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[The Labour Statesman]
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City Council Loses Control of the Newsboy Situation Unfair and Harsh Treatment Meted Out to Men Who Through Some Misfortune are Compelled to Earn a Living by Selling Newspapers—Boys Swarm Streets at All Ages and Hours MEN UNABLE TO FOLLOW REGULAR EMPLOYMENT—old men and cripples—are subject to a lot of unfair competition, and harsh treatment by wholesalers of local daily papers. Attempts to get better terms for union news vendors have failed and the men are discouraged and ask organized labor for support. ;- Delegates from the News Vendors Union drew the attention of the Trades Council to the treatment meted out to them, and what they are up against, in another effort to get some of their many grievances adjusted. The men who are selling papers on the street, generally have physical defects that prevent them from earning a living in some other way. They do not desire to become public charges, so attempt to help themselves by this means, but find that their job is becoming harder and the pay smaller. - One of the complaints is to the -effect that they have to sell 200 daily -papers—Sun or Province—to make '$1.50. They have asked the managements, along with delegates from the Trades Council, to give them a better deal, but they have been turned down. Wholesalers will sell the papers to every boy that comes along, and this interferes with the sales of the nfph who attempt to make a living at street corners. Most of these boys are unlicensed, yet the city permits them to interfere with the living of those who cannot follow any other line. The city claim that they cannot keep the boys off the streets because they have not enough policemen, but if the management of the daily papers were prosecuted for selling papers to boys without licenses it would help to relieve the situation. Five-year-old boys are now permitted to sell papers on the streets, and no effort is made by the city to prohibit this bad training for boys. The news vendors also point out that when special editions or Sunday editions ajje issued, these boys are swarming all over the place and deprive men who have been on corners all the week from earning a few more nickles. The Trades Council is going to take up the matter again with the City Council and managements, but in the meantime organized workers are urged to purchase their papers only from vendors who are wearing the (Red) Trades and Labor Council button. MORE MEMBERS FOR NEW WESTMINSTER CARPENTERS Eleven new members were enrolled at an organization meeting held in New Westminster for Carpenters, said Del. Moodie of Carpenters' Local 1251. Some very fine addresses, were made by officers of the labor movement, he said, making special mention of Del. Bartlett who, Ire said, nearly brought down the building. The audience were so enthused that 11 signed up and others signified their intention of making application. Jobs were lining up good in New Westminster, he said. LONG HOURS OF WORK UNDER NEW BYLAW Discussing the question at the Trades Council meeting, of retail stores being open till 9 pm. Saturdays, Del. McDonald stated of an instance inhere one girl working in a millinery store for 12 hours, could not obtain any redress because she did not come under the Factory Act, which only covers three or more employees. This 9 p.m. closing is creating a great hardship on many employees, and drastic action will have, to be taken against it. not only to stop it from spreading but to abolish it altogether. .■••K5:.-.-.-^V,-44?-»i--' .....Xh'-/*-*V'»-*..«'"~- ****'*• Trades Council Notes New Westminster Machinists Lodge 151 affiliated with the Trades Council on Tuesday evening. A box of Booth's (union made) Bouquet cigars was passed around among the delegates, who were urged to patronize this local firm. The next meeting of the C. L. P. was announced as taking place on Thursday, May 31. The Bricfaiayer-s' Union notified the Trades Council that Geo, Drayton, their delegate, who was objected to by the Trades Council, would be withdrawn. A communication from Cornfield & Harding informed the council that they were stocking union made lines of gents' furnishings. The Union Label Trades Council thanked the Trades Council for the support given to their cabaret. R. H. Neelands, M.L.A., will give an outline of the work of the Labor members in the last session of the legislature at the next regular meeting of the council. Replying to the Trades Council's query as to what the Labor policy of David Spencers is to be in the retail milk business of North Vancouver, the David Spencer Company replied to the effect that "authorized distributors" purchased the milk from Spencers and retailed it to their customers. This reply was not considered satisfactory, so the secretary will'continue his inquiries. During a discussion on the question of the union button, a delegate remarked1 that the Street Railway- men, although all in the union, were not wearing a union button. Another delegate got up and created a laugh by suggesting that union men should get up out of the street cars and call for a Yellow Taxi. In an effort to finance the bringing of the 1929 A. F. of L. convention to Vancouver, the Trades Council will circularize every local in the province asking them to donate $1 per month until the convention is secured for 1929. Inquiries made by the Union Label Trades Council as to firms stocking the "Pecco" union made sheeting elicited the fact that this sheeting was stocked by the Hudson's Bay Company, said Del. Woods. Spencers replied that they did not have any call for it, and Woodwards did not iftl'ply at all. Del. Wood reported having signed up the Walker Cafe, 894 Granville street, and the Fish and Chip place, 600 blowk Robson street. This is the on(y union fish and chip place in the city. Del. Hoover reported that the total benefits received from the head office of the Street Railway Employees' Union to the local union, No. 101, for tlje past year amounted to $9500 besides $500 during negotiations for a wage increase. Carpenters' 452 initiated 18 new members and eight from Amalgamated at the last meeting of the local. Ironworkers report.boys all working. ■ ' , Stationery engineers report union not able to fill all jobs. The Dairy Employees' Union asked to . have the J. M. Steeves dairy replaced on the "We Do Not Patronize" list. This was referred to the Grievance Committee. .^.«iffl|*Jt?i,.?T*y-»--^».-",*? -'■'■" ■ ' ** Don't Change Clock; Reduce Hours-of Labor It is important to remember that if daylight saving carries in the plebiscite that is being taken on May •80th, that it will be in force for five years. During those five years the best point to- make to those 'who favor daylight saving is the reduction of the hours of labor; Those who are working more than eight hours a day should struggle for the eight-hour day, and those who have the eight-hour day should make determined efforts to obtain the five- day week. Two full days of rest and sunshine will be a boon to all the workers. The increasing introduction of labor-saving machinery makes it im perative that the hours of labor should be shortened, otherwise the unemployment problem will continue to increase. " Work as it is performed today is a drudgery. There is no pleasure in working even eight hours a day five and a half or six days a week, fifty- two weeks in a year for dozens of years, with poverty almost at our door all the time, while the stores, warehouses and factories are crammed full and overflowing with the goods we have produced. Surely we should be able to rest one more day a week without being on the unemployed market. With industry being carried on in such a gigantic scale as it is being done at the present time and with the ever-recurring closing down of factories and workshops because the markets are flooded with goods, there should not be any suggestion of changing the clock back or forward; the suggestion should be lessening of the hours of labor, with a wage sufficient to purchase back the things labor has produced. UNEMPLOYM Involuntary unt.-. ;nt is a product of our iitt*..„ .rial civilization. Primitive Inan, who supported himself by hunting, was kept busy by his struggle to provide himself with food and clothing. When man settled down to ti!* the land he worked hard to extract his livelihood from tha soil. Nor was •be slave or the serf plagued win involuntary unemployment. Their complaint was too much work. Even to the early wage workers the horrors of present time unem- „-ployment__were unknown. In England special legislation was enacted in order to compel workers to work. The Statutes of Laborers of the fourteenth century, were not enacted to relieve unemployment; on the contrarary they imposed upon the workers what we would call today involuntary servitude. The unemployment problem is not the problem of one industry, one locality or one trade union; it is a national problem and can be dealt with effectively only on a national scale. Technical School Plebiscite Favored At the -regular meeting of the | Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday evening, favorable comment I was made on the value of a Techni- i cal School and the council went on record unanimously favoring a plebiscite for $195,000 needed to make! further extensions to the Technical j School now under construction in the East End of the city. The new school is undoubtedly going to be a great boon to this- district and the money the School [ Board is asking for will help to finish the first unit, which includes the administration building, "machine shops "and gymnasium. To obtain the use of this money now, while the contractors are on the job, will enable the city to save money and will assure the completion of the job before the term opens in September. Every parent in the city should look forward to the time when they can send their children to this Technical School, in order that they can learn a trade to,start them on the road through life. The'streets and woods are full of unskilled laborers, floating about from pillar to post, in search of lucrative employment. Hundreds of boys leave school every year without the fa.intest ideas to what line of work they can follow. They have no technical training and generally try twenty jobs before they settle on one. Most of them seek some cheap white-collar job which gives them an air of superiority i but small wages. The balance float to the camps, the ditches, or some warehouse or truck driving job, while a very few manage to squeeze in as an apprentice to some skilled trade. The Technical School is a great boon to the youngsters of today and its possibilities should be seriously considered by every parent. Once the value of the training obtained in these schools is known, every pah ent will endorse the. idea and boost for its extension, -so 'Jthst 'every j mothc r's son will-;JUYjfc ,a,.~&&£Hj>ci chance to earn a decent living mT the years to come. Co-operation Wins in C. N. Railway Shops W. G. Powlesland, Toronto, vice- president of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers of America, was present at Tuesday night's meeting of the Trades and Labor Council and told the delegates that he had been meeting with a very different receptiofi on this occasion than upon his last trip west, which had' been not long after the destructive tactics of the One Big Union had swept across Western Canada. The men he represented, he said, were largely employed in the railroad shops. Less than a month ago there had been a very successful convention of Division No. 4 of the railway employees' department, embracing ail (if the shop trades of all railroads in Canada. He was glad to report that the co-operative plan in operation had proved a great success, as working hand-in-glove with the management was more favorable than on a basis of antagonism. Since adopting this co-operative plan, the C. N. R. has stopped farming out its work to private firms because they find it cheaper to do it in their own shops although paying higher wages. Added to this they find that they can afford to give every man one week off with pay and this is having a good effect on the labor movement. There was a great deal of opposition to the co-operative plan at first, he said, but it has become such a success and benefit to the men, that the opposition is almost eliminated. Southern-made Goods Increase Unemployment Many molding shops have been put out of business, and molders thrown on the unemployed market in Vancouver because Woodwards Department store has engaged in the business of importing cheap ncgro-madc piping from the southern states, said Del. Watt at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday. Nearly all the piping used in this city for many years was made locally but since the introduction of this cheap piping from Alabama, the molding and house plumbing trade has become demoralized. Many residents are buying this pipe and getting it installed under conditions that will add to the, ex- pta****-: of the house-owner., said Del. Watt in. urging "union labor »to , supr port local industries and Union shops. Distress in Mining Districts of B. C. The following letter, received from a worker in Stewart, B. C, outlines the efforts being made to flood the country with workers while many others arc idle: I am writing you to ask you if you would try and give a little publicity to a wrong that is being done by the newspapers of Vancouver to this town and district. Nearly every paper that reaches us here—Sun and Province—both contain interviews with men' of Stewart and they all imply that there will be hundreds of men needed here this summer for work. These men, it is scarcely necessary to tell you, are all interested in flooding this district with men in order to get cheap labor. They ar? all investors in mines, or real estate, or the railway here. Now I am going to tell you the true facts about the labor situation here. Last summer was a bad one here; a short season and. not much mining activity. The result was that hundreds of men spent the winter here because they could get credit where they were known. All these men—I am safe in putting the number at 1000 for Stewart and Hyder, Alaska, combined—are all hundreds of dollars in debt this spring and newcomers are pouring in on every boat. Both towns are full now and no work started yet. A contractor is putting a bridge over the Bear river in Stewart and he is paying the large sum of $5 a day for pile drivers, and it costs $2.50 to $3 a day to eat and room in Stewart, and he is getting all the men he wants at that price. Mining will not start much for another 30 days because of snow in the hills; many mines will not work until sometime in June. -—After the fire at the Premier mine a couple of months ago Mr. Pitt, the manager, gave an interview to the Vancouver papers that he would relieve the unemployment situation by taking some men out of Vancouver. There were at least 50 carpenters idle here at the time he shipped in 30 or more from Vancouver, wages $6 per day, $1.25 board. The grub is awful; Jap cooks. Those poor devils from Vancouver would all be glad to get away now, but they can't get out because it is a company town, company store and all. I personally (know over 20 men here with big families who have not done a day's work all winter—5 or 6 months —their grocery r and butcher bills will keep them in debt for two or three years, and, some of them are paying for, or have homes half built and are living in one or two rooms with the rest of the house open like a barn. Please try to warn all men you can reach that all this publicity about Stewart is a trick to get men up here to \vork for scab wages. There is also some politics mixed'up in it, too, because Borne of the new arrivals are shoved into a job right away with the Government road department or the new railway, and we hear rumors that they are getting" their names on the voters' list, while the men who wintered here—married and single alike—are given the cold shoulder; no work until June or July. Hoping you will do some good with this information and prevent workers from rushing up here thinking this is the gate to opportunity and big wages like the gold rush days of long ago. j. w. McCarthy. ORIENTAL FRANCHISE The- following unions have been added'to the list of 30 that opposed the Oriental Franchise plank in the C L. P. platform: , Carpenters' Union 452. Carpenters' Union 1251. \ ■ ,\ Hotel and Restaurant-Employees. Teamsters' Union. •' Point Grey Fire Fighters. . Theatrical Stage Employees. '■'■' No other unions: but the four reported have favored it. Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, May 18, 1928 T. J. Kearney ft Co. Funeral Director* and Embalraare New Chapel and Parlors Private Ambulance Service 802 Broadway W. Phon. Fair. * Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale find Retail Dealers 158 Cordova W. Phone Sey. 8637 See Us About Broken GlaBS In Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors, Showcases, etc. Art Glass Repaired Mirrors Re-silvered IfcMi-HIHiii "¥% RONIZEil Whole wheal FLOUR EVBRY HOME NEEDS IT. MAKE SURE YOU GET IT— AND NOTHING ELSE. It la Rich in Nourishment DELICIOUS • SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACTAHENDMENTS J PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant. unreserved, surveyed Crown landa mar b« pre-empted by ErltlMh subjects over IS yean ot age, and by alien* on declaring Intention to become British »ub]eeU, conditional upon residence, occupation. and improvement for agricultural purposes. Full Information ooncernlng regulations regarding pre-emption* la given In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series. "How to Pre-empt Land." copies of which cant be obtained tree of chars* by addressing the Department of Landa, Victoria. B.C.. or to any Government Agent. • Record* will be granted covering only' land eultable tor agricultural purpose*, and which la not timber- land. I.e., carrying over 8.000 board f*et per acre west of th* Coast Rang* and 6.000 feet per aor* east of thai Range. Application* for pre-emptions ar* to be addressed to the Land Commissioner ot th* Land Recording Division, ln which th* land applied for 1* altuated. and are made on printed forms, copies of which can bs obtained from th* Land Commissioner. Pre-emption* must be occupied for five year* and Improvements made to value of $10 per acre. Including •luring and cultivating at least five aor**. before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed Information see the Bulletin "How to Pre-empt Land." PURCHASE Application* ar* received for pur- ehaee of vacant and unreserved Crown land*, not balng tlmberland. for agricultural purposes; minimum prloe for ftrat-claa* (arable) land I* II per acre, and second-class (gracing) land 52.50 per acre. Further ln- lormatlon reirardlng purchase or lease •f Crown landa la given In Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Leans of Crown Landa." Mill, factory, or industrial sites on timber land, not exceeding 40 acre*, be purchased or leased, ".he conditions Including payment of •rtumpag*. HOME8ITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 .. may be leased a* homesltee, conditional upon a dwelling being erected In th* first year, title being •btalnnbls after residence and lm- Btovament conditions are fulfilled and land has been surveyed LEASES for grazing and industrial purposes area* not exceeding <40 acrea aaay be leased by one person or s eompany. "™ GRAZING Under the Oraalna* Act the Prov- BM* I* divided Into grazing districts aad th* rang* administered under a Oraalng Commissioner. Annual ejraalng permit* or* laeued baaed on ■umbers ranged, priority being given le *atabli*hed owner*. Stock-owners may form associations for range management Free, or partly free permits are available tor Mttlers *amp*r* and travel,era. up to ten On Pulling Together NO. 3 Previous essays in this series have asserted that modern society is infested with an enormous number of parasites, and that the main object of intelligent politics should be to se$k the way in which our drones should be got rid of. By comparison with what goes on in beehives, we endeavored to show that we raise our human drones in a very similar fashion to the bees and that the boys and girls that we are turning out in our public schools and high schools at such great expense are destined" to become our drones unless we alter our ideas of freedom and liberty and determine that we make useful workers of this splendid material. It is no use to deny the fact that the present system of giving all our young people a good education, and then turning them adrift to find their living in any way they fancy best and most easy to themselves is proving disastrous, and that from now on, our troubles will increase and our failures multiply. Exceptional circumstances—have disguised our failure hitherto, and especially the example of the United States has appeared to contradict this statement. But the extraordinary prosperity of the people in the United States has received a severe check. They are no longer iaa complacent and boastful Tnood, with millions of their people out of work, and the desperate condition of farming acknowledged. We must find a remedy for this fatal sickness of modern-society. We must stop this wild movement from the country districts to our cities, or the condition of both the cities and the farming communities will rapidly become worse. We must establish and maintain a proper balance between our different classes of workers. It is in this matter of having our work balanced that our principal trouble lies. It is the very essence of good management, of co-operation. Without proportion and balance, effective work for the common interests of humanity is impossible. Without balance and proportion and method human society degenerates to a mob, where each seeks his or her immediate interest. But with balance established between the different parts of society we become a team, an army, fighting for the common good of society. But to get this essential element in the great art of living .together, as human beings ought to, we must give up our present foolish notions of liberty. We must sacrifice our liberty to gain our freedom. It is nothing new that I am teaching; it is only extending the principle that we are always using in our efforts to co-operate. When you join a trades union or a farmer's co-operative society you sign away some of your liberty and right to do as you please, for the sake of the freedom that you hope to secure by so doing. You hope to be free from having to make a personal bargain between yourself and a powerful employer about wages and the conditions of employment, or between yourself as an individual producer and the middlemen. In time of war we as a nation deliberately voted away our liberty by adopting conscription. We agreed that society Ought to have the right to say what each individual .should do. We sent one man -into the trenches to shoot and to be shot; at, and to live or die amongst rats and ivermin. We sent others to the munition factories or, to take the desperate chances of sailing in ships amidst mines and' submarines. We shall be driven by necessity and our increasing distresses to do the same sort of thing in time of peace. Having educated our young people and having provided them with wonderful roads and public services we shall say to them: "You must do your bit. Society has done a tremendous lot for you and you must pay it back in honest work. If you refuse to do so we must refuse you the right to use these roads and this post office, etc. But if you fall in with our plans of work and do your share, you will find that that share is light and we will try for our interest and your own to make it as congenial as possible." This is the busy season for the farmers. I can write no more at present, nor should it be necessaty to write more to start you thinking constructively. I welcome discussion and invite those who either agree or disagree to write and ex press themselves. . Yours for justice, '....- JLC. HARRIS. , - ■' f — ' New Denver, B.C. SIFTINGS OF A SCIENTIST (Contributed) Vitamins in Margarine The lower industrial classes of the British Isles haye depended for many years past upon margarine as a low-priced fatty substitute for the delicately flavored butter, obtained from cow's milk. Discussing the subject of these butter substitutes, some 25 years ago, with Hyatt- Wolff, the English analyst, he declared himself unreservedly in favor of their use and of their dietetic value where necessitous economy prevented the purchase of the higher priced butter. The discovery of the vitamins, their presence in fresh butter, and their absence in the artificial margarine, set the synthetic- chemists to work to try to replace the deficiency. Wonderful success has resulted from their researches and the slogan of the future, they claim, will be "Health in Margarine." The two most vital vitamins (A and D)) extracted from liver oils and obtained in the form of a sweet oil are now being blended in proper proportions in margarine. We can understand to some extent the great value of this discovery when we realize that the United Kingdom consumes 200,000 .tons of butter substitutes every year and can visualize why the health of the lower industrial classes fell so far below the average, due to the lack of the necessary food accessories. Vitamin A is known as the growth vitamin, because when non-existent, despite the presence of all the other vitamines, growth ceases and a peculiar form of blindness likewise appears. Vitamin D, when normally present in our food, is anti-rachitic, preventing rickets in children, a disease which produces abnormal bones and depressing anaemia. The chemists who have produced these concentrated preparations of vitamins A and D have been pursuing their investigations for over ten years. Experimenting with the ultra-violet rays, a substance which they named Ergosterol and a synthetic vitamin D was produced. These were discovered in the Hampstead laboratories of the Medical Health Research Council. In recommending the addition of these two vitamins to artificial butter substitutes, the Medical Research Council comments severely upon the lack of these vital elements in the daily food of the workers. They point out "that there can be no reasonable doubt from all the evidence now available, that the great majority of our population are suffering from a deficiency in these essential parts of food (Vitamins A and D). The urgently pressing task of removing these evils, which has long confronted medical administration, is lightened and simplified by the newly-gained knowledge now available." Although it has been discovered that the livers of cows and sheep yield an oil ten times richer in vitamin A than the best cod liver oil, yet even this abundance would not permit of this source being utilized for dietary purposes because of the enhanced cost. Not enough animal livers at low price could be obtained for extractive purposes to allow of butter substitutes with added vitamins being sold at a low price. However, it has proved possible to produce a very high concentrate from cod liver oils, and only a very small proportion of this is necessary in margarine to confer upon it the desirable dietetic values. This is certainly a great discovery, for we have to remember that the vitamin content of butter does not remain stable throughout the year. In summer the vitamins produced by healthy cows in their niilk is normal because of their access to (3*een pasturage. But in the winter months these vital factors are low in our milk supply, when cattle are stall-fed and lack the advantage of sunshine. Those countries where dairy cattle arc able to graze in the pastures practically all the year round, will prpduce a more normal percentage of the vitamins than those countries possessing a long winter with prolonged stall feeding and diminished exercise, retarding that healthy metabolism so necessary in dairy cattle. The advantage of vitaminized margarine says a research chemist... under these conditions, is that we can maintain a uniform content of vitamins A and D throughout the year. L. ALDERSON-SMITH. 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 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggists" We Make a ■peelal Effort to Set Goods Oat fey First Mail After Beoelpt _,..... of Taw Order COB-WEB COBDOVA AXO OAXMA1A VANOO0VEB, X. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Your PARTY or SOCIAL is NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 3 6 Tommy: "Pa, what is a theorist?" Tommy's Pa: "A theorist, my son, is a man who thinks he is learning to swim by sitting on the bank and watching a frog." Use Schools to Combat Public Ownership The U. S. Federal Trade Commission is proceeding with the job of unmasking the hvdra-headed power lobby. During the past week it haled before it representatives. of subsidiary lobbies supported by the contributions of public utilities the Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and learned from them that they were faithfully following instructions of the parent body, the National Electric Light Association. According to Clarence G. WiUard of the Connecticut lobby, 76 high schools in the state are using a "catechism" which was prepared by propagandists and which he admitted contained material beneficial only to the utilities. Willard confessed -that this "catechism" contained misinformation and that it was written with the object of prejudicing the children against government ownership of anything. The Connecticut committee is spending $15,000 a year which is donated by the utilities. More Brazen in Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania the propaganda is conducted on a more lavish scale. Its lobbyists ^admitted an expenditure of $59,000 a year to hire propagandists and influence legislation, but there is a suspicion in the minds of commission investigators that this is a mere scratching of the surface. Walter H. Johnson, Philadalphia, head of the Pennsylvania lobby, told the commission that the lobby had spent $20,225 which was never accounted for. Johnson said his mind was a "complete blank" on the distribution of this fund. Thirty thousand copies of the Connecticut "catechism" have been distributed to Pennsylvania schools, and letters read into the eommission records from teachers indicate that the latter "regarded this as a valuable adjunct to their course in civics and economics." , The record in this sensational proceeding already contains thousands of exhibits, all tending to show the scope of the nation-wide scheme of buying up newspapers, doctoring text books, winning over professors and educational institutions, influencing legislators and otherwise promoting the interests of the Power Trust. FARMERS. STAGE EXHIBIT Canadian farmers ^Jio toured overseas last season arc to stage a special exhibit at the Provincial Exhibition. At the telegraphed request of H. S. Arkcll, Dominion Livestock Commissioner, Manager D. E. -Mac- Kenfcie'; of the Provincial Exhibition, has allotted seventy-five feet of fjpntage in the Agricultural building for thi,s display and demonstration. It is significant that one of the first results of the farmers tour is ^the decision to stage this exhibit. Objects to Coolie Labor On U. S. Ships The U. S. Congres* has voted $225,000,000 to be available for private shipping interests for the construction of new vessels. The most stirring feature of the debate came over an amendment of- ferred by La Guardia of New York. He wanted stewards included in the provision that three-fourths of the ships' personnel should be American citizens. "Under present conditions American ships plying between European and Atlantic ports have loaded their stewards' department with aliens, while we have American citizens walking the streets of New York seeking employment," said La Guardia. "I have here a comparative table of wages paid on the steamship California, an English vessel, and the American steamer, President Wilson of the Dollar Line. Why They Want "Chinks" "The wages paid able-bodied seamen on the California are $43.80 a month, while the American ship of the Dollar Line pays $10.97 a month, and why? - "Because the seamen are Chinese coolie labor. That is why Chinese labor is so attractive." Howard of Oklahoma and others backed La Guardia. One member pointed out that the Orientals employed on American vessels did a thriving business smuggling Chinese into the country. La Guardia said the Dollar steamer President Wilson carried 24 Chinese on the ship's register at the munificent salary of 12 cents a month. The La Guardia amendment was finally defeated by the close vote of 44 to 51. SUNDAY WORK VETOED BY EASTERN GOVERNOR * Boston.—Governor Fuller vetoed a-bill'.that would permit the sale of provisions on Sunday. "It is not a far flight," he said, "from legalizing the working of women evenings—recently indorsed by one branch of the legislature—to working the men on Sunday. I look forward to that time when laboring men and women of America will be working on a five-day rather than seven-day week, of which the proposed legislation appears to be a forerunner." COMMISSION WILL LOOK INTO COMPENSATION LAW Regina, Sask.—A commission representing the employers, the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and the railway transportation brotherhoods has been appointed by the Saskatchewan government to inquire into worknlen's compensation. L. D. McTavish and Harry Perry are the labor members. This '•protiitce'"Boies "hot bpefWeftsI''" workmen's compensation upon. the principle of state insurance. Friday, May 18, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory T*i??.0I!T,r.T*!*l**!j*1 *ni *»bor poaaetJ— MlUwrlg-hts Local 1838—0 ^resident, J. Thomson; general secretary. Percy B. Bengough. Office, 80S Holden Bldg., 10 Hastings East. Phone Sey. 7496. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 I Correspondence —• i .^instruction and Operating—Meets second and. fourth Wednesday In Holden Bldg.! I). Olllis. president: P. H. Edge, Fin. Hec.; J. Murray lire, Uee. Sec. Box 127. p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays ZTT. ^T ZZ . In month. I Motion Plctnres Projectionists' Union, Local 348 ot I.A.TS.E. at M.P.M.O.— Meets Hrst Friday In each month at 11:30 p.m. In the Holden Bldg. President. J. R. Foster; Secretary; Oeo. Oerrard, Box 345. Business Phone: Sey. 3923. Beverage Dispensers TTnlon No. 678 , m,,»,s.}*?} Sun<-ay at « pm.. Room 310, Holden Bldg. President, W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Business Agent, T J. Hanofln. Office: Room 6, Flack Block: Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay ICr.O-rt. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. ■ridge ft Structural Iron Workers, Looal 97, Int. Asso.—Meets every Monday, Room 804 Holden Bide., at 8 p m. President. W. L. Yule, 6821 Argyle St; Secretary, P. Lauret. Box 802. City. Phono Fair. 2108L. ' ■nllalnr Trades Council. Vancouver— Meels second and fourth Tuesday In Holden Building. President.— B- H. Morrison; Secretary-treas., W. Page, Room 815, Holden Bldg.; Sey. 7495. Bakers' Local 468, Journeymen, of America—Meets second Saturday in month at 8 p.m.—President, A. Morris. 2834 Vine St.; sec. T.—RIgby. 3551 Commercial Dr. Phono Fair. 4049. Barbers," Jonrneyaian International Onion of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month'In Room 310 Labor Hall, 18 Hastings East. Pres., Fred. Dawe; Sec.-treas, C. E. Herrett, Office 814 Holden Bldg. Bookbinders Loeal No. 105, Int. Brotber- bood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bldg., 80S Hastings W President, O. Low, 61 68rd Ave. W.; secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton Street. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union Uo. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday in the Holden Bldg. Fresldent, G. E. Halllday; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall, 1244 20th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 845R. J. H. Riley, Fin. Secretary, 5884 Inverness St. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Looal 14S, A. P. of H—Meets nt the O. W. V. A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President E. CM filer; recording secretary, w. Edmunds: financial secretary, W. E. Williams: organizer. F. Fletcher, all at 981 Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Faperhangers. Local 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at 13 Hastings W. President, H. Edwards: Rec. Sec, A. E. Varan, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, A. B. Hodge. Office, room 34, 163 Hastings W. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local No. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. ln 122 Hastings St. W. James Thomson, secretary.1 P. O. Box 320. S. O'Connor, president Plasterers, Local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association, meets first and third Wednesday in moth at Holden Bldg. President, J. S. Wood, 3525 29th Ave. W., phone Bay. 4996; Secretary, A. Hurry. 861 34th Ave. E., phone Fair. 3222R Cement Finishers' Secretary, J. Kelller, 181 53rd Ave. E„ phone Fraser 487 L. Plumbers and Bteamfltten, No. 170, International Asso. of—Meets every 2nd and 4th Friday In the Holden Bldg. President,. R. Simpson; .secretary and business agent, W. Watt, 813 Holden Building. Point Grey Municipal Employees' Association, Local No. 3— Meets second Monday of each month at the Masonic Hall, Kerrisdale, 8 p.m. President, D. ' Ross Squair, 3728 30th W.: Secretary, A. Patterson, 8179 Hudson Street. Camp and Mill Worker* Federal Labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity meets every second Wednesday at > p.m. at 544 Powell St. East. Prealdent, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary, K. Tsuyukl. Carpenters and Joiner*, United Brotherhood of, Looal 468—President, R. J. Thompson; financial secretary, R. W. Hatley; business agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. Printing* Pressmen and Assistants, Local No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. In Room 213 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President, Harry F. Longlcy, 303 8th St., North Van.; Secretary, Wm. Quikley, 2083 2nd Ave. W„ Box 891. Railway Carmen ot America, Lodge No. 58—Meets first and third Friday in month at Cotillon Hall. Granville and Davie streets. President, H. Warde, 1102 Twenty-third Ave. E.; secretary, .. J. D. Vullamy. 2215 Fifteenth Ave. W. Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,.—I was instructed by the above organization to forward to you the following for publication in the Labor Statesman: Engineers' Local 844, at their regular meeting of May 3rd, voted unanimously in favor of the Trades Council retaining its affiliation with the Canadian Labor Party. We have heard many arguments, pro and con, on the question of Who's Who in the C. L. P., and we are of the opinion that the sooner international unions have good live representation in the C. L. P. the better for all concerned, and needless to say who really is who in this party will come into being. If it is the intention of the Labor movement in Vancouver to maintain a political party, or policy, let us quit playing at it and get down to business and make of that organization one the. equal of our trade unions. T. A. NEWBIGGING, Secretary, Local 844. Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,—That the Trades and Labor Council sensed the true situation when demanding a commission to investigate the police department is already proven by the evidence brought out,to date. It is regrettable that the City Council had not the backbone to give effect to the recommendation of the commissioner whpm they appointed. There is little doubt but that Aid. Mclnnis and his colleagues will receive the endorsa- tion of the taxpayers when next they have the opportunity to register their votes. When one visualizes the battery of lawyers attending the investigation and listens to the arguments of some whose sole duty seems to be the applying of a coat of whitewash, one wonders how far are we from the tactics of Mayor Thompson of Chicago and his coterie. LABOR. Olty Ball Employees' Association nieetj first Wednesday of each month at 251U Hastings 10., at I p.m. President, W. H. Lewthwaite; treasurer, W. J. Strlbblns, 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck. 2792 Pender East. civic Employees' TTnlon, Looal SB — Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 2MV4 Hastings E„ at 8 p.m. President, R. N. Hogg, 1718 Commercial Dr.; secretary-treasurer, George Harrison, 1182 Parker St. Electrical Worker*, Local 213, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m., 404 Homer St.. President J. B. Brown; business agent, E. H. Morrison. Office. 404 Homer St. ■ Engineer*—International Union Steam and Operating Looal 844—Meets every Thursday at 8 p.m. Room 806, Holden Bldg. President, E. O. St. Denis; rec. sec, Geo. Pettaplece; Fin. Sec. & Bus. Agent, T. A. Newblgging. Office, Room 806 Holden Building. Fir* Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of president, at 25114 Hastings E. President. N. McDonald. 1136 McLean Drive; financial secretary, C. A, Watson. 1332 13th Ave. E. Ploorlayors' Union, No. 1878, U. B. of C. & J. of A., meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays In 310 Holden Bldg., at 8 p.m. President, E. C. Woodward; Fin. Sec, T. H. Hamlin: Rec. Sec. W. D. Wilson. 15.15 jj.Hi Axe, W. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 603, International. Meets first and third Friday In month at Holden Building. Prealdent, C. Lawson, 18JJ 3rd Ave. W. Fin. Sec. and Buslneo Agent, .*. A. Barrlngton, 4298 Welwyn Street. Phone Fair. 1484L. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Oooks ft Stewards, Looal 28— 441 Seymour St., meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m.. last Mon-' days at 9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards; Sec-Treas., Harry Wood, Business Agent. Phone Sey. 125. Street and Electric- Railway Employ***, Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K.I' Hall, Eighth and Klngsway, 1st and 3rd Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, H. W. Speed; Recording Secretary, J. Price: Treas., E. G. Ker- mode; Financial Secretary ad Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Seymour 5000. _ Sheet Metal Worker* Association, Looal Union No. 380 — Meets second and fourth Thursday In month ln Holden Building, 18 Hastings Street E. Prealdent, A. Fisher, 1962 4th Avenue W.: business agent and secretary, D. Mac- Pherson, 807 Holden Bldg. shingle Wearer*, Local 17813—Meet* second Tuesday ln month. In Room No. 2, Labor Temple. New Westminster, and 4th Sunday. 7:89 p.m., In Room IIS Holden Bldg., Vancouver. President. J. N. Chute, Phone Hl*h. 1982-Y; sec, W. H. Matthew, 3438 Irving St. rallors', Journeymen Union or America, Looal No. 11-B—Meetings held first Thursday ln each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of everv month in Labor Hall. President, F. Franco; secretary, C. McDonald. P.O. Box 603. Executive meeta third Thursday of every month. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 466—Meets every 2nd "and 4th Wednesday, 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.; Secretary-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St ' Theatrical Stage Employees1' Union, Local 118 Of th* I A.T.B.E. ft M P.M O. —Meets at 991 Nelson Street on th* second Friday In month, at 9:10 a.m. President, Walter Copp; Secretary, H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, A. Harrington; Address P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 226—Presi- Ident, C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R, Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer, II. H. Neeiands, P.O. Box 66. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Ladles' Auxiliary, Loeal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenter* — Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month in 810 Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. Nickels, 2388 Forty-second Ave. E.; secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1138 Seymour St. Phone Sey. 9074L. j Lather*, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Looal 207—Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays in month, at room 209. Holden Rldg. W. Fontaine, secre-1 tarv, 1828 Commercial Drive; High. 316JIR. Machinist Local 692—President. Thos. Sills, 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary:!-!'.j R. Bengough. Office. 807 Labor Hall, If, Hastings foist. Meets on' second and fourth Tuesdays In month. Milk Wagon Driver* and Dairy Employee*, Looal 484— Meets second and, fourth Friday in Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. K. President, J. A. Parry; Secretary^-Treasurer, Birt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 6327. Upholsterer*, Looal No. 26—Meets at 813 Holden Bldg.. second and fourth Mondays. President, P. Cllft, 392B Keith road cast, North Vancouver; Cor. Secretary, J. W. Gordon, 2292 Welllgton avenue, South Vancouver. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday ln each month. President. 8. D. McDonald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry. Box 498t Prince Rupert. B.C. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Loeal No. 1599 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood *»r Carpenters'■'* JolrtcrS: Meets first and third Thursdays In ' Room 213 Holden Bldg. President, H C. Matthews: Business Agent, It. J. inder, 8K, Holden,Bldg, Bee, 6*6- •j«*B«*l»B!ltSSBp4*e4hi,AW"t»t.'-' ,■ —l~r,- ■ • NEW YORK COURT RULES ACTORS ARE WORKERS New York.—Yes, actors are workers. Gotham courts so, decided in a test'case • brought under the Workmen , Compensation Act. 25,000 theatre workers are affected. Nothing New Under the Sun When NoB-n-*-*ailed -the -Waters blue He had his troubles, same as you. For "forty days he drove the Ark Before he found «-place to- park. earii-rt^.a nites*— ' J i TiTfilllTfftMl "iti'jjfti How Can Labor Win? The standing of the Canadian Labor Party and the affiliation of the Trades Council thereto has recently become an important issue for the trade unionists of Vancouver. At the last meeting of the Trades Council a resolution was introduced from the Pile Drivers to the effect that the council withdraw its affiliation from the Canadian Labor Party. Speaking to this resolution, Delegate Wilkinson stated that the Canadian Labor Party is controlled by the Communist party—and out of 65 unions affiliated ,with the council only 15 were affiliated with the Canadian Labor Party. That these views are held by a large number of trade unionists must be apparent to all of us. There are a number bf-mon going around saying that the Communist party controls the C. L. P. Even the Labor Statesman holds this view. In the issue of September 16th, 1927, it states editorially that the Communists had decided to ignore the opinion of the rest of the movement and carried the vote in favor of six candidates. Let us see how much truth there is in that statement. • At a meeting of the C. L. P. held July 29, 1927, the executive brought in a recommendation that the party run two candidates for the provincial legislature in the city of Vancouver constituency. It was shown .that this recommendation was not an unanimous finding but was brought forward, hy a majority of the executive. An amendment was moved and seconded that this matter be held over till the next regular meeting in order that the delegates might receive instructions from their respective locals. - The amendment carried. The locals were notified by the secretary of the C. L. P. and the delegates instructed to v»tc according to the expressed wishes of their respective locals. At the next meeting of the C.L.P. held. Aug. 31, 1927 (over one month later), the matter of the number of candidates to be placed in the field was again before the-meeting. A number'of delegates announced from the floor that they had been instructed to vote, some for two, some for four and-stitne -for six candidafe.vJrutnot one delegate' intimated that he had been instructed or that he had a free hand. Mr. R. II. Neeiands, M.L.A., ex- president of the 'Trades Council, secretary - treasurer, Typographical Union No. 226, occupied the chair and after the delegates /had announced how they had been instructed" ,the chairman rose and stated he would accept no amond- .-zs-rwfaK-iast/■woutd-.-treat each numb^P nominated as a separate motion. Mr. Neeiands' ruling was tested when, upon a motion being moved for two candidates, an amendment was submitted that the party run three. Mr. Neeiands rose and requested the mover and seconder of the amendment to withdraw their amendment, admitting that' it was quite in order but he wanted to run this thing that way. The mover and seconder, out of respect for the chair, and as Mr. Neeiands said, in order to facilitate business, courteously withdrew as requested. The vote was taken, first for two, then four. Both were defeated. The vote was then taken for six and this was carried. Mr. Neeiands, by his ruling, placed the meeting in a most unfortunate position. Section 6 paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the C. L. P. lays it., down that the meeting shall be governed by Roberts' Rules of Order. Mr. Neeiands threw the Constitution and Roberts' Rules of Order out of the window when he made the ruling and if that is so then the finding of the meeting, based on the ruling, is unconstitutional and consequently of no effect. If any blame is to be placed let us place it where it rightly belongs. Violating the Constitution seems to be a habit with Mr. Neeiands. At the meeting of the party held on September 30, 1927, he, as chairman, accepted a motion from Delegate H. W. Watts, to the effect that the finding of the meeting of August 31 bearing on the number of candidates, be rescinded. This in spite of section 6 of the Constitution and Roberts' Rules of Order. This motion by Watts, however, was defeated, the vote being 17 in favor, 35 against; a majority of over two to one. Will someone tell the writer that the Communist party have 35 delegates at that meeting! Referring back to Delegate Wilkinson charges, the following list may be of interest to him: List of affiliated unions, C. L. P., August, 1927: Trades Council, 6; Carpenters, 10; Pile Drivers, 4; Electrical Workers, 6; Civic Employees, 5; Cigar Workers, 1; Blacksmiths, 1; Typos, 6; Machinists, 2; Upholsterers, 2; Street Railway, 12; Bookbinders, 2; Machinists, 1; Plasterers, 3; Engineers, 5; Tailors, 3; Railway Car, 2; Bricklayers, 2; Machinist, 1; Printing Pressmen, 3; Maintenance of Way, 2; Hotel and Restaurant, 2; Milk Salesmen, 5; Point Grey Employees, 2; Total, 89. (Ed. Note: This number has been reduced to 15.) South Vancouver I. L. P., 1; North Burnaby I. L. P., 1; Vancouver Centre I. L. P., 1; Mount Pleasant I. L. P., 1; S. W. Burnaby I. L. P., 2; Total, 6. Communist Party, 6; Young Communist League, 1; Finnish B. W. League, 2; English bransh, 1; Total, 10. Total I. LP. and Communist party, 16. (Ed. Note: The writer does not mention the several branches of the Women's Communist Labor Leagues.) In face of this list it is sheer nonsense to claim that any except the delegates from the 24 (not 15) affiliated trade union locals control the policy of the party. A close-up view of the men named to carry the party flag will also interest Mr,. Wilkinson. W. Bartlett (vice-president Trades Council), J. Chappell (Upholsterers), H. Cottrell (Street Railway- men), J. R. Flynn (Delegate to C. L. P. from Trades Council), A. Mclnnis (city alderman, Street Rail- waymen), R. Skinner, -(Independent Labor Party). If, as' is claimed, the Communist party control the C. L. P., why.did that party elect the , above named delegates to run in the name of the Labor party? One would assume that they would at least try to get their own members out as candidates if for no other reason than that of using an election campaign to further their own particular brand of propaganda. Out of the six men named as candidates only one admits to being a Communist and he is favored with delegation from the Trades Council to the C. L. P. No, no, Mr. Wilkinson, it will not do! The writer is.not a Communist, is not a member of any political, fraternal or any kind of organization except a trades union. There is, therefore, np bias in this article; rather it is an attempt to look the facts squarely in the face and to form conclusions according to those facts. To conclude, the Labor Party is the only party with a future and with a definite policy. The Libera} and Conservatives parties arc both hankropt gfldJuyBL, arrked-^t^the stage where it "Is impossible to tell them apart. Labor then must be prepared to step in and do its stuff. To be effective it must, as Mr. Wil- ,'1rttts0^'^'r^W-'f^n1t^WW-*rfy. THE ESTHER BAKERY Get your Cakes at this bakery MAKERS OF HOVIS Also Makers of th* .Best White, Raisin and Nut Bread Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor anal Dealer Houie Wiring, Fixture*, Lamp*, Batterie* Olen 370 4090 Hastings at. M. Greater Purity Government tests prove the greater purity of Fraser Valley Milk, and purer milk means better health. Phone today! V3L. CEEAMO wagm on EVERY stteet EVERY morning Fraser Valley Milk Fairmont 1000 i»ssss»s»a»»ss»»ss»»a»ssss3 Labor Struggles in Germany Making Gains Reports from Germany relate that an impending strike in the Ruhr has .been *>verted by the Ministry of Labor deciding that an award of the Arbitration Commission shall*, be binding upon both sides. The miners had demanded an increase of wages amounting to fifteen per cent; the mine owners had refused any increase, claiming they were losing twenty-seven pfennings per ton of coal mined; the commission decided upon an increase of eight per cent and thatfMecision stands, but the report says that the government may grant a five per cent increase of coal prices. In the metal industry, in Saxony, where 250,000 workers have been locked out, the Ministry of Labor is expected to end the lock-out by making binding an arbitration decision which grants to the Iocked-out men a part of their wage demand. But meanwhile 15,000 metal workers have been locked out in Hanover.— Weekly People. One ,wa£je- effi».BSfe,jfjr.-l-ml teJatfrf- oe sure that we have the facts and not start flogging a dfeatl horse. JAMES R. KINNAIRD, -i.;.v-v-, Engineers' Int. U. S. C. •- " -•■-*.••—•-'~-^s*carg^»*-^"-'- r- Four THE LABOR, STATESMAN Friday, May 18, 1928 TVsa T nWtif Cta-foe-man that I**abor should actually enjoy 1 JlL ly4UUI JLntColllHIl hearing these group's squeal when Published every Friday, at 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Official Organ of the Canadian Labor Party. H. W. Watte, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE Chairman Wm. Page (Carpenters). W. Watt (Plumbers), P. R. Bengough (Machinists), Tim Hanofln (Beverage Dispensers). J. McCurragh (Typographical), Geo. Gerrard (Theatrical) W. Deptford (Street Rallwaymen) Showier (Dairy Employees). Phone Seymour 6279 Blrt Vancouver, Friday, May 18* 1928 THE ASIATIC FRANCHISE From*~the time that the Marxian theory took hold in British Columbia, Labor has been divided into two well defined groups, who have very little in common, other than a lack of confidence in the old political parties. At the one end we have a pale pink group, who hope to secure progressive improvement in,working and living conditions by exerting an influence on and through existing institutions. The other end is occupied by an ultra red group, who will deny the possibility of securing any improvement through existing institutions, but notwithstanding this ,will put up an aggressive fight in the attempt to do the thing which is said to be impossible. This group makes a "shibboleth" of theories and have always wasted a great deal of time and energy on exhaustive discussions of fine points that have no immediate bearings on labor's progress. This group carries into labor matters something of the spirit of self-sacrifice of the Crusaders, the intolerance of the Inquisition, and the bigotry that has ma)de . the "wee Kirk' 'a joke in religion. The great weakness of this group is that it attempts to make a rule and formula to fit and account for every movement of human individuals and human society, and having found the formula it wanders- off and gets lost in a fog of abstract logic. Because they have no immediate bearing on anything which we are doing, or trying to do, we can watch most of these heavy-weight discussions in amusement or admiration, just as our state of mental development permits. But occasionally logic "going it blind" leads to a conclusion that we are bound to challenge. The idea of giving a vote to the Asiatic is a case in point. ' From a .standpoint of pure logic the argument in favor of enfranchising the Asiatic is unassailable. While we are not sure whether the two blood streams separated on this side or on the other side of the ape, we are sure that the slant-eyed fellow, has as much right on "God's Foptstbol' 'as we have. If the White man's-scheme of society were sane and logical it would get every other sane and logical fact. But unfortunately the White man's scheme is unquestionably insane; the results are that to inject the undeveloped Mongolian into our crazy political affairs merely leads to a worse confusion than we now have. If the Asiatic were as consistent and faultless as the logic that would let him into our affairs, we might risk the experiment, but this is not the case; iii the industrial field he is an implement used to break down and hold the standard of living to the lowest levels and as long as his influence is what it is in the fields where he is able to assert an influence, the kind of logic that causes us to clothe ourselves against the cold bids us to confine this, fel- low's^influence to the narrowest possible limits. As a theory the idea that every human being ha* an equal right is impregnable, but it won't hang together when we attempt to graft it on to a scheme of society that has more of wrong than of right in its framework. A quarter of a century ago Labor alone protested against the incoming hoards of Asiatics. The farmer was antagonistic to us so indifferent, the professional class thought that to have an Asiatic in their home was a mark of distinction, something akin to the employment'of a male domestic in the Old Country. The small trader was decidedly favorable to the Asiatic. The Asiatic is now crowding the farmer, he is pushing the small trader out. of .the-; Jeld, and-the pro-* fessionnl class are hone too well satisfied with the number of Asiatics taking up higher education. Under „__lhc cinyuafii«4i«e&4t-i» «rW!*e^"tyatural they feel the pinch themselves. We can well afford to allow these more recent victims to fry in their own fat. But nothing has happened to justify the idea that Labor has shortened by one inch its objections to the Asiatic. Our failure to join anti-Asiatic leagues arises from a memory of the part taken by these new converts in years gone by. When these new opponents of the Asiatic first felt the squeeze of the' Mongol intruder in their field, they would have been very willing to jump into the drivers' seat and whip up the Labor oppostion, into a gallop. Labor has sufficient understanding and self-respect to refuse to fit into this little game, and lay back to watch how our new friends would handle the trouble alone. Some of our self-appointed intellectuals who revel in the dialectics of a position which, like a conjurer's bag, offered some surprising results— these two groups, .committed Labor to .the enfranchisement of the Asi Labor in British Columbia is not, nor cannot be brought into line with this policy, ajid the inevitable result of the Labor Party clinging to this mistake is that the Labor Party will cease -to «xist. Periscopes, range-finders, and directional stations all have their purposes, but Labor will never march in a procession that requires, these appliances to keep in touch with its leaders. —M. THE LABOR PARTY'S CHANCE There are quite a number of people who deplore the constant conflict between factions in the Labor Movement, but overlook the fact that similar conflicts are going on among other political, industrial, religious and racial groups and that there is absolutely no remedy for it, except to subdue all minds to a common basis, which would mean a blank, thoughtless mind in every human being. That being impossible, we must look forward to conflicts over questions of policy and party in the Labor Movement. The Labor Party and the Communist Party insist that the present method of wealth production and distribution is wrong—that the evils growing out of the system are increasing and that the present system must be abolished and replaced by a co-operative commonwealth, based on the principle of production of commodities for use a profit, and the joint ownership of the machinery of wealth production, in order that every worker shall be assured of work, leisure and life abundant. The Labor Party, understanding the psychology of the masses, desires to, and know that, it can only bring this change by a gradual process of education and reform. It knows that the masses are not desirous of a change in the present system of wealth production, because they cannot conceive of any other system. The masses can be educated to that idea only through a gradual process of reform which slowly but surely gains for the Labor Party the confidence of the masses, Great Brtain is an example of the growing support given by the masses to the Latior Party. But this has only been accomplished by the reform tactics of the Labor Party and their continual fight on behalf of the workers. Yet nobody can deny that millions of the supporters of the Labor Party are not striving for a change in the system of pro duction and distribution. The Labor Party has proven that its tactics are right because of the ever increasing vote its candidates get at election time. We here in British!Columbia take the same stand and are adopt ing the same tactics for winning the masses to our cause. But because we do not shout for a revolution from the house tops we are called traitors by the Commun ists. We are abused and vilified and our efforts obstructed * because they think that shouting for a revolution and ignoring all social legislation is going to bring about the desired change quicker. Practically every piece of. social legislation on the statute books today has been placed there through the efforts of the Labor Movement, but Communists would have the masses believe that we are traitors because we did not seek a revolution instead of social legislation.' That is where we of the Labor Party differ, and will un doubtedly continue to differ from the Communist Party, hence under these conditions^ there cannot be a united front. We are not united on revolution and we are not united on so*pfal---*Tefortn, then—why should we humbug ourselves with the idea that our differences can be adjusted? we have lined up with us, away from If us just as soon as the Communists spot them. But even the united front idea has failed,' because the workers are not flocking into the Communist Party. When the Labor Party—Independent or Canadian—makes up its mind to put the Communists outside their ranks, and go about their work unhindered by the "boring from within" policy, the conflict will be greatly reduced. We can afford to ignore the Communist attacks, because the masses have so far, not shown any great tendency to follow their line of action. Some people, however, have the idea that because the Communist is aggressive, that he is accomplishing something—that he is goading the other fellow on- to action—that he is hastening the revolution. He is only aggressive because of his ego or neurotic tendencies and has not thoroughly analyzed the policy or action he suggests. Calm, reasonable actions can accomplish mote, gain more adherents, and further the cause of Labor, than alleged ag- gressivenessr Any body of men that have to be goaded into action, do not accomplish very riiuch, are not reliable, and are easily demoralized or betrayed, hence the goading idea of the Communist is a dangerous and unreliable policy. The organized labor movement has a tendency to link up with the political labor movement, but so long as that linking up means affiliation with the Communist Party, we are going to have trouble. We believe that the Independent Labor Party can successfully obtain the affiliations of the trade unions and should be done without .delay. We can safely ignore the / Communist Party, so long as we are not affiliated with them. 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Please send me at' onco—full particulars of your PARTIAL PAYMENT PLAN. Name , Address.. R. P. CLARK & CO. (Vancouver) Ltd. INVESTMENT BANKERS With whom are associated Mcdonald, jukes & graves, £T*d. 823 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B. C. BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3996 HASTINGS STREET EAST Hi«rh. ISO Nlg-ht Call: Glen -123, Carl 2S9Y3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT BUNGALOWS 500,000 FEET PEE DAY. SEE US FOR SPECIALS The admitted frfffirlS-fi tted purpose o o-nH^TWwf Trades Council Favors Alderman Bennett At the regular meeting of the Trades Council on Tuesday the executive committee brought in a recommendation to be forwarded to the C. L. P. that the Trades Council is 'auction ,01 opposed to the Labor Party running ,r a candidate in the same ward as that contested by Alderman Bennett. Del. Flynn opposed the idea on the grounds that Alderman Bennett had not always supported labor, citing an alleged instance that Aid. Bennett favored the opening of stores till 9 p.m. This was denied by several delegates, who stated that Bennett had opposed it, although he favored it if 51 per cent, of the owners petitioned for it. Del. McDonald stated that he was in the council chamber when the question came up and knew that Bennett was opposed to the 9 p.m. closing. Del. Page slated that Aid. Bennett was the only man, aside from Aid. Maclnnis, that labor can reach and get anything out of. He wlil play the game, he said, and the others are too apathetic to help you. Del. Deptford stated that Aid. Bennett is generally' the only nihil that will second a motion made, by Aid. Maclnnis and is the only one to assist Maclnnis in putting forward labor's views. The recommendation was adopted. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social. Guaranteed the product of pure fresh Cream. For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Union Steamship Has New Sechelt Service Commencing Monday, May 21st the fine modern excursion steamer "Lady Cecilia" will operate on a daily service along the popular Gulf Coast Route throughout the summer season to Sechelt, giving opportunity for those who desire to spend several hours ashore at this delightful picnic rendezvous, as well as at the picturesque intermediate calls at Roberts' Creek and Selma Patk.- This steamer will leave the Union Dock every week day except Wednesday at 9 a.m. and on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Next month a Sunday service will also be operated to these points. It is thus possible to indulge in a most refreshing sail along these summer shores on any day in the week, enjoy a jolly visit and picnic at "Sunny" Sechelt and then catch the same boatT southbound after a wonderful days' outing. The new picnic ground ft Sechelt with ample provision of picnic tables set in park7like environment and restful shade, together- with the excellent jtedibttthiae^tocilitics, ensures -wflffire •s whom roughly enjoyable tiniffor both ho'l day and family parties. Sechelt hotel is available for special luncheons and dinners and all means can also be obtained on board the steamer. Upon most days of the week the round trip can be completed in a day to the picturesque summer haunts at Vaucroft Beach, Half Moon Bay and Pender Harbour, particulars of which are given in the sailing guide. Trades Council Notes Del. Woods of the South Vancouver Municipal Employees' Union, asked the Trades Council to endorse the running of a Labor candidate for mayor, but the question was laid on the table till next meeting (June 5) although it was pointed out that nominations for the civic election would be made by the C. L. P. on May 31st. Apparently nobody favored imother fiasco with a . Labor candidate for mayor. Dels. Fisher, Reed and Kcene were appointed as delegates to the special convention of the British Columbia section of the C. L. P. in place of Dels. Flynn, Andre and Harris, who declared that they could not vote the way the Trades Council wanted them to Vote on the Oriental Franchise question. ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS GAIN BY ORGANIZATION Elevator Constructors in this district have, increased their pay 45 per cent, since organizing last year, said Del. Page at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday. He informed the delegates that the union had a closed shop in the district and had obtained a wage of $1.15 per hour. Building Laborers' Union reports general organizer on way to Vancouver. ' « . DAYLIGHT SAVING MEETING The Milk Salesmen's Union is holding a mass meeting on Friday, May 25th, in the I. 0. 0. F. Hall, Main and Sixth, open to the public, to discuss the question of the daylight saving plebiscite. TWELVE HOURS A DAY AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK The Yellow Taxi Cab Company is the only taxi company in the city that is working its men nine hours a day and one day off'in seven; most of the others are working up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week, said Del. Shaw at the Trades Council meeting. He urged union men to ask for union drivers when phoning for a taxi and suggested that they ask to see the Trades and Labor Council button. Purchase your daily papers from union news vendors—look for the union T. & L. C. Button, Hi INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY (South Vancouver Branch) A PUBLIC MEETING will be held in the mXple hall, forty-ninth and fraser ^ J[RIDAy,JIAY18th,at8JP.M^ ,w Speakers: R. H. Neeiands, M.L.A.; Frank Browne, ML.A.; R. J. Burde, M.L.A. Chairman: A.' J. Turner. -Ta^Gars-Nc^.te ({Friday, May 18, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five Union Steamships-Empire Day May 24 |P| DELIGHTFUL BOAT EXCURSIONS ||j BOWEN ISLAND^ ' Boats leave 10 n.m., 2 p.m. nnd 8 p.m.. Returning:, leave Bowen Island 6 p.m., 9 p.m. ana 10:45 p.m. EVKKY OUTDOOR SPOUT! DANCING AT TIIK PAVILION! Return Fare, $1.00 Special Campers' Sailing, Wednesday Evening, 7:30 p.m. SQUAMISH OR SEASIDE PARK— Leave 9:30 a.m. Returning, Steamer.H leave Sijuamish 2 p.m., Seaside Park 5:30 p.m. Hound Trip to East or West Howe Sound, $1.50 All-day Cruises on "Vancouver's Glorious Inland Sea" "SUNNY" SECHELT, BUCCANEER BAY and PENDER HARBOUR— S.S. LADY CECILIA leaves Union Dock 9:30 a.m. Returning Lout leaves Buccaneer Bay 5 p.m., Sechelt 6:15 p-.nl. Round Trip (all points) to Sechelt - '$1.50 Round Trip to Buccaneer Bay and Pender Harbour, $2.00 Several home ashore at Sechelt with Excellent Bathing* una Picnic Faclll- -. ties, Tea-rooms and Hotel service IX desired. . ~ Full Information, reservations and tickets at ——.— UNION SOCK, Foot of Carrall - »■'._. - SEY. 306 CITY TICKET OFFICE, 533 Granville Street - - SEY. 9331 jgflt Holiday Specials Outing Shoes for the Holiday LADIES "MNDi'"—white with red. green and blue trimming; a snappy sport shoe ..: $2.95 RUNNING SHOES—with crepe and suction soles; all colors and styles, 85c to $1.95 LADIES' WHITE CANVAS OXFORD OR STRAPS—Cuban or Spanish heels ' $2.95 MEN'S WHITE CANVAS—leather soles and rubber heels; oxford, $2.95 BOot : , «■ $3.45 JAMIESON BROS. Seymour 1004 995 GRANVILLE STREET (Corner Nel.on) WE CABBY UNION-MADE SHOES! If~ you buy your furniture from us you get High Quality, Correct Styles at Low Prices DOMINION FURNITURE CO. "THE HOUSE OF FRIENDLY CREpiT" 1082—GRANVILLE STREET—1082 "■7*1 ]» IT T\ T\ ~TJ\ CJ CI Corner Hastings and Gore Ave. Ej 1V1 i IV Ej O O s«y«*"' 2864 VERNA FELTON AND THE ALLEN PLlYERS -in- "Family Pride" Next Week—"SO THIS IS LONDON" All seats reserved. World's Greatest Comedy! BARGAIN NIGHT MONDAY, 25c and 50c Balance of Week: Evenings, 25c to 75c; Matinees, Wednesday, 20c and 30c; Saturday, 30c and 40c. HOW CAN LABOR WIN? Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,—You were good enough to refer to me the above communication from Com. Kinnaird. While I have no desire or intention to enter into a newspaper controversy with anyone, I feel that inasmuch as your correspondent has mentioned my name in respect of one or two instances I feel that I cannot allow his statement to' go unchallenged. I shall confine my. reply strictly to those two points. First: He claims that by making the suggestion I did at the meeting held on August 31, 1927, I "threw the Constitution and Roberts' Rules of Order out of the window." Having in mind all the circumstances, such a remark is entirely uncalled for. All wly> were present on that occasion—I and if my memory serves me correctly, Com. Kinnaird was—there— will recall the situation was somewhat tense, and that I pointed out at the time that what I was suggesting was to simplify matters. I made no arbitrary ruling. On the contrary, I made it perfectly clear that if the delegates insisted on their amendments standing they were quite within the rules. Whether the delegates accepted my proposal "out of respect to the chair," to "facilitate business," or for any other reason I still believe they displayed good sense, that 'the meeting was not "placed in a most unfortunate position," because as long as a majority of the delegates favored running six candidates it made no difference how the vote was taken. . Second: As to the matter of the vote taken at the September 30 meeting, surely Com. Kinnaird remembers that rather than acting "in spite of Section 6 of the Constitution and Roberts' Rules of Order" I produced Roberts' Rules and quoted my authority therefrom. I am fully aware of the tendency to seek a "goat" on occasions when it is felt that someone must be "blamed" for something. In this instance I refuse to accept that role, particularly on such flimsy pretext as set out by your correspondent. H. NEELANDS. Painters Give Bob Stevenson Send-off Painters' Local 138, held the regular meeting on Thursday, May 10. Eighteen applications were presented for membership by Business Agent Hodge. After regular business was finished Bro. Ed Smith, chairman of Social Committee, who had a program for a smoking concert in honor of Bro. R. Stevenson, who left for Calgary in his new position as organizer of the Brotherhood of Painters. President Ed. Morrison and Secretary Page of the Building Trades Council were present as well as President Thompson of Carpenters' Local 452. They all assisted in giving good wishes as a send-off to Bob. On the program was Birt Stinch- combe, who is always well received by the painters; Bro's. Logrin, piano solo; Hammer and.Parrot, violin and piano solos; Ed Smith with his accor- dian; J. Guard, song; W. Sommer- ville, something Scotch; Andy Creig, song; R. Stevenson, songj Thompson, song; J. King and H. Lewis, stories, and Fishback, piano solo. All helped to make it an evening long to be remembered. Eats were supplied by the ladies and refreshments by friends of Local 138, which alwaya gives a good finish to any smoker and sent Bob away rejoicing. The Painters' Picnic will be held Saturday, July 14, to Selma Park. Edtior, Labor Statesman: Sir,—I think every member of the labor movement will agree with me when I say that it is no easy matter to remove the stigma left by the activities of the boss who favors employing cheap non-union labor, strike breakers, and such, as was U3ed by a previous boss of the Empress Theatre. Even when a gentleman of the calibre of Mr. P. R. Allen, one of the most popular men to be found anywhere, a'nd who has played ball with the unions of Vancouver for many years, who in spite of his well known ability in the theatre business as well as the merits of this company of players dearly loved by all those who appreciate the clean, high class plays produced by them, is having his troubles to secure the packed houses they are so deserving of. I consider myself, through my past theatrical experience, well able— after seeing the present clever and able compan>r*4o make a strong appeal to all my fellow members of organized labor, their families and friends, to do their part and visit the Empress Theatre and help the many members of organized labor employed by this theatre to retain their jobs. Remember, many can help one, and all union help is the motto of the Allen Players. They are certainly doing their part by doing this and giving a first class show; best anywhere in stock company, for very moderate prices. Are you willing to do your share, brother, and give them the support they should get? Think this over! It is only a few of the many thousands of,worke.rs of Vancouver that do not attend some entertainment once a week at least. If it is a real good laugh and some real acting you want, then you will get it at the Empress. One visit will convince you. I feel it my duty to share a good thing with everyone, so I broadcast this message to you as I have always enjoyed, with my family, the visits weekly to the Empress and having done considerable to help provide amusement for yAu in many ways, I am the kiddies' friend, Smith the Clown, at labor sports. ED. SMITH. Heredity is something every father believes in until his SSn begins acting the fool. Partial Five-day Week Offered to Carpenters After reaching what appeared to be a deadlock in the negotiations for a new -agreement between the Seattle Building Trades Council and Associated General Contractors, a concession has been made by the contractors to the carpenters in a partial five-day week that has again cleared the atmosphere. Negotiations held from day to day during the week finally resulted in the offer of the contractors .for. a five-day week for the carpenters fdr four months of the year. This was to be acted on by the Joint Council of Carpenters Thursday night. Union bricklayers and masons have renewed their last year's agreement with the Associated General Contractors for a three-year period, according-to Roy H. Clinton, business representative for the crafts. The scale calls for an eight-hour day, five-day week for part of the year, and $12 a day wages. This is the first time a three-year agreement has been entered into by the bricklayers, said .Clinton. The bricklayers and masons negotiated their own agreement, as they are not affiliated with the 'Seattle Building Trades Council. How to Call a Taxi! LESSON NO. 4 SEYMOUR 36 Please have thr**« r»oIlar Lhnou- filncs -Hiulpp-ed to handle a wed- dint;, with UNION DRIVERS at tbo Coal Harbour Apartments, 9t»3 Nicola Street, June 2-Ub ;it B;3Q p.m., for Mr. 1. Love -Clam- ilata. Dispatcher: Your ear.s will bfl there on time, .sir. 1 thank you!., (Inserted by Local 151) VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism. Lumbago, Neuriti* Bad Cold. Teamsters Enroll 26 New Members in Drive A successful business meeting was held at room 213, Holden building, May 9th, with President A. A. McKay in the chair. There was a very large attendance, a noted increase to the previous meeting, held April 25th, which was an open meeting with Bro. Bartlett of the Trades and Labor Council addressing the meeting. At the con- mlusion of same fourteen new members Were initiated. At the May 9th meeting twelve more were enrolled. There is a big membership drive on at present having reduced the initiation fee from $5 to $1 for the months of May and June. Under the heading of good and welfare it was decided to appoint a business agent. The President called for nominations and Secretary-Treasurer A. P. Black's name was mentioned and as there was no opposition, it was carried unanimously. Bro. Black can be got by calling Sey. 5421X or Sey. 7495. With the promised assistance from the Building Trades Council, this local expects to make great strides ] from rtow on. —F. T. G. Thorough ageing imparts to this twice-distilled whisky a flavor particu arly mellow and pleasing. Reputed Quarts $3.25 :1D T9— doubled™ OLD RYE WHISKY DISTILLED AND SOTTLCO IN DONO BV The B.C.Distillery Co., limited NEW WESTMINSTER, a. C. This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Sooretary Trades & T.abor Council Room 603, 16 Hastings Street nasi; • riiones: Sey. 7495-6279 Another Dual Unjon Goes to International Montreal, P. Q. — All freight handlers in this city, with.exception of one small' point, are now members of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and Express Employees. Ordinarily an item of this kind has little more than local interest, I hut in the present instance the, event has national and international importance. It means that the standard railroad labor organization, Many people would like-to look atI covering this class of workers, has! rra»K«-«awirw*iwst^ th oms about those shoes today Ideal Shoe Rebuilder RELIABLE SHOE REPAIRS 256 Klng-away (Cor. Broadway) adian National Railways. Previously these workers were members of a dual organization which set out a short time ago to organize all Canadian railroad workers under its banner, but it made little progress. The clerks and freight handlers employed by the Canadian Pacific here have long been members of the international brotherhood. When writing to your International Office, or other local unions, atk their support in boosting Vancouver, B.C., for the 1929 A. F. of L. 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Write Today for Full Particulars and Literature Bead Office for Canada: Intermountain Building & Loan Association Phones: Sty. 1855, Sey. 3347 110,4-1108 Vancouver Block Vancouver, B.'C. (By J. S. WOODSWORTH) is frequently produced by appeals -w A great deal of discussion has *uch as 'h°se »e have heard in this B^««*r*&S?3«3g4^*rts F,« w. w •••' . i* ahnut lni-p<*. curtain*-, pvtr*iv;ii>**incp seem as if there is a tendency to Joe: "I've got an invention that'll make me millions!" Boc: "Whk is it?" Joe: "A liquid which, when applied to a girl's lips, makes her kisses taste like oranges!" \ Boe: " 'At's not so good; why not a liquid that makes an orange taste lijce a woman's kissx?" Extravagance is often caused by one mistaking his wants for his needs. Classified Adverts. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wnllls W. -Cofe-uut, 403 Metropolitan Builclin***. Phone Sey. 6667. BATHS \ Hastings Steam Baths \ Price 35c Only \ 766 Hasting-a Street East DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rntlodg-e. 108 Haatln-fs W. NOTARY PUBLIC ! P. X. Benfrong-b. 803 Holden Bid-**. u FRINTEBS "Labor Statesman 803-816 Holden Bldg:. RUPTURE SPECIALIST O. E. Heard. 813 Robson UNDERTAKERS . _ Armstrong: * Hotson, 304 Dunleyy Ave. Stock Selling Schemes To Employees Fail New York.—Bosses who try to buy employee loyalty through stock- selling schemes are embarrassed by Wall Street's bull market. Thankless workers have been taking advantage of the upward sweep in stock prices to sell their .share;), which were supposed to tie them to their company. Some companies, the National Industrial Conference Board points out, issue non-negotiable stock to employees, possessing no market ;value at all. Others try bonus schemes to prevent their better-paid workers from getting the gambling habit on the stock exchange by imitating their employers. The board estimates that 800,000 employees—perhaps—most of them in office and executive positions— t buying $1,000,000,<|00 through >any stock purchasing schemes. * 3 per cent of all wage earners salaried workers are stock- srs. centralize too .great, an expenditure on one city. This simply reflects a more general policy. . Out of sonte 40,000 civil servants in the Dominion of Canada, some 12,000 are located in the city of Ottawa. Naturally the proportion of those occupying highly-paid positions is greater in Ottawa than in* outlying districts. Hence there is a steady pressure upon the government from this large body of interested people. * •***•:•»■' — A rather unusual discussion arose in connection with the expenditures for the 'Governor-General's residence. First, came an item of $150,- 000 for the restoration and furnishing of the quarters at the Citadel at Quebec. This was supplementary to $100,000 spent last year for* the same purpose. Then came an item of $50,000, followed a little later by another similar item of $60,000 lor improvements and furnishings at Rideau. Hall...-This did__not touch the ordinary up-keep, andof course was quite exclusive of the very large allowance spent for salaries, contingencies, railway cars, etc. As nearly $100,000 a year has been spent right along for maintainence and up-keep, the increased expenditures brought forth considerable criticism. Curiously enough the Conservatives were included in this, with the Farmers and Labor. The Liberals and Liberal-Progressives, of course, supported the government, but with no great enthusiasm. Let me quote some extracts from the debate: Mr. Wooasworth: "It seems to me we are simply copying some of the least desirable practices of Great Britain, where the King has castles and houses here and there across the country. .... . We do not need to set up a kind of semi-feudalism in this country." Mr. Ross: "I think the money is being spent on a pretence, because 1 am sure the Governor-General will not spend a week at the Citadel. It is simply to make it a sight-seeing place in Quebec and a means of renewing part of the old fortifications." Mr. Woodsworth: "It seems a most extraordinary thing that, as the Minister has really admitted, because Their Excellencies lived in India and had more than one home there, we should afford them more than one home in Canada. If anyone will consider the conditions of the ordinary peasants and workers of India and compare them with what wc have here, I should say it is a great deal better that we should maintain decent standards for all the people of Canada than that wc should take -India as our example." Mr. Cantley: "If we are going to have the Governor-General residing a portion of each year in different provinces, I think it is just as important that he should visit the "bluenoses" as the people of Quebec." Mr. Edwards: .... "But I am ob- solutely opposed to spending public money to provide half a dozen residences for the Governor-General, no matter who he may be Therefore I submit that to spend a quarter of a million dollars on furniture,' j carpets and that sort of thing—with another residence for His Excellency contemplated on the Pacific coast— is a criminal waste, of laoliej*, in view of the .many'necessary public works throughout the country which are being left in abeyance." Mr. Stevens: "We certainly are not going to preserve the walls of that place by spending $70,000 on lace curtains and fancy carpets." Mr. Cannen: "It is true we have a federal capital, Ottawa, but so far as the oldest section of Canada is I concerned, its capital is Quebec. In recognition of this ethical fact, in order to promote the very highest "Did. you take your honeymoon trip in\ an airplane, as you in- tendcd?'\ "No; bW. I came down from the clouds shortly after the cercmon .......... ., ~4.w: -~ ■„**v&-.™miKt about laces, curtains, extravagance in very exalted quarters, and my Hon. friends opposite are those who. are responsible for this appeal. On the other hand, they are always ready to rise when any attack along the same line is made against people who are not sometimes as worthy of defence." Mr. Bennett: "So far as the opposition is concerned, I protest in the name of the House of Commons against dragging the name of the sovereign's representative into debate." Mr. Evans: "It seems to me that we have simply run mad in our expenditures this year Let me say that to me culture does not consist in lavish extravagance." Mr. Campbell: "This is a new country; we have very heavy liabilities, and it seems absurd that we should spend about $250,000 for the purpose of providing a seasonal residence for His Excellency. Let me just compare this amount, with some other votes which are found in the estimates. ' .If Hon. gentlemen will turn to page 60 they will find the following: "Grant to the Canadian Council on Child Welfare, $5,000; giant to the Canadian Dental Hygiene Council, $5,000; grant to* the Canadian Social Hygiene Council, $10,000; grant to the Canadian Tuberculosis Association, $25,000." Mr. Brady: "The other day we voted $3,000,000 for (he city of Ottawa, and the sum of $8,000 was mentioned for pulling down the building on that square. We have now $30,000 to clear it up, and when it is cleared up I think it will simply be used for the unemployed to sit and gaze at the House of Commons." Mr. Woodsworth: "With the comparatively small item of $26,374.32 for Governor-General's quarters at Quebec Citadel, there has been a total expenditure in the ten years for the residence alone of the Governor-General of $888,645.73. .... From the Auditor-General's report for the year ended March 31, 11127, part V., page 16, I take the following items in connection with materials, supplies and repairs for Rideau Hall: "Hobbs' Hardware Co., London, Ont., coffee pots, $330; coffee sets, $235.50; cream and milk jugs, $550.80; flat dishes, $518; forks, $795.83; hot water jugs, $152.50; knives, $591.75; salvers, $193.50; spoons, $879.83; sugar basins, $205.20; tea pots, $261; tea sets, $219; toast racks, $189; sundries, $169.38; on account sundrv supplies, $7,684.24. Total $12,965.53. "The next item is: "Smallman & Ingram, London, Ont., 82 pair blankets, $1,038.95; carpet, 654 yards, $5,929.81; sundry $948.25; 24 comforters, $504; 187 pair curtains, $777.15; 146 yards damask, $657; 16 dozen doyleys, $288; 421 % yards linen, $1,992.25; 442 & yards lining, $442.25; 24 luncheon cloths, $672; 40 yards repp, $170; 2 rugs, $1,260, $601.25; 36 pair sheets, $781.50; table linen, $1,285.50; 48 dozen towels, $459.60; sundries, $1,457.80. Totaf, $19,- 255.31. "And the third item is: "Accounts under $1,600:. Billiard table, $861.28; clocks,, $292; electrical work, $170.16; erection of birch stairs, $400; hardware and plumbing supplies, $803.97; house- furnishings, $1,051.09; lumber, doors, etc., $1,600.08; marble and tile work, $519.60; radiola, $362.50; pianos, Nordheimer, $540; Knabe Grand, $1,650, less $750 allowed for old one; sundries, $1,433.42. Total $8,1)24.10. "I have ventured to read these items simply because I think the people who pay for these things ought to know the extent to which 1 wc are furnishing Rideau Hall UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Alwayi Opes ibject that any man in public life'T>>e -\cason l felt mo<* strongly with may have, namely the union of the ir,eKard <-■-- matters of this kind is two races in thic ountry, the British * that in reality, only a very small governors chose to come to Quebec tlass- a very exclusive class, gets in order to keep as closely as possi- whatever benefit there is in an ex- ble in touch with French Canada, penditure of this kind. ... As long — as there are so many underprivi- This government has decided to revive an old tradition and to allow the representative of our-JKing, in Canada to come into the city of, Quebec for certain periods during; the year We are living in a period. where appeals to demagogy Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver'* Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DF.t'C. BOB KRAUSE Late 64th Batt. Late 72nd Batt 76 Hasting! St. E. Vancouver, B.C. When ln a Horry, Drop In at Egg Order. FRED'S t «k*e always ~ . _ , "O.K." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Hunting's w. Always Open B. WILKINSON, Pm. D. DUNCAN. Sit Reynolds' Cartage Co- LIMITED Phonal Beymonr 3377-3376 Orating'*, Packing-, Shipping- aad Storage Furniture and Piano -Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Offico and Wnrehoma: 733 — CAMBIE STREET — 733 PERRY & D0LK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread ralrmont 133 439 7tU Ave. B V leged in this country, I wonder whether we are justified in adding further to the advantages of the over-privileged classes." Mr. -Elliott: "Theh there is the redecoratipn of the -ballroom, $2,000. lion, $2,000, and for the installation of additional bathrooms on account of further requirements in that direction, $1,500 There is a regular staff of some thirty-five men. The salaries for the thirty-five men ordinarily engaged as servants are estimated at $15,316; then there is $3,200 for additional assistance and for the, repairs, purchase of materials, supplies and so forth used in connection with the grounds and premises, $11,453." Mr. Robb: "When we did so, as Canadians we were humiliated to find that when guests were expected from other countries, or when representative Canadians from all the provinces gathered there, the people, at Government House were compelled to go frequently to the Chateau Laurier or to the Rideau Club to borrow chinaware, glassware and even the forks and spoons used on the table It costs the present occupant of that office a good deal of money to keep up his end in' addition to what the government does. .... And the Lieutenant-Governors coming into that house, bcaause they happen to be wealthy men, able to spend their own money, have made Government House in the province of Ontario popular." Mr. Evans: "I want to tell the cabinet right here that these things are taken out of the sweated labor of tWfcc who have to make their living by the sweat of their brow today—out of the sweated labor of the men and women, to say nothing of the children, on the farms of Canada." Mr. Spencer: "In this case we have in Canada, a representative of His" Majesty, who, in the opinion of many members is getting a little too extravagant for the welfare of this country." Miss McPhail: "Everybody wants to see our Government Houses places of beauty and culture and dignity, but all that can be had for a good deal less expenditure. I sometimes think that one almost trips over the attendants, there are so many. I am not so sure that all that is necessary in order that there shall be culture and beauty and dignity." Mr. Irwin: "Perhaps the more wc spend in this way the better, because I do not know that there is- any more emphatic way of attracting- the attention "to the situation than by spending huge amounts of money. If they want to have royal condition* and all • thai, Kiffd " of" thing, they will have to.pay for it. . .. . . I would like to increase them. If we are going to" have royalty in Canada, I want it to be real royalty; gggjgwgijigt^^ Friday, May 18, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Weak Men AND ALL DISEASES OF MEN Take Our Remedies Send for our Booklet on Manhood and Diseases of Men. Pamphlet on Ilia of Women, Booklet on Skin DIseMea, Treatise on Chronic Complaints; Free by Mall. Thirty years' experience. Without erltl- '■;/ ii:. or dispiriting our medical men. call ii* before losing hope. Consul tatloni free, (iperi 2 to 6 arid 7 to 8 daily except Weds, and guts., uhen closed all day- Phone Doug. 3394 for Appointment The English Herbal Dispensary Limited 1359 DAVIE ST. VANCOUVER, B. C. Canada's Oldest Herbal Institute Was British Delegation To Russia Bluffed? The British Workers' Delegation to Russia, whose report was commented on some time ago in the columns of "Forward," was especially enthusiastic about the conditions prevailing in the Donetz coalfield. The Workers' Delegation reported: "The hours of the underground workers are six per shift (reckoned from when they leave the pithead until they get back there). All miners get good houses rent free, heating and electric light for nothing, besides all the social insurance advantages which are common to all industries. Moreover they get working clothes supplied and pithead baths." Not long after the departure of the delegation a number of German officials were arrested- on charges of being concerned in a plot to "sabotage" the industry, and the conditions in the Donetz area have led to considerable discussion in the Russian press The London ".Times" (18/4/28) states: "The official Trade Union organ 'Trud' sent special representatives to verify on the spot the allegations of bad management and published the results in the same issue as the Communist Party's resolution showing that the deliquents were their own local Trade Union officials, and more especially the Communist directors who introduced an atmosphere of debauchery. A certain Sheikin, Communist director of one of the biggest mines, was constantly drunk and persecuted the workmen, evoking general hatred. The same -was* true of other responsible Communist officials, particularly GubanofF and Litovchak. Last October the workmen even arranged to waylay and beat Gubanoff. The Party and Trade Union organs knew of these conditions, but considered the men responsible, as they were responsible members of the Party." The same article reports a speech by Stalin, in which Stalin is reported as stating that: "The seven hour working day was not observed, and the six hours underground was a-mere fiction. The workers' interests were betrayed, while Trade Union and Communist officials 'looked on and yawned'." .' Rather different from what the members of the British Workers' Delegation have been telling us!— "Forward." Seven Pepping Up the Union Meeting BRIDE'S LOGIC He had been trying all evening to summon the courage to tell her. It was a thing that really required a great deal of intrepidity,. She waB his ideal. Slim, brown-eyed, beautiful golden hair. As he gazed at her he finally made up his mind. "Darling," he said, "I love you. If I asked you to be my wife what would be the outcome? "It depends," came the reply, "very much on the income." THE WEEK AT OTTAWA (Continued from page 6) I do not want any of this secondhand business. Moreover, I want to see Rideau Hall provided with so mnny knives and forks that when parliamentarians are entertained there, there will be a few left. . . . The niore people are ruled the better they seem to like it. They seem to desire to bow and scrape beforo people. Well, if they enjoy that let them pay for it. Why should we object. As long as they l'ke that kind of thing, b>*ll ntfans let'thi* have it, and let them pay for the bowing and the place to bow in. If they want to double the expenditure that is .the business of tjie Canada." S. Unfinished and New Business When a motion has been left suspended at the end of a meeting, it comes up at the next meeting under unfinished business. Such motions, however, are very unusual in most union meetings. When all reports of committees have been disposed of and unfinished business has been completed, the chairman calls for new business. Under this head any member is entitled to make almost any motion concerning the activities of the union. 6. How to Make a Motion If you wish to make a motion always rise and say: Mr. Chairman, You have no right to begin to talk until the chairman recognizes you by speaking your name, or nodding to you. The chairman - should recognize the first person who rises, but he is not obliged to do this if he has special reasons for recognizing someone else. Make a motion in the following way: I move that this union send $1000 to the striking miners of West Virginia. Do not say—I move you. If you wish to speak on the motion, you can begin with your remarks and end your speech with the motion that you want the union to adopt. In this case the chairman has the right to stop you and ask what you are talking about. You should reply that you have a motion to make and that you are presenting the reasons for making this motion. 7. How the Chairman Should Receive Motion The chairman Should, always do four things when a motion is made: 1. Repeat the motion. 2. Call for a second (if the motion has not already been seconded). 3. Call for discussion (unless the motion is undebatable). 4. Put the motion to a vote. For example: t The Chairman — The motion is made that we send ?1,000 to the striking miners of West Virginia. Is the motion seconded? Brother Doan—I second the motion. (It is not necessary to rise to second a motion. If a motion is not seconded, it is automatically killed). The Chairman—You have heard the motion and second. Is there any discussion? (Discussion then follows, after which the chairman puts the question to a vote as follows:) The Chairman—Does anyone else wish to discuss this motion? If not, we will vote on the motion, which is that this union send $1,000 to the striking miners of West Virginia. All those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, No. The motion is carried. If there is any doubt as to the result of the vote the procedure is as follows: The Chairman—The vote is uncertain. All those in favor of the motion will rise (or hold up their hand). I count 25 votes in favor of the motion. Be seated. Now those opposed to the motion please rise. I count 26 votes. The motion is lost. s When a vote on a motion is uncertain, any member has the right to demand a division of the house. The chairman has no right to refuse to put the motion to such a test. If any member believes that the chairman has given a wrong estimate of the vote, he should proceed as follows: Brother Scnoskey—Mr. Chairman, I call for a rising vote. " . The Chairman—Since this is a very important vote, I will appoint Bro.theJj) Jay and Sister MacDonald to ae\ as tellers. All those in favor of the motion will rise and remain standing until the tellers have finished counting. Now all those opposed will please rise. The tellers will report the vote. Brother Jay—The vote stands 27 for the motion and 26 against. The Chairman—The' motion la carried. 8. What the Chairman Can Not Do A tyrannical chairman will sometimes declare a motion out of order simply because he is opposed to it. The chairman has no right to declare a motion out of order unless some other motion has the floor, or unless the motion directly contradicts some action which the union has just taken, or unless the motion vie-hitcs specifically some, clause in the union's ronstitutiott,; tiy-laws or order of business. No matter how foolish a motion may seem to the people of 1 chairman, he has.no ri£hL,to_defib£e I it""out-"\yt •or3ef'*unTess if^iolfites parliamentary law. If a member makes a motion at the wrong time, the procedure is as follows: i The Chairman—The motion is out of order. We are now under reports of the Membership Committee which we are discussing. You may bring up your motion under new business. 9. Defeating a Motion Usually the quickest way to defeat a motion is to table it. The motion to lay another motion on the table requires only a majority vote, and since it is not debatable, the chairman is obliged to call for a vote as soon as some member has gained the floor and moved to table. The procedure is as follows: Brother Parr—I move that this union endorse the Conservative Party at the coming election. Brother Michelson—I second the motion. _ The Chairman—You have heard the motion that this union endorse the Conservative Party in. the coming election. Is there any discussion? Brother Jarvis—I believe that this motion should not be discussed at this time. I move to lay the' motion oii the table. Brotherf Moore—I second the mo' tion. The Chairman—The motion is made to table the original motion. . Brother Parr—I am opposed to this motion to table — The Chairman—You are out of order. Please sit down. The motion to table is undebatable and must be put to a vote at once. All those in favor of. tabling the motion to endorse the Conservative Party will say Aye. Opposed No. The motion is tabled. 10. Discussing a Motion The following rules Should be applied to the discussion of a motion: 1. No member has the right to discuss a motion twice while some other member wants the floor. 2. The person who makes a motion is usually given the last word in discussing it, if he wishes to speak twice. ' 3. Speak to the point. Otherwise the chairman can call you to order. 4. Do not talk to an opponent in arguing a question on the floor. Talk to the audience. If the discussion of a motion or report drags too long any member who wants the vote taken immediately can call "Question" without rising from l«'s seat, provided no other member has the floor. This is only a reminder to the chairman that some members are impatient to get the discussion over with. The chairman may then say: "The question is called for. Is there any more discussion? If not, all those in favor, etc. 11. The Previous Question The chairman can not stop discussion in this way if some member wishes the floor. The best way to stop discussion if some members want the floor is to move the previous question. This motion means to stop debate. It has nothing to do with the motion previously before the house. It requires a two-thirds vote to pass it and it can not be discussed. If it is passed, the chairman must immediately put to a vote the motion which is being discussed. The procedure is as follows: (Discussion then follows.) Brother Frank—I move the previous question. (This is the same thing as saying-^—I move to close.debate.) •■ Brother DeWcy—I second the motion and I want to speak in favor of closing this discussion. I— The Chairman—You can not discuss this motion. The previous question has been moved and seconded. All those in favor of the previous question say Aye. Opposed, No. The chair is in doubt All those in favor of the previous question will rise. Be seated. Opposed rise. The vote stands 29 to 9. The previous question is carrcd. I will put the main motion to a vote.^ All those in favor of the .motion that we send a delegation to the Labor Party convention here will say Aye. Opposed, No. The motion is lost. Succeeding articles will deal further with parliamentary procedure, how to write minutes, and hints to the financial secretary. VAN BROS.' CIDERS ALL FLAVORS IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS., LTD. 1955 Commercial Drive Sootless Egg Coal $9.00 An Excellent Coal: also the Old Reliable NANAIMO-WELLINGTON Star Coal Co., Ltd. TBEE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH. 279 JOIN THE LABOR PARTY For Further Information Write B. C. SECTION, CANADIAN LABOR PARTY Secretary, 3. Stevenson, 3 Qrosvenor Ave. N.. Vancouver, B. C. Phone Glenburn 40-lyl Prealdent, w. J. Bartlett; Vice-Presidents. J. Wood, H. S. Bate, W. VT. lefoniix, E. Balo, M. Glenday. The Equitable Savings & Loan Association Owned and operated by its members for their mutual benefit. 2G8 North-West Building Sey. 7172 No Preferred Stock. Money received from members only. No Preferred Stockholders. Loons made to members only. $1.00 TO $35.00 PER MONTH RECEIVED Please forward me further Information regarding Savings and Loan. I am interested in building or buying a home. T am interested in paying off an existing mortgage. I am interested in a savings account. Name.... Address - „ - Buy Union Stamped Shoes We ask all members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Amilitfd with Um AjMrteu rtitrttka tt Ubor 346 BVrMMXM STREET, BOBTON, MASS. COLLIS LOVELY General Prealdent CHARLES L. BAINB General Secretary-Treaaurer The Black List Policeman: "Sir, this man is arrested for gambling and being drunk." Accused: "Your Honor, man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. I'm not as debased as Swift, as profligate as Byron, as dissipated as Poe, or as debauched, as " County Magistrate: "That will do. Thirty days, and, officer, take a list of those names and run them in. They're as bad as he is." Estate Ones "Did you hear about the traveling salesman who died?" Two: "No, shoot." One: "Left an estate of .r>00 towels and a hotel key." Honeymoon Salad The newly married couple stopped for lunch at a hotel where the man-, ager was rather assiduous in his attentions. For the tenth time he sailed 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." One-Sided Dusty: "Aren't rosy cheeks a sign of good health?" Rusty: "1 should say they arc." Dusty: "In that case, I saw a girl the other day who was a lot healthier on one side than on the other." When w-r-iKnj^tio your Interna-, tional Office, or. other local union*, ask their support in boosting Vancouver, B.C,„ for the ia29AvF. of Convention. SUBSCRIBE TODAY We invite yon to subscribe or get a friend to subscribe for The Labor Statesman. The rate* are two dollan for one year, one dollar for (is montbi. I enclose dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to the address below for...... months, commencing with the next issue. —— NAME ADDRESS „ .-.......: ....... Fleas* Writ. Plainly to Avoid Ml«Uk.«. Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver _^_ '■"fr '■ ■'--■■ -'■■ ■■■■?■■' :■:: .- — —" 1 Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday. Mav 18, 1928 ^W&n&mimnB. IMCOHFOWATtO gW MAY UTO. VANCOUVER Men's & Boys'Watches $5.00 THE MOST OUTSTANDING watch value in many months—watches of style and dependability at a price seldom, if ever, as low before. '} 'itted with 15-jewel movements in white finished nickel case, that will not change* color. Watche3 that can be relied on for accurate timekeeping and long service. Every watch guarateed. Special $ 5 Men! Get Ready for the 24th SPECIAL HOLIDAY GOODS SALE! A few Real Specials for Men. Compare our prices; absolutely the lowest in the city for good merchandise! STRAW HATS—wonderful selection, 'all styles, hundreds to choose from; values to $3.50, on sale $1.95 NO-BUTTON UNDERWEAR—best nainsook, all sizes; regular $1.26; on sale 95c MEN'S SHIRTS—1000, every pattern, finest quality; values to $3.60; all on sale $1.85 SILK SOCK SPECIAL—latest patterns; values to $1.00; all sizes : 45c ODD PANTS—English worsteds and tweeds;.sizes 30-46; regular to $4.00*. on sale $2.95 OUR BIG SUIT SPECIAL—your choice any suit; reg. $25, $18.00 "MASTER MECHANIC" OVERALLS—sells-regularly at $2.50; heaviest quality; our price _, ...-. * $1.95 ARCADE CLOTHES SHOP "A Union Store for Men" 142 Hastings Street West THINGS FOR MEN! TWINPLEX STIIOPI'ERS—Olllette and Durham Duplex $3.49 EVER-READY SHAVING CREAM. 39c; and a RAZOR FREE. POMI'A COMBS—A comb and brush Wc LUNCH KIT ,AND VACUUM BOTTLE »1.« RAZOR HONES—A large selection '.. ...60c to 81.50 PASS CASES—Holds one to six pasees _ SOc to $3.25 HARRIS HAIR TONIC—Removes dandruff *1.00 AUTO-STROP OUTFIT Razor, Blades and Strop 98c complete. 98c DARWIN BLADES They give more and bet- 75c ter shaves 75c B. C. Barber Supply & Sundries Limited V PHONE SEY. 4401 BETAIX. STORE — 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST — VANCOUVER, B. O. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT AND CAKEFUL ATTENTION IN THE - TONSORIAL CHAIR - * SPUD TA M SAVE ON DRUG WANTS Compare our prices with what you have been paying1 and note the QUALITY. SERVICE and SAVING " Friday and Saturday Specials .40 DagROtt & Ramsdells .50 Dr. Reid's Pile Ointment _.'. .24 Clean-up Kit .26 .3f, Gets-lt Corn Remover 21 .75 Krank's Lemon Cream .52 .25 and .60 Sun Visors .17 and .33 .25 Automalic Cigar Lighters... .18 l.jiO Chinese Sun Parasols 1.05 1.00 Twlstum Animal Toys 65 1.00 Sparklet Bulbs "B" .77 ,.25 Peroxide Dental Cream 14 ,81 Mlchaud's Bandoline 14 .50 Gem Blades .33 .90 Ever-Ueady Razor (Chal- .50 Ever-Ready Blades .29 lenge Outfit) .61 .35 Corega „ a .24 .GO Woodward's Gripe Water .41 .60 Self-el's Svrup • .39 1.00 Klssproof Face Powder 56 .25 Boracie Ointment ....14 .35 Pyres Nutter* .2 for .37 Vancouver's Own Drug Stores—Thirteon ln the City at Your Service. We Save Yon Money! VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, LIMITED \ 15 STORES Ottawa.—It is estimated .,- ffifin Ravelling (id miles an . would take 18 day> and 21 hours to caver the entire single track of Rr-um-ph here comes Alderman Garbutt. I hardly know how to treat this baby. 1 wonder if I should pull his leg or give him a bawling out. Good morning, Mr. Garbutt. Haircut? Yes sir. Yes the weather is very trying on fat people- Jumped into summer all of a sudden hasn't it. I guess you don't sleep very well at nights. What do I mean? Well I hardly know how to put it. You see there has been so much talk about you and the. Police Commission. It must be worrying you quite a bft. You don't care what anybody says, eh? They have got nothing on you so far as accepting graft is concerned, eh? No, but I do know- that the workers of this city have something on you. Commissioner Fletcher referred to you as a "rubber stamp. " He should have said more than that, for to us you are a cancellation stamp. For no matter when or where anything has been introduced to benefit the workers of this city you have been on the negative side. Name an instance? I'll name more than one "instance believe me. Away back in 1925 you opposed the request of the Retail Clerks that stores be closed at 6 p.m. Then in 1926 you opposed an increase of 25c per day to outside civic workers. Again in May 1927 you opposed an increase for policemen, firemen and construction workers. Is that enough? You were only trying to save the ratepayers money? Oh la, la, vou naughty old man. In Ireland they call that stuff BLARNEY; in Canada they have another name for it, but being as I don't swear I'll leave you guess at it. However, if what you- say is true why did you move that $3,500 be spent on advertising in prairie towns? Why did you favor a boost of $1000 per annum in Mr. . Pilkington's salary? Why did you suggest a similar raise for Magistrate SnSw when he was already getting ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN DOLLARS PER WEEK.- Yes sir, you were prepared to vote in favor of giving him an advance of $20.00 per week but you could not see your way to favor giving the ditch digger an extra 25c per day. Do you call that saving the ratepayers money? I can excuse a man for being stupid, or even for being hostile to labor, but I cannot excuse anybody for developing a yellow streak. That is just what I mean. After moving in the City Council in May this year that the stores remain open until 9:30 p.m. on Saturdays, and at the same meeting you alleged that a girl who worked in a store told you, that she would rather work until 9 p.m. because the city was dead after that time,' you refused to come to the platform when asked to do so by the chairman of a mass meeting of clerks in Wesley church last Monday. No sir, you lack guts and gumption. Alderman Woodside and you are like bad fruit. Why? Well because you are a rotten pear. I hope you both get it jm the neck next election. It is coming to you.' Go on hop it, men like you give me the willies. Next please. The Writing on The Wall in Great Britain Labor's By-Election Triumphs . Hanley has provided Labor with the greatest by-election victory since the last general election. Mr. MacDonald was entirely justified in declaring that "it is the writing on the wall." A comparison of ^.he by-election result with that of 1924 makes clear the extent of Labor's magnificent triumph. By-Election, 1928 Arthur Hollins (Labor) .....15,136 Alfred Denville (Cons.): 6,601 Walter Mcakin (Lib.) 3,390 TRY THE NEWEST UNION CAPE The Walker Cafe William E. Walker, Proprietor Quality Meals at Popular Prices! 894 Granville (Next Orpheum) Labor majority over Cons.:... 8,532 General Election, 1924 S. Clowes (Labor).:, 13,527 F. Collis (Cons.) 11,973 Labor majority over Cons 1,544 It will be seen that Labor's poll has been increased by over 1,60.0 votes; that its majority over (the Tory was more than 8,500, and that the Labor vote exceeded the Liberal vote by 11,750 votes. Indeed, the Liberal only just managed to save his deposit. More remarkable still was the fact that the Labor poll exceeded by over 5,000 votes the combined votes of the Tories and Liberals. This victory is even more emphatic than that at Linlithgow recently, when Labor had a majority of more than 5,000 over the Tory and of 8,756 over the Liberal. And yet in the current number of the official monthly of the Liberal Party we find the claim that "more people are now voting for Liberal candidates than for Labor candidates." The Manchester Guardian has suggested that "perhaps both the older parties will learn something from the figures of the Hanley result." We wonder if the Liberal newspaper was hinting that it is now clear beyond all doubt that the na- | tion is looking to Labor to provide the next government? -—. Other results at the elections since 1918 were as follows*: 1923 H. Parker (Lab.) 11,508 J. A, Seddon (Cons.) 5,817 Mrs. Moody (-fcib.) 4,268 When in a hurry try the Dairy Maid Lunch "The Union Men's Lunch" 3 Haitingt East Opposite Holden Building ABB0TSF0RD Call High. 498 and 4980 BIGHT PHOWE: HIOH. 4676 COAL and WOOD For the Best Fuel Obtainable the gorornntcn&owned Canadian,,. National RaiTways. The Natio*naTTW with 22,680 miles of steel, is the largest railway system in America. * Drayton Withdrawn From Trades Council As a result '■of the request of the Trades Council asking the Bricklayers' Union to withdraw Geo. Drayton from the Trades Council fgr his misinformation to The (Communist) Worker on the alleged activities of the Vancouver Trades Council and officials, the Bricklayers' Union sent the following reply to the Trades Council: "At a special meeting of Union No. 1 of British Columbia, held on May 9th, the question ,of the withdrawal of Bro. George Draytoiv, was very thoroughly discussed, and it was thought to be in the interest of organized labor that he should (as you have requested) be withdrawn as a delegate to the council. This union wants men that will build up our organizations and not men that are continually striving to create dissension." Yours fraternally, WM. S. DAGNALL. SOUTH VANCOUVER I. L. P. -;■■ A ;sps*l<ii-meeting will be" field in the Horticultural Hall, Fraser street, llfokJfflr 9Btfl| * P*m. ' Mat- ^peTOi inU-rpsTTo party to be discussed. W. FORD, Secretary. Lab. majority over Cons 5,691 1922 H. Parker (Labor) .10,742 J. A. Seddon (N.L.) 6,312 J. H. Whitehouse (Lib.) 4,942 Labor majority 4,430 1918 J. A. Seddon (Co. N.D.P.).... 8,032 II. Parker (Lab.) 7,697 R. L. Outhwaite (Ind. L.) 2,703 L. L. Grimwade (LJ : 1,459 C.O.N.D.P. majority fci 335 TECHNICAL ENGINEERS SUPPORTING TEACHERS Seattle.—Like many of the other locals, the Technical Engineers and Architects have taken action in their union to support the High School Teachers' Union to the utmost of their ability against the un-American stand taken by the School'Board in denying them the right to organize. A special committee on miners' relief has also been appointed which is collecting both money and cast- off clothing. Summer schedule PACIFIC STAGES Affects AH Lines to Seattle, .White Rock, Coquitlam, Haney, North Vancouver, Whytecliffe, Ladner, Port Moody, Grouse Mountain. A large fleet of De Luxe Conches with careful drivers now operating —To Seattle, a beautiful trip in the spring weather —return fare. $5.50. For further 'information regarding trips and fares on Lower Mainland, phone Seymour 4000 SEY. 4000 ■ OfCTul'lg SEYMOUR AT DUNSMUIR. Closing Out Sale $15,000 Shoe Stock SAMPLE SHOE STORE EXTRA SPECIALS FOB HOLIDAY Ladies' (6.00 Shoea, S2.95 and S3.95 1000 Palm Ladles' Novelty Shot'.**; values to $6.00; all sizes at %3&o o\ $2.95 Men's 810.00 Shoes, 93.95 and *4.95 U'OO Ililrs Men's Fine Shoes nnd Oxfords; values to $10, now »4.95 & »3.95 ;,'.,_ Banning Shoes, 99c ! .Men s, Boys' and Women's Running Shoes; slipper or oxford, one pnce.990 (2.00 Ladles' White Shoes, 95c 1 100 Pairs Ladies' .Slippers and Oxfords; while eanvas, leather soles 95c % 37 HASTINGS WEST (Next Kirkham's) FIRST CHURCH "The Church of the Open Door" HASTINGS STREET EAST AT GORE AVENUE 11 a.m.: REV. A. BARNARD Superintendent of Indian Missions in Canada. * 7:30 p.m.: REV. A. D, McKINNON, D.D. Williams Lake, Cariboo. " MOTnnj^'Sw^ceilwtSdcsiSf oferXjOK^" JUA^U "■ c. V
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