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/jlOWNED AND (XMiTROLLED Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 27_=-EIGHT PACKS VANCOUVER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2,, 1929 FIVE CENTS PER COPY State Industries Prove Valuable To Taxpayer North Dakota "Non-Partizan League" Launched Program in 1919 of State Ownership—Started Without Capital and Now Has Big Assets. gTATE OWNERSHIP OF INDUSTRIES and projects can be made a success if the leaders make up their minds to give battle to the private interests that appose'them. In North Dakota a farmers' organization, controlling the government, has made some very remarkable successes with projects that have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars, not only for the farmers, but also for city taxpayers. Writing in the New Republic, Alfred S. Dale says: The once-famous Nonpartisan League and its "Industrial Program," consisting of state ownership projects, has long since been dead in the minds of the people of this country, thanks chiefly to the silence of the press. It is not known even by progressives that Senator Frazier was re-elected last November as the candidate of the Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, let alone that the state-owned industries are proving successful The political organization ■ known as the Nonpartisan League is still a power in North Dakota. It boasts two United States Senators, one Congressman and five of the elected state officials. Its opponents who have been elected to office have espoused thc "Industrial Program," but have opposed the leadership of the- Nonpartisan League, and gained office by claiming that they could manage and operate the state industries better than the Nonpartisans themselves. Most of the state industries which were begun by the state back in 1919, when the Nonpartisan League Was in full control'of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the state government, are still in existence and have proved very successful. A few have fallen by the wayside, due mostly to the incompetency of the officials in charge of them, and not to any inherent de'fect in governmental administration. The three outstanding successes, which have remained under full Nonpartisan League management and control since 1919, are the State Bonding Fund, the State Fire and Tornado Fund, and the State Hail Insurance Fund. These industries have been under the sole management and control of S. A. Olsness, a thorough believer in and advocate of state ownership, and a staunch Nonpartisan Leaguer. Intense Opposition The insurance companies dragged these industries through the state courts, and before the Supreme Court pf the Unjted States, thus preventing them from operating for several years after their creation. But, in spite of the opposition of the insurance companies and their agents, and the long court battles, these industries have continued to grow, until today they have piled up such surpluses that they cannot be overthrown. A bitter assault has been planned and financed by the insurance companies during the last legislative session to break down these laws and to prevent the further encroachment of state insurance upon private insurance activities. ■The State Bonding Fund was organized by law in 1915, but declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States two years I tary and to change the law so that later; a new law, drafted and passed ' the farmer must make application for miums, all losses and operating expenses being provided by the interest on the fund. Start* Without Capital An even greater success in state ownership has been in the Fire and Tornado Fund. Starting without a penny of capital, as did the Bonding Fund, and charging the same rate of premium as old-line companies, this department has built up a fund of a'most a million dollars. The manager states that within two more years this fund will also have reached such a sum, built up entirely from the profits, that it wiil not be necessary for the political divisions to levy any tax to pay premiums for fire and tornado insurance upon their public buildings, the interest upon the accumulated profits being sufficient to pay for all overhead charges and all losses due to fire and tornado. A desperate effort is being made by the insurance companies to break down the compulsory feature of this law, which provides that all fire and tornado insurance upon public buildings must be placed with the state department. If the insurance companies can break this down, it will be some years before the fund becomes large enough to take care of the losses from the interest upon the capital built up, because the profits will be diverted to private insurance companies and dissipated in high overhead. The insurance companies fear the ultimate success of this department, and do not want it spread to other states. Two years ago legislation passed to destroy the insurance funds was vetoed by a Nonpartisan League governor. Both Houses had opposition majorities at the time, the Senate being anti-Nonpartisan League by one vote. Saves Thirty Million. The greatest success of all the insurance ventures, however, is the Hail Insurance Fund. This is a mutual proposition, the state acting as agent in collect.ng~t}n'rpT_miums and adjusting losses, the losses being prorated among the farmers. In this manner the average premiums have been kept to about one-half of the amounts formerly charged by the private hail insurance companies, and the risk of having the company go into bankruptcy when it came time to pay the losses, as had sometimes happened, was eliminated. The law provides* that all lands are automatically insured, unless the farmer personally withdraws his land from the insurance. The record shows that over thirty millions of dollars have been saved in premiums to the farmers of the state since 1919. The insurance companies have tried for years to, make the insurance volun- iv: in., 1919, overcame the legal objections. The new law provided that all state, country, township, city and school treasurers and other officials must be bonded with the State Bonding Fund. The same premiums were charged as have been charged by the insurance companies. The overhead costs for the state were barely 3 per cent., instead of -45 per cent, to 75 per cent, as, in the private companies, with thi* .result .that a fund of $250,000 Has been accumulated in its treasury. In two years more this sum. will have grown until it will be necessary to charge one cent for pre- nsurance instead of being automatically insured. Such a law was passed during the legislative session two years ago, but the Nonpartisan League governor vetoed it and saved the Hail Insurance Fund for the farmers. A One of the most controversial state industries is the Bank of North Da- 1s6._. It has functioned ever since 1.9.L?. accepting public and private deposits. , The bank made a. profit' of 17-per cent, on its $2,000,000 capital for the year ending September 30, 1928. In addition to the- banking (Continued on Page 8.) Geo. Richardson Visits The Boys at Capilano George Richardson, General Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Fire Fighters, formerly of Vancouver, B. C., has been visitor in town during™""the Chiefs* Convention. In 1920 Ge Richardson, who was a fire stationed at No. 2 Fire Ha as a delegate from Vancouv. St. Louis Convention of the^ tion and landed the job of Gen.ral Secretary-Treasurer ofthe Association that has a local in every city that has a fire department worthy of the name. Every year since then George has been re-elected, sometimes after a close fight, but generally with big majorities. George was quite busy while in town, but the local labor officials thought that George should be feted and share a day with Ihem, so arrangements were made accordingly. Walter Scribbins was supposed to take George to the Second Capilano Canyon where the rest of the boys were to lay in wait for the victim, but Walter thought that George had been on the straight and narrow path too long, so took him up to the wide open spaces on the top of Grouse Mountain. After much spluttering and stopping, Walter's car (of old vintage) reached the Chalet, when it was discovered that the rest of the party were 4,000 feet below and several miles away. George enjoyed the ride and also the scenery, for George, although an old Vaneouver- ite, had never been to the top of Grouse Mountain to look at the city. Walter headed the car downhill and made up for lost time, taking the declines and the curves at a speed that even fire fighters were not used to. We finally made our way to the encampment where the boys had prepared a nice lunch for the visitor— and ate it themselves—and also some refreshments, which helped the parched late-comers considerably and livened up their spirits. Capt. Neil McDonald, Canadian Vice-President of the Fire Fighters' Association, who was in Walter's car, sounded parched) although his voice was in that condition from fighting the fire at the Union Steamship dock over the week-end. Strong for Vancouver After George Richardson had been introduced to the boys, P. R. Bengough was called upon to tell all about George, and he did it ill good style. He told of George's rise in the labor world and told how George was always strong for Vancouver when Vancouver unions wanted any recognition or help. • He pointed out that w.ieriever any other International union wanted any support, George at least saw to it that the Fire Fighters gave it and gave it freely. He instanced the tremendous and successful support given to the Machinists in the La France Fire Apparatus Company's strike, also the solid support of his International office for the A. F. of L. convention for Vancouver. He still carries his card in the Vancouver Local. Replying, George Richardson Electrical Workers Get Nej___Wage Agreement t.o**M Hftn 213, International liT^f*c> .TB^of Electrical Workers, b__Ji- 0yBHully concluded an Inter- P&greement with several elec- ntractors in Vancouver, call- a closed shop and a wage in- se of from 60c to $1.00 per day. Re new scale calls for a wage of $9 f>er day up to January 1, 1930, and $9.40 a day from then on until the 30th of June, when the agreement expires. All these contractors have considerable work ahead covering all the big building jobs in the city and district. Milk Salesmen To Whoopee On Thursday Union milk salesmen, and dairy employees are putting on a Whoopee picnic next Thursday. The committee has planned a rollicking good time so that everybody will have more fun than ever before. The boat will leave the Gore avenue dock at 2 p.m., and upon arrival at the grounds events will be staged that will get everybody going and collecting prizes. The usual refreshments will be served and there will be loads of ice cream for the kids, and maybe for the old-Uns. The cost is only one dollar for adults and fifty cents for kids, so every union man is expected to be on the job bright and early in the morning, so as to get all cleaned up ready for the picnic in the afternoon. If you are not going, send your wife along and a better man than you are as a Droxic. Moonlight Dance For Taxi Drivers Tuesday A unique event will be pulled off on Tuesday night, August 6-7, when the Taxi Drivers' Union embark for a Moonlight Cruise and Dance to Belcarra Park. The Harbour Princess will leave the Gore avenue dock at 12:30 a.m. (midnight) bound for Belcarra Park, There will be a union orchestra aboard and they will play dance music in the hall at Belcarra Park until about five in the morning. There will be a supply of refreshments and those who are able to make the . trip will undoubtedly have a good time. The event is being held at this time because the taxi drivers' work covers all different hours during the day, but most of them'get through by 12 midnight, in time for the cruise. The tickets are $1.25 each, and you are advised to get them early, as the boat will only hold a limited number. Tickets can be obtained from Room 308, Labor Headquarters, or from union taxi drivers. Three Unions Hold Picnics Last Saturday Plumbers, Sheet Metal Workers thankeVthV'boVs7o7The'^Va.rand.ard.Pla3tier«rs a11 ,hfld .th,eirt acn"ual informed them that he would con tinue to go down the line for Vancouver. He was pleased to see the movement here keeping up its end and growing as rapidly as in other cities, and remembered the trying days when the movement was almost demolished. He was pleased to see the Civic Federation, which he had helped to form, was still active and also growing, and in conclusion he reminded the officials that if they wanted his help at any time, his address was Washington^D. C. Vancouver Supplies Official* It might be pointed out here that Vancouver has one of the largest representations of International officers of any city on the North American continent. Members of Vancouver Locals are scattered all over the U. S and Capada, doing organizing w;ork and acting as representatives of many trades. These officers are' always* making return trips to Vancouver, and. we feel proud of the position that Vancouver holds in this respect. The All-Canadian Congress and National Unions bellyaehe about picnics at Bowen Island last Satur day in the different grounds provided by the Union Steamship Co. There was plenty of competition in all the sports and some very valuable and useful prizes given away, as well as loads of refreshments. During the sports the Plumbers visited the Sheet Metal Workers grounds and put a relay team in competition and beat the team by a few- yards. In the tug-of-war the Steamfitters beat the Plumbers, two put of three. The day was ideal for the picnic and everybody had a real good time. the alleged control that the American Federation of Labor has on Canada, but when we remember how many of these officials are Vancouver boys it makes us smile with pity for the lajjc of knowledge of these hide-bound nationalists, .whose nationalism is generally a camouflage for getting up to the pie counter. Anyhow, we are, not worrying, better movements than the All-Canadian Train Dispatchers Are Seeking Six-Hour Day Chicago.—Train Dispatchers want four tricks a day of six hours each instead of the three 8-hour tricks now prevailing. President J. G. Luhrsen of the American Train Dispatchers' Association, declares this will be the main subject before the eighth general assembly of thc association which meets at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, this week. Mr. Luhrsen, who has been president of the association since its inception, said: "This means, including transfer time, a 40-hour week for train dispatchers. "The economic reasons for the adoption of a 40-hour week are so convincing that it will soon prevail for all crafts. "Train dispatching is a peculiar calling and we have been agitating the adoption of four tricks a day for purely physiological reasons. Under Terrific Strain "In these modern .days of ever faster and longer trains and with more territory added to each assignment, the strain on the dispatcher has become unendurable. "Dispatchers' have more than absorbed the one day's rest in seven which was granted 10 years ago.This is proven by the fact that there are fewer train dispatchers now employed than before the six-day week was granted. "We will also discuss legislation which will come before thc next-session of Congress in reference to railroad consolidations. "The wage problem, too, is always with us. The unprecedented prosperity of the railroads has not been properly reflected in increases to the employees. Co-operate With Other Unions "We plan to co-operate with the other railway labor organizations in every way possible. Something constructive must be done to compel observance of the Railway Labor Act, particularly those provisions which have to do with the workers' right to organize and select their own representatives without intereference fronflhe'employers. "We also want the promise made by railroad managements as to the formation of adjustment boards redeemed in good faith." Since their last convention the Train Dispatchers have secured general increases in wages ranging from $10 to $15 per month and in some minor cases even more. Contractual relations have been re-established upon the Nickel Plate, Erie, Jersey Central, Pere Marquette and a. number of other roads. Agreements are expected this year with the managements of some fines where the contracts were abrogated on I the ground that dispatchers were "officials." May Test Dominion's Old Age Pensions Act Ottawa, Canada.—There is a possibility that the validity of the Dominion Old Age Pension Act may be tested in the courts. _ According to a report of the industrial relations committee of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association the Quebec Government has been advised by eminent counsel that the constitutionality of the act "is open to grave doubt." The Canadian Manufacturers' Association, like similar organizations in other countries, is opposed to practically all social and labor legislation. It looks to Quebec to take the lead in the proposed legal fight because " the government of the province is opposed to old age pensions. All the provinces west of Quebec, including Ontario, have embraced the reform. / ■••.•-•.>.-::■:';';■■■;. Integrity :■'.', Integrity helps to reach the goal, You surely will confess Congress have met with defeat at I With wisdom* thrift and self-coritrbl! the hands of the International. ' I On the path to win success. L_l_ Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 2, 1929 tor HEALTH/STRENGTH and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A wholesome body builder Doctors recommend it Fruit and Raising Bread. Pastry and Meat Pies THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST ELECTBICAI. CONTBACTOB Electrical rlxt.res Hardware Bang.* Paints, OUs, lamps Bailie Supplies Pip* Plttb-g* Tools Gasoline and Service Station Glen 370 4099 Ha-tinga St, H. EDUCATION C - / Rayon Workers Capture City Government Philadelphia, Pa.—Strikers in Elizabethton, Tennessee, have captured the city government in the rayon town and have broken the grip of, the vicious political ring, supreme in Eastern Tennessee for almost twenty years, headed by Crawford Alexander, who also headed the famous "kidnaping gang" which took union organizers "for a ride" this spring. William F. Kelly, vice-president of the United Textile Workers, reports on his arrival here for a meeting of the national executive board of the International in New York, that three out of the five city commissioners are now heart and soul with the cause of the unionized textile workers, and that a thorough house-cleaning has already started in Elizabethton. The union workers had one sympathizer among the five members of the city commission right along, but he was powerless. Two commissionerships were voted for last week, and the union workers in Elizabethton saw to it that two of their friends stood for these places against the nominees of the "gang,"' who were none other than National Guard officers who had made themselves particularly obnoxious to strikers by constant doses of tear gas dur- in the time the troops were ruling Elizabethton. President Paul J. Aymon of the State Federation' of Labor and the officers of the local union organized a brief political campaign, and despite the "fact that the corporations and political bosses contributed a slush fund of probably $5,000, managed to elect the two men endorsed by organized labor to the city com- Garment Strike Ends; Sweatshop Is Doomed New York. — Striking garment workers reached an agreement with three employers' associations, representing manufacturers, contractors and jobbers. The strike involved 30,000 workers. The agreement provides for the creation of,a committee of 11 that will supervise the industry. The right of the union to visit shops every six months' to check' up union membership is recognized. The discharge clause is modified so as to protect the union from reduction of the size of shops or from wage reductions, and shop chairmen are protected from victimization because of union activity by having their cases re- . viewed. The employers withdrew their demand for the 42-hour week, the right to establish piece work and to pay single time for Saturday work." The union is negotiating with mail order houses to end their practice of patronizing sweatshops. Two of the largest concerns in the country expressed a willingness to aid the union. ( "'We are determined that the sWeat- shop must go." said Benjamin Schles- inger, president International Ladies' Garment . Workers' Union. "Any manufacturer, any chain store or any mail order house which feels that it can stay in business only by producing garments under'a cursed, degrading system of production in which the lives of our workers is endangered ahd the public welfare jeopardized, has no right to exist in this or any other;Industry." -."",'■ ■ A Pittsburgh, Pa., mausoleum is -provided with a fire escape. Next I (By A. HURRY) Education (from the Latin, Edu- care,—to lead forth), in its broadest sense, the art of developing and cultivating all the powers of man, in a narrower sense, and that in which the term is ordinarily used, the development and cultivation of the intellectual powers. Education is as old as the race, and its object the supplying of some human need. It consists of four divisions: Physical, intellectual, moral and religious. Physical pertains to the development of the human body, to give control and to keep in good health. When specialized becomes athletic training. Intellectual education, development of intellectual powers, general meaning when not qualified. Moral education: Training of the will, and education of the conscience, closely inter-related to intellectual education. Religious education: Development of man's conception of his relationship between himself and his Creator. When graded become: Primary: In general sense, common, or elementary. In limited sense, first three years in common or elementary school. Secondary: High fccfiool and academies. Higher education: Includes.instruction in colleges and universities; cultural, professional, or technical. Its object: Special vocations; medicine, law, engineering, or higher branches of teaching. Special education: Classes for blind, deaf, dumb, feeble-minded or sub-normal. Education—Historical Egypt, China, India and Persia. Systems of education were inseparable from the prevailing religions of the people. Chinese education^ ancestral in character. Family' responsible for training of children. Conservative. Education only means of advancement to government positions. Studies prolonged, thus education restricted. India developed a caste system similar to (that of China. Persia: Parseesism developed a state system of morals for all children over seven years of age. Egypt developed a system under control of the priests. Jews: Education was conducted by the family; the father was the teacher. Boys were taught a trade; the girls household duties. Ancient classic nations: Greece and Rome tended toward the development of the individual and gave an impetus to science, art, literature and politics. Spartan education: Essentially military. Athenian education approached modern physical and intellectual. Rome, through the influence of Greek art and literature upon the wealthy classes, developed the science of teaching. Another step nearer the modern system. Each system had for its object the making of the individual subservient to dogmatic authority, either religious or political. Middle Ages—Pre-Reformation During the first centuries of the Christian dispensation, education received little attention. Until after the tenth century the study of the literature of classic nations was considered detrimental to the best interests of the church. Education was confined to the monks, and schools were accessories to the church. Where monasteries were established, some monks took up the study of the classics. Through transcript of manuscripts by the monks many literary masterpieces were preserved to the centuries that followed. Many were destroyed "on account of expensive nature of parchment. The doctrine of the church during the Dark Ages was, and, in general, still is: "Accent nothing except upon the authority of the Holy Bible, for greater is that authority than all the powers of the'human mind." Truly a dark age! Tlui^most influential movements in gensjral education were made by Charlemagne and Alfred the Great. Charlemagne desired to rule over a civilized and educated people. Alfred believed that all men should be free and that education was essential to the maintenance of freedom. They included reading, writing, arithmetic and music, in addition to the teaching of, religion. Alfred was supposedly the founder "of Oxford yhiyersity. .',..' Latter Half „f Middle Ages There arose an increasing demand .for "secular education. Changing in dustrial conditions made a knowledge of reading, writing and arithmetic imperative among merchants and ar- tizans. Out of this demand was laid the foundation of the public schools of today. They were known as burgher or town schools. Though secular in character they were under the control of the clergy. Reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history and natural science were taught. Latin was sometimes taught. In the twelfth*century there was a universal awakening which resulted in an age of scholasticism—the study of reasoning and subtle dialectics, which led to the new thought, All developments of the middle ages gradually contributed to the growth of the scientific spirit, and the development of universities by church and state. The influence of all these movements culminated during the last years of the middle ages, in the Renaissance, in which there was a general revival of learning; the people of Europe emerged from the despotism of ecclesiastical and feudal institutions.. The Reformation—Diet of Wermes, 1521 The condition of the church of Western Christendom had become more and more deplorable. The worst examples were set at headquarters. Bad as the Popes of the 14th century had been, those who were contemporary with the'Tudors were far worse. Rome had seen, in succession, three scandalous Popes, the first of whom, Alexander VI., the celebrated Rod- rigo Borgia, was a monster of depravity, a murderer given up to the practice of the foulest vices. The second, Julius II., was a secular statesman, with no piety. The third, Leo X., was a cultured Atheist, of artistic tastes, who used to tell his friends' that "Christianity was a profitable superstition for Popes."— Note Bishop Synesius 450 A. D. The Reformation, the greatest event in modern history (according to some historians), wrested thousands of communicants from the mother church and arrayed them in opposition to it, and at the same time so stirred the church itself that from the agitation came one of the greatest educational movements of history. Protestantism was based on two principles: First, man is justified by faith alone; second, the Bible is the only guide in religious faith and practice. If men were to* follow the Bible they must be able to read it, and from this necessity sprang those schools in which children were taught to read their mother tongue. The system was soon carried far beyond the original purpose of educating merely for the sake of the church. Boys and girls were to be educated, the schools were to be maintained at public expense, and bright pupils were to be trained for teacfiers. What Luther began in the 16th century, -Comenius extended in the 17th. By the emphasis which he placed on the powers of observation he laid the foundation of modern methods of instruction in elementary schools. During the 19th century the public school systems of all the leading countries of Europe were perfected, and compulsory attendance was established. Great Britain, 1870; Germany, France During the four centuries following the Reformation, public education was gradually removed from the control of the church to that of the state. Possibly acting on the principle that "those who control the schools control the future."—Draper. Thus tracing briefly the outline of education, we are obliged to conclude that our modern system differs but little from the ancient or mediaeval; excepting that greater industrial development and modern conditions demand a general readjustment of our educational institutions, greater empsasis upon technical and vocational training, or specialization in education. Education commenced as a necessity to supply some human need, and remains the same today; a preparation for the future activities of the individual. This is fully exemplified in the Report of the British Trade Union Delegation, on "Russia Today," 1925, page 138. "There has probably been no greater revolution of ideas than in the new educational system as practiced in Soviet Russia." I am firmly convinced that the only hope of humanity lies in a thorough i.v.ilutionir.<_t_vn 0f our educational system, changing our individual outlook to one of being a social unit in a socialized order, installing into the BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3995 HASTINGS STBEET BAST High. ISO Olen. 384 Night Call: Glen. 493, Carl. _MT3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT BUNGALOWS 600,000 r_iJBT 9XX DAY **V *' **■*•*■ SEE US FOR SPECIAL'S One Cent a Day for Safety! That is all you need pay to secure PROTECTION for your Papers, Securities or Jewellery, in the strongest vault on the Pacific Coast. 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Waiter (at men's club): "There is a lady outside who says her husband promised to come home early tonight." ■ #The entire gathering (rising together) : "Excuse me..a.moment-" - ___tf!W;. .,:^-*."".;.*>'.; /.•■-"•'; V"..'*'.' UNION "PLANS SCHOOLS FOR AVIATION EXPERTS Senator Hiram Johnson of California has been asked by the Los Angeles Machinists' unions to approve the organization's request to the War Department for the loan of certain equipment to be used in an aviation mechanics' training school that the union js establishing. The San Francisco Machinists' unions are already maintaining a school for aviation mechanics and skilled instructors are teaching classes of union members the "newest wrinkles" about aircraft machinery. Wherever there s a demand for them, .similar schools will be established, officers of the International Association of Machinsists stated. She was only an oil man's daughter, but she surely had plenty of natural resources,. ■ ■__ » e •• . • It is not true that all the wbrld loves a lover. Only a small portion of 4tcan hardjj stand hjm*. - *********************** -. T" / ^Friday, August 2, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades aad I__-.r Council— President, J. Thomson; general secretary Percy R. Bengough. Office, 200 r.afaor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St Phone 8ey. 7495. Meets In Labor HaU -at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. * Beverage Dispensers Union Xo. 67*8— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m.. Koom No. 3, Labor Headiiuarters. Pres., W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Bus. Agent. T. J. Hanofln. Office: Koom 14, Flack Block. Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay 1666-K. Hours: 9 to II a.m. ■ ridge k Structural Iran Workers, Local 97, Xn_Hsso_.— Meets every Friday, Hall 3117 Labor Headquarters, at S p.m. President, James F. Burns. 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Laurel, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone Fair. 2108 L. Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local No. 1599 —Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiner.. Meets first and third Thursdays In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., G Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H. <; Avery, 7964 Montcalm Street Phone Marpole 648R Mlllwrig-its' Local 1838—Construction and Operating — Meets second and fourth Wednesday ln Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. J. H. Campbell, President; V. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray Uro, Rec. Sec Box 127. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union. Local 348, of I.A.T.SJE. & M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m., flrat Friday in month, ln Hall No. 3, Lsloc Headquarters. President, J. K. -Foster; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 315. Business, Phone S.v. 3923. Bnlldlng Tradea Council, Vanconver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. Presl-.. dent, B. H. Morrison: Secretary-Treasurer, W. Page, Room 301. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7105. ' Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120. meets second aniS fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Head-, quarters. President, Fred Dawe; Sec -- Treas., C. B, Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. . j Bookbinder*' Local No. 106, Int. 9roth-' erhood—Meets secoml Tuesday int month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg:. 803 Hastings W. President, Q. Low, 81—53rd Ave. V..; Becretary, Thos. Carroll. 842 Hamilton St. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Batters' Int. Union, No. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, ln Hall No. 3. President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8 th. Phone Bayview 1558 R; Secretary, W. S Pagnall. 1244 East 20th, Phone Fair. 815 R; Fin. Sec, J H. Riley, 5884 Inverness, Phone Fraser 542 L. Camp and Mill Workers Federal Labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at ."p.m.; at 544 Powell St. E: Pres-| Ident, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary. K. Tsuyukl. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 453—President, Wm. Page; Financial Secretary. R. •-.. Hatley; Business Agent. W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., In Hall No. 1. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 146, A. 9. ot X.—Meets at the G W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, E C. Miller; General Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West .Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Local 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, Carl Jorgenson; Kec. Sec, A. E. Varah, 1142 Clark Drive-;- Business Agent, Ed, Smith. Office, Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Doc. Bnllders, Local No. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock ln 122 Hastings St. W. President, Al. Graham; James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. I'hone Sey. 7874. Plasterers, Looal 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement "Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday In month at Hall No. 2,' Labor Headquarters. President, Wm. Broomhead; Secretary, A. Hurry, 861—34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary, S. Cotton, 2630 Turner St. High. 3463R. Plumbers and Bteamflttera, No. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday in Hall No 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. City Hall Employees' Association— Meets first Wednesday of each month at 2 51',4 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25th. Civic Employees' Union, Local 2* Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 251 Vs Hastings Bast at. 8 p.m. President, John McRltchle, 604 West Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, J427 Triumph St. Egg Graders' Union, No. 11—Meets In the Labor Headquarters, first and third Monday In month. President, G. S. Cooper; Secretary, M. A. Weight- man, 3905 Fraser Avenue. Blectrlcal Workers, Local 313, International Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougal; Business Agent. E. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510. Bngineera—International Union of Oper- eratlng Bngineera, Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall 315. President. Geo. Pettipiece; Rec.-Sec, D. Hodges; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, George Pettipiece. Office, Room 306, Lnbor Headquarters. Fire Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of president at 251'.4 Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson. 1329—13th Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. B. of C. st J. A.—Meets flrst and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, G. Mayne: Fin Sec, T. H. Hamlin; Rec. Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1535—6th Ave. XV. ton Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 903, International — Meets flrst and third Fridays In month at Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President. 8am Floyd, 962 Seymour St.: Fin. Sec. ai:d Acting Business Agent, James Binding, 52 West 24th; Phone Fair. 6169L. Motel and Xestanrant Bmployeee and Marias Cooks ft Stewards, Looal _•— Williams Bldg., 41J 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. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Looal No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. In Hall No. 2 Labor Headquarters. President, A.' G. Grey, 867 Enst 20th; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart. 1603 40th Avenue E., South Vancouver. British Out-of-work Benefits Defended by Royal Commission Hallway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 68—Meets flrst and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, H. Warde, 816 East 12th.; Secretary, J. K. Robertson, 637 West 18th. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K. P. Hall. 8th and Kingsway, flrst and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, .1. E. Smith; .Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent. H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local Union No... 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 3. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. 11th; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Shingle Weavers, Local 17813—Meets second Tuesday In month In Room No. 2, Labor Temple,-New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m., ln Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. President, F. Stevenson, 426 East 10th, North Vancouver, phone N. V. 1388Y; Secretary, A. H. Underbill. Suite B, 832 Hornby St., City. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Looal No. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President. Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. S.; Finan * cial Secretary, H. Nordjund, 1930 12th Ave. E. 3th Av Mordlui Dri.er_ Taxi, Stage and Bns Drivers, Local 151— Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. President. A. C. Shaw. Office, 308 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen aad Helpers, Local 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters, President. A. A. McKay. 765 Cambie St; Secretary-Treasurer (pro tem), Blrt Showier, Room 308 Labor Headiiuarters. Ladles' Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenters— Meets every flrst and third Wednesday of: * each month in Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. j C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.l| Secretary. Elizabeth J. Hope, 1042 "ith Ave. E. i Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, Inter- national Union, Looal 307—Meets second and fourth Mondays In month at Hall 211, Labor Headquarters. W. Fontaine, Secretary, 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. 2169 K. | Maohinl-ti' Local 692—President, Thoa Sills, 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary. P. i R. Bengough. Office; Room 200. La- [ bor Headquarters. Meets on second, and fourth Tuesdays "> Hal1 ,ls* Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. it M.P.M.O Meets second Friday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, Rod Martin; Secretary, Gordon Martin; Bus. Agent, Harry Mitch el; Address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Xo. 338—President, C S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer, R. II Neeiands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Women's Bldg., Thurlow street Milk Wofon Drivers and Dairy Employ- ees/JKoeal 484—Office 808. Labor Head- - quarters.* - Meets second and fourth Fridays in Hall. No. 1. .President, E. Metcalfe; Secretary-Treasurer. Blrt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. '"27. * .. . Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each 1T1 month. President. S. D. McDonald. Box 268 Secretary, Frank De'rry. Box 498. Prince Rupert B C. London, Eng.—In the final report of the Committee on Industry and Trade, American critics of the British unemployment insurance system are diplomatically told that they don't know what they are talking about. The committee was appointed in 1924 by Premier Ramsey MacDonald to make a general survey of British commerce and industry. The committee was continued by Premier Baldwin. Membership of the committee, with Sir Arthur Balfour, chairman, included leading business men, economists and trade union officials. The unemployed insurance fund is maintained* by contributions by employers, employed and the government, and "has amply justified its establishment," the. committee reports. It is shown that employers' contributions average less than 1 per cent, of the total cost of/production. The committee asserts: /We are satisfied that on the whole the resulting advantage to them has very greatly exceeded any burden of this kind. "There has been practically no decline in the consumption of the essential necessities or life in spite of the fact that a million or more workers have been earning no .wages at their trades. Kor this happy result, a large part of the responsibility undoubtedly rests with the unemployment insurance scheme. "In normal times this insurance provides a much needed method of enabling a worker to safeguard himself against the worst evils of industrial fluctuations. For the individual to provide such a safeguard by means of his own thrift is, of course, impossible in view of the incalculable risks to which industry is exposed. Nor do we think that any basis of insurance is really satisfactory short of one which covers the whole field of industry, or at least the principal industrial groups, inasmuch as any narrower scheme would effectively check mobility as between insured and uninsured 'occupations. "That work people should by some method of insurance be safeguarded against the worst risks of involuntary unemployment is, in our opinion, a very great advantage, not only to themselves, but to the trades which ■they follow. For nothing is so detrimental to industrial capacity and morale as long continued idleness without sufficient means of sustenance. - "How the country would have fared had not the industrial machinery been available in its time of need we find it difficult to imagine." UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill . . Vancouver's Best , Under Personal Management of HAROLD DECG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When in a Hurry, Drop ln at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Alwaye _ . ¥ , "ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Hastings West Always Open Governor Angry at Workers When Asked To Enforce Law After all." th. average man would rather be long on the short green than short on the long green.—-Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch. _ -■ New York.—-Governor John R. Richards of South Carolina is "insulted" because trade unionists dared to ask him to protect life in that state. c- George L. Googe and John-E. Peels, representatives of the A. F. of L. and United Textile Workers, were driven out of Ware Shoals in that state by a mob, and Thos. F. McMahon, president United Textile Workers, called on the governor to protect life, end mob violence and enforce the constitution. • The governor was so shocked—at the request, not the mobbing—that he forwarded this answer to President McMahon: "Your impertinent, threatening telegram addressed to the Governor of South Carolina ha3 been received and I wish to assure you that your communication will receive only such consideration as communications of its character deserve." President McMahon refused to be awed by the Southern executive, and rushed this reply to Governor Richards: • • "Your telegram in reply to my demand for proper protection for labor organizers reads to us very much like an open incitement to lynch law. The abusive tone of your telegram indicates that you must realize that the police of South Carolina are absolutely in error in permitting armed mobs to force representatives of the A. F. of L. and the United Textile workers of America to cease legitimate labor union activities in Ware Shoals. Militia were promptly called out to overawe strikers, but your armed forces were apparently completely helpless when corporation thugs were threatening the lives of those who are leading these strikers. "No state executive who understood his duty as upholder of law and order for all classes of citizens should assume thc attitude you have taken in this instance. You should welcome a demand from American citizens that the constitution should be lived up to. You should be proud of the privilege of being able to assume a personal responsibility for protecting the safety and rights of all citizens in South Carolina. We warmly resent your description of our telegram as 'impertinent' and 'threatening.' "We have given our organizers and representative instructions to return to Ware Shoals and to take precautions to protect themselves against lawless person^ until the state itself shall come to its senses and provide full and adequate protection. "We again reiterate the demand made in our telegram of July 12." Unionism Is Labor' & Defense; Dr. Ryan Favors Five-day Week San Francisco.—"Workers might as well join golf clubs as labor unions if the present anti-union campaign is successful," declared Rev. Dr. John A. Ryan of Catholic University, Washington, D.C, while in this city attending the Catholic Conference on Industrial Problems. Dr. Ryan said that such terms as "American plan" and "open" shop are masks behind the pretense of American freedom. "The real purpose of these drives," he said, "is to destroy effective labor unions and subject working people to the complete domination of employers." Dr. Ryan declared that everything for the betterment of workers has been secured by their trade unions. Labor must depend upon collective bargaining to secure a decent wage and improved work conditions, he said. He indorsed the five-day week and predicted the six-hour day. The attempt of a group of "insiders" in the anti-union Industrial Association of this city to set Wages for building craftsmen was condemned by Dr. Ryan. He said he did not blame trade unionists for refusing to permit outsiders to regulate their wages and hours. "I don't want my 1 life regulated by a group of dictators," he declared. , The alleged prosperity that workers in this country are supposed to enjoy was denied by the Washington educator. "The number of families applying for charitable aid in the United States the past few years has increased far greater than the population," he said. Racketeers Are Fought By Organized Labor New York.—r-The district attorney seized records and books of the United Lathing Company, of the Plasterers' Information Bureau and of thc Bronx Electrical Survey Bureau. He is investigating suspicious fires in unfinished apartment buildings and suspects the fires were started by racketeers, in the building trades. H. H. Broach, international vice- president, Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, offered the cooperation, of his organization to-suppress-the^ racketeering association.- The unionist referred to.the electrical contractors as an "unholy and rotten lot."- "We are willing immediately," said Mr. Broach, "to remove our members from the jobs of each and every one of the contractors belonging to the Bronx Electrical Survey Bureau unless proof is immediately gives of their resignation*>thereffrpm and the immediate disbanding thereof. We can ,dp this with no. interruption in the work on any of the jobs they have under contract by having our members work directly for the builder or owner, who can pay wages directly to the workmen.1*' - 'J. 'Mr; Broach said the electrical workers -will not interfere with tha plans of the district attorney,, "but if you _Blli'»_"_#ll*i xS'Wiiy\- believe we can- put this bureau out of business within a few hours." R. WILKINSON. PRE*. D. DUNCAN, sic Reynolds'Cartage Co LIMITED Phones Seytnonr 3377-3378 Crating:. Packing-. Shipping* Ana Storage. Furniture nnd Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Oltice and Warehouse: 723 — CAMBIE STBEET — 733 PERRY &DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hasting. West Room. 33 The London Bakery €old Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. Wilson & McNeill I Painters and Decorators Everything; pertaining to the trade. 11156 E. 13th. Phon* Fair. 5248 ^ANGARA JJARBER gHOP 51STy_.NI> MAIN ST. Expert Workmanship Guaranteed 8. Fit. CL'DnEFOUn, Prop. Phone Pair S593 X Special Union Label Drive Is Announced Washington, D.C—The Union Label Trades Department, A. F. of L., announces that the special educational campaign will be from August 19 to September 2. This is an annual movement in the- interest of the UniHrTshop, shop card and union button. Central bodies are asked to appoint committees. "Our annual campaigns have proven an asset to the general labor movement," said John J. Manning, secretary-treasurer Union Label Trades Department. "Every call-for thc union label creates an interest in trade unionism outside our ranks. "The Executive Council of the A. F. of L. recently urged workers' to desist from contributing funds to 'borers from within,' and this correct position can be applied to every member of organized labor when they spend wages that their labor organ-, izntion made possible, "The union label means more than high wages and good working conditions. It is a proof that wage earners have a voice in industry; that they are not subject to the caprice of an employer, and that they live and act as free men and women without consulting those who formerly dictated their lives. "The union label is emblematic of freedom and independence. Its presence indicates that the employer accepts the principle of collective bargaining and association of wage earners. To ignore the union label is to ' repudiate the underlying principle of unionism." A. T. It T. STOCK WAY UP 'New Yorfei—Stock in the American Telephone &£. Telegraph Company reached a new record pricp.of $247.50. per share at .the close of . kst....wfe8js^..»Tb^w^an!_ an inirea. •: | in marSJef. val iie oitne securities of ithe A. T- '_-.Ti.o_ 175,800,000 in a I single day. _ _ . - ifeuiMij/iWi-jgiftuf/'y'.' «y'il7"._.^_.i..;'..y_ Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Fridavtf-uigu-t 2, 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. Revolt in Hollywood H. W. Watt., Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE Chairman, Wrri. Page (Building Trades Council), P. R. Bengough, (Metal Trades), R. H. Neeiands (Printing Trades), W. Deptford (Transportation Trades), B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. J lanolin (Beverage Trades), C. Herrett (Label Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone Seymour 6279 Friday, August 2, 1929 BUILD A NATION i Once again the criminal character of the Canadian government immigration work discloses itself. The Bureau of Statistics, a department of thc Federal Government, estimates that on June 1st the population of Canada was 9,796,000. This is a gain of 188,000 over the sameNperiod last year. The latest figures for births and deaths which this writer has at hand is., for the year 1927. During that year the births exceeded the deaths by 128,469. On the larger population for thc year covered by the above estimate the increase by births would be several thousand greater. There is also another factor. The registration of birjip is probably not more than 90 pe- cent, complete. The registration of deaths is absolutely correct. Consequently, while materially less than the whole gain by births is added, the whole loss by deaths is deducted. It is, therefore, safe to assume thatthe gain by births would be very close to" the'138,000 shown'by the department'! estimate. On May 1st last the government at Ottawa gave the press a statement to the effect that for the year ending March 1st last 167,722 immigrants had been brought, into the Dominion of Canada. This, it will be noticed, is not the exact period for which the estimate of population is given. It covers nine of the twelve months and omits the last three, but as against this it includes the corresponding three months of last year, so that for practical purposes we can say that the immigrants^brought in during the year to June 1st, 1929, was 167,000. Add to this 133,000 for births over and above thc number of deaths, and this year should show a gain of 300,000 in population. A responsible department of the same government that gives us these figures for births and for immigration tells us that at the end of the year we have a gain of 138,000 in population. What, then, has become of the 162,000 human beings lost in one year from Canada? Why did they leave? Where have they gone? And to what group or class did they belong? The answer to these questions will not be news to readers of this paper, but because of its influence on the wage, the standard of living, because of the broken homes, the poverty, crime and insanity that has its roots in our government's cheap labor importing policy, and perhaps, most important of all, because of the absolute impossibility of building any Canadian sentiment or national consciousness with a continually, changing population, it is A duty to ourselves, and to our country,, it is a higher patriotism than flagwaving, to advertise at every opportunity the national iniquity that is carried on in Canada by a department of the government. The Federal Government is our witness that approximately 300,000 additional people should be found in Canada at the end of the twelve months, and that only 138,000 can be found. To where has this lost army of 162,000 disappeared? They did not return to their own country. On Tuesday of this week eight special trains left Quebec bearing immigrants, westward. We read of no special trains bearing immigrants eastward. The steerage decks of the Atlantic boats, which carries the immigrants to Canada, carry grain and hogs and four-footed cattle back to Europe. There are no immigrant boats sailing eastward; furthermore, the immigrant to Canada is unable to pay his way back to his own country if he,wished to do so. He was .. not able to pay his way,into Canada. Thefe are, a dozen labor trading Hfrencies in 'Europe, contributing to the" passage' of these people; the steamships that carry them are subsidized by the Canadian Government^ -and the Canadian "Worker travelling in Canada is charged a higher rate y. to/'«nable the railways of his own By Somerset Logan in "The Nation" Equity will prevail in Hollywood. The embattled thespians of this city, members of the Actors' Equity Association, are girding up their loins for combat with the motion picture producers and their wealthy backers. The producers have doggedly refused either to negotiate with the actors, or to recognize their union in any way. If the present uncompromising attitude is maintained, there is only one effective weapon available for the actors—the strike.. > During the first week of June of this year, Frank Gilmore, president of the Actors' Equity, notified all members of the association residing in Los Angeles that on June -5 and thereafter only the new Equity basic agreement was to be accepted by Equity members from producers of talking or sound pictures—which virtually meant "all pictures. Contracts signed before that time were to be scrupulously observed, but upon their expiration nothing but the Equity agreement was to be signed. Mr. Gilmore and the Equity Council considered this action mandatory on their part, since six months ago, in response to a questionnaire sent to all Los Angeles members of Equity, 1087 votes were cast in favor of all- Equity casts for talking pictures, and only 98 against. Therefore, after a close study of the local situation, Mr. Gilmore, who is now in Hollywood leading the fight, fired the first gun. The struggle promises to be an interesting one, for more than 70 per cent, of the people in talking pictures are members of the Actors' Equity, many of them commanding the highest salaries. Several actors who ignored .the edict of their organization and signed non-Equity contracts on or after June 5 have been promptly suspended from their union. The producers are receiving the powerful assistance of intrenched privilege, including the local commercial organizations and the news- alleged country to carry the immigrant at less than the half of its cost. So the immigrant does not return to his own country. We on this Coast know that he does not go out by way of the Pacific; he does not go North, and the quota law very effectively prevents his going South. The conclusion we must accept is that he remains in this country, and that an equal number of those already in the country have found it necessary' to leave; and the fact that the American laws permit the free entry of the Canadian born, and the records of the Canadian border ports of entry show an ingress of Canadians into the United States equal to the number of Europeans collected together and brought to Canada from Europe by our government. To the question! did this enormous" number of Canadians leave their homeland and their people, and, without cause, settle in an alien land? we offer the following: In April of the present year the unemployed of Edmonton, and also Saskatoon, paraded the streets and held meetings protesting against the available employment being cornered by the railway companies and the government and given to the incoming immigrants. The only answer was to crowd in a thousand per day of new immigrants. During May the Saskatchewan employment agencies complained of the government shipping ih Continental immigrants for whom there was no work. The only answer was a press despatch of the record pace at which the flooding thousands "passed" some alleged medical examinations at one of the Atlantic ports. On July 17th the employment service at Regina reported 750 jobless men In that city alone. On July 30th we are told of eight special trains carrying immigrants leaving Quebec on one day. An obligation —not even that to be truthful—carries no weight with our government, but it would not be good policy to have these newcomers write and tell their people that they' were left stranded and without employment in the new country so our government will push them into whatever employment is offering and at a wage at which a Canadian could not maintain himself and retain his self-respect. "" ■ , . The Canadian-born refuses to attempt to underbid the immigrant with a European idea of wages and a card from the government to his employer in his pockety This is a fight in which the Canadian cannot win, patriotism and love of country wears thin and even turns to hatred when he finds the hand of his own government against him in the struggle to maintain himself and those he loyea. The adjoining nation offers him shelter, and with bitterness in hi? heart and a curse on his tongue he accepts it.—M. papers. Behind the actors are the Central Labor Council of Los Angeles and the American Federation of Labor. J. W. Bussel, secretary of the Central Labor Council, to which Equity is now allied, has pledged the unqualified support of the federated unions—the strongly organized camera-men, the operators, the electricians and carpenters, and allied crafts. ■ President Green of the American Federation of Labor, in a telegram to Mr. Gilmore, has promised his heartiest support. The courageous move of the Actors' Equity is the result of the picture actor's determination to have a union of his own, capable of correcting obvious abuses, and instituting much- needed reforms. With the advent of the talking picture came the necessity of employing many legitimate theatre actors with trained speaking voices. The local forces of Equity were increased, and a crisis became inevitable. The abuses and maltreatment which the picture actors—particularly the small-part players—have suffered can scarcely be overstated. Actors are sometimes forced to accept contracts offering a lump sum for their part in a picture. In these contracts there is no stipulation as to the length of the working day, or the length of the entire engagement. An actor, upon engagement, must take the casting-director's word. Actors are quite infrequently paid nothing for rehearsals. There are instances of players being required to work from sixty to eighty hours a week. When on location, any hours, from eight to twenty, .have constituted a day—sometimes with an additional bonus, sometimes not. The entire working schedule is hopelessly vague and inequitable to the actor. The new Equity contract Would correct such flagrant abuses. Of course, the individual star can insist upon his own terms—and his price, but the character actor.and the !■ mall-part player—and that includes thc overwhelming majority of players are frequently victimized. If they speak their mind, they are seldom re-employed at the same studio. With the recent amalgamation of so many of the picture companies, ' and the antagonism of the producers' association, this is no slight matter. Actors' salaries in motion pictures may appear exorbitant to the outsider. But for every fabulous amount pocketed by some star of the, first magnitude, there are a hundred modest salaries meted out to the small- part player. Moreover, the motion picture actor, like so many of his legitimate theatre confreres, is seldom sure of continuous employment. There are many weeks in each year when the actor is waiting about or looking for another transient engagement. ~ The producers are resorting to every conceivable device to break the spirit of the actors. As soon as Equity's ultimatum was received, one player after another was called to a studio—where he had never worked before—and was offered a tempting non-Equity contract. If he refused, he was told it was regrettable, and such a good part, too! In one instance, a studio .stock company was suddenly organized, offering long- term non-Equity contracts. Casting- directors are looking over files of players which have not been touched for a. year. Lists of actors, including a few Equity people who signed the standard non-Equity studio.contracts after the designated time, have been published in all the local press. Every few days, the local papers, completely ignoring the essential decency of Equity's demands, and refusing to print any pro-Equity statements, publish reputed interviews with this or that prominent actor or actress, condemning the stand- of Equity and highly commending the producers for their habitual sweetness and, .light. Both The limes, with its notorious anti-union proclivities, and The Examiner, with its owner a picture producer in his own right, have had lengthy editorials against Equity. In order to offset this propaganda, the local Equity Association is publishing, semi-weekly, * the Actors' Equity News. The tone and general attitude of the little paper are well exemplified m the following excerpt. The* Times, in a recent issue^said: "Instead of remaining an association of artists, it (Equity) placed itself in line and agreement with stage-hands, ditch- diggers, ' janitors, iron-molders, and such." To which the Actor?' Equity News responded: Why hot? Walter Damrosch, Victor Herbert, and others found such alignment no bar to their art nor their dignity. Why should- you? And, after all, what's the matter with a ditch-digger . . . or a janitor, or a stage-hand? A ditch-digger WWMlPtQ C.1IN MdHIHttt cum CHICAGO BO C_> !■__* MMM **m***m ' CALGA-tY VANCOUVtft VICTORIA MAN tixt Ml AUMTT *.*_._» *u__ uMit n ackOMoauun To NORTHERN LIGHT Shareholders: BE advised that your shares are now transferable on an equal basis for shares in the Premier Border Gold Mining Company. Transfer is made at the office of the Toronto General Trust Company, this city, and should be applied for forthwith by Northern Light shareholders. R. P. CLARK & COMPANY (Vancouver) LTD. INVESTMENT BIKIIll 823 Hasting! Street Wet Vancouver, B. C HEADLIGHT & UNION MADE \k*W •ii :/iU A SMILE OF SATISFACTION WITH EVERY PAIR "HEADLIGHT" Overall!. Work Shliti. Trousers, and Save-Allj, are sold by leading merchants everywhere, on the broad gauge guarantee of "Your money's worth or Your Honey Back". The "HEADLIGHT" Dealer near you has your aixe. 91 Made by Lamed, Carter & Co., Ltd., Toronto WORK SHIRTS - TROUSERS - SAVE-ALL. MXMXIXIXIXIXIXI^ Horse Races Opens Wednesday JULY 31st-AUGUST 7th 2.40 P.M. DAILY RAIN OR SHINE LANSDOWNE PARK .^IXCXMXIXraXMXI^^ NOW OPEN FOB BUSINESS "Only Union r. ft C. ln B.C.' Ye Olde English Fish & Chips You are invited to inspect ail our beautiful sanitary equipment—it will be an eye-opener. 3 Boon Weat of "Pantagei" 44 HASTINOS WEST BELCARRAPARK Hold Your Picnic at This Popular Park. Everything Provided for the Picnicker. MUSIC AND DANCING Boats leave Gore Ave. Wharf daily 10 A.M. Return Fare 70c Saturday and Sunday, 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Children SOc may not always be a ditch-digger. He may become a producer, or even a director. Just as much chance as shirt salesmen, clothes peddlers, waiters, or saloon-song pluggers." That you once followed a lowly trade is no disgrace. Rather the reverse. Oh, Times, you got off on the wrong foot, for— There was a Rail- splitter. . . . And once there was a Carpenter. On June 17 the Actors' Equity Association called a general meeting of its members at the Writers' Club in Hollywood. More than 1200 actorsj thronged the hall. George Arliss was in the chair, and Frank Gilmore addressed the gathering. There has never been such a display of genuine enthusiasm in Hollywood. Both speakers were given an ovation. The entire assembly stood up and cheered lustily for several minutes. * Mr. * Gilmore read a resolution passed by the Central Labor Council of Los Angeles, pledging unstinted support. He.then reviewed the present situation in the studios, emphasizing the necessity for Equity shop.. He described the few members who had issued statements in thc daily press against the organization as "selfish egotists, indifferent to the welfare of their fellow-players." When the players' names were mentioned they were greeted with a storm of boos and hisses. In concluding, Mr.. Gilmore said: "This uprising of the motion picture actors is no passionate gesture of the moment. It is the result of eight years of striving to get the producers to meet us in a friendly conference,'and because of their indifference to our efforts this move was the, only possible thing to do, if we intend to remedy the flagrant injustice*.which are now so common. ,-.'■'* *A g.iltle reminder of the humble antecedents of a number of* onr directors and producers. We must win because our cause is just, and because in the olfing there lies the sympathy and the association, if we need it, of the great American Federation of Labor." The meeting adjourned with the actors singing the song first used in the theatrical strike of 1919, "All For One and One For All." Other meetings are scheduled. The local office is a hive of activity. A strike? Perhaps. But with a resurgence of the indomitable spirit which characterized the struggle of 1919 and 1924, Equity is bound to prevail in Hollywood. German Unemployment Insurance Attacked Berlin.—Opposition by German employers to the law providing insurance against unemployment* for the great mass of industrial workers which went into effect in thc Fall of 1927 and their demands for its radical revision has turned out to be a source of considerable strife within the Socialist-burgeois coalition government, headed by Chancellor Hermann Muller. On June 6th Dr. Curtis, Minister of Economics, in a speech in the Reichstag, deplored the reluctance of his Socialist colleagues toward a revision of the unemployment law "and insisted that it must be reformed. But on June 17th the cabinet, in the face of Minister (if Finance Hil- ferding's admission that thc necessity of making advance, of many millions of marks was responsible for a large part of the treasury's recent embarrassments, decided to pbstpone action on the law until the coming gag^<_j "... "That is a skyscraper," announced the guide. Old Lady: "Oh, my! I'd love to. __e...iMrprk." "**" T: — Friday, August 2, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five UNION STEAMSHIPS DELIGHTFUL SUMMER CRUISES EVERY TUESDAY, 8 P.M. — S.S. CARBENA 1200 MILES SAIL to Prince Bnpert and Skeena Blver Canneries, arriving* back Monday a.m. SIX DAYS' HOLIDAY CKVISE In Sheltered Waters. Sound Trip $50.00. Including Meals and Berth. EVERY FRIDAY, 9 P.M. — S.S. CATALA 1400 MILES TBIP to the Border of Alaska, calling at Prince Bnpert, Anyox, Stewart and Interesting Point! en route. Arriving* back In Vanoonver Thursday p.m. r r Bound Trip $60.00, including' Meals and Berth. Pull Information, tickets and Illustrated folders at CITY OFFICE, 793 GRANVILLE STREET; SEY. 9331 UNION DOCK, Foot Carrali Street; Seymour 306 GOVERNMENT GUARANTEED 1© YEARS OLD 01II b 11 •' _» ■ ;« This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. The great exhibition TEN GREAT DAYS CanadaPacific Exhibition Aug.7-17 '*. VANCOUVER, B. C. The Great International Stampede, High School Olympics, Wonderful Livestock, Industrial, Radio and Aircraft Displays — Forty Splendid Sections CALEDONIAN GAMES WINTER GARDEN REVUE GIVEN AWAY Automobiles, Radios; Orthophonies and Pianos Ad minion Ticket t. Five (or $2; Single Tick. t«, SO Cents Each Srnd Remittances early ^to •* _ JOHN K: MATHESON, General Manager, Vancouver Exhibition Association •«"*'•■ 1928 Minimum Wage Report For Women Almost 20,000 women and eirl'employees are receiving protection under minimum.wage legislation in this province. This is revealed in the report just presented to the Hon. W. A. McKenzie,( Minister of Labor, by members of the Minimum Wage Board—J. D. McNiven (chairman), Mrs. Helen Gregory MacGill and Thomas Mathews. The minimum wage law was passed in this province in 1918, and extends protection to all women and girl wage-earners in the province that come within its provisions. It does not cover domestic servants, fruit pickers, farm laborers, or their employers. During 1928 actual pay-roll returns were received by the Board for 19,377 workers. This should convey a graphic picture of the large number of women and girl employees deriving protection under this important statute. Assistance to Employers Considering the number of workers affected by the rulings of the Board, the percentage of employers who evade the regulations is com paratively small. Through friendly negotiations, conducted by , correspondence or interviews between employers, employees and officials of Ihe Board, the sum of $3,202.11 was collected during 1928 and paid to employees, throughout, the province. This amount represents the difference between what they should have received under the various orders, and what they wer paid by employers who were not complying with the low. Collections for the girls.were effected from proprietors of laundries, hotels, cafes, commercial and professional offices, bakeries, garment, candy and other factories, beauty parlors, retail stores, fruit canneries; and packing houses. The beneficial protection of the Act, therefore, was felt by women ahd girls of many and varied callings. Each year a few infractions occur which necessitate court proceedings. The report summarizes eleven eases taken to court during 1928. Convictions were obtained in eight instances, two cases were dismissed, and One withdrawn. In seven cases the employers were ordered by the magistrate to pay arrears due the employees. In the statistical section of the report it is noted that the annual request for pay-roll data was answered by 3,425 individual employers or firms. While this is 30 less than the number who responded in 1927, their employees totalled 19,377, as against 17,507 during the previous year—a gain of 1,870 workers. Average Wages For the 17,191 w;omen employees over 18 years of age, or those experienced in the work undertaken, the average weekly wage was $17.52, as against $17.06 for the previous year. For girls under 18 years of age, or inexperienced, the average weekly wage was $10.74, compared with $10.40 for 1927. The average hours worked per week was 44.05. In the nine different groups af not only to the wonien and girls, but also to their employers. Voluntary tributes have been givefr\ to the Board by heads of large firms, who contend that in paying higher wages than prevailed a decade ago when individual firms regulated their own salary and wage lists, more care is exercised in choosing new help, with the result that the standard of efficiency has been raised, and the employees, as a whole, are more contented. The public thus shares in the benefits of this type of social legislation. A table sets out the average wages in 1918 before .pny orders had been in effect, and those of 1928. Marked increases are noticeable in each of the industries, running up as high as $4.08 a week in the manufacturing industry, the' average being $12.51 for 1918 and $16.62 for 1928. While the Board does not take all the credit for. the substantial increase in wages during this period, it points out the wage level has been raised and maintained chiefly by this protective legislation. In concluding the report, the Board recognizes the co-operation that has been afforded by employers and employees throughout the' province, and expresses its appreciation for the help afforded to enable it to practice a tolerant administration of the Act and orders. Says Dominion Co-ops. Can Beat Chain Stores Winnipeg, Man.* -The workers' cooperatives can beat the chain stores. That was one of the heartening messages brought to the Canadian Cooperative Union by the fraternal delegates from Eng'.and and Scotland, who attended the union's annual convention here recently. "You are up against great odds," Sir Robert Stewart, president of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, told the convention, in relating the half-century of experience of the British co-operative societies. Have Powerful Opponents "You will have to buck powerful chain store systems, highly organized, and your task is tremendous. But if you have faith in the principles of co-operative business you will succeed as we have succeeded." The report of the executive board of the Union showed substantial expansion in sales, trade surplus and purchase dividends paid. Sales totaled $8,147,967 and the combined investment in consumers' societies of share and loan capital was $809,118. Net trade surplus, or savings (profits), totaled $342,750. "Were it the practice of co-operative societies to divide their'net profits in the same manner as capitalistic undertakings," says the report, "it would have shown a return of 58.14 per cent, on the share capital investment." The Union attained its twentieth birthday on March 6, 1929. Outlawed by' Co-operatives The outstanding feature of the convention was the withdrawal of the United Grain Growers, Ltd., after that organization had been charged with forsaking the co-operative method of doing business. Some feeted by the orders of the Board I lime aKO the Canadian Wheat Pool the weekly averages for experienced tried to absorb the U. G. G.. but ertrployees were as follows: Mercan tile, $14.95; laundries, $14.59; public housekeping occupation, $16.52; office occupation, $20.2l; personal service, $17.02; fishing industry, $19.50; telephone and telegraph occupation, $18.32; manufacturing industry, $16.62; and fruit and vegetable industry, $18.46 for time workers, and $24.42 for piece workers. All the averages are still maintained at levels considerably higher than those prescribed as the legal mini mum in the respective orders. The highest actual individual weekly wages recorded for. 1928 in the nine industries were as follows: Mercantile industry, $65.00; laundry industry, $32.25; public housekeeping occupation, $40; office occupation, $75.00; manufacturing industry, $43.00; personal service occupation, $50.00; telephone and telegraph occupation, $65.00; fishing industry, $25.54; and fruit and vegetable industry, $49.30. These peak wages were paid by firms in Victoria, Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Pcn- ticton. :/' The report contains a table showing the number of married, widowed, and single women recorded in each of the nine occupations. These figures reveal that out of the 19,377 employees, 19.79 per cent, were married; 3.73 per.cent. .widowed, and 76.48 per cent, single. These proportions, it is stated, have not altered very materially in the past' few. years. . , . ■ ,,.,.-• Tributes From Employers Attention is drawn*" to" the fact that the British Columbia law has had ample time to prove its worth, " _____yff«aM_-- sags nothing came of it and now the latter is outlawed by the recognized cooperative movement. A resolution was passed opposing military training in the schools and suggesting that the money be used for physical training under "civilian conditions." It was announced that the great co-operative wholesale societies of Britain intend to open trading posts in Canada, thus establishing more intimate business relations with Canada's co-operatives. Come tonight and be a kid for a night) Take Cars No. 8 or 13 HASTINGS PARK Nights 7 to 11; Afternoons, 2 to 5; Children, all rides, afternoon, 5c Home Looks Good at 65 At ."> it i. hard to go to work. The body craves eus_. Plan now to make your old age independent with Canadian Government Annuities Phone Seymour 4551, or write C. C. B EVE RIDGE 306 Royal Trust Building- 626 Fender West, Vancouver, B. O. VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis, Had Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. BUT. 2070 Know Your Labels! This paper, in co-operation with International Labor News Service, is presenting illustrations of all the union labels. A group will be printed each week. The labels were furnished by Secretary-Treasurer John J. Manning of the Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. $18,000,000 Profits On Panama Canal Receipts of the Panama Canal for the fiscal year just closed topped, the $27,000,000 mark for the first time. The exact amount of income was $27,127,376.91, a gain of about $200,000 over the high-water mark set last year. Canal expenditures run rather less than 9,000,000 per year. Unele Sam's operating net on his Big Ditch, therefore, is about $18,000,000 this year. The canal might still be running at a loss, however, had not President Wilson, way back in 1913, persuaded Congress to repeal the bill providing for free passage to American vessels. The American shipping trust fought the legislation on the ground that Wilson was "surrendering" to Britain, but the President stoo'd by his guns. . ■ The result is that the canal is paying a handsome return on the investment instead' of being a "white elephant." ■ .1 _____■ -•____• af r i'i'iii Ifltttnational •^MBEOIBTEBBm ._M ___■ a-1_. mS «______■ ,<r None so blind, as the woman who passes a window-without seeing her reflection. Six' THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 2, 1929 "Build B. C." '. Pacific 1 Milk——j No ? (j-U- ) 1 1 i ■ Other- igf !.. Mrs. Driscoll qf Victoria sends this: >■'• "1 have used Pacific Milk for years in my home. I use no Other. I use it because it is the richest in cream. I make all kinds of pastry and find it has no equal for puddings." Pacific Milk Fact_r.es at Abbotsford and Ladner "Bund "_r c." Is Labor Fit to Govern? /"NDEPENDENT LABOR PAIITY BRANCH SECKETARIES Mount Pleasant: J. Sidaway, 623 Kast Tenth. South Vancouver: XV. Ford, 84 West Forty-seventh. Central: XV. XV". Lefeaux, 401 Metropolitan Building. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 200—631 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7495-627. Short .Character Sketch.! of Labor Ministers in Great Britain. (By "Obierver") Sketching "Labor's New Hundred" in the British House of Commons, S. V. B. describes some of them in the Daily Herald as follows: A WORKERS' "MAN OF STEEL" A trusted counsellor of the Labor Movement has won the Park Division of Sheffield. Mr. George Lathan is chief assistant secretary of the Railway Clerks' Association, a member of the National Executive of the Labor Party, and the holder of many other responsible positions. Born at Norwich in 1875, the. son of a,uworking tanner, "he took advantage in early life of such intellectual opportunities as were open to him. He attended evening classes, studied privately, and, when he got a job as bookstall boy, filled in the spare time by reading all he could. Thus prepared, he passed an examination for a railway clerkship and.. thereafter for 22 years filled various positions in the salaried stalf of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. He was one of the earliest members of the It. C. A., and, before accepting in 1912 his present office, he liad been for four years president of the Association. At the age of 21 he was treasurer of the Norwich Trades Council, and for six years he was president of the Norwich Co-operative Society. He is now a,member of the National Wages Board for Railways. Among other positions held by Mr. Lathan is that of president of the National Federation of Professional Workers, and he is a member of the International Labor Office Advisory Committee on Non-Manual Workers. He has fought five Parliamentary election campaigns. s He joined the Christian Socialists in 1912 and the Fabian-Society in 1913, and came very near success last year in the by-election in his present constituency. VANCOUVEB TRADES AND X.ABOB -OtJNCII. Presl. .nt James Thomson Vice-President W. J. Bartlett Qeneral Sec.-Treas P. R. BenR*oug*h Statistician.... O. B. Herrett War£,n* .-Walter Deptford Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Oig-nnlzatlon: CoUn McDonald (chair.), Tailors. I'. K Uengough, Machinists. \V. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths. Jas. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Herrett, Barbers. -•egialat-vei B. H. Neeiands (chair.), Typographical, w. J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. P. R. Bengoug-n, Trades Council. F. A. Hoover,*Street Hallwaymen. C. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. XV. Hargreaves, Carpenters. J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. McDonald. Tailors. Press! W. Page (chair.), Building* Tradea Council. . W. Deptford, Transportation, Trades. R. H. Neeiands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. TV Hanofln, Beverage Trades. B Showier, Teaming Trades. XV. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades. Oriavano»»«**" J. Cumming (chair.), Restaurant Employees. E C. Miller, Musicians' Union. B. Showier. Dairy Employees. W. Hargreaves. Carpenters' Union. H. W. Watts. Electrical Workers. SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed "Tender for Public Building. Klmlierley, B.C.. ' will be received until 13 o'clock noon (daylight saving), Tnesday, August 13, 1929, for the construction of a Public Building at Klmlierley, B.C. Plans nnd ape' clfictition ctin be seen and forms of tender obtained lit the offices of the Chief Architect, Department of Public Works. Ottawa, the Resident Architect. Post Office Building, Victoria. B.C., the Postmaster, Klmber- ley, B.C., and the Builders' Exchange. 615 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Blue prints can be obtained at the office of the Chief Architect, Department of Public.Works, by depositing an accepted bank cheque for the sum of $10.00. pnyahlc to the order of the Minister of Public Works, which will be returned If the\ Intending bidder submit a regular, bid. Tenders will not be considered unless made on the forms supplied by the Department and In accordance with tbe condition, set forth therein. Each tender n.ust he accompanied by an accepted cheque on a chartered hank payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works. equaT'to 10 p.c. of the amount of the tender. Bonds of the Dominion of Canada or bonds of the Canadian National Railway. Company will alsb be accepted as security, or bonds and a cheque If required to make up an odd amount. ARTIST AND LECTURER Many thousands of people, inside and outside the Labor Movement, and within and beyond the shores of Britain, have been made merrier and wiser by the work of Mr. James Francis Horrabin as artist; journalist and lecturer. His drawings range from daily humorous features in the press to the illustrations in Mr. H. G. Wells' "Outline of History." He has, Inore- over, a distinctive touch in caricature, as evidenced by his illustrations to Miss Wilkinson's Parliamentary sketches in the "New Leader." He obtained bis training at the Sheffield School of Art, and was a metal work designer before becoming a newspaper staff artist. "The Plebs," of which he was the first editor and is now co-editor with Mr. J. P. M. Millar, is a lively witness to his zeal for working-class education. He was formerly a regular lecturer at the Labor College, London, and still uses his voice as well as his pen on behalf of the National Council of Labor Colleges. In his work he has the collaboration of his wife, Mrs. Winifred Horrabin, who shares all his interests and is joint-author of his book on 'Working Class Education." He has BONNIE FIGHTER OF BOOTLE , I want to see a new kind of Honors List. The titles inscribed upon it would be those conferred, not by the Crown but by the community, local or national — honorable nicknames. On such a list one entry would be "Keep-at-it Kinley," for this is what Bootle calls its new member. His Christian name is John, and he was born at Liverpool in 1877. Most of the time since 1910 he has been "keeping on keeping on" at municipal politics. In 1913 the Bootle electors put him off the Borough Council. He had been fighting almost single-handed for three years with a vigor that once brouthjetipon him ejection from the chamber. At every municipal election from 1918 onwards, he was a candidate, and from 1925 a successful one. His fellow councillocs have made him deputy-chairman of their Health Committee and their representative on the Liverpool Port Sanitary and Hospital Committee. In yet another way he has earned his-title of honor. His poll in three successive Parliamentary elections was, in round figures, 3,000 in 1923; 9.000 in 1924; and 15,000 in this year of victory. So he comes to Westminster to win -his title over again -from the Sovereign Assembly. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 VAX BROS.. L.TD. PROMPT DELIVERY 1055 VERNON DRIVE BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES AUTHORITY ON HOUSING "Politicians on a Pedestal" is the title of a book by Mr. Lovat-Fraser, M.P. for the Lichfield Division, and it is now his turn to stand on such a pedestal as I, ill little space, can build for him. James Alexander Lovat-Fraser—I like to give full names even when the member generally uses only his initials—was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he is a Master of Arts and a Master of Laws. He was called to the Bar in 1891, and is a member of the South Wales Circuit. For many years he took an active part in public work in Glamorgan. He was a member of the Barry Urban District Council from 1905 to 1907, and of the Cardiff Corporation from 1907 to 1912. He was especially interested in housing and education, and was for a time chairman of the South Wales Council of the Welsh Housing Association and treasurer of the South Wales Garden Cities and Town Planning Association. • He is the author (jointly with Mr. E. Chappell)) of a book on "Pithead and Factory Baths," and among his other literary works he has pedes- tailed (or pilloried) two eighteenth century statesmen, Lord Bute and Henry Dundas. -^0T«.5r^_ vWORKERSUNIONy ONE OF EIGHT In a series of three-cornered contests, the Lancashire borough of Ros- sendale regularly plaped the Tory written also an "Outline of Econom- j at the top, and usually gave the Laic Geography" and some children'sT7'3o*r"T_ndidate the ineffective conso- plays Born 44 years ago at Peterborough, Mr. J. F. Horrabin is the first Labor member for the Peterborough Division of Northants. . A Flint editor s'ays that with 25 million Automobiles in this country there's no. chance for Bolshevism, which 'only goes to- show that he's "tievei heard th_>;*«$%t,.mCT).' 6f the nwn, dri-vingthV'ca^'st.the tail end rf.the-grQC.spion.-^D-.roit News; • *^^!^5..^^--_-.'.>........->-*'V"^-*--"^."...*~- "' :'-':■■■' "'''■•,_. STUDIED IN A BARN When the member for Carmarthen, Mr. Daniel Hopkin, M.C., M.A., LL.B., was questioned about his career, he said he had the supreme advantage of a great mother. She was a' working-class lieroine. Her husband, a Glamorganshire farm laborer, died when Daniel, the eldest of her three sons, was only seven. Her hard work and high courage helped to give him an education. His working life began as a farmer's boy at Is. a week, but his progress at the village school of Llant- wit Major and his studies in an old barn after working hours led to a pupil teachership,. Still studying, he headed the King's Scholarship list for the county, and was thus enabled to spend two years at Carmarthen Training College. Next .came a period as assistant teacher in South Wales. More hard work and self-denial, on his own part and his mother's, opened the way to Cambridge, where he took two honors degrees. Enlisting on the outbreak of the war, he won his M.C. at Suvla Bay by rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire, and rose to the rank of major., .. fie'was called to the Bar in 1924 at the age of 38, and now practised as a barrister in London. lation of second place. It has now- put the Labor man at the head and the Tory at the tail. In so doing it has given the National Union of Railwaymen one of its eight members of Parliament, and sent another engine driver to Westminster. * Mr. Arthur Law was born in 1876 at Luddendenfoot, Yorkshire, where his father was a railway signalman. At the age of 10 he began work in a cotton .mill. Thence he passed into a mechanics' shop, and afterwards UNIOwjreTAKr factory WE ASK All members of organized labor to purchase shoes bearing our Union Stamp on the sole, inner-sole, or lining of the shoe. We ask you not to buy any shoes unless you actually see this Union Stamp. Boot & Shoe Workers' Union Affiliated with American Federation of -labor -4_ SUMMER STBEET, BOSTON, MASS. COLLIS LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE Genera] Secretary-Treasurer TPHE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and A are selling Union Label Stamped Shoes. Ask to see the Union Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are consistently backing him up. CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINOS STBEET Florshelm, Strider., C. B. & C. Men's and Youth's. HUDSON'S BAY CO. Ladies': Hohansen. Bancroft-Walker, Colella-Lelghton. Men's and Youth's: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 OSANTILLE . Tetrault'a Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM, TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. — Tetrault's Men's and Youths: also Strider and Slater's Union Label shoes. YALE SHOE CO. 305 WEST HASTIHOS STBEET Men's and Youth's Strider. Women's and Men's: "Yale" Special. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair employers and em. ploy UNION LABOR. Unionists Mobbed in South Carolina Ware Shoals, S.C.—By mobbing two trade unionists at this place, South Carolina has duplicated Tennessee's record. The victimized workers are George L. Googe and John E. Poole, representatives of A. F. of L. and United Textile Workers. The unionists were repeatedly threatened by vigilantes, and when conferring with the sheriff in that official's office they were surrounded by a mob whose leader declared: "We have sent you word many times to into a slipper factory, and finally | keep away from Ware Shoals and joined the railway service as an en-' now you come here for the last time." gine cleaner at Sowerbv Bridge in 1893. Transferred in 1898 to Newton Heath, Manchester, he has ever since been an engine driver on the L.M.S. Beginning in 1910, Mr. Law has served three periods on his union's national executive, on which he still has a seat: After the 1911 strike he moved at a joint meeting of the Executives of the four railway unions the resolution which led to fusion of the forces of three of them. He contested West Salford in 1922, and, though unsuccessful, increased the Labor vote by over 4,000. 1 repeat bis Christian name— Arthur—lest anyone should confuse him with Mr. Albert Law, one of the Labor members for Boltofi. This challenge to law and order was ignored by peace officials, who escorted the unionists out of. town. The officials said this plan "avoided trouble." - SEATTLE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES WANT INCREASE Class I laborers employed by the City of Seattle are making a determined effort for a proper wage scale and working conditions at the present budget hearings, judging from their petition, which they intend to present to the City Council. Last Wednesday evening, it submitted to the Central Labor Council for consideration, and was referred to the political welfarecommittee for consideration. ,.„.,.,. ,, ,. . A sliding wage scale of $140 per JAPANESE LABOR GAINS month to $150 per month for.fijtperr Ori July lst_the new Jap»nt^lWto_»iencojl laborers is contemplated; the tory act abolishing night work for 144-hour week, the two-^veek vacation women , and young persons became > resiod. and overtime rates t(re in effective., . 'eluded in the schedule. ; Five-day Week Is Making Rapid Gains Washington, D.C.—Progress in the establishment of the five-day week has been rapid in certain industries in America during the past fewtyears. An article in the June issue of the Monthly Labor Review, published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, which presents a brief survey of the prevalence of the five-day week at the present time, shows that while the most rapid progress in the adoption of the shorter week has been made in the building trades, the men's clothing industry, and thc automobile industry, it is of growing importance in many other industries. Something of the rapidity of its extension in one industry alone is shown by the fact that in 1925, when . a similar survey was made by the bureau, only 1.5*per cent, of the employees in the automobile industry were working a regular five-day week while in 1928. this percentage had increased to approximately 30. Of the larger industries, the men'i clothing continues to show by far the largest number of establishments and the largest number of employees working on a regular five-day week schedule. ,MILK DRIVERS WIN STRIKE Pittsburgh, Pa—Organized milk drivers won their two-months/ strike ag.inst the Liberty Dairy Products G&rporati__r.:r*Wages/~aT&" "..v^^ebiV fSTBo a week to a $35 minimum. Drivers who have been employed one yenr or over will have a* one week's .vacation with pay. '__ wmmM*t ■ " Friday, Adgust 2, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven MANHOOD and STRENGTH Take Our Remedies Send for pamphlet on Loss of Manhood and Disorders of Men and booklet on Ills of Women. In plain envelope; free by mail. Advice gratis. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's pnly Qualified Herbal Dispensers. Classified Ads. BARKISTER3 AND SOLICITOUS Wallls W. 1,-feaiu**, 403 Metropolitan Building. Phone Bey. 6667. BATHS Hastings Steam Baths Pries 35e Only 766 Hastings Street Bast. DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rutleilge, 106 Hart-Da's West NOTARY PUBLIC P. B. Bengough . Labor Headqnart.rs Labor Statesman, Labor Heado.narterB RUPTURE SPECIALIST 0. B. Heard 813 Robson UNDERTAKERS Armstrong ft Hotson, 304 Dunle. y Ave. "We Do Not Patronize" DARNBROUGH ELECTRIC CO. RESTON ELECTRIC CO. GIRVIN (PAINTING) STUDIOS. COMMERCIAL TAXI. VANCOUVER BOYS' AND ' GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hastings W. LEN A. DAVIS, Lathing Com-. tractor. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY A CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN & LATTA. . GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorised by the Vancouver, Hew Westminster and District Trades e_U Labor Council, for tbe lnformatlOB at all anion members. Round Oak Stove Co. Employees On Strike The following communication, received by the Trades and Labor Council, is being published to inform local members of organized labor of the conditions prevailing at the Round Oak Stove Co. plant, as these stoves are sold in the city of Vancouver and British Columbia: On April 10th, 38 of the molders employed at the Round Oak Stove Company at Dowagiac, Michigan, joined the union; on the 11th, five of them were discharged: on the 12th the men were told that five per day of the men who joined ^the union would be fired until all of those who were union men would be 'a'd °h*'r so when this became known seventy of the molders walked out. The Round Oak Stove Company is notorious for its open shop policy and its hostility to the union. The company is.using every means at its command to defeat the aims of these men. Thc men on strike are mostly all new members, and have had little or no experience in organization, but they are conducting the strike and themselves like veterans. Much could be said of conditions under which these men have worked—12 to 15. hours a day, shake out their own fi.ora, stand all loss from missrun, dir-'y iron; and the average wage per day was less than $5. We are appealing to the members of organized labor for moral and financial support. * - . You've Got To Deliver the Goods Everything comes to an end sojn-S- time if one only waits long, enough. Even the peaceful time that we have been enjoying in this office during the last few days came to an end on Monday last, when Archibald, our tame poet, made- his reappearance again after the week's holiday that we granted him and which it appears he spent camping on Bowen Island with some friends. He certainly looks benefited by the change, but, unfortunately, seems as irrepressible as ever, as nothing will do but he must keep bothering us with details of his trip, such as the picnics they had, and the big fish he caught, etc., and, of course, as usual, it was not long before _____u__gane of those misunderstandings with him that are so painful to our refined nature. When we asked him "if he had spent much time on the beach, as we had heard there was some glorious swimming?" "Glorious wimmen," he replied. "Oh, boy, I'll tell the world! Why I met one little peach there that—" "That's enough, Archibald, you need not go into any details; we quite understand and we really haven't the time, so you'd better get busy; you've got to deliver the goods, you know." "Huh," he snorted as he passed into the outer office. "I've got to deliver the goods have I?" . —P. A. B. * Once again I've returned to the.scene of my crimes, And I'm sure that you'll think that I'm mad; To wrestle again with these whimsical rhymes, 'Twas a wonderful time that I had. But I'll ramble no more on that ' beautiful shore, In that far-away neck of the woods; If one wants to succeed, then it's plainly decreed That you've got to deliver the goods. Competition today, is so keen* in its way, That you never must fail in your pace, If awhile you should stray, or should lag on your way, You'll find somebody'll step in your place. For success in this life, with its turmoil and strife, It only just comes to the few, To those who have grit, and can exercise wit; It's those that you'll find that win * through. — Now, perhaps you've a friend, who does fully intend Just to help you as much as they may; They may do more or less, but the road to success All depends on yourself, in a way. Now a pearl of great price you will find my advice: On others too much don't rely, But deliver the goods; now 1 trust that's concise; You can do it if only you try. P. A. BEALL. Pleasure is far sweeter as a recreation than a business.—Roswell D. Hitchcock. V To persevere is one's duty arid be silent is the best answer to Calumny. ^—George Washington. • Unfair Bakery Does Not Like Publicity In a desperate attempt to suppress the truth about the efforts of the membership of the bakery workers' unions in Seattle to maintain the high class standard of their working conditions, officials of the Van De Kamp bakery chain stores, who do not believe in agreeing to their memorandum of wages and working conditions, have sought to stop the newsboys from bringing this message to the people. " However, they were unsuccessful in the attempt, and the boys continue to distribute copies of the Washington State J_abor News' to the purchasing public, according to the report made last Wednesday evening by Williajm Borstell at the Labor Council melting. VETERAN UNIONIST IN MONTREAL IS HONORED Montreal, P.Q.-—Adolphe Gariepy of this city, who for more than 30 years has been prominent in the trade-union movement, has been appointed an inspector for the Quebec Minimum Wage Board. This veteran trade unionist nominated P. M. Draper for secretary- treasurer of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada when he was first elected to that post 29 years ago. On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Drapers' stewardship, Gariepy again placed his name before the conven- tioo. During all of that time both "men _»ye attended the annual conven- tipns of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. ■..-' •-•*-•■* -■ . . Provincial Department /. of Labor Reports The average working hours for employees in all industrial undertakings in the province is shown in .he report of the Department of Labor, recently submitted to the Hon. W. A. McKenzie, Minister of Labor, by J. D. McNiven, Deputy Minister, to be 48.43 hours weekl*. This is an average of twelve minifies jer week less than last year. The -eport contains many interesting features covering the many branchet of this department's activities. Labor Disputes and Conciliation The disturbances caused by labor disputes in the industrial life of the province was again comparatively slight during the past year. In all, there were nine disputes, entailing a stoppage of work, and they affected 2644 employees, and resulted in a loss of 20,791 working days. These figures are not far from the mean of the record of the last four years. In 1927 there were 1668 workers engaged in the disputes of the year, and the working time lost was 17,00. days. Going back to 1924, however, we find that there were no fewer than 223,876 working days lost in that year, and a comparison over a longer period would doubtless show that progress has been made in the settlement of industrial disputes without resorting to the strike or lockout. In no case during 1928 has there been a dispute resulting from any attempt by employers to reduce wages. Most of the disputes were caused by demands for higher pay or a shorter working week, and in one or two cases the observance or non- observance of "closed shop" conditions was a cause of dispute. Employment Service The number of persons placed in employment during the year was 53,967, an increase over 1927 of 23 per cent. Although there was a surplus of labor in every part of the province throughout the year, em ploymen| was available in larger vol ume than during any part of the last decade. Newcomers, however, continued to arrive in the'province faster than opportunities for their employment developed, with the result that 10,812 workers were sent to employment in the Prairie provinces, these consisting, in the. main, of harvest laborers and experienced farm laborers for spring work, with a sprinkling of building trade mechanics. All of the women, 988 in number, and 6,- 694 of the men, had letters from Prairie farmers by whom they had' been previously employed offering reemployment. Three hundred and eighty-seven ,rural communities in this province were represented by 4,- 015 persons, the majority of whom were settlers. There has been a steady increase in the number of land settlers who take the opportunity of participating in the Prairie harvest, the number in 1925 being 2.231. Employment for Handicapped Men Situation were found for 1,715 men, 535 going to "regular" employment, the duration of which was known to be in .excess of one week, and in many cases permanent, and 1,180 to "casual" work lasting less than one week. A weekly report system of conditions throughout the four western provinces is maintained for the benefit of workmen who are considering moving, and this information has been the means of discouraging many of them from going to districts where no work is available at a loss of time and railway fare. . Inspection of Factories The Chief Inspector of Factories reports that: Owing to the remarkable industrial expansion which is taking, place throughout the province, the number of inspections made show a steady increase and a corresponding increase in the number of orders issued. Through the co-operation of the employers many of the changes and improvements necessary to bring a factory within the requirements of the Factories Act are made without the necessity of issuing written instructions. • Accident Prevention While it is possible for -much to be accomplished through providing protective equipment for dangerous machinery and through safety devices, industrial accidents will never be reduced to their lowest minimum until such time as the worker realizes the fact that carelessness and thoughtlessness are the chief causes. During the past year* 229 permanent elevator operators' licences were issued to females and 603 permanent licences to males. , When,we consider the vastnuihber of persons who daily make, use of this means of travel, a record ojf Jthis nature has not been left-to an element, of chance. The report states that no fatal accident on passenger •elevators occurred during the year. mftocord cfMhimmmt ^1^.1807, when the British Columbia Electric Railway Company was formed, . the power plants of Vancouver and Victoria generated 2,0C0 hprse power; car tracks totalled 40 miles, and light and power customers numbered 4,345. Figures for today tell their own story of the progress and development of the B.C. Electric system. The power plants develop 215,100 horse power, there are 353 miles of electric railway track and 105,453 light and power customers. To aid in the building up of British Columbia, the company is engaged in the development of 116,C00 additional horse power at Ruskin, at Bridge river and at Jordan river, making possible still greater industrial expansion. British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd. Vancouver : New Westminster : Victoria A Factor in Your Prosperity cru GROWTH IN sixty years of gfowth,,from a single office in Halifax to a position of international importance, there has always been a sincere spirit of helpfulness between this Bank and its customers. That was the spirit of the pioneers who founded this institution—that spirit guides our work to-day. You will liks bankinss at Ths Royal "\ OCM The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch - - A. T.Lowe, Manager 17 Offices in Vancouver, 52 Branches In British Columbia 1233 The record reflects great credit in the efficiency of the operators 'and those in charge of the maintenance of elevators. Child Labor During the year seventeen requests were ..received from guardians of children under the age of 15 years asking permission to allow them to work in * Canneries. These were granted, subject to the conditions as set forth in the amendment to section 4 of the Factories Act. Knicked: "How, in the name of seven wonders of the world, do you manage to hang on to the same cook." ----- » Becker: "She's a golf field, and my wife and sne play every day to see; whose day off it is.'- */; ■* ■ -''-■><Mffi___e_uJ---._- ", . BHfi Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 2, 1929 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale am, ftetall Daalere 158 Cordova W. Phono Say. 8887 :*.<■. Us About Broken Olaaa ln Windows, Automobiles. Mirrora. Showpasea, etc. Art Olaaa -..paired Mli-rora Be-allvered BBOTSFORD Summer prices hold for next ~*eek or no only. Phone now. NANAIMO-WELLINGTON The moat standard coal on the market—at snmnier prices It offers economy. Flion. us for any other good coala—we offer oloaa prices. Our facilities make food wood, and lull oord loads at low prlcea. We can fill your order quickly, and you'll be satisfied. Slimmer la tha right time to got your winter fuel. Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. TESTING THE EYESIGHT . . . has been brought up to a scientific .slim., of efficiency In the last few years that Is re- . . . We have broiiKht our equipment right up to date, and spare no pains for giving you accurate and reliable service. Lawrence W. Smith Optometriat and Optician Phone Sey. 6860 -9 -Hastings St. Weat—49 , „ COLONIAL NEXT WEEK "Sally's Shoulders" Sensational expose of mad youth today. Comedies, Newa, and Extra* PRIZE NIGHTS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday Major Thos. n. Trapp, president of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial So- clty for the Diamond Jubilee Provincial Exhibition at New Westminster, is the son of the Royal City's Grand Old Man, T. J, Trapp. who presided over the society for 23 years. A native son of Now Westminster, "Tom" Trapp is closely In touch with agricultural nffairs owing to his business as livestock and agricultural Implement auctioneer. He served In the 102nd Batt. during the World War, Is widely known antl highly esteemed. Under his direction the Diamond Jubilee Provincial Exhibition bids fairs to beat all rec6rds. Washington, D.C—The South Carolina outrage seems to be on all fours with the kidnaping of Edward F. McGrady of the Federation staff and Alfred Hoffman of the United Textile Workers in Elizabethton a few weeks ago," said President Green. "The same spirit was behind both moves." A girl and a car are much alike. A good paint job conceals the years, bnjt the lines tell the story.—San Francisco Chronicle. STATE INDUSTRIES (Continued from Page 1.) feature, thc Bank of North Dakota I makes farm loans, approximately thirty million dollars' worth of real estate bonds having been sold, thus providing funds which are loaned to the farmers at 6 and 6 1-2 p_T-cent-.7fPai8n # J-*'"*5*, the return of whereas real estate mortgages were drawing from 8 to 10 per cent, some years ago, when loans.were made exclusively by banks and loan corporations. The Bank of North Dakota is a remarkable success, and this despite the" fact that it is managed and controlled by officials opposed to the Nonpartisan League, unfavorable to the enterprise, and hostile toward state ownership. Mill and Elevator Profits The most controversial of all the state projects, however, is the State Mill and Elevator. The opposition to the -Nonpartisan League has directed its fire especially upon this industry, largely because the nature of the institution did not enable ft" to make a profit above interest on milling and construction bonds, plus large depreciation charges on the huge concrete bins. It has consistently made an operating profit, however. This fact has not reached even the voters of North Dakota, because the daily press has been bitterly hostile to the industry, suppressing the* fact of operating profits, while it headlines the alleged losses, arrived at by charging high depreciation, and including the interest upon bonds sold to construct the Mill and Elevator. A recent audit of the State Mill and [Elevator by an auditor and accountant employed by the anti-Non- partisan League faction states that during the period Jan. 1, 1928, to Jan. 7, 1929, the mill operated about 40 per cent, capacity, manufacturing 515,324 barrels of flour, as compared with 456,713 barrels in 1927. The report shows an operating- profit of $138,110.25 in 1928, as compared to $166,477.32 in 1927. The report then hastens to add that these profits are offset by the itcm3 of interest and depreciation, the interest amounting to $175,298.60 during the past year. The bonds are being paid off by taxation, * as is the interest, much as bonds for any public building are paid by means of tax levies. The faction opposed to the Nonpartisan League has insisted upon charging the interest on the bonds to the operating costs for the brief period that the bonds run, in Order to make the plant show a loss, instead of 3 per cent, profit on the $4,500,000 invest- vent, which the operating profit amounts to. „ Another important factor not registered on the profit-and-loss sheet is the establishment of a wheat-testing laboratory at the State Mill and Elevator whereby farmers and farmers';the union, who had almost collapsed elevators may have samples of their from the strain of the negotiations, grain tested, thus obliging the large declared that: milling companies to pay for the ppo=*i "Everyone is impressed that there tein a premium amounting in many instances to hundreds of dollars on a single carload of wheat. A further benefit is the lowering of flour prices approximately $2 per barrel as a result of the competition from the production and sale of flour by the State Mill. On the whole, the state industries started by North Dakota in 1919 have been a success, and were it not for misrepresentation of the facts throughout the state and nation other states would follow its example. The Nonpartisan League is still a power in North Dakota.—Alfred S. Dale in The New Republic. Garment Workers Win Battle in New York New York.—The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union has won an important battle in its cam- " the sweatshop, A referendum -was taken here recently on the settlement reached by the conference committee representing the three employers' associations and the union. In view of the satisfactory nature of the proposed agreement, it is believed the vote will be heavily in favor of acceptance. Recently 19,000 workers assembled in 14 halls and then, accompanied by bands, paraded to their shops. The remainder, about 11,000, employed by manufacturers not belonging to the employers' association will return as rapidly as terms can be negotiated. The only difficulty anticipated is with the so-called "sweat-shop" grdup which is equally at war with the union and the fair employers. The termination of "the shortest general strike in the history of the garment industry" followed the Intervention of Governor Franl-Jin D. Roosevelt and further negotiations at which the impartial chairman of the industry, Raymond V. Ingersoll, presided and Lieutenant Governor H. H. Lehman represented the governor. la Decided Victo_y-__ While the Settlement was a compromise, in which both parties yielded material points, the union gained a decided victory on the real objective of the strike, that of establishing conditions which would hasten the complete organization of the industry and the elimination of the "sweatshops" which sprang up while the union was temporarily under Communist control. The union held its wage demands in abeyance for one year and waived action on the re-establishment of the unemployment fund. The employers withdrew their demands for a 42-hour week, optional piecework and Saturday work at single time. Will Guarantee Conditiona , A joint control commission is to be established to supervise standards and to guarantee union conditions. The union is granted the right to visit the shops to check up union membership. , Guarantees against unjust discharge, especially of shop chairmen, were given by the employers. "The settlement represents a great victory for the union and an accomplishment for the industry," said David Dubinsky, acting president. Benjamin,Schlesinger, president of Hon. J. H. Thomas Coming To Canada Rt Hon. J. H. Thorpes, Minister of Unemployment in the British Labor government, has accepted the invitation of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada to attend its convention, which opens at St. John, New Brunswick, on August 25th, according to James Simpson, vice-president of the Congress, who returned to Toronto on Monday from Geneva, where he attended the Labor Conference. Mr. Simpson while in Europe was granted an interview with Mr. Thomas, who is anxious when he visits Canada to meet Labor, representatives from all parts of the Dominion. Mr. Thomas will come to Canada prepared to submit some new ideas to the Canadian authorities on the question of immigration from the old country. The government was giving every attention to the unemployment problem, Mr, Simpson stated, but unless the attitude of the Dominions is changed, he did not believe that much relief could be obtained by way of increased migration. The government did expect that through an adjustment of the proportion of immigrants from foreign countries and those fronv Britain a much larger hgs been for the first time in the his Tory of the industry a joint effort to end the sweatshop system. Cut-throat Competition » "The enlightened manufacturer and contractor will benefit from the elimination of cut-throat sweatshop competition. "They are also convinced that a strong union is the best weapon against sub-standard production for chain stores ad resident buyers.". The agreement destroys the last remnant of Communist influence. Four thousand workers in nonunion shops, many of whom left the union during the internal strife incited by the "Reds," have returned to the fold. Most significant of all, perhaps, numbers of former supporters of the "left wing" leaders have publicly repudiated the disruptionists and congratulated the officers of the. union and pledged support to their policies. number of Britons can be accepted by the Dominions. Tho government was prepared to spend large sums of money that would otherwise be expended on the "dole" in giving aid to these immigrants until such time as they could be absorbed on the labor market of the Dominions. This would eliminate any opposition of organized labor, which is fearful of immigrants coming to the Dominions who, through economic pressure, are forced to accept work at greatly reduced wages. P. M. Draper, secretary-treasurer of the Trades and "Labor Congre?s of Canada, on his return to Ottawa from the International Labor (.inference at Geneva, also emphatically declared that Rt. Hon. Mr. 'Thomas made it very clear that neither the members of the present British Labor government nor fhe members of the British l_ibor party would do anything that would cause.an influx of immigrants to Canada that would endanger the living standards of the Canadian workers. $§£ l>u^on^*f>ati €ompane.l|f INCORPORATED 2~ MAY 1670, VANCOUVER ' MEN'S SUITS ONE AND TWO TROUSERS $29.50 FOR Saturday, we have arranged a group of one and two- trouser suits in fancy tweeds, worsteds and cheviots, in light, medium and dark shades. Included also are dark blue hairline stripes. The models are the latest word in style, and have the usual H. B. C. tailoring features. ..'■' . —Floor Two, H.B.C. "THINGS FOR MEN" GILLETTE RAZ0A—Gold Iated box _ »1.49 PAT. BLADES—Gillette type. 5 for 35 BLADE STROPPER HANDLE .35 LATHER BRUSH 35 SHAVING STICK 15 SHAVING MIRRORS 15 ■•PREP"—Softens beard 50 HAIR CLIPPERS—98c, $1.49, 91.88 POCKET COMBS _ 15 GENTS' COMBS 35 STORM LIGHTERS .25 BAGGAGE TAGS _ 35 PASS CASES SlOO KEY-f AINERS ....?. It's New TWINPLEX KIT It's Good Blade Stropper, Shaving* Cream, Packet Swiss Blades, Blade Wiper Regular Price $5.10 Now on sale at „., $3.98 B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited 64 HASTINOS STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. O. PHONE SEYMOUR 4401 Mail Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited CUT - RATE DRUGS Join the Thousands of onr Satisfied Customers and Oat Your Seat Prescription or Drag Wants from the Original and I>argeat Cat-Bate Druggists la Western Canada and Note the Quality, Service aad Saving FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SI-E CIAES .50 1.00 .50 1.00 .60 .50 1.20 .50 Ex-Lax Figs Stacomb (Jars) I»r. 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