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[The Labour Statesman]
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Fourth Term of NO. 239—TWELVE PAGES Supported by Sixty-two LocaLUnions VANCOUVER, B.C., DECEMBER 28, 1928 Or. FIVE CENTS PER COPY ^tWl *> Q> ,0 o >■■■ 'A 'A Wishing Our Readers And Friends ~ A Happy And Prosperous New Year b a i Three Achievements of Organized Labor * Organized laborjs responsible for three great achievements in behalf of labor, every one of which justifies your, history and your ,'• "' sacrifices. The first is the effort to secure a reasonable wage, a.living wage,, in return for your efforts and your toil. Second "is the .,.effort to secure more reasonable hours. Time was when the laborer's day extended from sunrise to sunset, from the daylight to the dark, when inien were little more than dumb drjven slaves. This emancipation is to the credit—I hope I am not extravagant when I say—to the glory of organized labor. Still another achievement which justified'your existence is the , improvement in the'condition, not only of men—that iritflsclf would be enough to justify your existence—but the still greater achievement in securing belter working conditions for women and for the younger laborers. The emancipation of .men in this respect is due to justice; the emancipation of women, not only to justice, but to. humanity. Both of these achievements justify your existence.— " Ex-Senator Gore of Oklahoma. '.-•"" ' m OaA 0 ,0 o Q> m fc * O I \sV k ^ ,h i •:s<. ► ■ >' ' I m.Af^'-''' ' " M -__ji_i-_. mSSli. ■^^^™ % THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 28. 1928 The LabQr Statesman * CuDMuhed every r rida-y, at 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PKESS COMMITTEE ' . ' " Ooa'irnian Wm. PaKe (CarpenterB), w. Watt (Plumbers), P. K. Bengough (Machinists;, Tim Hanofln "(Beverage Dispensers), R. II. I-ieelamis (Typo, .graphical); Geo. (Jerrard (Theatrical), W. Deptford (Street Railwaymen), Blrt Showier (Dairy Employees). Phone Seymour 6379 lay, December .28, 1928 WHY WAGES ARE STATIONARY In September last "The Labor Statesman" recorded 'a visit from Mr. Beattie pf t"he C. P, R. and some four or . five other gentlemen, who, between them, we estimated, controlled about a billion dollars worth 'of Canadian-industries. At the annual meeting of the Bank of Montreal, held a few days ago, one of . these visitors, who also happened to be president of the bank, stated that on their trip across Canada they had found the country so prosperous that the hank had decided to InereSse the capitalization by nineteen million dollars. This little jaunt, *ftnd its consequences, brings but very clearly the pharasitic character of the scheme under which we live, and how completely outside, and apart from it, the useful classes are. No useful member of society measures his prosperity* by the amount of liis' debts. . He is prosperous when he owes no man, and he is poor when he is in debt. It is quite likely the "country" is most "prosperous" when the banks have the largest amount'of money out on loans; bufcvjiriy detailed study along these lines will bring out the fneK^that the "country" may be "prosperous" and at the same'time the people.poor—which would indicate the country and the people are two entirely different things: It. is.a suggestive fact, that during the last eight vciirs ifi Canada, the output per man whether in factory, or farm, or general labor, has increased' enormously; in many litie< tho increase'has been as high as fifty per cent. Prices have remained about stationary and wages have frozen at a point slightly lower than eight years ago, where, then, have the added values created by labor gone to? The answer, in brief is-that (luring the' period the {'. P. R. has donated ■to itself stock business of many millions of dollars; the banks'are paying from twelve to sixteen per cent.; public service corporations, such as telephone and electric ' power are spiriting their shares to cover increased profits. Milling companies attached to thi.- c. P. 8. ring have returned their share capital to the holder during this brief period. Without extending the list the increased productivity of labor has been gob- hied up entirely, by the employing and/financial corporations, but more parHCularly by the groups that are presumed to.be regulated byewour Federal Government. Some time ago we pointed out the farclal character uf government control -,of railways that allowed the C. I'. K, to add any number of millions that it chose, to its capitalization, and then measured an application for rate reduction- with the question, "will this interfere with the C. P. R. ten per cent, profit?" Our boasted government control does nut prevent incompetent or dishonest management swamping the• institution,, as tine Ranque D'flocholaga, (he Farmers' Rank, nd the Home Bank amply proves. The Rank of Montreal pre7 ident made no hint that Federal consent was had or required.' If, as this would imply, the Federal control neither control's the capitalization ' nor the managemenot it would be interesting to. know what—if anyj thing—in addition to keeping small fry out ()f an exceedingly profitable game, the Banking Act does. —M. G, P. R., the, B. C. Electric, or the Loggers' Association,.*^-and yet no 'parliament ever closes! without giving these latter* people something quite big enough to be talked about. It naturally follows that a*very considerable technique would, be developed-in *an art so largely used ,as election promising. (The skilled Experienced politician is invariably very voluble in his promises, but if examined closely it will be 'found that the things in which he is emphatic and definite,.are, things that are likely to occur regardless of what attitude he takes. On matters where, the*., interests of the common people conflict with that of the financial and employing interests he sounds all right, but the "I" gives place to "we1' and "ifs" creep in. The gentleman- is making ready in case he desires to retreat. <-' - The amateur politician', promises like a lovetjtfl a maid in a country ..lane, anything goes that serves the immediate purpose, He. has not yet learned that some ungracious person in the other party is keeping a book on*, his promises. Immediately the election" is over, the politician, both experienced "and amateur, suffers some peculiar malady which very seriously affects their memories, particularly as to things which they were going to do. When our local "Billy" Dick advocated . an $1K minimum wage for women, abolition of the poll tax, and reduction of the age lirititrfor Old Age Pensions, the average thinking, person assumed that this Was the measure of his desire to get in. and that Billy's interests in these matters would wane the day after the election. Recently, however1, in North Vnnco.uv-iT. instead of talking of our "illimitable natural resources," "our prosperity" (in spite of the "Province" starvation list), and our'great future-'Mr. Hick chose to -rehearse his election promises, which, according to .the usual custom, he should be trying to forget. This is so entirely new in old party politics that we are not yet sure what construction to pjut upon it. We will say, however, That if Mr. Dick is going to face things in* this fair and square manner he is •.'"ing to have a .whole lot of fun in Victoria, and we would add that if this is the kin dof man Mr. Hick is we would like to ask him if he would interest himself in the matter of a male minimum wage also. —-M. A NEW BREED OF POLITICIAN One of the most striking things about Rrilish Columbia politics is the *' "promising" character of our politicians. About seven!h-eighths of th'e normal political-campaign Consist? of '.two or mon; individuals attempting to out promise each other as to the . things that they will do if the elector will have the good sense to send him . .... -to parliament, and we wotild add that a good plausible promisor is looked upon as half the e-J't-ctioni A pocul- ! - fiirit'y about ihis..:tTc,3*f;H'it5aJBeicaTt: - is that*,all election promises have to do wit.h^ the-affairs of the everyday , .gardjj,ta,.,vju:iety of ■peapW-'No politician was-'ever known-t«Trtrain his larynx trying to toll the.back of the hall what h'e was going to do 'for fhe 5-DAY WEEK ENDORSED Advantages of the five-day. week were so manifest to the delegates at the recent A. *!*'. of L. convention that, after a brief but* comprehensive report with reference to. it had been read, endorsement of- it was had unanimously without discussion. Regarding the advantages gained because of the iiw- !induction of the five-day week it was said in part by the Com- ee on Shorter \\7>*1- pay: "The problems created by modern industry include features aside from the length of the, work day or work week. but'.'unquestionably a part of the problem which faces industry am) commerce, as well as the workers, is a sane, intelligent and practical regulation of the work week. 'Ewejy thorough [•.\iery lias . tudy which lias been made within recent years by competent economists indicates that a five-day work week is socially, industrially and economically sound. It is no longer an experiment. -In a number .of industries it has become a fact. It has already met with the approval of many employers, who have entered into agreements with trade unions establishing a live-day week." MORE LEISURE ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE JOB PROBLEM Secretary of .Labor Davis advocates a reduction of working hours to' solve thc steadily increasing unemployment problem. He states that a reduction of working time would not only bring more employment, but it would mean better business *■ \ greater material and civic benefits^ He also attributes unemployment to fhe rapidly growing; number f new labor savings devices. He, for instance, states that in Chicago a brick machine makes 41)700.0 bricks per -hour, while in certain older ■intl'onc man-produces-about 460 bricks within \itl-"eight-hour- day. It is. also clainjed-that- Henry Fqrd has said. it. in a nutshell, iwic-n Jajfe all the tittje h"* nif time^in which to ■*»jirl btiy things. Give him more" leisure and be will. j&'iAS'Wtte-More all(j want more. He will develop new de: sh*egj and so create Hew demands, lu-vv markets for new products." Then the Chicago Drovers' .Journal, one of the corn belt farm dailies, opines that "modern production methods make it possible for man to supply his needs and his'luxuries with less labor. The better way out, it would appear, is to increase demands 'thKiugh discoveries and inventions, to build new,, industries, rather. than to increase idleness which at best is a menace to human happiness.'k, , •■ . „ . In the firstv place more leisure alone \yill not reduce unemployment to the extent of bringing it to a very insignificant minimum, as should he the case in an age of civilization and enlightenment. .Secondly,' no matter how much leisure workers may have, they, cannot purchase and consume as much as would be required .to.make it-worth, while on this side of the world, if their pay is inadequate. Finally, .new industries, discoveries and inventions, while increasing employment, would not supply the wherewithal to the workers to keep step with-production. . * * . ' It has Men demonstrated by noted economists that an average higher wage is essential to the sought reduction of unemployment. The five- day week, and also new 'industries will, of course, reduce the number ol' jobless considerably. And the re- sultantly greater number of employed workers would bring about a greater collective buying .power. However, the higher wage is necessary to increase buying poiuy; to such ancxtont that, in conjunction wittr*tfvT five-day week and also a shorter workday, it would meet prqj duction. This would make the jobless the exceptions,' be of material benefit to manufacturers, dealers, et al.. and bring genuine, prosperity; . Canada Is Still Fre e From Air Monopoly MONTREAL, P. Q. — The Radio Trust does not dominate Canada— not yet! This truth is about to be demonstrated in impressive fashion. A great east-to-west radio tie-up_is planned by the Canadian National Kail ways for the night of-December 27, when Sir Henry Thornton will broadcast a message to the 100,000 employees "of the system. Over 10,000 miles of telegraph and telephone wires will be required to hook up the 14 broadcasting stations in^ the five time zones -nf-tile Dominion, from tidewater to tidewater, linking Halifax With Vancouver. These stations are publicly owned and are operated in corrneetion with thtu Canadian government-owned railways. _ The "key" station on this occasion will he CNRM at Montreal. (People Free.to Use Radio During a period of five years this annual tie-up broadcast with Sir Henry as the star performer has been increasing in magnitude. In I!i21 Ottawa and Montreal were hooked up. a distance of approximately 120 miles. Later Toronto.was added, then Winnipeg and Quebec. The hook-up now arranged by the radio engineers of the Canadian National parallels .'!,7*8fi miles of railway and' is' -made possible by the Canadian * National Telegraphs, also publicly oiy.pcd. The government-owned broadcasting stations are freely used by the Canadian people. The farmers are among'the chief beneficiaries, as they lire supplied with much valuable information at regular intervals. On one occasion an,appeal for the striking coal miners of Nova Scotia was sent out and produced excellent results. Commission to Make Inquiry ** The Dominion has privately owned stations, too, and the question of which shall ..survive is attracting attention. ','■'■-. The whole question is to be investigated by a'roj'al commission, appointed by the Government recently. Its findings will have an important heaving on the future of broadcasting in Canada, The commission" Tia's been asked to inquire into; 1. The establishment, of one or more groups of .high-powered broaden-;! ing stations operated as private enterprises.with the receipt of a govj eminent subsidy.' 2. The establishment and operation of su$h a System of stations to I be owned and financed by the Domin- j i ion government. . • . •'-. Thc establishment and opera- i tion of stations by provincial governments. ■ . ..,'•' ... Sir .John.v\ml. president, of the "■■"■■frnWHiaVV •Rani- of Commerce, and ' Tt^giiTze'l as the spokesman for "big business," is chairman of the corn- mission. ., . . . Industrial Credit Corporation LIMITED B. C. Mining Building 402 Pender Street West Seymour 9354 '. What satisfaction*1!! is to save once you get going. - The big thing, though,^fellow workmen, is to make a start and stick to it, and see how money makes , money compounded semi-annually at 6 per cent. To illustrate—Five dollars saved 'monthly for five years amounts to $350; Ten dollars monthly for five years, $700; and . for ten'years it reaches $1,640.00; larger amounts in proportion. D .•*■'. Get and read our booklet, "A Safe, Certain Way" ' to Independence." . Kindly mention "Laljor Statesman" INDUSTRIAL CREDIT CORPORATION, LTD. )"'. C. Mining Building Seymour 9354 402 Pender Street West Buy "B. C." 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The commission will consult the various .provincial* governments and will also visit 1h«-.Unjte<l=-States, Bri- tain and France. There are over -lOO.'OOO receiving sets in Canada, of \vhich,G0 per cent. are urban and. 40 per cent, rural. Sixty-eight stati-ms are licensed by the .Minister of Marine,, of which 32 are purely local. It-is anticipated that the commission will report duriflg the coming session of Parliament in order to allow the necessary legislation.to be introduced. TOLL-BRIDGE RING COBBLING UP FRANCHISES Washington."/—■ The' "toll-bridge ring" is gobbling up exclusive fritn- cliises to construct its -privote toll bridges al all important locations on publicly built highways, according to the annual report of Thomas J. Mac- Ponfild, chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads. There are 424 toll bridges either built or in process of construction. Three-quarters of them are or wiH be operated' for private profit. The Federifl-aid highway system has 2T7 of the 424 privately-owned toll bridges. Officer (at inspection}; Is -this A-i'iir rifle? '. .Private Keep Out; Yes. Officer:-Yes, w-hat? IV K. O.; Yes, it sure is.-^-Jugg1cr. 7 ■:• »y *. €4 MVOi Visit United Sfate'i II, "ill be assisted by Charles A. Bowman,'editor ..-of-the Ottawa Citi- Co-mflimcnU of the-Season ami a' Happy- and Prosperous Ntyv Year to .III Our Union Friends -from R. HOFFMEISTER Engineer and Contractor Manufacturing Repii-ri'bf ATI Klndlh of--JEI*ct7;c1*^*^"ih*i^ft'ceiv*!H f f-rmjit^ , A»f?ntian and a'r<f Executed by the M6si Skilled Workmen ' Telephone: Seymour 455 Offic id IV 1271-1273 Granville Street Vancouver, B.C. ■ Friday, December 28, 1928 m THE LABOR STATESMAN V Three Trades Union Directory Vancouver Trades and "Labor Council-— President, J. Thomson; general secretary. Percy R. BenKouirh. Office. 803 Holilen. Hldir', lr, Hastings E. I'honc . Soy. 7495. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and th'trd Tuesdays in month. Beverage Pispensers Union No. 676— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., , Room 313 Holden-Hldg. Prosldent, W. II. Clancy; Secretary and Business Agent. T*J. Hanofln.' Office: Room 14, Flack Block. Phones; Sey. 1738 and Hay. lO&C-It. Ileus*: 9 to 12 a.m. Millwrights' "Local 163S—Construction -and Operating — Meets second and fourth JVednesdays in Holden Hidg. J. * H. Campbell. President; P. H. Edge. Fin.* Sec; *J? Murray Ure, Rec. "Sac. Hox |27. . . . Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, ■Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. tt M.P.M.O — M|;eis first Friday in each month at 11:31! p.m. Jn the Holden Bldg. President, J. H. "Fosier; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard. Box' 345. Business Phone. Sey; 3!) 23. Did Jit ever occur to you that.every member of Organized* Labor -has-a part'to play in the ceaseless ahd endless struggle for betterment in Which the entire Labor.movement of thc world is engaged'.' Organized Labor is waging a noble light. Every inch of grt/und that has ever'been gained or is being gained today is the fruit of united effort put forth by the men a«d women in the Labor movement whose vision and understanding enabled them to see wha* organized effort could accomplish, and seeing this they had the courage and loyalty,to do everything in them pbwer to get their fellow workers to join hands with them in carrying on the a'clivity so essential to get anywhere. -"-.'-". ^ —Organized Labor Is carrying a tremendous burden.-. It is waging the struggle of the ages for betterment of living conditions. It is storming the citadels of entrenched privilege and bringing democracy within reach of the masses of the people. In short it is paving the way for making this KgM^ live 'P. ?nd a more Your Share of Burden i Lalror Gains Control Labor Is Carrying\ 0f Edmonton Council Bridge ft Structural Iron Workers, Local 97, Int. Asso.—Meets every Monday. Hoom 804, Holden Bldg„i fit 8 p.m.. President, W. L. Yule, 6821 Ar- gyte St.; Secretary. P. Laurel, Box - 302, City. Phone Fair. 21081*;. Building Trades Council, Vancouver— Meets second nnd fourth Tuesday in Holden Building. President, rJ. H. Morrison*; Secretary - Treasurer. W.I Page, Room 81.%-HoIdon Bldg.; Phone | Sey. 741)5. Barbers' Journeyman International Un- .Ion of American-Local 120. meets sec-j ood. and fourth Tuesdays In each. month, in Room 310, Labor Hall, 1G Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 145, A. T. ot M.—Mffels at tho O.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. E. C~MI1- ler; Recording Secretary, W. Edmunds; l-'lnancia-l Secretary, W. E. Williams: Organizer. .V. Fletcher, all at "991 Nelson Streetr" Painters, PecoratOrs and -Paperhan-jers, Local 138=-—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 16 Hastings. St. B. President. H. Edwards; Res: Sea, "A. E. Varuh, 1442 Clark Dr.; Business Agent, A. B. Hodge. Office. Boom 812, 10 Hastings St. E. Phone Sey. 3609. Sec.-Treas., C. E. Herrett. Holden Bldg. Office, 814 Bookbinders' Local No. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional arid Business Woman's Club, Umpire Bldg., 603 Hastings W. President, U. Lew, 61—S3rd Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 812 Hamilton St. Builders, Local No. 2404—Meels every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President. R. McDonald-; James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Bric'ilayers", Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. 'Union No. 1—Meets second and fourth- Wy-dnesdny, In the Holden Bldg.' President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. phone Bayvlew ir.58 It; Sec- I .ley, Pin. Sec, 6884 Inverness St*, phone Fraser 542 L. Gamp and Mill Workers federal Labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell St. E. President, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary, K. l Tsuyukf Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 452— President. J. (i., SniLth: ;Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; 'Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second! and fourth Mondays. 8 p.m. City Hall Employees' Association**— Meets firHl Wednesday of each month at 261 Ck Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, W. H. Lewthwalte; Treasurer,- W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender -St. IE.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. Plasterers, Local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement FlnlsherB' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Holden Building. President. Wm. Broomhead. Secretary. A. Hurry, 861—34th Ave. E.. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Fln- i.-hcis' Secretary, A. Wilson. 4258 Ontario; phone-Fairmont 4046V. congenial world to work' in This Is a pretty stupendous Undertaking, and. there is no man living! who'can get very far with it alone. To make headway at all, or even to hold the ground already gained, the united effort of many, is required, In order to attain the greatest, possible results, the co-operation and support of every member is ne'eded. Are you carrying your share of this burden? Aro you doing -your . part to make your local union and plumbers and steauifitters, No. 170,'flic rest of the labor movement the j International Association-Meets ev-i greatest success it is capable of? You 1n the I -.. . .. i „ e ■> ' (Saining control of the Edmonton city council for thc first time since the incorporation of the city, Labor elected four out of six aldermanic candidates in the municipal election' las! Monday, and o.ne out of three school trustees. C. L. Cibbs, M.L.A., headed the poll (7,941) in the aldermanic fields with B60 votes over Dr. F. A. Keillor (C.G.A.). A. Farmilo (Labor*),* J. W. Findlay (Labor), and Rice Shep- pard (Labor), secured third, fourth and fifth places, respectively. J. T. J„ Cbllisson (C.Q.A.) was. elected in sixth place., . "' . ■ Labor was not quite so successful on the school board, S..A. G. Barnes being life only candidate'elected, with 7,022 votes, E. G. .Owen failing to make the grade by 3.41 votes. Labor representativ.es on the city council v^ill now' consist of (.". L, [Gibbs, A. Farmilo, J. \V.. Findlay, i Rice Sheppard, James East aiid'L. S. C. Dineen. Civic Government, J. T. I J. Collissou, Dr. F. A. Keillor, R. V. Bellamy and A. C. Sloane. School"trustees for.1929 are; S. A. Barnes, E. E. Rojper and Dr. Frank Crnilg, Labor representatives, 1 and F. C. Casselman, Mrs. T. Bishop, A. E. Otteweil and A. T. Gushing. C.G.A. representatives. Not a little of Labor's success at the polls is attributed to the strong stand the candidates took for the re- tentio'n of public utilitie- and that the electors had confidence in the ability and integrity of the Labor nominees in this regard was .overwhelmingly demonstrated. UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS) Seymour 3168 Always Open Emp ire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late 72nd Batt. 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, ,B. C. Wlico in a Hurry, Drop ln at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always ,» . T , "O.K." at Dairy Lunch * "It's the Coffee" T 72-Hasting-s West- Always open ery second and fourth Friday Holden nidn. President, R Simpson; HecToeiry and Business Agent, W. Watt, 813 Holden Building. Printing; Pressmen and Assistants, Loeal No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 pm. in Hoom ll'i. Lahor Hall, 16 Hastings St. B. President Max Krnberg, 20.1.1 Georgie E.; Secretary, thos. s. Ezart, 1603 -lOtli Ave. E., Soi- Vancouver. Clvtc Employees' . Union, Loral 38— Meets first and third Fridays ln the month at 2r, 11-4 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, K. N. Hogg, 1718 Commercial l>r„;, Secretary-Treasu'reK Ceorge Harrison, 3427 1'rlumph St. Hallway Carmen of America, Lodge No. BIB—Meets tirst nnd third Friday in month at Cotillion lla!l, Granville and llavie streets. President, H. Wnrde, 1102—23rd Ave.' -E.; Secretary, J. I>. \'uliamy, 2215—1.1th Ave. E. Street and Electric Railway Employees. ' Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K V.. Hall.1 8th and Kingsway. first and | third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 1 p.m.) President, H. W. Speed; Kecordi Secretary, J^ Price; Treasurer, E. owe it to yourself, your family and to your fcllowmen to do your level best to keep your part of the load from resting on the shoulders of others. II' something took place at the union meeting that you do not approve of. and you were not there to help prevent it, then you are largely to blame for what happened. It was your business to be at the meeting and help see to it that things were done as I hey ought to be. If you were imt th(*.re you are guilty of loafing on the most important job and duty of .your.life, which is to help carry on the 'struggle for betterment. This idea, of shifting your own Electrical Workers, Local 313, International Brotherhood—Meets every Mon day at 8 p.m 40-1 Homer St. Presl dent, J. B. Brown; Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Office, 404 Hopier St Engineers—International Union Steam and Operating Local 844-—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Room 806, Holden Bldg. President, .CJeo. , Pettaplece; Rec..Sec, Roy Finley; Business Ag^nt and Flh. Sec, T. A. Newbigging. Office, Room 806, Holden Building. Plre Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets everv month at call of president nt 251V4 Hastings E. President, N. McDonald. 11*8.McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C. A. Wat son, 1329—13th Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, No, 187S, U. B. of C. * J. A.—Meeta first nnd third Thursdays lo month at Holden Building. President, G. Mavne; Fin. -See, T. H.'Hamlin; Rec. Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1535—5t!i Ave. W. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 803, International —Meets llrst and third Fridays In month at Holden Building, I'resldent, C. I.awson. 1832 8rd Ave. W Fin. Sec. J. A. Barring- ton, 4293 Welwyn Street. . Business Agent. A. McBwtin. Phono Soy. 7495. Hotel and Restaurant Employees fend Marino Cooks St Stewards, Local 38— 441 Seymour St., meets second Monday each month nf. 3 p.m., Inst Mon-i „day at 9 (Km. President. Thos. Ed-' wards; Sec.-Treas. nnd Bus. Agent, .1. Cumming. Phone 'Sey. 125. Ladles' Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets - every first nnd third Wednesdny of each month (n 810 Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson. 730 I9th A,V(vVV.; Secretary, Elizabeth -■—ir-Hotwir-HHSi-Tth *Wv». B. — Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 307—-Meets second and fourth Mondays In month at Room 209, Holden Bldg. W. Fontaine, Secretary, 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. 3169R. ngjburden to somebody else and letting KermpdeY Financial Secretary .?. i^S 'i"' S"1 ?' ""' ,?*d that Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. of-1 {, u '■ ,, ' ca,Tying is all wrong, gee: Corner Prior and Main streets. |« radically every human being, living, Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union No. 380—Meets second and fourth Thursdays-in month In. Holden Building, 16 Hastings St. E. President, A. Fisher. 1952—4th Ave. W.j Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 807 Holden Building. Shingle Weavers, Local 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month in Room No. 2, Lahor Temple. New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m., In Room' 313*. Holden Bldg., Vancouver. I'resldent, .1. Stevenson; Secretary, J. N. Chute. 1163 Pender B., Phone High. 1982-Y. Tailors' journeymen Union of America, Local No. 178—Meetings held llrst „ Thursday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive, meets thfrd Thursday of every month In Labor Hall. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary. H. Nordlupd, 1930 12th Ave. E. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 466-^-Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.: Secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St.' Theatrical Stags Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. tt M.P.M.O. —Meets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday In month, at 9:30 a.m. I'resldent, Rod Martin: Secretary, II. Pearson; Bus. Agent, G. W. Allln; Address P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 226—President. C. S. Campbell: Vice-President, R. Gouthro; Secretary-Tr.easurcr, R. " TT.'XeeKnas, 804 Holden Bldg. Meets last Sunday-'of each month at 2 p.m., In Women's Bldg.; Thurlow street. Machinists' Looal 693—President, Thos.1 Sills, 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary, P. ., R. Bengough. Office. 807 Labor'Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets on second ■i and fourth Tuesdays In month. Vanoonver Mailers, Looal No. 70—Meets flrst Tuesday in each month. 6:30 p.m., In Room 804, Holden Eulldlng, 16 Hastings St. B. President. A. R.-C. , Holmes. 6139 Cypress St.; Sec-Treas., " H. E. R. Fader. 2718 Oxford St. Phone High. 411011. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY No. 75 to Vanconver Typographical Union meets firms Thursday of each month, th Uie Vancouver Women's Building, 753 Thurlow Street, President, Mrs. E. J. Trnmper, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Secretary, Una A. Pettipiece, 1846 Balaclava Road., -*> ' nd certainly every member of O ganized Labor, have their hands full carrying on their own part of the burden. It is an imposition on them and an injustice to then to ask or expect them' to do your union work for you. If you have never realized that yoti'.not only have a part to play in the Labor movement, but that you are the only person on the face of the earth who can play that part, you better wake up and come to-a realization ojf the fact that you are la member of Organized Labor, nnd as'such you are a part'of the very' life of'the movement. If you. fail lo perform the duty you owe to thc organization, your bad example is liable to be the cause of someone else doing likewise, and like a disease such maladies spread and become contagious just as doing your part to thc best of. your ability has its good in. tltience in the opposite directiori. If you have not been doing'your duty by your union, start doing it now. Be at the next meeting, and every meeting that you can attend. It may bike several years for you to get onto the ropes of how to do things, but by being at the meetings you can see for yourself just what Is being done and you may be the Very individual who in time will see a better way of doing it, and by pointing this out to the rest be the means of changing it. ** _ ■■ ~V*nien"*you are doing your part you are strengthening your union. When you fail to do your part you are weakening it. Your part of the burden is" yours to carry. Don't ever permit it to be shifted to anybody else.—Santa Barbara Union Labor News. . • Miik Wagon 9 'vers and Dairy Employ, ess, Local 464—Meets second and fourth Frli) ya In Labor Hall, 16 Has- ■tlngs i}l Pp'SlnVnt, tf, Met.'alfe; ■ Secretary. Treasurer. -Birt Showier, 28-11 'Trie nph. Phone .High. 53*27. - Mill and 1 ictory Workers' Union, Loeal MO-. lit/9—-Affiliated with 'United Broths J*.*,*:d of (arpenU-rs &• Jolnsra' Prince Rupert .. ■ Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday.-tn 'each iT1 month. President. S. D. Mc- Ponald. Box 268' Secretary, Frank [,*. perry, Jjcnfc*. *9S, Prince Rupert. B.C * LESS STR1KVES .Secretary of Labor Davis, in addressing thc American Federation i(f Labor convention in * New Orleans, La., offered the suggestion that Strikes Were becoming less frequent because the workers suffered, less with wages from $12 to $14 per day than they did when the -wage level was $1 per djty. It is significant that employee of labor are more prosperous with wages at high levels. A more satisfactory standard of liv- t tig-makes.'f-tie a -greater degree -c^f-in- Meei.s, «rst and - third Thursdays I Ho.oui'.ilS.' Holden Bldg. I'reslden ■Vgood test of a man is his-way of [ <llls!,'.il'' I'0"" »"d prospe'rlty.' in j taking*comnich<iaUU()^;*..Ue may-even, J* while grateful, be stirred to hujwility W.,-* M.-lnnis. Secretary-Treasureri .. - . , - . * ■•, , ■ . ... - - -.---- „ 7964 Montcalm street. th«t.he has not done better still, and w;.e,-e driven by—their, weakness; to II ( .: Avery Phone Marpole (HSR i may resolve to accomplish nlore. Cicero laid loud-bawling orators ire driven by their weal noise, as lame men'to take a horse. ' «. WILKINSON, Prai. D rrUNCAN. Sit Reynolds' Cartage Co. LIMITED Phonal Seymour 3377-337B -Orating-, Packing, Shipping ani StorayB furniture and Plana Moving Lone Distance Muting Pool Car Shipments Office and Warehouse i 733 — CAMBIE STREET — 723 Calgary Labor Retains Four On City Council Under thc proportional representation system of voting Calgary Labor was successful in electing two out of its four aldermanic candidates in the municipal elections on Wednesday last. F. .1. White and Miss Edith Patterson were returned, and W. K. Turner headed the poll for school trustee. Mr, Turner was' the only Labor nominee for school board. T'le election of K. J. White and the re-election of Miss Patterson gives Labor four out of twelve on the-city council, Alderman R. H. I'arkyn and Alderman W. II. A. Thomas being, elected for two-year terms last year. Three Labor representatives will sit. on the 11)2!) school board, E. E. Turner, Miss Amelia Turner and T. B. Riley. ' ,.„ - LOSS IN LETHBRIDGE Labor went down to defeat in the school hoard elections in Lethbridge. A. Vs. Virtue, headed the poll for school trustees..followed by .lames H. Westbrook and Miss S. Hawdeii, in the order named, all three being C.G. A. candidates. The three Labor party nominees, Alford, Hawkins and Swci'd, were defeated. The figures were; Virtue, «.r>4; Westbrook, 821; Iiawdon. 789; Hawkins. -11)7, Smeed, -llf-, and Alford, 801. PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 ' /' The London ^akery Gold Wheat (fere Fairmont 122. 439 7t"IT AvViE NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades ft Labor Council Room 803, 16 Kastlnffs*8t»st East Phones: Soy. 7195-6279 Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we sloop than wiicn we soar.— Wordsworth; WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF ■f PELLAGRA? Children two to fifteen years of age whose families have too small incomes to give them enough of the right kind of food—these arc the favorite victims of pellagra, says the report of the United -States Public Health Service on, the findings of the recent study of endemic pellagra in certain mill vil|aee^of South Carolina. Sanitary MpniiKnis did not seem to have any (Tmsistont influence on the prevalence of the disease, but its fluctuations from year to year appear to have been hound up with fluctuations in eeonomie- conditions. Wishing .111 Our Union Fri'ends and Patrons A Mi'irv Christmas nnd a Prosperous and Happy New Year Royal Crown Soap Co., Ltd. An Old Favorite! Save the Coupons! Ask Your Grocer fpr.JRoyal Crown Soap Wishing tlur Union Friends thc Season's Compliments and a Happy antl Prosperous New Year * - \> ..-"- ■ ":""' ~ " ■ PACIFIC LIME '.,77: *-•* ■'■ •■For Salt+by^..*..;.,, ., All Dealers .11 S*|*-£ .._j I'(111 r THi 1 L A BOR STATESMAN •::*-■ "Wishing nil our Union friends the Compliments of [lie. Season and a Happy New Year in their new home!" essotso. We are installing the Hot Water Heating System in the new Labor Headquarters LEEK & CO., LTD. Heating, Ventilating and Power Plant Consulting Engineers and Contractors llritish Columbia Representatives: S. T. Johnson Company Oil Burning Equipment. The "Iron Fireman"-Underfeed Stoker. "Reliable" Automatic Fire Extinguishing Apparatus. Unions Move into Own Labor Headquarters ■rvRGANIZED LABOR OF VANCOUVER will Start to move into its own headquarters on Saturday, December 2'), making'this date another milestone in the history of the Labor movement of Vancouver. The Vancouver Trades and Labor .Council. Building Trades Council,. Allied Printing Trades Council, Union Label Trades Council, Labor Statesman, and all unions with offices in the'Holden Building will be moved as fast as possible to the new ftabor Headquarters, as the building will be known. Other unions with offices in other places than tin: Holden Building, that have taken offices in the Labor Headquarters, will move in at later dates> ... - The alterations and renovations that have been made in the Labor Headquarters have given the, inside of the building an entirely new and pleasant atmosphere, and members of the organized Labor movement "will Ue'enthusiastic over the place "'hen they sec it in its' new condition. The outside .of, the buildingTwill not lie dressed up until spring. A Gurriey's automatic „oil burner will supply'the "heat lor the building, but the installation of the radiators will not be finished for another week, so the office.staffs of the" various unions will have to put up with a little inconvenience until this is finished. J'.ut the offices in the Holden'Building had to be vacated at the end of this month to make room fur the office staff of the City of Vancouver- and* the recently amalgamated 'municipalities of South, Vancouver and Point (irey. ■ Most of the work on the Labor Headquarters lias been done by dav labor under the supervision of Chris .Atkinson of the Carpenters' Union* and the Headquarters, Committee are well pleased with the way the work has been done .and the way the boys worked to push the job. through so that we could get into the building before this year was out. The nleii working on the job are very enthusiastic over the building, and the enthusiasm grows as the work gets nearer qtimpletion. When .the outside is liimNy painted up, Vancouver fLilior will riot be ashamed to show itsjuiilding to any officers or members of Labor from other cities. I'nioii meetings will be held as close to the former schedule as it is possible to obtain, and unless otherwise notified, union members will stick to their old meeting dales in the new Labor Headquarters. 1111 Homer Street Phone Seymour 661 PHONE SEYMOUR 2381 ESTIMATES FURNISHED Established 1905 *-*» ..tgifrt "Wishing om* Union Employee* Friends and Patrons 1 a Happy and'Prosperous New Veai!" We are supplying the Sheet Metal Work for the new Labor Headquarters CAMPBELL & GRILL | , Manufacturers of CORNICE and ARCHITECTURAL SHEET'METAL WORK Galvanized Iron, Tin, Tar and Slate Roofing, Skylights, Etc. Underwriters Fireproof Doors and Windows Heating and Ventilating 1236-8 SEYMOUR STREET 7 ffl ■77, -Wishing All Our Union Friends Much Happiness and Success in their new Labor Home, for which we supplied "the Plumbing Work.. Barr & Anderson., Ltd. Everything for PlujVibing, Heating and Automatic i Sprinkler Equipment, Fuel oil. etc . . Phone Seymour 6180 1060 Hoirter Street **- . Vancouver, B. C. Sh —tmrr worn _ H 'they. 'According to*the latnt fagh-1 "To what 0" you attribute your, nrfw. -.ri.itU-"*nT- pTrrrg1^; he j long life?" •■ "AniiiW* other things, to the fact that the sheriff still don't know who shot Jim Williariis." - below tha knees." rW: don't doubt it, but how an going'to keep thennon?" Tridav, Deccmhef 28, 1928 Building Program For New Year Is Huge Showing graphically the extent of Greater Vancouver's $00,000,000 building and industrial program for 1929, the following table, compiled through the co-operation of building engineers, contractors, architects and municipal experts gives-in detail the estimated amounts to be spent on the various projects expected to be started or completed during the.coining year. New residences .'$10,000,000 C. N.-R-.* hotel' 6,00.0,0.00 Royal Hank building ...... 1,500,000 Marine building 1.50J0.0OO Stock Exchange building 600,000 Medical and Dental bldg. 1,225,000 Other downtown and; commercial structures 10,000,000 Apartment buildings 4,000,000 Paving and sidewalks .' . 2,300,000 Water mains 1,000.000 I!. (.'. E. It. electric ppwer ..and gas developments .">,000,000 Waterfront. construction projects . . ., 4,000,000 Wheat elevator construction and extensions . . 2,500,000 Ii. ('. Telephone Com- -. -. puny construction ._.-.. 5Q0,OOU Miscellaneous industrial development and ex- , - pansions ; 2,000,000 New City Hall " .' 2,000,000 Burrard 'street bridge 3,000,000 School constructions ami additions .; 1,000,000 B.. C. Telephone Company construction 500,000 C. 1'. Ii. and C. N. R. projects ...:. 1,000,000 Total ....$59,625,000 Enthusiasm Expressed Representing an increase nf nearly .$20,600,000-.over the present y?ar, the 1929 program was hailed with enthusiasm by civic leaders and busi ness men, wh feel the coming 12* months will e the real dawning .of a new era ( prosperity for Greater Vancouver. - " r *■" Confident ih the city's future. they believi not only by local residents, but i *o by U". S. and Eastern Canada mtcrestgf'is finding.material expression hereiip ,the investment pf huge sums for construction and -h>.' dustrial expansion. New Money Coniini; "The ftyes of the entire continent," said one citji* leader, "are turning tc Canada's Pacific slope, and Vancouver in particular. *The coming vear, it is safe to predict, will see, .millions i» new money flowing into Our pity for real estate, industrial and coin- merfial investment*. Vancouver today .i.^.-obviously at a turning point in-its -primes.- toward rccogniti.on as the coming city , of the tWitonion. The Kapidly growing- confidence of tl. S.-and Canadian financial interests in the city as, a sound mveSthteTTt, for the future* is most gratifying of all." FIVE-DAY WEEK Much progress has been made since the Detroit convention of thc A. E. of L. in 1926, establishing the five-day •.york week. Reports from the international unions show that in October, I02H, fvventy internationals have 514 local unlpns working the five-day, forjy-hour week. These locals have a. membership of 164,479. In addition there are at least 550 union members employed us clerks, secretaries, stenographers', etc., in trade union offices who. have the five-day week. -—^ ;— This is to wish all our Ptttrous the Compliments of the «_ Season .'.■ and a Prosperous. . Nav.Year Vancouver Dairies limited; 1132 Hastings Street East Phone High. 318 Building Trades Council Discusses Activities Officcrs.and guests of the Building Trades Council held a Christmas Eve dinner in the Orpheum Cafe to celebrate its activities .during; the past season and to discuss future activities. -7 Among the guests we're Art Crawford, International Organizer for the Sheet Metal Workers Union; Robt. Stevenson, International Organizer for the Painters and Decorators Union; Bob Thompson, International Representative of the Bridge and Structural Iron Workers; Mr. Hopkins Morehouse, Vancouver Sun; H. W. Watts, of the Labor Statesman, 'ind P. R. Bengough, of the-^nides and Labor Council. ^v* Many speeches were made that gave encouragement to the future activities of the Building Trades Council which indicated that, with a change in the by-daws of the Council, an extensive building program for 1929, and signs of an increased membership among the building trade? unions,*- th? (Building Trades Council would eSfir the New Year with grciiter.-iftdpes and possibilities than (luring**! 928. "Every" morning when I come to work my boss kisses me. How can I avoid this?" "Come to work in the afternoon," —-Green Goat. Presentation Made To Councillor Cottrell At a "banquet given by the Reeve and Council of South Vancouver to the municipal staff, Eire Chief W. E. Clark ..presented Councillor \V. H. j Cottrell with a beautiful'clock with j silver plate suitably inscribed. In presenting this clock to the Councillor, on behalf of the South Vancouve*- Eire Department, the chief, in a neat little speech, -said: "The members of South Vancouver Eire Department felt they could not allow this occasion to pass without some slight appreciation of the many benefits Councillor Cottrell had scr cured for this department, and hoped he would, ere long, he an alderman in Vancouver city." Councillor Cottrell, taken by surprise, did not- acquit-himself in his speech, but actions speak louder than words, -and the hoys all understood how he felt. Wishing All Our Union Friends and Patrons the Compliments of the Season and ;i Happy and Prosperous New Year! PEMBERTON & SON VANCOUVER, LTD.- 418 HOWE STREET SEYMOUR 9490 \\/"l'* arc glad to extend the Compliments of the Season, and to wish all the members of Organized I.ahor^.tnuch .Happiness in their new k-aWir- •Headquat'ters, for' which we supplied the GlaS-s WinddUVs., . W. HOLT & SONS Glass Importers Bevelling and- Silvering, Dealers ire, Plate, Sheet, Figured, Wired,* Art, Prism; and Colored Glass, etc- .ESTIMATES l"I.IKkRI'TI.I.Y -GIVEN ... - . r" i llt(i* * — ... ....^^.SiU^.: ..... ■ ,-.--J, ,i ttr 436 Second Avenue West -.''-. Fairmont 1238 Friday, December 28, 1928 r « THE LABOR STATESMAN Five Summary of A. F. of L Convention Activities The following summary of declarations by the American Federation of Labor conventidn at New Orleans is printed in the order they were acted on by delegates: Authorized A. F. of L. Executive Council to co-operate with the National Federation of Federal Employees to secure classification of these employees and take other measures that.will assure the eight-hour" day. - Approved eight-hour day campaign ; of organized fire-fighters. _ Approved report Of Executive | Couticil and the .various recommendations contained therein. I " j Endorsed organizing campaign of! CigarfMakers' International Union. | Instructed A. F. of L. officials to I circularize organizers andlcity cen-! tral and state federations in behalf of the laundry workers' organizing campaign. Trade unionists and sympathizers urged to patronize Pequot products | of the 100 per cent, union Naumkeag Cotton Company, Salem, .Mass, Store card and union button of the Retail Clerks' International Protective Association again approved;"similar action taken in case of United Hatters of North America. Importance of union label and the work of A. F. of L. Union Label Trades Department called to attention of organized labor. Favor increasing wages oi postal service laborers; present rate is $1,600 for the first year and ?l,fi00 thereafter. Favor extending age limit for applicants for employment in federal government; limit now 45 years. Favored, permanent Saturday half- holiday for government employees. Declare for a Civil Service Court of Appeals to which victimized government employees could appeal against arbitrary judgment of department officials. Opposed 'speed-up plans in Post Office Department that are known as "efficiency systems." Favored La Follette - Mead bill which would assure Saturday half- holiday in postal service. .(Favored standardizing of annual and sick leave for government employees. Tailors' protest against the antiunion National Woollen Mills Company of Parkersburg, West Virginia, approved. Similar action taken, at Textile Workers' request, against Julius Kayser & Co., Brooklyn and Walton, N.Y.J Allentown and Bangor, Pa., and Sherbrooke, Que., manufacturers of women's hosiery, gloves and underwear. Similar action taken, at request of Iowa Federation of Labor, against A. C. Samford Construction Company, Montgomery, Ala: Similar action taken, at request of Metal Polishers' Internationa! Union, against Super-Maid Aluminum Kitchen Utensil Company ■ of Chicago. "Similar action taken, at request of National Brotherhood of Operative THE TRADE UNION • When the union is accepted as the .method by which workers shall participate in industry and collective bargaining is established, the workers have, a real contract that gives! them status in the industry.,, This status makes possible a shhring of interest hi production that is the essence of partnership. . . --Industry can expect to have the Co-operation of' employees only when voluntary, agencies are the channels. Employers' substitutes will not serve the same purpose. Co-operation assumes equality infllie undertaking. The trade Viiilon is the only " agency which workers themselves have created to t'en- dtict their relations with employers, and it is- the only agency that gives them equal footing with management or other representatives of the corporation. * Potters, against Wlf. Clemens (Mich.) Pottery Company, owned by S. S. Kresge & Co., *6 and 10-cent store operators; also against Shenango China Co., New Castle, Pa. Similar action taken, at request of United Textile Workers, against R(jal* Silk Mills, Inc., Indianapolis. Similar action taken,'at request of International Molders' Union, against Peninsular Stove Co., Detroit; Richardson &_ Boynton Co., and Boynton Co., Dover, N.J.; Barstow Stove Co., Providence; Standard Gas Equipment Corporation, Baltimore and Groenvilfe. N.J. Supported strike of hosiery workers against Allen-A Co. of Kenosha, Wisconsin. ->, Pledged support to machinists against American-La France and Foamite Corporation, Elmira, N.Y. Authorized Executive Council to attempt .to adjust differences between Firestone and Goodrich Rubber Com- 'panies and Los Angeles trade unionists before publicity is given the antiunion practices of these ooncerns. Declined to accept theory that election- of friendly judges would solve labor injunction abuse. Insisted this is too much power to place in hands of one man. * - , Reaffirmed former position that Executive" Council continue its efforts to secure release of Thomas J. Mooney. Favor placing '.Latin-American countries under, the quota clause of the immigration law. Question of workers living in Canada and working in the United States referred to Executive Council. Opposed importation of Chinese- made shingles from British Columbia. Resolution to support Paper Makers in the Department of Justice suit ..»i.iUjlin~, a *J rttUJBlAl. Cuflfl awc.«*o »»m>B» rft*ot wtwtmo (jt-Aiu VANCOUVlU MAM *■*■*■*.• *,(" <-t «•■,»*■»' MPfI| .»-:&.«« POM Happy New Year! Stmt ii rlffhtl) hy investing to secure ;< good- Hiift1 income, with prospects of appreciation in > mir capital ' Such bonds may bo purchased on our PARTIAL payment PLAN. As* ns for particulars, R. P. CLARK & COMPANY (Vancouver) LTD. INVESTMENT BAKERS 823 Hasting* Street West 1'ancouvery B. C. Wishing .III Our Friends Much Joy ■this Festive Season and . .a Prosperous and Happy N-rw Year •from The K Dominion Bridge Company . .Limited , Manufacturers Structural Steel Phone Fair. 2396 involving use of their union label water mark referred to Executive Council. Resolution favoring a protective talriff on foreiiStTmatle shoes referred, to] Executive Cduncil to co-operate, with thc Boot and Shoe Workers'" Union. Pledging support of Seattl\ teachers ih their" fii'lit against the '\yellow dog." Eavored empowering. State iVdus trial Commissions and Departn\nts of Labor to supervise licensing vate employment agencies. To co-operate with Journeymen Tailors' Union in publicity against sweat shops. Endorsed five-day week movement of Stenographers' Union No. 12(>4<i; denounced dualism of Communists in this calling. Called attention of unions to union accountants who may be employed. Declaring against private profit from munitions and vessels for national defense and urging naval construction program be done in government navy yards. Endorsed Newton bill for child health extension service. . Eavored Kellogg treaty for renunciation of war. Protest denying employment to middle-aged workers and the use of group insurance to restrict free action, by employers. Executive Council empowered to act. Demanded Federal Trade Commission reinstate complaint against Continental Baking Company. Urged adequate salary standards for United States Steamboat Inspcc-. tion Service. Declared for freedom of speech, p.ress and assemblage, and opposed prosecution ofpersohs for expression of political and economic views. Executive Council authorized to assist printing trades in proposed revision of tariff regulations covering printing. Same-action taken on resolution calling for federal legislation compelling printed Matter to bear name of printer. '■■ Executive Council authorized to aid International Molders' Union in checking" prison labor in foundry nt Federal Penitentiary, Lorton, Va. This foundry competes with free labor. Fraternal greetings extended to Jewish organized workers in Palestine. '"■■'.'& •> Executive Council requested to assist International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in establishing agreement. Executive Council authorized to call a conference of international officers to aid southern organizing campaign. Making it illegal to issue fire insurance .before property is inspected. Endorsed refusal of Association of Theatrical Agents and Managers in rejecting a contract in which they were denied a voice. Calling on trade unionists to give, wholehearted support to lflbof press*- Opposing public utility commissions fixing building construction costs. Pledged support to Bridge and Structural Iron Workers in struggle against United States Steel Corporation and National Erectors' Association. Declared that United States should enforce maritime laws upon foreign vessels to avert sea .disasters. Urged investigation of Vestris dis- -9.sS.er, which cost lives fli_JJ.ll persons. . '•* _ ■'**' ' Changed A. F. o'f L. •constitution so that grievance of a union may be handled more expeditiously. Defeated proposal that unions may fallout on strike members of other unions. t> - Refused to concur in proposal that affiliation of local unions-to central bodies be mandatory; committee reported this was denial of autonomy guarantee. • ..' ' Instructed President .Green to attend conference of representatives of Cigar Makers' and Tobacco Workers' Unions to discuss amalgamation. Urged labor editors to ..assist in union label educational campaign. Urged promotion""'^* educational program aniopg organize 1 workers. Instructed A. F. of I.. Committee on Education to continue investigation of school books and opposed use" of. schools and universities forg cial tnti'r'ctii^.p^ft^anTRf:*-'"" . 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Phone Sey. 9246 Plant No. 2: North Vancouver Phone North 1363 B ACK through the centuries Christmas has always been a time for the giving of presents—big or little things to delight and gladden the hearts of children and their elders. But where are the Christmas presents of other years—tlfe toys, the useful things7 Broken—worn out—forgotten. .Keep alive the spirit of your gift. Let it bring happiness and contentment from year to year—add a Royal Bank Saving^ Book to your list of Christmas preseirts. Christmas Presentation Cocsrs are orooidedfor Crft lloohs. The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch - ■» B. L. Mitchell, Manager 17 Offices in Vuncouver, 53 Branches in British Columbia DOES EDUCATION PAY? Education pays, not only in a richer life, but in money returns. An investigation of the earnings Of nearly f>,000 people in all parts of the United States showed that the average incomes of the more highly educated were* greater at each stage of lifc.yind that advance -in.-income came to in end earlier for the less educated groups—at fiO years of-age tliin»n"*i1li' r "*"ni"n nrhri'd—i*4tr* cation and at 56 for those with high school education, while it'did .-.not I come to .an end for college trained men until the early 60's. ,.'. HUDSON'S BAY RAILWAY Ottawa,—By the end of next year trains . will be running into i'ort Churchill over the. new {iudaon Hay railway. , Over 5ft miles of construction work'will remain at the end of this season. . , -"In Any Old "Apartment House 'First. Janitor; "Well, Sam, I see sstbtm < 'tlir',TnTrroi'f*ffils' below last night.1 Second Janitor: "Yeah. Won't be long.before we'll have to turn on the ' heat." r T - ' ■ T H li : L A B O R S T A T E S M A N Friday, December 28, 1928 i 1; I JUSi*-*, 9 Quarts for $1.00 - Gfruser H/alkuj tftlilh. JFAIRMONT lOOb j" Union Restaurants Many restaurants and self-service •k houses' have, and still have, strenuously opposed every effort made to organize their employees; so may we request" you to look for UNION HOUSE CARDS. Pdfu b BnruiBJuc Ennui Fia InuutniiULsuiucE Bdrten-lm iDlenMlioii-kl'uttgue 01 Amfiiica ...iu-„.... ^—* jM! j(0U8| Give your patronage to the following houses: Cecil Cafe, 1336 Granville. ' Harmony Cafe, HJ4 Granville. - Paragon Cafe, 1145 Granville. Morris Lunch, 1113 Granville. Kit/ Cafe, 1013 Granville. '■ Love's Cafe, 925 Granville. Coniniodore Cafe, 87$ Granville. , Fashion Dairy Lunch,, 891 Granville. ' Lt Ornheum Cafe, 762 Granville British Embassy To Be Built by Union Labor Construction of the new mill-lod- lar 'British embassy in Washington, which for'a time threatened to become a'n ^'international Ir.bor. -dispute," will now proceed peacefully under union conditions. An agreement has been reached between the Wardman Construction Company, which has the contract, and Washington Building Trades Council, whereby in future all work clone by that concern will be by •building crafts affiliated with the council. * The Wardman company has been a non-union concern for over twenty years. The fact that it received the contract for the beautiful 'British embassy, was given wide publicity in this country and abroad. .»,,.- Naturally the British, authorities were not pleased by the prospect that the new building' would be stigmatized as the product of - non-union labor. ,t. While those who conducted the negotiations leading tip1 to the union agreement do not say this was the reason for the change^ of policy by the JVardman company, it is the general, interpretation placed on the transaction. Another contributory cause was that every other foreign embassy and legation building in Washington has been constructed by union labor. The negotiations were conducted by President J. M. Botts and Business Manager Charles E. Young for the Building Trades Council, and Thomas P. Bones, vice-president and general manager of the Wardpian Construction Company. Work on the new Austrian embassy, now under way, is being done by union workmen. The embassy of the German Republic, soon to be erected,will also ;be built by union craftsmen. All the excavation and foundation work on the group of new government buildings in Washin/.ton* thl*s far 'perforated has been "by union iUl |»( '( Ol (lit U (I'm Ut-VU „3 ... ,.UI. ,11,111,., I, „u,.-uu... ...v. f, , labor. Contracts will soon be let for ishing and substantial food. ., ' . .. . 1 _* i..._ -C Al,....,, ..(-- ( .--?.... **-*„ .nUimanf the superstructure of two of these immense buildings, and it is expected that concerns with union agreements will get the jobs. Efficiency Experts Devise New Methods UI'IU' Hill 1 .11' , ttJAII \.SAAAS,t SSASV t-s • /-"„<■» 7-K V Hoof NR-W YORK.—Leon P. Alford and Empire tale, 7b fc.jiast. i ,I)Rhlm ,, ilillinumr two highly j Fashion Dairy Lunch, 71 Hastings, placed engineers, have devised a new ' l).....,,l...„„ Onfa 1 OF" Itu-slinrr.'-l'.K. ..j. ...i„*:,.l. ..„„„..„ *!,,. ..If,,,',.,,,,.,, at Broadway Cafe, 105 Hastings', Golden Gate Cafe, 130 Hastings Fred's Dairy Lunch, 72 West Hastings.! Strand Cafe, 29 Hastings W. , Bancroft's .Cafe, 338 Hastings. Bailey's Cafe, 320 Cambie. Wonder Cafe, 224 Carrali. Delmonico Lunch, 617 Robson. Fish and Chip Shop, 614 Robson Street Standard Cafe, 615 Dunsmuir. Olympic Cafe, 720 Pender W. Central Cafe, 608 Pender W. . Boston Cafe, 534 Pender W. New Good Eats Cafe, 619 Pender. Province Cafe, 790 Main. Douglas Cafe, 844 Main. Princess Cafe, 41C Hastings E. Shasta Cafe, Cambie and Cordova. New Westminster— Fraser Cafe, 738 Columbia. Allen's Cafe," 660 Columbia. yardstick to measure the efficiency of a manufacturing plant. They take a unit of 1000 hours" of work by a single employes, called the "kilo man hour" or '\. H. M," and see bow much is added to value by that amount of /ifort in different industries, and indifferent plant* in the same industry. '* . After studying 13,000 plants in 100 industries, they reported to the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in this city recently: That a kilo man hour—1000 man hours—in the yarn and thread business adds as low as $5'-IX to the value of the product, while a kilo man hour in making dies and punches adds as-high as' $10,870. This tops the list of the new efficiency ratings. That enormous differences in efficiency exist in different plants in the same industry. In manufacturing gas, some plants.produce 40 times as much value per kilo man as their Thirsty Americans Help Swell Profits TORONTO.—The provincial government of Ontario hits had a monopoly of the liquor business for practically two years—except for the occasional intrusion W a bootlegger. The financial results were announced hy the Hon. Dr.' Joseph Monteith, provincial treasurer, last Week. . ,. _ - -, " ' Kor the fiscal year ending October 11, profits from the governments liquor stores and related activities, such as the issuance of permits to the thirsty, totaled $7,225,000. • ■ All'the liquor was not consumed by Canadians. Millions of American tourists, who swarmed across the border, undoubtedly got their share. Attorney-General Price declares there is nothing in the record to show that there has been ait increase in the consumption of liquor under government control. ■ Treasurer Monteith reported a surplus of- $237,000. Not so long ago Ontario-faced annual deficits. TfiB change is attributed in large part to the receipts from the liquor business. The best .features of thc report are that there was'an increase of $538.- 000 in expenditures on account of education and that the provincial debt was- "ut by more than three million dollars. Balanced Wages Are a Vital Necessity To prevent- unemployment, to retain 'and enhance prosperity, it is absolutely essential that workers*' should be able to buy back the goods they prod qce. All wage earners are confronted with an economic situation that is inescapable.. They must have food, clothing and shelter. To get' these things they must have money. To get money they must have work. That is the position, stripped of all its superflous phraseology. Years ago the trade unionist was absorbed in the fight for the next Hay's daily bread. "Immediate relief," was the aire of labor organizations, and "at least a living wage" was demanded as an ethical right, as well as a physical necessity. To a certain extent this was progressive, but the cost of living rose, the dollar shrunk, and wages failed to keep up, with the changing conditions. Real wages, or in other words, wages based on the purchasing power of the dollar, became the necessary aim. Now, h'oweVer, another economic phase has'been reached, and the American Federation of Labor lays down a new philosophy, which says: Not only must Workers have wages beyond their immediate necessities, not only must the workers have'leisure to think and live, in order to be healthy citizens and good-producers. They must have these things in order to want, more things, and therefore buy more things, as their share of the" products of labor. And this they must do in order to have jobs. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor puts it this way': "Among the masses o'ff.the American people there exists a potential buying power which can be made active. It is.based upon the individual desire for the enjoyrtient of life and the realization of higher living standards. Working met] and women desire better homes, comfortably furnished, suitable clothing and nourishing and substantial food. They also long for the enjoyment of educational advantage, music, art, literature and social advancement. They will satisfy these desires if thejr income will permit them to do so. They will buy. and buy freely, and thus'Increase the' demand for manufactured goods. - . "So long as th™ real purchasing power of the wage earners is great enough to enable them to buy back the commodities they produce; the wheels of industry willise kept in continuous • operation. The^consum- ing and purchasing power "of thc masses of the people must be balanced with their earning capacity." This then is the new wage theory of the trade unionists in Canada and the United States. . This theory is far reaching and very significant of the trend of present day thought. It has been to some extent fullij domon- strated in.many American industries, and many foreign labor movements are discussing it as a substitution for their own outworn doctrines. The English trade unionists asks: "How is if, so many American workmen own automobiles and have telephones in their houses?" "Because," the American trade unionists replies, "we have held out strongly for higrh wages and resisted wage reductions until now wc can huv automobiles and have telephones. And what is the result of that? An immense market for automobiles a telephones, more work for at- — bile factories and electrical plants, more profits to those industries, and, in turn, slowly enough it is true, but .surely, better wages to the" workers who make the automobiles and the electrical equipment.' With the emergence of this theory, organized labor finds'itself for the first time in history upheld by professors of economics.—The Labor Leader. The Only Sane Way I —to ketp Bonds, Policies, Jewellery and Pergonal Treasure! SArE from Iosb by rire or Taeft, la to uaa tin Vancouver Safety Deposit Hours: .-'.-, ':'.'. \Tn,,1g.- Saturdays: 8:30 to 5:30 V ailltS ■ 8:30 to 1 p.m. COST ONLY $3.00 FEB YEAS B. C. Mining Building Pender at Homer Street , fc ; hAzelwood ice cream —^fou try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone-Seymour 2090 •, ■"I. .-' ■ *. "'.■'".. ■ - Hazelwood Creamery, Limited RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Special Effort to Got Goods Oat liy First Mall After Receipt * of Your Order CORNER CORDOVA AND CARRAI.I, VANCOUVER, B. C. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER A Joyful Yuletide and a Prosperous and Happy Nczc Year ,- -i to .III Our Friends, from The British Columbia Dock Co. Phone Seymour 290 Jr Wkhing All Our Friends and Patrons the. Compliments of fhe Season and a Prosperous antl Happy New Year > from The BRITISH COLUMBIA HARDWOOD FLOOR CO. LTD. Phone Bayview 127 , ', "•"" 'j" „;;*"„" telenhi ir automo competitors. In lumber production, ... the difference runs as high as ;10 to 1 ".":. in paper and pulp, 29 ,to 1; in'textiles, 20 to 1. That small plants frequently are much more efficient than large ones. That high wages and low labor costs generally go hand in" hand. That many -industries "are.caught in a vicious circle of .low wages and Inefficiency." .. ... Coming from such a source, this is an amazing and* most encouraging serieS'of statements. It, pretty well abolishes all excuse for ftage eut.s>an*d certainly puts a crimp in the popular doctrine that bigness is a sign of geniusj'in the management. ■ -.' One engineer present, comm-jnting on the paper, said thai apparently our boasted "American imgMgtement is mainly muddling, rather than mastering." f*"' Rut Alford and Hannum seem to show how muddling can be avoided. Phone: Sey. 6257 Have You Forgotten Some Friend.' Give Them a Box of CANDY! "The Sweetest Gift of AW „Robt. Sapp 767 GRANVILLE ST.( Vancouver Theatre Bids. GLASGOW CALLING Glesca calling a' the airts, .~*>>-. And a''her sons in foreign pairt^ May a' the best o' luck befa' Each ship an' crew frae Broomielaw To every man o'Scottish hluid Wha rules tbe English for their guid. Wi' toast: and gless, and herty cneer, We wish ye a' a guid New Vear.*. IN SAVINGS DEPOSITS GROW v UNITED STATES ..' For the year ending June 30, 1928, j (lf* jj .,)(,r SMALL CLAIMS COURT A small claims court in Des Moines, Iowa, lias proven successful after onV» vear's operation. Some 2000 . cases were handled, 90 per cent, being settled at an average cost case. The former cost Lv^-[f5H r A I loppy New Year to .III Our Friends from The STAR COAL CO. LTD Sootless Egg Coal $9.00 An Excellent Coal, also the Old Reliable Nanaimo—Wellington Free Delivery '.. * PHONE HIGH. 279 deposits in .savings banks totaled j avel£[o-cd $69 in jijry cases mid iitA /win milt t-U.. 1....,.,,;(+ in flin f $28,-100,000,000, the largest in the Country's history, reports the American Bankers' Association. This rep- repents an increase of $2,327,059,000 in a year. .There were 2.49C070 new depositors. . ., * ,. Ally trtd vinegar may know its mothe'r,,, hujt it takes a g^od cork to know' itp own pop._ __. ,*. Of the Same Mind Magistrate: "It seems straftge to me that you could keep on robbing iliat enormous*, corporation, --.f&r:-"ao long without being caught." The Prisoner (brightly): "U'el.l.. the/corporation was pratty busy' itself." :.7- --.- . - 7' ■ Wishing All Our Friendf'and Patrons a Prosperous and Happy, New Year ' ' from The' ■ t Huntting Ityferritt Lumber Co. 7. - . * ' ' ■ ' I ' r ' MARPOLE, B.C. Phone Marpole 500 DRI-HOME HAND-DtPPED ST^INEp SHINGUESIl For Better Side Walls and Better Roofs Friday, December 28. 1928 THE LABOR STAT! I'M A.N Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies tyRlTE for painptllel on Loss of : .Manhood and Disorders i'<--ulur* to Men. l-'rcu by mall. Advice frr-u. 3a years' experience. Oiitjo 2 t<l r, and 7 to 8 every week d*|y exojn Weil, and Hat., when (■lowed all day. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Can-Ida'm Oldest. Herbal Dispensary NOTICE! NOTICE IS HEBEBY QIVEK ffiat nil application gtili fcw made to tin* OkihIu- tlvu Aftwiiibfy of tbe province i>f Britlpti Cpjiunnlfl at its next KfMsion,' cm bfitmlf TTT1H* Chiropodist* of HrltiMh Columbia, (Of it priv;'it«" Bill to Im- known an "Tim Clilroitoijy Act tor- th* pttrpoAa of gov- ernmg ami regulating "the practice of chiropody throughout -Itrltlfth Columbia by providing for a Board of Hxaminen-i to insure the better qualification and Standing of persona practising and holding (Iw-mH.-lvPH out as practising the profcHHlon of Chiropody Ip Urltta" Columbia, and thfl reglHtiutfort and itcens- . Ing of practitioner*! antl for the incorporation of tit** regtstersd and licensed Cbiropodi.sU of BritiHb Columbia into a b"dy corporate under thc name of "Tho British Columbia Chiropody Association'* with powers of arqulriiiK. holding and disposing of real and porsoiHil properly, fixing and collecting of examination, reKlKtratlnn, and enrollment fees: the tanning of certificates or registration and of licenses;.the admiHsion of candidates; the disciplining and control of members, and of enacting of ail bylaws and regulations for the general management of the Association. OATKn fit Vancouver, B'C. this 2(Uh day of November, A. D. 1928, LUCAS & LUCAS. Barristers and Solicitors, 1022 Standard Bank Building. Vancouver, B.C. Solicitors for Applicants. Unemployment Insurance This is the machine age, There has be*--n au ainazihtf increase in utilization- of mechanical power, in substitution of machine for man.-* 'fihus, increased production is possible in face of cojjiinuoiisiy increasing unemployment. This is not the first tiinei'.it)■ biatory the machine, the product of'inan's mind, has come iii competition with man's brawn and displaced it. But the process, a continuous process for one hundred and fifty years, has never been as rapid as during the last two decades. Of course, we- could not fight^ the machine if ,we would and, perhaps, *we would " not if we could. This is a machine age. The machine has been responsible for progress. It has been responsiblejKpiir reduction of hours of lnbffr and of much hard, work and for an increased standard!" • of living,' for new goods and for now desires. Humanity, has adjusted itself to the steam engine. It will eventually adjust itself to the gtts engine and In? electric motor and high power, and the other blessings of the modern era. But in the meantime, what? Worker, Pay the Price In the meantime, able-bodied people, willing,, nay, anxious to work, are-increasingly left without employment. For some, the period is a brief one. For others, particularly the older ones, it may be prolonged or become permanent. The situation of the-man of advancing age (and he must look forward to years of idle, parasitic existence) is a serious one. Perhaps the problem confronting each year youths on the North American continent, anxious to make their first entry into a life of economic independence, and finding that the modern .industrial world does not need them, lias* no place for them, is even more tragic. And what about the family man, the man of responsibilities, who sees his savings dwindle or disappear and no job to serve as a source of income? If these disturbances in economic t; Classified Adverts. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Walllo W. tefenux. 403 Metropolitan Bnlli'.l-u-**. Phone Sey. 6687. BATXS Hnstln-fs Steam Baths Price 35c Only 766 Halt-tag's Street East DENTISTS . i Dr. W. A. Rntle-lfre. 108 Hasting! „W. NOTARY PUBLIC P. B. Bengonffh. ' 803 Holden Bldg. PRINTERS Labor Statesman. 803-816 Holden Bldg. RUPTURE SPECIALIST ' C. B. Heard. 813 Robson UNDERTAKERS Armstrong & Hotson, 304 Dnnlevy Ave, ilnce has eliminated the fear of fire as an economic loss. For the middle class, and certainly for the r(ich, it has to a very large extent eliminated the fear of death as an ^economic loss. The more preposterous is it that as yet we have .done nothing, or almost nothing, to protect our forty million working men and women against the economic hazard of loss of wages from unemployment; Other Countriei Injure Against j Unemployment' Time was, some fifteen or eighteen years ago, when any suggestion of insurance against unemployment would be rejected as visionary. Even those,who advocated insurance of ■workingmen^ against industrial acci- ent and disease were somewhat hesitating as to the possibility of utilizing* the same methods to meet the hazard of unemployment. It seemed to be so difficult to .establish whether an individual worker really could not find employment-or simply would not look, for a job. So much was said about the danger of malingering. In face of all these apparent diffi- ties, England; in 1911, made an experiment—an experiment in compulsory unemployment insurance managed by the state. But in 1928'it is an experiment no longer. Here it is. Seventeen years of experience in Great Britain and* the fact that almost all the important industrial nations of Europe have since''followed Great Britain's example. Instead of a dangerous experiment, we are dealing now with /('suits of tried experience. There is, after all, no mystery, no •biCesSlfe -difficulty about this whole roheim1 of unemployment insurance. It does not. say that no preventive measures for reducing the amount of unemployment should be taken. Reduction of hours, better system of government contracts, perhaps equilibrium are, perhaps, the inevit- live-day week; participation of labor able prices that must be paid for "> management of corporations, all Should Wage Earners Own Automobiles? On opposing a request by St. Louis street car railway workers fof an increase in the rate of pay, counsel for thc company resprted to an argument that should be denounced by every manufacturer and merchant in the country. The lawyer asserted that 37 per cent of the men own automobiles. This, he argued, indicated that the rate of pay was already too high and should be reduced instead of being increased. A man who makes such an argument as this should he put away in a lunatic asylum. A corporation that operates upon such a wage, policy should have its charter revoked as being, not only a public nuisance, but subversive to the public welfare. If the .wages of workers are to be reduced to such a level that they cannot buy automobiles, the automobile industry will, be largely destroyed'. Its prosperity is dependent almost entirely upon the .ability of wage earners to buy. cars., . The idea that men should be paid as little as possible* is cruel, vicious and based upon brutal ignorance of modern .economic essentials. Industrial and business leadership today must discard it. In place of it, management must substitute the high wage policy and seek tirelessly, to increase the level of reitl wages. This can be done by maintaining the present price level and increasing the rate of pay; orjby loweriher'prices while maintaining the present wage level. ■# This is the real task of moderrf manageitient, and only in doinjf it can it Justify itsietf •and our present- economic system.. When a Poor nian gets married he knows it is for love. - - . e prices that must be y industrial progress, who is to pay this price? Is Tt fair to exact it entirely from those who more or less accidentally are left out in the cold? An Insurance Proposition ,The remedy? At any time a minority is out of work, but the danger of being, unemployed naturally confronts every worker. Stated in this form, we are dealing with an insurance proposition. ,We are dealing with a hazard, whether it be a hazard of tire or accident, of sickness or unemployment. Every hazard can be met "by*the insurance method. In no country in the world has there en such development of insurance as ih America. .Millions of policies, billions of outstanding insurance. The figure rises from year to year and the sky seems to be the only limit. To a very large extent, insur- this may make employment more regular. All of it should be, tried, But the unemployment insurance system proceeds on a theory that for. the present, and as far as wc can see, for sometime in the future, there will be fluctuations'of employment—seasonal, annual peniodic, as well as local. There will, therefore, be fluctuations also in the amount of unemployment and while business disturbances as such are a serious economic problem, disturbances ' in the family budget are social, vital problems of the greatest importance. The problem can be met out of a common fund to which all of those who worked, their employers and the state treasury make periodic contributions; and out of which fund payments are made to those who are .willing to work and- cannot find employment. • ^^^ For Others t*s3s5& By CAPT. A. A. NICHOLSON, in National Safety News Why do I practice Safety, you ask, . ' As I go la my job and stick to my task? Why give a care and a thought to the things , . Which I do through thc day for the pay that it brings? 'Why at each deed in the noise and the, Jin Do 1 stop, look and listen before' I begin? Surely all this isn't'just for self—■ No, I work safely for somebody else. The house where I live isn't merely a place •For eating and sleeping and washing my face; It's home and though humble it's full of good cheer Though the world that's outside niay be gloomy and drear; And there through the hours of the day someone" yearns, As she silently prays.that* I'll .safely return. If I should be careless that home woulil grow sad, So I do my work safely to keep someone glad. When the day's work is o'er and the whistle has brown, And 1 turn both my thought and my steps toward home,. TlieiB% .sumpmrc who w_aits iit"th'r{ end of the-streef- With a.hug and n kiss her daddy to greet; .Two loving arms that encircle my neck, Ignoring the dirt and the grime and the sweat. «. Life means a lot more than .-money and self, And so I work safely for somebody else* .-. 7 ■■ « • * ' '"'* * I practice Safety because I 'am sure That it helps to keep somebody's life more secure, A-nd the sunshine that beams through a loving one's smile Makes us feel once again that this life is worth while. But if we'd be happy t,hon'first *we "must live For those that depend on the help that wc give; And never forget the joy that is felt , ./.*■ Through the Safely we practice for somebody else. the.r. lector.' Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.'CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC. IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES , PHON& HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS., LTD. ^ 1955 Commercial Drive BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3995 HASTINGS ST»*P*ET_EAST ' '/■' Hl-rh. 180 - Glen. 384 _ Nlg*htrCa»: Glen. «3, Pjijl. 299Y3 BARNET . ■'-■ V.''"■ — BOOSTS - ?•' BETTER _ BUILT - BUNGALOWS SEE US FOR SPECIALS Wishing All Our Friends A Prosperous and Happy New Year From The \ Sitka Spruce Lumber Go. Ltd. Build with Spruce and Have the Best Building 1st Avenue West Phone Fair. 154 A Merry Christmas and a Prosperous nnd -Happy New Year To AH Our Friends and Patrons 1 ., from 'The J. HANBURY & GO. LTD. 1980 Granvilie Street Phone Bayview 150 For Your COAL and All LUMBER REQUIREMENTS MOT A Joxjuf Yuletide and a Prosperous and Happy New Year to All Our Friends and Patrons from The ■ •':■■ - * British Columbia Concrete Co. Phone Marpole 230 Wishing All Onr Friends and Patrons'o Merry Christmas and •';" a Prosperous and Happy i-New Ycaf from The .'.-'-.- Abbotsford Wood & CoalCo. Phone Highland 4980 Fir.**f-Migratory Bird: Reckon I'll I Biddy'i Joke have to make a.fcreedJaiuIingr. .. "Me husband is in thc dumps most S'ec'onU Mallard: Well, I'm down ■ of (he time." to my last nennut butter Sandwich] "N it wan of thiiii pessimists' he and my ('onc.onti'at'.'d (-0,0:1 supply i.-*?" ■ »-.. Pin-1 ,,^i'>j^Tiirf*Hjrefiit'iHtf^1'|.t)lflitf^*M Viht *"*n K-for.'" - * life" Wishing All Our Friends, and Many Patrons Health and Prosperity Throughout the Coming Year ". v •■' From The WM. N. O'NEIL CO. LTD. Hixh-Grade Building Materials Phone 8844 I'a." said Cl'in-ncp, "what do leading a dog's. "They. iii-van,' ''lh-tt. -he 'doesn't. all. hut merely foT replied - his "(kid, ■<i?-l°TiJyd**'l?-ll!t -Ml lows his wife's *** *F~ Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN* Friday, December 28, 1928 i^ishing All Our Friends'and Patrons the Compliments of the Season and a Happy and ■'■--... , '•"'-• ' Prosperous New Year When Buying Corn Brooms Look For the Label '<HOPE BRANR*' Made by the Blind "Help the Blind to Help Themselves" Canadian National Institute For the Blind Phone Fair 5358 332 First Avenue East C. MeRAE, President and Manager R. McLENNAN, Secretary Wishing All Our Union Friends a Prosperous and Happy New Year from THE ALBERTA LUMBER CO., LTD. Mill and Yards: FALSE CREEK, WILLOW TO HEATHER Manufactureri of FIR, CEDAR, HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE LUMBER . FINISH, MOULDINGS, ETC. Dealers in Mill Wood and Kindling, Shingles and Lath General Offices: 6th and Willow. Phone Fair. 97 VANCOUVER, B.C. Wood and Coal Office. Phone Fair. 16? P. 0. BOX 592 "7 SPECIAL TERMS FOR DECEMBER VACUUM ELECTRIC EASY WASHERS $10.00 cash, balance arranged "to suit you. FREE demonstration in your home. Phone Douglas 174 and » our salesman will call. Jarvis Electric Co., Ltd. 898 GRANVILLE STREET (CORNER SMYTHE STREET) German Government Sides With Labor The German government won a temporary victory of great importance when the five-weeks' lockout of 250,000 metal workers in thc Ruhr ended on December 3. Nominally, the fight in the Ruhr was between employers and labor unions, but the real conflict was between the Government and certain great capitalists who had defied it. Since. 1923 German industry has operated under a species of compulsory -arbitration; with a tripartite'arbitration board in each district, Including two representatives of the employers and workers involved and a chairman representing the Government. The decisions of these arbitration boards have not been legally binding, but they could be made binding by ukase of the Reich Minister of Labor. In the particular dispute between metal workers and- employers in the Ruhr the district arbitration board decreed an increase in wages anil the Reich Minister of Labor made it legally binding. Whereupon the great capitalists .refused-to obey the Govern- , ment, locked, out their-WOTfrersr-BrnT carried their case against thc arbitration award to the courts. A grave crisis ensued, almost as grave as that of the British general strike. The employers finally compromised and opened their shops with the understanding that both sides would accept as binding a decision of the wage. (nft'ijji'otl to be made after fresh "investigation by Dr. Severing, Minister of the Interior. The employers' decision to yield was partially due to the unquestioned public sympathy fpr the locked-out men, and the vote of a $5,000,000 relief fund for the workers by' the Reichstag. Meanwhile the employers have set an ugly pieeedentjn defying the Government without -ft-tng" adequately punished, The workers may.turn the precedent* bank upon the employers when another struggle arises* between them. -.-.- Shortrsig-hted people are .naturally close observers'. - • MORE MIGRANTS HAVE GONE TO UNITED STATES The Immigration Bureau reports that there was a net gain of 226,275 legally entered aliens during 1927. This is a decrease as compared with 1920, when there were 284,493 more entries than departures. About one-half of the new residents' came from the western hemisphere, Canada furnishing over 73,- 000 and Mexico about 59,000. Of the European countries, "Germany was far in the lead with 45,778. Next came the Irish Free* State with 21,544. The rest of Europe contributed as follows: Great Britain, 19,958; Italy, 17,728, and the combined countries of Scandinavia 10,- 184. Lamb's wool coats are to be fashionable this season. Husbands also* expect to be fleeced as usual. * *■> * . Better than getting in on the ground floor is staying on the level. » • ♦ It is best to look at the bright side of everything, but if it happens to be something you are expected Jo buy. turn it over and take a i*flul at the other side. J*^ Complete Succeit Voting Wife: "Are you sure this cleaner that you are selling will really take out the dirt?" Agent: "Will it? Say, lady, yesterday I rubbed some of it on a copy of 'Scandalous Stories' and when I got through I had the* 'Sunday School Gazette!' " Clearing the Court It was nn Irish official who onc.e convulsed a court. He was ordered to clear the room. In a tremendous voice he boomed: « - "Now, then, all ye blackguards that isn't lawyers leave the court I" Must Consider Human Element in Production <"'hicago.—The nation will be asked not to aid the Allen-A Hosiery Company of Kenosha, Wisconsin, to fasten workers to the machine and destroy their union, declared speakers "at an overflow mass meeting in this city. The strikers are affiliated to the regular United Textile Workers' Union. The workers were locked out last February when they refused to op- 'erate two machines instead of one. They offered to post a bond of $25,- 000 that the company would make more profit out of the one-machine system, but were told that "the union is the real issue." These machines have -50,000 parts, of which 14,000 are needles. The new system would compel an operator to watch 28,000 "needles. "The purpose of labor-saving machinery is to cut wages and to increase production," said John Fitz- patrick, president of the Chicago Federation-, of Labor; one of the speakers at the mass meeting. "I glaiiwd over the recent message of the President" of the United States to Congress," - said Mr. Fitzpatrick. "Under the caption of mass production.lie said that wages went'Up. He must be deaf, dumb and blind. He is silent on other things concerning the people. According to him, mass production will solve all problems of. labor, but we know otherwise. As production went up, wages went down. "When considering the blessings.of machinery, they never take into consideration the homes that ^are blasted. What is needed is a proper basis to consider this problem. "That was the trouble in Kenosha when they attempted to introduce new- things. The instru/ment of labor organization had to be broken so thc workers would not-navel a vbice. They are not introducing labor-saving mn- chijj-ry- in this factory, but they are trying to compel operators to manage two* machines instead of one. "That means extra profits for the Allen-A Company. If* they would only give decent consideration to the human element involved they would be met more than half way-. They want dictation and control over the industry. But they have not made Kenosha workers swallow the dose." Mexican Labor Facs Another Grim Struggle By Eliot'HarrU Mexico suddenly finds herself caught in a crisis which at any moment may lead to civil war. The censorship is so strict that complete understanding, of affairs is impossible on this side of the Rio Grande, but some facts are cleat*. There has been a sharp break between President Gil, backed by a majority in the present Congress, and Luis N. Morones, former minister of labor, and supported by the "Crom," as the Mexican Federation of Labor is called from the initials of its Spanish name. The "Crom" has ordered all its -members holding official posts with the present government to resign at once. '•■•■ The workers, have, withdrawn from the conference of employers and labor called by the. new president. Morones has declared that* if any violence is' used against labor anywhere the "Crom" will jcall a general strike. Officials of the "Crom" report that unions not affiliated with the central body have declared that they will join in such action. .Humors that the annual convention of the'"Crom'' was to be broken up by force produced (he counter warning that Mexican labor is ready to resort to force if necessary. The attack did not come, and the convention finished its work last week and adjourned peacefully. Cause of Break a Mystery So complete is the censorship that .none of the dispatches from Mexico tell what caused the break between President Gil and the "Crom." Gil, in newspaper reviews, has declared that the "Crom" does not represent more than a small fraction of Mexican labor, and that his labor bills, which will be brought forward Within a few days, will fully satisfy the workers. /sBut the workers do not seem to anticipate, such satisfaction. They evidently object to the compulsory features, .which, as Labor has pointed out recently, would be entirely unacceptable to American labor. The position of former President Calles is peculiar and not to be explained at this distancf.'' He attended a meeting of the "Crom" and spoke from its platform. At thc same time he has not withdrawn his support from President Gil. Calles has, however, quit the project to organize a grand centra) party to save the fruits of the revolution, and Aaron Saenz, second in command, has resigned also. Deputies Attack Regime of Calles ■ III the Chamber of Deputies of the Mexican Congress, Calles and his regime were sharply attacked by several speakers, and some- hinted at widespread corruption during the Calles regime. It is significant that these outbursts came from the same element that forced Morones opt of Calles' cabinet some months ijgo. Then, as now, the belljgereat '.orators demanded the suppression of the Labor party, which, is-.the best organized political force tn Mexico. * One charge is tbat Calles 'permitted Morones. to make a fortune out of his post in the ministry Of labor. Whether these charges are anything more than political attacks cannot he said> > The picture of a peaceful and fairly united Mexico, presented in the dispatches only a week ago, has dissolved ii] chaos, and the censorship makes it impossible to apportion blame for the change. Morones has demonstrated in the past that he knows how to direct revolutions. In this instance he seems to be in deadly earnest. ' "Morones will die rather than abdicate," he told the "Crbni" convention. - "Do you bclieVf in companionate marriages?" - 'I "No," answered Miss Cayenne. I "Belief is impossible. Companionate j marriages seem to be an.r,arx4ng( ment by -'-which . nobody is e.xptfete to. put much faith in anybody*" M-. A pretty girl lost her glove. The finder was art pld„ bachelor named Page, and he returned it to her with this note: •' "If from ..your.'glove you take the etter'CV It* That glove is jo've, and that l*';'n*'»Ve 'r* Tor thee." ... -To this the girl replied!"* rf from your rtnme you take the „JeUer .;p;w, n Page is agfc, aim that won't do for me." "" SOME BRITISH BOSSES ARE FIGHTING PEACE SCHEME , Plans for co-operation between labor ani$ Capital in England, endorsed 'by the last-Trade Union*, Congress, are .being fought by many employers. * Sir Allan_.Smiih of the National Confederation "m Employers' Organizations leads tbe oppositlpn. . Of'the two big employers' associations, the Federation-of-British Industries si now balloting its members. It. urges them to accept the proposal, The National Confederation of Em- ploj <*i s' Ofganjaattonarns: -facinK-'it split. . Those friendly to,trade unionism'threaten to bolt the Confederation 'rVI'form a new organization. While the employers are fighting it out, the committee of .workers- and ciltployers,--.which hi'(ni.grrfc*-fe*8i*-.ivimg*c: nlaii into being, is perfecting plans for industrial peace i.n 'Britain. School Teachers Need Unionization Atlanta.—"The real opposition to Teachers' Unions is none of these usually given," said Mrs. Florence Sur- tij Hanson,.secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of Teachers, in an address to local organized teachers in this city. Mrs. Hanson declared that self-help and independent thinking follows organization, and therein is the reason why unionism is opposed. The American Federation of Teachers, she said, is better able to develop in the teaching group as a whole the quail-, ties needed for resistance to repression in the freedom of teaching than is any other organization now in the field. Mrs. Hanson declared that our educational system lacks intellectual honesty and spiritual value. "We need truth and an insight into evil," she said. "We. do not need disillusion, c'onTra'dicrtion, pretence;* The spiritual bankruptcy of our school system is appalling. The edu-. cation situation is' in dire need pf drastic revaluation. In 'The Education of Henry Adams,' Mr. Adams says: 'The chief wonder of education, is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it — teachers and taught."" ,' Hoards of education are incompetent to meet social and educational changes that are needed in these times, said Mrs. Hanson. Neither can hope be expected from business men, who "are not deeply concerned with the process of good; they care for' the end-»-result." "Teachers are frequently encouraged to organize into local groups, but discouraged from forming into unions. The reason is so clear that I hesitate to mention it. One is .futile and dominated by extraneous authority- the other is strong and free. Unionization will give the teacher a power and recognition in school policies which he never had before. "We achieve freedom only through mighty effort, constant and continuous. No teacher.is really self-respect- ring, no matter how he protests his pride, who is afraid of any man; woman or thing. Respectable citizens are free from fear wh.cn united with an organization. Only when demonstrating their own capacity for freedom can teachers be entrusted with the greater task of defending the freedom of the children. "The union movement'is born of hope in .a new world, and therefore can not be stopped. The teacher is joining with the one force that is making for that new world. It is to this fellowship of optimism that the teachers are invited." REGULARITY OF EMPLOYMENT One of the mostjundamcntal aims of wage ennvers Is regularity of employment. The whole organization of life for- the wage earner and his family depends upon steady income. The commercial organizations of the, community are in turn dependent upon the incomes of its .residents for 'sustained patronage. When groups of workers of the community are Unemployed,- business .depression follows. The business community and the "wage earners have a eoinmon concern for regularity of work. Help to introduce the five-day week! A New Day for Labor In Nationalist China Hi II. Kung, Chinese minister of industry, commerce and labor under the Nationalist regime, has proposed a law -absolutely prohibiting factory work for children under 14 years of age^_aliai'ply-jegu.lat.ing. thu-,B»i*-*4<>y- nient of youths from 14 to 10, fixing an'eight-hour day for all labor, and pAhibiting the employment of wo- ihjEi at night. "This is an amazing code for an Oriental country, a pretty fair code for any country. Women and children have been worked 12 and 14 hours per day in Chinese factories often owned by European financiers. ..This is-to be changed, and a long list of other reforms are promised. The world 'moves, and' China has joined the procession. But she joined it because the Nationalist party, by a'.niixture, of fighting, diplomacy, boycotts and strikes, won for her the right to manage her own affairs. "Vis." said Mrs. I.ackpenny dramatically, "dear Claude is -going to set 'up in business of his own. 1,1c leaves the office next 'week, lie* has burnt, his bridges." - -:i-;a**-of.--rmfl^^ frtnVf'sym?' pathetically, "1 do hope they weren't hisfn'est ones.". Je V r n iStiSky, December J.S, 129S T.H 'E LA'BOlrtTA T Ii S M A N V Nine Italian People Lose All Popular Control New York.-—Italian dispatches iyi- nounce'.tho enthronement of [Mussolini as absolute dictator, of It^ly. The last vestige of. popular rule in that country has passed with the enforcement of a law that permits the Fascist Grand Council to select candidates for Italy's Chamber of Deputies. If the people do not favor these candidates, they are not permitted to vote for other candidates. •The Grand Council is the governing body of the Fascist organization, a self-constituted grotip who have no standing in law but -who have imposed their will on thc people. Under the new election law Fascist employers'' organizations and Fascist labor organizations are permitted to nominate candidates for the chamber. ' These nominations Will, be reviewed by the Grand Council^ Vhich will cull out all undesi-r- ables,-awd—if—thev desire— add oth- Whyn the Grand Council has decided \ upon f the 400 it considers •worthy, of becoming deputies, this completed arid only list of candidates, will he placed before a limited number of recognized voters, who will vote "Y(\s" oi* "No" on the entire list. The ne\w chamber will have no power to \originate legislation, and its duties are'limited .to a "consultative" capacity. The person to be consulted is\Mussolini. • Low Compensation Is Paid in Colorado Denver.—This\ state pays, the-lowest compensation to injured workers and organized labor will urge the next legislature to, place Colorado in ■line with modern practices. Secretary John Gross of the State Federation of Labor points out that 47 per cent, of the cases acted on by the State -Industrial Commission were awarded the maximum of $12 a week; 6 per cent. show\ed a minimum of $5 a week, and 27 per cent, showed an average rate of SU.15 a week. . Wages of working women are so , low, Gross asserted, that SO per cent. tn&ximum * compensation cannot provide for their necessities. \The average weekly wage in compensable Cases is less than $24 a week\ he said. State of Mind Needed : In Out-of-work Issue Washington. — Stabilised employment can "be "more promoted by a' state of ,-jnind reflecting a conscious deaire-'to stabilize employment than Brtything else," Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, told the Senate Committee on Labor* and Education that is investigating unemployment. . j, "Prior to the war it was considered proper to employ 5,000 men rill the ■summer and lay them off a few months later,"" said Mr. Willard. "None of us were impressed with the fact that we were doing-any particular injustice." A realization that out of the ocon-; omic system of,_ihe United States a unit, of soeial'responsibility had been created, said Mr. Willard, caused him to develop "a will toward stabilized employment." The witness emphasized the importance of "a state of mind" in-stabilizing employment. The Baltimore & Ohio has reduced its labor turnover from 20 per cent, in 1023 to 10 per cent, at the present time. Keeping a more steady force "has been a good thing for us," he said. After the war there was a large number of unemployed, according to the railroad official. The railroads reduced labor by about 300,000 and the number retained fluctuated constantly. The train service adjusts itself and cannot be stabilized, according to Mr. Willard. Trainmen .and enginemen, representing 18 per cent, of the total of employees, work when the trains move and do not work when the trains do not move. At least 80 per cent, of these work "pretty regularly," he declared. European Countrie Are Facing Idleness Washington. '■— Unemployment in. certain European countries is a grave' problem, according to the Unlled States Bureau of Labor. Statistics, The situation in Great Britain and Geiiijany is described as, particularly distressing. Austria, also, shows an unfavorable condition, ^considering the size of the industrial -^population. Data relating to Italy' indicates a definite unemployed problem Favorable reports -eoliieX from France and Belgium:* An improvement is noted in the Scandinavian countries and in the Netherlands, as compared with last year. , In Great Britain and Northern Ireland there were ill September, 192?; t,#55,011 reported as unemployed among those covered by'the national unemployment, insurance act. This is 11 1-2 per'cent, of the total so covered. This was considerably higher than at the same time in the previous year. The August, 1928, report from Germany showed 574,475 persons in receipt of unemployment benefits, as against. 403,851 in August, 1927, .- Statistics Show Trade Unions Are Necessary The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics made a survey of 319 sawmills in which 58,007 workers are employed. The average full-time work week is' 56.(5 hours and the average full- time earnings per week is $21. The lowest hourly rate is 29.8 cents. There is no information on the number of workers who are paid, an insufficient wage, but government reports, and even reports of employers' organizations, refute the consoling theory that "high" wages is the rule in this country. ' Emphasis is1 always placed -on i groups, like the building trades, !'which total several hundred thousand I workers, while the millions of so-called unskilled or semi-skilled low- waged workers "are ignored. Our trade union movement )s not a select group of highly-skilled" workers, It is all-embracing^and includes every imaginable craft /ind .calling in which workers hftvp* proven the value of unity. Its historic mission is to elevate all workers. To expand the power and influence of organized labor wo must reject the deadening claim that .the American worker is paid "high" wages. A GREAT PROBLEM The man without sustaining employment can not be convinced he is prosperous, no matter what the wage in his trade. To provide an opportu- •-nity-tn-wm-k-TR the greatest problem confronting all elements. The question of dividing the time required to produce all that can lie consumed and fixing a wage that will permit Consumption of all that is produced is one upon which it is difficult* to reach agreement.—C. P. Howard, President International Typographical Union.' v <*. ENGINEERS' SOCIETY O.K.'S JOB PLAN. The American Engineering Council has "recommended endorsement •of the principle of a provision for tlje expenditure of Federal funds on public" works already authorized to- increase employment .in time of "extraordinary depression of private industry, provided such expenditure can be- carried through without apy increase of taxation." The council, through its adminis-i trative board, acted on legislation proposed ;at the last session oACon- gress by Senator Wesley L. Jones I qf-Washington. This legislation eon- j templates the creation of a. prosper- I ify reserve and the .stabilization, of industry and employment by the expansion of unemployment andjndus\ trial depression. FULL LIABILITY ASKED FOR SEA WRECKS ■"Washington.—A bill introduced by Congressman La Guardia would make! Vessel -owiwrs-lialde for fes .1)1 life ahd property at sea, "Under British law the vessel owner is liable for ^*Bia?S!a:'erTtrari*^fS^ar^**ftt^-gfi tonnage of the Vessel. ; Under American law damages are limited to ! tb-o'-'amount- seeusetl iiftel'Athe sale of the Vreck. [f the ship is lost dnm- . agis can not be secured. As tin* vessel, owner insures'his ship and cargo, he is Immune from loss. SIR HENRY THORNTON PLEADS WORLD PEACE .Minneapolis.—Addressing the annual meeting of thc Minneapolis Traffic Ciuh last week, Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian Natiomll, made an earnest plea for International peace, and was roundly applauded by tl;e 1^,500 transportation executives who heard him. ', ' * ::.,"*AiryTrm. ■-who" cares to -study-.the effects of the. late, war,a^lfig*ffi | Helwy,- "must be .(.'onvirfced . .that a tually mejSj^&lje .complete ;j»»inViTa- ! tion of Ihe white race. •*''." "If se-eth's to rive it K n'ji to the .'(rreat English-speaking nations to insist on the maintenance of peace so that such a disaster cannot ever be a possibility." " .' ■A Wishing All OUr'.Employees, and Union Friends tjie . Compliments of the Season and A Happy Xe\V Year ,; Pacific^ Engineers LIMITED GENERAL CONTRACTORS 7 . ' .Associated with ■".---. lienry & McFee Contracting' Co., Inc. «e>°(3» V 827 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C. Highland 1520 401 Petnberton Bldg., Victoria, B.C. r••'■•■ Victoria 2336 ,. Wishing You All Joy this Festive Season and a Happy anil Prosperous New Year to all Our Friends One Pair Sold Every 60 Seconds WATSON'S LEATHER GLOVES 'For Working Men' .-. t. <. l ,>) :■ MADE BY.. JOHN;WATSON LIMITED 127—2nd Avenue East Phone Fair. 3988 Wishing All Our Friends Much Joy This Festive Season and a .'Prosperous and Happy New Year from The . . CEDAJl GOVE SASH AND DOOR CO. LTD. jp . T. T. GAJDD, Manager • 1101 ISMh Ave.-West Phone Bayview 342 Vancouver, B.C. MANY PEOPLE RETAIN HABIT OF USING SNUFF? Taking SnufT is. supposed by most people" to be a vanished habit, but stockholders of the American Snuff Company"know better. Besides the regular dividends of $12 per year on the. common stock and $0 per year jin the preferred, they have just received an extra dividend' of %2 per'' share, and are- offered a proposition'lo split the stock four for. one. _MIIJriillf MIMIMI tllllllj IIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIMII IIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM § -Wishing'ATI Our tlnion friends and Patrons E § ■ The* Compliments of. t^je-Season and'a Happy.. New Year. E 1 CANADA WESTERN CORDAGE CO., LTD. f r "SENTRY BRAND" ROPES E =. Office: No. 1 Alexander Street, Vancouver, B. C. , E Factory: New Westminster, B. C. MIIMIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI Mil ACTORS' EQUITY GETS 3-YEAR HOLLYWOOD CONTRACT New YorfcTrAfter years of effort to organize movie actors, the Actors' Equity Association is rewarded by a three-year contract in Hollywood studios. It is the "talkies" that have given the union its opportunity. NEW DIVIDEND RECORD ^ , New York.—Dividends-unearned increment) paymcBrWin November. aggregated $.121,235,776. Bus smashes all record's, being aboiit Jfi0,QO0i- 0(10 above the total for November a year a-jo," which was the previous liiK'h fjgiire. ? ' Headtiner Judge (to prisoner): "Have you ally-thing to say before I pronounce sentence upon you?" The Prisoner;: "Yes. Please hurry it up.. I want it Co make the first edition, of the morning papers." * Willin,; to Oblige Dietitian:..'.'Yes. a few lettuce leaves, without oil, and a glass of orange juice. . There, madam, that completes your daily diet." Mrs: Overweight: "Thank you so much, doctor, but do I take this be- fore or afttw**. meals?" . ."* A Fortunate Guevs ;- Liule,:--A"iberi. "attBie ~home~i?*«a» sc-Iido! with a new book under his* ant! "It's-* pi'we, ;«ptts«vr,-"vhe*<*ffitl,- '."A prize? Whatr for, dear?'*' " "Kor natural, history. Teacher asked nje how many legs an ostrich : had and 1 said' three/'''" ,'"""■ "But an ostrich has two legs." "1 know that now'mother, but the I rest of the class said four, so I was the nearest." * The Test The old general-was walking down Marcus, the young dandy, stepped into the restaurant on the- way 'to his office not long ago. Turning to the waiter, he inquired: "How long will it take to get two three-minute eggs?" The waiter was nonpuzzledf for a moment but, with the aid of his quick wit and readypencil, he sooli ret,urn- >d with the answer, "Six minutes, sir." ,'..-'" .\farcus replied with a twinkle, .in his eye: "That's pretty ra'.iid calculation, my tine fellow." The event caused no end of merrj-- .ment.—Stanford Chaparral. - ' Safety First *■ (le *.M(. -£t"l.l*, Ul •« «". na.muft „,,,,,. ^ ,, 'the*^^le(^--w^in^:"T7e"""wa3-sto-ppod--::by"-'^-■A--man w*lro:was hiring a chauffeur^ a beggar. ' {■ . asked each' applicant, how closc'.h? ..^-■-"I-imt^fwfusfr «- inille,-" -said tht»('eou{d - drive ttf : a"'- 'precipice vvitho.ut-, latiei*.- H'nfafi o*ld'soldier:". ■ 7\*toppitng Dyer, ' U ■■. '"An .old.-.soldiei',. eh?" replied the "One' foot," "six indies," "three general. "Then I'll give you a te«U;[^4iiti,".r;iii the repli*-."*, tiut,an.,|i!*-hr •SjD'.ii-n1 ; iOyiifl" riirfi't! :"%ea--:ffr(tit*!'inafi dr, lan-d: ' ' - Stand at ease! ''Now, what copies! "Fafth,. and Ptf k*#IT as faraway next?" . 7 -^\ ' from the place as I could." "Present alms$>" retorted the beg-; "Consider yourself employed," waa ,,.,,. ..' ■ ' ...-' sfc... .....v, ,„.,„(' .,(" (1,,, i.uL.n.n, ,.f (In. ,,,,,-. ,'tlte*comment of the nwner.of thi a**** Ten THE LABOR STATESMAN ., . ti, - !•"riday, December 28, 1928 HrGW much more do you pay for rent and L food and clothing than Dc-fore the war? While the cost of practically everything else.has * Rtearly increased, the. price of more electric „ light, more dependable service, is much less. The cost of replacing machinery and equipment has gone up at a startling rate. Wages have increased, as is right because—of- increased ' ■i living costs.' But because of fhe advance of science :.nd invention and of efficient management, we have brought down the cost of electric light to you—in Vancouver 63 per cent since 1917. British Columbia ^®) EiECTiQcSfiiiwCo. Labor Makes Gains in Ontario Elections The civic elections "held in some Ontario centers this month resulted in gains for Labor. In Hamilton igiam Lawrence .woo^a ■eaProj) the board of control", and Humphrey Mitchell wolf the aldermanic seat for Ward 8. Miss Agnes Sharp, secretarv of the I.L.I*, for , Hamilton, has won the honor ot being the first woman to be elected to public office in that city. .She was elected to the board of education. Jn London, Frank. McKay, who now represents LaBor on the coun.- eii, will now have--*fjhe.able assistance of John Ashton, iwho,was elected as alderman. The Toronto elections will be held on New Year's Day,.! Jas. Simpson will contest for a seat on the board of control, and K. Kodners, .Miss Mary McNahh* A. E. Robinson and Jas. Gill 'will contest aldermanic seats in-the interests of Labor. , VANCOUVER VICTORIA BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES 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 Affiliated with American Federation of Labor 246 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. .('Ol.LIS LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE General Secretary-Treasurer HP-HE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and are selling Union Label Stamped Shoes. Ask to see the Union Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are consistently backing him up. Ciapn Shoo Co., 7th and Main, 25th and Main—Slater shoes, men's. Tetrault's, men's, women's, youths'. COPP, "THE SHOE MAN" 153 HASTINGS STREET WEST Men's Ham's, Slater and Strlder'8 Shoes; aisb Women's and Children's Unlon-mado, shoes. Cornett Bros. & Clarke, 33 Hastings iftSt—FIorsheim shoes, men's, Strider shocH, men's, C. B, & C. Special, men's, and youthfl, Wm. Dick Ltd., 399 Hastings west— Slater -shoes, men's; eTtr&ult'B, men's and youths'; . . Basting-s Shoe Co., 65 Hastings east— Tetraqlt's, men's and Wotneirs; Eagle shoes, men's and youths, t Hudson's Bay Co., Dept. Store—Johan- sen shoes, ladies'. Bancroft-Walker's, ladles'; Col«lIa-uei(rhti>(irs, ladles'; Tetrault's, men's and youths'. 'fngiedew Shoe Co., 623 Granville— "HaKar',j, shoes, nien's ajid women's, I >r. Iteod shoes, men's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 GRANVILLK Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. — Tetrault's 'Men's and Youths; also Stridor and Slater's "Union Label shoes. Union Shoe Co., 63 Hastings west— Strider shoes, melt's and y-ouths*, Tet- ratilt's, men's, women's, youths'. Wilson Shoe Co., 159 Hastings west— W. tt, Douglas shoes, men's: Wilson'.s Specla I. int-n's, women's, youths', Yale Shoe Co., 305 Hastings west— Strider Shoes, men's and youths'; "Vale" Special, men's and women's. Fellow Unionl£f& demand the Union Label, Shop Card jnul Working Button, apd patronize fnlr employers and em. ploy UNION* LABOR. Corner Nelson LADIES' PUMPS or STRAPS itf patent, kid, or Skinner's satin, with low, military or spike heels, at $4.85 ASK TO 8EE STBI~0EB*S ft TETRAULT'S UNION LABEL SHOES FOR MEN. JAMIESON BROS. 995 GRANVILLE STREET , Seymour 1004 INVESTMENT TRUST WILL DEAL IN CHAIN STORES New York.—Chain Store Stocks, Inc., an investment trust specializing in chain store securities, was formed here Ust week with a capital'of $10,- 000,000. All the organizers and directors are?'in the chain store business, and it is believed that the new company is designed largely to promote the consolidation * of Btore chains which now compete. Store chain securities on the stock exchange and curb markets aggre** gate nearly ,$3,000,000,000 in value, and chain sales are in the neighborhood of $4,000,000,000 a year, according to a statement made at organisation of 4he. trust.. " ■---. ■ ■ '"""fiSKa-w f- 'i-HefciwJS^ir-— ™ • The Countess of Oxford vouches . for the fact that thi^advertisement appeared in a paper; "Wanted, «. strong donkey, to'•do entire work off country clergyman." . , POWER TRUST LOSES FIGHT TO WIN MAYOR Toronto.—The battle between Hydro and the American Power Trust in the little city of Walketon last week resulted in a draw. . Hydro's friends elected, their candidate for niayor by a. majority of 14 in a total of a little more than a thousand. Each side secured three of the six members of the council. This contest Was important because the Power Trust is seeking a foothold in this province, which has been widely advertised as the very citadel of public ownership. Just now il is concentrating its attention on a group of small municipalities in ..'Bruce county. Milost-in S&uth-- aitiption last week. Rest Periods Help To .Increase Production The curves of decreasing production as the first hours of morning work pass, followed b£ 'a sharp increase after the noon ^est, and a decline in mid-afternoon, have seriously perplexed management \- and workers who saw their earning (.'it-pa- city decline, Purdue University has made some interesting tests that throw light on this -problem. The tests were to discover what rest periods result in. greatest productivity. The work put the muscular.system continually under a load during; the operation. The load was not sufficient to g;ve a sensation jf strain, but brought fatigue through repetition during the dfo\ The eight-hour day was accepted as* the best standard for ordinary work. Rest periods were introduced to see if they would increase productivity. The results of the tests showed that the-operators could not make their maximum output without jesting al least 1 (!.(!(! per cent, of .the eight-hour day. Sustaining effort becomes an increasing tax and■'•, fatigue accumulates. As a result productivity declines. How long ind how frequent rest periods need, to be to overcome fatigue "obviously' would vary for different jobs, "As both management and workers have a real interest in finding (he right answer to this problem, obviously here is an opportunity for both to profit through joint experimentation. A union that takes th(* initiative in such 'a proposal has gained a strategic advantage and has benefitted its members as well.—American Fed- erationist. - The Wrong Signal Here.rest the bones ««»- •kr-H^ftfcfiroily Bright; She put out her left hand And turned to the right, v The Divinity of Toil By Thornton Oakley. TOILER, toiler of the mine, Braving Pluto's inmost shrine, Delving dark in depths of eartlj^-' As some god of mystic birth, Wresting from-deep-hidden pyres* Toiler, toiler, dost thou see Food for man's insatiate fires, In this toil Divinity? Toiler, toiler of \he. mill, Molding matter.to thy will, - - Rearing towers crowned with flame, Bessemers of Titan frame, By thy fierce, all-potent fires \ Forging man's proud, cloud-flung spires, In thy toil Divinity? Toiler, toiler of thc rail, Piercing crag and -spanning vale, With thy engines' headlong roar Girdling nations shore to shore, Binding close in.mesh of steel Man with man for common weal, Toiler, toiler, dost thou see In thy toil Divinity? Toiler, toiler -of the sea, I" Cleaving back immensity, With thy hulls, majestic, vast, Scorning wave and typhoon's blast, Bearing north, south, east ai>d west, Man upon his ceaseless quest, Toiler, toiler, dost thou sec In thy toil Divinity? :.' ^ Thou, that through the vear's swift flight. . Led by soaring visions' light. Conquering earth,' sky and main, Building toil's enduring mane, Ever lifting man's desire To the pure, celestial fire, Thou, O toiler, thou 'shfllt see- In thy toil Divinity. •> ■ " - Very Simple "Yes," said the timid passenger to j he aer<>i>iitnt*i pilot.."■ "1 hit* -PfirTTT'sTr'^ranTF^ all that, bu,t, tell' rfte," if something happens and ,we fall, what do I do?" .-' Nrte th:**r£'ir«ip!*-**!3'3s^ "Just grab anything that we're passing and hang on." Open Forum To the Editor*: ' "i. -._ * The 'problem of .getting precognition for organized labor is a simple one and yet it is a complex' one.. -. It is simple, for its c-hief factor is the extending., of union membership lo the point where the "average, employer" ha3 no-recourse. except to recognize unions and engage in colj lective bargaining. .','., So lohg*aB Ihe vast majority of workers lire unorganized, it of course is inevitable that most employers will refuse to-recognize unions. To do so would be to limit their power, anti men do not willingly give up power. On the other hand, any employer will recognize organized labor when he has to. ^ Problem is Simple The problem, then, is simply that of extending trade union membership. This is simple, because almost any Worker of normal intelligence can be led £.0 realize the .advantage's of trade union membership once they are pointed out. to him. - The question is, though-—how can trade unionism be "sold" to the 'average worker? This makes it complex. ■'" > Obviously, it must be dope by the rank and file of trade union members. '. . .It cannot he-done by trade union officers, for they are few, and unorganized workers lire legion. It cannot be 'done by trade union journals, useful as they are, for the average unorganized worker does not read them. Job for Individuals Every union worker, though, has friends and relatives who are workers and who are unorganized. By the rank .and file of union membership the job can and must be done. What is .needed of each union worker are three things: (1) An understanding of the history, principles and benefits of organized labor. (2) A realization of the solidarity of labor, so that he is anxious for workers in other crafts to be organized as well as in his own. (3) A willingness—an anxiety—to "talk" organized labor individually to those whom he knows, whether they belong to his craft or not. The problem is much the same as the winning of an international war. Wars are not won by the elaborate plans of generals, necessary though these are. Wars are won by the individual bayonet down in thc-ntud and slime of the trenches: Rank and File Can Win The struggle of organized labor for universal recognition must be won hy'the rank ami file, using not steel bayonets but verbal bujVnuts. If you are an organized worker (and you probably are or you would not be reading this paper) it is "up to you" to meet the three conditions enumerated above. . Merely paying your dues nnd carrying a card and obeying union rules is not enough. You will have done your full duty in this respect when every wage- earning friend and relative of yours, whatever his line, is alt active trade union member—and not before. The road toward universal trade union recognition in Canada is steep, but if we all keep our feet moving it is sure. No employers' organization can withstand it. LLOYD CROSGRAVE. THE ESTHER BAKERY Place Your Order* Now for Christmas Puddings, Cakes and Mince Pies MAKERSOF HOVIS Alio 'Maker* of the Best White, Raisin j*.nd Nut Bread Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST Electrical 'Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, BaUerLes Glen 370 4099 Hastings St. E. ft ft '. V" pACIPIC-Milk Wishes one and alPa very 1lappy and Prosperous New Year! % Pacific Milk | ¥ ft M Factories at fa JK, Abbotsford and Ladner j» 'Build B.C." Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 158 Cordova W. Phono Sey. 8637 See t.'.s About Broken Glana ln Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors. , ' Showcases, etc. Art Glass Repaired Mirrorfl Ke-sllvered TOURIST BUSINESS IS LEADING INDUSTRY Montreal—Sir Frederick Williams- Taylor, at. the annual meeting of tbe Bank of Montreal, pointed out what the American tourist business means to Canada Tourists spent $275,000,000 in this country in 1927, he said. The nnlion.'s wheat exports amounted to $34H,000,00, mineral- production to $24.r>,000,000, and ijutput of pulp and paper mills to $220,000,000. This makes the. tourist business one of Canada's leading industries. OFFICERS OF BUILDING TRADES DEPT. RE-ELECTED Considerable business was trans- ! acted at the annual session of the ["Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor at Xew Orleans, with a larger attendance of delegates than for some years past. This was the twenty- second annual convention of tne .department, i All the present officers were unanimously elected. They are: President, William J. MeS<jrley, Lathers; first vice-president, George P. Hedrick, Painters; second vice- president, A. M. Huddell, Operating Engineers; third vice-president, John J- Hymes, Sheet Metal Workers; fourth, James P. Noonan, Eleetrical Workers; fifth, E. J. McGivern, Plasterers; si;xth, William L. Hutcheson, Carpenters; secretary-treasurer, William .1. Spencer, Plumbers and Steamfitters. We should strive to bring what happiness we can to others. More still,-we should strive to bring them no unhappiness. Many good attractive people spoil the merits they have by frying to be something bigger or showier. It is always best to be one's self. ==~=. *.) .... ' Much Joy this'Festive Season and'. ' . ■* .», . j A Prosperous and Happy New Year «'/ JH All-Our Friends and Patrons: DVANS, GQfcEMAN & EVAN&- FOR GOAL T. !-"_ Friday, December 28, 1298' THE LABOR STATESMAN Five .-.i WISHING ALL OUR, FRIENDS AND PATRONS G •■■Uu. A JoJly Yuletide Happy and a Prosperous and New Year , ¥"■ From rrhe CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC Phone Sey. 5710 Wishing You All the Compliments of the Season and a ' Prosperous and Happy New Year from The BART RAM PAPER PRODUCTS LTD. Manufacturers of ... • ■ . PAPER BAGS FOR ALL PURPOSES •A Modern Plant Completely Self-Sustaining A British Columbia Factory •i G. M: BARTRAM, President and Manager 1280 Homer Street Phone Sey. 2260 5SR ■ m-s-m WISHING ALL OUR FRIENDS AND .PATRONS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A Sappy and prosperous NEW YEAR from Thi AMERICAN CAN COMPANY LTD. - ■' !:<: Vancouver, B.C. f. United Mine Workers Union Still Going Strong] The tragic story of the miners' struggle during the past two yetrrs was told by President John L. Lewis and Secretary 'Thomas Kennedy o"f -44*^-United Mine Workers "of America at trie recent American Fcdera-,. tion of Labor* convention. The cosr| to the union of carrying.nn this industrial battle has readied $5,000,- 000. . 7. , '. ' . "The United Mine Workers today is by no mesne a weak or staggering organization," said Secretary Kennedy. \ "At this moment, regardless of what critics may say, we have a paid- * . up and dues exonerated mombership of approximately _JJJi>,000. During the past three years wc have had at b"ist; 160,000 Members who have not '... a-vjiJagiid. live.-•■b^'s'-JKork 3 ,-month^,., * T 100 Per Cent. Enrollment "Wo me 100 -per cent,. orRJiniSct? — -^'*ifc*&-|^ f^TTiracite ItelilsT TTifder "our new policy of, \vnge. agreements it'will not | ( ' be long until once again the miners of the bituminous regions,will be enrolled 100 per cent, under the banner of the United Mine Workers of America." ■- President Lewis suggested the creation -of a great national de/emsc fund to support workers of any craft on rstrikp. *., . -— — -Y* • ■ ,, , .-. >-*-..C - WORKER'S FORESIGHT WINS DAMAGE DECREE A curious question of evidence was settled by the U. S. Supreme Sourt Monday" last. Ivan P. Woods was employed as a switchman by the Merchants Bridge Terminal Company of St. Louis. He was: thrown to thc ground from the top. of a car while engaged in his duties and badly hurt. While lying on the ground he told his fellow employes ,to examine the brakes, as it was The snapping of the jnato-' chain -which..caused, .hini...to be ^'ro\Vn-|, "' ■,'.,...-■. '..--,.-■ .^.^mjjqa^m- .Tht' Missouri courts hold that"this statement was properly admissible as r-Tr-Te n i es -^fA^o^^tij^ssppwi+rt1,- asking the. Supreme ^jourt to rule it out. The court refused to fake jurisdiction, antl Woods wins. RUHR METAL WORKERS GOING BACK TO JOBS London—The 2.50,000 metayworje- ers in the Ruhr district (if Germany, who have been locked out for five weeks, are going back to work, anil probably all will he at their places by the end of this week. Employers "find workers hate agreed to accept the decision of the Minister of the Interior, Dr. Severing, on wages and working conditions. " While Dr. Severing is making his study .of the situation, the old standards of wages and conditions will prevail. The arbitration court gave the men an increase of a cent and a half per hour—and * the honorable employers closed their plants and violated their promise to accept the decision, saying that they could not compete in foreign markets and pay such^a wage. Parliament Must Face Immigration Issue ;JBy i.A. P. HAYDtVN) -^"Although no date has been announced for the reassembling of Parliament, the political pot is beginning to simmer. , Present indications are that the session will open during the last week in January or the first week in February, and that it will-be one of the most important in recent years. Immigration, of course, will be the outstanding issue. , Never since the war has there been so much discussion of this problem. At the last session. Parliament referred the question to a committee which has made a number of important recommendations. Hon. Robert Forke, minister of immigration, has endeavored to comply with , the committee's suggestions. Last week he. announced a special fare of $50 from Britain to Canada, effective January 1. Makes Low Rate for Newcomers The difference between $50 and-the old rate of $0-1 will be taken care of by-aharrangentent between the British government and the steamship lines. The scheme will be tried out for two years. At present there is a $10 rate, but it is available only to * agricultural families-and hotiseworkers. The children of such families, and juvenile immigrants coming to this country under government or approved society auspices, are carried for nothing. The new rate of $50 will apply to all British immigrants, regardless of occupation, who pay their own way. - -The. -sponsors of the project are confident that it will greatly stimulate the coming' of men and women of British blood. "(Cheapens Canada," Says Agnes Agnes Macphai.l,, the only woman member of the Dominion Parliament, is one of the outstanding critics, of the plan. f At -a. convention of the United Partners of Ontario last week, she declared ' that Canada was -being "cheapened" by the effort to jjssist immigrants. 'If our country is as fine as we think it can become, we don't node to go out overselling ourselves," said Miss Macphail. If Canada adopted a quota law like tho.yhrt.ed States, she insisted! people -wu\7?<ll,1>o "knocking at our doors." Lord Lovat, representing the British government, made a special tour of Canada recently to secure the co-operation'of the Dominion and the provinces in the settlement here of thousands of Britishers. His plan- has been submitted to the government ant| will undoubtedly be placed before Parliament. Costly - Colonization Schemes Such a gigantic colonization Scheme' involves the 'expenditure of huge sums, of money. Xew Zealand, it rival of Canada in recruiting British' immigrants, has Undertaken to raise $300,000,000 for colonization purposes. This-makes any effort- made by Canada in the past appear small.- Since Parliament la.st met 8,500 British- miners were brought to Canada to assist, with the -harvest.. Less than 2,X00 have remained, and many of those Who returned have Hard things to say of Canadian conditions. There are many other angjes to the problem and it would not be surprising if the whole question were again referred to a committee. Unemployment insurance is another subject which will engage, the attention of Parliament, according to an announcement by Hon. Peter Heenan, mjnister of labpr. One evening when Mary's suitor T*as-a*mtre tn(W*$'A.i%fi^e£aR; she' cried: "If you don't stop, I'll call fhe chaperon." -—* I T«..'"-'ii8!fl#»^^Yfe±^^ "Vo't call her anq I'll call my friend, and then well have a regular party." Kitty-Kat. Sey. 71 3 Happy Npw Year! Leslie Coal company Limited >-*■ SEATTLE DAIRIES ARE 100 PER CENT. UNION At present, nota single dairy appears tip the; official unfair list of the Seattle' Central Labor Council, making the inty,. 1 -ftO-4i*.iX,-aa*tt.;,,^n i i,uk.*E)M, the milk wagon, drivers, with one exception. This* is a small plant, and negotiations are now tender way to Iraiuliteli it out. according to President Kellam of the union. Elmer--Burnett, business representative, has been working energetically in an effort to adjust all controversies with milk distributors, and I In- r.-suits obtained, better than words, picture his success. 1 9*4-» BEACH AVENUE Chinese May Adopt Modern Work Methods NEW YORK'.—Abolition of child- labor, the H-hour day and partial profit-sharing in .Chinese industry is proposed by Dr. H. H. Rung, minister of industry, commerce and labor of the Chinese Nationalist government,- according-to -,Smtngl)ai cables to the New York Times,/ American labor standards are responsible for the change, it is stated. The Nationalists defeated the Man- churian war lords and are functioning as a government. They are opposed by Imperialists and hy Communists who call themselves "trade, unionists.' . ' Dr. Kung's preposal is one of the I'most important -administrative acts kof the Nanking" government since it gained control, of China. Workers' increased living standards would includtv prohibition of child labor under,;ijl (years of age. Boys and -girls abovflthje age of 1-1 and below IB will be- considered as minors and will only be permitted to engage in the. lightest vnirk. The , 8-hour day arid regulations t-Wtrpring [dismissals of workers will also' be included. "When it is remeTtTIScred that China, as well as most couj-tfries in the Orient, has considered women antl children the cheapest form of '-, labor, working them from 12 to tt'"" hours a day, the importance of these proposed changes can readily be seen," the Times'cable states.;, .. . "The influence of "Aniorican*'lnbor I laws is noticeable throughout Mr. Kung's proposal. The minister, like** many -others in the Nanking cabinet, were educated in American, universities, and was a close student of social problems in the United Stales antl of laws bettering- labor's condition. "Other articles of the„.proposal pertain to recreational facilities in factories, employing more than itftwork- ers, stipulating rest periodsTm the course of each day and at least tin 18-hour week-end holiday. When it is realized ..that the coolie type of |labor,'as well as many skilled artis- | (ins, customarily have worked ' from one year's end to the next with scarcely a holiday in a lifetime, the revolutionary, character of the bill may be understood. "The "difficulties of enforcing the' act are appreciated, but Dr. Kung's auction is regarded as a long step to- ' ward betterment of the workers' lives." _^ WALL STREET REVELS IN MAD SPECULATION "'"m"W--TorTt^=TV''all -Street has' had ' the greatest November in its history- More than 100,000,000 shares'-were traded in on the stock'exchange. At the close of'the mouth interest on call loans was -raised to 10 percent, per year. This .had some effect in checking the-volume of spec- *..' Illation, hut not very much. -Two hundred ami sixteen representative stocks Increased in value $.'!,'- 744,000,000 during the month. 40 PER CENT. OF YAKIMA , ORCHARDISTS BANKRUPT .*.- ScatUe-r^AJUinlication of the serious plight of""the farmers in the lNorthw«st is-.tiviileivee-d by,--#re- tjesti-! '■Thony'iff the. Yakima Valley apple mowers' before freight rate experts! of the Interstate Cttmrneteg Cotnmis-I r-siVii'.'Ti-w-nil.v that 10 p',"r feeW^gP the apple growers of the valley have I lost "iheir orchards under mortgage ! in lb*e last eight yens. BIG BOOM IN SEATS . New York.—The bjjfgest-*fe>f*>mH-n-■ the stock market this year is not in- *tcCl<s-.-tmt m;~»ats?*r*'\ . :;_ . *:■' :■■;• Early this year a seat'oh the stock exchange sold for f200,000. The-oth-'_ srduy a seal was -old for $580,000." Tins is- an increase of exactly * 1 p(-'- per cent. •.'.,!'■ Only a few stocks have shown such grow-to irj "value."' V"->- THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 28, 1928 ^gpr- CABS are warm ai)d ii(vif iqg- economical too Phone Seymism 4000 B.C. EW^S-tor IRANSPORTATJON1 ttYMOUD 4T%.'MML*ir NEW LOW TARIFF INTERNATIONALS AGREE Another jurisdictional dispute between two international unions has Kit.en settled "out of court." An agreement reached by executives of the Steam antl Operating Engineers and the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers pledges each not to trespass upon the other's territory. In event of-future disagreement between the two unions they promise to adjust the differences. Consistent Union' Man Smoke 100 * Union-made Cigars: 1 ASK FOB Kurtz Cigars BERT'S CIGAR BOX Corner Homer and Pender Sts. Labor's Fight Life is not the amount of mileage one covers in an automobile. Neither is it the limitless evenings spent in slippered contentment before the radio. The** are but a negative manifestation of a .beating heart. ''.-... ' On thc other hand, the struggle for perfection; the energetic seeking after fundamental understanding; the -whole-hearted devotion to the idealism of social advancement—these are the "positive efforts of immortality. ', '*.*» "Whilst there are millions ot workers without jol\s_andl penni-. less; whilst there arc millions . more .unorganized and pitilessls ^ exploited at starvation wages; whilst there are glaring inequalities in the opportunity'for living; wltTlst there is repression of personal liberties and unconscionable control of all channels of information, there can'be no excuse'for the want, of something to do. Labor and the labor movement, at all times, and everywhere! has always bgitfi U|» to its boot tops lighting the battle for the op- ' pressed, the mutilated, the wronged and the hurt. That is its only reason for existence as a movement. . Let it become complacent and self-satisfied and it will ease itself out of the picture. Labor today will-fight as it always has,.only with the weapons forged by time. And'time has added the,scientific..niethod. It is'Si labor's to use if it only will.—jBulletin, Philadelphia Labor College. SBALED Tl*:Nitons m.IiI reused" to the iiiidi-r»lKned, an* endorsed "Tender for Hank Protection, Nlcomon Island. 8.C-," will l»* m-i-ivi'd until IS o'olock noon, Wednesday, January 16, 1929, for the construction of 3,500 Wet of Sana Protection, nt .Vtcomen Island, Fraser Valley District, B.C. ' . JUiuiM^ and. forms of contract can ,1m seen and, sppciticallnns and forms of. tender oii-taiwd at this Department, at the-offices of (he District Engineer, Post Offlif Building, NSW Westminster,* H.C.; Vfctbria Builders Exchange, 2500 Prior Stre.-t. Victoria, I3.t"„ and The Buildlnc and Construction Intiustrips K.xchange, 615 West UastinBs Street. Vancouver. B.C. Tenders wilt not be considered unless made on printed forms supplied 1>>* the Department and In accordance with conditions contained therein. ■ . Elach tender must be aocompanfed by tyraccepted Ohenue_.on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Minister of Pnblli* Works, etjtml to 10 ]ier cent, of the.amount of the tender, rtonds of the Dominion of Canada or bonds erf Vets Canadian National Railway Compan-p will also ha accepted as security, or bonds and i chcouo if required to make. up an odd amount, ■ ,Nnt*.- Bine prints can be obtained at this Department by; deftosltfiiK an accepted etieipo- for the.sunt of $20.OS. payable ULihe order of the Minister of fiihlie Wwfc: HUleh.wHljjA'-fianriuid it' tm.* itv**mMtri?=t>ido>t' Rwrnrnt-ST rSjrafin' Prosperity Is Based On Our Buying Power Boston.—If the nation is to enjoy the greatest possible permanent prosperity, the masses of its citizens must have more buying power, which is to come through higher wages and the elimination of waste in distribution. That is the opinion of Edward A. Filene, Boston's most famous merchant prince, voiced before a meeting of the SjMbig^eld Merchants' Bureau. Mr. Filene quoted United States Department Of Commerce reports showing that there is a waste of $8,- 000,000,000 in marketing, $40,000,- 000,000 of goods Americans buy annually from retail stores. If this waste could be eliminated and addetl to thp buying power-of consumers it would he a big boost to prosperity, Filene declared. Masses Make Prosperity "General business can be permanently prosperous only when millions al people have buying power," he said. "Prosperity is not wealth, but buying power, and this buying power must, be enjoyed, not by a relatively few wealthy persons, but by millions of consumers." Filene ,1 inched this point with thc observation that if merchants had a chance to distribute a billion dollars, to the residents of their trade area they would not create a thousand millionaires. "We would rather,' he continued, "divide it up among 100,000 buyers, giving each one $10,000, or we might decide to give $5,000 to- 200,000 buyers. Blit, however we divided the wealth, we would not use our opportunity to make a few millionaires, because the ordinary merchant cannot depend upon the trade of the wealthy for his sales ami profits." High Wages Not Altruism-, The Boston merchant laid down the dictum that, the payment of good wages is not altruism, but is a positive necessity ff mass production is to succeed. High wages, he said, mean big production, and because of low production costs the goods can or should be sold cheaply. In combination these factors* were held to be the only, rational basis for real and lasting prosperity; "It .is disgraceful that in many lines the final selling price is double the production cost." Filene declared. "The estimate of $8,000,000,000 preventable waste is none too large. Every time we cut costs of doing business 6 or-7 per cent, we retailers save in the neighborhood of $1,- 000,000,000 and distribute it among millions, of consumers. And it will be all right for us to keep a little for ourselves." Organize For Shorter Hours and More Wages Inventive genius is entitled to and deserves ample reward for mst-hipes which-are the results of their creative genius. Inventors in many cases hold the empty bag, while speculative capital reaps the harvest. Capital is entitled only to a fair return. It did not create the machine, nor does it do all the work on the machine which produces. Labor, skilled and unskilled, is entitled to a just and fair return for the operation and labor performed on the machines. These machines displace the workers and throw them into th eincreasing ranks of the unemployed and non- consumers. If our industrial system is to stand up antl continue, machine workers must get a fair wage. Machines cheapen the cost of production and thereby benefit the consuming public. It is the business of society, as a whole, to see to it that labor is fully compensated and fully employed, whether they are employed by hand or oh machines. There is no mystery about thc unemployment problem which is with us and a growing menace. It cannot bei settled by politicians. The real and only solution is shorter hours antl stifficient wages to enable the workers to consume that which they help to create. The surest way to accomplish this desirable result is for both sides to organize and settle th-i. problem by conciliation, mediattjfn and collective bargaining.- If they do not, the State, in order to save itself, will have to do it for them.— Cigarmakers Journal. Working Women's Trade Union League The National Women': Trade Union League is trying to do its part in helping to bring to the South the message of the trade union movement and trying to do something to help start it. We realize, as you do, that this movement has to be slow, and it has to be educational, because for thc most part the workers in mills anil factories and shops of the South are not the sons and daughters of industrial workers or trade- union members; they are young people who are coming from the farms and the mountains. One of our hardest jobs is to interest them in working for a shorter workday and better working conditions.—Matilda L'ndsaj of National Women's Trade Union League. •» incorporated an may lerev VANCOUVER Wishing Our Friends arid Patrons a Happy ami Prosperous New Year! B. C. Barbers' Supply and Sundries, Ltd. 64 Hastings Street West VANCOUVER, B.C. "Til 1). f: ,!..liv. order, s. K. O'MUIEN', .Secretary. it « Public . December Works. .'■ v.'. v.izi Provinces Express ' Views On Insurance . A majority of the Canadian provincial governments have communicated their views on the question of unemployment nnd sickness insur- ance^ to the Dominion Minister of Labor, but- these will not be made public until the next session of parliament. The industrial relations committee of the House of Commons, after taking evidence from many witnesses, made a report expressing the amnion that responsibility for unemployed insurance legislation rested with the provincial authorities,* and rgcoiii'}u'&ding,tiia^^ i'erred to fhe various provinces-*^' ascertain whether,, and to .what ex- -rOTtrthry'TmfrTr-'h-FT'riypff^ legislation of this character.' Nations Have Secret of New Terrible Gas Chicago.—-The nations of the world are in possession of a new poison gas, but rulers would hesitate to use it because of its terrible effects, said Dr. Hilton Ira Jones, in ter.nationally known research chemist, in jn address to the Executives' Club. This gas, the chemist .paid, would obliterate armies. He stated that a new: metal is twice as strong as steel, but only otnVhalf as heavy as aluminum. This, together with the new poison gas, he said, might destroy the world. - "One Could build a 400-horsepower airplane motor of 'that .petal, ands-it Would be so light that11* man could easily pick it op and-walk awav with '•"". ■■_ ■'■- '".--.' ~ BEVERAGE'rtsffeNSERS " Beverage Disjicn sers_ . L? aiun -JKJ11. Help us to help our advertisers, this meeting twfo""TiTTinntwrTTi(';-iinH oW*stiff at 441 Seymour street,' at 8 p.m. Election of officers will Jake place at WWWY^A-VYW*^^ NEW YEAR'S EVE«!«?«w«'«*« Annual Ball ALEXANDRA DANCING ACADEMY MONDAY, DECEMBER 31st IHCJK GAMMER'S 7-PIECE ORCHESTRA N'tivelties*—SujWr Gentlemen, $2.00; Ladies. $1.00 lloti't Forge! Onr Regular Xew Year's Night Dance! Regular Prices. f<*-dfc2h>d nms Wishing You .III a Merry Christmas nnd a Prosperous and Happy New Year from The ECONOMY COAL CO. Phone Sey. 1863 Try the New B. C. Coal with the Blue Flame and Boost B. C. Payrolls Wishing All Our Union Friends and Patrons the Compliments of the Season and a Happy New Year! The WOMAN'S BAKERY HIGH CLASS CAKES Have you heard the' flew song, "When It's Honey Blossom Time in Moscow 1-Moscow Back to Moscow"? —Gargoyle. • *» VANCOUVER TURKISH'BATHS 7 » «,if?Tr->^;; r-.no-.t-. iKoi-iri unit* - ~" . flail. C.old-3- — PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. SET. *070 VyiSIMXGall mvgood Union friends a Mer** ry- .Christmas, and much Happiness, and E\e- Comfort during the coining year. _ ___^___ Tiawftnc^ ^7 Sinitri * -i .. - - -J^iSfAttslriti-Ars4rQptiolAn.r— Phone Scy..6860' 49— Hustings St. West—49 >*
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