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=*= mttttsmtttmsssm mm Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 242—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, JANUARY 18, 1929 FIVE CENTS. PER COPY Seven Council Officers Elected by Acclamation Trades and Labor Council Holds Its First Meeting in New Labor Headquarters—Election of Officers First Important Business Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters ERIDAY HALD UNION. * Plnsturcr**.' Helpers 8 Granite Cutters '.., 4 Ironworkers .". , 311 Molders „ .'. 313 Engineers, 844 SIB MONDAY Teamsters ...... 2 Botlermsikers _ .i...'. 4 , Egg Graders ...„ ...':..' 311 TUESDAY n;uu»«r»"::". a Machinists, 692- 201 Building Trades Council, .'* 316 WEDNESDAY Electrical Workers, 310 2 Bricklayers '. 3- Mlllwrlghts „.;. 311 Tllesctters .'. ^ ,: 315 Engineers, 882 :....„ 806 Painters Sheet Metal Workers' ....... Union Label Trades _.. FRIDAY. 25th Milk Salesmen : Taxi Drivers, 12:30 and 4.30 -~~J>lumbi Trorfn-o BTB 'workers - 8 Engineers, 844'.... J_. rJ. 115 We can't imagine anything more ,.. pathetic than 'seeing a horsefly on a radiator. <> •:"" Russell and Sorley Endorsed by Council Tom Russejl, member of Carpenters' Local 452, and delegate-from that organization to the Trades and Labor Council, has been endorsed by both organizations as candidate for School Trustee in thc West Vancou-; ver municipal elections, which take place on Saturday. , , Malcolm Sorley of the Railway Carmen's Union, candidate for School Trustee tin the Burnaby Municipal elections, was also endorsed by the Trades and Labor Council.' J)ELEGATES TO THE VANCOUVER, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council,"representing 64 local unions, met for the first time in the new Labo* Htadquartenr on Beatty street on Tuesday7"":ind, among" other important business, elected officers for the six-month term.. Ninety-six delegates were present, and a lively election contest took place for two'of the offices, the balance going by acclamation. A warm bright hall greeted the delegates on Tuesday night and business was despatched in fairly good time. There was a turnout of 96 delegates, among whom were two women delegates, Mr. F. Dolk of the Tailors' -Union and Miss Gladys Shaughnessy of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, and several hew delegates from various unions who were obligated ,by President Thomson. Expressions of appreciation were voiced by Ed. Smith and other delegates on the success of the Labor. Headquarters venture, and after a report from Acting-Chairmaji Neeiands of the committee, a; standing vote of thanks ' was unanimpusly given. The election of officers started off with elections _by acclamation, but the delegates began to desif«a„eon- test towards the end, so the last'two offices were warmly contested. Following were the results: President—Jas. Thomson, Pile Drivers' Union. Vice-President—W. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths' Union. 1 General Sccretapy-Treasurer—P. R. Bengough, Machinists' Union. Warden—Walter Deptford, Street' Railwaymen. . . Statistician—C. E. Herrett, Barbers, it-' I Chairman of Committees (Executive) Organization — Colin McDonald, TailorB. Legislation — R. H. Neeiands, Typographical. Pres3—W. Page, 52, Carpenters; J. Cummings, 44, Hotel and Restaurant. Grie^jance—W- Watt, 8, Plumbers; G. Pettipiece, 14, Engineers; J. Cumming, 45, H. & R. E.: B. Showier, 27, Dairy Employees. Second ballot: G. Pettipiece, 2; J. Cumming, 63, (elected); B. Showier, 31. Del. Miller of the Musicians' Union was appointed auditor, to act with M. J. Keane and B. Showier. In a contest for delegates from the Trades Council to the Board of Governors of the General Hospital, the result was B. Showier, Dairy Employees, 60; A. Ross, Railway Carmen, .31. We Do Not Patronize the Pheasant Cafe At the request of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union the Pheasant Cafe, in the 700 block on Granville street, was placed on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council. Every effort has been made to line this place up dur- ingy the rmst severaj years, but' it was nolTpkced on the, unfair list because it was on a side street*and did not cut much ice. Having moved onto Granville street in close proximity to other union restaurants, the, union deemed it time to take some action against the place. Delegates from the union alleged that the proprietor of the. Pheasant Cafe 'had put forth considerable opposition to' the 40c Minimum Wage for restaurants during the hearing in this city. COMMERCIAL TAXI MAY BE PLACED ON UNFAIR LIST At the request of the Taxi and Stage Drivers' Union, the Commercial Taxi of Cambie street has been referred to the Grievance Committee for inclusion in the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the Trades Council. Councillor Gray's Record Is Condemned Opposition to the re-election of Councillor Gray of Burnaby was voiced „by several delegates at' the Trades Council meeting on' Tuesday, when his past record was aired again His opposition to wage increases and an arbitration board for the Burnaby civic employees was spoken of as a most reactionary attitude. Delegates :allcged that during the present campaign .he is denying that he opposed arbitration, and, inasmuch as his former admissions and records show that he did, the following resolution, presented by Del. Rfess of the Railway CaTme'tt*S"iJtifen, was unanimously endorsed: - ',.- Whereas, Councillor.Gray is again a candidate for a seat on the Burnaby Municipal Council; and Whereas it is alleged that he is now stating in' public that he did not vote against arbitration for civic em ployees; and Whereas.Councillor Gray admitted on the floor,of the Trades and Labor Council that he had voted against arbitration; and Whereas a committee of the Trades Council searched the minutes of the Burnaby Municipal Council and found that on every occasion when arbitration was under discussion'Councillor Gray, with another councillor named ' Lambert, voted against'it being grg^fgd'; and Whereas tbe vote of censure against the said Councillor Gray was endorsed by the biggest union in the Port Mann Railway Shops, where Gray is employed; be it Resolved, that the vote of censure on Councillor Gray be/now reaffirmed. —' Carried unanimously. Trades C British Unions Suffer By Industrial Slump LONDON.—British trade unions lost 299,000 members in the course of a year, according to figures published by the government. The membership now is 4,908,OjOO. Unions in industries suffering from the depression had the greatest losses. Organized miners decreased by 107,000, railroad organizations hy 79,000. ■- • • , , - In spite of the losses, the strength of the unions in relation to those employed remains the same. Compared with 19J3, the -pre-war year,,trade union membership shows ah increase of 750,000. '."'■ LABOR BANK EXPANDS New York.—The Federation Bank and Trust Company, Peter J. Brady, president, voted, an extra dividend of $2 a share, which brings a return of $10 a share for 1928. /The company is owned by 40 international trade unions and 150 local unions. It started in May, 1923, with, resources of $500,000 that now total $21,000,000. A woman acquaintance-says men making love are like a phonograph with only one record; they all play the same tune. FIVE-DAY WEEK IN TULSA Tulsa, Okla.-^Building trad*"- unions and contractors* agreed Mo a six months' experiment on the five-day week aria have signed a contract^afong these lines. / Its Le-Kttive Proposals Unemployment To Pres* ess Presents! e, Immigration, and Many Amendments oposed to Benefit Canadian Workers re Urged by Executive HAYDON 'T-HE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM of thc Canadian workers, as represented by the Trades and Labor Congress, was presented to Premier Kif)J>f and members of the government by the Executive Council and a representative delegation of the affiliated unions I&s't week. " . - ..,.-- The-third session of the Sixtieth Parliament of Canada will open on February 7. It-was in anticipation of that event that.organized labor pressed its view.s on the responsible leaders of the Dominion government. . Four major it-cms were stressed by the workers, namely: (1)-Ratification by the Dominion of the draft conventions and recommendations of the International Labor Organization. These include thefeight-ffour day, one day's rest in seven, seamen's articles of agreement, unemployment insurance, interchange of migration statistics. - There is some question as to Federal jurisdiction on some of the conventions of the I. L. O., but labor believes that all of its findings should be treated as treaty obligations and enacted by the Dominion. Trades Council Notes The following.telegram has been sent to the convention of the Alberta Federation of Labor by Secretary Bengough, and his action endorsed: Alberta Federation of Labor, In Convention, Lethbridge, Alta. To Officers »nd Members, Gree'ting. Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council extends fraternal greetings, and wishes you a successful convention. * * ' * An acknowledgment of receipt of an expression 6f appreciation from •the Vancouver Trades Council , for the services rendered by Mr. F. Harrison, Fpir Wage Officer, has been received from Peter Heenan, Minister of Labor, who stated that he was glad to-know that his office had been of some assistance. » » • Sheet Metal Workers' Local 280 expressed appreciation of the work done by Secretary Bengough and the Labor Headquarters- Committee in securing such a suitable and comfortable building for the unions. * j * *,* Del. Hougham of the Street Railwaymen's Union asked the executive to take' up the question of getting the Marpole Coal Co. and the Rat Portage Coal Co. to employ union drivers, as certain profitable contracts might be taken from these firms if they insist on. refusing to employ union drivers.' • • » » Efforts to get the Boys' and Girls' Juvenile Band to come to a proper settlement with the Musicians' Union has proved of no avail. The officers in charge of the band are alleged to be using subterfuges to prolong the disagreement and no progress is being made towards a settlement. The Musicians' Union is prepared to treat this band in the same fair method extended to the Fraternal Society and Military Bands in this city, and that is all that can be' expected from the union,, the members having to earn their living thrp-Wji that, profession. . * Unemployment arid Tariff (2)/Unemployment insurance. A parliamentary committee studied this qaiestion at the last session and the "principle was indorsed. "It is strongly .urged," said the council, "that definite action be taken during the forthcoming session of parliament to establish in Canada a system of unemployment insurance and thus bring relief from the misery, suffering and economic loss which unemployment causes." (3) Tariff protection. Labor requests the reorganization of the tariff board upon a representative, nonpartisan0 basis, thus taking the'whole question out of party politics. Labor, of course, would be represented on the commission. It also requested that where protection is given an industry it should be placed under the provisions of the fair wages regulations, thus giving some protection to the workers. (4) Migration. On this important that "residents of Canada be given the same opportunities and assistance in land settlement as are given to residents of the British Isles and for; eign countries." ! . Why British Immigration Lags It also urged that colonization should be given precedence over immigration activities and that land settlement opportunities be made as widely known in Canada as in overseas countries. . "Adverse criticism," it says, "has appeared during the past year respecting the .disproportionate number of British as compared with other jmmigrants admitted to Canada. We~wish to give assurance that this is not attributable to any action by organized labor, but may be accounted for by the preference given by many large employers of, labor, especially on construction jobs and in lumber camps, to workers from other countries with a much lower standard of living than that established, either in Canada or Great. Britain." A large number of other requests were presented to the government, including: Re-enactment of the Technical Education Act of 1919; amendments to the fair wage regulations; curtailment of the veto power of the Senate ; amendments to the British North America Act* (Canada's constitution ); amendments to the Criminal Code to provide for peaceful picketing and repeal of the obnoxious amendments passed during the Winnipeg general strike of 1919; amendments to the Militia Act to give the Dominion discretionary powers concerning the use of troops during I industrial disputes; abolition of cadet training in schools; amendments to tho Canada Shipping Act to give more protection to marine engineers; . prison reform; amendments to the Canada Election Act to provide greater facilities for voting; amendments to the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act to obviate the necessity of* taking a strike vote before the establishment of a board; establishment of holidays for letter carriers at Christmas and New Years. The workers' delegation was headed by Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada., • Premier to Declare Policy What the government hopes to accomplish during the coming' session will.be revealtfd in the speech from the throne, which is read at the opening by the Governor-General. It is prepared, however, by the Premier and the cabinet. This declaration of policy will-include, among other things:* Ratification of the Kellogg peace ' pact; the international treaty regard- inp the diversion of water at Niagara; ratification of the agreements reached between the British and Canadian governments respecting migration; consideration of the re^ turn of natural resources to the western provinces. The standing of the parties is unchanged, although four vacancies have been filled since the adjournment. Two Conservative front benchers will be missing. Sir Henry Drayton question the congress ..-.emphasizes, jjesigned_ to become chairman of the Ontario Liquor Control Board, and Hon. Dr. S. F. Tolmie resigned to accept the premiership of British Columbia. , , In the bye-elections the Conservatives retained two seats while the Liberals also held two. The party standing now is: Liberals Cthe government), 132; Conservatives, .90; Progressives, 17; Labor, 4; Independents, 2. MILLIONAIRES DUE TO "DOLLAR DEBASEMENT" Carl Snyder of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York told the American Statistical Association, the other day that the number of millionaires in this country has risen from '7,000 iiTl9l4 toTetWeeiT3tWO0 and 40,000 in 1928. He explained the increase as follows: ■ "Possibly half or more of these new millionaires have been created by the violent debasement in the value.of the currency which has taken place since the beginning of the war. -i'A considerable number mus,t be due, also, to the enormous" rise in the value of securities since the war, and to the colossal manipulation of security values." Surely, the man who makes a million dollars boosting prices or manipulating the value of securities has not'given society a million dollars' worth of service.. :<Vti- ',*. ***"* Two *' THE LABOR STATESI^A Friday, January'l'S, 1929 homoufmims-. 'your [{itchen <\^.P 'your your, daily supply of rich, wholesome milk is protected all the way by "the Dairy with the Highest Sc6re." . ^- Fraser VALLEY MILK FAIRMONT. IOOO. Wkf>,jSs\*J**MSs*i Ut*\*M * Union Restaurants . Many restaurants and self-service ■ houses have, and still have, strenuously opposed every effort ma.de to organize their employees; so may We request you to look for UNION HOUSE CARDS. ' . \%t\ ibninui Euunra limuiunuthiiute * B-'leiwt***, lnkrMlii)iisl"lK);ue 01 ktxoa A ***** Give your patronage to the following houses: Cecil Cafe, 1336 Granville. ■*" ,„. Harmony Cafe, 1154 Granyille. Paragon Cafe, 1146 Granville. Morris Lunch, 1113 Granville. Ritz Cafe, 1043 Granville. • Love's Cafe, 926 Granville. Commodore Cafe, 872 Granville. Fashion Dairy Lunch, 894 Granville. Omheum Cafe, 762 Granville. Empire Cafe, 76 E. Hast. 1 Fashion Dairy Lunch, 71 Hastings. Broadway Cafe, 105 Hastings E. Golden Gate Cafe, 130 Hastings E. Fred's Dairy Lunch, 72 West Hastings. i Strand Cafe, 29 Hastings W. Bancroft's Cafe, 338 Hastings. Bailey's Cafe, 320, Cambie. Wonder Cafe, 224' Carrali. Delmonico Lunch, 617 Robson. Fish and Chip Shop, 7614 Robson Street Standard Cafe, 615 Dunsmuir. Olympic Cafe, 720 Pender W. Central Cafe, 608 Pender W. Boston Cafe, 634 Pender W. .New Good Eats Cafe, 619 Pender, province Cafe, 790 Main. Dtfuglas Cafe, 844 Main. Princess Cafe, 416 Hastings E. Shasta Cafe, Cambie and Cordova. New Westminster— Fraser Cafe, 738 Columbia. Allen's Cafe, 660 Columbia. , "Build B. C Quality Simply The Best <«^S» TJACIFIC-Milk gains in popu- *- larity, from its unusually good quality. Freely and confidently, examination and comparison are- invited, for, search where you will, a better milk you cannot find. Pacific Milk ' Factories at 'Abbotsford and Ladner "Build B.C."' ! Social Democrats Favor a "Defensive" Army LONDON.-—A profound change ih the' pacifist policy of the German Social-Democratic party is seen in an official* recommendation in favor of a defensive army.: Only: a few months ago, representatives of the German party agreed with, representatives of other labor parties, to bring about complete international disarmament.. The new program demands that the army may never be used in conflicts between labor and capital. Control over army contracts and administration would be in the hands of the'Parliament. ,' ■ Move Will Be Resisted . , Because of; strong pacifist tradition in the German labor movemerft, this change of, policy will meet bitter opposition at the party convention next March. ... When the Social-Democratic members of the cabinet approved the building of cruisers some time ago, they were forced to retract by the party's parliamentary group. ' French militarism is blamed for the waning pacifism in post-war Germany. « Scared by France's attitude, Germans are easily dupec} by adventurers advocating secret military organizations. • ".'■■■* Militarists' Plots Numerous revelations betray a widespread net of secret- military societies in control of monarchists. They usually work in close Co-operation with the present army. These secret formations exist for the purpose of establishing a dictatorship and are bitterly opposed by workers. Social - Democrats propose the change of policy in, the hope of getting an army under democratic control, pledged to support constitutional government. " Point to "Open Wound" There are, of course, other reasons. For example, continued foreign occu-* pation of German territory is described as a "permanent open wound" the workers in the Rhineland occupied by French and British troops. At, a conference of trade unions and the SociaUDemocratic party in the occupied territory, an appeal was issued to the former Allies asking them to withdraw the troops. "The soldiers of the victorious powers brought to the inhabitants of the occupied territories, not the/much advertised freedom of western Europe, but political and economic separation from the • mother country," the conference declared. The troops were charged with bringing martial law, invading the privacy of the home, and political intrigue. *» Workers are the greatest sufferers because of the occupation, according to the conference. Extend Frontiers of Trade Unionism WASHINGTON.—"E x t e n d the frontiers 'of trade unionism," says President Green, in a spirited call to trade unionists everywhere to vitalize the New Orleans convention declaration that the A. F. of L. membership be doubled this year. ' In a letter to.A. F. of L. representatives and organizers, President Green urges especial effort to "arouse interest among the officers and members of pur movement with whom you come in contact and to point out to our members everywhere that non-union workers must be brought into association and co-operation with the trade union movement if wage standards and conditions of employment are to be raised to a still higher level." In his letter to city central bodies, President Green calls attention of these organizations to their responsibility of leadership within their jurisdiction. "The Executive Council," he'says, "urges every central labor union to inaugurate and carry through a sustained organizing campaign during the entire year. - This will not be difficult should each person assume responsibility for securing an additional union member. Responsibility for advancing the cause of unionism rests upan every trade unionist, as well as every union organization. It is of vital importance that we extend the frontiers of. unionism during the coming year. . ■ '- "I hope you wjll consider plans for Inaugurating this organizing cani- 'paign at the next meeting of your central labor union. Whefn you have completed plans, will you please write me details. . "Billy, do you know what happens to little boys who tell lies?" "Sure,, they ride for half-fare." Workers Stung by Stock Ownership Boston.—The Shoe Workers' Journal draws a moral from the collapse of the Converse Rubber Shoe Company, whose failure caused loss of savings of employees who were induced- to buy stock in that concern. It is estimated that the maximuhi value of the stock will be 28 cents on the dollar. This will be used to pay the creditors. . Many of ' the Workers attended the federal court and were loud in their lamentations over the loss of their savings. "If working people invest in the stock of employing corporations they must take their defiances with all the other stockholders," says Charles L. Baine, editor of the Shoe Workers' Journal. "The stock of small holders has no special privilege. There are no- exceptions in favor of the wage earner stockholder. "The property of any business belongs first to its creditors. After creditors are satisfied then come the bondholders, and after that the stockholders. In the Converse case there were bondholders but these will get nothing because the assets of the company are said to be Only sufficient to pay the creditors 28 cents on the dollar. "Some of the newspaper- headlines are misleading. For instance—'Proposed reorganization will ruin many.' This is not strictly true. Their money is already lost. ^Not the reorganization but the previous unprofitable business lost their money. ■ ■ "Another headline -says: 'Stock- iiolders' equity to be .wiped out, court told.' Stockholders have no equity unless the -business is__solvent after all other claims prior to stockholders are satisfied. "These are some of the hard facts of business law which workers should thirfk of before handing their savings to some one to .play with. "Stress is laid* on inducements by which employees are influenced to invest. These are of no value; once the worker becomes a stockholder, especially if the concern is financially embarrassed. The safe, thing, for wage earners is to Jet all such ventures alone." If you have money to invest put it into some company that dpes hot attempt to sel lshares to its em ployee's. Stock investments are be coming quite popular even among, working people, but they should be wary of this "Empleyee Ownership" stock. One Cent a Day for Safety! Thai'fis all you need pay to secure PROTECTION for your Papers, Securities or Jewellery, in the1 strongest vault- on the Pacific Coast.' BOXES from $3.00 PER YEAR UP. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays: 8:30 a.m.-l p.m, Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults B. C. Mining Building Pender at Homer Street HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM You try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seyjnour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" W« Make a Special Effort to Sat Goods Out by First Mall Alter Receipt ol Your Order CORNEB CORDOVA AMD CABSALL VANCOUVER, B. O. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE ■ • *• \ THE PLACE FOR PIPES . 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER - International Trade Is World Peace Menace Neyv . York.—The struggle for world markets is a* standing menace to world peace, declared Salvador de Madairiagh, former.chief of the. disarmament section of the League of Nations,, Senor Madaraiga is a nadvocate of the League of Nations. He resigned his nosition, he said, so he might feel free to press his advocacy of disarmament. : Articles by him in British papers assail jvhat he terms "the growing tendency of the larger powers" to boss the league.' Rivalry in. international trade which had plenty of room for expan*- sion in the past, he said, is today generating such "a terrific heat from close quarters that some sort of international business merger must iron out these difficulties of compet- tition or disarmement never will be a reality." CONVICTS IN COAL MINES MAKE PROFIT FOR STATE RALEIGH, N. C—State authorities are happy over the "handsome profits" turned into the state treasury through the leasing of convicts to coal mine owners. Deaths of these convicts continue at an alarming rate and the state, labor commissioner suggests that a "technical expert" be employed to ascertain the cause. Trade unionists point! ou that organized coal miners never, ask for "technical experts" — they know, through experience, when mines, are dangerous. Fatalities occur in gas- filled mines dr ,in , workings where faulty timbering permits of roof falls. This, protection to life is expensive and convicts and the unorganized have no voice in working conditions. BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES "1117'E ASK all members of organized j?\VVjabor 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 &' SKoe Workers' Union Affiliated, with American Federation of Labor 346 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. COLLI8 LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE General Secretary-Treasurer 'T'HE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and are selling Union Label Stamped Shoes. Aajj to see the Union . Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are/ consistently backing him up. Olapp Shoe Co., 7th and Main. 25tli and Main—Slater shoes, nien's, Tetrault'B, men's, women's, youths'. COPP, "THE SHOE MAN" 153 BASTINGS STREET WEST Men's Hartt's, Slater and Strlder's Shoes: also , Women's and Children's Union-made shoes. COMPANY "UNION" FAILS New York.—Employees of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester,, N. H„ agree that the company "union" of this textile corporation "has enabled the company to better control the workers," says Horace A. Riviere, organizer United Textile Workers, in his monthly report. •'-'. ,~ • -j Cornett Bro*. k Clark*, 33 Basting* east—Florshelm shoes, mon's, Strider . shoes, men's, C. B. & C. Special, men's and youths. Wm. Dick Ltd., 399 BaBtings west— Slater shoes, men's; eTtrault's, men's a.nd youths'. Hastings Shoe Co., 60 Hasting** east— -Tetrault's, men's and wome-rs; Eagle shoes, men's and youths. Budson's Bay Co., Dept. Storo—Johan- - sen shoes, - ladies', Bancroft-Walker's^ ladies': Colella-Leighton's, ladieB'; , Tetrault's, men's and youths'. Ingledew Shoe>,. Co., 633 Granville— 'Hagar" shoes,-' 'men's, and women'-s, Dr. Reed shoes, men's. MODEL BOOT, SHOP 1186 GHANVILLE Tetrault's. Men's, 'Women's and Youths' Union Labef shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST Tetrault's Men's and Youths: also Strider and Slater's Union Label shoes. Union Shoe Co., 63 Baotlng* west— Strider Shoes, men's and youths', Tet- rault's.ivjnen's, women's, youth*'.' Wilson Shoe Co., 109 Hastings west— W. L. Douglas shoes, men's; Wllson'B Special, men's, women's, youths'. Yale Shoe Co., 305 Bastings west— Stridor shoes; men's and youth*'; "Yale" Special, men's a"hd women's. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working .Button, and patronize fair employers and em. ploy UNION LABOR. - ■ PRODUCTION IN 1928 GAINED 7 PERCENT ' New York.—Industrial activity in the year just ended has been the greatest in the history of the nation. The rate of production for general industry averaged about 7 per cent higher than in 1927 and 9 per cent more than in 1926. The final month of last year found industrial activity 17 per cent higher than a yqar ago. Economists express the belief that 1929 will hold these gains, although unfavorable factors are: The trerid toward price-cutting to increase the volume of sales, failure to stabilize agriculture, excessive installment buying/ frenzied stock speculation and high, money rates. Beryl: Bob intends to have everything his own way when we are married. V ' • - , Her Mother: Then why marry him? Beryl: To relieve his mind of a false impression; V ' ARBITRATION OF PORTLAND WAGE IS NEXT Portland union's contention for a higher wage .for Building Laborers will go to arbitration under the provisions of the three-year agreement which still hasHwo years to run. Thc union asked for a dollar a day increase to $6.50. Negotiations over a period' of several weeks indicated -until just before the close of the year that a compromise-might be reached when the committee representing the contractors was convinced by the union's wage committee that a higher wage was just and justified. The contractor j"epre icntatives recommended , that a wage 'of six dollars be established, that being an increase of 50 cents, and it was anticipated that the contractors would approve the recommendation of their committee. But a referendum vote taken by the contractors rejected the proposal by a close vote.—Northwest Labor. Patronize Our Advertisers m ■ ~k: I TX Friday* January 18, 1929, THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trad** and Labor Council- President, J. Thomspn; general secre tary Percy R, Bengough. Office. 200 Labor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St Phone Sey. 74U5. Meets in Labor HaU at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays, in month. Bavsrag* Dispensers Union Ho. 876— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Room No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., W. Hf Clancy; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room 14, Flack ' Block. Phones': Sey. 4783 and Bay 1656-R. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Bridge & Structural Iron -Workers, Local 97, Int. Assos. t-Mee1s every -Friday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, James F. Bur*na, 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 3,11. l^ibor Headquarters. Phone Fair. 2108 L. •"* Bnlldlng Trad** Council, Vancouver— Meets second a'ntl fourth Tuesday in Hall 31 r», Labor Headquarters. President, E. H, Morrison; Seeretary-Tr*aa.- urer, W. Page, Room 301, Labor- Headquarters. Phone Sey^ 7495. , Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets see- . and and fourth Tuesdays In each month, in/ Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters./i'resldent,'-Fred Da we; Sec.- Treas., <t. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. . . - Bookbinder*' Local Bo. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meeta ' second * Tuesday ln month at Professional and Business 'Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., 603 Has- tlneA W. President,' O. Low, 61—53rd Ave. W; Secretary, Thos. Carroll. 842 Hamilton St. .'-■•' T ■ 'Bricklayer*', Masons' and Tils Satters' /Int. Union, Wo. I—Room 309. Labor /Headquarters. Meets second and -/ fourth. Wednesday, in Hall No; "X' / President, L. Padgett. 2066 W. 8th. Phono Bayview - 1558 It; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th, Phone Fair. 845 It; Fin. Sec, J. H. Riley, 5884 Inverness, Phone Fraser 5.42 L. Millwrights' Local 1638-^Conrtmction and Operating —- M •--,- * s second and fourth Wednesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. J. H. Campbell, President; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray L're, Rec. Sec. Box \l\\. Motion Pictures Projectionist*' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, J. R. Foster,; .Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923. ( Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 140, A. P. of M.—Meets at the O.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sun day at 10 a.m. President. E. C. Miller; Recording Secretary, W.Edmunds; Financial Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher, all at 991 Nelson Street. ■ . Painters, Decorators and Paperliangers, Local .138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President,- Carl Jorgenson; Rec. Sec., A. E. Varah, 1442" Clark Drive; Business Agen(, Ed. Smith. Office, Room, 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Bnildors, Local Ho. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hastings St. W. President, Al. Graham; James Thomson. Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Plasterer*, Local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Content Finishers* International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2.. Xabor , Headquarters,. President, Wm. Hroomhead; Secretary. A. Hurry, 861—34tb Ave. E., Phone Fair. 3222K.. Cecent Finishers' Secretary, A. Wil son. 4258 Ontario 4046 Y. i . * ■■■-■ Credit goes to Woodsworth That the credit (for the fact that man in the House of Commons:--He the Old Age Pension Act is on the' was In a minority of one on many statute books of Canada, belongs to political questions. However, he had J. S. Woodsworth, M.P., and no one a vote, and the time came when else, is the contention of The West- every vote in the House of Commons em* Producer, published at Saska-1 counted in the struggle! between toon.' In a recent editorial on Old' King and Meighen. Of course Age Pensions, the Producer says: I Premier King could not go to Mr. "'One of the best pieces of legis-1 Woodsworth and say: 'The Old Age lation ever placed on the' statute | Pension Bill for your vote.' ■ That books of the Dominion,' is the way a would have been quite improper, but western Liberal paper recently des-!it was quite proper tor Mr. Kirig to cribed the .Old Age Pensions meas- j discover suddenly that Old Age Pen- UNIONGAFES & MERCHANTS ure, now in operation in British Col umbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan Christmas will be, brighter in many drab homes this year on account of the assurance of a government cheque arriving every month with clock-work regularity. The Liberal government loses no opportunity to take credit to itself for this piece of legislation, for it has met with almost universal support from one end of the Dominion to the other.. In, the sions were an excellent idea that should have been incorporated into the laws of Canada a long time ago. Of course Mr. Woodsworth, who cared just abbnt nothing at all which party controlled the> House, would be very ungrateful if he allied himself with Meighen just after Mr. King had listened so graciously to this old age pension _plea>'So the Old Age Pension Bill became a serious and important feature of Canadian Seymour 3168 Alway* Open, Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best ;. Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE . -•;.-- Late 72nd Batt, 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When in a Hurry, Drop In at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always _ . , , "ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 72 Hastings Weet Alway* Open Plumber* and Steamfitters, Ho. 170, International Association—Meeta every second and .fourth Friday in tlnlt No. 2,' President, R, Simpson; Secret-Ivy and Husiness Anient, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Camp and Kill Worker* Federal Labor Union No, 51—Vancouver, and vl< in- -Printing- Pressmen and Assistants, Local Hy, meets every second Wednesday at-"* p.m., at 544 Powell St. E. President, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary, K. Tsuyuki. Carpenter* and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Looal 452—President, J. G. Smith; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatlcy: Business Agent. W, Hargreaves.., Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets aecond and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., in Hall No., 1. City Rail Employ***''. Association— Meets 'first Wednesday of each month at 251'A Hastings East at 8 p.m. President. A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W: J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. IS.; Secretary, J: Tarbuek, 2792. Pender Street East. Civic Employees' Union, Looal Meets -first and third Fridays ln the month at 251H Hastings East at p.m. President, II. N. Hogg,. 1718 Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 3427 Triumph St. No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, L-fcbor "Headquarters. President, Max Ernberg, 2035 * Georgia East; Secretary, Thos. S. F,zart. 1603 40th Ave. E., So. Vancouver. Hallway -Carmen of America, Lodge No. 58—Meets first and third Friday in month, at Cotillion Hall, Granville and Davie streets. President, H. Warde, 1102—23rd Ave. E.; Secretary, J. D Vuliamy, 2215—15th Ave. E.* provinces where the scheme has not ■ LiberaJ policy. The measure may be yet; been put into effect, it is not onja monument to Liberal interest in account of-the antagonism of public-the afflicted, and no doubt it, will al- sentiment to the measure, but on ac-1 ways be pictured that way by Liberal count of the political factors which orators. As a matter of fact though, enter into the consideration of the and. the people should know it and proposal. ''But even the Conservative' not forget it, thc credit for the fact government of Ontario, desperately that the Old Age Pension Act' is on reluctant to admit that it is possible I the-statute books of Canada belongs for the King government at Ottawa ! to J. S. Woodsworth, Labor member to pass any acceptable measure, has for Winnipeg, and to no one else, been forced through the pressure of He kept the proposal persistently be- publie opinion to announce that On-'fore, the.parliament of Canada. He phone Fairmont | tarj0 intends to come in under the ' foreed'it on, the attention of the goV- nct and fall in line with the western' eminent. For a moment, he found provinces. No wonder the , Liberal that he was in a position to exert government prides itself on the pressure on the government, and he measure! As far as we are aware did. He earned the undying grati-,, the scheme to provide pensions for! tude of thousands of fine old people-j*] the aged* in Canada was not a plank I throughout Canada. It is rather ab- in the Liberal political platform I surd that the one law for which the drawn up by the national convention Liberal party claims the most credit, a few years ago. It was not a plank when listing its claims upon the af- in the Conservative platform. Jt. was faction of the people, should be a not supposed, by the politicians, to measure piled on their reluctant»| be a good vote-getter. The men and shoulders by an outlaw politician, but women who would be entitled to old j that is~what happened." age pensions under any scheme were One thing the Western Producer not organized. They were scattered j fqils to say, and the Labor News is «. WILKINSON, Pm. D. DUNCAN. *M. Reynolds'Cartage Co- LIMITED Phone* •symour 3ST7-33T* Orating, Packing, , •hlppln* ana ,Storage Furniture''and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipment a I ottlct and Warehouse! TS? — CAMBIE BTBBHX — TM PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Electrical Worker*, Local 213, International Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m., 404 Horner St. Presl- dent, IV-McDougal; Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Oftlce, 404 Homer St. Engineers—International Union Steam and Operating Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall No. 4. President, fleo. Pettaplece; Rec.-Sec, Roy Finley: Business Agent and Fin Sec, . T". A. Newbigglng. Office, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. Pire Pig-liters, Ho. IB, International Association of Meels every month at call of president at 251V* Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, 1329—13th Ave. ET. Floorlayers' Union, Ho. 1875, V. B. of C. St J. A.—Meets flrst and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, G. Maync:'Fln Sec. T. H. Hamlin; Rec Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1535—6th Ave. W. Hod Carriers and Bnlldlng Laborer*, Ho. 602, International — Meeta flrst and third Fridays in month at Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. I'resldent, C. Lawson, nK 3rd Ave, W.i Fin. Sec, J. A.'Barrlngton, 4293 Weiwyn Street; Business Agent, A. McEwan. Phone, Sey. 7495. .. | [ Street and Electric Hallway Employee* Pioneer Division Ho. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and T p.m. l'resident, .* J. E. -Smith; Recording . Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, E. G. Kermode: Financial Secretary and Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main , streets. Phone Sey. 5000. " Sheet "Metal Workers Association, Local Union Ho... 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays ip Hall No. 3: President, A., Fisher,* 1052—1th Ave. W.; Husiness Agent and Secretary, D, MacPherson,* 308 Labor Headquarters, Shingle Weaver*, Looal 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month ln Room No. 2, Labor Temple, New Westminster, and fourth Sunday, 7:30 p.m., in Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Van;- couver. President, .1. Stevenson; Secretary, J. N. Chute, 1163 Pender E.\ Phone High. 1982 Y. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local No. 178—Meetings held flrst Thursday, eacH month, 8 p.m. Execu- . tive meets third Thursday of every ■•^month in Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. JW. Hocken. 1582 13th Ave. 9.; Financial'Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Hotel and Heitanrant Employees and Marine Cook* a Steward*, Looal 38— Williams Bldg., 413 Granville Street. Meets second Monday, each month at 3-p.m., last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and -Bus. Agent, J. Cumming. Phone Sey. ■125. ' Ladle*' Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month Ih Hall 201, Labor Head- [i quarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrsv C. .1. Atkinson, 730 I9th Ave. W.; Secretary, Elizabeth J. Hope, 1012 7th Ave. E. Teamsters, OhanSenn, Stablemen and Helper*, Local 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, Labor Headquarters. President, A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.; Secretary-Treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. over all the Dominion. Many of! sure that Mr. Woodsworth would them were not able to get out to ' want it said, is that no person could vote and those who could generally Had unchangeable political convictions inherited from their days of activity. The scheme would cost a lot of money and hence could not be expected to appeal to the traditionally saving people of Ontario and the Maritimes. So the proposal to pension the aged did not appeal to the politicians. , "J. S. Woodsworth, Labor member for a Winnipeg seat, was only one have been successful in securing old age pensions if it had not been for the years of agitation carried on by. theVrade union movement as represented by the Trades and Labor. Congress of Canada and its constituent bodies. The securing of old age pensions in Canada is* a splendid example of how the two arms of the Labor Movement may work in harmony to secure a desirable'end.—Alberta Labor News. ~~; f The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. t i NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Hoom 803, 16 Halting* Street Bait Phones: Sey. 7495-6279 Theatrical Stag* Employee*' Union, Local 118 Of the I.A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O. —Meets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday Jn month, at 9:30 a.m. Prosldent, Rod Martin; Secretary, H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, G. W. Allin; Address P. O. Box 711. (**, . Typographical Union, Ho. 836—President, C. S. Campbell; VIce-Preoldent, R. -Oouthro; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neeiands, 300-2 I>abor Headquarters. Meets' last Sunday of each month . at 2 p.m., in Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 807—Meeta sec- iond and fourth Mondays in month at Hall 211, Labor Headquarters. W. Fontaine, Secretary. 1828 Commercial • Dr. Phone High. 2169 R. Machinists' Local 692—President, Thos. Sills, 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Olticc, Room 200, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays in Hall 313.. Milk Wagon Driver* and Dairy Employees, Local 464— Office 308. Labor Headquarters, Meets second and fourth . Fridays In Hall No. 1.- president, E. Metcalfe; Serretary-Treasurer. Blrt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 5327. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY Ho. 75 to Vanconvor Typographical Union meet* first Thursday of each month, ln th* Vanconver Women'* Bnlldlng, 768 Thurlow Stxeet. President, Mr*. E. J. Trnmptr, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Sec- rotary, Una A. PetUpieo*. 1846 Balaclava Road. Mill and Factory Worker*' Union, Local Ho: 1599 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenter* & Joiner*. Meets *first and third Thursdays ln Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres, Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council \fKETS second Thursday ln each 1,1 month. President. S. D McDonald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry, Box 498, Prince Rupert, B.CT" Many young women in this country make something similar to Germany's Trust Control of Air Objected To By Labor Washington.^—Unlimited air time for organized labor's radio station WCFL, Chicago, is urged by the Chicago Federation of Labor in a letter to members of the United States Senate. The plea was inserted in the Congressional Record by Senator Dill, who agreed with Senator McKellar that the document is "remarkable." The trade unionists showed that five great corporations have formed a radio trust. No one can make a radio receiving set or operate a broadcasting statioh in the United States without having first purchased^ the privilege from some or all of this group. The law provides that the Federal Radio Commission shall grant radio licenses in the "public interest, necessity and convenience." "What does the radio trust care for 'pubi'i: interest, necessity and convenience'?" asks'the trade unionists. . "What they want is to make money, to acquire power and to control in their interest this unparalleled new means of communication. "Is it in the public interest,, neces- sty and, convenience that Bill Jones of Podunk has a radio station to advertise his garage? Or that a great public utility monopoly operate a 50,000-watt station to further its interests? "The great things of civilization are not sob songs or symphony 'Orchestras. They are matters that have' to do with entpltfyment, with home life, with health, with the standard of living, with,- great economic and industrial problems that enter into the web and woof "of the' daily existence of all the people. "Is it in the public interest, necessity and convenience that, all of thc 89 channels for radio broadcasting be given to capital and its friends and not even one chqn^l to ,the millions who toil?" British Firm Generous To Displaced Workers —-London, England.—Workers displaced by machinery in the plant of Rowntree & Co., leading cocoa and chocolate manufacturers; will be paid a stated sum for 12 months. This will be additional to wages they may earn elsewhere during that period. The weekly contribution will- be £2 ($10) for each displaced worker.' Mr. Seebohm Rowntree, president of the company, disavowed any philanthropic motive in the venture. "We believe it is common sense," he said. "We acn only maintain what we believe to be the solution of many difficulties of British industry by paying the highest possible wages industry can afford. "We can only maintain what we be- rid of a whole lot of them all at once, because we feel that it is the duty o,f employers, so far as they, possibly can, to face the difficulties which arise fronkchanging economic conditions jointlyvwith their workers. - "The economic condition — the change from m\nd to ma-chipe work —is not of our inaking." \ DISSENSION IS COSTLY TO ORGANIZED WORKERS NEW YORK.—"Dissension is chaos and the sweat shop," said Benjamin Schlessinger, president of^ttie International Ladies' Garment ^Workers' Union, at a mass meeting of cloak makers in this city. The agreement of these workers expires in June, and Communists an* I aiding employers by activity along) duallist lines; President Schlessinger described conditidns in the' shops and also referred to the workers' demoralized state of mind. He warned'workers to end the internal war or conditions will become even worse "and the sweat' shop in all its ugliness will rule the industry."' A venerable Scot purchased a little radio set, and a few days later his friends asked him how he HkeM it. » sir tkataai. stoaaaCa.„ "*i«^-„-Z- I ""uk! iihuctning similar to uermany a i 'Well, it's aw right'to listen to," k a f*|^ir1SS!t3S^^4S^«« rubber, but they call it pie'he replied, "but.th— «■-«- Phone Marpole SfSR.. •v . -~f I crust. use bulbs are nae I sae gud to read by." ■ Need Not Suffer I Little Girl: "Why are the chickens making such a noise, mummy?" Mother: "They want their breakfast, dear." - _.... „ , Little Girl: "Well, if they're so at a letter he.held in hisxhand and hungry, why don't they lay themr read:,"The International Pedestrian selves some eggs?" and Mountain-Climbing Association." Disarmament Confab May Break Down Again Proposals for limitation of armament are once again filling the columns of the daily press. The League's ■ Preparatory Commission will meet on April 15, and, as in the previous abortive session, the United States will be represented. The Preparatory Commission found itself deadlocked at its last session and nothing has changed in the situation to justify hope.of a better outcome this time. Technically, it will have two proposals .before it One of these is Germany's suggestion for a general disarmament conference, in the near future, and the other is the" second of the plans put forward by Russia. Some months '.ago, the U. S. S. R. suggested to the world that the way to disarm is to disarm, and expressed its willingness to*abol- ish its army and navy in toto„if the Other nations would do the same. There was, of course, no possible chance that this- suggestion would be accepted—which was. probably* one reason why it was made. Russia-has now offered hn elaborate alternative plan, involving partial disarmament and the abolition of poi -on gas, air warfare, tanks, etc. Of these proposals, as of the others, it can only be said that there is no possible chance of their being accepted. The coming session ot the Preparatory Commission will either mark time or -■■ will break down. Under these circumstances,- it would certainly be better that it should not be held at all.—The New Republic. Of course," said the real estate Iagent, "curious things happen in my I business, just as in any other. Now, I fully expected to rent that top suite of rooms in the Perpendicular Building to a, society that wanted to hire some clifti rooms.' But it voted not to take thW",' i "What wis the trouble?" asked a listener. \ "There's no elevator in the building and the members would not climb the stairs." \ "What did you say^he name of the society was?'**- someone\asfced. ' Th-^estate agent looked ^pensively 7k7 Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, January 18, 1929 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday,. at Labor . Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor., j-. PitESS COMMITTEE O-tfirman Wm. Page (Carpenters). W. Wtilt (Plumbers), P. R. Bengough (Machinists;, Tim Hanofln (Beverage DlJpensers), R. H. Neeland* (Typo, gniphlcal), Geo. (jerrard- (Theatrical), W.'beptford (Street Railwaymen). Blrt Sho\ler (Dairy. Employees). Plione Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Frijlay, Jan.* 18,, 1929 SEEN THROUGH A KEYHOLE A gentleman has presented himself . to the Russian Colony in Paris claiming to have been secretary to Stalen, the President of the Russian Soviets, and, .like a new hired girl emptying her head of her recent employers' family affairs, the gentleman is telling a charmed audierfce of defunct Russian aristrQcacy,, and French capitalists anything that they would like to hear and are willing to pay for, about his former employer and Russian internal affairs; and to enable us of the American continent to better appreciate the. blessings of eapi; talism under,which we live, the Literary Digest has reproduced the more useful parts of the gentleman's story. Whether thfe gentleman ever occupied the position which he claims, or in fact, whether he ever saw Russia, is wholly immaterial fol" the moral law does not apply to lying about Russia. Like a labor strike in" America the fellow who can tell the most . plausible and damaging story gets the front page in the capitalist press. It appears that the President of the Russian Soyiets is nearly everything that he should not be. He' is modest in his wants, he lives in two small rooms, he does not drink, he never attempts to steal the government money, and he stays with one woman. It is therefore very clear that he " does not come up to our Western capitalist ideals. Stalen is said to be "an absolutely uncultured man," This is too bad, because Russia was always noted for its "culture." Russian aristocrats who migrated to China were so highly and peculiarly cultured that an American writer complained that they were causing the Chinese to lose their respect for the white races. The outstanding characteristics of this man Stafen are said to be his greed, his lust for power. We nad thought that Russian handled the production of food, clothing, etc., as State enterprise, because the dominant party thought this a better plan than that of picking our living from betweet) the toes of private profit- mongenng rings and corporations. It seems that this is all wrong. Russia is Communist because Stalen is a larger frog in the Russian Communist puddle than he would be in a capitalist puddle. Stated in another way, Stalen was elected chief of a Communist state and he has not scuttled it because his ambitions were better served by not doing so'. This method of examination reduces the faithful and the faithless to a common level of perfidy. To show how essentially bad this "uncultured Georgian peasant" is, it is stated that over a period of years he has by subterranean methods weeded out and eliminated from power the "educated and cultured Communists." We* can imagine the indignation that this weeding out of the educated and cultured Communists will cause in the capitalist world. While the Literary Digest story had drawn a picture of Stalen as obso- lute dictator, both of the Soviet State and-also the Third International, and with a foolproof machine behind him, still, no anti-bolsheviki story is complete without murder, so we have a member named Frunze likely to dispute the leadership with Stalen. Stalen decides to' remove him. Frunze has some trouble requiring a minor operation, and a weak heart. Knowing all about Frunze's heart, and that it could not stand the anesthetic, Stalen prevails on the man's doctor to persuade him to take the operation. Frunze died under the anesthetic as planned, and so the slorv ends as a Russian story should. —M. grain the Prairie Provinces will produce. It seems, however, that for some purposes of his own Mr. Beattie has a chronic habit of overestimating the Prairie crop by a hundred million bushels or so.'. This'results in keeping the price of wheat down until the last of it is threshed and out of the farmers' hands, when lo! and behold! it is found that the visible supply is a hundred million bushels less than it was thought to be, arid naturally up goes the price. A Royal Commission appointed by the Saskatchewan Government to deal with grain, grading, marketing, ■ and so on, has been asked by the Saskatchewan farmers to quarantine Mr. Beattie in Montreal between seed and harvest time, or if he has to run loose, to put a muzzle on him. Mr. Beattie has not yet offered any defence. We would like to get in on this also and have the njuzzle cover the Labor shortage Mr. Beattie, habitually sees: . .it^Set%. . , —M. "RILL DAVIDSON" During the last week William Davidson, an old-timer of the Kootenay country, passed oh. "Bill", UaVid-' son was one of the men who,.thirty years ago, stood in the- front line of the battle to hold and maintain metalliferous mining in British Columbia as a white man's Work. Davidson was for nttiny years organizer and held various offices in the old Western Federation of Miners—rthe nearest thing to a fighting organization that Labor has,ever had in this province. • In 1923 Bill Davidson was elected to the provincial parliament, and fqr three years played a useful part as a Labor member. The break in the price of silver and lead that very nearly depopulated the Slocan country sent DaVicfloh^s'supporters to,the four corners of the earth before another election. Failing eyesight took liim out of the active field, and for several years he had lived in Vancouver, unknown to some, perhaps, who would have valued his friendship. He leaves a wife, who deserves the sympathy of organized labor. There is every indication that the International Unions in the Building Trades in Vancouver will be exceptionally active this year. There is enough men in the district, however, to handle most of the work that has been contemplated or is likely to be started. If agreements -. can be reached between the unions and contractors without any stoppage of work, this will be a banner year for the ■ International Trades Union Movement. . A VERY NECESSARY OPERATION President Beattie, of the.Canadian Pacific Railway, habitually takes a trip, across the prairies, during the early summer. About the time he reaches Broadview he decides to tell the world that the Prairie is to have the greatest crop that ever happened. As everyone should know, a man of. Mr. Beattie^ calibre can, from the tail-end. of a private, car, guess very closely the number' of bushels of .' tTfH 1^**7" I^T-^T*? National Obligation To British Miners -London, Eng.—That when a Labor goverhment comes into, office it will have to make the nationalization Of the coal mining industry one of its principal measures "at the earliest date," was a declaration made by Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., speaking at Pontynridd. "The assistance now being given the miners and their families was not charity but reparation,"'said Mr. Henderson. The miners had been the victims of economic conditions which they were powerless theirf? selves to handle. They had- been exposed to conditions which it was a national obligation to deal with, and with which it was imperative to deal immediately. For the moment, every effort must be concentrated upon the organization of relief in sufficient abundance to provide not merely food and clothing, but some degree of comfort and good cheer in the miners' homes, but that was, in the nature of the case, a temporary expedient. German Workers Are Displaced by Machines Senftenberg, Germany. -—: The brown coal industry is a-triumph of efficiency. A huge fabrik (factory) which would ordinartbLemploy several hundred workers.TBfder old conditions, employs now only about 46. Machinery does it all. Daily output qf briquettes is about 6,500 tons. New machinery is wiping out man labor. Men. are now used* only to brush the coal dust from the machines, and to oil them. Everything else does Itself. A new wash-system, replacing the old car transfer system by pipes, eli- inates three more men. .A new oiling •device. will "reduce. the fabrik force still further. «■ The German worker, however, is lucky in being able to receive unemployment money from the, state and from his union. At worst he is still better off than the Canadian jobless worker who must become a thief or a beggar, or dependent on charity, after he loses his job.- Spring Poets Are /* Against the System Sub-Editorial Note "We have great pleasure in informing our numerous' readers that, since our last issue, our Foreign Correspondent has succeeded in obtaining for us'a fine, healthy specimen of a Spring Poet. Rambling one day hist week through the trackless wastes of Port Mann, far from the scenes of civilization; his attention was aroused whilst passing a particularly dense piece of jungle, by a peculiar scratching' noise, which upon investigation proved to be this extraordinary creature just about to break into verse. Hastily disguising himself and making a noise like a suitcase, he was able to creep up and overcome this animal after a stupendous struggle, anil took steps at,once to forward him to this office, where he is atrpresent securely' chained up between two columns of our last issue in the Poet's Corner. He has since Ik-mi-'-examined and classified by an eminent anthropologist, who declares him to "my a somewhat uncommon specimen of a "Poetipa Sarcasticus," a branch of the Spring Poets of a ■higfily cynical order and closely allied to the other Jipes in this locality. Up to the present he has been quite docile and tractable. He is a great pet with our staff, who claim that he is already showing signs of a dawning intelligence..' Hence the following: - THE DREAM Last night I had an awful dream That filled me with affright, Too scared by far to shout or scream My hair might well be white. „ For I was in what seemed a cave, A dark and dismal spot, Where filthy, foul-mouthed fiends did rave - •-.,." And everything was hot. They clustered round me with a yell And hideous was their glee, As to each other they did tell Of how they'd t6rture me. ii But, strange to say, though horrid scheme My blood did quite congeal, I, in that lurid land of dream, Their tortures couldn't feel. In vain they1 tried to make me wince, In vain to wring a groan; I'd quite a job to them convince That I no pain, had known. Until at length, in blank despair, Their efforts they did stay, Then I turned to one friend standing there And unto him did. say: "I pray thee, tell me, gentle sir, What is this fair abode, Wherein for me you've made such stir, Such kindness you've bestowed." He glared at me with balefuLeye, And 'twixt a screech and yell I gathered from his foul reply That I was down in HELL. «»»*? «*«£, ">> •**•««*■. Cl C".C ~...> I ■ ■'■'■-' Of THAU M-NNlPfG CAAIN VONCOUVCH OAAiN V*NCOo-rt« HIAv (StaTC MCMMM SP9S9Q jwwi v-tToaiA rrocst CAk&ABV (TOC* WNNIPEG 1TOCM , SCATTLt ■'•■■' SfOauu>C s 'At.'.*m STOCK OREGON COPPER— "A Mininff Operation.of Real Magnitude:" Near Bnker, In Eastern' Oregon, the Ooinpan$ owns a tract of land flv*» miles long on the or* zon6, and -from one to three miles wide. Pevelop.nients a*lceady made, un,d the properties forming this ,amalgamation, o4d fair to uneovof an ..outstanding new .copper-producing area. y ji . Full Information on Application r. p. clark & Company (Vancouver) LTD. INVESTMENT BANKERS 823 Hasting* Street West Vancouver, B. C Buy ''B. G^ Blue Flame Coal FROM A FAIR-TO-ORGANIZED,LABOR FIRM : You can't beat "Blue Flame" Coal - Bootless and Low in Ash "'77- 7, BEST NANAIMO-WELLINGTON. ALWAYS' IN STOCK ECONOMY COAL CO. SEY. 1863 1629 Main Street -PHONES- FAIR. 810 A BIKE is as much a part of a Boy's life as a "Tike"— ^ee Alec First! Alec Watson Agent for C.C.M. Bicycles, Pnrts and Accessories. • Sold for Cash or Terms. Henderson, Excelsior and Cleveland Motorcycles. PHONE FAIR. 769 1803 MAIN STREET (Near Second Avenue) It struck me like a sudden -blow, And I was seized with mirth, "Ho, come with me, my friends, I'll show Much worse than this on Earth. For we are livine in a Christian age, Wherein the millions toil, But few e'en get a ..living wage, Whilst others reap the spoil. The greater part in want and woe Is fed and poorly clad, Whilst others, never seem to know A thing that can't be had." As I outlined the present Scheme That we're enduring here, Well I remember, in my dream, How they did laugh and jeer. Until iat length one said in ire: "You make our Hell a joke; Vou shall not come here and share our fire, - • Get Out"—and I awoke. —P. A. Beall. RICH ARE NOT HUNG ' SAN FRANCISCO.—"The rope is not for the rich," declared Frank J. Smith, warden of San Quentin prison, in urging the abolition of capital punishment He says it is "absurd" to believe that hanging is a murder deterrent. '.'Capital punishment is meted out almost exclusively to the podr and friendless," he said. Events Moving Fast In Nationalist China Events in China have been moving with amazing speed. A.whole series of new commercial treaties have been executed in recent weeks, along the lines of those made with Britain and America. Now comes the news that Manchuria has gone over to the Nationalist government, an action which probably was produced by Great Britain's grant of recognitidn to Nanking, which has left Japan standing alone in her intransigent attitude. No one would have dared predict a year ago the amazing progress of the past twelve months. It is to be hoped, incidentally, that' China will not make good her threat to resign from the League of Nations because of lier failure to get a permanent place on the Council. The Geneva organization can be, of great value to China; an«J the resignation of the Nanking government would be a serious blow to the League's prestige.— The New Republic. "Mussy" Quits When Bluff Is "Called" Hipolito Irigoyen—we don't pretend to know how to pronounce it- is president of the Argentine-Repub-; lie. ,He is also a "first-class fighting man." That was revealed years ago when he kept his country out of the European war despite all kinds of pressure and propaganda. It was demonstrated again last week when hi "called" one of Mus«o- lini's "bluffs" and the noisy dictator "quit" within forty-eight hours. Mussolini holds that children of Italian parents, even if born on foreign^ soil are still Italian and subject to his whims. _ ■ • " He recently tried out his theory on an Argentinian, of Italia^ extraction. Hipolito Irigoyenr fifed- a polite: tn% firm dissenting bt)ini6tt:-':*i'""MUssi»Iini; thinking he had the upper hand, ignored it., Irigoyen promptly closed the port of Buenos Aires to Italian shipping, thus shutting off one of Italy's'most profitable markets. Two days later Mussolini withdrew the obnoxious regulation. Irigoyen was recently re-elected by a big majority. Evidently, the Argentinians reedgnize and appreciate a man when they meet him.—Labor. Organized Workers, Are Best Qualified San Juan, Porto Rico.—Organized workers are better qualified than un- . organized to present industrial disputes, according to the Porto Rican Mediation and Conciliation Commission. "From its own experience," the report states, "this commission knows that organized laborers show more handiness.and intelligence in discussing their matters than disorganized laborers, making it easier to reach an understanding without the intervention of the board. ."We must declare that striking laborers have accepted the services of this commission every time they have been offered to them. Of late, the majority of the employers have also accepted them, and it is gratifying to state tt\at the number of employers accepting our intervention increases every year in a remarkable propor-v tion." The commission stated that where workers are unorganized "the solution of the strike appears more difficult." "Skill is in knowing what to do and when and how to do it." A SEVEN-PIECE BUNGALOW SET Living rocrm, 3 pieces; dining room, 1 piece; porcbr"ha1r~an3 kitchen, 1 piece each. Regular value $32.00; our price....*. $36.00 jarvis Electric co., ltd. 898 GRANVILLE STREET (CORNER SMYTKE STREET) ±i ■ i ■ 11111 j 111 f ■ ■ ■ 11111 ■ i ■ i f f t ■ 11 ■ ■ 111111111 11 r ■ ■ c ■ 11 ■ 1111111 ■ ■ i ■ 111 ■ ■ 11111 i ■ 1111 j!_f IWZ . ' ww*»m -si* For Good Goal! i Phone Highland 279 J NANAIMO-WELLINGTONN . FOOTHILLS DRUMHELLER and SO0TLESS fetTG, $9.00. There are times when it is advisable to ask the wife to sew on buttons. And then there are times when — forV'Wh^rtflnd'oS^-fclS'F FREE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH. 279 E self him:|llllllllllHIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII llllimillMIIIIIIIIIIIIIlT Star Coal Co., Ltd. c -v 7-L ■jit-inn .fta iiJai^a. ,_■ rra ■ ■-; ___^_— , V *,V" Friday, January 18,' 1929 „,. THE LABOR STATESMAN "Fiv. - Industrial Credit Corporation LIMITED 402 Pender Street West Seymour 9354 6% Plus Teach t}iose little kiddies-of yours what^ Thrift Bank Book stands for; once they know, they will cherish it always. < 6% Plus Industrial Credit Corporation, Limited Seymour 9354 . /■... 402 Pender Street West Mention "Labor Statesman' Oofe of the most popular brands among Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards J2* of Canada CATTO'S Old Highland Whis\ey A GENUINE SCOTTISH IMPORTATION 1 Two Qualities 15-year-old, $4.75 Gold Label, $4.25 Obtainable at All Government Liquor Stores Please Ask for CATTO'S This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government o"f British Columbia. Frost and Fog Put Thirty-four Telephones Out of Order A combination of front and fog caused trouble on 34 telephones over a period of two days in the Kerrisdale section of Vancouver, recently. The trouble occurred at points where two separate lines are connected to the same insulator on a pole. The frost and fog creared a current conductor between them, "cross-talk" resulting. Telephone maintenance men remedied each case as it developed by wiping off the insulators. $ B.C. TELEPHONE CO. /■ GENTLEMANLY" WAR The W o m e n's ' International League for Peace and Freedom, ' meeting'in Frankfort, Germany, demands that hereafter wars be fought in a "gentlemanly manner" with a view to avoiding the slaughter of the civilian populations. A Swedish soldier told the gathering that in the future gas would be the chief weapon of attacking forces and Hint no' city could protect itself. "If Europe is unable to abolish war within a few years, it-is doomed to destruction," he said. It is nonsense to talk about mak ing-war a pink tea affair. With their backs to the wall, men will use any weapon. There is only one way to end the devilish practice and that is for all civilized nation's to agree to abolish it and to put sufficient force back of their determination to make it effective, TOBACCO WORKERS' ' INTERNATIONAL At the congress ' of the Greek Tobacco Worker^' Union it way decided that this Union should affiliate with the Tobacco Workers' International. The congress also passed a resolution protesting against the refusal of the Greek consulate at Rotterdam to grant, a visa to a delegation which desired to attend the congress. Tne report submitted to the congress concerning the action of the executive during the great lock-out of tobacco, workers was endorsed. The congress decided to found a resistance fund, and discussed various social-political improvements. Special efforts are to be made in the coming, year to organize the women and young workers. Everyone is as God made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.—Cervantes. B. C. Fishermen Form Co-operative Association The fishing industry on the Pacific I Cofest has been tending toward monopoly in recent years, and the fish-! ermen have been suffering severe i hardships from . unfair competition | and exploitation by the cannery op-1 erators. Some men have put in a | season's work-only to find themselves as poor as when they started. The poor prices paid for catches and the* excessive charges made for hiring boats and, tackle has been difficult to contend with. Determined to make ft serious attenlpt to remedy the conditions, a group of fishermen have organized a Fishermen's Cooperative Association, and it is expected the movement will have rapid growth, as the men believe they have much to gain and nothing to. lose. The Co-operative is patterned after the Rochdale plan (one member, one vote) and conies under the Co-operative Societies Act of the province. Shares of ?25 each are to be sold to members, and to insure the control of* the fishermen, 75 per cent, of the stock must be held by bonp- fide workers engaged in the fishing industry. The shares will be nonassessable, and one share entitles a member to the same privileges as a member having the limits— 50&V—except that each share would participate in the dividends, which can. not be more than 8 per cent, per annum. Members purchasing tackle and supplies from the association will participate in the profits derived from the handling of such goods. Articles of incorporation were explained by J. Edward Bird, barrister, to a meeting of 350 fishermen held at 60 Cordova street west on Monday night. The rules were ratified, and the many questions asked and dealt with helped the men to better understand the nature of the organization. Mr. Bird stated that 10 per cent, of the profits must be put in reserve to meet contingencies. This, he explained,, is what the^ act called for, and was a good thing. Had it existed years ago, when the Malcolm Island experiment was tried, it would have had a better" chance of surviving.- The charter members, he said- were mainly from Sointula, and some of them had had previous experience with co-operatives. He said the 69 articles had been carefully prepared and "amended, and he believed would be suitable for the democratic running of the organization. Mr. Bird paid a tribute to Robert Owen and the Rochdale pioneers of the (co-operative movement, and, in conclusion urged the men to select and- support good leaders and get behind the organization. He expected they would get some opposition, but that was to be expected? With much to gain and nothing to lose, they could face the future with confidence. The operations of the co-operative may • include the catching, curing, canning of fish, and otherwise engage in the various branches of the fishing industry. A'cannery is to be built shortly at Rivers Inlet, and is expected to be running towards the end of June. Three hundred members have acquired shares, and it is believed that the coming season will find a big portion of the fishermen doing business for themselves. Its effect'"ton the industry as a whole must be for one of bettermen, as far as the fishermen are concerned.— J.S. Tragic Despair In Many British Mining Villages Sey. 7137 Certified Coal lis Safer Coal Leslie Coal Company Limited ~Wk77Xii7rSI3IiJI3m London, Eng.—Heartrending stories of suffering among the coal miners continue to reach the capital of the British empire. The following are taken at random:' Bishop Auckland is the shopping center of a mining district adjacent to Durham. Here the picture of destitution can be seen' at its worst. Relief cpmmittees are flooded with tales of the tragedy arid suffering among the unemployed. Children with pinched faces and in ragged clothes shiver in the raw cold of mid-winter. Men wander aimlessly about the..dirty, ill-kept streets. There are rows of huddled houses, their broken windows stuffed with rags. Close by iff the village of Wittpn Park, with a population of 2,000, of whom 600 are former service men. Only about a dozen of these "6uD "heroes" are working. Some have had scarcely any continuous work since they were demobilized. There are youths of 19 who have not had a day's work since they left school. They are gradually drifting lower and lower. v ■ ' Depend on Parish Relief Hundreds" of families are dependent solely on parish relief or charity, for the I men have been so long without work that they run out of benefits both ip government unemployment insurance and miners' union funds. Scanty purchases by vouchers reveal diets of bread and margarine. Saturday night the butcher sells his six-penny or nine-penny worth of meat bone. The worst cases wait until the butcher's cart is on its return journey, hoping to get their Sunday dinner still cheaper. According to Sergeant Carney of the British Legion, who served with a Canadian ammunition column in France and now is helping with'relief work at Witton Park, many of the men are in such . poor physical condition that they could not work' if they got jobs. "Their stamina is so reduced," he says,' "their hands have become so soft, they could not tackle anything heavy. Besides, they have no clothes to work in." Destitute and Suffering Notes which relief committees receive, penciled in wavering hands on scraps of paper, tell each its own story of despair. Here is a family. of six receiving a weekly goods voucher of 25 shillings from the board' of guardians, with an additional 8 .shillings in money, which works om at little inore than 60 cents a head: They have 5 shillings 6 pence rent a "week to pay. They cannot buy meat. Their bedclothes are gone. The whole family sleeps on two mattresses cov ered by ragged clothes and old overcoats. Here is a family of siv receiving 28 shillings a week in poor relief. Three of the children are sick, chiefly as a result "of poor and insufficient food. The-mother pleads for a-shilling to buy*beef tea which the doctor has ordered. Another mother wants bedclothes; there is a baby only a few days old. . They are on short rations of food, but it is clothes and bedclothes they all ask.-, Old coats worn by men in the streets cover shirts hanging in tatters. Often they have no underclothing. '■<•-* Once an Industrial Center In all this destitution in .Durham there is a bitter irony, for Witton Park was once a promising centre of industry. Through it George Stephenson ran"his first railway train from Darlington to Stockton. Now it is just a mining village with underfed children in tattered clothes, with three-quarters of its people on poor rates. Thirty families have gone to Canada under various schemes of assistance. But in the main its men are drifting along aimlessly without* work, their incentive diminishing. Miners. Foresaw Calamity "The assistance now being given the miners and their families is not charity but reparation," Arthur Henderson, secretary of the British Labor Party, said in the course of a statement on the coal depression. .He recalled that in 1921 the British miners foresaw the present calamity. Their plan for reorganizing the industry went unheedaH at the time. Modernization of the mines and development of by-products were urged. The coal would produce power at the mine and electrify transportation. Would Nationalize Mines "Under private ownership , we have been compelled as a nation to realize that we have a disorganized, chaotic, antiquated mining industry," he said. When a labor government comes into office it must undertake nationalization of coal mines as one of its first measures, Henderson believes.— Labor. SOUTH VANCOUVER IT L. P. The South Vancouver Branch of the Independent Labor Party takes this opportunity to apologize for the announcement of the dance in last week's Labor , Statesman.-...These dances* have been discontinued for the balance of the season, and those who supported them so faithfully are hereby tendered a hearty vote of thanks. * .. Five-day Week Gets Another Boost Arrival of the New Year: was signalized by a more general adoption of the five-day week plan, according to reports received from all sections of the country. Henry Ford, in Detroit, announced that he would carry out his five-day week plan, even though production needs', require six days of working time to keep up with the schedule of his output. He conquered the problem by announcing that 30,000 men would be added to the payroll at once. All employees under that system will be required to work "but five days. In Cincinnati, the Methodist Book Concern, a strictly union shop, announced that it would put the five- day wek into operation for the first time. This is,believed to be the first big printing house that has adopted the policy. UNION BANK DEPOSITS - REACH MILLION MARK The Union Savings & Loan Asso-"" ciation of Seattle has just passed the million dollar mark in deposits was the message sent to the Seattle Central' Council Wednesday evening by Frank Rust, president of the concern. While the statement apparently was received and listened to with no ■/special, comment, considerable' satisfaction was felt with the older delegates over the fact, that the bank was conceived and organized from the floor of the Council ten yeats ago, and some of the directors today are members of the Council. Mr. Rust's -favorite slogan concluded the letter: "Save first—spend the rest." STABILIZED LABOR IS A MONEY SAVER Washington.—Employment stabilization is a "money saver," General Manager - Loree of the Dele ware & Hudson Railroad Company told a Senate committee that is investigating unemployment. • - * The railroad official said his company will not hire men over 40 years of age. ) "What will we do with such men?" asked Senator Copeland. , ■ • "They must retain their jobs: they have jobs?' said the witness,,who indicated that if they Btrike to improve conditions they will not be re-employed—if they lose their strike. Hosiery workers continue strike on allen a. co. The Hosiery Workers, on. strike against the Allen A. Co. of Kenosha since February 15, 1928, are continuing to put up their fight for. better conditions. Their loyalty to the movement continues unabated as shown by the recent action of .26 pickets going to jail, rather than submit to the order of a Federal Judge to pay fines to the company against which 'they struck. The result of their efforts has been a reduction in the output of the factory to 40 per cent, of what it was a year ago, and if their, plea for continued moral and financial support is heeded, the outcome should be victory for their organization. U^-p White Magic "Romance today," says an observer, "is just necking," Shall, we call )\ neckromahcy? I 1 — s ..Six THE1LABOR STATESMAN 'jkl ' 'Friday, January• 18, 1929;| January Clearance Sale ■ssssssssiasa j ——ssstissssissji^1^^——msmsmMssss»s|Sa——— Overcoats Regular to $30.00, To hear, $21.00 This lot includes Blue Chinchillas, Fancy Tweeds ;• and English Gabardines. NOW is the time to save money on your new Overcoat—arid patronize those who are endeavoring to carry all Union-made goods <^ wherever possible." Cornfield & Harding, Limited 21 HASTINGS EAST Boosting Our Own Are You Starting the New Year RIGHT? PLATE, REPAIR WORK In at 9—done at 5. Free Consultation, Estimates and Advice. GIVING Nature every chance to keep you healthy in 1929? ••, Bad teeth quickly create the poisons of weakness and disease in your body. GOOD TEETH mean a, clean and healthy mouth, and promote good digestion. I, . DOUGLAS New Method Triple Suction PLATES seem as natural in use as your own teeth—gripping rigid, firm and comfortable at all times—light, yet durable—- beautifully matched in appearance, Let us give you free estimates on tbe dental work you need. CALL OR PHONE FOR APPOINTMENT Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas & Associates > 12 Hastings Street East Seymour 1460 NEW ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE OF GERMAN TRADE UNIONS *""** Some of the German trade unions, under the leadership of the German metal workers' union, have founded an electrical installation enterprise to be known as the "Berliner Elek- tro-Hiitte" (Berlin Electric Works). The enterprise also—supplies lighting, heating and cooking apparatus, * etc. ABANDONMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST ENTERPRISES In View of the projected transfer of the state cables of Great Britain to a private company, it has been announced that these cables, which cost' 7,134,797 pounds, are to be handed over to the new communications company for two ahd one-half million pounds. SPRAY-GUN-PAINTING ' ENDANGERS HEALTH Cheyenne, Wyoming. — Commissioner of Labor Hoffman supports the claim by organized painters tbat {fie spray gun method of applying paint endangers the health of operators. In a letter to Governor Emeffion, Mr. Hoffman declares that "extremely" dangerous and poisonous substances" are used. These' poisons include benzol and lead. Thc commissioner recommends that,manufacturers should., as fa.r as possible, eliminate these poisons from their products, ' The Wyoming Federation of Labor is assisting painters in their fight against this occupational disease. BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, HAS A GOOD OUTLOOK "Organized labor at Bremerton is holding a series of "mixer" meetings for the purpose of bringing the members of. different crafts together and to acquaint the public with the aims and the methods of union labor. The first of the ipeetings,,was held about the middle of December and drew a large crowd of workers, ami professional and business people. The meeting was addressed by the commandant of the government navy yard. He sketched the operating program and said that the schedule will provide employment for a few more workers than are now engaged- at. the yard. Naval units that will be brought to the yard for repairs, he estimated, will keep close to 15,000 sailors in the town. This will prove a decided stimulus to, bujlding, it is believed, and the building crafts are hopeful of a good building program. i There is a movement under way to induce the government to add an airplane dock to its present equipment and to build another machine shop. Including the building or repair of planes at Bremerton would be a welcomed addition to the activities now conducted there. ' Employes of the navy yard are chiefly metal tradesmen. Most people would succeed in small things if they were hot troubled with great ambitions,—Longfellow. • "Yes," said the specialist as he stood at the bedside of the sick pur- crasing agent, "I can cure you." ,rWhat wil) it cost?" asked the sick man faintly. . "Five hundred dollars." "You'll have to Bhade your price a little," replied the Purchasing Agent, "I had a better bid from'the undertaker." •■■■•; By E. LEWIS EVANS, President, Tobacco Workers Inter» national Union. ' '' "To boost our own" should be the thought, effort and strain of every member of organized labor. The business man can, will and, does boost his, at every opportunity. He buys printer's ink spread in newspapers, magazines and oh-'posters and billboards. He knows that he must let the consumer know that he- makes wha the customer wants, and he uses every available means of impressing this fact upon the buyer's mind, and keeping it there by compelling expression. The average American business man has a most wonderful confidence in himself and his business. He makes labor, organized or unorganized,' buy his products by his promotional efforts. Boost, boost, boost, that is the game he plays. Organized labor is, in the , same position'. Labor, as a whole, is divided into two camps, the one( the unorganized) has no business to look after; they have no thought above the immediate pay envelope and to get a benefit from the organized without contributing to the benefit factor, but the organized camp of our producing class has a business to look after^and a very serious one.at that, since it carries with it all the hopes, desires and aspirations of the thinking elements of the producing and consuming factors of our population. The unorganized workers do not think. Thought is too much bother to .them, and the slothful get their just reward. ' If they did any thinking they would' soon think themselves into a unity of effort. Thought would soon make them see- that everything from the busy bee to the viild geese are in Some state of organization, and if some one thinks thc bee is not organized, just let him try interferring with their peaceful organized state and he will have occasion to know what organization means. But as before, rhentioned, the organized worker has a business to look after, to boost ,to lift up, to keep before the unthinking with a view to kindling the fires of thought, tent into the minds of the organized and otherwise fight the principle embodied in organized labor. The hardest fight of the three is to solve in-, ternal gcoblems that aris.e_from the many-sided questions. that come up for solution, which niany times threaten to wreck the organization on the rock of some ism, that should never have found footing within tft'e ranks. It is, hoover, human to err, and in the solution of our problems we must pay for. our errors. But to boost our own, should be/a cardinal principle of our movement. Many of our trades' organizations have Trade Marks or Union Labels, Shop Cards or Buttons, these lye the Trade Union assets, and should be guarded and pushed and driven just as a factory brand of goods is advertised and promot-ML What would a brand'of breakfast food, baking powder, tobacco or cigarettes be worth if a demand was not created for it? It is the demand that creates the value. So it is with the Union Labels, if by advertising and agitating we do not create a value for them, no manufacturer would give a cent for them. Our Union Labels have a value inaccordance. with the demand that we creat for theni. We have adopted our labels to Be used as a guide to our own members and friends, to show them that the hats, caps, clothing, *shoes, brooms, cigars, tobacco an dcigarettes and other products bearing them are Union Made. We spend our money advertising our labels and create in them a value that the manufacturer needs" in his business, and is willing to exchange god wages and conditions for the privilege of using the Union La- h/A on his products. By its use he creates*,',a trade that he otherwise could not command. It will be seen that it is important that we Trades Unionists are consistent in our demand for goods bearing the Union Label and keep "Boosting Our Own" at every turn of the wheel.. While doing this wc are employing union help, helping the fair manufacturer, and what is most important, we are strengthening our Union's influence, lifting it to its proper place in the suri, and have the satisfaction of knowing we arc loyal to our own in to raise the standards of material terests and boosting our own. quality, intellectually, moral fibre and a greater comprehension of the value and powers for , good that comes from and through organization, and one hundred and one other offices that are lifting organized labor to the place in the sun that it should have qccupied long ago. Organized labor has a triple load to carr;y: First, it has the drag weight of unthinking indifference of the^yet unorganized, fight of life from organized employer opposition, which makes it its business to oppose every effort of organized labor to organizev the unorganized, and to breed discon- 'tobacco? 'Consistency, thou art a jewel." By the way, while we are thinking about "Boosting Our Own" do not let us forget that the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company has told us all "that they are not interested in organized labor and have nothing to discuss," and since the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is not interested in, and has nothing to discuss with organized labor, is there any gflod reason why we should keep on spending our good union earned dollars for that company's non-union, unfair Camel cigarettes and smoking Lop-Sided Prosperity WHEN 25,000 JOBLESS MEN SHIVER OUTSIDE ONE PLANT THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT BECOMES VERY REAL The other day Henry Ford announced a new policy which would put 30-000 men to work. He said it would take three months to get things going. Three days later^5,000 men were gathered around the Ford plant near Detroit, at the'Jopcnihg-hour in the morning. They had come from all over the country, drawn by the magnet of a chance to get a job. They stood there shivering in the snow and cold, stamping their feet to keep from freezing, waiting to, be put at hard, monotonous work. Six hundred of them were, taken into the plant that day. ,More were, given jobs later. ' We are told constantly that- the country is prosperous. So it is, in a way. More of our people have the comforts and even some of the luxuries of life than ever before.. By comparison with the rest of the world, American prosperity is very great indeed. But here are at least 25,000 men in pne city.who have had no share in that prosperity; and in most cases behind each of those men.is a woman, and perhaps two or three children, waiting at home to see. whether "dad" gets a job. V In the light of these fac^s, our prosperity would seem somewhat imperfect. \ There is unemployment, not "merely in the disorganized mining and textile industries, but in other industries as well; and unemployment is a social and economic crime.—Labor, v U. S. ELECTION EXPENSES Thc , national committee^ of the two old parties in the United States have made public their final reports. The Republicans collected $6,541,- •748 and have a balance of $285,637. The Democrats collected $3,844,- 958 and expended over $5,342,000. They are now facing a deficit of about $1,500,000. Both parties talk about the large number of contributors. They would like to have us forget, that the bulk of the money came from men who expected something-in return. BIG SUM FOR HIGHWAYS The Secretary of Agriculture has apportioned to the states $78,125,- 000, authorized by Congress, as Federal aid in road construction for th,e fiscal-year beginning July 1 next. 7* Big Hearted The curate of a very poor parish was' showing a rich lady around, hoping fo touch her heart and receive a substantia) cheque! for his people. "We are now going through the poorest part of the place," remarked the clergymari\as the visitor's mag- ■nificent car turned slowly into a side street.. "These people have little to brighten their lives. -"Oh, poor ' things!'' sighed the wealthy woman sympathetically. Then, turning to her chauffeur impulsively: "James, drive" slower and switch on the headlights." \ , ge-rq . Foreman: "And in that large room in the rear we have several dyeinjr vatst". Lady «.Visitor: "Oh, isn't that shame! - Arid can't you do a thing[ Chain Store System On Illinois Farms ' Chicago.-^-Banks and insurance- companies that own mortgaged farms are applying the mass production system on this land. The "chain farm" scheme is used on 32 farms totalling 7,500 acres in this state."* Eaqh farm is "operated by a tenant under the direction of a general superintendent It was found that where an average farm in the district formerly produced 40 bushel's of corn to the acre at a cost of $26, "chain farm" methods resulted in, 70 bushels at a cost of $29. ' , The scheme will result in greater output but it will make tenants qf farmers, who will work under the system now applied in steel mills and retail "chain stores." ' The Chicago Tribune declares that the "chain farm" is a certainty, but unless it is operated by farmers themselves " the system will' prove "socially unwholesome.*' "We willjsponer or later h&xe to • face and answer the question whether the small independent farmer is the size of productive unit and the form of'productive, organization best adapted to the new conditions of agriculture," said Virgil Jordan, chief ! economist of the National Industrial Conference Board, representing a score of employers' organizations. . Green Urges A. F. of L Unions To Get Busy President Green has addressed a letter to all local/unions affiliated to the American Federation_of Labor directing attention to the slogan adopted at the New Orleans convention, "Double Union Membership in 1929." "The Executive Council trusts that every union man and woman will join in. this drive," writes President Green. "I believe it can be accomplished. The field is great, the opportunity is here. I believe we can go forward and add millions of new members to our organizations during the year. I '"I shall apply myself to the task and unreservedly I shall give of my strength and power to make the campaign effective. "Organization is the first step to increase trade union strength and bring bgtter conditions to the many wage earners who are still without union protection." Reports coming to A. F. pf I* offices in Washington indicate that many unions have taken steps to conduct membership drives, and' it is believed the campaign will be well under way before spring. Now Urging Tariff To Aid British Workers LONDON.—For the first time in ;. British history some trade unions have abandoned free trade and are advocating a protective tariff." Textile unions have taken the lead in urging a tariff to. keep out foreign manufactures. Those opposing the cure of industrial depression by creating a tariff barrier, propose increase of buying power through increased wages. —The executive of the Trade Union Congress dodged the issue, but Labor Party M. P's. from textile, districts are urging a more friendly attitude. ■There is some* danger thatv the issue may create serious divisions in the ranks of labor. The Labor Party is apparently determined to fight Tory proposals looking to protection, but there is no assurance that the workers are 100 per cent, back of this position. In addition to the textiles, the unions in thc steel industry are also considering protection. In view "of. labor criticism they merely, asked for a government investigation. Critics of protection say that the difficulty can bettor be met by wiping out inefficiency in British industry. PIECEWORK IN CLOAK TRADE IS ASSAILED "Piecework in the cloak and suit trade is unthinkable," President Benjamin Schli-sintrei* of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, on learning that the cloak, contractors had suggested that piecework be recognized officially by the union. - ,<• "The piecework system is likely to bring about sharp competition be- twecnt-workcr and worker, and thus render conditions in the industry worse than-they are at present." Conferences between the employers and the union are being arranged for joint discussions of the men's demands. "I've come about the job that was advertised." . "Well, can you do the work?" "Work, I thought it was a foreman you wanted!" /. i "n- m^sts-.r-: -*i,;-j.;.- •^-■-■■~r"r*—~ •:. _. -:"7 ,; '-'".' Friday, January 18, 1929 THE LABOR. STATESMAN Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies •vyitlTE for pamphlet on Loss of Manhood and Disorders Peculiar to Men. Free by mail. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application will be made to the Legisla- 'Uve AsHembly of the Province of British Columbia at Its next session, on behalf . of the Chiropodists of British Columbia, for a pTlvate Bill to be known ae "The Chiropody Act" for the purpose of governing and regulating the practice of chiropody throughout British Colurhbla by providing for a Board of Exafhiners to Insure the better qualification and ^tandisg of persons practlsjjife and holding themselves out as practising the profession of Chiropody In British Col- uinbln. and the registration and licensing of practitioner**!, and for the incorporation of tha.registered and licensed Chiropodists of BrlMsh Columbia lnt< -.v body corporate under the name of "1 ne British Columbia Chiropody Association" with nerWers of acquiring, holding and dlsppslng of real and personal property, fixing and collecting of examination, ^/registration, and enroliipent »fei*s; the ■"■ Issuing of certificates of registration and of licenses; the admission of candidates; the disciplining and control of' members, and of enacting of all bylaws and regulations for the general management of the Association. DATED at Vancouver, B. C. this 26th day Qf November. A. D. 1921. LTICAS & LUCAS, Barristers and Solicitors, 1022 Standard Bank Building, Vancouver, B C. Solicitors for Applicants. German Government Sides With Workers The steel kings of north-west Germany were not really vefy much-concerned as to whether they should.or should not grant the comparatively small increases in wage which were at issue. What they were really, doing was fighting the trade* unions ahd the arbitration system! This is as clear as daylight from their every action. We need not therefore waste time over proving it. A point of greater interest is, how did the State act in the maintenance of its authority and th©*safeguarding of the law': The answer is that, instead of insisting on the full recognition of its authority, it stooped to a compromise. It dropped for the moment the award which should, have been'-valid under the existing law, and instructed a member of the cabinet to issue an award;* which meant a fresh award. The employers' fight against the first award, when it was declared binding, has therefore been successful in so far as a concession has been made to their obstinacy. They are still obliged to accept an award, but it is not the award whieh was their special bete noire, to aVoid which they were' ready and willing to imperil thc whole economic life of Germany. Their vanity is appeased—a point which has given them so much satisfaction that they have pledged theihselves in advance to accept the new award, before they know what it will be! ' The workers' position has been most favorable throughout the whole" conflict, and their prestige has been enhanced enprmously both at home and abroad by their splendid conduct. They have decided to accept the award, after careful consideration, a^,a matter of tactics. It is good 'fawtS;' Had they refused the last act of-tWSWhployers—and it is ilways the last act of a. drama which Private Aid Futile To European Jobless Washington.—It is the experience of practically all Europearrcpuntries that private employment _ agencies can not meet the job-seeking problem, according to a study by the United States Bureau * of Labor Stfltmtics " J *' * Twenty-three foreign countries have a nation-wide' system of . employment exchanges, the* best developed being in Czecho-slovakia, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany and Norway. • j .'.: Private employment exchanges charging a fee are apt to take« advantage of the distressed conditions of unemployment by charging unduly large fees, or by entering into col-" lusion with dishonest small emp'loy- ers.u^ually in unskilled occupations, for the'purpose of splitting the fees and applying a "ehain'^method, that is, men are taken~-en and again,soon discharged, the report states. "These private exchanges are separate units and do not represent an organized labor market to any degree'; Laws regulating their business do: not help much, for usually ways can be found to eya^e .the regulations,. "The inadequacy of the private labor exchanges, as above indicated, has led almost all European countries to establish public labor exchanges— community or' municipal} provincial and state. , ., ■;'. Great Britain was the first country to establish a national system of public labor exchanges directly controlled by the state, by the labor exchange act ofi'1909." . 7 ■V *• 23*-^ ■*■-;"• -' ; Predicts Job Famine W. B. PITKIN in "Maclean>" In his new book, "The Twilight of the American Mind," Professor • HI lEk-Ut '•■ - _iectricity was sold through slot machines youid realize how cheap it realty- is. •to dwells in men's memories—Would | yf" B;: Pitkin, of Columbia Univer- have been to accuse them of interi- s*tyi j\[ew' York, predicts a gloomy Classified Adverts. 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PEACE IN INDUSTRY There has not been, a strike or lockout ih the boot and shoe industry of Great Brttaip for 32 years. Recently the national union "of employes and the federation of manufacturers entered into another .two- years agreement covering wages and working conditions. ... tional prolongation of the conflict, and this would have alienated public opinion from them. Such a conclusion'would have been equivalent to losing the game altogether. For in the present stage, the chief importance of the conflict is that it will constitute a precedent: and this precedent is virtually to place all the trumps in the workers' handsj'-Since the employers have poured SCppn on justice and law, and the Government has turned a blind eye to their doing so, the workers, who have asked for nothing but the safeguarding of justice and law, cannot lit' reproached in the least for anything that may result from the incident in the future. Obviously, it was the duty of the Government to take this stand on the law as it is, i and to de'fend it against all violations. This was pointed out very clearly at a recent meeting of the General Council of the German National . Centre, on which occasion Eggert, member of the Executive of the German national -centre, giving an address on "State and Economic System" used the following words: "As the representative and defender of the authority of the State, the Government ought not to have permitted this rejection of the award; it ought to have resorted to every possible means to compel the recognition of the award, when once .this had been declared binding." -The "Trade Union Gazette," the journal of the German national centre, writes on the incident as follows: "Was it not the chief task of the Government to defend the law against tyrannical de- dance of it? The fact that the Government did not recognize this as its paramount duty cannot but give rise to the suspicion that, when it decided to take this step, it was swayed by the political considerations of the moment.*; . . It must not become the rule that the trade unions are1 prevented from dominating the situation in their conflicts by government action." "Vowarts," the Socialist daily, was wise enough to say^ that the decision was not one f°r* the political Labor party, but for the trade unions. To sum up: The State lives by the law, and therefore it should also live for the law. WISDOM We are told of the Chinese sage Mengtsen that, when he was a child, his mother's home was near a slaughter-house,'and that she instantly left her home, when she saw the child watching with indifference to pain inflicted upon animals. Her second home was near a graveyard, and again -she left when she saw the boy imitating at his play the rites of superstition.—Dean Farrar. Housewife (suspiciously): "I see you have placed all the best tomatoes on top." Stallkeener: "Yes, lady. That saves you. the trouble of hunting through the box for 'em." future for the intelligentsia of every civilized nation, arguing that at leasts-million of them will soon have to face a job famine of unparalleled dimensions. This he ■ attributes to the fact that the world's, work is being so mechanized that Robots and intellects of lower grade are finding it easy to supplant their betters. Stating two broad propositions regarding modern industrial organization and the work of the "Best Minds," he considers that "the first proposition underlies our entire money and profit system. If you reject it, you also reject by implication the entire economic order out qf which and upon which twentieth century commercial prosperity has grown. Here it is, stripped to its naked truth: ' "Give as much work as possible to machines and to system. Giv,e as little as possible to men." "Never give to any man work which another man of less ability can do.£qually welh" "The first half of this was realized and adopted many years ago. But it is only in the last two decades that industrialists have attained full insight into the second half. It reverses all the doctrines of the sages and philosophers. They have urged that we should find the best possible man for each and every job; and they construed this as meaning that all working men ought t6 have the best possible native ability and education. Now we see that the best man for a job is he who is barely adequate for it. "The second proposition comes from modern psychology. It is the cornerstone of tjje new personnel managements well as of pBychitary. "A man who finds no adequate outlet for his strongest native capacities and for his special abilities is blocked, thwarted, and eventually upset. ' He may become neurotic or simply apathetic or savagely, rebellious-* "The industrialists are correct as' to the first proposition. The psychologists are correct as to the second one. And", the effects of the two in conjunction seem disastrous to our Best Minds." Analyzing the opportunities offered in executive and managerial positions, and in the higher lines of industrial activity, he reaches the conclusion that "almost any one of the spcond best and the third best minds possesses far more mere intelligence than is needed in industrial fields. But the situation reaches its depth of gloom when you discover that the whole modern trend in industrialism is toward higher and more efficient organization in which the relative number of superior intelligence must steadily dwindle. AF.you bought elet.tricity a penny's worth at a time —you'd realize that electricity is the smallest item on the family budget. Just, suppose you went to a slot machine whenever you needed electricity to light the home, or to operate an electric iron. One cent operates a 40-watt lamp for 12}< hours! One: cent) ... A tiO-watt lamp, for 8 hours and 20 minutes. Other services, too. The .floor polisher, for example, operates steadily for five hours and 40 minutes for a single cent. One cent runs your electric cleaner for two hours and SQ minutes.* Where else -do you receive so much for a cent? But, of course, you don't have the inconvenience of finding change or trotting to market for a basketful of electricity. It's there when you need it—your meter keeps honest check on the amount: you use—and after a whole month's electrical service you get a bill for . . . $1.40 perhaps? Terrible! Exorbitant! Think of the slot machine next time.you think of the "high cost of electricity." ♦Based on thc two-cent rate'. BmiSHteuiWMff^Ei^TOcKfflWiqyCo. VANCOUVER VICTORIA !*► Drink* and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC. IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES PROMPT DELIVERY 1955 Commercial Drive PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS., LTD . He who. has the reputation- for early rising can sleep till noon and get away with it. It is not only wrong, but bad ppl- icy, to attempt by force what ought to be accomplished by reason.—Tom Paine. BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3995 HASTINGS STREET EAST Hlg-li. 180 Gloil. 384 Nlfrllt Call: Glen. 433, Carl. 299V3 BARNET BOOSTS ]"* . BETTER BUILT 000,000 FEET PER DAY BUNGALOWS SEE US FOR SPECIALS WOMEN GAIN NINETEEN SEATS IN LEBISLATURES A statement just issued by the National League of Women Voters shows that 145 women will sit in state legislatures in 1929, a gain of 19 over two years ago. Of these, 100 are republicans, 38 Democrats, 2 Non-partisan, and 5 have no label. Fifteen women are state senators. Twelve women have been re-elected, to their fourth term, in one house or anothr, and 68 who sat in the. last legislature were re-elected. Iowa. has her first woman legislator.*—• Connecticut leads the list with 20 women legislators—she had 15 last year. Alabama, Delaware,, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ndrth Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee have no women legislators. On the other hand, when the two- dollar bill finally disappears, what shall we use. to buy a dollar's worth of groceries? » * « Few women succeed in being popular with men' and women at the same time. • ■ • In order, to understand this story, which we repeat second-hand, it is necessary to know that the town of Ypres-is pronounced "Yeep" by the Belgians and "Wipes" by the English. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium was visiting an American soldiers' hospital, and stopped to shake handB with a wounded soldier. "Lady," said tho soldier, "the Huns sure gave us hell at Wipers." "Yeep," murmured the Queen. "He sure did shoot the daylights" out of us at Wipers." "Yeep," murmured the Queen. . "There wasn't much left of us after we got through at Wipers." "Yeep," murmured the Queen; After the royal lady left, the soldier turned to someone: ' "Who," he demanded,. "was that funny-looking old dame with the hiccups?" The fellow who said the good die young certainly overlooked some pretty good old-timers. -.-.. ' .* • ♦.'"'■ She was only a Pullman conductor's daughter, but she sure gave me a wide berth. 5*5£ —-^ •S Eight THE' LABOR STATESMAN f ^ Friday-, January 18, 1929 IT'S MORE THAN UKELY those nervous headaches — depleted energy—and tired fueling —means ' that your eyes need testing. We have been Joirig conscientious work here since 1908. Lawrence W. Smith Optometrist and Optician Phone Sey. 6860 ■ 49—Hastings St. West—49 VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis Bad Cold . : MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. 8EY. 8070 Consistent Union Man Smoke 100/ Union-made Cigars! ASK FOB Kurtz Cigars , BEST'S CIGAE BOX Corner Bomer and Fender Sts. Wilson & McNeill- PAINTERS & DECORATORS "We Wear the Button" 1156 E. 13th Phone Fair. 5248 Unions Urged To Keep Records of Growth The following was a unique feature of the report to the New Orleans convention: For the first time, the Federation compiled a record of .growth nnd achievement Of federated bodies. The report shows an in crease of 22,615 members in local unions affiliated with State Federations, 46,808 in affiliated membership of City Central Bodies, and 107 new locals with .4,793 members organized by district organizers. The figures were compiled from the ques- tionaire sent out in the early fall. A report such as this is a valuable record of progress. The New Orleans convention unanimously recommended that this survey be made regularly. All State Federations and City Centrals will be asked neit fall for a report of membership and accomplishments for the 1929 convention, and District Organizers will be asked to report new members they have obtained, new unions organized and other achievements for 1929. Such a record will help you to measure progress. You are urged to begin keeping records now, and to make them » part of your plans to carry out our slogan "Double union membership in 1929." We count on yoirto do your part. Let me take this occasion to send you the season's greetings and my sincere wishes for your success in the coming year. Fraternally yours, ',. . . WM. GREEN. President, American Federation of Labor. -. . .. WHIST DRIVE AND DANCE SATURDAY AT MAPLE HALL Brother A. J. Boxall of the Tailors' Union is continuing the whist drives and dances at the Maple Hall, ,49th avenue ahd Fraser, every Saturday night. Cash prizes,are being given away for whist prizes and the Harmony Girls' Orchestra will supply the music for the dance. Gem eral admission 35c. Whist starts at 8 sharp. BENEFITS OF FIVE-DAY WEEK Henry Ford has turned the tahles on .his scoffers in one important respect. When he adoptcd'The five-day week, it* was said that he did so simply because -he did not have enough work to keep his employees busy for.six days. Now, however, he has passed the acid tesfby continuing the five-day week, as far* as the individual workmen are concerned, in spite of y demands on his .productive capacity. He is going to operate hia ts on,a six-day schedule by adding 30,000 employees, instead of extend- the hours of those already at work. Another aspect of this action is hy of serious attention. Certain economists have argued that labor s all wrong in advocating the five-day week as a means of relief for unemployment. If the five-day week meant less production per capita, it would, they said, not affect thc employment situationin the long run. Here is a dramatic bit of evidence, however, thaf at a given time and place, the five-day week means employment for 30,000 more men than would otherwise be required.. And since unemployment is mainly an affair of the short run rather than of the long run,.it may often be possible; in an era of rapid advances in productive .efficiency, to employ more men by shortening hours. This is merely one way of sharing with labor the benefits of increased production and profits. ■%-'.'' Says City Mission Is In Dirty Condition . Complaints have been received by the Labor Statesman about the dirty conditions existing at the City Mission" and the total disregard for sanitary arrangements. A man who saw six'years' service in France, and three of those in thc trenches, says he never saw so many.cooties in his life as are in the City Mission. He was sent to the Mission awaiting transfer to the General Hospital, and is utterly disgusted with conditions. Other men report likewise. . . It is reported that double bunks still maintain at the City Mission, although there are . city by-laws against them, and such things would not be tolerated even in our; logging camps.;i. City by-laws prohibit sleep: ing in* basements, but the City Mission basement is used for that purpose unless the men can pay for a bed in the upper part of the building. . There is no system apparently used at this place to clean up a man should he be unclean when entering the place,* and those who are clean soon become alive with vermin after one night in the place. The City Mission obtains most of its support from the general public, and also from the city council, and there is no reason* why this place should be made a breeding place for vermin to be scattered all over the city and province. It's about time the place was given a general and constant cleanup. Because these men are unfortunate enough to be compelled to use the place is no reason why those in charge cannot keep it clean. Even the men themselves have volunteered to do this, but those in charge want, to keep it *^s a pest-house. Let's have a cleanup or a clean out. ', BOILERMAKERS ACTIVE Because there was an opportunity to do some organizing .work in connection with the Boilermakers Union in Vancouver, Secretary Bengough wired International Organizer Joe Reed, wh6 arrived here post haste last week, and has since done spine good work. Usual Saturday Night"" "Whist Drive and Dance Maple Ball—49th and Fraser admission 35c Cash Frizes Hnrniony Girls' Orchestra! Bricklayers' Union Elects Officers Bricklayers and Masons held their regular meeting in bur new Labor Headquarters on January 9th, the princinal business being the election of officers. L. Padgett was re-elect-: ed as president, A. Fordyce, vice- president;, W. S. Dagnall, secretary- treasurer; J. H. Riley, financial secretary; H. HUJ, sergeant-at-arms; A. Spencer, trustee; J. R. Jones, G. E. Halli'day, Jas. Smith, arbitration board. It proved to be the best attended meeting of any held for some considerable time, and although our new hall was packed, every member seemed to he quite comfortable, as it so much resembled the delightful rides we get on the street cars when returning from work at night With the*'wave of prosperity that seems to be ahead of, us, we hope to go through 1929 unselfishly striving to lend a helping hand to the sick and the man that is out of a job.—W.S.D. Wants Tail Lights On Parked Automobiles On behalf of the Milk. Salesmen's Union and Taxi Drivers' Union, Del. Showier asked the Trades Council to take up the question, with the,authorities, of having the, parking bylaws chahged so that automobiles shall be compelled to' operate parking lights when parked on \ thoroughfare not lighted with ornamental lights. He reported several accidents during, the recent foggy weather of automobiles being driven into and horses drawing milk wagons walking into these unlighted parked automobiles. He also pointed out that during the foggy weather several accidents occurred owing to trucks having no lights on the lumber and material which extended beyond the jjear of the truck. The matter will be taken up;<7!-v,„, * • MECHANICS LIEN ACT UNDER DISCUSSION' Del. Morrison of the Electrical Workers Union reported to the' Trades Council on a conference with members of thc Vancouver Board of Trade in connection with suggested changes in the Mechanics Lien Act. President Thomson and Secretary Bengough were also at the meeting with a watching brief from the Trades Council. Del. Morrison reported that it appeared to him as if the financial and-real estate interests wanted to get in on the act so that they could put a plaster on the building also. This, he said, would mean relegating the main object (getting the mechanic his wages) to the background. '!■>■>. ■'■ •Later meetings in connection with this act encourages us to believe that there will not be any serious changes in the act unless the government sponsors a change. A column, much like a wife or husband, one sometimes likes not so much for its erudition as for its companionate qualities. Gifts Still Waiting For Milk Salesmen The following name's have a gift coming to them from the Milk Drivers' and Dairy Employees' Christmas Tree. Please call at the union office room 308, 529 Beatty street, Mon day afternoon next, from 4 to 5: Irene Marchant, George Hughes, Flora Gillies, Ian Gillies, John Rick- erby and Tresham Bradfield. The milk situation is now approaching a very serious crisis from q\fr viewpoint. All members are urged to attend the meetings and impress upon those on the outside the vital necessity for them to join up with the Local, as in the event of the rumored amalgamation taking place the only way to protect ourselves will be through the Union. All members are aware that at our last meeting a motion was unanimously passed that we celebrate our tenth anniversary with a big smoker. This will be in charge of the past presidents of the Local, who are now working hard to put over the best smoker ever held by us.—S. • VANCOUVER FURNITURE CLEARANCE Od_d lines and sample pieces selling^ radical reductions and on very easy terms. 10 PER CENT. CASH i Balance in 9 monthly payments. Buy Now—and Save. 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C. 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST PHONE SEYMOUR 4401 Mail Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention Smoking Concert To Be a Humdinger The Building Trades Council Annual Smoker, which will be pulled off on Wednesday, January 30th, will be held in the big hall at Labor Headquarters, so there will be room for a bigger crowd than at the previous events. There will be more talent this time as well as more of everything else that goes with these smokers. Most of the boys who have already purchased a 50c ticket are anxiously waiting for this event, and some of them are going to show the rest of you how to sing. In closing we want to remind you that if you have not got a ticket before the 30th you may not be able to get in. Vancouver Drug Company. (1928) Limited WE EIGHT FOB FAIR PRICES The Drug* Combine art making ar.otlior effort to establish fixed prices. We have -fought for fair prices for 20 years. Make a purchase at any one of onr sixteen stores and not the QUAIiITY, SERVICE and SATING 1 Friday and Saturday Specials^ , \&-t$z. or Spec .34 .93 .60 Papetcrles :. 1.50 Alarm Clocks .25 Le Parfalt- Castile Soap, per bar — IB .25 Gold Medal Phonograph Needles ;... .13 .50 Zam-Buk - 38 1.25 Vlnol _ _........*. XI 1.00 Dr. Reid's Guaranteed Hair Tonic ..,_ .63 .25 Extract of Almonds, Van- s ilia or Lemon _ .18 1.15 Allanbury'8 Foods, No. 1 -/ and No. 2 ~*£. XI Pure OHVe Oil, llWiz. tins 44 1.00 Van Ess Scalp or Special, Massage ..^ — - *JR 12 00 TyreM's Cascade (complete). B.45 .60 Djer-Kiss Face Powder 37 .35 Djer-Kiss Talcum .31 .50 VicRs Vapo Rub .:: ....- - .33 .25 Mecca Ointment - - .1* .50 Glostora —■ 3* .50 Palm Olive Shampoo , .33 .25 Mennen's Talcum for Mep (with sample of Shaving Creurn) .- - .16 VANCOUVER'S OWN DBUG STORES—FOURTEEN IN THB GITT AT YOUR SERVICE. 16 STORES WE SATS YOU MONEY! 16 STORES UPHOLSTERERS WHIST AND -, DANCE NEXT , WEDNESDAY Another of the. enjoyable Whist Drives and Dances will be held in the K. P. Hall, 8th and Scotia, next Wednesday evening. The Upholsterers Union has obtained quite an enviable reputation for running dances, not only on account Of the pleasant dancers, but because of the enjoyable whist'and valuable^.prizes. Admission is 50, which also includes refreshments. UPHOLSTERERS CONFERENCE The next session of the Upholsterers Pacific North West Conference will be held in Vancouver, Sunday, Jan'uary'27th. This conference is composed of delegates from, the two unions in Seattle, two in Portland, one in Tacoma, and one in Vancouver. The Vancouver Union is making steady progress, and besides having agreements signed by two local firms. Standard Furniture Co. and Chelsea Upholstery Shop, members of the union are employed in all three department stores and local furniture stores and factories. D-A-N-C-E Hold Your Next Dance at THE WINTER GARDEN ENGLISH BAT "Where Dances Are a Success" 'Phone Douglas S509 L. G. Thomas. Mgr. AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON PEACE IN INDUSTRY ■ The Industrial Peace Conference at Melbourne has adjourned pending the renewal of deliberations, probably in February. At the close of the session, wires the B. U. P., reDresentatives of employers and employees expressed themselves as greatly gratified with the definite form jn which policies, had been outlined, both sides agreeing that substantial progress had been made, and that they were looking forward to seeing definite results. Shakespeare says: "I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching." - City Hall Employees Elect New Officers At the annual meeting of the Vancouver City Hall Employees' Association, held on Wednesday, January 2, 1929, the following officers were appointed for 1929v President, A. J. Harrison; vice- president, W. S. Welton; secretary, J. Tarbuck ;* treasurer, W. J. Scribbins; trustees, W. Asher, H, S. Cowper. Delegates to Federation: F. Bcntley, A. W. Hichardson, H. A. Urquhart, D. Squair, F. Corrin, O. P. Bishop. Delegates to Provincial Federation : H. Simmers,' W. • J. Scribbins. Warden, J. Gibbs. Conductor, A. Myers. ^i"-\ BURNABY ELECTIONS! Elect Chas. Edward Maltby ASYOUR COUNCILLOR FOR WARD 5- ... - JANUARY 19, 1929. SATURDAY. ALWAYS FAIR TO ALL CLASSES OF UNION LABOR Has Consistently Supported the Day Labor Principle. You may Vote at Any Polling Station. -., ■.■.iWVj-*.*..
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