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[The Labour Statesman]
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labor Statesman ^^^^^/jfoWNED AND CONTROLLED ^^^^ BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Y\ Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions *^SBfe» 14 Trades Council Working Button (Uninge) (or the Third Quarter ot 1928 NO. 21SU-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY JULY 27, 1928 McRae's Bath House British Labor Prepares i jobToBeaeaneaUp For General Election In the Labor Party's Programme, Entitled "Labor and the Nation," There Is an Indication That the Party Is on the Eve of Victory—a Victory That Will Remove the Conservative Party From Power Forever. 'J-HE BRITISH LABOR PARTY is preparing for what is likely .to be the ending of Conservative rule in Great Britain. This great battle is likely to take place next year, and the prospects for a big Labor victory were never better. Its victories at the by- elections indicates the tendency "towards Labor, and this has lent enthusiasm to the movement. Quite a large number of candidates are in the field, and others are being nominated from time to time. The Labor manifesto has been drawn up and will be placed before the big Labor conference in October. The Labor Statesman will publish .a series of articles dealing with various aspects of the programme and policy from various leaders of the Labor Party. We start off with the following from the Daily Herald, the leading Labor daily of Great Britain: LABOR AND THE NATION The new statement of Labor's policy and programme is at once a challenge to the existing order and a call to action to the whole Labor Movement. It is an attempt to re-state, in the light of the knowledge and experience of the last ten years, the principles laid down in Labor and the New Social Order—the document which rallied hundreds of thousands of war-weary and disillusioned men and women to the Labor Movement. We venture to prophesy that Labor and the Nation will be as powerful an influence at the next general election as Labor and the New Social Order was in L918 and 1922. Its relentlesV-criticism of the Conservative government, its cold analysis of the waj„in_whlcjLjhc^Tory party has betrayed one section of the nation after another, its crushing indictment of the Liberal party as part author of our misfortunes of today, are but the prelude to a Arm declaration of the faith and constructive purpose of the Labor Party. Thiat faith and that purpose are essentially Socialist. As Mr. MacDonald says in his "Foreword" to the programme, Labor is not concerned with patching the rents in a bad system, but with transforming Capitalism into Socialism. The document itself clearly states, "The Labor Party ... is a Socialist Party." It is a Socialist Party, not because of any blind adherence or sentimental attachment to a theory, but because Labor believes that only by the substitution of motives of public well-being for the motive of private gain can the men, women and children of our land be offered the opportunities of a dignified and civilized existence. BREAK THE SHACKLES! To put it another way, the Labor Party is interested first and foremost in the common people. The Labor Party, however, appreciates to the full the magnitude nf the task which it has taken upon its shoulders. It knows that there is much to destroy before even the foundations can he laid. It must rid the workers of the •hackles fastened upon them by the Trade Union and Trade Disputes Act, it must erase from the statute book the iniquitous measure by which the Tory government imposed a longer working day on the miners, it must undo as far as lies in its power all the evils wrought by the present Tory administration. JPh-ese duties have been placed upon the Labor Party by the rank and file of the organized workers themselves, and it is obviously necessary that the encumbered estate •whiei-rtbe: Labor government will inherit should be rid of its mortgages ns early as possible. Then again, anxious as a Labor 'government would be to put its hand to far-reaching -measures Of reconstruction, it cannot neglects—and it is the repeatedly expressed wish of '■.al.i.r Party conferences that it should not neglect—to deal with the urgent and pressing problems of the day. In a sense, this work of dealing with existing conditions is "Red Cross work." It is in the nature of succor to the victims of an evil social order. ,-.-- The desperate plight of the miners cannot be ignored until the nationalism of mines is an accomplished fact. The agricultural worker cannot be condemned to the bare pittance he now obtains for his labor until the land is completely nationalized. Obso lete and outworn industrial laws can- n6t be permitted to disgrace the statute book until all industrial workers become public servants. Indus trial legislation, provision for the unemployed, the aged, the sick and the bereaved, and similar measures, must be an integral—and—important part of the Labor government's policy of action. THE ONE CERTAIN WAY The final tests of a/Labor government's achievement will be the extent to which it has\improved the conditions of life of the people and the progress which it has made in the application of Socialist principles, for whilst the former is an imperative immediate duty, the realization of a Socialist commonwealth is the only certain way of attaining a civilized standard of life for all. Agricultural land must be brought under public-ownership. Coal, power and transport must be converted into public services. These items alone provide a programme of nationalization which would destroy the reign of private ownership in the most fundamental of our resources and services, whilst encouragement of municipal enterprise would extend Socialist activities still further. The programme, then, represents a sane attempt to visualize the problems a Labor government in power wopld have to face, and to outline the lines along which it would proceed. Such a government would re- invigorate and reorganize agriculture, establish a nationalized coal industry, develop the supply of power under public auspices, and transform the various" competitive transport agencies into a Co-ordinated public service. It would devote itself to securing higher standards of life and work and to the development of the great social services. Labor's policy with regard to health, housing and education, its intention to grapple scientifically with the problem of unemployment, and to care for those who are afflicted nnd distressed, its firm determination to overhaul the whole System of taxation with a view to placing the burden on the,shoulders which can most easily bear them—all constitute steps in the march towards the Cooperative Commonwealth. Nor-can we foTget Labor's attitude to the problems of peace and international understanding and the development of international organization. The accomplishments of the Labor government of 1924 in these Del. Hammersmark of the Elec trical Workers' Union again drew the attention of the Building Trades Council to the conditions existing at McRae's Bathhouse. The job was almost completed, but since the return of Gen. McRae some othe& additions have been planned, and when the work was started non-union laborers were employed and a notorious nonunion foreman. Mr. McLeod, the general's secretary, had promised to keep this a union job, but this has not worked out to that plan. Business Agent McEwan of the Laborers' Union had obtained applications from laborers working on the job, and Mr. McLeod had promised to collect their initiation fees from their wages, but has not done so to date. The secretary of the Building Trades Council has been instructed to clean up this job at once. BRICKLAYER BAD S Brother JSm_ Bricklaye^**- * in a sa J_ FIVE CENTS PER COPY Sheet Metal Workers Picnic on Saturday The Sheet Metal Workers' Union plans one of the biggest picnics it ever held. With 25 sport events and splendid prizes for the same, the union expects to have every one of its members on the job, and a host of friends besides. The boat leaves the Union Steamship Dock at 9 a. m. and 2 p.m., returning at 6 p.m. and 10:4!i p.m., Saturday, July 28.^* WITH ' CCIDENT of the <>' ^tTvias injured c^WChjan, hepjn un.- •*^Pi days, with only. Consciousness. His •y unfavorable, but ^ement hopes for a sue- very, icklayers' Union will hold al picnic at Belcarra Park 'turday, July 28. The usual big card of sports and prizes have been provided. Plumbers To Picnic On Saturday, July 28 The Phjmbers' and Steamfitters' Union is-Sdl ready for another big picnic on Saturday, They are going to Bowen Island, loaded up with prizes for the many events that will be stage<Lfi)jLthe-mpmhers-jad__thiii* families and friends. The boat will leave the Union Steamship dock at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., returning at 6.30 and 10:45. Tickets can be obtained from members of the committee at the dock. Building Trades Notes Carpenters 452 report trade fair. Ten new members and four from the Amalgamated. Pile Drivers report trade fair, several new members and trouble with Sydney Jutikins Co. over Stony Creek job on the C. P. R. Painters report trade good. Organizing spray men. Three new members. Plumbers all working. Brisk demand for men in towns on the prairies. Picnic to Bowen Island next Saturday. - • -- Electrical Workers report agreements signed with five contracting firms for closed' shop and 40c. per day increase. Men all working. Trade fair. •Mill and Factory workers report trade quiet. Plasterers and Floorlayers report all men working. y The following report trade fair: Elevator Constructors, Millwrights, Lathers. Engineers, New Westminster Carpenters' and Plasterers' Laborers. Carpenters Force Boss To Make Adjustment —All the big -jobs were closed down on Saturday for the Carpenter's picnic. There was trouble on one' job, but the management paid heavily for it. Local, 452, Brotherhood of Carpenters refused to supply men for this job on Saturday and the men were supposed to be paid on Friday night Either through an oversight or obstinancy on the part of the employer, the men were not paid and this stopped some of the carpenters from going to the picnic. They went down on Saturday morning to draw their pay, but had to wait an hour and a half for it. The carpenters' executive asked Bill Hargreaves, -Business Agent, to go down and collect double time for the time the men had to wait, for all the thirty men who had worked on the job. Finding themselves in a jackpot, the company paid and the whole thing was satisfactorily adjusted. Checks for this overtime for all the men who worked on this job are in the carpenters' office for the 31 men to call for. Labor Candidate Wins Brandon Seat By-election held in Brandon on Wednesday, July 18th, resulted in a win for William B. Bain, Labor candidate, who was elected by a majority of 149 over his opponent F. R. Longworth. The votes were: Bain, 1,137; Longworth, 988. The Labor candidate ran on the question of linking up with the Manitoba Hydro and Seven Sisters Falls. This gives Labor four seats in Brandon council, the others being R. H. Davis, W. Hill and H. Spafford. Brandon Labor is to be congratulated on the showing that they have made since the I. L. P. took active part in civic affairs. One method of convincing a small boy that the back yard is really bigger than he thought it was is to have him cut the gnva. directions are a token of the influence which the British government might exercise if it were in the hands of the Labor Party. The renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy, disarmament and arbitration are the keynotes of Labor's international policy. A Labor government, moreover, would encourage within the British Commonwealth of Nations the spirit of close co-operation, and would promote the well- being and the progress of the various races within its borders. Labor and the Nation is to be submitted paragraph "by. pnragraph to the annual conference of the party, which is to assemble in Birmingham in October. \^e are confident, that, in its final form, it will bl regarded as the means of consolidating the forces of Labor, of leading the, party to victory and the nation to Socialism.—Daily Herald. Trouble Expected on No. Van Hospital Job Trouble is brewing in connection with the hospital job in North Vancouver. Three white card men are being employed on the reinforced steel work on that job, although the company has been offered three North Vancouver men to do the work All other trades working on the job are International Union workers and the executive committee of the Building Trades Council has been instructed to make a further effort to clean up the job one way or another. Labor Day Sports every possibility that this suggestion may be adopted by the Seattle unions. Seattle Bus. Agents Invited to Vancouver The Vancouver, New Westminster -; _. and District Building Trades Council i SfllTIP INlPW F.VPntc Vnr has invited the Seattle Board of pUU Business Agents to hold their next conference in Vancouver on "American Day," August 17th. It is pro- preparations are now well in hand posed that the conferences be held 1 for the Labor Day sports at Hastings on Friday and Saturday mornings j Park under the auspices of the and the visitors be shown the city i Trades and Labor Council. Walter and district sights in the afternoon Deptford, the chairman, is busy col- and evening, taking in the exhibi-j k-cting funds and prizes for the many tion on "American Day." There is events, which he hopes to improve upon over those of last year. ^"' Among the new events this year will be a very interesting whippet race among the best whippets in this district. Aruother feature race will be a twelve-mile marathon race, which will start at New Westminster and end with two turns around the track at Hastings Park. Many local unions are planning to enter teams for the various events, among the most popular being the ' tug-of-war, relay race and horshoe pitching. A large number of other events for union men, women and children, as well as open events for all-comers, are on the programme. Unions are being urged to line up their teams and their members for these events. Every union should have a sports^-Jhairman who will endeavor to line up the members to take part in the events. There are many challenge cups to win and good prizes for those who win. Dual Unions Play Into Bosses' Hands The dual union movement, launched in 1919, has left its mark on the Winnipeg Labor movement, said Organizer Bob Stevenson of the Painters' Union at the meeting of the Buildings * Trades Council on Tuesday. The remnants of the O. B. U. movement is only found in the Street Railwaymen's Union and 0. B. U., International and non-union men are being employed by the street railway company. The remaining unions arc not well organized, those workers who formerly belonged to a union apparently preferring to stay unorganized and gather in the small benefits gained by those organized. The dual union movement gives them a good excuse to stay on the outside. As an example of the condition there, Organizer Stevenson pointed out that prior to the debacle in J919 the Painters' Union had about 700 members, today they can only muster 130 union men in that city. Similar conditions exist right through to the coast, he said, although the movement is slowly mending. The outlook is not bright, however, because a'nuin- ber of the men who were active in the 1919 chaos are now attempting to lead the workers into another form of union. This will keep the workers fighting among themselves while the boss is taking advantage 6f the situ- Are You a Tenant? If you are a tenant ih Vancoii**e«v South Vancouv'sf or Point Grey, this will be your last opportunity to get on the voters' list for the Greater Vancouver municipal election, which will take place on October 17th. You can register at the city or municipal halls in each district, or at any one for another district, up until TuesT day, July 31st. With the abolition of plural voting there is a splendid opportunity for labor to obtain more seat.i on the council and school board than- it has had heretofore. Labor is preparing to enter" this campaign and your vote as a tenant is just as valuable to labor as that of an owner. ation Referring to the Building Trades Council, Orgajjjzer Ste,vei»<M^.-stated J?0.,..L*vI!5w' that the Vancouver organization wasr"" *.v» the strongest and beat in Canada. It has been our observation that • ,—_ I very little is ever accomplished by Puppy* love is a doggone poor ex- '.fault-finding unless you also have cuse to get married on. a remedy that will work. ^ Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 27, 1928 | tl"(.-r*',> T. J. Kearney & Co. Funeral Director, and Embalmeri New Chapel and Parlors j Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phone Fair. 3 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 158 Cordova W. Phone Bsy. 8637 See Us About Broken Glass ln Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors, Showcases, etc. Art Glass Repaired Minors Be-silvered RONIZEJLI Whole Wheat FLOUR EVERY HOME NEEDS IT MAKE SURE YOU GET IT —AND NOTHING ELSE f It Ii Rich in Nourishment —DELICIOUS £? ■m Mb THE GOVEBNMENT Or THE PROVINCE OE 6RIT1SH COtUKKA. Synopsis of Land Act Amendments PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown landa may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 yeara of age, and by aliens on declaring intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation and Improvement for agricultural purposes. Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions Is given in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, _or_t©-&ny—Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only lands suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, I.e., carrying over 6,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre east of that range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division In which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and Improvements made to value of $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed .information see the Bulletin, "How to Pre-empt Land." Bankers Ready To Loot Textile Industry Fall River, Mass.— (F.P.)— Ten thousand cotton mill workers must desert Fall River within the next year. With their....20,000 to 30,000 dependents, they must roam New England, seeking jobs that don't exist in other textile centers. Eventually they will drift to the larger cities, pulling down wages of workers ip-other industries. The bankers are coming to Fall River. They are going to merge the score of textile companies into one, throw out 80 per cent of the machinery as obsolete, close the more unprofitable mills, drive at least a third of the families out of town, cut city tax rates to the bone and pay good< interest and dividends on stocks and bonds of the new Fall River Textile Corporation. Under the Homer Loring plan, named for the financial wizard who remade the shaky old Boston & Maine Railroad into a handsome Wall St. proposition, the bankers intend to take control of Fall River from poky old fogy mill managements. Fall River's rebirth was hastened by the burning of a large part of tlie downtown business district recently. When will mergers come to the textile industry, most disorganized and miserable of'major American industries; when conditions get so bad dustries? When conditions get so bad, reply the bankers, that we can step in and take over the mills on our own terms. That time has arrived in Fall River. Thousands of operatives are chronically unemployed, other thousands work part time. Stockholders, getting nothing on their investment, are willing to sell out for any sort of a cash settlement. When the bankers come in, they must Bring, a score of millions with them to jerk Fall River into modern times. They must scrap old machinery, old technic, old managers. They will turn the town from a course cotton goods center into one specializing in fine cotton cloths and in rayon and silk mixtures. They will pick the best brains of the textile schools for man agers. Millions of spindles now gathering dust in Fall River and other New England mill towns will never hum again. The same fate awaits the workers who tend these spindles. They too must go. The edict has been made plain to Fall River's city government that fancy fads and frills must also go. No new schools, cut down the meager social service bud get. Cut out all health and welfare nonsense. As for the thousands of workless mill people—let them shift for themselves. . Fall, Riverrx'1 tyro?~Bigger ahd"BeT ted Dividends, will be a cold, bitter town for the discarded worker. Mussi To "Railroad" Many Foes to Death Information received here from European sources in reference to the political situation in Italy presents a .strange contrast to a series of syndicated articles published by a chain of American newspapers picturing Benito Musolini as a hero, patriot and lover of his fellow-countrymen. European radicals charge that Mussolini and his Fascist government arc about to send a large number of very ^prominent opponents to their deaths or to long terms of imprisonment through extra-legal means that would not be tolerated in any other eountry in the world outside of Russia or China. It is further alleged that the Fascists have so camouflaged the trials now going on before a special tribunal set up and functioning under laws decreed since the crimes charged were committed that all of those to be tried, regardless of political affiliation, will be made to appear as Communists to the world at large. Following the trial of the Communists, it is said, a large group of-Republican, Catholic, Social-Democratic and trade union leaders are to appear before Musfeolini's kangaroo <(ourt, and it is planned to previously create a great uproar over the trial of the Communists to prejudice the public mind against the non-Communists when the time comes to cast them to the lions. It is alleged that Fascist stool pigeons took from 40 to 50 political deportees,on the island of Ustica into their "Confidence" and revealed to them alleged "secret plans" for es cape from the island. The deportees were then arrested on a charge of conspiracy against the state, terribly beaten and delivered chained together to the prison at Palerriio. They are now to be placed on trial for their lives,'it is said. About 80 persons are to be placed on trial before the tragic farce is finished. Some of the so-called crimes alleged were committed a? early as 1923, but the prisoners are to be tried under laws promulgated by Mussolini in November, 192G, and which are now declared to be retroactive and applicable to "offenses" which were perfectly within the law prior to the latter date. The ncnalties under these exceptional laws range from 20 to 30 years at hard labor to death. The Italian government is charged with using various forms of brutal and inhuman treatment in an effort to break the spirit of the prisoners.— "San Diego Labor Leader." PURCHASE A'ppllcatlons are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands;* not being timberland, for agricultural ' purposes; minimum price for first-class (arable) land Is $5 per acre, and second- •Slass (gra-slng) land $2.60 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease of Crown landa is given In Bulletin No. 10. Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Landa." Mill, factory or Industrial i»ites on timber land not exceeding 40 acres may be purchased or leased, the conditions Including payment of stumpage. . HOMESITE,-X.EASES Tjnaurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesites, conditional upon a dwelling being erected ln the flrst year, title being obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions are funfilled and land has been j surveyed. LEASES For grazing and industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or a company. GRAZING Under the Grailng Act the Province is divided into gracing districts and the range administered und^r ..a ...Grazing "gornniTssioncj-, Annual, graslng. permits are Issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock owners may form associations for range management. Free, or Musicians Lose Jobs Through Canned Music New York—Adulterated music ai\d the loss of jobs of thousands of musicians will follow the introduction of "canned" music in motion picture nouses, according to Joseph N Weber, president of the American Federation of Musicians. More than 200 theatres hake in stalled the new machine in the United States which synchronize spoken words and music with screen action Nearly 1,000 have prepared for such installation, it is said. In many instances entire orchestras have been thrown out of employment. The American Federation of Musicians plan to acquaint the public with what the wide-spread use of "canned" music means. "Theatre patrons face a loss of high-grade musical entertainment, for which, however, they will continue to pay," said President Weber. "You can not mechanize art." This change means corruption of the public taste for good music. It means that the worker is to be photographed at his labor and then driven from his job by the competition of this photograph. H "If some one will supply a robot to operate the projection machine, these owners will install coin turnstiles at their theatre doors and let their queer museums work while they sleep. "The organized musicians are addressing -appeals to union sympathizers and music lovers, everywhere to join forces in an effort to convince the theatrical interests that driving-musisicians from, their theatre will not prove profitable." S Labor Writer Has Won Big Pulitzer Prize New York City—Charles Edward Russell, contributor to labor newspapers, through International Labor News Service, member of the International Typographical Union, has just biehi awarded the Pulitzer first prize/if ? 1,000 for the best biography of the year. The book with which he won the high award is "The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas." Russell has for many years been a contributor to the trade union newspapers of the country through International Labor News Service. He was a warm personal friend of the late Samuel Gompers, was a member of the Root mission to Russia with James Duncan and others and was in war service of one type or another throughout the war. For a time he served in charge of the London offices of the Committee on Public Information. He was one of the leading figures in the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, of which Mr. Gompers was president. Russell was the first prominent Socialist to leave that party on the war. issue. In earlier days Russell was one of the leading crusaders against corporation corruption — muck rakers, they were called in the nineties. He has been newspaper editor, magazine writer and author of books for many years. ■—Try-steel-wool for cleaning paint fritini windows and glass doors." Jt makes no . difference how long the paint has been on,'this does the work and does not scratch or mar the, glass. 5S»£&SH»S J^llerifp'rokhe-steel wool can *e used wet or ten head. (lrv- ". FIRE DESTROYS VALUABLES! BURGLARS STEAL THEM! Safety Deposit Boxes Protect Them! for the small cost of only $3—Three Dollars per Year—$3 . Hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 1 p.m. *■ VANCOUVER SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING BLDG., PENDER AT HOMER Thirsty? DRINK WHISTLE CROSS & CO., Mfrs. FAIRMONT 1173 STOCK-REDUCING SALE QUALITY, STYLE and LOW PRICES DOMINION FURNITURE CO. 1082—GRANVILLE STREET—1082 "THE HOUSE OF KK1ENDLY CREDIT" HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social. Guaranteed the product of pure fresh Cream. -J- For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood C^^mer^,_Limited BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3996 HASTINGS STREET EAST Hij-li. 180 Glen 384 Night Call: Glon 433, Curl 299Y3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT BUNGALOWS 500,000 PEET FEB DAT. SEE US FOR SPECIALS RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" W. Mak. a SpMlml Effort to G.t Good. Oat by Plr.t Mill Aft.r B.o.lpt ot Tonx Orate COBNEB COEDOV1 AND OAMMAX.X. VANCOUVBB, X. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS New Orleans.— (F. P.—The Mc- Dermott Loan Shark bill has passed both houses of the legislature and in all probability will be signed by Gov. Long. The bill allows an interest rate of 3 M per cent a month on loans of J300 and less. The bill also carries a clause whereby no*~bflrr6Wer can assign his salary to secure the payment of a note without the written cotiscnt of his employer, and that no husband can grant a chattel mortgage without the consent of his wife. Your PARTY or SOCIAL is NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 3 6 \ Variety is the mother of Enjoyment.—Disraeli. The Frcnch;fleet recently staged a big demonstration. Eighty warships, the flower, of France s reorganized fleet of hill a million. „tana.-.were. anchored fVra double 'file extending six miles for a presidential review. The demonstration was to attract the attention of France and '■ the world to the fact that the French navy has been modernized. Er, what for? The manager of the heWEdmonton firm, Canadian Bakeries Limited, has signified his intention of signing an agreskmeht withifthe local union of bakery workers.'"'. It many times falls out that we deem ourselves much deceived in others because we first deceived ourselves.—Sidney, Friday, July 27, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory [Labor from Dominions Plan Real Empire Policy Vancouver Trades and Labor Council President, J.. Thomson; general secretary. 1'erry II. H,ne;oui?h. Office. 803 Hold™ Bid*., 16 (lastuiKH E. Phone Sey. 7l»r,. Meets |n Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the flrst and third Tuesdays ln month. Beverage Disponsera Union Ho. 676 Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Hoom 310, Holden Hid*. President, W. H. Clancy: Secretary and nuniness A*eiit, T. .1, Hanofln. Office: Boom 5. Flack Block. Phones: Sey. 4738 and Bay. l»r.6-K, Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Bridge & Structural Iron Workers, io- oal 97, Int. Alio.—Meets every Mon. day. Room 804, Mplden Bids., at 8 p.m. President, W^L. Yule. 5821 Ar- Ijyle St.: Secretary,' P. Lauret, Box 302, City. Phong Fair. 2108L. Bulldlnir Trades Council, Vanconver Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Holden BulldlnK. President. B. H. Morrison; Secretary - Treasurer, W.i Pane. Hoom 815, Holden Bldg*.; rhone, Sey. 7495. ~ Barbers' Journeyman International Vn- Ion of American-Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month. In Room 310, Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. President. Fred Da we: Sec-Treaa C. B. Herrett. Office, 814 Holden Bid*,'. Bookbinders' local So. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman s Club. Empire Bids., 603 Has- VnKM,},v* President, G. Low, 61— Ave. \\ .; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, Hamilton St. BrloTtlayers', Masons' and TU« Setters' Int. Union No. 1—Meets second nnd fourth Wednesday, in the Holden Bldg. President, (}. E. Halllday; Secretary, W S. -Dagnall, 1244—20th Am0* *J*„ rhone Pair. 845R. J. H. Riley, Fin. Sec., .681.4 Inverness St. CaSS„""5»M11i,W^rk*ir» reUtal labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday ilLH,"'"ir llk,,U 1'l'we11 ■*-***• E* prea- Ident, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary, Tsuyukl. Millwrights' local 1638—Construction and Operating — Meets second and fourth Wednesdays In Holden Bid**:. J. II. Campbell, President; p. II. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray Ure, Rec. Set- Box 127. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, local 348, ot I.A.T.S.E. Be M.P.M.O.— Meets llrst Friday In each month at 11:30 p.m. in the Holden Bldg. President. .1. R. Foster; Soeretary, Geo. Gerrard. Box 3*45. Huslness Phone, Sey. 3923. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, looal 145, A. P. of M.—Meets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sun , day at 10 a.m. President. Bt C. Mil ' ler; Recording Secretary, w, Edmunds; Financial Secretary. W. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher, all at .991 Nelson Street. Painters, Docclratoss and Paperhangers, local 138—Meets second and fourtji Thursdays at 13 Hastings W. President, H. Edwards; Rec. Sec., A. E. Varah, 1142 Clark Dr.; Business Agent. A. B. Hodge. Office, Room 34 163 Hastings W. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Doc'i Builders, local No. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock IB 122 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, SeereJ tary. P.O. Box 320. S. O'Connor, President. Plasterers, local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' 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 Fin Ishers' Secretary. J. Kelller, 181—53rd Ave E., Phone Fraser 487L. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 170, International Association—Meets everv second and fourth Friday in the Holden Bldg. President, R. Simpson; Secretary and Business Agent, W Watt, 813 Holden Building. K. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, local 4S2 -President, J. «. Smith; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hntley; Business Agent. W. Har- lJ«nVn?i rP"!^ Room *•*•*•■ Lab°'' Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. 01 \y ,H^,U -Employees' Association— M.c'!',*r,f rst Wednesday of each month at MIM Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, W. H. Lewthwalte; Treas- UrCr^WoJ* 8-Wibhtatt 3208 Pender St. a j Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792' Pender East. Point Grey Municipal Employees' Association, local No. 3—Meets second Mondav ln each mouth" at the Masonic Hall. Kerrlsdale, 8 p.m. President, D. Ross Squalr, 3728—30th W.I Secretary, A. Patterson, 8179 Hudson St. Clylo Employees' Union, local 28— Meets first nnd third Fridays In the month at 25H4 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, R. \'. Hogg. 1718 Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St Electrical Workers, local 213, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m.. 40| Homer St. Prcsl- V™,l i: "• '!rown; Business Agent. I'.. H. Morrison. Office. 404 Homer St. Engineers—International Union Steam and Operating local 944—Meets every Friday nt 8 p.m. Room 806. Holden Tl c«„. nS',C,"f', Gen* Pfttapleee; Kec..Sec. Roy Finley; Business Agent and Fin.- Sec, T, A. NfewblgiHng Office. Room 806, Holden Building. a..£ *.h.ters', *,0.' 18' International Association of—Meets every month at call of president at 25H4 Hastings E * President. N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretarv, c. A Watson. 1329—13th Ave. E Woorlayers' Union, No. 1878, V. B. of S-.-* *•. A—Meets flrst and third Fridays In month at Holden Building President, E C. Woodward; Fin. Sec.. T. H. Hamlin: Rec. Sec W 1) Wll- son. 1535—6th Ave. W. H^,Ca?i"ra a2,a -"nWdlasr laborers, No. ???■ -tnteraa-Uonal— Meets first and r.,i/rld-!;VS .1" m""th nt Holden Building. I'res dent, C. Lnwson. 1832 ?™ A^i,WV,r Fin* 8i°" J* A* Barring- ton, 4293 We wyn Street. Business Agent. A. McEwan, Phone Sey. 7495'. Hotel and Reatanrant Employees and •Marine Cooks & Stewards, local 28— 441 Seymour St., meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., last Mon day at 9 p.m. President. Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus.—Agent J. Cumming. Phone Sev. 125 ladles' Auxiliary, local 171 —United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Mens every first and third Wednesday of each month In 810 Holden Building, at 5.P-m. President, Mrs. Nickels, 2388 42nd Ave. E.; Secretary, Elizabeth J. "°l)e, H38 Seymour St, Phone Sey. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, local No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month "at 8 p.m. un Room 213, Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. Presi- dent, Harry F. Longley, 303—8th St., North Vancouver; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart, 1603—40tli Ave: E., So. Vancouver. Railway Carmen of America, lodge 5U—Meets first and third Frldaj month at Cotillion Hall, GranvlJ Davfe/ streets. President, H 1102—23rd Ave. E.; Vullnmy,. 2215—lath Secret Ave. and iVardo. V, J. D- Rat Street and Electric — Pioneer Division No Hall. 8th and Kit third Mondays at-10 President, s%. Secretary, .L/Prtee: Kerfnode: F*lnancia Business Agent, A. flee: Corner Prior Phone Sey. 5000. 101- *ay Employees, ■ Meets K. P. gsway, first and .15 a.m. and 7 p.m. Speed; Recording Treasurer, E. G. 1 Secretary and J. Harraway. Of- and Main streets. Sheet Metal Workers Association, local Union No. 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays ln month in Holden Building, 16 Hastings St. E. President, A. Fisher, 1952—4th Ave. W.; Business Agent and Secretary. D. MacPherson, 807 Holden Building. Shingle Weavers, local 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month in Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m.. In Room 313, Holden Bldg., Vancouver. Presldont. J. N. Chute, Phone High. 1982-Y; Secretary, W. H. Matthew, 3436 Irving St. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, local No. 178—Meetings held first Thursday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month in Labor Hall. President. Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen ana 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 lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, local 207—Meets second and terupeh Mondays in month at Room 209, Holden Bldg. W. Fontaine, Secretary. l&3S..Gommerclal Dr. Phone High. 316SU. Machinists' local 692—President, Thos. Sills, 1352 Burrard St.; Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office. 807 Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays in month. Vancouver Mailers, local No. 70—Meets first Tuesday In each month, 6:30 p.m.. In Room 804. Holden Building, 16 Hastings St. E. President, A. R. C. Holmes, 6430 Cypress St.; Sec.-Treas., H. B. R. , Fader, 2718 Oxford St. Phone High. 4110R. Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. & M.P.M.O. —Meets at 991' Nelson Street on the second Friday In month, at 9:30 a.m. President, Walter Copp: Secretary. H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, A. Harrington; Address P. O. Box 711. . Typographical Union, No. 226—Presl- idont, C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neeiands., P.O. Box 66. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees, looal 464—Meels second^ and fourth Fridays in Lnbor Hall. IB Hastings St. R President J. A. Parry;, Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 5327. I Mill and Factory Workers' Union, local: No. 1599 — Affiliated with United] Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners.. Meets first and third Thursdays In' Room 213, Holden Bldg. President. I J. W. Mclnnis. Secretary-Treasurer,! . H., Q. Avery, 7964 Montcalm Street. Phone Marpole 648R. I WOMEN'S AUXILIARY No. 75 to Vancouver Typographical Union meets first Thursday of each month, ln the Vancouver Women's Building, 752 Thurlow Street. President, Mrs. E. 3. Trnmpcr, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Secretary, Una A. PetUpiece, 1846 Balaclava Road. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor^uncil MEETS second Thursday in each month. President, 8. D. "McDonald, Box 268. Secretary. Frank Derry, Box 4»8, Prince Rupert, B.C.. Delegates from the ends of the Empire assembled at the British House of Commons recently for the opening of the British Commonwealth Labor Conference, which will continue in session until Thursday for the consideration of vital and fundamental problems affecting the nations of the Commonwealth. Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P., who presided over the opening deliberations, addressed the delegates on the questions of Food Supply, Migration and Peace. The British Labor Party, he said, had been working on a scheme by which the supply of food could be organized. "As it is now," he pointed out, "it is simply left to the ups and downs, the backward and forward play of economic forces. "You get trusts interested in various commodities, and, just as it suits the purposes of these trusts, irrespective of you as producers in the Dominions, or us, who represent the consumers in this country, the supply of food has been regulated, not from the point of view of Great Britain as a whole, nor from the point of view of the producers, but regulated as to price and as to quantity solely from the point of' view of those who are making individual profits. To Get Control "What you and I have to do—at any rate, that is the view/of the Labor Party here—is to g£t control of those economic forces7 "The idea may be a/somewhat unfamiliar one to bur/friends and colleagues in the Dominions, butjt hope during the discussions at this conference you,will/be able to understand something qX the idea we are working out. "Thaf-^idea is to create and build up a^ffreat Imperial economic Labor poll' ^urning to the question of migra- ioii, .Mr. MacDonald said that here again the problem had been left to the emotions and the consequences of the international economic market. "From that," he said, "has arisen all .over the Commonwealth opposition to migration. We of the British Labor Party used to fight it, and we still fight a certain idea of migration. But we are coming more and more to the conclusion that there must be more fluidity in population than there has been. ''We would like to come to an agreement with you on this matter, so that what arrangements we agree to you may also agree to, you protecting your standards and developing your needs, and we co-operating with you to relieve pressures so that .the slim of human happiness and human comfort may be increased all over the Commonwealth." As to the Commonwealth itself, proceeded the ex-Premier, the Labor Party had a special view and a much higher view than that held by other schools and bodies of -thought in this country. "I am one of those," he declared, "who have always believed that there was a tremendous work in the world for the British Commonwealth of nations to perform." "In this respect," continued Mr. MacDonald, amid applause, "I hope that, within a period of months rather than years, there will be a new Dominion added to the Commonwealth of our nations, a Dominion of another race, a Dominion that will find self-respect as an equal within this Commonwealth. I refer to India. Labor's, Sympathy "Outside the self-governing nations of the Commonwealth," continued Mr. MacDonald, "are lands and peoples of very varying possibilities as regards government, but Labor, by close and sympathetic understanding, by wise conservation and protection, and just guardianship, may help them to, as near as may be, self-government." He disagreed with the old Liberal idea that what we ought to do- in these lands was simply to clear out. "These nations," he said, "arc in a state of unstable equilibrium, and withdrawal would simply mean that you would hand them over to the tender mercies of whatever waves washed successfully against their banks." ....-' Coming to" his last subject, Mr. MjicDonald„ said, pleadingly: "I beg ^fffc-yau, -my.-Gommonweaith. friend?, to devise with us a united policy of peace. "We feci disappointment and r.ot a little disgust at the progress thlrt has beep made since 1924, arid that if we allow the League of Nations to get into that awful military rut of criticising negatively every proposal, for peace, we shall get deeper and deeper into the rut, so that neither a Labor Government nor. any other government will get us out of it." Foreign Policy After the speech of the chairman the Conference proceeded to discuss the subject of Inter-Commonwealth Political Relations and World Peace. ' Mr. T: Johnson, of the Irish Labor Party and Trades Union Congress, said he opposed the idea of there being a United Empire as regards the matter of foreign policy. The Dominions had joined the League of Nations and now possessed a changed status ln so far that should one of them offend the law of "the League the other countries of the Commonwealth would be bound to break off relations with it. That changed status should be recognized in international law. He objected to the power Great Britain had at the' present time of landing troops on the shores of Ireland if they considered it advisable. Manitoba I. L. P. Mr. J. Queen, of the Independent Labor Party of Manitoba, said that unfortunately the Labor representation of Canada was very small, and they had very little influence on foreign policy. They regarded foreign policy as a disguised struggle between capitalists. There was a strong feeling in Canada that on the question of war Canada itself would decide. The Rev. C. F. Andrews, of the All-India* Trades J^nion Congress, urged that control should be given to the Indian people with respect to foreign affairs. Legacy, of Past Mr. E. L. Poulton (British Trades Union Congress) pointed out that British foreigh policy was a legacy from the past. They had questions thrast upon them, the origin of some of .which could be traced centuries back. He hoped that with the development of the Dominions the burden of these questions would be lightened, and there would be a devolution of*power and authority. He looked forward to the time wheft the Labor Party would be in power, and supported the policy outlined in the joint report submitted by the Labor Party and the Trades Union. Congress, namely, that they should endeavor to secure international agreements for. the application of the principles of the Geneva Protocol, and they shotild announce that in no case would the party resort to war except in support of the Covenant or in self-defence against flagrant aggression. Mr. G. E. de Silva, of the Ceylon Labor Union, expressed the opinion that representation should be given to .the Dominions in the House of Commons, or in the Ministries where foreign policy was determined. The debate was adjourned, after Mr. MacDonald had replied to some of the points raised. He observed that Commonwealth foreign policy was something that had to be considered in a constantly changing condition. Their aim should be an' Association of Independent Nations, thinking always in terms of peace. If there were some governments that objected to go to war, there were some also that objected to go to arbitration. They must all support the idea of a scheme of all-in arbitration.—Daily Herald. OUR MEAT PIES will make your picnic more enjoyable THE ESTHER BAKERY . 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST HIGHLAND 1309 R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Glen 370 4099 Hastings St. E. FRASER VALLEY MILK A Cream Wagon On Every Street Every Morning. 4E3o<3J From the Dairy With the Highest Score. 4So<*****$ 9 Q u a r t s . for One Dollar Fairmont 1000 HALIFAX LABORERS' UNION IS GROWING RAPIDLY Membership of the new Laborers' Union in Halifax has been growing rapidly and: within a space of four weeks has reached a total of 300. Already the members are realizing the possibilities of organization as a committee headed by President Cqsgrovc which has been negotiating with the employers reports, having received an offer pf forty cents per hour for a nine-hour day with time and one- half for overtime and double time for Sundays and holidays. As the men have gone on rt'eord for an eight- hour day, the committee has been instructed to continue negotiations with this end in view. As the result of efforts on the part pf representatives of the local, the Cprgoratipn of Halifax -decided to -raise/ fKfc: a&ksS: :5TEjjE.ay. civic laborers from 35 cents to .40 cents. Prior to the organization being formed, wages for,laborers in the city ranged from 25 cents to 3'5 cents per hour. Brewery Workers of Alberta Get Increase Alberta brewery, cereal and soft drink workers are now the highest paid men in their trade in the Dominion of Canada, a two-year contract having been signed by the Alberta brewers on Saturday evening granting an increase in wages of approximately $15,000 to 250 men, divided at about ?10,000 for brewery workers in Edmonton and a $5,000 increase in Calgary. Brewery workers in Lethbridge have been receiving the new scale for the past five year% A special committee representative of the International Brewery, Cereal and Soft Drink Workers of America carried on negotiations with the Alberta Brewers' Association in Calgary last week with A. E. Cross of Calgary as chairman of negotiations. Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge interests were represented. Friendly Spirit F. Smeod, western representative of the workers, was very much impressed with the friendly spirit which prevailed between the employers and employees during(nWotmrtions, the results of which *Jiere\y^ry/satisfactory to the workersr-TWe If eel that this is the greatest vultorylwc have ever won in Alberta," said Mr. Smeed at the conclusion of rregotiations. "We appreciate, too, that the brewers conceded a lot _jn granting our request. Good spirit existed between the two bodies in Alberta, which are both working for the satisfactory op- ereation of the liquor act in the province." The increase ranges from 2 to 15 cents an hour and every classfiication in the trade steps up on the' new agreement, which is drawn up to be effective until March 31, 1930. Mother sent her little boy to take hia smaller sister safely to kindergarten. When the boy came in a surprisingly short time, she asked: "Harry, did you treat Mary like a little lady as I asked you to do?" "No," said Harry, carelessly, "we canned that lady-and-gentlcmah stuff and I chased hen most of the One thing hard for the farmer boy' to understand is why he should have to plow* corn, when the fishing is good. ■ , * . * *\ .-I Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 27, 1928 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at IK Holden Bldg,. Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watt., Man. Editor. -... 'press committee Chairman Wm. Page (Carpenters). W. Watt (Plumbers), P. K. Bengough (Machinists), Tim Hanofln (Beverage Dispensers). J. McCurragh (Typographical). Ceo. Gerrard (Theatrical), W. Deptford (Street Railwayman), Blrt Showier (Dairy Employees). * Phone Seymour 6379 Vancouver, Friday, July 27, 1928 THE GAME OF POLITICS In 1916, on the grounds that it had been incompetent and forfeited all right to public confidence the electors of B. C. kicked the Tory party out and put the Liberal party in. In 1928, on the same set of charges the B. C. electors throws the Liberal party out and put the Tory party in. Human knowledge is, and always has been, obtained by a process known as "trial and error." We do a thing in a certain way and if the results are not what we hoped for, we do it over "again, and take advantage of what we learned by the former effort. In our efforts to secure good government by means of the great game of politics we abandon this process which has.given us all we have, and made us what we are, and when one experiment turns out a failure, we return to, and repeat, a former experiment which was equally disappointing, {ft,the ordinary course of things, in six to eight years, the great "free and independent" elector will convict the Tolmie government of incompetence or worse, kick them out and put the Liberal party in, and this way of carrying on government is supposed to purchase the merchandise pro- must not, under any circumstances, change it, either by favoring a third political party or by changing the scheme of government. The one is loudly asserted to be entirely unnecessary and the other is called sedition. To the person who has given some thought to the; government, its antics and purpose, the why, of it all is quite apparent But to the average old party elector who. gives ; more to his province than he gets from it, politics must be a mystery of the same order as railway rates and the peace of God. One of the forms of amusement among politicians is to remind each other of their broken promises. Tol- ml-iT hat[little to fear in tliis~<Kre£- tion, for his platform was an extensive list of promises to "inquire and a whole lot 'of inquiry can be done without intcrefering with profits. It is true some of the smaller fry in their anxiety promised eighteen dollars per week minimum wage for women, and so on, but these are only academic expressions of opinion, and the pudgy gentleman has probably forgotten it already. A point tbat appears to the writer of some value is the fact that during the campaign Mr. Tolmie proved that he understood the British Columbia labor market. It is the policy of every government in Canada to lie regarding the expatriation of the Canadian born. In his campaign addresses Mr. Tolmie frankly acknowledged that the British Columbia boy was being driven out because there was no work for him in his own country. If Tolmie, as premier, can remember this, and will use-the power that is placed in his hands to put an end to this crime, he will serve the legitimate interests of labor, and ' the highest interests of his own province.—M. gradually worked out, at a great saving to the city almost every year from Vow on. Every delay on what appears to be a necessary change, will only add to the cost at a future date, and whereas the cost of certain alterations in the very near future will^be almost nil, these same changes which will become necessary in a dozen, years, will cost a large sum then. \ Undoubtedly there will be some opposition to ttite zoning as proposed by the engineers}, but if every person could visualizeAthe benefits of this zoning there would be very little op- posit;on, except, by those whose property might appear to be affected. In the march of progress some sacrifices must be made but we believe that if the plans are endorsed at the present time that a very few will suffer financially and\ thousands will benefit. . Possibly the Civic Centre plan will open up the greatest controversy, as the people living farthest, away from the proposed site will want it near their own home. • The possible sites, whether they be in Fairview, Central school or next to the proposed Burrard street bridge, will be ortly a few minutes apart, judging by th& speed of transportation these days, SO that it seems to use that the best way to pick the site would be to-find which site lent itself to beautiful surroundings, long distance view and adaptability of the land for the imposing structures that a civic centre, should have. The English Bay site undoubtedly lends itself to all these things. The land rolls down to the bay, the proposed Burrard street bridge will give a magnificent view of the buildings, and a long vjew can be obtained from the Kitsilano reserve and beach and other places along the shores of Eng Ijsh Bay. The buildings wiJOe seen from the Granville street bridge and also from residences all the way up the hill to Broadway. No other site lends itself to such advantages. We can find no objection to the adoption of the plans in toto. These engineers are experts at that work and have left no stone unturned to provide us with a town planning scheme that will he the envy of every city on the American continent. Leaders Must Show Real Leadership The Fascist expedition under General Nobile to sail the dirigible Italia over the North Pole—which has been crossed by both dirigible and airplane before—has cost to date a good many, lives, and would have cost more but for the heroic rescue work of the Soviet ice breaker, Krassin, and her superb aviator, Chukhnovsky. It has not cost the life of General Nobile. ' The Italia crashed. Several members of her crew are dead. A still larger number of volunteer rescuers, if still alive, are in deadly peril. But Nobile- is cafe. When the rescue plane came to take away the men on the ice floe, it could carry only one man—and it carried Nobile. The survivors of his crew, all sick and one with a broken leg, had to wait; and the plane crashed when it came back for them. No explanation can ever explain this desertion. Leadership brings responsibilities, and one of these is that in peril or disaster, the leader must be ready to sacrifice himself. He must be ready to die at the head of his troops if a soldier, to sink with his ship if a sailor, to go to jail with his pickets if he is leading a strike. And nothing less will ^suff ice. . Raold Amundsen was a peppery, tempery man, not easy to get on with. He loathed Nobile, counting him a "grandstander." The event seems to show that Amundsen was a prettv good judge of character. But when Nobile was wj-tycked, Amundsen, mindful of his responsibilities as foremost of Arctic trav^ elers, led an expedition to the rescue. He has v-jtnjshed in the mists of the north. Possibly he is still alive and may be rescued; but the chances are that lie has laid down his life for a man not worthy to untie his shoes. There is real leadership. Chuk- hovsky has shown it too; and the gallant Mallllgren. But a chemical analysis could not find a trace of such leaderihip in Nobile. THE CITY BEAUTIFUL At the invitation of Mr. Harland Bartholomew and associates, town planning engineers, the executive of the Trades and Labor Council looked over the maps prepared by these engineers and discussed the nlans being suggested by those engineers for the Vancouver Town Planning Commission. The engineers appear to have covered every point necessary to bring out the changes tbat should be desired for a growing city.' The plans are based on a pqpulation of one million people and. show how this population can be "comfortably distributed to avoid over-crowding •and prevent interference with the health of the tommnnlty. After obtaining all the. details that these engineers- have drawn up we can truthfully state that the town planning commission was very.neces- .sary and was not appointed'any-too soon. The plans can be adopted.' and WHO SAVES? Contractor Cosco, who has been doing road work and sewer work for the corporation of Burnaby, is somewhat peeved with members of that council because they have ordered the contractor to pay the prevailing rate of wages. He has been paying $3.78 a day, whereas the prevailing rate for that kind of work *in this district is $4.50. Contractor Cosco says that the interference with * his scale of pay is unjustifiable, and ac- £us.es_Jhe cojuicillors_of_Jiaying created a campaign of slander. Councillor Pritchard says that there "is no campaign of slander, all that is want- ed»is for Cosco to pay the prevailing municipal scale. Contractor Cosco intimated th.*>t he has saved the municipality $10,- 000, and if he has to pay the higher scale he will .-have to raise bis coh- tract price. If Cosco ha3 saved the municipality $10,000 it must have beeh at the expense of the workers in hrs employ, and if any municipality is going to save money by fleecing its citizens, then th:; quicker it is adjusted, the better for Jill concerned. How can these crtrployecs pay their taxes and rents if some slave-driving contractpr lops 72 cents a day off the wages of those who are doing the dirty work? Ditch digging is not a nice job by any means, and it is also a dangeroi<~i job, as workers have been killed by having the walla fall in on them, but it becomes a very .undesirable job when some contractor cuts that much off the wages in order to allegedly save the municipality that mujh. *f Cosco wants to raise his contract price, the municipality should do the work with day labor and save more money, even I though paying the men the fair scale ON WITH THE FIGHT While somewhat disappointed at the results of the election in British Columbia, the Independent Labor Party is not going to shed any tears over the results, but will gird on its armour for a further and stronger attack upon the present system of wealth production. It may be that the defeat, if it can be called that, will goad us on to greater action and be the turning point in Labor's poll tical efforts. Labor gained more votes than it lost, so there is some consolation in that even^though ss*gtg25K££-:'*HtedB: ft. :NeelSn3s "Tost tnewmth" Vancouver seat with about 20 votes less than he received in 1924. F. A. Browne lost the Burnaby seat witli 190 votes less than in 1924, although in both cases the total vote cast was . . t > Poor Seller Professor (to stxident): "Mr. Hol- stein, spell banana." Student: "B-a-n-a-ji-a-n-a. I know- how to spell it, but I don't know when to stop." \ less than in 1924. These were the only seats we lost, as Dick Burde obtained his Alberni seat as an Independent and did not run in the last election. Angus Maclnnis increased his vote in the city over that of 1924, Guthrie increased his^ote-m^owichanr and Uphill increased his in Fernie. .In these last mentioned places the Labor vote has steadily increased. In Fernie it has increased thus: 1920, 840; 1924, 1001; 1928, 1561. In Newcastle the vote has increased thus: 1920, 615; 1924, 1132; 1928, 1489. Our worst setback has been in Nanaimo where J. Place, although not running as an I. L. P. candidate, Was reputed to be a Labor candidate. The vote in Nanaimo has been thus: 1920, 1181; 1924, 1088;. 1928, 554. This seat may have become Labor's if Bruce, the Communist, had not muddled it up. He accepted a nomination when W. A. Pritchard, former , Labor candidate, was eligible to run and helped to oppose every effort made to place W. A. Pritchard in the field. A few days before nomination Bruce discovered that he was not eligible to run, not having been in the province six months. He then turns the nomination over to Jack Place after knowing that the workers in Nanaimo wanted Pritchard. Place was dubbe-F^a Communist candidate and receiwl 554 votes as against 1088 for Pritchard in the 1924 election. Less than 200 votes more than the 1924 vote would have elected Pritchard. Guthrie gained 360 votes in the adjoining constituency so there is every reason to .believe that Pritchard could have made it. The election is over, however, and our wailing will not help the situation, so we must forget what has happened and do our best to work for victory in the future. The little setback here is no criterion that Labor is gojng to continue to be defeated. Almost everywhere the political Labor movement is growing, and with the Conservative party in harness, we have every opportunity to show the masses how that party lines up with the plutocrats. This is going torte*{|Bb,'g^Thffl)£K^r-Jusfcra: the British""Labor "Tarty "Is "showing up the hypocrisy and Callousness of the Conservative party in Great Britain, we mustvgirdon our armour and renew our attacl£_Blong similar lines in British CoJumbia.V. • ,'"-.''•', AN INTERNATIONAL BOND We Own and Offer: ,..■'.:: First Mortgage Sinking Fund Bonds (Closed Issue) 6V2 Per Cent. 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With $1,000 saved you can look to the future with confidence—start one of these easy savings plans now:— $1,000 in 4 years—costs $940.16 in weekly payments of $4.52. \ $1,000 in 3 years—costs $956.28 in weekly \ payments of $6.13. . Vy $1,000 in 2 years—costs $970.32 in weekly payments of $9.33. a The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch - - B. L. Mitchell, Manager 17 Offices in Vancouver, 53 Branches in British Columbia SUBSCRIBE TODAY Wa invite yon to •ubicribo or get a friend to »ub- •cribe for The Labor Statesman. The rate* are two dollari for one year, one dollar for iix montht. I enclose dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to the address below for _ „ months, commencing with the next issue. NArME. ADDRESS Plea*-, WWW ylalwiy W ATOl*HB»t»fcay Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver Friday, July 27, 1928 THE LABOR STATES-MAN Five UNION STEAMSHIPS EVENING DANCE CRUISE to BOWEN ISLAND LADY ALEXANDRA LEAVES UNION SOCK EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 7:30 P.M. DANCING ON BOARD AND AT THE PAVILION, BOWEN ISLAND. PERCY LEES COUNTRY CLL'B ORCHESTRA. RETURN 0*1 A A INCLUDING ADMISSION TO FARE •p.I IMJ PAVILION, BOWEN ISLAND Steamer leaves Bowen Island at 10:45 p.m., arriving back in town 11:15. REFRESHMENTS AT PAVILION CAFETERIA. Make Up Your Party Early for This Delightful Outing. Tickets and all Information regarding sailings at City OfficA 533 Granville; Sey. 9331. Thos. Cook & Son. 723 Georgta"WTr-S^y. .654; Union Dock, Foot Carrall, Sey, 306. ' ^"1-;, JOIN THE LABOR PARTY For Further Information Write B. C. SECTION, CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Secretary, X Stevenson, 3 Orosvenor Ave. N., Vancouver, B. C. Plume Glenbnrn 404yl Prealdent, VT. 3. Bartlett; Vice-Presidents, J. Wood, K. S. Bate, W. W. Lefeaux, E. Bale, M. (Holiday. w 0 0 —FOR BETTER FIREWOOD, and COAL THAT PLEASES Phone High. 498 ,> SERVICE, QUANTITY AND QUALITY GUARANTEED 0 ABBOTSFORD WOOD & COAL CO., L C 0 A Financial Empire Has Grip on Canada & U.S. The extent to which the same financial empire extends over both Canada and the United States is shown in a recent United States Department of Commerce report. The total investment of United States capital in Canada now exceeds that of all other nations combined, including Great Britain. This is a great change since 1914 wheA'British investment in Canada exceeded that of the United States more tlian four times over. The international financial control of the railroads is particularly remarkable, in that between 1914 and 1928 United States investors put as much as $498,255,000 into Canadian railway companies. The preliminary estimate of the Financial Post Year Book of Canadian business for 1928 places the total of Canadian securities owned in the United States at $3,031,000,000, compared with $417,100,000 in 1914. In the same interval British investment in Canada has increased from $1,800,000,000 to $2,110,000,000. Investment of other countries in Canada was $139,600,000 in 1914 and $236,000,000 in. 1928. The share of the United States in the total foreign investment in Canada increased from 17 per cent in 1914 to 56 per cent in 1928. The department renlarks on the extent to which American investors are represented on the directorates of Canadian corporations and Canadian investors on the boards of corporations in the United-States. It also notes that in 1928 Canadian investors held $772,200,000 of American securities/ "REDS" FALL DOWN Chicago.—A petition to call a special convention of Illinois miners has failed to secure the necessary signatures. The petiton was circulated by the so-called "left wing" groups. Four thousand signatures were required under the miners' rules, and the "Reds" secured but 1,273. TORONTO MAY TAKE OVER AND OPERATE TAXI CABS Toronto Ont—This city, long recognized as the public ownership center of the American continent, may take over the taxi cab busincss.and operate it in connection with its publicly ownad-street railway and motor bus services. Controller A. E. Hacker is advocating the scheme. "We Do Not Patronize" STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFEi COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Ha.ting. W. THOMAS & McBAIN, Clothier., 655 GranVille. LEN A. DAVIS, Lathing Contractor. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN & LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by tha Vanoo-aver, Haw Westminster and District Tradaa and Labor Council, for tha lnfounatlon of . all anion members. Bread Supplies in Moscow Are Increased Russia's .purchase of Canadian wheat is not a sign of bad crops but only a measure' to safeguard the bread supply of its people. In an effort to prevent such difficulties as those of last year in collecting wheat the Soviet government has formed a grain purchasing and distributing organization which, it is stated, will be the largest of its kind in the world. All grain trading groups are being merged into a "giant bread trust" which will have a basic capital—ot 300,000,000 roubles (nominally £30,- 000,000). M. Kapelinsky, the vice-chairman of the trust, declares that it will operate 4U0 large mills and 89 elevators. Meanwhile (says a B. U. P. wire) brighter harvest prospects are reflected in the fact that thepoa^nts are selling more grain to the government," for the collections in June amounted to 355,000 tons compared with 281,000 tons in May and 310,- 000 tons in Juno of last year. The bread supplies in Moscow have noticeably increased. A delegate from the Edmonton Trades and Labor Council will be sent to the convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, which will be held in Toronto in September it was decided at the meeting of the Edmonton Trades Council on Monday night. The delegate will be selected at the next meeting, when it is hoped that a large number of delegates will be nresent. A letter will be sent out to the local unions urging them to send delegates to this convention. Increased Wages As Unemployment Remedy Higher wages as a remedy for over-production and unemployment were urged by Ethelbert Stewart United States Commissioner of La bor Statistics, in a recent "speech at New Orleans before the Association of Governmental Labor Officials of the United States and Canada, according .to the Federated Press. "Pay your common laborer a scale that you now pay organized labor and you will put enough money into circulation through him to absorb the country's gigantic mass produc tion," Stewart said. He said that the economic problem of today is the distribution of wealth to the greatest number of workmen to enable them to purchase the merchandist pro duced. Production, he said, has in creased while employment has -dropped, • - Halifax, N.. S.—A new organiza tion of teamsters and chauffeurs was formed at a recent meeting held here, under the auspices of the Organiza tion Committee of the Trades and Labor Council. Twenty-five men were signed up and decision reached to apply for a charter to the Interna tional Brotherhood of Teamsters and Chauffeurs. At a further meeting ad ditional members were added to the rolls and officers elected, Mr. Frank Kidney being chosen as president and Mr. Clnrence Await as secretary-trea surer. Thi«r makes the fourth new organization t-5 be formed in Halifax within the past two months, and great credit is due all those who are assisting in the organization campaign which is being carried on in the city. Send in Your Adv. Tho codfish lays a million eggs, The boastful hen but one; But the codfish doesn't cackle Over what she has gone and done. We s*orn the modest codfish. And the boastful hen we prize, I Which only goes to show, my friends, I It pays to advertise. BANKRUPT SALE REOPENS AT NINE A.M. The Army & Navy Store, 40 Hastings Street West, the Scene of Great Buying Enthusiasm. A wonderful money-saving opportunity is presented to the people, of this community in the extraordinary purchase by. this establishment of goods from a bankrupt stock. The crowds attending this sale have been terrific. A huge stock of Shoes, Furnishings, Hats, Clothing, Ladies' Goods,'etc., is being sacrificed for a short time. It will pay ail intending purchasers to pay this concern a visit, as tho values offered arc truly remarkable. The sale resumes daily at 9 a.m. An example of the Many Bargains are Jnentioned here: 50c Ladles' Hose, tie; 25<< Towels, 9c; $2 Bathing Suits, 49c; 29c Collars. 5c; $1.50 Hatchway Union Suits, 69c; $3.50 Khaki, Waterproof Pants, 98c; $1.50 Ladles' House Dresses, 69c; $l.f,0 Overalls (soiled!, 69c; $1.50 Knee Pants, 49c; $! Ladles' Silk Underwear, 79c; $1 Children's Play Suits, 49c; $1 Gauntlet Gloves, 39c; 25c Sox, 9c; 35c Arrow- tex Collars, 14c; $12 Boys' Suits, $4.95; $5 Boys' Suits, $1.95; Lot Men's $2 and $2.50 Work Pants, now selling at 98c; Men's Pants, sold to $3.50, for $1.95; Men's Press Pants, sold up to $7, $2.98; $20 All-Woo! Suits, $7.95; $6 Officer!!' Breeches, $3.95: $1.50 Ladies' Night, gowns, 49c; $1 Children's Union Suits, 49c; $1 and $1.50 Golf Hose, 49c; 50c Boys' Underwear, 19c; $10 Ladies' Pi-.-sm-s. $1.95; $15 Ladies' Dresses, $2.95: $20 Ladies' Silk Dresses, $4.95; $2 English Razors, 39c; $1 Thermos Style Bottles, 32c: $7 Woo! Blankets. $3.95; $1.50 Tablecloths, 79c; $8 Double Bed Camp Cots, $2.95; 15c Ribbons, yard, 5c; $8 .and $10 Slater Astoria Shoes and Oxfords. $4.95; $10 and $12 J. & T. Bell Men's High-Class Dress Boots, selling .at $4.95; Officers'. Dress Boots/ worth $7, now .selling at $3.95; $7 English Made Dress Boots, selling lit $3.95; $4*and $5 Men's Boots, now selling at. $1.98; Men's $7 Fine Oxfords, now selling at $3.89: Lot Men's Shoes, 9Sc: $2.50 Boys' Shoes, 98c;-$15 Men's ,and Youths' Suits, $4.95; <>Men's and . Young Men's Suits, regular $25, $9:95; $40 Suit Values, $14.95; $7 and $10 Raincoats, now selling $2.95; $2 Shirts; now 98c; $4.50 Men's Work Boots, now selling at $2.95; 25c Men's WooP Hose now selling at 13c; $3 Khaki Wool Shirts now selling at $1.49. Poverty Line Grows In United Kingdom London.—Nearly 8,000,000 people in the United Kingdom, or between 15 and 18 per cent, of the entire population, are on the poverty line, according to the latest report of the Ministry of Labor. The army of unemployed is being recruiter steadily; 1,218,000 persons were receiving unemployment relief on July 2. Luxury exports are increasing, but manufacturer^ .of staple goods appear to be losing ground. The coal industry has fared worst; the output is half a million tons per week less than at this time last year. British industry seems caught in a vicious circle. Reduced wages and unemployment cut down purchasing power, manufacturers curtail output, which means more unemployment and more efforts to cut wages and, of course, that means a further/drop in the purchasing power of Britain's best customer—the British working- BUY A SMILE By Rota Zagnoni Marinoni I am a vender of smiles — Who'fl buy? Who'll buy? I have no rust or gloom— Not I Not I! I have a big, big basket full Of songs and cheers. I have no clouds for sale, Nor frowns, nor fears. Do buy this sparkling thing— A. smiling face. J It's edged with bits of gold And silver lace! Who wants my smiles and cheers? It's all I've got. Do take some home with you. Why not? Why not? n THE Extra ! Open Saturday! RED BUGS - NEW ROLLER COASTER Come and See! Come and Enjoy Yourself! HASTINGS PARK TAK^X3AKS 8 OR 13 THE DEWAR SHIELD The Dewar Shield, emblematic of victory in the District Exhibits at the Provincial Exhibition, was presented by Lord Dewar in 1905. Langley won it. The contest has grown till it is now unique. Requests for information about it comes from all parts=over fifty" having reached Manager D. E. MacKenzie from the U. S. alone. The district exhibits at the provincial are the last word in beauty and perfection, and an amazing demonstration of production possibilities. Chilliwack won the Dewar Shield in 1906 ami 1907; then Surrey held it for the next three years. Langley held it in 1911-1913, inclusive. During the war even the district exhibits did not materialize. Richmond won from 1920 to 1921, inclusive, but Langley came back the following year and has held the Shield over since. Langley has ten wins out of eighteen to her credit. The handsome embossed silver shield is mounted on an oak shield, grouped around which are eighteen small silver shields, each bearing the name of the municipality and the year of success. The winning district holds the trophy for one year, nnd receives from Lord Dewar a miniature of the big shield. 4 — BOOST IN TROLLEY FARES; RIDERS MAKING WRY FACE Ottawa, Canada.—By a majority decision the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada has granted the Ottawa street railway company, prvately owned, an increase in fare, bringing it from 5 cents to 7 cents,, or four tickets for 25 cents. Commissioners Lawrence and Oliver dissented. The award is far from popular with the citizens of the national capital, the great majority of whom arc under-paid cjvil servants. Five years ago the people of Ottawa voted to take over the road, but the deal fell through. Then the company got a new and very liberal franchise. MOVING TENDERS T.ENDERS WANTED for the moving of gymnasium on Alberni Street to King George High School, Nelson and Hornby Streets. Specifications can be obtained from the Architect. School Board Office. 590 Hamilton Street, after 10 a.m., Saturday. 21st July, 1928. Tenders, in .duplicate, with marked cheque for $200.00, enclosed In sealed envelope. Addressed to "Secretary nnd Chairman, Vancouver School Board." and endorsed •Tender for Moving Gymnasium," will tie received by the undersigned oh or before 5 p.ni. Wednesday, 25th July, 1928. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. E_ C. WOI.KEzMEBJON. Business Manager & Secretary. PAINTING TENDERS TENDERS WANTED for painting work in Templeton Junior High School, Georgia Street East and Templeton Drive, and in the Kitsilano Junior High School, 12th Avenue and Trafalgar Street. Plans and specifications can be obtained from the Architect, School Board Office. 590 Hamilton Street, on deposit $5.00 each. Tenders In duplicate, with marked cheque for $200.00 in each ease, placed in sealed envelopes, addressed "Secretary and Chairman. Vancouver School Hoard," and endorsed "Tender for Painting Kitsilano Junior High School." and "Tender for Painting Templeton Junior High," will be received by the undersigned on or before Wednesday, August 1st, 1928. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. B. G. WOLFE-MEBTON, Business Manager and Secretary. VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS. Biieuma'tism,' I.umliago, Neuritis, Bad Cold. MASSAGE A SPECIALTY1 • ". PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. SEY. 2070 The newly-married couple stopped for lunch at a hotel, where.the manager was . oyerrattentiye.^ Fo'L.tlie ,tet^-iimfc-Ke-saile>d -up. ' , "And what can I get for you now, sir?" "Some honeymoon salad, please." "You have me. there, sir," replied the manager. *'May I ask what it consists of?" ,.,„. . "Just lettuce alone." EAT TODAY AT THE RICHMOND CAFE 100 Per Cent. Union. All White Help 1033 Granville St. (Nr. Nation) .The Only_ Union J?tah._*oi,.CWp_ ' * 'Shop in the City! "". Ye Olde English Fish and Chip Shoppe 814 ROBSON (Near Granville) Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 27, 1928 Install Duplex Convenience Outlets THERE is no need to do without those beautiful lamps or those handy electrital appliances just because your house is., not wired for convenience outlets. Any electrician can quickly and cheaply install them in your home without disfigurement or damage. Always put in duplex outlets. They cost only a trifle more and double the usefulness of the outlet. Botsh Coidmbm (®) ElecteicBmwhtCo. VANCOUVER Buy Umnj, Stamped Shoes •^'■■*'S% W6RKERS UNION. UNIOtwJjTAMP We ask all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of tho shoe. We ask yon not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union ArrilUUd with UM Awrluo TtatttUea tt Labor 246 SCMMBB STBEBT, BOSTON, MASS COLL1S LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BAINS General Secretary-Treaaurer Broadcasting Station Owned and Operated by Union Labor New "Occupation" in U.S. Making Headway By SCOTT NEARING, Fed, Press New York gunmen are letting some daylight into one another, and incidentally into a situation filled "with" social dynamite. Within a week 4 of them have been shot to death on the streets of New York. Why have they been shot? No one seems to know exactly. Perhaps it is a struggle for leadership in one of the gangs. Perhaps a conflict between rival gangs over some specially choice morsel. At any rate the gangsters are slaughtering one another nnd so far the police are not interfering. The high spot in the present gang war was the shooting of Frankie Yale at 3 o'clock on a Sunday afternoon in a busy Brooklyn street. Yale's assailant drove a car beside the one in which Yale was driving, shot Yale • dead, and sped away. Frankie Yale was an important figure in New York gangdom. He owned nn expensive car, wore diamonds, lived in a beautiful apartment, had 50 suits and 25 pairs of shoes. His coffin cost $16,000. Elaborate floral pieces followed his body to the cemetry. Yale was rich and powerful. He -was undobutedly killed by a rival seeking his sources of income and power. Highly Paid Occupation! Bootlegging, hi-jacking, extortion, "protection," crimes bought and paid for are the principal source of revenue upon which the modern gang exists. These occupations pay far more highly than "respectable," "honest," "law-abiding" occupation open to the masses of Americans. The ordinary worker figures his income per year in hundreds of dollars. Successful gang leaders figure theirs in hundreds of thousands. Frontier days produced gangs of cattle thieves, highwaymen and bank robbers who lived in remote districts and made raids on the centers of wealth and population. The modern gangster lives and operates in New York, Detroit, Chicago. " - That is the significant thing about the modern gang:. It is grpwing-i-up in the heart of capitalist-Imperialist society. An Occupation Gangism is an occupation like real estate dealing, banking, stock-trading, wheatpit gambling. profitable. The police do not interfere unduly with any of these parasite occupations, partly because they are themselves engaged in a parasite occupation and partly because they get a share of the profits. Extortion and murder have attracted able men in all great ^historic periods. Some of them entered the diplomatic corps and the army, others became soldiers of fortune, still others operated illegally on the payroll of powerful interests that wanted "jobs" done. In the centers of American wealth and power it pays better to be a successful leader of a murder gang than it does to be a tire-builder, a weaver, a tool designer or a coal miner. It pays better because those who direct American economic life are willing to pay more for a case of whisky or a murder job than they are for tire- building, weaving or coal mining. Capitalist imperialism has reached a stage of development in the United States at whch crime is more remunerative, by a long way, than is law and order. The system is rotting at the center. The real estate operators, the bankers, the lawyers are slipping. WHY MEN LEAVE FARMS Washington.—"Inability to make both ends meet" is the largest single factor in causing people to leave farms, while old age. may be taken as the second largest, according to a survey, by the department of agriculture. Twenty thousand former farmers were questioned. One-third left farming because it was "a poor business," while one-fourth based their departure on old age and the inability to carry on under its attendant liabilities. URGE OLD-AGE PENSIONS Springfield, III.—Organized labor are asking legislative candidates ho* they stand on old-age pensions. This measure was passed by the last state senate, but failed in the house by two votes. INVESTORS PROSPER New York.—Investors will receive' approximately $719,000,000 in dividends and interest during July,. This is a new high record' and compares with $051,853.,0.00 paid in July, last year. In Japan children are taught to It is immensely wr.iU...5RiJiJiirbothfhftndiv •■ ' Known as "The Voice of Labor," station WCFL is a product of trade anion ingenuity, standing as a monument to the progressiveness of the Labor Movement of Chicago and to those within-its ranks,.whose foresight and perseverence made it possible. The equipment was purchased in the open market, each piece, union made and bearing the union label of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, was installed and is operated by trade unionists. The original equipment cost ; approximately $50,000, but the outlay since the openin-**- of the station to the end of 1927 represents an investment of over $160,000. The station is located on the Municipal Pier at Chicago, 111., its antennae 100 feet in length swaying in the breeze 150 feet above the waters of Lake Michigan, a mile from shore. By unanimous vote the City Council of Chicago, permitted the use of the Municipal Pier at a nominal rental of $1.00 per year, it being provided that the city may use the station in any kind of an emergency, for which, purpose there-is a microphone on the mayor's desk. It is at present operating on a wave length of 483-6, or 620 kilocycles, and its power is about 2,000 watts.* It is planned to build a new station of maximum intensity, 50 kilowatt capacity, about thirty miles outside Chicago, and an option has been taken on a farm of 255 acres for this purpose. The new station, will be self-contained, with newer avA administrative offices and will cost in the neighborhood of $250,000. Audience of Five Million WCFL is on the air every day from 12 noon until 12 midnight and is credited with an audience of about five million people. It has its own magazine,, "The WCFL Radio Magazine," published by the Co-operative Farmer Labor Listeners' Association and it operates a radio school in connection with its laboraotry. Features of the control board are a fading panel and outlets for thirty-eight microphones. There are short wave transmitters, long wave transmitters and sbip wave transmitters, used as the occasion demands- The station has one of the best equipped studios for broadcasting in the country, arranged to accommodate large Orchestras or bands- Its equipment includes a Barton organ and a Stein grand piano. There is another studio used for brodcasting speeches, educational talks and a va r;ety„ of entertainments. Tel the latest scientific marvel, was broadcast from Station WCFL for the first time on the evening of June 15, 1928. The demonstration, pronounced a marked success, was directed by the two inventors of the new wonder, Ulysses A. Sanabria and M. L. Hayes. f Dented a Hearing The purpose in establishing Station WCFL was the presentation of facts concerning labor matters, and to serve the interests of the organized workers in making the truth known in times of stress. Edward N. Nockels, secretai-y of WCFL and secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor, commenting on the enterprise, said: "The policies of the Labor Movement have been so misrepresented in the subsidized press that the public in general has been cruelly deceived as to our purposes and undertakings. On practically all important questions we have been denied a hearing at bar of public opinion. We now propose to lay our case before the thoughtful men and women of the country through this broadcasting station, which we will own, control and operate ourselves." Proof that the Chicago Federation of Labor is on the right track is contained in the statements regarding the operation of the station that some large open-shop employers' associations have made. One of them warns its members: "From the standpoint of promoting unionism, this scheme is a most wonderful stroke of strategy. The recently acquired process of radio activity is the most far-reaching educational scheme ever inaugurated. Dangerous policies may be brought about and broadcast with so little effort on the part of organized labor after this process becomes once established." Influence Being Felt The influence of this new activity of Labor is being felt and its effectiveness is attested by the application of eini>loynig*fflwrt5ts"oT ChicigoTn April, 1928, fpr an injunction in ,the Superior Court to restrain station WCFL from broadcasting news of the struggle between it and Local Uni-m 17117 of the Florists and JJardeners against the "open shop" and Myellow dog contract." The injunction was refused. With the assistance of the Actors' Equity Association and the American Society .of Authors, Composers and Publishers, WCFL has been enabled to place and maintain its musical programmes, which were inaugurated on July 27th, 1926, on a high plane, combining professional entertainment with talks on bread and butter questions, thus producing good will and forming a pleasant background for the educational talks and labbr news items. WCFL has also entered the telepraph field, communicating with iitieS scattered about the Great Lakes and the handling of commercial and private messages nlaces an independent service at the disposal of the public which should greatly enhance its Usefulness. Cost It Small The cost of installing and -maintaining station WCFL is defrayed by voluntary assessment of $2.00 per members, to be p^id by the members .of the Chicago Labor Movement quarterly over a period of two years. There are no stocks or bonds ut- standing, and this voluntary assessment constitutes the only source of. income. One vote is allowed for every dollar contributed and all propositions affecting WCFL are submitted to a referendum vote. Delegates to the Chicago Federation of Labor constitute the Board of Directors of the station and the elected officers of that body act as executive committee to the Board. WCFL was not established withoujt opposition, but the intelligent forces of the Chicago Trade Union Movement, which overcame all obstacles in this connection, are capable of placing the station on a plane of future usefulness far exceeding its early activities. Australian Labor Station The onlv other Labor radio broadcasting station in the world, outside WCFL of the Chicago Federation of Labor, is 2KY, located at Sydney, New South Wales, owned by and operated under the auspices of the Labor Party of Australia. Its"~wave length is 280 metres, and the generating power 1,500 watts. Originally, the generator power is scaled down to one-fifth to obtain an average antenna power out-put, and by this method, the station would be about equal to a 300-watt station of American rating. A move to destroy the effectiveness 2KY is indicated in orders of the Australian Federal Government that class B wireless stations, which includes the Labor station, be grouped within a wave area of 225 to 250 metres. It is said that this would seriously interfere wijth Labor's broadcasting activities and cause jamming with other stations. On a previous occasion, it is reported, government officials visited the station and removed an operating key which, it was contended, enabled the station to secure contact with far overseas stations for propaganda purposes. The Labor Council of New South Wales has resolved to continue operating on the power and wave length on which the license was granted and under which conditions the station was constructed. UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Alwaya Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late 72nd Batt 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When In a Hurry, Drop in At Egg Order. FRED'S "0^.r Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 72 Hastings West Alwaya Open ft. WILKINSON. Pm. 0. DUNCAN, Sir Reynolds'Cartage Co- LIMITED Phonss 86jmonr 3377-3378 Orating, racking, Shipping am Storage Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments -* i Office aim Wamhoaaei 733 — CAMBM STKBBT — TgS PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 New System of Social Insurance One of the most far-reaching developments in protective labor legislation in recent years is the final adoption by France of a compulsory system of social insurance which covers the risks of sickness, premature invalidity, old age, and death, and includes special provisions for dependents, for maternity, and for unemployed workers. The bill, which has been before Parliament for seven years, was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies on March 14, 1928, by an almost unanimous vote, after having passed the Senate July 7, 1927. It applies to all wage earners of both sexes whose total remuneration does not exceed 15,000 francs a year. This figure is increased to 18,000* francs in the case of wage earners having a dependent child, and is further increased by 2.000 francs in respect of each child after the first. It benefits more than 8,500.000 workers, and, including the families of the insured persons, covei? more^thAluliMUWtO** beneft- ittries.' The funds required for operation of the Act will amount to five billion francs a year. Employers, employees and the ate must all contribute to the re- Vdiwfes of "the insurance fund—the contribution of employee and em- The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. ployer being equal to 10 per cent, of wages not exceeding 15,000 francs, half being paid by the employer and half by the insured worker. When a worker reaches the age of 60 years he will no longer have to contribute to the fund, but will still be insured against the various risks if he continues at work. Cash payments and medical care arc provided for insured workers as w*ll«asfor their fnmilips in. cam*, of sickness. Women workers and the wives of insured, workers, in case of maternity, will receive medical' benefits and certain cash payments. An insured worker who after six months of illness remains incapacitated under the terms of the act is entitled to an invalidity pension. An old age pension is provided for all insured persons who have reached the age of 60 years—the pension heing calculated on the basis of 40 per cent of the average wages of the deceased. In case of unemployment, and consequent failure of a worker to keep up his contribution to the insurance fund, special provision is made for guaranteeing to the unemployed insured person his rights to the social insurance benefits during a period of six months. France's present action in adopting a sweeping measure of compulsory social insurance to protect wage earners and their families against poverty resulting from ever-present hazards of industrialism is of more ' than ordinary significance. France has long been regarded as an out-• standing exponent of the "laissez faire" attitude toward social economies. Her scattering attempt for the safety and health of the working population have been strongly influenced by the let-alone policy. The new Social Insurance Act represents an epochal departure from the outgrown doctrine of "laissez faire." As such it should be of particular interest in the United States and Canada where the rapid development of a gigantic industrialism is most vociferously accompanied by the slogan of "non-interference with business." CANADIAN COLONISTS It is to be hoped that the government will make every effort possible to come to an agreement with the transportation companies and to ne .able to offer Canadians who w,isb to remain in this country With the object of colonizing new land as advantageous transportation, conditions as those which immigrants alone at present can enjoy. Certain sacrifices will have to be made. Bnfc'are they not being made the whole time tor strangers?—Ottawa Droit. Fnday, July 27, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Cystitis, Dropsy and All Urinary Ills Take our Herbal Remedies SEND for Descriptive Pamphlet, also one on Loss of Manhood and Disorders of \ Men. Free by mail. Advice free. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 daily except Weds, and Sats., when closed all day. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's Oldest Herbal Dispensary uW. Classified Adverts. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wallls W. Z-etearut. 403 Metropolitan Building. Phone Sey. 6667. BATHS ' .* ***! Hastings Steam Baths Price 35c Only 766 Hastings Street East DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Jtntladge. 108 Hastings W. NOTABY PUBLIC P. B. Bengongh. 803 Holdsn Bldg. PRINTERS Lalior Statesman. 803-816 Holden Bldg, RUPTURE SPECIALIST O. E. Heard. 813 Bobson UNDERTAKERS Armstrong It Hotson. 304 Bnnlevy Avo.; n PRISONS •F. W. MOORE. m *& "Howdy, Lafe," saluted an acquaintance. "How's everything?" "Fincr'n frog hair," returned Lafe Lagg of Boogcr Holler. "0' course, it was so wet last spring that I didn't raise noth'n worth bragging about, and wife's got a risin' in her head and ain't no 'count for noth'n', a couple of the children got snake bit yiste'd'y and arc yelling about it yet, my brother-in-law took a notion to die on me not long ago and mussed the place up scan'lous, the south end of the house got burnt off. one night last week, our only cow choked to death tuther day, and such like. "But a couple of my hounds have got six pups apiece. Peartest little scallawags you ever laid your eyes on!" M^HERE TO GO? IT* NJOY your holidays ■*""' and week-ends at delightful mountain, river or seaside resorts! Spend them at North Vancouver, Grouse Mountain, Whyte- cl'ff, Horseshoe Bay, Lad- Port Moody, Port Haney, White Rock, Boundary Bay or Seattle. Pacific Stage Lines brings them close to you. It's a cool, speedy way to travel! Phone Sey. 4000 for information, schedule and special summer rates. Regular service and special coaches for week-ends and. holidays. In the "Vancouver Sun" for July 10th was the following statement: "Since 1914, twenty-five institutions have been closed in Great Britain owing to the phenomenal decrease in crime and the Home Office announces that still more prisons will have to shut down because of the lack of 'customers'." In the light of the theory of Lom- broso and other savants, vyho claim jcriminals may be known by the formation of the head, the above statement is enlightening to an extraordinary degree: The fact that the part of the population for whom these jails were built, simultaneously lost their ambition to shine as criminals doesn't point to great wisdom on the part of the "head-measuring" theorists; else one would expect the heads of some thousands of Lombroso-type criminals to undergo overnight a met amorphosis accompanied by cranial contortions. It is characteristic of modern men no less than of their savage ancestors,\when confronted with a phenomenon Iheyjlijn't understand to clothe it ih fijjnusnts of the imagination no less absurd? than the naiads and dryads, the spirits of fresh waters and trees that were no doubt often made the metaphorical scapegoats of ancient days and blamed whenever it was necessary to trace blame to its source. If people would only consider that there are fundamental laws governing the progress of man-Jaws that have been manifest for untold centuries,, they wouldn't find any cause for wonder in this sudden cessation of the need for Drisons. Men's actions are governed, to a large extent, bv their economic needs. In order to understand this, it is necessary to go back to the early stages of human development. Primitive men had no motives for establishing prisons. The act of stealing was as unthinkable as it was impossible. There are incontrovertible proofs of the existence of a variety of communism during the infancy of the race, in Paul La fargue's book, "The Evolution Property." In those days the only private property consisted of personal effects. Many examples could be cited, but as space forbids prolixity, I shall choose a modern instance: "The Esquimaux cannot possess more than two canoes; the third is at the disposal of the clan; whatsoever the proprietor does not use is considered as property without an owner." But the, point, is this, that in thoso days and for centuries later "Honesty was the best policy." It is impossible to conceive of the existence of prisons during the thousands of years prior to the time that property began to be held in severalty. ~'* Man has necessarily embodied in him the quality of acquisitiveness; it is an essential endowment in his present crude stage of development. To satisfy his wants, circumstances sometimes force him to use means that are often questionable. Yet although he may be "deceitful above all things, etc.,, that is only a temporary condition. In his natural state, that is, when relieved from the conventional obligation to act a part, man is a delightful character. Take a picnic crowd who , temporarily^ forget the economic phase of existence and you have as far as • environmental influences of a crude civilization allow them to be so, a splendidly congenial set of human beings anxious to" spread the seeds of happiness as widely as Possible. And now we've come to the crux of the matter. The diminution of the prisons is about the best news we heard from the Old Land during the last half century. The fact is parallel to another fact, namely, that England has reached the frontier line of the New Order of Society. She has stumbled on the peaceful method of transition. However, that may be it is now reported that the jails referred to have been closed since 1914, or just three years after "unemployment, sickness and invalidity insurance" was established. Henceforth, there was not need to adopt desperate methods to procure the means of life and the number of jails necessary began to decrease accordingly. The insurance is sometimes called a "dol<5" as if people received it in charity. But it is nothing of the sort, as we shall see. The system began in 1911 with payments of twopence halfpenny a week for the men, the same for the employer and a penny and two-thirds for the government The provisions are much the same as those existing in any fratern al society. By 1919. a surplus of $21,000,000 allowed them to increase the benefit. In the year 1925-26 the national exchequer contributed $13,- 000,000 while the employees gave $34,000,000. That shows how ridicu- lonus it is to'imagine that the "dole" came but* of the pockets of the tax- of payer. Indeed, the tax-payer is probably saving money by the transaction since the expenses for workhouses are now borne by the whole nation instead of by the local taxpayers. Then think of saving the cost of even twenty-five penal institutions not to talk of the others that according to the Home Office are likely to shut down in the near future. Taking these and other facts into consideration there remains little 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 PICNICS AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS., LTD. PROMPT DELIVERY 1955 Commercial Drive Saving Money on Dentistry ««§•«•• money back arc free. fs an easy matter at this office because our modern equipment and low overhead expenses enable us to turn out NEW METHOD TRIPLE SUCTION PLATES for less than you would have to pay for ordinary plates • elsewhere. Hear in mind, too, that New Method Suction Plates are backed by our Written guarantee—and your if you are not satisfied after three months' wear. Estimates DOCTOR— R. LLEWELLYN DOUGLAS 12 HASTINGS EAST SURGEON DENTIST SEYMOUR 1460 tem of insurance will eventually prove to be an exceedingly profitable undertaking apart from its value as a "preventive" by destroying the temptations that formerly caused the young men to wander from the paths .of rectitude. But above all else, it is possible that in it, we may find a way of peaceful transition from our necessarily temporary profit-system to the nascent form of a real civilization. Productive Work For The Unemployed The administrative council of the Central Office for Employment Exchanges and Unemployment Insurance in Germany has laid down the guiding principles to be followed by the competent bodies in undertaking works supported by the funds of the Central Office The works must be of public utility. In granting subsidies, preference will be given to such works as may help to increase the supply of foodstuffs and raw materials, to increase the possibilities of unemployment^ or lead to a better distribution of labor throughout industry. The works must cmnloy a large amount of labor and a small amount of material. Support should be given only to work which otherwise could not.be carried out. Support cannot be granted except to public institutions, or mixed or private undertakings recognized as being of public utility. Private undertakings conducted for profit are excluded. Support may take the form of loans which are repayable, or of subsidies which are not to be repaid. The -doubt that'the~exteiisiun uf the sys^fjoans-must be^rcpaidr principal-ami IRANSPORlAriON' SEYMOUR ^T .PUfJSfclUfR: Latest Plan to Outlaw War and Its Horrors London.—Renunciation -of war, disarmament to mere police strength, arbitration, economic co-operation, franknes3 in dealings between nations. That it the British Labor Party's program for the preservation of world peace. It is embodied in a manifesto just issued and believed to be the party's platform for the general election, due within the next few months, according to sound political opinion. "The party," it says, "repudiates entirely the principles of the old diplomacy and the policy which governed international relations before the war." Kellogg's proposal to outlaw war is hailed as a definite step in the right direction. On the economic side, the Labor Party demands the withdrawal of children under IB from industry, and their maintenance by the state, the transfe* of unemployed miners from place to place as needed, clearance of slums and health insurance. -v Commercial Traveller (to proprietor he' found playing checkers with friend in* ,b?ck of store): "Do you, know" there are two customers in the store J" The dealer kept right on. playing, and whispered: "That's all right. Keep quiet and they'll go away again." . Calgary Laborers Gain Strike in Three Hours A record for a short sucessful strike has been made by Calgary Local Union 207 of Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers. It lasted only about four hours, according to a Galgary daily. At a meeting it was decided that the plasterers' helpers would strike Monday morning as a means of compelling three men employed on various jobs as assistant plasterers, to join the union. When the plasterers arrived at their labors on Monday morning they we're without assistants, even the three non-union men being absent. The advantages of union membership were pointed out to the three men by union officials and they decided it was to their advantage to join up with their fellow workmen. Thus Local 207 increased its membership .by three. The strike had nothing to do with the contractors. interest, by quarterly payments within a period not exceeding fifteen years from the completion of the work. The total amount of the subsidies is determined by the saving represented for the insurance or relief institutions by the employment of those at present out of work, at an average rate of 3 marks per day per person thus employed. In the case of unemployed in receipt of normal insurance benefit, the subsidy will be charged against the insurance funds. In the case of those receiving emergency allowances (Krisenunterstutzung), four-fifths of the cost will be borne by the Federal authorities and one-fifth by the local authorities concerned. In the case of persons in receipt of public relief, the public relief funds will bear the cost. As a rule, public bodies should not directly carry out the work subsidized, but, in the agreements with contractors for such works, they should ensure that various conditions laid down by the guiding principles [of the Central Office are.observed. Five-Day Week Is Gaining in Favor Portland, Ore., July 20.—The five- day week in the building industry of this city appears to be in a fair way of being established without the formality of being written-intof an agreement, but by the eo-oneralion of the building tradesmen and the building contractors. Three weeks ago one of the large contracting firms discontinued the regular Saturday half-day and now a number of contractors are following suit in most of their work. The change has not been heralded nor has there been long negotiations over the matteT, but labor officials have constantly pointed out the desirability of the five-day week as a benefit to all concerned. A number of local unions have already established the five-day week by agreement, among them being the Painters, Bricklayers and Electrical Workers. MONKEYING WITH THE BODY Melbourne, Austraia.—In an address at a meeting of the Food Education Society of Melbourne, the president, Dr. G. Philpots. referring Hamilton.—Hamilton plumbers and steamfitters, members of the United Association of Plumbers and Steam- fitters, Local 87, have secured an increase of five cents per hour as a result of recent negotiations withthe employers. The former rate had been 95 cents, and. the new agreement, which is to remain in force for One' year, pro-ytdes for an hourly rate of $1.00. About 100 members of the union >yill be affected by the .increase. COCOA SYRUP If your children will not drink mijk add a '--Mesp'oonful or so of this syrup to a glass of milk. If kept ice cold, it will taste as good as the drug store soda: Take Vs cup cocoa, mix with two cups sugar, stir slowly in one cup water, boil three minutes, add two teaspoons vanilla. Keep tightly sealed in glass jar in ice chest. —A- Toledo, O., grocer recently received the following frpm a delinquent customer:. "Der Sir: I got your dune what I owe you. a Now be pachunt. I ain't forgot you, pese wate. When some other fools pay me I pay" you. If this wus judgment' day and you wuz no, mprfi ^repaired to meet your Maike!- as I am this account, yon sure would go to hell. Hoping you will do this, I remain, Yours very truly." , . - to monkey gland treatment for rejuvenation, said a leading Australian surgeon had proved by long experience that glands from one animal, when transplanted.in another animal would invariably wither up. Exactly similar results followed the grafting of glands from one human being into another. The grafting of a monkey gland on to a human being merely supplied a hormone, which was a chemical messenger from a grafted gland that stimulated for the time being. Eventually the monkey gland withered away and became useless. The operation was a commercial proposition on wlv-h silly old women wasted a lot of money in futile endeavors to become rejuvenated. One might as well try to rejuvenate an old motor car by putting in a new carburetor. Next time you feel tempted to patronize a non-union restaurant or barber shop, remember "Punch's" advice to those about to marry. "Don't." BOOKS Everyone Should Read 25 Cents Each—5 for $100—All $2. 1. Masterpieces of American Humor. 2. The Best Jewish Jokes. 3. Masterpieces of German Humor. 4. Devil's Mother-in-Law. 5. The World's Great Religions. 6. Did Jesus Ever Live? 7. Twenty-six Men and a Girl. 8. How to Make Money in Wall Street. 9. How to Live 100 Years. 10. 100 Ways to Make Money at- Home, 11. Crimes Against Criminals.. 12. Every Day Rules of Health. W. H:~ RIBIS, Dept. 80, 423 Center St., Chicago, 111. Please send parcel * post prepaid books Nos . I enclose J _._ .—.- . _._ ~-..:'•— - g**g Name , ....:........ ;,„ Address ...: * ,.....: ', .... ■.-•■■. 'K»mt*$ '.' Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, July 27, 1928 NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 803, IS Haitian Street East Phones: Buy. 7495-6278 *H HORSE. RACES LANSDOWNE PARK AUGUST 1-8 H—Races Daily—rj Rain or Shine Pari-Mutuel» Under Government Supervision. Admission, Including Grandstand and Paddock, $1.75 McDonald goes east President Colin McDonald of the Tailors' Union has left for Chicago to attend a convention. He will visit Toronto, Hamilton and other Eastern points on his way back to do some organizing work. BEN MORLEY WAS A BUSY MAN AT PAINTERS' PICNIC Through a typographical, error; the. name of Bro. Ben Morley was left out of the Painters' Picnic report last week, so we are taking this opportunity of giving him the credit that is due him. He was chairman of the refreshment committee - and not a single person was dis-satisfied with the arrangements. There was plenty of everything and it was all served up in good time and order. There is a lot of work attached to this job which has to be done many weeks before the picnic is held, and Bro. Morley was the right man to handle it, judging by the success of that part of the picnic. An Eggetraordinary Story . "Have you heard the story of the three eggs?" "No." "Too bad!" BOOKS Everyone Should Read 25 Cents Each—5 for $1.00—All $2. 1. What Every Boy Should Know. 2. What Every Girl Should Know. 8. 100 Ways* to Kiss a Girl. 4. Girl With Three Husbands. 5. Flirtation in the Night. 6. Sexual Crimes and the American Law. 7. U. S. Marriage and Divorce Laws. -8; Problems of Birth Control. 9. Bluebeard and His Eight Unhappy Wives. 10. The Love Rights of Women. 11. Splendid Nights in Paris. 12. 26 Men and One Girl. W. H. RIBIS, Dept. 80, 423 Center St., Chicago, 111. Please send by par-* eel post prepaid books Nos I enclose $ Carpenters' Picnic Was Biggest and Best Yet Fully 1000 members of the Uniited Brotherhood of Carpenters and their families and friends spent a delightful day at Bowen Island on Saturday, July 21st, making this the biggest and best picnic ever staged by Local 452. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stewart and a party of-friends motored up from Seattle to attend, and although Charlie got lost on the Union Steamship "Lady Alexandra," he was delivered safely to the lunch tables by Bill Page and Bill Hargreaves. Miss Alice Hutchinson and Howard Wheeler played on the "Lady Alexandra" for those who cared to dance and this was thoroughly enjoyed. Every table on Grounds Nos. 1 and 2 were filled and many choice grassy spots under the trees. A big committee handled the refreshments in good style. After lunch, the group was photographed by Charlton and Rathbun. The sports commenced at 1 p.m. and lasted till 5. Bob Hatley and his committee of Chris. Atkinson and Jack Stevenson judged the winners, who were all greatly delighted with their prizes, which were distributed by Bill Hargreaves and his committee. After the races, Bob Smith of the Northern Construction Co. started a baseball match; a tug-of-war and quoits also created fun and interest. A swim for the committeemen was the next thing in order, but when Frank Palmer and Bill Page got in it caused a tidal wave and nearly engulfed Jimmy Smith, Lou Smith, Curly Curwen and Bill Hargreaves. Bill Hargreaves was already in bad, as he had got another blightly in the 100 yards, but came in second to Bob Thompson. - A tic for the largest family on the field resulted in Jack Stewart getting first prize and Dune. Forrest getting second. President Jimmy Smith and his committee were busy all day handing out soft drinks, ice cream, candies, etc., to the great delight of the kiddies and the adults. It would be a difficult johJ*o point out who worked the hardest to make everyone happy, but nobody soldiered on the job and among those not already mentioned were Charlie Mc- Guire, Ernie Laverty, Charlie Scott, Nat. Le Gallais and many others.' Mr. Laurence of Spear and Jackson conducted a draw for two of that firm's high-grade saws, the lucky ones being J. A. Robson and R. G. Wilson. The winner of P. D. Gordon's big prize was H. J. Reid, with ticket No. 1127. The following is a list of the prize wfnners-in the 2*4—events:—All the children under 7 years got a prize. The Picnic Committee takes this opportunity to thank all who took part to make the day a great success, not forgetting to mention the Daily Sun for giving publicity to the event. „ Girls 7 to 10 years: 1, E. Cars- well; 2, M. Brice; 3, D. Hoyle; 4, Marjorie Wcstwood. Boys 7 to 10 years: 1, S. Cooper; 2, Norman Loutit; 3, Ben Smallen- berg; 4, Herbert Knight. Girls 10 to 12 years: 1, Edna Harrison; 2, Ilene Carswcll; 3, Eunice Rimmer; 4, Marian Bodkin. Boys 10 to 12 years:" 1, Robert Tingley; 2, Kenneth Fraser; 3, James Watson. Girls, 12 to 14 years: 1st, E. Mc- Meekin; 2nd, Helen Ross; 3rd, P. Allbright. Boys 12 to 14 years: 1st, James Grummond; 2nd, Howard Wheeler; 3rd, Ed. Tingley. Girls 14 to 16 year: 1st, Letty Taylor; 2nd, Beryl Nairne; 3rd, Frieda McArthur. Boys 14 to 16 years: 1st, Sam Stewart; 2nd, Herbert Lewis; 3rd, Arthur Bunyan. Single Ladies' Race: 1st, Miss H. Mieklcson; 2nd, Miss M. Robertson; 3rd, Miss G. Courtenay. Married Ladies Race: 1st, Mrs. Wheeler; 2nd, Mrs. Caravan; 3rd, Mrs. Pekrul; consulation prize, Mrs. R. Norman. Men "over 40 years: 1st, R. J. Thompson; 2nd, W. Hargreaves; 3rd, W. J,. Owens; 4th, D. Forrest. Men over 50 years: 1st, W. For- ret; 2nd, J. Wood; 3rd, N. LeGallais. Ladies' Novelty Race: 1st, Grace Johnson;,2nd, Mrs. Carswell; 3rd, Mrs. Brown. Men's Onen Race: 1st, Everett Lyons; 2nd, J. Mclntyre; 3rd, W. Chamnlin. , Ladies Auxiliary: 1st, Mrs. Bleas- dale; 2nd, Mrs. Hope; 3rd, Mrs. Kelly. Quoits: 1st, J. Roberts; 2nd, Mr. 1st, J. G. Smith (cap- New Bedford Strikers Fighting For Lives chiT Every day in New Bedford thou sands of little children line up at the soup kitchens of the New Bedford Textile Council; every day hundreds of weary pickets tramp before the mill gates, and the hearts of thousands of mothers are torn with anxiety for the welfare of their c dren. This is New Bedford. Thirty thousand workers are fightng with their backs to the wall against the cruelty of a small but powerful clique of capital. These workers know their strike must be won or the manufacturers will rob them of their standard of * living and of all self- respect. Their battle is not only against an immediate temporary 10 per cent reduction, but against a. threatened series of such cuts. The strikers of New Bedford have proved their mettle in these weary weeks of struggle. American labor has never given a finer evidence of solidarity. They do not fear the mill barons, although they understand the meaning of their brutal silence. It is clear to them that their employers have adopted the old policy of waiting—waiting for hunger and hardship to break their spirit. Nothing but hunger can defeat the New Bedford strikers. It is the job of the whole body of American labor to supply the ammunition necessary to carry this fight to a glorious victory. The cry of the New Bedford strikers and their children must not go unheeded. Together with the miners these textile strikers form the offensive of Labor's army. Should their glorious efforts fail, textile workers throughout the country will lose hope for many years to cme. It is now the lowest paid industry in the country. Unless the workers succeed in raising it to the standard of other industries it must follow that the other toilers will be dragged down to the same intolerable level. During the week seven of our picket captains have been arrested, but this has not dimmed the spirit or the courage of the pickets. When it was discovered that some .strike breakers were being concealed at njght in one of the mills, the pickets did not hesitate to start a midnight picket line, which did not give up until six o'clock the following morning. This all night demonstration symbolized the determination of the strikers to stay on strike until victory is won. Labor and its friends must rush to the aid of the embattled textile workers. Their fight has been so courageous and is so full of significance to the working class that it must not be sacrificed to indifference. Think of 30,000 strikers and their dependents whose hopes lie in the outcome of this struggle and send your contributions to Ike-New Bedford-Textile Council Strike Relief, Labor Temple, New Bedford, Mass. FRANK MANNING, Publicity Agent. INCORPORATeo ttt MAY 1070, . 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These things will be done, and in the near future; and two things immediately suggest themselves: 1. This amazing development must not be allowed to fall into the hands of a monopoly, wielding irresponsible powers of certsorship. 2. Precautions must be taken to see that the new vision is not used for spy work, cither official or Corporate. . _ '■■-' It's great to be alive in an age like the present—but there's no denying that people must hustle to keep the wheels of progress from going over them.—Labor. Courtesy is like an air cushion: There may_bcLJQthJQS_in_it.^iut_it . I^Stcwa*rJ-lia^f*ui^_^liasSs tS^'joTti^ofl^r-fullyr—-^*-*--- DRUGS AT CUT PRICES We would appreciate those who are not onr customers malting* a purchase at any one of our fifteen stores and note the QUALITY, SERVICE, SAVING. Friday and Saturday Specials .35 .50 .25 .85 .61) .50 1.00 .50 Cedarnaptha Flakes ',..: .14 Seidlltz Powders. 8 in box... .13 MenthO-LyptdJ (for sunburn) .36 Ben**.o Almond Cream .14 Dr. Heid'B Rejuvenating Cold Cream ' .37 Mlnty's Shavlnff Cream .13 Woodward'H (iripe Water .41 Kraf-ny Body Powder .33 Encharmn Face Powder .66 Stower's Lime Juice .39 Sterno Kitchenette 40 1.50 Hair Clippers 7$ .75 Vacuum Bottles 37 .50 and .85 Virol, 4 and *8 oz 38 and 63 .15 Beatttasue Toilet Paper, 3 for .31 .25 Erasmic Soap, 3 for 38 .2(1 Parowax, per lb. 14 .25 Palm Olive Talcum -,••■ .13 .25 Cuscarets .:....:.. 17 .10 and .75 Bovrll, 2 and 4 ozs., .30 and .53 Vancouver's Own Drug Stores—Thirteen ln the City at Your Service. We Save You Money 1 VANCOUVER DRUG^G0MFANYr4JMffED^ 15 STORES FIRST CHURCH • - "The Church of the Open Door" HASTINGS STREET EAST AT GORE AVENUE Minister: REV. J. RICHMOND CRAIG Organist: Mr. F. Newton 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.: REV. W. H. SMITH, D.D. of Union College will preach EVERYBODY WELCOME ATTENTION CITIZENS CIVIC VOTERS' LIST FOR GREATER VANCOUVER The City Clerk's 'Office will be open from 9 a.m.- to 9 p.m. each day from July 21 st to July 31st, 1928, to receive applications to be placed on the Voters' List for Greater Vancouver. South Vancouver and Point Grey Offices, each day, and from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. List closes on July 31st, 1928. ' WILLIAM McQUEEN, City Clerk.' WORKERS FELICITATE CHIEF ON ENGAGEMENT Montreal, P. Q.—Mr. A. J. Thomas, assistant superintendent of shop methods, Canadian National Railways is the recipient of the congratulations of thousands of railroad workers upon his engagement to Miss Gerda Parsons of this city. Mi_.IhoraaA«a»»e-te .the National with-Sir Henry Thornton Some yeats ago. He is the son of the Rt. Hon. J. H. Thomas, leader of the British railroad workers and Labor member of Parliament. When the Canadian National established a branch to take care of the details arising out of the union- management co-operative policy, Mr. Thortias was' made'assistant to the superintendant. 4*»~thi& position hfi thuosanas of'shopmen.
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