School Trustees J. P. Dickson Alfred Smith FIVE CENTS I?ER COPY Wives who watch their husbands all the time, usually find they are like clock_r~-thcy strike now and then. .True glory lies in the silent conquest of ourselves.—Thompson. members will assist the district officials in the work of re-organization in each of their own localities. Politicians Share in Bonding Graft A new form of easy money—new to the public—is found in the premiums paid for insurance "on public property and bonds for public contracts, i Every contractor who gets a job of paving a street, digging a sewer, erecting a public school, or doing^a*.-*5 ^etAer-TmbH. '*W_rtr^TOlJ^Srnlsh*^" bond. v'j The Baltimore Sun says "That the premium for the contractor's bond on a single schopl house in that city was $36,000; arid that more than $250,- 000 have been fiaid in such premiums on Baltimore school buildings in the last few years. Since this is public business, 'public men—that is to say, politicians— have a hand and an influence in the matter, and the influential official has no trouble in forming such connections with a bonding company that his share of the profits will far outweigh his salary. The Sun says the politicians of Baltimore are rowing over the division of the spoils, and then comments: "Bonds are required from companies and men who get contracts to pave streets, lay sewers and do all sorts of public work. In-the aggregate, the premiums on these bonds would amount to perhaps $160,000 a year. Add, say, $50,000 a year for contractors' bonds on new school buildings and about $70,000 a year fire insurance premiuhis on city- owned property, and it is plain that the stake for which politicians are fighting is very much worth while. Then there are the surety bonds of employes who handle money. The premiums on these, to be sure, are of minor importance!, but enough to keep a patriot from starving. If this form of graft amounts to $270,000 a year in Baltimore, as the Sun'estimates ,it must come to three times that amount in Chicago and ten times at least in New York. In the end, the public pays the bills. RADIO MEN ORGANIZE 100 PER CENT Local No. 1, St. Louis, mother chapfer of all the other locals in thc International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, has the honor of organizing thc first 100 per cent, union unit of radio men in America. This is known as Class E of Local No. 1. Movie Producers Sign For Union Studios LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Organized labor has won thc greatest victory in thc history of this city, without strike or loss of a minute's time by the 3,500 employees involved. Agreements signed in New York by Will H. Haya, '"czar"' of the movies, heads of the' moving picture industry and officials of the national labor organizations unionized the mechanical forces and made the big movie studios union shops on December 1. A joint permanent committee of union and producers' representatives has been appointed to_adjust al! disputes that may arise in the future. The motion picture companies which will be represented on the committee include Warner Brothers, Famous Players, Producers and Distributors' Corporation of AmericajflL Universal, Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer, First National and the Fox Film Corporation. Distress of "Open Shopper*" Efforts of the "open shop'' elements here, such as the1 Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and jj&ie LoS; Angeles Times,] to prevent the-Tri-p^ —** proved of no avail. ' The agreement for the union shop in the studios has closed the last big place of employment in the Los Angeles district where trade unionists were discriminated against. Many of these employees had been discharged for taking an active part in the organizing campaign. They will regain their jobs. An intensive organizing campaign was conducted during the month of November, with national representatives of the unions on the job day and night, assisted by a live local committee. Four unions directly involved, the Electrical Workers. Scenic Artists, Carpenters and Stage Employees, banded together under the name of the Studio Mechanics' Alliance, thus obtaining the completest co-operation in the campaign. Mass meetings were held, attended by studio employees anxious to gain the benefits of collective bargaining. Hire Only Union Men The number of mechanics employed in the studios here is placed at 3,500, with carpenters and stage workers predominating. Under terihspof the union agreement all organized crafts are to be hired through the office of the Studio Mechanics' Alliance, which insures none but men with union cards getting on the job. Restaurant Employees Smoker Next Tuesday The Hotel & Restaurant Employ- ees''Union, Local 28, is holding a benefit smoker on Tuesday, December 21st., in the Electrical Workers' Hall at 319 Pender St., West, from 7 pan. to 2 a.m. Tickets 50c, including refreshments.—H.W. The chief pleasure (in eating) does not consist in costly seasoning or exquisite flavor but in yourself. Do you seek.for sauce by sweating? —Horace. * .- .: .^ ■.i l|l-~-.l.,_M_i,.ll|.i>» -., ' . . ■.-■.'■;. *m Two THE LABOR STATESMAN December 17th, 1926 Mined in B.C. "It IS Better" Leslie Coal Co. Ltd. 944 Beach Ave. Sey. 7137 Phon. »•"-. 8634 H. HARVEY BOOT MANUFACTURER Loggers', Miners', Cruisers' and Prospectors' -Hand-Made Boots Our Specialty. Quick Repairs. OUB 86 00 WOBI BOO* BEST IS TOWN 58 CORDOVA ST, WEST Va_.con.ver, B. C. A. F. of L. Debate Recognition of Government of Soviet Russia PATENTATTOESXY ROWLAND BRITTAIN PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS Oldest Established Patent Office Iri B. C. 448 GBAHVBLE BET. 1403 VERBATIM DISCUSSION ON RESOLUTION NO. SO, PROPOSING RECOGNITION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOVIET RUSSIA AT THE DETROIT CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ON LABOR OCTOBER 12, 1926. Proposing Advocating Recognition of the Government of Soviet Ru.ssa. Resolution No. 50—By Delegates I. H. Goldberg and Percy Ginsberg of the Cloth Hat, Cap and Millinery Workers' International Un'O". WHEREAS, This country still refuses recognition of Soviet Russia notwithstanding all thc official expressions by the government of that country as to their readiness to settle their obligations to this country on a basis similar to that accepted by this country in its recent settlements with other European countries; and WHEREAS, Such refusal of recognition is based primarily, if not exclusively, on objections to the social order and internal policies of the Soviet government, which procedure is in total contradiction to all precedents in international relations; and WHEREAS, It is generally recognized by. all competent observers and investigators that the Soviet government is now one of the most stable European governments; and WHEREAS, The non-recognition of Russia creates additional difficul ties in the development of industrial and commercial relations between these two countries, hampering the economic reconstruction of Russia; hindering the economic reconstruction of the entire European continent and creating less favorable conditions for the marketing of our goods in Russia, which is bound to be a contributing factor in increasing unemployment in this country during any industrial depression; and WHEREAS, It has always been the interference by our government in. ^nT^^tt&i^^nifairf^^oM^ countries th ;erefore, be it ■ RESOLVER, That this Forty-sixth Annual _onvention of the American Federation of Labor goes on record as being in favor of our government starting immediate negotiations with the Soviet government of Russia S. BOWELL & SON FUNERAL DIRECTORS ' AND EMBALMERS 68 6th St., New Westminster Phon. 993 T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director! and Embalm.r. New Chapel "and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phon. Fair. 3 OFFICIAL OPENING OF CHICAGO LABOR RADIO CHICAGO.—Organized labor of this city, under the auspices of the Chicago Federation of Labor, is preparing for the official opening of radio station WCFL with one of the greatest broadcasting programmes ever staged in this city. Ashland Auditorium, with a seating capacity of 5,000, has been engaged for the occasion. A reception, ' entertainment and masquerade ball, with speeches by President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and Mayor William E. Dever, of Chicago, will be the outstanding events. . ST. PAUL ROAD IS SOLD ON THE AUCTION BLOCK BUTTE, Mont.—The biggest auction sale in history occurred here today. The Chicago, Milwaukee "& St Paul Railroad, owning 10,142 miles of track, capitalized at about $-'-5,000,000 and "valued" around 1750,000,000,' was sold under the _i_unmer to Kuhn, Loeh, & Co., and .Si-sf affiliated interests for $140,- .90,000, with the buyers to assume .*_ indebtedness of $181,370,400. This makes a total cost -f $321,- $70,400, less than half the capitalisation and barely 45.per cent of the alleged "value." The new price ■comes to a trifle over $30,000 per milci p./ be ol any immediate release from their economic, moral, political and spiritual enslavement. We regard the Boviet regime in Russia as the most unscrupulous, most anti-social, most menacing institution in the world today. Between it and our form of political and social organization there can be no compromise of any kind. We repeat the call to American trade unionists to stand true to their faith, to be militant in their defense of the principles of freedom and justice for which our movement stands and upon v/hich our democracy rests its foundation walls. Finally, we tall attention to the recent declaration of our Executive Council in which it was well said that our movement not only cannot join in any mission' to investigate -conditions in Russia, but deems any such mission wholly unnecessary. We desire to record our approval of that declaration and to add in this report the conviction that no trade unionist should permit himself to participate in any such adventures. Ample information is at hand and is constantly available concerning every particular which enters into our calculations in arriving at a decision on our course of action. ' We recommend/as the principles of our movement, demand, that we non-concur with all possible emphasis and determination in this resolution. Delegate Thomas Sweeney Delegate Sweeney, Tailors: While I may not agree with all the reasons advanced by the committee, I am in accord with the report in general. I believe the Russian people or the people1 of any other country on the face of the earth have a right to any form of government that they may see fit to have. That is their business, and the reasons that I am opposed to_ the recognition oi Russia at this time is because of the actions of the so- called representatives of Russia on uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyi Winter Boots BLACK "PARITAN" WORK BOOTS, 8 INCH TOP. JUST RIGHT FOR WINTER WEAR. PLAIN TOE AND HEAVY SOLE. ONE OF OUR MOST SATISFACTORY LINES. SUITABLE FOR HARD WEAR. $C00 8 = --i PER PAIR —SI- HASTINGS WEST | PIERRE PARIS fllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll f. i policy of American labor to urge nan* i.hi American continent. They act exactly, in the same;jvayjn.tbj5.tra.de. Tinton' movemen.'"a_TK_ "ferrets used by the ljunters of rabbits, when they send them into the rabbit burrows to turn .the rabbits out to be killed. They are ferrets in the trade union movement of this country today, driving out every man that is weak— weak, I say, to be driven out by them, but that is their purpose and sole object—to destroy the labor looking towards an adjustment of all difficulties and the speedy recognition Of Soviet Russia by this gov- I movement, the trade union movement JL '#-.*_■!**« .■.\iii*.iiit !■#- --■_* 1 . s\ 1 . i rv-F 1 .- frsirslr. ernment, Report of Resolutions Committee • Your Committee having considered this resolution, sees no reason for recommending that the American Federation of Labor modify or change its position regarding recognition of the autocratic soviet regime in Russia. There has been no essential change in either the character or the operations of that regime since we last had thc question under consideration. It remains a regime of enslavement, a regime determined to bring about world revolution if and when possible. Through the Red Internationale, which is controlled by the communist party of Russia, the soviet regime has continued its efforts to undermine and destroy the democratic labor movement of the United States. Its lack of progress in that direction is due, not any lack of determination on its part, but to the strength and deep conviction of the membership of the American trade union movement. If it is not the assassin standing over the prostrate oody of freedom and democracy, it is always the would-be assasin, anu we can be no less opposed tb the one than to the other. We are not interested in the commercial aspect of the question, agreeing fully'with President Coolidge in holding that American principles are not to be bartered. Nor is the question changed by whatever may be the change—and there has so far-been little^—in the economic condition of the people of Russia A regime "of enslavement which for a purpose sees fit to feed its slaves well at times in no less a regime of slavery and no less repugnant and hateful in the sight of those who cherish liberty. We extend our profound sympathy to the masses of the people of Russia, oppressed as they are, terrorized as they are whenever terrorism" suits the purposes of thc fiendish rekime. under which they exist, awed as .they are nt all times by a Red army which constitutes the most powerful and dangerous military machine in the pffiadd, and hQpe]ei-_as-th£y._B__.m.J_). ELECTRICAL GIFTS are not only useful but they bring happiness and cheer to those who receive them. Electrical toys are popular with the boys and girls, too, because they last so long and are so safe. ■< I Here are a few suggestions':— Electric Train Set for the boy Electric Flashlights Electric Stationary Engines Miniature Electric Range . i Electric Iron i..«,. - Electric Boudoir Lamps ...... e - .ms_ ■Elect_4c-P_-"coIatufc^~---''-''-r-: p -" " of this country, take hold of it, thinking that they can bring about communism in the United States. Foolishly thinking! For that reason, and that reason alone, not lor anything they are doing in Russia to the Russians—and I sympathize with our fellow workers fin Russia as deeply as any huma.i (being can do—but we want it impressed upon their minds that so long as thye lay a straw in the way of the progress of the trade union movement in this country they cannot have the sympathy of the wage workers of the United States. Delegate Max S. Hayes Delegate Hayes (M. S.), Typographical Union: I want to express a few views upon this proposition. There are some things in that report with which I am thoroughly in accord. There are some things with which I don't agree, and I am in the position where I have to go through the rigmarole of drafting an amendment, which I know won't go very far because of the frame of mind in which the delegates, are It is a splendid piece of rhetoric; I give credit to the distinguished secretary for having, worked out a very fine report. I am not a Communist—never have been—and I don't know whether I ever will be or not; I don't believe, from what I know about their general principles, that I can accept them. I don't think there is a delegate on this floor that has been lambasted more bitterly and continuously than I have been by these Communistic brethren. ' But that does not worry me any; it worries them probably more than it does me . I am inclined to take the viewpoint as, expressed by the British delegates: Let them shout all they want; let them condemn and denounce the trade union movement or whatsoever they please; they are not a bad lot at heart, as the Englishman says, they are pretty good boys. If you let them blow off their steam, they will feel better, perhaps, and later on they may buckle down to_work.-.—— Electric Percolator Sets Electric Toasters Electric Waffle Iron • Electric Heater , and hundreds of others that are just as useful. $ 7.65 up 1.90 up 14.95 up 14.00 up 2.95 up 3195 up ^3.45 up 8.95 up 3.45 up .10.95 up 4.95 up H Come into our store and see the full line of electrical gifts that we are selling o4t All Our Stores British Coidmbm ^^mctoumiY Co. VANCOUVER VICTORIA .-__. I am opposed to the idiotic policies of such people as this Zinoviev, who has probably had, more to do with arousing the prejudice of the. organized workers in the different countries than any other living man. That policy of interfering with the organized labor movements of the different countries and preaching the bunk of a world revolution looks childish to me, and probably to all other Americans. I certainly am not in favor of a world revolution, nor the interference on our part or their part with this or any other labor movement anywhere in the world, nor am I in favor of tfieir present form of government. I think it is cumbersome and undemocratic, and I agree with the committee on than point. Neither am I in favor of the dictatorship of Spain, nor am I in favor of the dictatorship of Italy, nor am I in favor of the monarchial system, the absolutism of Japan, nor am I in favor of the kind of government they have in Turkey or any other country with which we have diplomatic relations, but I haven't heard this committee come in With any recommendations, for instance, on the resolution acted on just prior to this one, in favor of annulling that diplomatic refation (Continued on page 3) SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed "Tender for Customs fittings. Winch Bilildlng-,- Vancouver, B.C.," will be received until 12 o'clock soon, -Wednesday, December 22, 192S, for fittings for the Department of Customs ana Excise in the Winch Building, Vancouver, B. C. Flan, and specifications can be seen and forms of tender obtained at the offices of the Chief Architect, Department of Public Works, Ottawa, the Resident Architect, Dept. of Publlo Works, Victoria, B. C. and the Caretaker, Post Office Building, Vancouver, B. C. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the fornris supplied by tho Department and ln accordance with the . conditions set forth therein. Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Minister o_ Public Works, equal -to 10% of the amount of the tender. Bonds of ths Dominion of Canada or bonds of the Canadian National Railway Company will also be accepted as security, or bonds and a choque If required to make up an odd amount. By order, , , S. E. O'BRIEN, Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa, November 26, 1926. Further Organization act-viMi Help ls needed to carry on tbe __tivikles of the Canadian labor Party. . organize a branch In your district. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, WRITE ' B. C. SECTION, CANADIAN LABOR I-ARTY Secretary, J. SIDAWAY, 803 Holden Banning, Va_.con.er, B. a W. K. COTTREI.I,, President. .-*»--__*-_#;_ :._-t^w_A_*_._. rt_t_fa-_-*^!WS«-t_B --PWCM* —■ ~ ' ■ ' *n*AB*n*m¥mm I December 17th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMANi - Three Trades Union Directory t-er Trades and Labor oonneU— dent. William Dunn; general sec- Percy i: Bengough. Office, ^^^^Iden Bldg., '6 Hastings East. Phone -s. > !;:■:. .\i»,-i,-p in i_pi.nr Hall at 8 p.m ppii Hi,., fii-pil and third Tuesdays In iixptiili Automobile Lodge 702, I. A. of M, — Meets f-vp-ry -p-p-nrtd and fourth Tuesday In llppiiin 310 Hnld.ri P.ldg. Pres. W. P.. Walker; Sec, M. P. Bcavis. 1222 AlbernL Beverage Dispensers Union Wo. 670— meets second Sunday at 2 p.m. and the last Sunday In month at 8:00 _p.ni.,. Room 310 Holden Bldg. President w. H. Clancy; Secretary and Business Agent, T. J. Hanofln, Office: Room 6, Flack Block; Phones, Sey. 4783 and Bay. 16,.6-lt. Hours, * to 11 a.m. I Bridge St Structural Iron Worker., Local 97, Int. Asso Meets every Monday, Room 801 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. • President, James F. Burns; Secretary, j W. J, Cook, Box 302, City.. Phone Fair. ' .772Y. Building Trades Council, Vancouver^ Meets second; and fourth Tuesday in Holden Building. President. Robt. Stevenson; Secretary-treas., W. Page, Room 815, Holden Bldg. Bakers' Local 468, Joannyman, of America—Meets first and third Saturdays -' at 7 p.m. President, H. Hall; see, T. Rlgby, 37 Broadway West, Phone Fair. 5882R. Bakery talesmen. Local 871 — Meets second Thursday every month. Holden Bldg., 16 Hastings E. President E. Holmes; acting secretary, Blrt Showier, 1115 Robson. ' —' office",' 807 Holden Building. Barbara,' Journeyman International Union of.America—Local 120, meets second and fo___tt_.._Tu_g!sdays In each month in Room 3fo Labor Hall. 18 Hastings East. Pres., Fred. Dawe; Sec-treaB., C. E. Herrett, Office 814 Holden Bldg. Bookbinders Looal No. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets Hecond Tuesday In month 804 Holden Bldg. President. F. Milne. 636 Drake St.; secretary. Thos. Carroll. 842 Hamilton St. Brewery Workers Union Wo. 300—meets first and third Wednesday ln month in room Jit, Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President, J. Ramsay. 4312 Perry ltd.; Secretary, H. F. Swan. 2705 Pender , East. Bricklayers'. Masons' and Tile Better.' Int. union Wo. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday In the Holden Bldg President, r>. E. Halllday; Secretary. W. S. I. agnail. 1244 20th Are U Phone Fair. 845 R. W. J. Pipes. Fin. Secretary. PrlntliiB- PresDinon and Assistants, Looal Wo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. in Room III °*__ *.t!.r" a"d Joiner., Amalgamated _... _L._l__T.__ .'.--.yam-..!jv^.i»t..-C_. month. President, <"?. Richardson, Secretary, John T. Bruce; Business Agent, J., McKlnley. Headquarters, room 35, 163 Hastings St. W. , Carpenters and Jpiners. United Broth-r- hoofl of, Local 482—President, A. Mc- Donald; recording secretary, W. Face; business agent ' Wm Dunn. Offt_e,\| Boom 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Ity Rail Employees' Association meets 'first Wednesday of each month at 25H4 Hastings E., at 8 p.m. President, D. Hargreaves; business agent and treasurer. W J. Scribbins, 8208 Pender St E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East Oi-lo Bmployees' Union, Local 28 — Meets first and* third Fridays in the. month at 251 hi Hastings E., at 8 p.m. President J. MacRltchle. 616 8th Ave. E.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison. 1182 Parker St Blsctrioal Workers, Local 818, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m. In Room No. t, 819 Pender Street West President D. W. McDnugnl, .10 Hastings Street Bast; business agent E. H. Morrison. Offioe, 319 Pender Street West Bngineers—International Union Steam snd Operating Loeal 844— Meets every Thursday at 8 p.m. Room 806 Holden Bldg. President, E. McCallum; rec. sec; D. Hodges; fin- sec. and business agent, Roy Finley. Office, Room 806 Holden Building. Bngineers, Steam and Operating, Int. Looal 882—Meets every Wednesday at 8 -p.m. in room 806 Holden Bldg. President. W. Hulbert; vlce-pres., A. Russell; business agent and financial sec, W. J. Irwin; rec sec, W. L, Alnger. Office, 806 Holden Bldg. I Tire Fighters, Wo. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at Fj call of president, at 251 Vi Hastings E. wr President, J. Anderson, No. 2 Fire Hall; financial secretary, C. A. Watson, t No. 3 Fire Hall. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U.B. of C. A J, of A., meets' lst and 3rd Thursdays In M0 Holden Bldg.. at 8 p.m. President, B. C. Woodward; Fln. Sec, A. Reid; Rec Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1251 Howe St. ■otol and _U.tan.ant Employees Union, Local 88—441 Seymour Street. Meets Second Wednesdays at 8 p.m. and last Wednesday at 9 p.m. President, G, Coleman; business agent, Harry Wood. Phone Seynwur IIS. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Looal 307 — Meets 2nd and .th Mondays- in month, at room 209 Holden Bldg. President, H. P. Fulljames, 2106 Vanness; Secretary, Bert Jenkins, 60 45th Ave. E. Kaohlnltt Loeal 898—President. Thos. 8111s. 1362 Burrard St. Secretary. P. n. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets On s-cond and fourth Tuesdays ln month. -' Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Looal Wo. 1699 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners. MeetB first and third Thursdays in Room 313 Holden Bldg. President, Allan Graham; Fln. Sec, H. Brewer; Rec Sec, R. G. Inder, 5877 Lancaster Street Milt Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, Looal 464—Meets second and .p.urth Friday In Labor Hall. 16 Hastings' St E. Business agent, Blrt Showier. 1115 Robson St Molders Union Local 281—International of Worth America"—Meets flrst and third Fridays ln month in room 313 Holden Bldg., at 8 p. m. President, John Maley, 1336 2nd Ave. E. Corresponding representative, J. Finkerton, 2169 Victoria Driye. Motion Pictures Projectionist's Union, Looal 348 of I.A.T 8.-3 k M P.M.O.— Meets at 991 Nelson St. on first Sunday in each month at 7:30 p.m. President, J. R. Foster. 1161 Granville St.; Secretary. Ged'. Gerrard, Box 846. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Musicians Mutual Protective Union Lo* cal 148, A. _.. of ML— Meets at tbe G. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, Ernest C Miller 991 Nelson Street; secretary, Edward Jamieson, 991 Nelson Street; flnanclal secretary, W. B. Williams, 991 Nelson Street; organizer, F. Fletcher, 991 Nelson Street. Pointers, Deoorators and Paperttonfen Local 138—Meeta second and fourth Thursdays at 163 Hastings W. Business agent, Robt. Stevenson. Office, room 34, 163 Hastings West, 319 W. Pender Street. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf aad Doek Builders Looal Mo. S404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. In lit Hastings St.' W. James Thomson, secretary, P. O. Box 820. Plasterers, Local 89—International Association of Operative, meets first *-.»-dn*-sdHy in month at Holden Bldg. President. Chas. Keall. 1925 McKay Ave. Secretary, Ed. Williams, 1172 Barclay. Phone Douglas 3217R. Plasterer's Laborers' Wo. 603 International. Meets third Friday In month at Holden Building. President F. Phillips, 1674, Ind Ave. W.; Rec. Sec, F. Talt, 289 47th Ave. B., phone Fraser 'ML. Plumbers and Bteamfltters, Wo. 1T0, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday ln the Holden Bldg. President Bert Stlnchcombe, 1899 Ogden Ave.; secretary and bust- (less agent, W. Watt, 805 Holden Bldg. , dent, - Harry F. Longley, 308 8th St., North Van.; secretary. Wm. Qulgley, 2083 2nd Ave. W., Box 894. Railway Carmen of America. Lodge Wo. 68—Meets first and third Friday ln month at Cotillon Hall Granville and Davie Streets. President, A. S. Ross, 6873 Pr. Edward St.; secretary, J. D. Vullamy, 2215 15th Ave. W. Street and Bleetrio Hallway Employees. Pioneer Division Wo. 101—Meets li. P. Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, lst and 3rd Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. B. 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 2160L. Sheet Metal Workers. Amalgamated, Looal Union Wo. 380—Meets second and fourth Thursday ln month ln Holden Bldg. 16 Hastings St. E. President, N. C. Smith. 1346 18th Ave. E.; business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Pherson, 807 Holden Bldg. /_ Shingle Weavers, Local 17813—Meets secofid Tuesday in month, in Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and 4th Sunday, 7:30 p.m., ln Room 313 Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President, J. N. Chute, Phone High. 1982Y; sec, W. H. Matthew, Joyce Rd. P. O. Phone Coll. 413R1. Tailors', Journeymen Union of America, Looal Wo. 178—Meetings held first Thursday In each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month in Labor Hall. President A. R. Gatenby; secretary, C. McDonald, P.O. Box 603. Executive meets third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 466—Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President A. A. McKay, 773 Beatty St.; secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Looal 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. A M.P.K.O. —M.-.-i-p at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday ln month, at 9:30 a.m. President, Walter H. Blake; Secretary. Gordon Martin. Business address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Wo. 836—President C. ... Campbell; vice-president R. Gouthro; Secretary-treasurer, R. H. Neelands, P.O. Box 66. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Holden Bulldlne. 16 Hastings St. E A.F. OF L. DEBATE RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENT OF SOVIET RUSSIA (Continued from page 2) that has existed between the United States and Italy, because of a dictatorship. Why? Why not be consistent? If we are simply taking action against Russia and not applying the same rule, the same principle, against other countries, I don't think that is exactly just either, but the Soviet form of government, as I say, would not apply in tnis country, nor would Russian conditions, economic or political, for the reason that the history and the tradition? and the psychology of the American people are entirely different from those of the people of Russia or mots of the other European countries. But I have a strong sympathy for the people of Russia, and, after all, that is what that present government represents. Whether it is the dictatorship of a million Communists or whether it is the dictatorship of the Czar and his absolutism, with which we had diplomatic relations in the past, nobody ever got upon this floor and urged the recall of American ambassadors to Russia prior to the revolution. Why? Because it was a stable government, and from all that we hear that is what now exists in Russia—a stable government. Maybe it is dominated by a million Communists. _ertainly the ruling class that precede.d them did not represent any greater number in actual government. I say my sympathies are with those people because of the terrible strugt gles they were compelled to undergo. Understand, if you can, what these people, these Bolshevists ahd the government before them that was headed by Kerensky have inherited. It was not made to order. The conditions were there as a result of the revolution, as a result of the famine, and certainly never could be blamed on Lenine or Trotzky or any other individual or a million individuals. , I don't want to take the time to discuss the Russian revolution, the causes that led up to it and its progress since, any more than to- call your attention to the fact that Russia. sufferetLmore than any other country g|M4__4tep_*aM«_*h^^ Nine, million men were led to slaughter or permanently disabled; two mil- lio nmen were wiped out on the battlefield, understand, to make the world safe for democracy, but an unscrupulous monarchiul power, a grafting regime had actually stolen the rifles and the powder and the shot from the men in the field. You read about where these people were drilled and marched up in front of the German war machine, where one gun had to be used by ten men standing in the trenches, and the rest had to use clubs against a powerful and gigantic machine. That is what broke the eastern front; that is why the armies disintegrated and the men jumped on the trains and went back and exploited the revolution. Who is going to tell us when a revolution is to begin, when it is to end, and how it is to behave itself in establishing a new order? And that was established by the present regime because- they had some form of organization. All organizations were swept aside by the war.. Kerensky could not establish a government; they tried it; it went to pieces, and then these people jumped in and took control arid have been trying to bring some order, out of that horrible chaos that resulted because of this terrible slaughter of human life. Probably in another few years they will have recovered. Instead of taking,a hostile attitude toward the Russian government as it now exists—I speak merely of the Government, not the dictatorship so far as the industrial system is concerned or the methods of their operation—but we ought,- it seems to me, to approach this thing open-minded, and I had hopes that this convention Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday in each month. President,- S. D. McDonald, Box 268. Secretary. Frnn_ Derry, Box 498, Prince Bupert, B.C. Billy: "May I call you by your first name?" <■ ■ Gladys: "If I may be permitted to use your last name!" . We Do Not Patronize List of Trades Council •"NIGHT HAWK'S pRCHESTRA GOOD EATS CAFE , ROYAL DAIRY » CRYSTAL DAIRY' NATIONAL LUNCH TROCADERO CAFE COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hastings W. LEN. A. DAVIS (Lathing Contractor) N. Y. Fire Fighters Start 8-Hour Drive At the recent biennial conventidn of the International Association of Fire Fighters held in Philadelphia it was voted to support the 5,000 New York City firemen in their campaign for the three-platoon system, or three shifts of eight hours each. Before city firemen organized they were on duty 26 hours with one day off each week, in some instances. Organization gained for them the two- plattion system, or 12 hours on duty and 12 hours off. Now a campaign is to be1 waged for the eight-hour day. Wages have been materially advanced since the fire laddies formed their union. In/practically every instance where city councils have refused to increase the pay of firemen and the question has been referred to a referendum vote of citizens, thc result has been favorable to tne fire fighters. Four cities thus voted increased pay at the general election held on November 2. Toledo, Ohio, advanced the* pay of firemen $50 a month; Steubenville, Ohio, $30; Omaha, $30 per month; Atlantic City, N.J., $450 per year. With this increase the firemen of Atlantic City now have an annual wage of $2,550, the highest in the United States. The International Association of Fire Fighters received a charter from the American Federation of Labor in t 1918 and has made wonderful progress since that time. Men in this service are now organized almost 100 per cent in the principal cities of the United States and Canada. Headquarters offices are in the A. F. of L. building, Washington. At the Philadelphia convention Fred W. Baer was re-elected interna- 't'fonal president, nn'd George J. Rich- ■f-1**--"t-"-""'--_(-r^^ are 13 vice-presidents, representing different sections of the country, two of them from Canada. Vancouver Heights **-_^_T*tft-'"*B^:*D^****a**av'era*wt^ would appoint from Executive Council, from among those who are most prejudiced, if possible, a commission to go to Russia to make an investigation and come back here and make a report to us. Simply because everything does not run smoothly over in Russia does not mean necessarily that we don't owe a duty to ourselves, as well as to the world at large, to try to make it easier for this outcast nation to again come into the family of the nations of the world. I don't want to take up any more time, but in a previous convention here I think I. made some allusions to revolutions as they existed in Great Britain, our own American Revolution the Revolution in France—historical facts that you can gather for yourselves, showing the years and years of patient work it required to establish a new form of government. When'our forefathers established the United States of America in 1776, it was thirteen years, if you remember right, before -the} were able to formulate a basic law in the shape of a constitution, and even thereafter war was threatened between the States. It was the same way in France after its revolution; Great Britain required sixty years, France required fourteen years before thej- were in the form of a stable government, and we can't expect that the Russians overnight are going to take a country that was completely demoralized and, by the waving oi a magic wand, establish an ideal government, a heaven upon earth. Irrespective of what I may say or some other peyson who has made a study of Russian conditions, or one who has been ih Russia and become* partisan to their ideas, or even the Russians themselves may say, I think that the time is here or ought to be here when we ought to take a position on proper lines and designate someone from America officially to go to Europe and investigate not only conditiohs in Russia, hut in other countries as well, and get the reaction of what they think the Russian government is attempting to accomplish and how far they have been progressing. > . (To be continued) THE ESTHER BAKERY Place Your Orders Now for Xmas Puddings, Cakes and Mince Pies Have You Tried Our Fruit Loaf. 15 Cents? For Health, Strength and Beauty EAT OUR BROWN BREAD Also Our White, Raisin and Nut Bread Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST H. A. HILL GROCERIES, FRUITS, CURED MEATS, FLOUR AND FEED 3722 Hastings E-_ Phone High. 1640 R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Glen 370 4099 Hastings Bt. M. SYNOPSIS OF * LAND AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTION8 Vacant, unreserved. surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on declaring Intention -> to become BrltlBh subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation, s»^(wft*--«Wrtt»tl*^_r«l>a--p*>~-p purposes. Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions la given ln Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charg* by addressing the Department of Lands. Victoria. B.C.. or to any Government Agent. ■' , Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, ahd which ls not timber- land, I.e., carrying over -8,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Rang* and 5,000 feet per acre east of that Range. . Applications 'or pre-emption; ar. to be addressed to -he Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division, in which the land applied for - Is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions 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 Cpi.hu can bs received. Por more detailed information see the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land." • PURCHA8E Applications are -received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price for first-class (arable) land Is $6 per acre, and second-class (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. *£urlher Information regarding purchase or leaso of Crown lands la given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory, or Industrial .<!.-._ on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, ■lay be purchased or leased, the conditions including payment of atumpage. HOMESITE LEASES Unsurvey.d areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesltes, conditional upon a dwelling being •rected in the first year, title beln*) obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions aro fulfilled and land has been surveyed. LEASES For grazing and Industrie, purposes areas not exceeding 6-10 acres -may be leased by one person or a oompany. „ GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the i'rov- lnoe ls divided into grazing districts and the range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock-mvmi.s may form associations .tor range management. Free, or partly fr.-e, permit* ar* available for .»eit_-rn, camper, and travellers, up to li n head. ' Four THE LABOR STATESMAN December 17th, 1926 The Labor Statesman Published *T*ry Friday, st 811 Holden Bldg., Vancouver. B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. PRESS COMMITTEE: -. Chairman; W. Watt, Plumber*; XV. H. Cottrell, Street Railwaymen; H. Wood*, Hotel and Restaurant Employee*; J. McCurragh, Typographical. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. Subscription Rate*:—Canada $8.00 per ysar, 81.00 for elx months. United States and foreign, 88.08 per y*»r. To union* subscribing In a body, 18o par member par month. -■hon. Seymour 6379 Vancouver, B. C. Dec. 17th, 1926 A POLITICAL "SUGAR DADDY" The one outstanding feature about an election is the eminent respectability- of the gentlemen and ladies -selected as candidates, by both Liberal and Conserative parties. Every mother's son — and daughter — of them are reputable business or professional people. The kind of people who radiate an influence that in some mysterious way is alleged to tend to build up our city, etc., etc., and in the broader national field, they are all super-patriots; in fact the Tory has it so bad that he cannot hold a meeting without drdping the platform with the Flag. And again, in a social way the candidate always belongs to the "four hundred" (Second - Nat rows). As a practical demonstration of the irreproachable character of its candidates, each party endeavours to include a parton on the ticket, or if there is not a political parson available, as a nc*ct best choice a woman is included. In fact, at the years of the period, the expenditure was ?5200'and $8005.00 and the last two years, both of which contained Federal elections, the amounts were $88,041 and $69,261, respectively. Much could ,be saidL on this subject, but for thc present, we leave the matter with the suggestion to the Customs Commission that the names of the persons to whom these payments were made would be very much more interesting and useful to Canadians., than the aliases under which Mr. Fay operated in Los Angeles or the names of the people with whom he did business there. The American can dig these things up for himself if he wishes, as a local weekly puts it, it is not the duty of Canada to police Uncle Sam's territory. On the other hand, in the interests of decency in public affairs, we should know to the last detail the particulars of a state of affairs that indicate that our Parliamentary representatives are under obligation, to the booze and whiskey running ring of Vancouver—.M. Correspondence Editor of Statesman, Sir: ,-.: ' V >-.- In your issue of December 3rd there appeared a letter by Sam Wilson condemning the Molders' Union for endorsing D. Kirkwopd as al- dermanic candidate for Ward-3. In your issue of last week there is a letter by Chris Cropley, seeking to justify the Molders' Union for endorsing Kirkwood. Might I be permitted to point out that while Wilson condemns the Molders' Union for what would seem to have been a tactical error on their part, Cropley's epistle does not stop short of condemning the entire Labor movement of this city, for when he seekl to place the responsibility fir the breakdown of !the Molders' strike on the lack of co-operation by the various other unions that he mentions, there I think he is going too last Provincial elections some of the *~^a"rajp£-_|-**";(_J*^ Save "made the organization possible. many virtues" and in such large amounts, that it was almost sacrilege far. BRITISH COLUMBIA versus KAN SAS CITY The B. C. Telephone sCompany have from the first in every manner-possible exploited the fact that it is a local organization. The right of this corporation to occupy the highways and do business in British Columbia is based on a Provincial Charter and a franchise from the different municipalities to which its lines e'xtend. In building up this business, the company made the utmost that could be made of the fact that the shareholders were British Columbia people.. The telephone is a public service of the same genferal character as light, water, transportation, etc., and which wherever possible should be owned by city or state government. The B. C. Telephone Company now has without notice of any description to the score __^_mraici-*gjiitiegBJ^t< ' r ■-' ,..__Xtt^I£y|»W^\^^**H4^i,SjF, sold out to a Kansas City group of capitalists. The price paid for the to vote against them. Against such paragons of the virtues, the Labor candidate., with the grime of the mill and the grease of the machines, ground into their flesh tSo deep for wa.hing, made but a very modest showing. Israel Tart once made the remark that "elections are not won by prayer." This is true. A week ago, two of the Vancouver candidates in the recent Federal election advertised their election expenses; the one showed that in addition to any prayer that might have been used.twen- tyv thousand dollars in coin of the realm had been expended, and tbe other showed fifteen thousand. If money is of any value in an election —and it is, or these virtuous gentlemen would have pocketed it—Lab.ir with a modest six or eight hundred dollars is helpless and beaten before the fight begins. Where this enormous amount of Liberal and Conservative campaign money comes from is always a matter of extreme curiosity to the Labour Group. In Eastern cities, there is a type of girl whose .expenditures cannot be ac-, counted for by her income; the explanation is that certain elderly gentlemen known as "Sugar Daddies" put up the money. The Customs Enquiry the other day disclosed the fact that Mr. Henry Reifel, of the Vancouver Breweries, the Kennedy Exporting Co., and very nearly everything else that has booze making, mixing, faking, or running attached -to it, has been playing "Sugar Daddy" to the eminently respectable gentlemen who accept the Liberal and Conservative nominations. Mr. Reifel swore that his companies had paid one hundred and seventy thousand dollars towards campaign funds and fighting prohibition during the last four years. The first two I telephone stock is stated to have been two hundred and twenty dollars for each one hundred dollars actually put into the business by the selling company, and even this hundred rdtjl- lars was first taken out of the profits. The price paid by these gentlemen suggests one or two things—either that the B. C. Company lied like a lumber company a year ago, when in the Point Grey application they told the Railway Commissioners of the modest return that they were making on their investment; or the American intends to make some very radical improvements in the operation of the system. It is altogether contrary-*o experience to believe that the American is splitting any material amount of the profits which he expects to make with the sellers and we must therefore assume that while bally- hooing aborfl; "service" and flogging the patriotic horse, the B." C. Telephone Company were bleeding the public to the tune of two dollars and twenty cents where one dollar would pay fairly for the service. The purchasers control an automatic telephone system which eliminates the operator entirely. So we can assume that as quickly as the system can be changed the couple of thousand women employed by the B. C. Telephone Company will be thrown on the road and the money which today goes into two thousand British Columbi homes will be forwarded to the gentlemen in Kansas City, U.S.A. . . The Canadian Club might ask some responsible representative of the Le- fevre or Farrel interests to give a noon-day address on nation building or some similar patriotic subject—M. It is not enough to be industrious; so are ther ants. What are you industrious about?—^Thoreau. He informs us at this late date that the Molders' were on strike for recognition of the union and collective bargaining, while during the time of their trouble we were not aware that these two principles were involved. We were of the opinion that they were out to establish a higher minimum, and would willingly have accepted, the increase without committing their employers to either of these two principles.—R.E.P. Visit Our First Christmas Sale of High Grade Jewelry (: MEN'S WATCHES Seven and fifteen jewel. $4.75 and up. Ladies' Wrist Watches BOYS' WATCHES Just received, Xmas shipment. 95c Ten and Fifteen Jewel. $4.65 and up. "AU goods guaranteed as represented or your money back" James Jewelry Company 42 HASTINGS STREET WEST 2 Doom Wert of Pantag-** _____ It's Up to You to see the values we are offering fn MEN'S BXttJX SERGE suits, guaranteed at 90S and 835. Our Xmas stock of Furnishings is new and'complete. Gillespie & Ault, Limited MEN'S CLOTHING AND FTJENISHINGS 528 HASTINGS WIST Spencer's Store Is Opposite Us. At Christmas SHER.RJFFiS dill BftifB CpERFECTLY matured to a fine palatabihty, it will earn the hearty commendation of your, holiday guests. Reputed Quarts, $3.7-; Imperial Quarts, $5.25 9. This advertisement is not published by the Government of British Columbia or by tne ^ . Liquor Control-Board." .. » December 17th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN : Five Electrical Contractors AND DEALERS -•- 'firing us your Electrical and •pHTicllo repair*. That ls our business. Our service la prompt and courteous. OUR CHARGES REASONABLE Union Mon Only. CITY ELECTRIC CO. MAIS' AT 8TK MAIN AT 2STX Pair. 91 pair. 93 link-pot Excavations Arthur Frith &"Co. MEN'S fk BOYS* . . FURNISHINGS Telephone Fairmont 14 2312 MAIN STREET Between 7th and 8th Avenues A. HILKER & SON Anything in Dry Goods and Fancy Work. Goods Must Be Satisfactory or Money Refunded. MI* Main Street, Halfway Between Broadway and 8th Avenue. Bird, Bird & Lefeaux BAHBISTEB, SOLICITORS, ETC. 401-408 Metropolitan Building 837 Hastings W., Vancouver, B.C. Telephones: Seymour 6888 and 6687 Lawrence W. Smith Registered OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN 49 Hastings St., West, Sine* 1907 Phon* Say. 6860 Vancouver, B. 0. I _W John John Hckensl-x-el r STATIONARY & MARINE ENGINEERS COACHED FOR EXAMINATIONS P. A. GOEPEL 525 Fender W. Seymour 4305 On Dec. 9th, last, we were informed that 34 m.w settlers had arrived at.Winnipeg en route for Vancouver, and that another 191 more were on their way soon after. It is to be hoped that the new arrivals will not tiieconie confused by the stories of the alleged "prosperity" told by the local press on one hand and those told in connection with the "Santa Claus" funds, engineered by the same organs, on the other. If there is any confusion present in their mental make-up, it will be very rapidly clarified when they become "settled" around the employment bureaus with the rest of us looking for jobs. In any case, we wish them a Merry Xmas and hope they can see more "vacancies" on the vacant blackboard at the employment bureau, than we can. i . * * * The shingle and lumber manufacturers of Washington and Oregon have organized a campagin to have shingles from Canada taken off the free list. The argument used for the placing of a tariff on shingles is that the mills on the other side of the line will be able to compete with those in British Columbia, wlfltli pays less for labor. From this it would appear that Uncle Sam is likely to get what the local mills are reluctant to pay to their employees in wages. It' also appears that this information is put up as a ruse for the purpose of influencing the members of the provn-ral legislature when the local lumber barons make their onslaught'on the "Minimum Wage Act" at. the coming session. I FLUFF RUGS Made from your old carpets. Phone SEYMOUR 5230 for our new low prices. Fluff Rugs Last for Years. * Pacific Coast Fluff Rug Co. 1069 Richards Street Nanaimo Wellington < Buy Your SHOES From the ■ PREMIER DISTRIBUTORS AT W KOl-SBAK-! "Yoa Buy A Day'* Pay" Look Over Samples Today 100 Powell, at Columbia Sam*s Store roa BXTBA GOOD VALUES Men's GotljHTg (.-ills' Furnishings Lucky Numlier 49 CORDOVA ST. W. In regard' to the plebiscite on _the question of amalgamation submitted irt the recent civic election, it appears that an attempt was made by someone to railroad the proposal through by .hook or crook. We understand that- this —was -not" S "Honey"""By-law confined to the votes of property- owners only, hut was a plebiscite on 'which all voters could vote. On this 'understanding, many of us went to the polls intending to vote on the matter, but were denied the right to do so. We are told that only property ownerg, could vote on the matter. The combined votes on the three questions asked were,jibt half of the total votes cast, for the mayoralty candidates, which indicates that the Around the Town B1. THE SHOWMAN The election is over and we congratulate -Mayor Taylor on having se^ cured the biggest majority ever received by a mayoralty candidate, it might be good business for the Labor party to have a post mortem, there must be something wrong, when you compare the results obtained in the municipal field by the old country Labor party, and it would be better to find it out now, sd that next year, we can make more progress. »■' ♦ ,* The editorial in last Saturday's Sun shows that we are making some progress when firms realize that it is only by paying good wages that a town will go ahead, it is the trade unions by their activities in getting better wages and conditions for their members .that make it possible for the departmental stores to grow, and yet these same departmental stores pay the most miserable wages and treat their employees more like slaves than any other firm in the City. ■* * * " ..._ I am glad to hear that the story published in the local press about the Ye'low Taxi Company has done this outfit a lot of harm and that they have lost a lot of business through it. When you take into consideration that this outfit has free parking stations at some of the busiest corners in the City, and are allowed to chase off any small taxi owner from these corners, it is high time the City Council took some cognizance as to how they treat their employees. I know that an examination of their books will show that for some time, their employees have only averaged about $8_a week in wages. The men's only hope of..salvation i_ to organize and insist on being treated as white men. ____.„._ .;..pf|.jv,,^.r.i..v■ tmss-iw-OT-m-fri. -t-h-i. smiI.*-.':- from religious mania, and delights in treating those under him like dogs. We are informed ..that the biggest shareholders in the company are also shareholders in the B.C.E.R. Railway, and we are surprised that they allow their manager to pull such raw stuff. " Z UNION MEN HELP TO SWELL CHRISTMAS FUND A large sum of money has been collected for various Christmas funds for the needy in this community, through the efforts of a number of union members. All the stage hands, musicians and engineers at the Pantages Theatre donated their services, when the Vancouver Parks Band, all (pinions of more than half of the union members, under the management of Ed. Smith, of Local 138, P. electorate was not wanted on the subject. In spite of this, one of the local dailies states that the verdict was "clear and unequivocal." We confess to not being able to see it that way. Comparitively with elections conducted in feudal England in the . 14th century, the recent civic election may have been perfectly all right, but as a means of registering puWic opinion under modern conditions, the same was a hoax ancf a fraud, and should be entirely disregarded by those claiming to represent the people*on the city council. . «" • • In spite of the fact that the ratepayers rejected the by-law to purchase the English Bay Triangle, Alderman Almond intends,to.have the City Council obtain a lease on that particular piece of property. This amounts to nothing short of a flagrant contempt f,or public opinion. It appears that the property in question is held in trust bythe Yorkshire &'Canadian Trust, Ltd., a concern represented in the^city- by Mr. H.W. Dyson. Mr. Dyson is one of "ti_e real estate: peiddlers iff the city D. & P. of A..,.and the leadership of- Lieut. C. J. Cornfield, of the Musicians Union, gave a benefit concert to this cause last Sunday. All the stage hands, musicians and engineers at the Capitol Theatre also donated their services when a concert was given by the Capitolions under the leadership of Calvin Winter for the same purpose. The proceeds from both places totalled over 1*700.00. who at the recent election had the right to vote 21 times; once as an owner and twenty times as an agent for different concerns. Por the Yorkshire & Canadian Trust, Ltd., alone he had the right to vote nine times. Alderman-Almond himself had the right to vote twelve times. This will serve to illustrate the truth of the old adage that "birds of a feather flock together." It also reveals how such members of the council value the confidence, the people place in them. It will be interesting to note how the other members of the council will regard this contempt for public; opinion.- . .:.:.'.: . pATRONIZE those who are paying taxes to keep **** up our roads, schools, hospitals, etc., in British Columbia. BUY B. C. 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TO LET-r-Two-roomed house boat; partly furnished; electricity; free fuel. $10.00* monthly. Apply F. (-tinn.-Paseoe'B Wharf,.foot.T--inniaiu_ GENTS' FURNISHINGS CLOTHING BOOTS AND SHOES Worlrinrmen't Shirts and Overall. A-L UNION MADE 2 STORES 62\AND 64 CORDOVA.ST. W. .Fhone Seymour 66. TERCRAFT CLOTHING CO. 179 HASTINGS STREET EAST Phon* Seymonr 3571 1 --____—-*r"*— Six THE LABOR STATESMAN. If December 17th, 1926 BRIGHTEST-2- THEATRES STRANG THEATRE Vancouver-. Premier Roue -.relent. PIP IT BUN PICTURES and the STRAND "MERRYMAKERS" REX THEATRE Vanconver'e Popular Eonn Presents 7H. BEST IV MOVIES and the COUNTRY STOBE mmmmmmmWSmmimam*mnWmB*Wmtu*aW¥mmn Thirsty? i I™ . .'i; JH5S DRINK WHISTLE CROSS & CO., Mfrs. IHI_.II.!lin!D_D-BliaiI_lffl FAIRMONT 1173 i iATURNA stands for service, Satisfaction Sey. 130 LUMP $11.50 per ion EGG - 111.00 per ton NUT - $10.50 per ton Delivered to all Parti or the City at These Prices. Andrews Coal Co. Ltd. 315-316 Credit Foncier Building VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS . Rheumatism, Lumbago..SeuriU&s^. W«(»W«_S_i«__S»__r-^^ MASSAGE .A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS XV. SEY. 8070 Union Barber Shops Downing Barber & Beauty Shop PHONE FRASER 1198 For Appointmtnt) 3 EXPERT OPERATORS ,<R. Downing, Prop.) S6B2 Victoria Bond, at 43nd Avenue W. Brennan..... .64 Granville St Capitol Barber Shop 818 Granville I_ Arnold 1114 Granville St Chaa. Purnoll, Fashion Barber Shop, 71 Hnstlngs St. S. Chrystal Barber Shop 47 Hastings XV, Andy Harris ^08 Main St. Halnler Barber Shop .309 Carrall St Artfleur Barber Shop 901 Pender XV. MoEeocVs, S63 Dnnsmnlr, Faolfio Stag) Building-. Manhattan Barber Shop.,1089 Robson St John S. PofT. 2138 4th Ave. XV W. A. Parkin j 1620 Tew St Thoa Henderson 2139 Tew St Union Plumbers and Steamfitters B. BOE LIMITED Plumbing and Heating Servioe AU Work Guaranteed. 133 Cordova St. W. Phone Bey. 4089 D. A. McDONAm Prompt and Efficient S^vlce. 881 Howe St. Phone Bey. 477 INDIA HOME-RULERS WIN LONDON.—The Swaraj (home rule) party in India has won the elections for the legislatures of the provinces of Bombay and Madras in India. This was contrary to predictions, as the British government counted on divisions among the Swarajists. Cloak Pickets Hold to ,, Faith Despite Police - New 'York City.—Union men and '»--_tt_Mps.__»%«_B.^ts^^ vigilance is the price of liberty. They know, furthermore, that struggle is part of the education of a union member. Pickets are experiencing the harsh regime of the police court and are keeping faith, never wavering. _21__-i-_i__—Z Here's the record so far in the fourth month of the bit cjpak strike: Wholesale arrests, hundreds of cloakmakers have been dragged together in one police cordon; 4,000 stri-ktrs have been fined from %2 to $50 each in the pclice court; thousands have been arrested and released without fines; more than 300 have been sent to the workhouse to serve sentences from a few days to 90 days. The cloak strike is the most bitterly fought in the turbulent history of the needle trades. Bitter protest was recently made to Mayor Walker by the union officials as to the tactics of the city police and tbe city magistrates. Showing your shape doc-n't always make you sweet—ladies.-. COLORED GIRLS STRIKE AGAINST SLAVE BOSSES CHICAGO. — Colored girls on strike in a local date and fig fruit factory are receiving the financial and moral support of the Chicago Federation of Labor. These employees were unorganized when they ceased work. Their cause was taken up by the trade unions, they formed an organization and are being assisted to obtain a living wage and sanitary working .onditiongv Their rate of pay before the strike was ?3.50 a week for beginners and a maximum of $14 after two years' service. There was only one lavatory in the factory fpr 100 girls and only one small sink in which to wash their hands and work rags. The employing firm is known as the Maras Date and Fig Company, which hires colored help exclusively. Didn't we told you so ? BY F. W. MOORE 1 Seymour 3168 Always Open The other day in Vancouver a Scandinavian might be heard remonstrating with a friend as follows: "Didn't I told you so?" It reminded one of a Swede who used to stand in the prow of a Yukon River boat with a measuring-' rod in his hand shouting to the captain: "Five feet of vather here; four feet of vather here," etc. When shallower than four the captain was supposed to seek. a deeper channel to the left' or right. When the Swede's measuring-stick registered three feet of water he usually yelled: "No more vather here!" On this particular occasion he had yelled the last warning twice, but the captain. kept on going until he struck a bar. The resulting shock precipitated the shouter head foremost into the stream, and as his body executed a parabolic curve in the air, one tfould hear the musical rythm of the Swedish accent as he shouted his denunciation: "Didn't I told you so?" Whenever I see a logical radical in action, be he Socialist, Communist, Independent or what not, I am reminded of the redoubtable Swede. The metaphorical boat on the river of politics is the franchise; the old political parties are the sand bars, and the people are the skippers. . Like the Yukon captain they allow their boats to run on bars continually. The fact that the Socialist is exclaiming after every "election: "Didn't I told you so?" seems to make not the slightest difference to the heteregeuous collection of skippers since the boat goes ahead just the same in spite of the ominous warning: "No more vather there!" And worse luck still, the unfortunate Socialist d«scribes the parabolic curve along with the others who landed on their noodles in such seas of trouble. Nevertheless, he and his ilk, amongst that vast crowd, are the only representatives of the new era when a higher social order will develop. They are. incarnations of—if not truth—at least the desire for truth. You can fool some of the people all of'the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool scientific Socialists at all; since they are conversant with the laws of economic determinism. From these, aided by their deductive reasoning powers they are able to comprehend the motive that governs both the political and economical situation.- They are usually too poor to be able to use the knowledge to advantage in the acquisition of wealth since not only does it take money to make money, but all the powers of political machinery are used to frustrate the ambitions of such people. Nevertheless, they have the satisfaction of knowing that in the great struggle for human development they tried to avoid being like "dumb driven cattle." They struggled to be heroes in the strife"; they tried to swam their fellows when there were only "three feet qf vather there." Surely no one can grudge such men the slight satisfaction they find when they see their brethren floundering in the old-party ruts, in shouting at them: "Didn't we told you so?" British Banker Befei_dsthF"D6_S w A great many facts whicb are not fact., at all have been printed in this country concerning the British unemployment "dole." It has been described as "state charity" and as the cause of most of Britain's ills. "Why the government pays men not to work!" is the way some supposedly informed critics put it. Sir Herbert Hambling, whose standing as a banker is vouched for. by the Wall Street Journal, Jattempts to clear up these misunderstandings and misrepresentations. At the outset, he declares the term "dole" is "erroneous and unfair." It should be called "unemployment insurance." It is in no sense a "state charity." The coot is borne jointly by the workers and employers with a comparatively small contribution from the- government. "No one who has studied the facts believes the 'dole' is responsible for our unemployment problem," says Sir Herbert. "Insurance against unemployment is a very desirable form of thrift. It enables a man when out of work to maintain his legitimate sense of pride, in addition to providing him with support while he is seeking fresh employment." He holds that by its contribution, the .fate emphasizes its belief that "unemployment is'a national respon sibility." Of course, there have been abuses, acknowledges Sir Herbert, but he affirms that "the great majority of recipients are genuinely unemployed and anxious to work whenever opportunities offer," "Statements to the contrary do much harm," concludes Sir Herbert, "for they are an irritation and an ini5uJt,to-a veryJarge-and worthy section of thc population."—Labor. Good Idea The Departmental Union of Her- ault (affiliated with the C'. G. T.), decided at its last congress to organize a Labor Art Exhibition which will form part of an International Trade and' Industry Exhibition to be held by the city of Montpellier., It will be housed in the "Labor" Section of this exhibition, which has been placed at the disposal of the Herault Departmental Union. The exhibits will show the enemies of the eight-hour day that the workers employ their free time in useful and educational occupations. Against the eight-hour day it is, of course, often argued that the workers waste their free time when they have it, and the projected exhibition is meant to refute such arguments by showing what the workers can do in the most varied forms of art, applied art, technical inventions, etc. To cover the costs (exhibitors are not to be put to any expense whatever) a catalogue is to be issued, with a preface containing contributions from Albert Thomas, director of the"International Labor Office; Jouhaux, General Secretary of the French General Confederation of Labor, and Oudegeest, Secretary of the International Federation of Trade Unions. Empire Cafe and Grill I Vancouver's Best Under Personal/Management of' HAROLD DEC Late Pith yftt. 76 Hasting- Qt- E. Vancouver, B.C. Colonial Theatre OBANVIIIpE AND DUNSMUXB Prttnier Film Attractions Special Features Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Moderate Prices CONTINUOUS, 11 A.M. TO 11 P.M. W. E. FENN'S School of Dancing -PRIVATE XSD CLASS LESSONS Social Dances, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. SEYMOUR 101. COTILLION HAIL THE NEW STRAND CAFE Popular noonday lunch is making new friends every day—for 40c It's the best in the citv. Opposite the Pantages Theatre 29 WEST HASTINGS .".fter .the Show Try the New Strand Cafe • Classified Adverts. BATHS Hastings Steam Bathe Price 35c Only 76C Hastings Street East DENTISTS Dr. XV. A. Bntledge, 106 Halting-. W. EIpECTRIC therapy Healtfcwyn Clinic, 901 Dominion. Bank HARD W ABE Manitoba Hardware * 1714 Commercial HEMSTITCHING Broadway Hemitltchare, 2.6 Broadway Bait. Phono Pair. Bill. NOTARIES P. R. Bengongh, 803 Holden Bldg-. PRINTERS tabor Statesman 803-816 Holden Bldg. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. B. Heard, 959 Bobson SAW FIEEBS B. Knechtel 1975 Oranvllle Piled, Set, Bo-toothed. Edged Tools Ground Perfectly. SHOB REPAIRS Servioe Shoe Shop a .40 Main St. East. B. Sopp, 3867 Main St. Toronto Shoe Repairer 8938 Granville UNDERTAKERS Armitrong k Hotson, 304 Dnnlevy Ave. 1 WAGES ARE HIGHER Wages paid to members of labor unions in building and miscellaneous ftrades now average higher than at any other period in American industry, according to a bulletin issued by the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Labor. In the building trades, eight trades show an increase in wage rates of 10 per cent or more, while 32 show less than 10 per cent. ' Sonic guys are so dumb that .when they-get an invite to a g&rden party, they go out and buy a spade! The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 132 439 7th Ave. M. | I PROF. GRAHAM WALLAS IS COMING OVER TO LECTURE LONDON.—rProf. Graham ,Wallas, economist and. psychologist, of the London School of Economics, is coming to Washington next spring to ' lecture at the Brookings Institute. England regards him as perhaps her greatest philosophical mind and his book, "The Great Society," is known all over tbe world. He votes Labor. are Justices Brandcls and Holmes of the Supreme Court ; ' -. —^"BUB, MunMig December 17th, 1926 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven jrf* RONIZEll Whole v-tf-eat FLOOR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. % 11 Ii Ri.b in Nouriihmenl— DELICIOUS 7- Ring Up Sey. 2354 for Appointment DR. W. J. CURRY DENTIST Sail* 301 Dominion Bulldiaf Vancouver, B. C NOTARY PUBLIC B. R. BENGOUGH ' Secretary Trades and I^or Council MOOU BOB, IB Bueangm Street See. Phones: Sey. 74.5-6.70 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers. 168 Cordova W. Phone Sey. 8887 SEE US ABOUT BROKEN SUSS IN WIN- OOWS, AUTOMOBILES. MIRRORS SHOWCASES, ETC. Art Class Roairt. Mirrors R-.sirr.r_] \y R. WILKINSON. »m. D. DUNCAN. S«. Reynolds' Cartage Co. LIMITED Phones Seymonr 3377-3378 Crating-, Packing, Shipping and Storage Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Office aad Warehouse: 788 — CAMBIE STREET — 199 Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Conscientious Objectors By J. C. HARRIS, New Denver, B.C. ■ When I have the good fortune to get into an argument on my favorite subject, and affirm that everybody ought to be made do some useful work to justify their consuming potatoes, riding on railroads or motor cars, or wearing clothes and dwelling in a decent house, or any other of the multitude of good things with which the hard labor of others provides us, I am met with a few stock arguments, advanced in good faith by people who would like to understand life's problems and • have thought to at least the average extent on social questions. Probably the most numerous reply made is: "Why everybody appears to be working, where are all these idle people that you talk about?" They Appear tm Be Working It is a fact that nearly everybody appears to be working, and we may rejoice in the fact that there is a fairly healthy public opinion against all those who are ostentatiously idle. But too often our modern business is a frantic effort to get something for little or nothing. Men will go to almost incredible lengths and employ wonderful' ingenuity in their efforts to avoid honest work. Ttiink of all the ingenious advertisements that suggest falsehood, think of the brainy work that is put into the average bank robbery, and the really hard work that the lawyers on either side of the case often go to, and the elasticity of too miiny of their consciences., / Many of our great businesses also are of very little social value. There is the great trade of making munitions of war. Great numbers of people are employed in this industry and they work hard to produce more and more powerful weapons of des ft <♦ W** FINEST Scotch Whisky Entirely distilled in Scotland, it contains only the choicest products of the most famous distilleries. Por Sale At All. GOVERNMENT STORES REP. QTS„ $425 AINSLIE & HEILBRON (DISTII-LEES) ]_». GLASGOW SCOTLAND This advertisement Is not published by the»Government or British Columbia or by the Liquor Control Board. shall, find that we have plenty of spuds and clothes, etc." Inefficient Methods Others object that my ideas if carried out would produce a vast wooden machine. That no one would work properly and that we should all be reduced to starvation and perish miserably, strangled by red tape, But this is not a new idea, we have just given it a trial to some extent at least, in the Great War, and up to date military authorities state that in the event of a war "conscription all round would have to -'-be adopted at once". Our present methods are too inefficient." But there is a lot in this argument nevertheless. We want the truth and mere assertion and bluff will not win for long. Russian industry under the Soviet system proved frightfully incompetent, and if we could not hope to do better, we might well pause in our efforts to do anything at all. What can we learn from the great Russian experiment. First not to use force.. Not even to talk of fighting, much less threaten violence. Force is unnecessary and out of date. Second. Not to make great announcements of a policy of expropriation even by parliamentary methods. Stick fast to the one, sound, feasible idea of making everybody work. When everybody is working and the products fairly distributed you will have achieved socialism and the little questions of property, etc., will have solved themselves. I hope a lot of you will not agree with me and that you will proceed to say so, giving reasons. A lively good-natured controversy should add interest to the Labor Statesman. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Ont by First Mali After Receipt of Your Order. CORNER CORDOVA AND CAHRALL VANCOUVER, 3. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER . . NOVA SCOTIA IN LINE 1/ HALIFAX. — A separate department of labor is to be established by the Nova Scotia government, according to the Herald, the official mouthpiece of the government. A trade unionist will be in charge. Nova Scotia is the only -province far thi B_mfiii6h ItTiat does not maintain a department of Labor. truction; '- OTIIerV "ai-tTliiusy (fevelop- ing the markets for these -runs ad torpedoes, air craft, etc. They go so far as to deliberately stir up strife and enmity between the nations so as to gain "an honest (?) living." Skillful advertising and up-to-date business methods hjis built up an enormous tobacco business in Can ada. They have taught very many of the women to smoke and the little boys and girls often follow the grown up people's example in spite of our laws to protect children. The fact that everybody appears to be busy and yet that in many ways the results are so unsatisfactory is one of the strongest reasons that can be mentioned for setting to work in a more systematic method. Producing Confusion t Others object that there are lots of people who are .out of work now and that my ideas if earned out would only make things worse. Our competitive system and our money system together produce vast confusions in people's minds and I am not surprised when this reply is made, for it looks very reasonable. Surely there is plenty of work, good useful work to be done. You and I, my reader, have perfectly reasonable needs that at present we are unable to satisfy. A new coat of paint for the house, a new suit of clothes, new fences, plumbing repairs, etc. We could keep each other busy by each contributing the services for which" we are best adapted. But if a crowd of people are busy snatching away my good potatoes or your good cloth or paint, and giving no value in return, then I probably shall not have enough potatoes left to pay for the suit that you would like to trade with me. So I am left without the suit and you are short on spuds, and we both feel sore at the price that the other one is charging for his product. T*fifc___u_U;^ after these slippery folk who sneak away with our goods, and then we Buy Union Stamped Shoes •^T&Sr**-**-^. 0W0RKERS UNION, UNI0w|5TAMp factory We ask all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Aflillated with the Americas Fed-ritlon el l,__nr 346 SD-W-B STBEET, BOSTON, MASS. COLLIS lovely General President CHARLES %.. BAINE General Secretary-Treasurer POSTAL EMPLOYEES ASK LESS WORK AT NIGHT The postal employees in the U. S. amount of night work now required in the service. • —■■ Startling figures have been compiled to show the effect of such employment. For example, 92 per cent of the mail distributors have perfect vision on entering the service, but the strain of night work is such that a survey of the entire service shows that almost 40 per cent of the workers have defective vision. Building Trades Win Closed Shop Agreement CHICAGO, 111. — An agreement was reached this week between the Building Construction Employers' Association, and the Chicago Building Trades Council which puts an end to the open shop policy that has disturbed the building industry hsre since the early part of 1921, The agreement provides that all jobs hereafter shall be union throughout and that no trade will be called upon .., ..-.-.i-"_..,-_.p-yp-.*p"pp'.'-r------- Tnen of any other trade. The specific clause dealing with this question reads as follows; "This agreement shall not be construed to require the members of the party of the second part to work with nonunion workmen .engaged in building- construction nor to work for members of the party of the first part on any building or job for any firm or person having construction work done in Cook County by non-union workmen." Bring! Peace to Industry Responsibility for proving that' the above section., is being violated is placed upon the unions, and the employers' association is given 48 hours in which to adjust the controversy and failing to do so the men are then at liberty to suspend work. This agreement is hailed with a great deal of satisfaction by -the several building trades organizations because it restores the position of the organizations which they lost nearly six years ago and which resulted in ■■ -" •■■■"--' Hiin tiiiiti iiiiiniri.in.il. „ :■ ■«■»■ mj£jsjm workmen into the Chicago territory. Larsdii Award la Dead At that time they were compelled to accept thc so-called Landis award which specified open shop conditions. When those agreements expired last sprmg the employers held out for a renewal of the old conditions, which the men refused to accept, and they have been working from June 1 up to the present time without any agreement covering working conditions. FROM SEA fo SEA ■ ■MW Mas Rejected Whibition THE Province of Ontario has, by the vote of its people, shaken itself free from the shackles of a prohibitory law; it joins the provinces of Canada, STRETCHING FROM SEA TO SEA that have found Prohibition a failure and have rejected it. The people of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec > have seen for themselves through actual experience the falseness and dishonesty of Prohibition; they have seen the folly of attempting to build TEMPERANCE on a foundation of BIGOTRY and INTOLERANCE. CANADIAN COMMONSENSE LEADS THE WAY TO TRUE TEMPERANCE Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN December 17th, 1926 Nt You'll Need Some Flowers * for Christmas You'll need them for gifts and for decorations too. Get them at Brand's where the selection is greatest and the quality highest. Holly Mistletoe Roses ' ; Narcissus Carnations \ Violets Crysanthemums Brands 723 ROBSON STREET l USEFUL XMAS GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY GIVE FOOTWEAR^^1 Exceptional Values: for the Holiday "Season Men's fine quality black and brown calf lace boots and oxfords. Newest styles; rubber heels. Very smart shoes. Special, $4.95, $5.95, $6.95, $7.45 Ladies' novelty slippers, black, kid, calf, blonde, patent, reptile. Newest and smartest effects for dress and street wear. SPECIALS, $3.95, $4.45, $4.95, $5.45, $5.95, $6.95 Boys' black and brown boots, rubbers, etc., at extra special prices. Big- assortment of men's and ladies' felt slippers, house sliffpers in black, kid and velvet. Snappy styles in misses' and children's shoes, at special prices. Kibler's Service Shoe Store 163 Hastings Street East Opp. Carnegie Library 6 Doors Wirt or Main Wilbee's Stores SOUTH VANCOUVER We rtsmi thi ri-ht to limit the weekly order lor all customers. BIG SPECIALS FOB W-BI- E*»D. BEAD ON. 40c packet. Gold Dust, 2*J _' Fairy Soap, reg. 3 lor 25c or. ■pedal, 4 tor itelK, No. I Ontario Cheese, Mel- sir. ro»e Falls, per lb. As IK, Domestic Shortening-, f /• per lb JLOC Fresh made Peanut Butter, or. a' lbs. for _ _ *«- **S_.S"__ ...20c She-riff'■ and Quaker Mar- AQf ualade... A lb. tine fa_»_. Xing Beach Strawberry rA Jam, 4 lb. tins _ 3*-C Coffee. pare Santos, r /■ Coffee, Mocha and Java. CQ„ (Genuine), per lb OOC Tea for Particular People, Broken £?» 56c bu 63c V4 lb. of either tea or coffee -| C _ urn a sample : aiJC Campbell's Tomato and Vegetable per tin lUCand i-JiC Blao. *■!«-, li-, per fb A It 10 lb». B. 0. Sogas- > - /' o _ . (fennine), for UOv Broolfleld Butter. One only to each cn-tomer. while A Q_» It lasts. Per lb. -*«_C Our Special* ve too man. to name here. Get our special dodger. If buggies and modern automobile- "-Tronld tafl***r"**fi.y*"*oul3^^ tales. Selling Saturday 200 Boxes of Stoneham Vellum Writing Papers 29c PES BOX SHOP EAB-Y You will also find many other useful gifts on display that will save you money. We have prict-d our Xmas Cards by the dozen, which means a big saving to you. Mitchell - Foley Ltd. Tbe Store of Many Gifts 522 Hastings Street West Seymour 1085 SEE OUR BABGAIir COUNTER OP GIFTS We Have a Union Flint Shop at your dlspo.al for rush orders of Xmas Printing. I Cantonese Have Nothing to Do With Russia Developments in China during the past week demand the attention 'of the civilized world. The troops of South China — the Cantonese — continue their advance, and have captured several cities, almost without bloodshed. The military chieftains of the north, headed by the Manchurian bandit, Chang Tso T_ing, have formed a league against the Cantojiese—but it is noticeable that the most respected and honest of these chiefs, Wu-p-i Fu, has taken no part in the coalition. Also, instead of advancing against the southern forces, the J coalition has "concentrated backward." The Cantonese already control half the country, and are extending their rule daily. They have managed—so far to keep their military leaders subject to the civil government. They are determined to unite the nation. They lay great'stress on education, and have increased the budgets for schools in \every district they have conquered. They maintain good order. The Cantonese have made public announcement this week that they have nothing to do with the Soviet Government of Russia, thus spiking one of. the favorite charges against them. SAME AT OUR HdUSE Teacher: "What is the Order of the Bath?" ' . • , ^^muii^svu^u^s^BbT^-uWm first, then me, then Willie and then the baby," Winnipeg I.L.P. Holds Series of Debates The I. L. P. branches in Winnipeg have arranged a series of inter- branch debates for the winter.„J£he first of these areas follows: __, «B^Bl^n..^W--NortiWW«wip_^_-r-ft-' South Winnipeg branches in December. The subject to be "Resolved th_t it is in the interests of the producing class in Canada that the Industrial Worker and the Parmer unite their forces in Political Action.", Centre vs. North—First week in January: "Resolved that High Schools within the Province of Manitoba should be wholly supported by provincial taxation." South vs. Centre.—Third week in January: Resolved that State Clinics "be established at convenient centres for the dissemination of information regarding Birth Control." North vs. South Winnipeg—First week in February: "Resolved that Industry can best be developed by the continuance of Private Ownership in all the essential Industries." Centre vs. North Winnipeg—Third week in February: "Resolved that the attempted control of the Liquor Traffic by Prohibitive Laws has proved a failure." The rules governing the debates arc as follows: 1. A team shall consist of two speakers, only one of whom shall at any time have been a candidate for public office. 2. The first speaker shall speak not longer than fifteen minutes and the second not longer than ten minutes. The affirmative shall have five minutes for rebuttal.' 3. An outsider shall act in the capacity of Judge and awards shall be made on points. 4. If teams cannot agree as to the side to be taken the matter sfiall be determined by the toss of a coin. Thc branches also conduct weekly socials and dances, besides a Labor church. The I. L, P. has six aldermen on the City Council. The modern girl has heard more fairy tales than were ever .written by Aesop or Grimm. j „;..:.. ^__i_-»aJEQR_sAi«E._.' . *4 Size Violin and Ca»e Tone. Fair. 2642-L. -Splendid (, U-CW-P-WIA-.D *Cii. MAV .«.0 H ■V THE NEW HOOVER IT BEATS-as it Sweeps---as it Cleans Surface dirt, or lint or threads never hurt a rug.. What doei ruin a rug, however, is the sharp, cutting grit, that sifts down out of sight. And neither sweeping nor suction will remove it.' It has to be shaken loose first. Positive Agitation alone can do this. And ' Tina New Hoover alone can give you Positive Agitation, as well as sweaping and suction. May we prove it? Just telephone us. The New Hoover, complete with Dusting Tools is now only $4.50 down. —Demonstration Booth, Main Floor CUT RATE DRUGS Onr Christmas novelties are priced In keeping with onr quality, service and saying policy—see our splendid assortment before making your purchase. Friday and Saturday Specials $0.25 William'. Jersey Cream Soap 17 .50 Icilma Cream _ I .31 1.75 Hair Ciipperii _. 99 .60 Creme Simon Face Powder .34 .10 Paimolive Soul, 4 for 25 .50 Krywol (XtaglTsh Antiseptic), 8 oz _ 38 .25 French Cleaner 17 . .25-ttn___-Tooth Paste 17, .65 Valet Autostrop Kazor, . Gold Plated 44 .60" Daggett * Ramsd.il's Cold Cream (tube) .t _ -.37 1.00 Curvllt (The Women's RazorS .68 -1.0O Hammered Vellum Pape- tcries ,...._.» ; M .25 Retizo Almond Cream 16 1.00 Dr. Reld's Rheumatic Remedy. _ .61 .75 Mlchaud's Florida Water.. .41 .60 California Syrup of Figs 43 1.00 Dr. Reid's Guaranteed Hair Tonic _ .S3 1.20 Pyhorrocide Tooth Powder 73 .50 Tooth Brush .31 .15 Amami Shampoo, 2 for 35 VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED 13 ITOI1I WE SPECIALIZE IN GIFTS jehr JS-tE-N When you are looking for a real, useful and practical gift for a man, come in and see us. We can supply you. Shaving Stands—pood quality British manufacture $1.60 to $7.60 Razor Strops—largest selection In the city, $1.60 to 9&50 Nabob _.5flaora__j=—SheffJeld-'a——— ■ besf. Guaranteed, $3 up to..$4.00 Auto-Strop Safety Razors—the new Dc Luxe Models, $6 to..$8.60 Tho New Of ltet teaman y designs to choose from, $6 up to „.- a $7.50 Buxton Key .airier.., carry keys safely, an ideal gift, 50o to... $3.50 Military Brush Sots—in cases, $2.49 to $15.00 Billfol^=r*=l)eai_-auality-E_igllsh *-***■ Teat her. Reasonably priced at $2.60 to $4.00 Tobacco Pouches, $1.00 tb $3.00 Pocket Knives—see our wonderful display of guaranteed knives, 76c to $3.50 TwlnpleX Stropper..—-special ....$3.49 Just Received from England a Shipment ot WILKINSON SAFETY RAZORS Come ln and let ne demonstrate them to yon. B. C. BARBER SUPPLY & SUNDRIES, LTD. BET All. STORE: 64 HASTINGS WEST VANCOUVEB, B. C. Moll Orders Post Paid In B. O. iimnimrnmrmtmiininmnnnirmmiiifflJiMmJiiiiii!]!!^ UY YOURSELF A B NEW HAT FOR XMAS "LOOK AT YOUR HAT — EVERYBODY ELSE DOES" Black and White Hat Shop 104 HASTINGS STREET WEST OPPOSITE WOODWARDS IMIHIIII^ AT ABBOTT CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS AT CUT RATE PRICES Ohlldron'is Christmas suppers Olrls' Christmas SUppera Man's and Boys' Christmas Slippers B9o 75o t5o SURPRISE EXTRAS $5.00 Tains* in ladies' Fine Shoes. All slses, (or _ -)—J*a.98 Boys' Boots, in tan or black. Sixes 8 to 10*4 — v { 91.-5 Blsrff.r Boys' Boots. Values to f4.00 at (3.-6 and —i..._J|2.9S Men's. Pine Shoes, Values to (7.00. AU sixes, $3.95 and ...- X S4.95 Man's Hip Robber, Boots whUe'they lust ■ ,..._•«.»* ___ AM- LINES AT CUT MATH PRICES THE* SAMPLE M8&J&SB& Cut Rate Siioc Dealers me^i^opfZpu^-emr-^W HaitinsrS'Wr " Employer—Aren't you the boyjj'ho rapjiReif''fio?a¥Bia position a fortnight ago/ Boy—Yes, sir; wanted an older boy? Boy—Yea. sir; that's why I'm here now. ''■ ■ - ' ... '
Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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