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OWNED or States AKin r-AMmn, j crt ^^^y BY] THF VANCOUVER TRADES i Supported by Fifty-eight Local Unions Trades Council Working Button (Orange) for the Third -Quarter of NO. 22S—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. G„ SEPTEMBER 14, 1928 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Jobs vs. the "Movement" ~ A Century of Conflict * * New Light on an Old Conflict Among the Working Classes— Labor Adopts New Tactics for New Conditions . • A ]VEW TACTICS ARE BEING ADOPTED by the International Trades Union movement in their struggle with industrial problems. Every country is changing its method of production and every union movement is attempting to meet these changed conditions by new methods of industrial, action. The so-called "intellectual" is being relegated to the background, and sane yet forceful and successful tactics are slowly but surely bringing the labor movement into a position of power. ; The meeting of the local union has been called to order. Routine business is transacted, and there is introduced a question of policy. An employer has violated a minor clause of the agreement. What is to be done about it? To most of the brothers it seems a simple matter. The business representative of the local shall call upon the employer, explain the consequences of his act, and seek to adjust the matter. Not so to John Galloper. He rises slowly in his scat, clears his throat, hitches up his' trousers, and launches into a long oration on the need of a united front, solidarity, class consciousness and the defence of the movement. To Galloper's . excited imagination, this minor point of conflict with the employer—a routine business matter —becomes a colossal incident in the class struggle. It is an occasion for heroics. It is a call to arms. It is a test of every red-blooded member's unionism. So he tests their endurance by a speech of some two hours in length, presuming upon the right of free speech. In the end the matter is settled in the only way.it can be settled, by referring the matter to the business representative. John Galloper sits down in disgust. He is sure the union is going to the dogs, that the officers are all corrupt, and - the entire movement is doomed. The foregoing is not an exaggerated example. Simliar incidents occur in virtually every union in America, on every meeting night. They represent a real point of conflict between certain groups within the union—a conflict that has been going on within the labor movement .for a century. The conflict may be described-as the issue between the "intellectuals" and the "progmatists" in the labor movement. It is not a fancied conflict. It exists. Every unionist has experienced it, and many have beheld the havoc wrought by the battles precipitated by the "intellectuals." New Light On Old Conflict New light is thrown on this century-old contest, there is intensive COUNCILLOR A. McDONALD I. L. P. Candidate for Ward Eight clarification of the issues, by a book just published by the Macmillan Company, "A Theory of the Labor Movement." This js the work of Selig Perlman, professor of economics, University of Wisconsin. Perl- man is an associate of John R. Commons, who has done so much for labor history and labor research in the United States. We realize that when one is attempting to render judgment on a book soon after he has read it, he is likely to be blinded by his own enthusiasm. But, taking this fact into consideration, we can say calmly that this book, "A Theory of the Labor Movement," is an important book, perhaps a great book, mayhap an epoch-making book. It undermines the shallow philosophy that has often masked as scientific, and that has on occasion been used as a base for firing broadsides of innuendo against the union. It is in touch with fact. Called a "theory" of the labor movement, it is not so much a theory, or a philosophy, as a succinct reporting of what is now enacting on the industrial field, a clear-eyed summary of industrial conditions, and an intelligent justification of the present policies of the American unions. Last year wc reviewed William English Waiting's "American Labor and American Democracy." At that time in reference to that work, we said: "The American Federation of Labor is half a century old, and the intellectuals, who with honorable but often misspent zeal have tried to reform it, have never taken time to understand it. Walling has." We now can add another name to this meagre list—that of Perlman. Labor Knows What Labor Wants Perlman draws the issue thus "Trade unionism, which is essentially pragmatic, struggles constantly not only against the employers for an enlarged opportunity measured in income, security and liberty in the shop and industry, but struggles also, whether consciously or unconsciously, actively or merely passively, against the intellectual who would frame its programs and shape its policies. In this struggle by 'organic' labor against dominance by the intellectuals, we perceive a clash of an ideology which holds the concrete working men in the centre of its vision with a rival ideology which envisages labor merely as an 'abstract mass in the grip of an abstract force'." "Labor's own 'home grown' ideology is disclosed only through a study of the 'working rules' of labor's own 'institutions.' The trade unions are the institutions of labor today, but much can be learned also from labor's institutions in the past, notably the guilds," Perlman is cautious of swallowing accepted generalizations of any. kind about labor. 'His is a first-hand study. His method is that of the investigator, not of the propagandist. He was raised as a Marxian Socialist, and it is doubly significant, therefore, that he traces the development of labor in Russia, Germany, Great Britain and the United Sjtates, a movement diverging from' the accepted Marxian theories. "Even in (Continued on page 5. col. 1) ALDERMAN ANGUS MacINNIS I. I.. P. Candidate for Ward Seven. Another Dairy Signs Agreement With Union The Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees Union wish to announce that the Valley Dairy Ltd., Bayview 553, the second. largest dairy in the city has signed up a closed shop with the union. This firm has no connection with the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association, but the employees are now 100'/i organized and, as stated above, have signed up a closed shop agreement with the union. Indep endent Labor Party Candidates At a meeting held in the Horticultural Hall last Friday, the 3 Greater Vancouver branches of the Independent Labor Party nominated the following candidates to contest the forthcoming civic election. Meetings will be held in various parts of the city and all members are urged to help in the campaign. Meetings will be announced later. For Aldermen Ward 5—J. Davis. Ward 7—Aid. Angus Maclnnis. Ward 8—Councillor A. McDonald. For School Trustees Chairman R. E. Rigby, South Vancouver School Hoard. S. Wybourne. W. W. Lefeaux. For Parks Board Walter Deptford. H. W. Watts. The Finance Committee is composed of K. II. Neeiands, J. Sidaway and Robert Skinner, who will act with two delegates from each branch to form a campaign committee. SOUTH VAN. I.L.P. South Vancouver.I.L.P. will-meet for regular meeting in Horticultural Hall, Fraser street, on Friday, September 11th, at 8 p.m. All members are requested to attend. Delegates to be selected for Campaign Committee. W. FORD, Secretary. - R. E. RIGBY Present"* Ghnirman -of--South 'Vancouver School Trustees. 1. L. P. Candidate for School Trustee. HighMWages Deemed the Best for Business Mr. Floyd A. Allen, of Detroit, who is assistant to the President of the General Motors Corporation, addressed the Toronto Rotary Club last week, and his remarks on wages and their relations to the prosperity of the citizens of this continent are quite in harmony with the oft-repeated declarations of the leaders of the trades union movement. "We must keep wages up to maintain buying power. We believe it pays to give good wages from the standpoint of business prosperity," declared Mr. Allen. 0 "We claim in our business," said the speaker, "that men must get more in their pay envelopes than dollars and cents. They must get an assurance of reasonable and steady employment, and it is sincerely to be hoped that we have passed the peak of business upheaval with 1,000 men employed one week and 100 the next. You must give the employee some prospect of advance through his pay envelope, when you do this, you buy his spirit and his loyalty. His labor comes as a matter of course, ,but you receive his interest in the financial prosperity of your institution when you extend sympathy and monetary encouragement." "Some say that wages are high. Relatively ten years from now—who knows? We must keep wages up for buying power. It was formerly believed that to reduce expenses, the pay roll should be reduced. In other words, follow the line of least resistance. This is all wrong. The automobile business has been the means of taking this view out of -business management. The increase in pay to employees works successfully. You may theorize, but if it works, and it pays, that is the answer. Dividends are better with honesty and fair play, and no business is successful in the long run otherwise." Little Mountain Park Is Needed For City Point Grey is voting upon the subject of helping to purchase the Little Mountain property, which is to be turned into a park. This is a very desirable property and all our readers are* urged to get out on Saturday and favor this measure. Greater Vancouver is still in need of parks and this property, located practically in the centre of the city will be available to all citizens. If you have friends living in Point Grey urge them to vote for this by-law. Foresees Victory For Labor Abroad "Britain will have a Labor government after next May," James Stewart, M.P. for St. Rollox Division of Glasgow, in the British House of Commons, declared when he arrived in Montreal aboard the Canadian Pacific S.S. Melita. "Jimmy" Stewart, as he is known in the House, was Under Secretary of State for Scotland in the last Labor government under Rt. Hon. Ramsay McDonald, and is included in the right wing of the Labor Party. "There has been a violent reaction all over the country as a result of the government not fulfilling their pledges which they made during the last campaign. The unemployment situation is proving a great stumbling block for them and the harvesting scheme, under which the miners have been sent out here, is merely a last desperate effort to do something before election day, which will come at the end of May next. The government cannot hope to hold out any longer and I think they will go to the wall. "They have lost caste in the rural districts, where the people have taken to the Labor Party, and the Liberal Party to a certain extent, as their hones of salvationv ' "Wc are worse off now than we have ever been, and we are watching with foreboding the weekly toll of unemployed, which is increasing at an alarming rate.". . Self-preservation is ^urtled the first law of Nature, but the housewife wishes it was the law of the kitchen during the peach season. * * * A selling plan is like an electric fan. All that it needs to make it work is the right kind of energy. * * * About the only thing you can build now at the old price is a mansion in the skies. ■ . * » * It's our guess that nobody goes to church lessthan the birds who holler loudest, for religious freedom. :■ .... ' ^*-l '* *-.. jJuMStTri. - This should hold the ladies for a while! The Victoria rum-runners are holding bargain days. ALD. BENNETT By an oversight we failed to mention the fact that Alderman Bennett distributed the prizes for the Trades and Labor Council at Hastings Park on Labor Day. He is a candidate for alderman in Ward Six and has the support of the Trades Council and is not going to be opposed by a candidate of the Independent Labor Party. Glasgow Labor Editor Speaks at Toronto Tom Johnston, British Labor M.P for Dundee, Scotland, who is visiting Canada with the Empire Parliamentary association, was the principal speaker at the Canadian National Exhibition at Toronto on Labor Day, -.".'hen parades, speeches and sports werp special feature;* added to the regular program. Mr. Johnston is the very able editor of the Glasgow "Forward," which is recognized as an outstanding Labor publication in the old land. Vigorously denouncing the term "dole" as a gross misrepresentation of the unemployment scheme in Great Britain, the- speaker declared it was a slander on British citizens. "There is no dole," he declared. "There is an insurance to which every workman is compelled by law to contribute weekly, and when through unemployment caused by no fault of his own he receives his' benefits, he is no more receiving charity than the business man who collects insurance after a fire destroys his buildings." The imperial policy of the Labor Party was to bind the empire together, not only with bonds of sentiment, but with bonds of trade and common economic prosperity, declared the speaker. It was a policy whiclu guar«T>t^aiW"*eTi*otiirir~forr the' common folk, "because in the common folk arid in them alone lies empire strength." . . ' PHMt Two THE' LABOR STATESMAN Friday, September 14, "1928 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 168 Cordova W. Phone Bey. 8637 See Us About Broken Glass In Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors. Showcases, etc. , Art Glass Repaired Mirrors Re-silvered I Or WjJUBJ "I\ rqnizeJJ Whole Wheal FLOUR EVERY HOME.NEEDS IT MAKE SURE YOU GET IT —AND NOTHING ELSE It Is Rich in Nourishment —DELICIOUS THE GOVEmiMENT Of THE PROYINCC Of BRITISH COLUMBIA. Synopsis of Land Act Amendments PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by aliens on declaring Intention to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation and improvement for agricultural purposes. Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions Is given in , Bulletin No. 1,. Land Series, "How- to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B. C, or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only lands suitable fcr agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, i.e*., carrying over 5,000 bo&rd feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre east of that range. Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to' the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division In which the land applied for Is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivating at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed information see the Bulletin, "How to Pre-empt Land." PURCHASE Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price for first-class (arable) land Is 55 per acre, and second- class (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands is given In Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lease of Crown Lands." Mill, factory or Industrial sites on timber land not exceeding 40 acres may be purchased or leased, the conditions Including payment of stumpage. HOMESITE ABASES Lri'surveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homes! tee, conditional upon a dwelling being erected In the flrst year, title being obtainable after residence and improvement conditions are fullfllled and land has been surveyed. I.EASES For grazing and Industrial purposes areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased by one person or a company. GRAZING Under the Grazing Act the Province is divided into grazing districts and the range administered under a Grazing Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued based on numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners. Stock owners may form associations tor xaoge management,' Free, or partially free, permits are available for settlers, campers and travellers, up to ten head. Prince and Peers In Canadian Wheat Pool The Prince of Wales and two British peers have recently joined a great co-operative enterprise in Canada. The Prince's ranch near Calgary is, of course, largely devoted to cattle raising, hut he also grows a good deal of wheat. Some months ago the Prince arranged that all the wheat from his ranch should be.sold through the wheat pool, which is, of course, the great co-operative under taking of the Canadian farmers. The Duke of Sutherland, who has about 7,000 acres in Saskatchewan, has also become a member of the pool, and ' Lord Rodney, who has a big ranch in Alberta, has just made the same ■ arrangement. Lord Rod ney, who has just returned to Can ada from a visit hero, is a Canadian settler. By selling their wheat through this pooI7 these titled far mcr3, in common with thousands of farmers throughout Canada, derive great advantages, one of them being the important one that they are able to obtain a better price.—Manches ter Guardian. Armament Trade Is Still Flourishing According to Mr. Tom Myers' recently published pamphlet, "Trade in Armaments," last year Great Britain exported arms, ammunition and naval and military appliances to the value of 3,847,457 pounds. In the four years 1923-1926 our exports to foreign countries were as follows: "For the year 1927, the year of Conferences, Conventions and Commissions of all descriptions dealing with International affairs, the President of the Board of Trade states that the exports from the United Kingdom of British manufacture included: 140 Aeroplanes. 386 Engines for Aeroplanes. 24 pieces of Heavy Ordnance. 2,085 Machine Guns. 29,247 Pieces of Shot and Shell. 28,066 Military Rifles. 42,759 Filled Cartridge Cases for small arms ammunition. -42,695,264 Loaded Cartridges for other than small arms. The precise destination of these articles sold overseas in 1927 is not specified. "In whatever part of the world conflict may break out or any clash of arms take place, it may be said that the combatants will to some extent at least have been provided with fighting equipment by British armament firms under licences granted by British governments. "From reports in the press on various dates in 1927 it was announced that Spain had raised a loan of 3,000,- 000 pounds for the Argentine government, with the undertaking that two destroyers were purchased from Spain. It was intimated that Messrs. Thorneycroft had made a contract with the government of Chili for new shjps to the value of 2,000,000 pounds. It was reported that the contract included six destroyers. The press reports also indicated that the Fairey Aviation Company, a British concern, had secured an order from the government of Chili for a fleet of Fairey-Napier fighting aeroplanes after severe competition with- Germany and France." It's dirty wor^Jjut there is profit in it, and as society is so disorganized that individuals make and sell commodities for private profit, whether these commodities be useful, harmful, wasteful. or necessary, the shameful trade ,in murder machinery goes on. CZECHO-SLOVAKIAN LABOR COLLEGE The National Czecho-Slovakian trade union centre will open a trade union college during the present year. Premises are already being secured for larger and smaller hallsl, a general meeting room and a chemical laborator/, in which students may make researches. In autumn fortnightly-and monthly courses will be organized. There will be a trade union school lasting for ten months in the year, andin addition, series of lectures will from time to time be arranged for individual; trade union branches*, and alsrJ in the larger towns. .... IMMIGRATION OF MINERS Among the countries which have coal reserves, Australia is seventh. Her coal resources are estimated to be almost as great as those of Britain, whose coai and iron made it .for a century the greatest manufacturing country of the world. Yet Australia has reached the astounding position when it would be profitable to leave her coal untouched, pay her miners a pension, and buy coal from abroad. By restricting the migration of farm workers and settlers on land, labor has done much to slacken the development of the Commonwealth, but it is probable that as many settlers have been lost through the inability of the coal mining industry to-absorb skilled miners who are prepared to come from Britain to work in Australian mines. — Melbourne Australasian. He's Got the Habit Our neighbor can't pass a patch of weeds on a vacant lot without.stopping to, k>.ak . f or_golf Jails. Toward British Coal Reorganization Although there is little likelihood that the British Miners' Federation will cease to advocate nationalization of the mines, the discussions at the recent conference at Llandudno indicated definitely that the movement against the extremists who counsel the continuance of a policy of strife is rapidly gaining strength.. The position of Arthur J .Cook, as secretary of the Federation, is not likely to be affected for some time to come, owing to the peculiar constitution under which the office of Federation secretary is filled by a ballot vote of all the members, who alone can unseat him by a similar procedure. In the district coal fields, however, the effort to combat Communism influence has been encouraged and intensified by the decisions of the Llandudno conference. There may still be much confusion of thought, but the broad tendency will be for the Federation policy to be directed toward co-operation to improve the present conditions to the mines, and to try anil persuade the owners to substitute for the policy of low wages one of bringing about a reduction in costs by increasing technical efficiency. For some time many have believed that the district output regulation and marketing schemes could not fully succeed unless they developed on wider lines and culminated in a national arrangement which would avoid the intensification of competition between the districts. The truth of this contention has now received complete recognition, and the conference held in London to open the way to a coordination of the district schemes on a national basis is another hopeful feature of the situation. Although serious obstacles have to be removed before a national organization can be established, the leaders of the movement believe that a-way to success must be found. One of the reasons why this policy is now being advocated so energetically is to be found in the belief that until there is a national organization there cannot be any effective negotiations with the object of reaching an international agreement to modify the disastrous export competition. The movement If or such an international agreement is now growing more rapidly \j\ Great Britain, Germany and Poland, and the hope is expressed that early next year it will, be feasible to convene an authoritative conference on the subject. While this movement to control output and marketing is extending, many oWners and managers are studying more closely the need for technical* and effective reorganization. How important this development is becoming is indicated by the fact that early in September more than 100 owners and managers will take part in an organized visit to the Ruhr to inspect the reorganized German industry. The friendly manner in which the German owners are cooperating to make this visit pleasant and successful augurs well for the success of the effort to reach an international agreement when the time comes to negotiate.—Labor Leader. UNEMPLOYMENT AND COST OF LIVING IN FRANCE Jud-ging by the records of the municipal and departmental unemployment insurance centres, unemployment in France is steadily declining. The last wave of depression set in in December, 1926, and reached its .lowest depth in March, 1927, after which unemployment steadily declined up to the end of the year. The decline has continued into 1928, so that the number of registered unemployed (which is, of course, only a gauge of the general trend of the market and not to be regarded as an exact measure of unemployment) is today only 1,050, instead of 81,916 in March, 1.927. The wholesale index figures, which had been rising steadily since last December, fell in June by 7 points and in July by 2, although it is still 4 points above the level of the same month in the previous year.. The decline is exclusively due tolsea,sonal price reductions in food (the seasonal fall was 34 points, but there were also rises in sugar, coffee and cocoa up to 29 points). The index figure fur industrial raw materials rose in July by 1 point. SWEDISH EFFORTS FOR UNITY At its last trade union congress the Swedish national centre proposed to the Syndicalist Centre of Sweden, which comprises some 30,000 mem FIHE DESTROYS VALUABLES! BUHGLAKS STEAL THEM! Safety Deposit Boxes Protect Them! for the small cost of only $3—Three Dollars per Year—$3 Hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Saturday 1 p.m. VANCQUVER SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING BLDG., PENDER AT HOMER STOCK-REDUCING SALE QUALITY, STYLE and LOW PRICES DOMINION FURNITURE CO. 1082—GRANVILLE STREET—1082 "THE HOUSE OF FMENDLY CREDIT" 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 BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. High. 180 399S HASTINGS STREET EAST Glen. 384 Nisrht Call: Glen. 423, Carl. 299Y3 BARNET BOOSTS' BETTER BUILT 500,000 FEET PES DAY SEE US FOR SPECIALS BUNGALOWS RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods, Oat by Pirst Mall After Receipt of Your Order CORNER CORDOVA AND CARRALL VANCOUVER, B. C. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Your PARTY or SOCIAL is NOT Complete without ALMOND'S ICE CREAM PHONE DOUGLAS 36 MORONES AND THE MURDER OF OBREGON The official journal of the Mexican Trade Union Centre (C.R.O.M.) recently received, denounces the insinuations that Morones was the "intellectual author" of the Obregon assassination. He is, 'on the contrary, lauded as "the father of the Mexican labor movement, as well as .its present leader." , In the opinion of all Mexican trade unionists, Morones will "as a matter of fact be the leader of the movement in Mexico as long* as he lives." The "International Labor News Service," the journal of the American Federation of Labor, writes in this connection: "Among those who follow Mexican ..events closely here there is a grow- bers to negotiate for the fusion of • b(.lit>f „,.,*. not on, wil| Lujs the two centres. In its reply the MoroncS| head of the Mexican 1 executive of the. Syndicalist Unions declares that it must first refer the .matter to■. a referendum of the members. , It is no trouble to meet your e.x— penses the.sedays. Ifrfat>f, 4{f15"r4ther hard to keep frm them. ' ' -- ,Yoa"--h*in-t irt*^^ —or a lazy one up.- MINERS RAISE WAGE •*■-•■■ IN COLORADO FIELD Denver—The Rocky Mountain Fuel • Company, which recently recognized the United Mine Workers, has raised wages 23c a daj^ for day labor and proportionately increased rates for tonnage workers. The new rate is $7 a day. The company is the largest coal operator in Northern Colorado. The contract declares that the purposes of the agreement are to promote and establish industrial justice and to estahlish collective bargaining between mine workers and operators through free and independent organizations. Labor Government, appear and take full command, of the. trade union situation at an early date, but that the movement •-itselfer-'ft-H-l* ^mrrwe Mhe-Hnatinn, .jtjgiima&a&ii?^ ban-goi assassination without diminished power. CHILEAN LABOR ACTIVE Washington.—Chilean workers contemplate affiliation with the Pan-American Fe*;ratioji_ of Labor. and-rasfc:' lfficials of the latter body for infor- Th* Social Labor Congress is the central body of the Chilean workers and has been in existence for 28/years,v »..'..■' .. '.: ■'riday, September 14, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory Promoters Boost - Vancouver Tradee and Labor Council— President, J. Thomson; general secretary, Percy R. BengoURh. Office. 803 Holden nidg. 16 Hastings E. Phone Sey. 749*. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and llilrd Tuesdays In month. Beverage Dispenser! Union No. 676— 'Meeta la.-u Sunday at 8 p.m., Hoom ,113 Holdi-n Bldg. President, W. H. Clancy: Secretary and Business Agent, T. .1 Hanofln. Office: Room H, Flack Block. Phones: Sey. 4738 and Hay 1656-R. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Bridge b Structural Iron workers, Local 97, Int. Asso,—Meets every. Monday. Hoom 804, Holden Bldg., at 8 pm. President, W. L. Yule, 5821 Ar- . gvle St.; Secretary, P. Laurel, Box 302. City. Phone Fair. 2108L. Millwrights' Local 1638—Construction and Operating—Meets second and fourth Wednesdays In Holden Bldg. J. H. Campbell, President; P. H, Edge, Fin. Sec; J: Murray LTre, Rec. Sec. ■ Box 127. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. lc M.P.M.O — Meets first Friday In each month at 11:30 pm In the Holden Bldg. President, J. R. Foster; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard. Box 345. Business Phone, Sey. 3923. Building Trades Council, Vancouver— Mt-i-ts second and fourth Tuesday In Hidden Building. President. B. H. Morrison; Secretary - Treasurer, W.* Page. Room 815, Holden Bldg.; PhoneJ , Sey. 7495. \ Barbers' Journeyman International Union of Ameirica—Local 120. meets sec-j ond and fourth Tuesdavs In each month, In Room 310, Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East. President. Fred Dawe: Sec.-Treas.. C. E. Herrett. Office, 814 i Holden Bldg. Bookbinders' Local No. 105, Int. Broth-' erhood—Meets second Tuesday In' month at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bldg., 603 Has- . tings W. President, G. Low, 61—53rd Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 145, A. P. of MV—Meels at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium,, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President, E. C. Miller; Recording Secretary, W. Edmunds; Financial Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organizer. F. Fletcher, 'all at 991 Nelson Street. .- Painters, Decorators and Paperbangers, Local 138—Meets aecond and fourth Thursdays at 16 Hastings St. E. President. H. Edwards; Rec. Sec., .A. E. Vnrah, 1442 Clark Dr.; Business Agent, A. B. Hodge. Office, Room 812, 16 Hastings St. E. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers,1 Bridge, Wharf and Doc i Builders, Local No. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President, R. McDonald: James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Brlc -.layers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union No. 1—Meets second and fourth Wednesday, In the Holden Bldg. President. G. E. Halllday: Secretary. W. S. Dagnall, 1244—20th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 845R. J. H. Riley, Fin. Sec, 5884 Inverness St. <J Camp and Mill Workers Federal Labor, Union Xo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m, at 544 Powell St. E. President. H. Miyazawa; Secretary, K. Tsuyukl. ■' Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 452—President. J. G. Smith; Financial Secretary, IX. W. " Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 809 Labor Hall, 16 Hastings East. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m. City Hall Employees' Association—' Meets first Wednesday of each month I at 26114 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, W. H. Lewthwalte; Treas-j urer, W. J. Scrlbblns, 3208 Pender St. E; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender East. Plasterers, Local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday ln month at Holden Building. President, Wm. Broomhead. Secretary, A. Hurry. 861—34th Ave. * E.. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary, J. Kelller, 181—53rd Ave E., Phone Fraser 487L. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 170, International Association—Meets every Recond and fourth Friday In the Holden Bldg. President, R. Simpson; Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 813 Holden Building. "'' Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. in Room 213. Labor Hall, 16 Hastings St. E. President. Max Ernberg, 2035 Georglc H.| Secretary. Thos. S. Ezart, 16j)3 40th Ave. E., So. Vancouver. Civic Employees' Union, Local 28— Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 251'/i Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, R. X. Hogg, 1718 Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison. 1182 Parker St. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 58—Meets first and third Friday In month at Cotillion Hall, Granville and Davie streets. President, H. Warde, 1102—23rd Ave. E.: Secretary, J. D. Vullamv, 2215—15th Ave. E. Electrical Workers, Local 213, Interna- tional Brotherhood—Meets every Mon day at 8 p.m.. 404 Homer St. President. J. B. Brown; Business Agent E. H. Morrison. Office. 404 Homer St Engineers-—International Union Steam and Operating Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p in. Room 806. Holden Bldg. President. Geo. Pettapiece; Rec.Sec, Roy Finley; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, T. A. Newblgging. Office, Room 806, Holden Building. Fire Fighters, No. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of president nt 251% Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary, C. A. Wat son. 1329—13fn Ave. E. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. B. of C. & J. A.—Meets first and third Thursdays in month at Hidden Building President, G. Mayne: Fin. Sec. T. H. Hamlin; Rec. Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1535—5tl< Ave. W. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, No. 602, International—Meets flrst and third Fridays In month at Holden Building. President, C. Lawson. 1832 3rd Ave. W. Fin. Sec, J. A. Barring- ton, 4293 Wclwyn Street. Business Agent, A. McEwan. Phone Sey. 7495. Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Cooks as Stewards, Local 28— 441 Seymour St.? meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., Inst Mon-, dnv nt 9 p.m. President. Thos. Ed-? wards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent. J. Cumming. Phone Sey. 125. LadleB' Auxiliary, Local 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every flrst and third Wednesday of each month In 810 Holden Building, at 8 p.m. President. Mrs C. J. Atkinson, 730 19'tb Ave. w.l Secretnry. Elizabeth J Hope.' 1138 Seymour St. Phono Sey. 9074L. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 207—Meets second and fourth Mondays In month at. Room 209, Holden Bldg. W.. Fontaine, Secretarv. 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. 3169R. Machinists' Local 692—President, Thos. Sills. 1352 Burrard St.; Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, 807 Labor Hall. 16 Hastings East. Meets on -second and fourth Tuesdays In month. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101—MoetB K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, H. W. Speed; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, E. G. Kermode; Financial Secretary and Business Agent,' A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 6000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local Union No. 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays In month in Holden Building, 16 Hastings St. E. President, A. Fisher, 1952—Ith Ave. W.; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 807 Holden Building. Cost of Building St. Louis,. Mo.—"Land speculators, real estate gamblers, brokers and other dollar grabbers arc responsible for high building costs," says Martin A. Ddlmon, educational director, Missouri Federation of Labor. Mr. Dillmon quotes Arthur C. Holden-, consulting architect to the New York Housing Commission: "For an average brick structure, out of each dollar of the total cost 26 l-2c is paid to labor on the job, of which only 8 l-2c goes to the carpenters, 5 3-4c to the bricklayers and 4 l-2c to plasterers and hod carriers combined. Plumbers, on an average, get no more than 2e out of each dollar, and electricians get two-thirds of a centi So much for the argument of those who would make labor the one and only scapegoat for expensive housing. "Bungalows are being sold in South Brooklyn, New York, for 5,- 000 to $5,800 each. Forty-three per cent, of this price, or from $2,408 to $2,494 per bungalow, goes for promotion and financing, which includes speculation, commissions, trades and other gamblings. When a buyer, often because of a misfortune, cannot meet his payments, 'financing costs' mount still higher on account of the exorbitant charges for renewals. "St. Louis," said Mr. Dillmon, "can sustain Mr. Holden's. findings. Building experts reported that the damage caused by the tornado in this city last year was greatest to apartments ! and buildings erected by promoters for speculative purposes. Some of these buildings were of the most flimsy construction and built in violation of the city building code. "During the memorable 1922 fight in St. Louis to wreck building trade3 unions, we faced a solid front of newspapers, material dealers, real estate gamblers, Chamber of Commerce, etc. The Real Estate Exchange demanded wage reductions without expressing a willingness to cut their promotion and finance charges. Material dealers pushed the chariot of pauperized wages with no willingness to reduce their prices. "The Chamber of Commerce set carpenters' wages at 95c an hour and publicly announced: 'When we find a contractor paying more than this we will invoke the power of public opinion in correction.' In other words, a contractor who violated the Chamber's injunction would find himself boycotted by big business. "Did these business men offer to reduce the price of their commodities? Not on your life! As usual, labor was the goat." Counterfeiters Aided By "Efficiency" Craze Washington.' — Organized plate printers, who make the nation's paper money, challenge treasury officials to disprove their charge that small bank notes, now being manufactured, will make counterfeiting easy. The Treasury Department says the reason for small notes is "that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing can not meet the demands of the country for notes of the present size." Answering this claim, plate printers point to their layoffs and. furloughs for practically one-twelfth of the last fiscal ye^r. Behind this small note movement is the United States Bureau of Efficiency that is only interested in saving a few thousand dollars, while ignoring losses that can not be computed because of the ease with which the new money can be counterfeited, the printers say. All scientific ^methods will be discarded in printing the new tjotes. The process will be the same as used by any commercial establishment in printing raffle tickets and hand bills. This will make it possible for the* Bureau of Efficiencis to show the next Congress an apparent money saving, but the counterfeiter will be in clover. "To the photo engraver, the ease with which the new notes can be reproduced is apparent, and to the process printer they are a joke," said Frank J. Coleman, editor of Plate Printer. The labor editor points to this situation as an illustration of how far "efficiency" experts will go. OUR MEAT PIES will make your picnic more enjoyable THE ESTHER , BAKERY 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST HIGHLAND 1309 R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries • ■'■ Glen 370 4099 Hasting. St. E. Shln-j-lo Weavers, Local 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month in Hoom No. 2, Labor Temple, Xew Westminster, and fourth Sunday, 7;30 p.m., In Hoom 313, Holden Bldg., Vnncmiver. President, J. Stevenson; Secretary, .1. N. Chute. 1163 Pender 1*;., Phon High. 1082-Y. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local Ho. 178—Meetings held first Thursday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday of every month ln Labor Hall. President,,Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1S82 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 468—Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. 310 Holden Bldg. President, A. A. McKay. 765 Cambie St.; Secretarv-treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O. —Meets at 901 Nelson Street on the second Friday in month, at 9:30 a.m. Presldont, Walter Copp; Secretary. H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, A. Harrington; Address P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 226—Presl- ident. C. S. Campbell: Vice-President, R. (louthro; Secrets ry-Treusurer. ft. H. Neeiands,-801 Hidden Hldg. Meels last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Women's Bldg., Thu-rlow street. . Vancouver Xallers, Local No. 70—Meets flrst Tuesday In each month. 6:30 p.m., in Room 804. Holden Building. 16 Hastings St. E. President. A. It. C Holmes, 6439 Cypress St; Sec.-Treas, H. E. R. Fader. 2718 Oxford St. Phono High. 4110R. Milk Wagon Drivers ana Dairy Employees, Looal 464—Meets aecond and fourth Fridays in Labor Hall, 16 Hasr tings St. E. President, .1. A. Parry: • Secretary - Treasurer, Birt Showier, **• 2841 Triumph. fSJSJSSBJBSiJd 'Ii*-*i7* Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local No. 1699 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets flrst and third Thursdays in Boom 213. Holden Bldg. President, . J... X. Mcli|!)i,§te^.'^pj*:Treasu»r,- II. i; Av.-rv, TWr Sfontca'lm Street. Phone Marpole 648R. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY No. 76 to Vancouver Typographical Union meets flrst Thursday of each month, in the Vanconver Women's Building, 752 Thurlow Street. President, Mrs. E. J. Trumper, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Secretary, Una A. Fottfi'leco. 1846 Balaclava Road. Communists Have All Kinds of Dope For Us Washington.—Australian labor papers received, at A. F. of L. headquarters show that Communists on the other side of the world are using anti-union tactics so familiar in America. Every agreement between unions and employers is snefr'nglj referred to as "class collaboration." In some instances, however, the "reds" are bolder in Australia, and call on workers to discard all "allusions regarding the possibilities of constitutional ism in the workers' struggles against Ihe employers and in the so-called Labor governments." In America the "reds' urge trade unionists to form a "labor" party, while in Australia they oppose the established labor party. These contrary policies are logicn for Communists. To them, consist ency, morality and truthfulness are "bushwah" dope that drugs workers and delays the revolution. In New York City the "rods" have organized fake cloak makers' unions that, are used by qmployers to smash -Working conditions established by organized garment workers. In other sections of the country the "reds" pose as mild-mannered "progressives"—until it is safe to show their teeth. Shop Crafts To Make Next Move Montreal, P.Q "The railway companies of Canada are taking the position that they will not agree at this time to increase the operating ■ costs by granting concessions to em- , ployees," says R. J. Tallon, president of Division No. -I, Railway Employes Department, A. F. of L., discussing in his monthly report for August the recent negotiations between the officers of Division No. 4 and of the Railway Association of Canada. "The next move is ours," he continues, "and the representative committee, elected for the purpose, .will determine what is the proper step to take in the interest of Canadian shopment. "We have been placed in the unenviable position of having to break new ground and start the procession for wage increases on Canadian railways. "It must be realized that it is a procession, for when increases are given to one classification the gesture becomes an open invitation to all others to come in and get some." Mr. Tallon declares that the division is watching developments in the United States, because "from no choice of the division" such negotiations reflect directly on ^conditions in Canada. "It is only by advertising our conditions and educating those directly interested, and the public in general, to the fact that we as a class are underpaid, that we can win, and each and every one of us has a duty to perform in that direction," he concludes. • j Fairmont 1000 va CHEAMO wagm on EVERY street LVERY mornings City Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council TlifKKTS second Thursday In each "x month. President, S. D. Mc- nonald. Box 268.'-Secretary*, Frank I'erry. Box 198, T'rlnce Itupert, B.C. Object Old Contract ■ ..Toronto.—Organiacd street car employees .rejectedJie.;cen*uiaaji:'i*.:ftf-- fer to renew their*.-present agreement. The vote was 1,033 to 677. MINERS RECOVER $50,000 IN WAGE-CUTTING SCHEME Shamfikin, Pa.—An attempt of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Company to reduce wages at the Alaska colliery in the anthracite region by increasing the size of loading cars has been frustrated by Chris J. Golden, president of the district union. The controversy had been on for some time when Golden induced the management to place the dispute in the hands of a referee. The men are paid by the load, nnd the company had installed larger cars without increasing the pay. After a hearing before a referee a decision was rendered in favor of .tlievinen, under which IKS ipincrs will receive $50,000. back pay; an average of about $150.80 per man. WASHINGTON KICKS ON HIGH INSURANCE RATE Washington, D.C., helps people understand why insurance companies can afford to buy " up the earth. Thomas M. Baldwin, superintendent of insurance in the Distr^t of Columbia, gives some interesting figures on -fire premiums and losses. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, residents of Washington paid $2,591,868 in fire insurance premiums. They got back $752,533 as payment for losses. The gross profits of the companies—excess of premiums owr losses—wa $1,839,335. Or, Of every dollar-paid for fire insurance in the nation's capital, the companies kept 70.7 cents. To Drive Farmers Back To the A group of so-called agricultural experts, mostly from Southern colleges, recently returned to New York after a tour of Europe. They issued a statement saying that at least 5,- 000,000 more American farmers must leave their farms and become industrial workers in the cities in order to strike a proper "balance" between agriculture and industry. With this emigration, and a few other things, they declared the farm problem would be solved. By farmers, these alleged experts probably mean people now living on farms. Even on that reading, this would mean the addition of at least 1,500,000 workers to the present army of the unemployed. Try to imagine what that would do to wages and working conditions! The announcement shows clearly ! what a stake the workers of citie3 have in a right solution of the farm problem. Nothing would suit certain reactionaries better thaVi to drive farmers to the cities, where they could be used to break the unions. Organized labor must fight that scheme to the finish, and the best way to fight •it is to see that, the politicians in,, I both parties' are impressed with tffe | need of placing the farmer in a position to get a living price for his , products, The rapid transfer of 5,000,000 | people from farms to cities would be a calamity to the whole nation, 'and . anyone but an expert knows it.— vLabor. I LABOR ISSUE VITAL; AFFECTS ALL NATIONS New York.—"The labor problem is the major perplexity bejfore every people," said Rev. Dr. George Stewart of tho Madison Avenue PreBbyter- inn Church. "The labor problem is enmeshed in our whole economic order," said the clergyman. '"It goes straight to the center of national life and business genius. It tests to, the utmost the thical and religiouscifyacity of any people, A "Wi(h all our industrial ability we have over 2,000,000 unemployed. NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER GIVES $100,000 TO PRESSMEN'S HOME A feature of the International Printing Pressmen .and Assistants' Union, annual convention at Pressmen's Home, Tennessee, last week Was the contribution of $100,000 to the home fund by T|ieodore y. Ellis, former publisher of the Worcester (Mass.) Telegram. ...Mr. Ellis,' a foi'mer pressman, in a letter to the convention inclosing the check, termed it "a gift to my* alma mater,", and said, "this union " has been my college.'' ..■■•■■ He' commepoVd the work of President George L. Berry in "adjusting the conflicting views of employers and employees." " Four THE LABOR STATESMAN f The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. WatU, Man. Editor. PRB88 COMMITTEE Chairman Wm. Page (Carpenters), W. Watt (Plumbers), ,P ft llengough (Machinists/, Tim Hanofln. (Beverage Dispensers), R. H. Neeiands (Typo, graphical), Geo. ijerrard (Theatrical). W. Deptford (Street Rallwaymen), Blrt Showier (Dairy Employees). Phono Soymour 6279 Vancouver, Friday, Sept. 14. 1928 MEMBERS OF PARIAMENT SEE MINER HARVESTERS An almost dramatic incident featured the arrival in Winnipeg recently of the British Parliamentarians. As the train pulled in the members of the party were excepting to proceed to the "Fort Garry" to a dinner tendered by the provincial government. Some of the visitors had already changed to dinner jackets. Then came an unscheduled feature —as least as far as the Labor members of the British House were concerned—the I.L.P. federal members, Woodsworth and Heaps, who with some of the local labor men met the train, informed the British M.PM that over 300 of the British harvesters were about to be sent back to Great Britain. Kirkwood and Johnson, Hall and others were immediately interested— who cared for the dinner? Here was a'job that needed them! They insisted on seeing the harvesters. An interesting spectacle it was! In the basement of the Canadian National station was a large waiting room shut off by barred doors. Behind the bars were herded the British immigrants while two red-coated Mounties stood armed at the doors to prevent any unauthorized person passing in or out. Within art hour these men were to be shipped out. High hopes shattered—the costly experiment a failure. One dollar's worth of provisions advanced them till they should reach Quebec. Not a pleasant sight for these British visitors who had for days been regaled by stories of the prosperity of Canada and Canada's love for men of British stock! Trie officials at the gateway objected to any investigation, but Labor members either from London or Winnipeg are not easily suppressed. So soon the men were telling their stories—stories of hard times at home, of hope that in a new country there might he a better chance—the farewells to 'families— the strange new land. The 3 pounds to 5 pounds dwindling to $3 or $2 or $1 a dayj'-their inexperience, the overbearing attitude of the farmers, long hours, poor accommodation, stealing rides on trains, loss of faith in statements of Canadians. The determination to go home. The railways, having tried in vain to induce the men to take another job, had decided to send them back. The men were required to sign a paper promising to pay $60 for the return passage, then they were hurried away. The British Labor men returned to Fort Garry too late for the dinner, and indeed a bit too upset to relish any formal function. Consulation with local Labor members followed. Then at 11 o'clock a visit to the government immigration hall near the C.P.R. At 9 o'clock next morning the representatives of the railway companies and the Immigration Department were down at the Fort Garry to state their version of the situation. And a little later some members of the parliamentary party were again.interviewing harvesters at the station while several drove out into the country to see with their own eyes the conditions under which their countrymen were working. "Immigration" was to be discussed ,nt a luncheon given by the Board of Trade at the Country Club. Some of the Labor members missed this dis cussion. They had been too busy get ting close to the actual problem. It is perhaps fortunate that the British Labor members have been able to see with their own eyes some of. the problems that face us in Canada. According to Trades Council officials approximately 520 men are now on their way back to Great Britain. —Weekly News (Winnipeg). Birth Rate Shows Decline in Britain According to the figures just published by the British registrar-general, last year's birth rate showed a further decline, while the death rate was slightly higher than of late, mainly owing to an increased death roll from influenza. Infant mortality remained at the low level of recent years, but fatal accidents by both road and rail showed an increase. There is nothing surprising in these figures, except perhaps that the fall in the birth rate is not more rapid. The practice of birth control is undoubtedly spreading; but it is not yet spreading very fast. The next ten years are likely to see it spread a good deal more rapidly, and a further and accelerated fall in the birth rate can be confidently,predicted. It is far less clear whether this is likely to be offset by further reductions in the general death rate and in infant mortality. The downward movement of these rates has almost certainly been checked during the past few years by industrial depression, and a rise in the standard of living would be likely to cause a sharp fall at any rate in infant mortality. The country as a whole, despite reduced emigration, is evidently moving towards a more stable population—which most people will be disposed to regard as a good thing. It has, however, to be borne in mind that what counts in population is even more quality than quantity, and to the former the registrar-general's figures can give no clue. Physically, at any rate, the smaller families now most common should give the children an improved chance in life. Recent social investigations by Professor Bow- ley and others seem to show that this is in fact being secured.-\-New Statesman. \ Not Much Success With Amalgamation The general council of the British Tcades Union Congress, acting on instructions from last year's meeting, has been endeavoring to promote schemes of amalgamation or closer unity among its constituent bodies. The replies are for the most part thoroughly discouraging. The big unions nearly all want to swallow the little ones most closely allied to them, but the little ones show rio desire to be swallowed, and even unions of much the same size in related occupations show very little inclination to come together. The chief exception is in the great and growing group of Trade Unionists connected with no particular craft. The modern evolution of industry is more and more substituting the general machine- minder for the specialist craftsman, and this means the growth of the "general labor" unions. Two of the principal unions belonging to this group—Mr. Bevin's Transport and General Workers' Union and the Workers' Union—have now agreed in principle to come together, and a detailed scheme of amalgamation is being worked out. This will leave only two important general labor unions in existence—the Transport and General Workers and the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, with which Mr. Will Thome and Mr. Clynes are connected. Canada Lumberman is Taught a Lesson The following correspondence brings to light the results that can be obtained from unfavorable publicity if brought to the attention of those offending. Assistant Business Agent R. J. Thompson of the Carpenters Union in Vancouver discovered an advertisement in the "Canada Lumberman" which gave an unfair and untrue statement regarding Canadian-made doors, and after forwarding the following letter to the publisher received a reply (which follows) that will probably have a great deal of bear-, ing on that particular industry. The letter says: August 21st, 1928. Canada Lumberman, Care Hugh McLean Publishing Co., .347 Adelaide Street West, Tdronfo,'2, Canada. Dear Sir: August 1st issue, page 21, of the Canada Lumberman, there is an advertisement, also a photo, of Canadian-made doors, which to my mind and also of the organization that I represent, should never have appeared in a Canadian magazine, As workers in the mill and factory industry, we depend on the sale of our products, but if our Canadian advertisers are going to boost American- made doors and knock our Canadian- made goods, then it is up to us to protest to you and see if we cannot get it stopped. The same kind of advertisement would never go into print in the United States, for; they boost their country and also articles manufactured there. We also feel that you are taking the bread and .butter away from our families, and it is hard enough to earn that at present without knocks appearing in your paper. Now, as regards to our. Canadian fir doors, they have no equal in the world, and our Douglas fir has a market unrivalled anywhere. Trusting you will stop publishing such advertisements, and instead boost Canadian-made products, I remain, Vours truly, R. J. THOMPSON, Mill & Factory Men's Representative. \ * * * The Canada Lumberman replied as follows: \ Sept. 7, 1928. Mr. R.\J. Thompson, RooWi 815, 16 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. Dear Sir: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 21st, regarding an advertisement which appeared in Canada Lumberman and to which exception has been taken by yourself on behalf of Local Union No. 1599, Mill and Factory Men. We do not believe you will have cause for complaint in future in regard to a similar advertisement. We agree with you that it is undesirable for an advertiser to make direct reference to the product of a competitor. We thank you for having brought the matter to our attention, and fee! sure the there will be no repetition of these offending statements. Very truly yours, CANADA LUMBERMAN, M. J. Hartman, Director of Advertising. Friday, September 14, 1928 TIVIOI MEMSt; *^ MOHTOCAL CUPB C-iC :..i 6OAR0 '■' < "«*.*. ,.-.. .i , Chain VANCOUVCn CAA.N . ■". ' ■ ■ " R(At [fTAT( ACAMMiM HMWAI M£N**' ,*-^>..ik 3TOCH viCTOfliA tract CALAABV CTOCK -. ■■'." U. ' ! . rt StATTlt «TOCA .SAOBAWt STAWOMO STOCK Buy Bonds Now AN exhaustive survey of the fnian- • cial situation confirms our opinion that prices of investment securities are definitely on the up-grade. Oar advice is to buy now ftir income and profit. It should he remembered. that it is not necessary to have the whole purchase price as hy our PARTIAL I'AYM ICXT FLAN a fraction of the cost will enable the purchaser to establish ownership in the securities and take-advantage of increasing* prices. Please send me par- Name.. ticulars of your Partial Payment p,an Address.. R. P. CLARK & CO. (Vancouver) Ltd. INVESTMENT BANKERS ' 823 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B.C. It does not matter much what people do occasionally, it is what they do habitually that tells.—Dr. Leonard Williams. • War, that made game the world •■so loves to play.—Swift. WHEAT MARKET SITUATION FULL OF DYNAMITE Wheat is worrying everyone but the millers, these days—"particularly the politicians, who realize that there is plenty of "dynamite" in the situation. Wheat has dropped 30 cents a bushel in 30 days, and may go lower ;—for in the absence of any machinery for distributing sales over a considerable period the American crop is being rushed to market. The United States crop is estimated at 891,000,000 bushels, of which 650,000,000 will be used at home. The other 241,000,000 Hre for export. Canada has from 500,000,000 to 550,- 000,000 bushels—the biggest crop in her history, of which 400,000,000 bushels will be exported. These two countries alone, therefore, have 641,000,000 bushels for export; Australia and Argentina have 200,000,000 more; Europe has a good crop, at home and the total exports of alljvheat-producing countries last year came to 793,000,000. It is hard to "bull" the wheat market under those circumstances. It may be true that gentlemen prefer blondes, but it has been our observation that blondes do not seriously object to gentlemen, either. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow br'aye by reflection.—Tom Paine. MISS MacDONALD HELPS TO FORM WOMEN'S GROUP Winnipeg, Manv—Miss Ishbel MacDonald addressed a largely attended meeting of the women members of the I.L.P. at the home of Mrs. Jessie MacLennan, 247 Ruby street, in Winnipeg, On Wednesday afternoon. The work of the Women's Labor movement in Great Britain was dealt with by Miss MacDonald and an interesting discussion followed. During the afternoon plans were made for the formation of a women's group for the I.L.P., with a view to discussing problems both of local and international interest. The next of these meetings will be held at the home of Mrs. Mary Lowe, 474 Ban- nerman avenue, on the afternoon of Thursday, September 27, at 2 p.m. Point Grey Electors VOTE IN FAVOR of pur.chase of "Little Mountain Park" Voting on Bylaw to purchase "LITTLE MOUNTAIN PARK" jointly with the City of Vancouver takes place in Point Grey on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1928 FROM 8 A.M. TO 8 P.M. Corporation of Point Grey It. will cost of the U.S.A. $40,000,- 000 this year to enforce prohibition. Will some U.S. citizen inform us where it is effective. * * * Henry Ford sent John D. Rockefeller a Ford Sedan as a birthday remembrance. Gosh, and Henry overlooked us on July 3rd. Courtesy is the lubricant that quite ■often eases the bearings of the overbearing. ., .***:.*■■ Guest to Host: "Your wife is charming!" Host (wearily): "Whom?" , * * * A successful man always ruqs things; he never walks them. No Patent Solution For Labor Problem New York.—A solution of the labor problem was scouted by Charles 'Stelzle, former superintendent of the Department of Church and Labor of the National Presbyterian Church, in a radio address in this city. "The labor question will never be settled until the last day's work is done," said Mr. Stelzle. "It does not matter what plan may be accepted by the present generation, we may be sure that it will not be satisfactory to those who will follow us. The securing of industrial peace is not a question of working so many hours a day or getting so many dollars for a day's work. It is a question whether they are working under fair economic conditions. And as our prosperity grows it is natural that its blessing should be increasingly extended to working men. ,„ ^ ' "This means, in substance, that every generation will have its labor problem. And when any political parly or economic group presents a panacea for the labor question, it is time to adjourn the meeting." Mr. Stelzle declared that social unrest in industry and throughout the world in general "is one of the most hopeful signs, because it is the legitimate outcome of the finest idealism I the world has ever known. Every worth-while institution, if it is fulfilling its mission, is helping to develop dissatisfaction with present conditions." The speaker Rleaded for better understandings between men, even though they disagree. "It is better to understand a man than to silence him," he said. Here's to Matrimony—the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented.—Heine. KNEW WOMEN "You seem to be an able-bodied man. You ought to be strong enough to work." "I know, mum. And you seem to be beautiful enough to go on the stage, but evidently you prefer the simple life." ' ' After that speech he got a square meal and no" reference to the wood pile. LAW PROHIBITS WORKING OF WHITE GIRLS WITH CHINESE Toronto, Ont.—Ontario's new legislation prohibiting the employment of white girls in business .establishments controlled by Orientals has brought a protest from the Chinese consul-general. Labor has long sought this regulation and it expects the Ontario government to enforce the law. - REMOVAL OF SEAT The Congress of the Swedish Paper Industry Workers' Union has decided to remove the seat of the union from Gavle to Stockholm. CARPENTERS STRIKE White Plains, N.Y.—Twenty mills in this county are tied up by a strike of several hundred members of the Brotherhood of Carpenters. These "inside" workers arc demanding a five-day week. I love to hear Bill Huggins sing, His voice is but a squawk, But when he sings, I do not have To listen to him talk. A fiurnby man says there was a time when he caught his wife in his arms, but now he occasionally .Catches hfcr itthis pockets. No, girls, we *don't know any! wojnan who has visited Paris on a nonshop flight. I In the old days when you bought a horse, you were sure that the model wouldn't cliange next week. ■AwmiUH***"1**-! i***. W..tMW**.?mn "T""'' ** *'''" A great deal of the white man's burden can be turned over to the caddy these days. Friday, September 14, 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five DOUGLAS New Method Triple Suction Plates Phone Seymour 1460 for appointment With Every Plate Goes This Guarantee Wear Douglas New Method Triple Suction Plates for three months. If you do not find them all I claim, bring them back and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Tl e-;e plates give perfect service and ar«T the last word in scientific construction.. They are perfectly balanced, will not tilt or rock, and allow perfect mastication. They not only look natural, but feel natural. Doctor R. Llewellyn Douglas and Associates 12 HASTINGS STREET EAST (HOLDEN BUILDING) Airman proposes by trans-Atlantic telephone -HTM IK telephone accomplished for'Lou Gordon, trans- Atlantic flier, what two years of personal association had failed to produce. From London, England, Gordon put in a telephone call for his sweetheart at Brookline. Mass.. U. S. A. In the short span of a three-minute conversation, he proposed marriage and the girl established something of a record herself with a soul-thrilling "yes." Incidentally, this was the first proposal by trans- Atlantic telephone. Gordon's success may lead to more. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. JOBS vi. THE MOVEMENT (Continued from page 1) Russia," he says, "it is an irony of fate that the. same revolution which purports to enact into life the Marxian social program should belie the truth of Marx's materialistic interpretation of history, and demonstrate that history is shaped by both economic and non-economic forces." He shows that the ruling classes in Russia failed to manifest a will to power, and shows why the state i3 strong in Russia under the bolsheviks, simply because it was strong under the Czars. Even the capitalists, when they arose, were but mere "industrial courtiers" subject to the state. And the peasant village, on the other hand, was a kind of Communism in practice even under the czars. When he passes to Germany, similar social conditions as in Russia do not show themselves. "But whereas in Russia the factor of the state was everything, in modern Germany the political factor of* the monarchy was largely a screen behind which a self-reliant class of industrialists was building up its own might. This plight was not in wealth alone, which in times of acute revolution may add' but little to resistance power. It was in the form of a highly complex and delicately adjusted economic mechanism on which even avowed revolutionists would shrink from laying inexperienced hands." "Doubtless," he continues, "the strangest single factor which caused the extreme divergence of paths between the Russian and the German revolutions lay in the conditions of their respective peasantries." The German peasants backed the industrialists. . „ Theories Smashed by Facts In Germany, he again traces divergence from the accepted Marxian theory. There is "no tendency of (he middle class to disappear, predicted by Marx." He finds in Germany, "and dramatically traces, the conflict as between the intellectuals and the unionists revealing the pres ent triumph of the trade unionists. "The German labor movement has therefore shelved, jjerhaps for good its former radical anti-capitalism and is endeavoring instead through economic and political pressure to get for labor the maximum from capitalism." Again, "German trade unionism is fully aware that improvement in German labor standards depends upon a continuous solving of these problems." In England, he views the "oldest continuous labor movement in the world." LHe finds there the temporary ascendancy of intellectuals largely because the trade union lead-' ers were failing to meet the everyday, practical problems on the industrial field with aggressiveness. He finds again the accepted Marxian theories do not hold good. "If industrial capitalism has therefore been, with one hand, engaged in raising its own potential 'grave- diggers' in the shape of a wage-earning class,, as Marx said, it has, with the other, sufficiently contradicted that by multiplying potential defenders for itself." In this instance, the white-collar class. He finds the situation in England not altogether satisfactory. "In the party itself, the leadership which is emotionally wedded to intellectualist slogans, will either have to learn realism or else yield place to leadens from the trade unions." It is his analysis of the conditions that produced the policies, and the policies themselves, of American labor that is to us of immediate interest. American Labor Facet Facts ., American laboi* has never been dominated by intellectuals. The Knights of Labor were, and that organization was superseded by the American Federation of Labor. The American Federation of Labor is a going concern today because it correctly? read the native conditions and theTvatttmatpsychology. His account PERCY WILLIAMS World's Champion Sprinter, will be given a royal welcome ill Vancouver today. of the origin of the Federation is important. "They studied Marx and the other European Socialists, but they were also constantly testing to see what appeals were 'taking' with the working men so that they came in as permanent members, and what appeals had only an ephemeral effect. It was in this unusual school, in which theory was mixed with direct experience, that they discovered that the union card was the only real bond that held wage earners together —not politics, whether 'greenback' or socialist. They found that a labor movement became proof against disintegration only when it was built around the job. These discoveries did not at first estrange them from socialism as a program for the future. But as time went on and they became engrossed in their 'job unionism,' which eschewed politics and every other quick social panacea; as they watched their organizations grow from nothing to something ilke the, large and stable British 'Amalgamated' unions, from which the International Cigar Makers' Union, reorganized by Strasser and Gompers, copies its comprehensive benefit features and centralized financial management; and as they observed with pride how their organizations, small though they still were, held together and grew steadily, in defiance of the alternating" tides in business condition.** so fatal to the labor organizations which had preceded theirs; then the original socialistic class consciousness of these 'philosophers - organizers' gradually paled if not shriveled, and in its place fluorished a robust trade unionist 'job and wage consciousness'." Job vs. Class Consciousness It is this job-consciousness that he finds the driving force of American labor. "The idealogy of the American Federation of Labor was both an urban and a wage earner's ideology. It was based on a consciousness of limited job opportunities—a situation which required that the individual, both in his own interest andl in that of a group tb which he immediately belonged slknild not be permitted to occupy anyxjob opportunity except on the condition of observing the 'common rule' laid down by his union. The safest way to assure this group control over opportunity, though also a way so ideal that only a union as favored as the printers' was able to actualize it entirely— was for the union, without displacing the employer as the owner of his business and risk taker,, to become the virtual owner and administrator pf the jobs. Where such an outright 'ownership' of the jobs was impossible, the union would seek, by collective bargaining with the employers, ism descended from Marxism was not a democracy of induwdualistic producers exchanging products under free competition, with the monopolist banished, but a highly integrated democracy of unionized workers and of associated employerrmanagers, jointly conducting an industrial government with 'laws' mandatory upon the individual." He believes the non-partizan political policies of the A. F. of L. to be sound. "The unionism of the American Federation of Labor 'fitted' first, because it recognized the virtually inalterable conservatism of the American community as regards private property and private initiative in economic life. It, too, accordingly arrayed itself on the same side, demanding only that the employers should concede the union's right to control the jobs through 'recognition' embodied in the trade agreement; and in this attitude it remained unperturbed in the face of all the charges by socialist intellectuals of treason to labor or even of corruption. Saw America As It Is "This unionism 'fitted' secondly, because it grasped the definite limitations of the political instrument under the American Constitution and under American conditions of political life. It therefore used the political weapon only sparingly and with great circumspection. It went into politics primarily to gain freedom from adverse interference by judicial authority in its economic struggles; it did not wish to repeat former experiences when trade unions standing sponsor for a labor party found themselves dragged down to the ground by internecine political strife.J The American Federation of Labor: made itself felt politically by exercising pressure on the old parties; but it kept politics at arm's length from its own cherished trade union j organization. It must be acknowl-j edged, however, that the American j movement, led by leaders risen from the ranks, could withstand the politi- { cal temptation with so much greater: ease than the European movements, because it saw little to choose between an autocratic capitalist man-! agement of industry and a bureaucratic one by 'experts' appointed by the state." •» While approving of the past of American labor, Perlman finds in the present certain factors that are disconcerting. He pictures American business as a "welfare capitalism." He finds that it has made concessions to the common good which tend to disguise its ruthless antisocial objectives. These concessions have tended to arrest the growth of American unions. These problems can be met by the unions through making a larger technical contribution to the industry, through co-operation and through proving the union's social value. Even the intellectual may have a place in the labor movement if he gives up his Mes-' sianic complex, ceases shouting corruption at every turn, ceases bickerings, gives up tactics that tend to disrupt, and becomes a quiet worker within the movement. Quoting Karl Swing, Perlman concludes: " 'A real democracy in industry depends on an organic unity 'in iiv dustry. Therefore, a life and deafn struggle between the two factors, labor and capital, each of which re-| mains absolutely indispensable in] the present state of society, should j be virtually ruled out from consideration. Labor fully admitted the correctness of this view when itj gave up the tactics of catastrophic action. That was tantamount to an admission that the present is too deeply rooted in the past to leave' the least possibility of a revolutionary change through a coup. Catastrophic chaise is least conceivable in modern economic society, since its issues are ever assuming more and more complicated patterns. During the recent German revolution, it was found that while the political constitution could indeed be altered in the revolutionary way, no such tactics could be effective in the economic order'." The book clarifies dark issues. It points clearly to objectives already fixed. It performs a -distinct service. ■—Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators. SEY. 713^ ^^w Leslie Coal Company limited ■irrsESTrjaB for the individual and for the'whole group, by incorporating, in the trade agreement, regulations applying to overtime, to the 'equal turn' to priority and seniority in employ-, ment. .lo./ippr'. iui««lii|i, to the introduction and utiltearToh' of machinery arid so forth, - . Thusjlihe* industrial democracy envisaged by this union- A minister travelling on one of the few slow trains that stop at every station was reading his Bible, perhaps for pastime. "Find anything in that book about the railroad?" asked , the conductor, as he reached for the to establish rights in the jobs, both _• :^ , ,.- ,' . „v „ «, -, ,. *„. .i.„ Ljt»bi7.-i --j t„. si.^:'„c^-PW'U-rtei-8-tic*k«t, ^'-Yesi"*-replied the Come tonight and be a kid for a night! Hastings Park, Cars 8 or 13 2:30 to 5:30 7:00 to 12:00 Philadelphia Keeps Up Its Notoriety Philadelphia stands revealed-by-dis* coveries made public durinc the last week as a city of two czars: One open and avowed, the political master; one secret, but none the less real, the lord of the underworld. William S. Vare, of course, is the political czar, and his rule is so completely organized that his lieutenants can call off the majorities in any elec- two two days before the votes are cast. The name of the underworld czar is not yet made public, but he handles the money to corrupt police officials and federal law enforcement officers, fixes the prices of contraband booze, engineers its purchase and transport, and settles disputes between rival gangs of bootleggers. On this last point. John Monoghan, district attorney of Philadlephia, says: "When there is a dispute between bootleggers, they take their lawyers down to the 'courtroom' and there argue it out before the ruler. What he says goes. If any of the parties concerned .do, not like his decision and refuse to abide by it—well, things happen, that is all." What happens is that the fellow who kicks is "taken for a ride," as the saying goes in underworld circles, and when one is taken for a ride, he comes back in the morgue wagon. It doesn't appear that there ever has been the slightest dispute or friction between Mr. Vare, who holds the political fortunes of Philadelphia in the hollow of his hand, and this yet unnamed czar of the underworld, who lives by rum running and maintains his power by murder. The grand jury which has been investigating conditions in Philadelphia says in part: "The information which we have derived thus far is amazing and almost unbelievable. There is in the county of Philadelphia a group of lawless men who have violated the law on a wholesale scale. "With the benefit of efficient legal advice, they have erected an organization which has -systematically flaunted the law with the corrupt connivance of police officials, high and low. "Notorious criminals, thugs and gunmen have been put upon the streets, of Philadelphia armed with deadly weapons. "These men, without detection br apparent fear of apprehension, have committed bribery, robbery, assault, murder, openly and brazenly, and with a degree of security unheard of in a decent commtinity," minister. "In the Very first chapter it says that 'the Lord made every creeping thing.'" * *'.".«'-'' . Some people think that a form letter is what theatrical producers send oijt to get a new*1jDnc|i of chorus girls. Wife: "There was a poor woman here today after old clothes for her family." . Husband:'"Did you give her any?" Wife: "Yes, I gave her that ten- year-old suit of yours and that dress" I bought last week." 'A Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, September 14, \928 Free Ice THERE are people who would gladly give away ice in Labrador. There are people who would pay real money for it in the hot swamps of the tropics; getting it there is the problem In the elecrrical industry the cost of generating enetgy is less than 20 per cent of the cost of furnishing service The other 80 per cent, is for transportation, distribution, meter reading, billing, collecting - all necessary to place electric service at your finger-tips. Bright thoughts come to writers on ways electricity can be furnished more cheaply but they overlook the practical, engineering difficulties in the way. British Columbia $H) EiECTRicRffrxwayCo. VANCOUVER VICTORIA BUY UNION STAMPED SHOES W'E 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 Amerlcnn Federation of Labor 246 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MASS. COLLIS LOVELY General President CHARLES L. BLAINE General Secretary-Treasurer Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR A'PPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC. IDEAL FOR PICNICS, AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS., LTD. 1955 Commercial Drive FIVE-DAY WEEK BEING ESTABLISHED BY PAINTERS The five-day week is being" rapidly established by the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper- hangers of America. Already 62,500 members, or approximately half the enrollment, enjoy the shorter work period. "Within a few years the five-day week in our trade will be universal," said General President George F. Hedrick. "Wherever this system has been established it has proven satisfactory to employer and employed. No. bet-, ter method has been devised to meet new conditions that machinery and labor-saving devices" have created." FATHER OF'LABOR DAY HONORED BY WORKERS Philadelphia.-1—IVJembers of organized labor honored the memory of Peter J. McGuirc, "Father of Labor Day," by visiting his grave in Arlington cemetery, near Merchantville, N. J., on Labor Day. Scores of floral wreaths were placed on the grave. The principal speaker was W. P. Allen, member of the National Executive Board, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. McQuire was closely associated with Samuel Gompers in organizing the American Federation of Labor and served as secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Carpenters for -many'years. He won recognition as the "'FathetLjit-^abor Day" by his activity in having the first Monday in September established as a legal holiday. : UNEMPLOYMENT IN GERMANY Enquiries made by the German national centre elicited that at the end of July, 1928, in respect of the 9,427 branches (in June, 9,447) sending in reports, and representing 4,031,021 members (3,994,772 members in June), the number of unemployed was 252,850 (248,124 in June) or in membership percentage 6.3 instead of 6.2 in June. Short- time workers were 247,460 instead of 221,951 or 6.1 per cent, instead of 5.6 per cent. The highest percentages of unemployment (reckoned on the'membership and compared with the June figures) are as follows: Hatters 25.5 (26.6), boot and shoe operatives 19.5 (16.6), clothing workers 17.8 (13.2),' saddlers, upholsterers and leather case-makers 16.3 (15.7),, market gardeners 13 (11.2), roofers 10.7 (13.3), woodworkers 10.5 (10.3). Of the short-time workers,, the maximum figures were: Boot and shoe workers 56.9 (52),. leather workers 24.2 (21.8), textile workers 23.7 (22.4), clothing workers 22.8 (15.9), bookbinders 13.2 (9.9), saddlers, upholsterers and leather case-makers 11.8 (12.2), tobacco workers 9.2 (10.2). For the first time this year, the July unemployment figures show a rise.- The number of short-time workers Jias risen also, but somewhat less than last.month. Decency in Divorce American divorce used to be considered a scandal; it has become an institution. It used to be considered a menace to the home; it may come to be looked upon as a bulwark of marriage. Once marriage was regarded as a sacrament in which the Deity played an important mystic role, and no amount of misery was held to justify dissolution of the superhuman bond. But with mysticism and magic out of fhe way, marriage appears as an arrangement in which two human beings join, eager to form a satisfactory, lasting partnership, but liable to make mistakes. And in such a common-sense light the institution of marriage seems to be most dangerous'y attacked by those who, insisting that people who have ceased to love eacji other should continue in joint misery, seek to make divorce difficult. The idea of indissoluble utjion has reluctantly given way to the assumption that even the church should permit divorce upon proof of serious injury by one party to the other. A compromise has been effected, but the grounds for divorce are still in part based on the old idea of religious sanction. We say today: "Whom God has joined together let no man put asunder, unless one of this wedded pair commits adultery or other sexual crime, or is intolerably cruel, or, in some States, abandons the party of the second part for certain specified periods of time." The law limps along after social practice; and decent people, looking for divorce but shunning the grosser forms of collusion, travel to Paris.or Mexico to find their freedom with a minimum of indecent exposure. A valuable article in Harpers Magazine for July deserves wide reading, I for it describes the American divorce situation and contrasts it with the I present procedure in Scandinavia. There djgprce by mutual consent on I mere grounds of incompatibility is allowed after certain formalities and the lapse of a reasonable period of time for reflection and reconsideration; and divorce upon petition of one party js^ also granted after a slightly longer delay. The author of the article, Stephen Ewing, examines the effects of this overthrow of the orthodox dogma regarding marriage, and finds that no alarming changes have occurred in the home life of Norway, Sweden or Denmark. Procedure has merely been made to co- inc:de with current usage and the desires of the people. What has resulted is a growth of tolerance and reason in divorce; at least the more violent outcroppings of hate and jealousy can find no legal expression. The state concerns itself with the proper registration of marriage and divorce; it sees to it that homes are not broken hastily or impulsively; it guards the future of the children. But it does not insist that before a divorce is granted one party must violently attack the character of the other. America is aware—thanks to Judge Lindsey and other commentators—of the discrepancies in our American practice and theory. We know that our divorce laws encourage—in effect, necessitate—the crime of collusion. But Americans tend to prefer bootlegging to laws that fit the facts. We keep' our piety and our practice in separate compartments, and do lip- service to one while we indulge the other like a vice. It would be useful if a more extended sludy could be made of the effects of the Scandinavian divorce anil marriage laws. The Russian laws are equally liberal, but they form a part of a system of social values quite distinct from our own. The Scandinavians are closer to the Americans in many respects than any other people in Europe. They are Protestants and Nordics; they have a strong penchant for regulation and reform; they shun the "Latin" attitude toward sex and marriage; their women are independent. If they face the facts of their national -life with more realism and courage than we, at least their ways are not alien. We could study them as we study ourselves. By such study we might throw light into some of the darkest places in our national life; and none is darker than the processes of American divorce.—The Nation. Inter-racial War or Co-operation? Dr. R. L. Buell of the Foreign Policy Association of the United State3, is one of the world's chief authorities on the treatment of the natives of Africa by the European powers. Speaking the other day at the Wil- liamstown Institute of Politics, he de- c'ared that the next quarter century will see in' that continent either "a great inter-racial war or a great experiment in inter-racial co-operation." He described the bad effects which European exploitation has had upon the natives in the past. Home3 have been broken up, disease increased, and. virtual anarchy created by the policy of moving large bodies of men away from their native villages to work. Death rates have run as high as 80 or 100 per 1,000 per annum, as compared to a normal rate of 10 or 12; in parts of Africa the native population is declining. On the other hand, he sees hope for the future in the new policy of some of the powers, which are beginning to foster education and sanitation, are restoring the natives to their homes and seeking to develop appropriate industrial occupations for them. The hope for the future lies in creating small farms, where the natives can stay on their own land and live in their own way. The record of Europe in Africa has been about as black as it could be; and it is cheering to know that there are even glimmers of something belter in sight.—New Republic. UNION GAFES & MERCHANTS REMOVAL OF SEAT IN GERMANY The German metal workers' union" decided at its last congress to Ve- move its seat from—Stuttgart to Berlin. Secret Agreements by Nations Stilt Operate The British government has repudiated in the strongest terms the text of an alleged letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain to M; Briand, supposed to contain the details of the Anglo- French naval understanding. The document is a forgery, the Foreign Office says, and moreover, there is no hard and fast arrangement with France, but only "a tentative agreement-on the policy which both nations are willing to pursue in the disarmament discussions at Geneva." Contrary to the impression prevailing in Washington, the Foreign Office insists that the American government lis fully informed as to the details of the proposal, and adds that if the United States should object to any of them they would probably be altered at the meeting of the Prepara- i tory Commission on Limitation of j Armament. While these reassurances I will allay some of the apprehension which had been felt, they do not settle the matter. There remains the charge made by the Manchester Guardian that England, by agreeing to exclude trained reservists from the i calculation of French military forces, has taken all reality out of future comparisons, of European armies and has condoned French militarism. There remains also the allegation that other and even more secret agreements have been made, paralleling the naval plan. And finally, there is the question why, if the agreement is as inocuous as Sir Austen and the Foreign Office both insist, it has been kept secret so long? Either the understanding is less innocent than it appears, or the manner in which it has been made public has been badly bungled. Or perhaps both.—New Republic. RAIL PROFITS REVEAL BIG ADVANCE IN JULY New York.—Signs of railroad prosperity are so plain that he who rides may read. The first 56 railroads to report July earnings had ^;ross revenues amounting to $413,789,000. This is 'ess than 1 per cent, above the gross earnings for the sftme roads in July of, last year. . , --mffht.net"Operating inrorhe.^r profits, of these roads was $76,515,- 000,, against $69,122,000 for^JuljF-oT last year—a gain of lt).7 per cent. Boston Remains in the Ridiculous Class Boston continues to live up to its advertising. Professor Horace M. Kallen was among the speakers at the Sacco-Vanzetti memorial meeting on the anniversary of the execution. He is reported to have said, among other things, that ",jf Sacqo and Van- zetti were anarchists, so were Christ and Socrates," and for this the police decided to arrest him. The charge is blasphemy, forbidden in a two-hundred-year-old law which formerly carried the death penalty. It had not been invoked for many years until the Bimha case in 1926, when it was resurrected for the purpose of persecuting/a labor leader. It is obvious, of course, that nothing was further from Dr. Kallen's mind than being blasphemous. He was thinking in terms of philosophic anarchy as to system of thought, and everyone who knows anything about the subject must agree with his contention. Wc doubt whether the Massachusetts authorities; will be foolish enough ever to -permit* Dr."KalleTt's case to, come to trial, but we earnestly hope they do. Perhaps a good roaring farce of that- sort would help the people of the commonwealth to shake qff their •present lethargy about ceJisoi-sliip,and repressjoji^jn^jgeneral and restore some of the common-sense so badly needed.—New Republic. ■ Seymour 3168 Alwayi Open Empin ire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE , Late 72nd Batt. 76 Halting! St. E., Vancouver, B. C. Whan in a Hurry, Drop la at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always ~ . _ . "O.K." at Dairy Lunch "Its tho Coffee" 72 Hastings West Always Open R WILKINSON. Pm. 0 DUNCAN. S„ Reynolds' Cartage Co- - LIMITED Phonos Seymour 3377-3378 Crutlnff, Packing, Shipping aad Btorar* Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Mo\ltig Pool Car Shipments Office and Wftr*houa«i 723 — CAMBIE STREET — T32 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Haitings We.t Room 33 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. CHINESE WORKERS FORMING UNIONS UNDER NATIONALISTS Since the Nationalists won control of China there has been a wave of organization among the workers, particularly in I'ekin, where labor unions have always been ruthlessly suppressed. Under the direction of the Kuomin- tang (Federation of Labor) new unions are coming into existence almost daily, according to cable dispatches. Public service employees have been the first to organize on a large scale, These include tramway crews, post office employees and railroad workers. The* printers, firecracker makers, blacksmiths, rug makers and water carriers also have formed unions. TENDERS FOB DREDGING SEALED tenders, addressed to the undersigned and endorsed "Tender for dredging Burnahy Shoal, Vancouver, First Narrows. Vancouver. I!. I'.," will be received until 12 o'clock noon (daylight saving), Thnrsday, September 20, 1928. Tenders will nut be considered unless made on the forms supplied by the Department and in accordance with the conditions -set forth therein. Combined specification and . form of tender can be obtained on application to the undersigned; also at the office of the District Engineer," Post Office Building, New Westminster, It. C. , Tenders must include tile towing of the plant to and from the work. The dredges and other plant whleh are Intended to be used on the work shall have been duly registered In Canada at the time of the filliiK of the tender with the Department, or shall have been built in Canada after the mini** of the tender . Each tender must be accompanied by an accepted 'cheque on a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Minister of Public Works. for*f, per cent, of the contract price, ftonds of the Dominion of Canada or bonds of the Canadian National Hallway Company will be accepted as security, or bonds and a cheque If required to make up an odd amount. NOTE.—The tenderer must submit a separate security deposit for each work tendered for.. Uy order. S. E. O'llRIEN. Secretary. Department of Public Works, Ottawa. AliBOst 31. 1928. Tt is queer.that the stork does pot- sing, when he brings so much fuss wherever he lights1. ' * ■- ' r • A number of ovet-grawj-uhoy&.wil)—i find out this month what "better balf" means without a dictionary. | Friday; September 14. 1928 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies SEND for Pamphlet on Loss of Manhood and DlHorders of Men.'t Free by mall. Advice free. Open 2 to G and 7 to 8 dallv except Wednesdays and Saturdays, when closed alt day. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 13S9 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's Oldest Herbal Dispensary Classified Adverts. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wallla w. lefeaux, 402 Metropolitan Bnll.'lnj-. Phone Sey. 6667. BATHS Hastings Steam Baths Price 35c Only 766 Hastings Street East DENTISTS i »r. W. A. Rntlodrre. 108 Has ting's W. NOTARY PUBLIC | P. R. Bongough. 803 Holden, Bldg. PRINTERS I Labor Statesman. 803-816 Holden Bldg. RUPTURE SPECIALIST | 0. E. Heard. 812 Bobson UNDERTAKERS . I Armstrong & Hotson, 304 Dtnilevy Ave. Burnaby Broadcast Weekly on Thursdays The only newspaper carrying the Union Label published in Burnaby. $1 a Year BURNABY BROADCAST 4091 Hastings St. E. Vancouver |Y.W.C.A.Won'tHave Girls Who Go On Strike Nice girls can stay at' the New Bedford Y.W.C.A., but girls who get arrested at the picket line in a strike are not nice girls. That is the interpretation of Christianity and law .'and order made by the executive committee of the New Bedford Y.W. C.A., which ejected Miss Sadie Reisch of the Women's Trade Union League and Miss Josephine Knczor of the United Textile Workers because they were arrested by New Bedford police while leading picket lines of strikers. The Y.W.C.A. officials prejudged the case of these girls, who had committed no act of violence but who had been captured by the police in a general raid upon strike pickets who were peacefully walking on the street. Fortunately for the reputation of the Y.W.C.A., the action of the New Bedford officials is not approved by "the national organization. In a letter to President William Green of the American Federation of Labor the National Industrial Committee of, the Y.W.C.A. deplores the action of the New Bedford group. Also the papers of New Bedford have joined in a chorus of condemnation. Meanwhile the strike of 28,000 cotton-mill workers against a 10 per cent, wage cut goes on with sustained enthusiasm npd courage. F£w strikes in American labor history have been more remarkable. After nineteen weeks of fighting and starving, and after police have reduced the strikers' picket line to a mere shadow by frequent and arbitrary arrests, the Mills' are today almost as idle as when the .strike began. 'N "bocsn't Joe ever get tired of his wife's continued sulkincss?" / "I think not. i He says when sbe's good-natured ,shc sings."—Boston Transcript. ACTION AND TALK The word "action" as distinguished from "talk" is ofttimes*re- garded as a shibboleth. "Why don't people act instead of propounding theories?" is a criticism one often hears. In Lida Farce's "Economic Determinism" there is, as far as I know, only one expression in. the book that I object to. It is this: "The trouble with philosophers was that they did nothing hutj>hiloso- phise, and progress i3 the result of doing things." She, too, evidently adopts the same shibboleth. But with much deference to her splendid Judgment on other matters, I submit that on that point, which after all is rather a negligible detail in her work, she is quite mistaken. The philosopher's function ought to be to give rhetorical or literary expression to the wisdom he loves. In very rare case.* he may combine these proceedings with action; but if he does, it is only possible as the result, of circumstances. It was an article by Professor Frank that inspired these remarks. This is what he says: "The social function of the philosopher is, as I see it, to provide humanity with the raw materials of popular thought; to fling out creative guesses and fruitful conceptions that shall be the soil in which business men, politicians, preachers, educators and other men of affairs may plant tneir separate policies." ln other words, in order to give a normal impulse to human progress there ought to be, immune from the subtly indirect penalties that might otherwise be imposed by wealth, a certain percentage of impartial critics of industrial, political and religious affairs, who would insist on telling the truth on all occasions. To expect such men to put their words into action is extremely ridiculous. They are doing far more important work since group or national action only takes place after the minds of the people have had due preparation for the same. Many of our historically great men were much less important than our conventional conceptions of them would imply. They happened to be conspicuous in evidence at a time when people were ready for some social change, and in them were embodied the popular ideals. That doesn't prove that* there wasn't a whole cla~s of such men of which circumstances permitted the apotheosis of one only. Professor Seligman thus states the case in his "Economic Interpretation of History," p. 97: "Caesar erected the Roman Empire, but the Roman Empire would undoubtedly have come ultimately with or without Caesar. Napoleon, for the time transformed the face of Europe, but the France of today would in all probability have been in its essentials the same, had Napoleon never lived. Washington and Lincoln assuredly exercised the most profound influence on their times, but it is scarcely open to doubt that in the end the revolution would have succeeded and the rebellion would have failed even though Washington and Lincoln had never existed. While his presence at a particular moment appears to us a matter of chance, the'.great man influences society only when society is .ready for him. If society is not ready for him, he is called—NOT a great man —but a visionary. Here are some pertinent remarks of Napoleon taken from Emerson's Ijjssays: "Nothing has been more simple than my elevation; 'tis in vain to ascribe it to intrigue or crime; it was owing to the peculiarity of the times My son cannot replace me: I could not replace myself. I am the creature of circumstances." —190. The moral is contained in the fact that the only method of clearing the road for the development of the individual is to apply the necessary stimulant, in aiding the evolution of humanity; since the continued development of the former depends on the'never-ending progress of the latter. But when the welfare of individuals or of classes is the object of national government, wc find significant examples of nature's methods in dealing with the infractions of her fundamental laws in the wholesale destruction of the defective civilizations. The person who disseminates simple fundamental truths of elementary social science is helping to make^ possible the "foal progress of humanity. His or her rewarjljies not in the hope of acquiring a misleading reputation in history, but in building up a character that is its own reward. But that is a psychological and not -an economic consideration However, since talk is necessary tc prepare for action, I shall conclude by saying that of the two, if talk is not* more important than action, at the truth; the crowd will engage in^ progressive action only, when- Ihe- time is ripe for such.-—F. W. Moore; Halifax Unions Had Successful Year | Nineteen hundred and twenty-eight has been a successful year for the trade union movement in Halifax, according to P. J. Healcy, president of the Trades and Labor Council. Most of the trade unions have secured increases in wages, and all the unions have increased their membership. Through the efforts of the organization committee of the council five local unions were organized during the year, and the council has been considerably strengthened. There are now seventeen unions affiliated with the union, the largest since 1919, which was a peak year, owing to the great building boom after the ex- p'osion. There is every indication that the year 1929 will show further progress. The great need of Labor in Halifax is a central headquarters, or Labor Temple, where all the unions can get together. It is hoped by next year that Halifax will have its Labor Temple and thus keep in line with the progress that is being made by Labor in other industrial centres, says the Citizen. Housing Conditions in Germany Are Bad (By Horace B. Davis) (In connection with his study of the iron and steel industry in Europe, Davis examined the housing situation. He writes for the Federated Press on the conditions in Germany.) Germany has today the worst housing conditions of any north European country. The latest available figures show that the problem is becoming solved very slowly. A million German families are today without their own household. That means in a majority of cases living with relatives, especially the old folks. Another half million families find themselves so crowded that they have applied for a new dwelling when available. When that will be nobody knows. The'actual construction in 1920 was 200,000 new dwellings and 20,- 000 remodelled. Fifteen thousand were destroyed. The net increase in dwellings during the year was 205,000. But the number of new households each year amounts to about 150,000. The figures for 1927 are much, mqre encouraging. Building activity so far in 1928 has been well above the 1927 level. For the present shortage the war is chiefly to blame. The material dealers made the most of the postwar shortage of houses to boost prices to the limit. Private builders were unable, and are still unable, to construct working class houses that will yield a return on the investment. So the job fell to the public authorities. Some manufactured materials and built houses themselves. Some tried subsidizing private builders. In the end the bulk of the building actively devolved on the cooperative building societies, with a heavy government subsidy derived from a tax qn rents. The co-operatives have been aided somewhat by the building guilds, formed by the workers to carry on building at a restricted profit. These still continue, and have done much to keep prices down. Before the war most of the worker families lived in tenements. A family would have two or three rooms, large but lacking privacy and all modern conveniences. In such apartments the German workers are now dragging along a harassed existence. It is small comfort for them to know, that the new dwellings arc being built two and three stories high instead of four or five; that these have modern conveniences, including bathrooms and green spaces in front and back. Germany is through with the old multi-family dwelling. No more of the oid tenements are being built. The single-family' dwelling is considered the most desirable, form of housing. At. a time when America is moving rapidly, into apartments, Germany is moving out of them as fast as her limited resources will permit.. Satisfied Customers SATISFIED customers have been largely responsible for the growth and progress of this Bank for sixty years. Today, more than ever, we try to bring a human sympathy and an intimate understanding into our daily business contacts. , You will like banking at The Royal The Royal Batik of Canada Vancouver Branch - - B. L. Mitchell, Manager 17 Offices in Vancouver, S3 Branches in British Columbia 109S f^ !. F. T. V.'s LETTER FROM SOCIALIST WORKERS IN CHILE Representatives of a European delegation" of the "Congreso Social Obrero de Chile," a national body representtoe* more than 150 workers' organizations have sent a greeting to the International Federation of Trade Unions, "with whom the "Congreso" maintains relations and which it regards as an organisatioa whicjh is nf tin* organized workers.^''■■;" - * SUBSCRIBE TODAY We invite you to subscribe or get a friend to subscribe for The Labor Statesman. The rates are two dollars for one year, one dollar for six months. I. enclose dollars, for which please send the Labor Statesman to the address below for months, commencing with the next issue. NAME .:'. .'. ADDRESS pionao Writs Plainly to Avoid Kdataku.' Address: Labor Statesman, 816 Holden Bldg., Vancouver High Wages Needed. Says Social Worker Washington, D.C.—"Ministers of the Gospel must not satisfy themselves with preaching the doctrine of charity; they must also preach the doctrine of* justice," says Rev. Dr. John O'Grady, professor of sociology, Catholic University, in his new volume on social work. "Multiply social service agencies and expand their work as you will," says the clergyman, "you can contribute very little toward the solution of the problems of poverty without a more equitable distribution of the products of industry. "So long as the wealthy use their power to increase their wealth and to pay the workers less than living wages poverty will increase. ."If we are permanently to improve the conditio'n of the poor and to prevent large numbers of wage earners frpm passing into the ranks of the poor, we must strive for better wage standards and the protection of wage earners against industrial hazards. , "Charity must go hand in hand with the application of the principle of justice in social and industrial relations. Those who are interested in practical works of -charity must ever strive for the improvement of social and industrial conditions." Dr. O'Grady declares that in every city in this country there are large numbers of workers whose earnings cannot maintain them and their families in health, and decency. Industrial hazards," illness and occupational employment all combine to iTtttfC'e his earnings. * V The battle cry of a certain farm paper is "A good living and ten per cent':"— Must hiViTSWiped 'thst"T(Tea from the bankers. ,' :*4". ■ ■ ■' Booze Killing Them Fast in the U, S. Health conditions in the United States and Canada for the first six * months of this year were slightly better than the average, but not quite so good as those of the same period last year, according to the regular health survey of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Figures on alcoholism are interesting: Two hundred and eighty-four deaths were chronicled from this cause ns against 300 for the first half of last year. Since January 1, 1022, a period of six and a half years, there have been 3,1H2 deaths from alcoholism among the 17,000,000 policyholders in the United States and 32 among the 1,- 000,000 policy holders in Canada. In other words,. "boo-ie" is killing 'em six times as fast in this country as in Canada. ' There was aifincroase of nearly 20 per cent, in the deaths from influenza and pneumonia. "Flu" has not been epidemic this -year, but it has exacted a larger toll than for several years back. Tuberculosis continues the steady decline which began more than 20 years ago, but took its present definite trend about 1811. The change is not great, but it is consistent. Cancer, organic heart disease and diabetes are on the- upward trend, at least among the policyholders of the Metropolitan. Among the population generally it is considered that the upward climb of diabetes has-been checked.—Ihaee-- used to be a theory that the negro race was much less susceptible to this disease than the white. That, says the. Metropolitan, has been proved untrue. Youth holds no society with grief. =rEifripi(U'S. / ^ Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN % Friday, September 14, 192, NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 803, 16 Hastings Street Bast Phones: Sey. 7195-6279 EAT TODAY AT THE RICHMOND CAFE . 100 Per Cent. Union. All White Help 1033 Granville St. (Nr. Nelson) The Only Union Fish and Chip Shop In the City! Ye Olde English Fish and Chip Shoppe 614 BOBSON (Near Granville) VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Luipbago, Neuritis, Bdd Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. SET. 3070 "BuUd B. C" Pacific Is Absolutely Pure A man who has had 20 years' experience canning milk is immensely impressed with the thoroughness of our sterilization. We have brought sterilization up to the highest point of efficiency and made it one of the factors which guarantees the absolute purity of Pacific Milk. Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner, B. C. Pacific Milk 328 Drake Street Vancouver. B. 0. "We Do Not Patronize" VANCOUVER BOYS' AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. -rALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hasting. W. LEN A. DAVIS, Lathing Contractor. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN tt LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by the Vancouver. New Westminster and District Trades AAA Labor Council, for the Information of all union members. Socrates of the Sticks < From the Moreland (Kan.) Monitor: "I have been criticized quite a little by some of the town 'smart- alecks' for using poor grammar. Now, I have three good reasons for this. In the first place, I don't know any better. Second, half pf you wouldn't understand it if I did use it. Third, if I did speak and write correctly, I might be managing some big New York paper at a large salary and you farmers would lose the best editor ih Graham County." .., Public School System First Urged by Labor Pittsburgh, Kan.—"If the free public school system were the sole accomplishment * of the American trade union movement, this would be sufficient justification for its existence," said John P. Frey, secretary-1 treasurer of the Metal Trades Department, A. F. of L., in a Labor Day speech in this city. The American Legion joined in the Labor Day observances with organiz- j ed workers. "When trade, unions along the At- j lantic seaboard began their campaign in 1825 to establish a free public- school system," said Mr. Frey, "they were attacked by clergymen of all denominations, by an overwhelming majority of educators and by employers. With the co-operation of that great educator, Horace Mann, they continued their efforts until the free system, under state control, was established." The speaker called attention to other remedial legislation that has been secured through the efforts of organized labor. These include child labor laws, compulsory school attendance, sanitary work conditions and compensation for injuries and deaths. "While this record is an inspiration, we must face new conditions," said Mr. Frey. "Each year sees additional skilled workmen thrown out of employment because of improved machinery and more efficient methods of production. There is but one answer to the problem. Hours must be reduced and those who work must receive a wage sufficient to enable them to purchase what industry produces. The real wage of the American worker must increase." ■■■ Departing Guest: "You advertise this as the best hotel in town?" • Proprietor: "It sure is." Guest: "Well, that may be a fine boost for tIife.,,hotel;:hiit,i|fe' a mean knock for the town." LLP. FINANCIAL STATEMENT Final statement on provincial elections campaign expenses of I.L.P.: Receipts— Balance previously reported....$107.52 Donations ....' 103.50 Total $213.02 Expenditures— Rent $ 37.50 Phone ,. 13.20 Light 1.00 Qffice help 20.00 Office furniture (rent) 6.00 Sundries 16.00 Printing and advertising 18.26 Balance 101.06 Balance $213.02 JOHN SIDAWAY, H. W. SPEED, Finance Committee. Radio Trust Exposed By Chicago Unionist Chicago. — "The general public knows little of what has been, and is, going on in the radio industry," says Maurice Lynch, financial secretary Chicago Federation of Labor. Writing in the Union Leader, Mr. Lynch traces efforts of the radio trust to control independents. Included in the independents is station WCFIy owned and operated by the Chicago Federation of Labor. This is the only broadcast.ng station in the world that is owned, controlled and operated by union labor. To secure a monopoly, the radio trust pooled more than 1,000 patents. Every new patent was picked up. "In, order to continue doing business, independent nianufacturer.- were forced to take out licences from the combination," says Mr. Lynch. "The terms for the licences were: 'Seven and one-half per cent, of the manufacturer's selling- price had to be paid in royalties to the combination, and if this 7 1-2 per cent, did not amount to $100,000 per year, the manufacturer would have to pay that sum as a minimum. In addition, he should use parts prescribed by the combination in the manufacture of rets, and for a period of four and one-half years. The combination mus have priority /ights to purchae any improvements developed and for sale by the manufacturer.' "This combination is known as the radio trust, otherwise the R.C.A.— Radio Corporation of America. It i? a combination of $3,000,000,000, and includes the Radio Corporation of America, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, General Electric Company, Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company, United Fruit Corporation, and Natiorfal Broadcasting Company." Correspondence j Editor Labor Statesman: Sir: For the benefit of those that wish to know how Mr. Malkin has helped to build up the city, it may interest you to know that when I worked for the famous firm of W. H. Malkin I received the large sum of 25 cents per hour for my work. Yours, A WORKER. Ed. Note: The above worker is now a member of one of the local unions in this city. BLACK TUSK MEADOWS A camping ground used by the Editor and his wife for their vacations. The Meadows is used as a base in Garibaldi Park from which a variety of hikes and climbs can be made, which include glaciers, mountain lakes, alpine and sub-alpine regions and extensive snow fields. The Black Tusk (7350 feet) in the centre, is the core of an extinct volcano, time having eroded the material which once surrounded it The'most glorious profusion of mountain flora can be seen in these meadows and up the mountain sides during late July and , August. The flowers spring into, existence just as fast as the snow recedes; the higher one climbs, however, the rarer-betome the plants an* sharper the colors. __ There is a possibility that Garibaldi Park will -bereac^iwi^iHv^s a-few years,"by a transportation line tfitft will take Vancouver public ■ to this extensive neve*t-torT)e-forgotten park-w>-3.i»--hours. v> _^.*_ l^j^n^T^ dfompmtft. IMCOWOWATtO A<!T MAY 1670. VANCOUVER Announcing the Opening of a Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Food Department with a complete stock of foods as used in the famous sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan. , —Main Floor, H. B, C. THINGS FOR MEN We have b-h earnest desire to give Satisfactory Service, proves faulty, come and see ns. 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Mo-Hdllng, Pottery, Lettering and Illumination, Leatherwork and r: <g Embroidery. Buc-weaving. S ***** Illustrated prospectus free on application to School Board Offices, 5ji S 690 Hamilton Street; Seymour 4760. = iTiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE The United States limits her purchases from Canada to things she cannot do without. She will buy nothing from us that will in any way interfere with the markets and the sales of her own people to her own people. She practically excludes Canadian farm products from her markets. And, if Mr. Hoover is to be believed, the exclusion is likely to become greater. It is this condition that makes Canadian trade with the United States a 'op-sided absurdity. Nor is it a case where we should feel aggrieved at or angry with our neighbors. All that they are doing is that they are exercising their right to protect their own interests. Where the absurdity lies is that we lack the wit and the common-sense to take a leaf out of their book and protect our rights.—Ottawa Journal. MINERS MAKE GAINS IN PITTSUBURGH AREA Pittsburgh.—Coal companies employing 3,500 men in this district signed new wage scales with the union, reports Philip Murray, international vice-president of the United Mine Workers. Several of these concerns were operating on the anti-union basis. Another poor judge of distance is the fellow who parks behind you. Bill sajfe one of- the .drawbacks of bavnig*—a—-TSSM-swfr^room is that friend wife usually has your lunch and dinner there as well. -; Now that they have talking pictures, the grammar book publishers should do a big business in Hollywood. ♦ * * All methods of raising children have^been discussed pro and con, anil it still remains an undisputed fat'. I that the best way is the milky way. ,-■*. .» * * A scientist predicts that in tim.* men will bet- born toothless. 3&£j thought, in our ignorance, that they usually were born that way. . * * * Women are spending 75. millions a year on permanent waves and other bcjiuty^jdsrj-and-vatill we see a greSt many women on the street who convince us that even that isn't enough to* spend.
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