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[The Labour Statesman]
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r NO. 292—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER. B. C, NOVEMBER 29, 1929 Unemployed Residents Undesirable as Citizens Aldermen Atherton, Dean and Miller and Comptroller Pilkington 7 Appear to Think 'That They Are—Shall — Atherton be Re-elected? A LDERMAN ATHERTON SHOULD BE GIVEN ORDERS .by Ward Eight voters to vacate his scat on the City Council to make room for somebody who has Some sympathy for the unemployed and the wealth-creating worker. Atherton thinks that because a man lis unemployed and seeks work, or relief, he should only be given $1 or $2 a day for eight hours work. He thinks that when a man is thrown out-upon the labor market, or the scrap heap, that he is no longer a respectable citizen. In other words, Alderman Ajjterton practically says that an unemployed worker is an undesirable citizen, no matter how many years he has lived antl worked in'thc city, and no matter how much value he has added to the community in rents, taxes and labor. When the question of civic relief came up before the Relief Committee of the City Council last Monday, Alderman Maclnnis introduced a motion to provide relief labor, during the winter months.Vith the standard rate of wages for three days a week to men with dependents domiciled in the city at least one year, instead of '' six days a week at $2 per day for married men and $1 for single men. i There were only six members present and Aldermen Gibbons and Wilson , voted for the motion, but Aldermen Atherton, Dean and Miller voted against it. Alderman Maclnnis says • he will bring up the motion again at a meeting of the full council. Alderman Maclnnis stated that the council was penalizing- the unemployed and placing them in the ' same class as .criminals at $2 and $1 a day. To give work on the basis of • my motion to bona fide residents of the city, he said, will not increase our costs materially. To limit the work to bona fide residents will prevent drifters coming here from the prairies for work at the expense of the taxpayers." This statement was made when Alderman Atherton suggested that it would increase thc cost of unemployment assistance and would draw unemployed from other parts. What is a Failure? City Comptroller A. J. Pilkington added his little sermon to the discussion by claiming that previous trials of the full-pay part-time system had resulted in failure as far as the city was concerned. What does Mr. Pilkington mean by failure? Does he think that taking care of temporally unemployed citi- >zens is an axpense that should not be borne by the city? Who creates values but residents, home-owners and workers? Does he want to drive residents out of thc city because they are unemployed, or would he sooner have them begging for charity at street corners and doors? These unemployed do not want charity;, they want work at a decent wage, and if the financial ability— that Mr. Pilkington is alleged to have—simply means a staff of low- paid, over-worked, fear-impelled civic employees as he is alleged to control, then Mr. Pilkington is not a fit person to be holding down such a job for our city. , . - Alderman Atherton has made a living out of selling real estate that has been given value by the work of other people. Home builders create an increased value to the undeveloped lands surrouning their property, and Mr. Atherton has been making a living for a long time out of the work of other people. He still wants a lot of values created by our unlucky unemployed, by putting them to work, at the magnificent sum nf $1 a day. That is the amount designated by the government for the keep of inhabitants of our jails and prisons. Alderman Atherton puts these unemployed in the same class —criminals. Mt. Atherton thinks, along with Mr.JPijkipptpn thr\\ l__- c|TO-ii-iiii is-unemployed -t-ist-fe* cannot give th.' Same value to the city as its regular civic employees. 1 But does Alderman Atherton know I that many former civic employees j are among the unemployed, and that ' among those unemployed are hundreds of men with callused hands who are capable of doing more hard work in one day than Alderman Atherton could do in a week, and who could create more value in one month than Alderman Atherton has created in his whole lifetime? Humiliating Handout-; There are hundreds of citizens who have lived in thc city for years, many of them born right in the city, who are now seeking work. These people have created values by their former labor and by their payments in rents and taxes, yet, because some of these men have not been used to pick and shovel work. Aldermen Atherton, Dean and Miller and High and Mighty Pilkington deny those people a chance to obtain relief from their present distress. Some people have said that work is degrading and we certainly agree with them when it comes to paying $1 and $2 a day for eight hours of hard toil. Its a humiliating handout, yet this is what the above-named stomach robbers desire to thrust upon wealth-creating workers. 'The daily papers are full of appealing stories in connection with the blind, sick and destitute, but the following letter, which appeared in the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday, gives a very striking example of civic relief measures. It says: Editor, Vancouver Sun. Sir,—Re the unemployment and relief work in Vancouver. I was raised and brought up in this city: 1 now have a wife and two children, and being unable to secure work of any kind, was compelled to go on the relief as the only .lterna- tive to staravation. After much unnecessary red tape, I was placed on a relief road gang for five days at the sum of $2 a day, and at the end of the said five days was politely told to calf at the office, where I waited around a full day for further orders. After receiving them I worked one day and was laid off. Upon asking the reason for such action on their part, I had the door closed in my face. The only reason for them doing so, as far as I can see, is that I had serious trouble with my lungs and was in no fit condition to be working out in the- rain. I produced X-ray photos to prove my statements, and did not even receive a fair consideration in regard to my case. Now, is it really the sporting thing for Vancouver to boast of its wonderful opportunities just to induce outsiders to come here and end up in either being thrown in jail or deported, when men like myself, whose home-town is Vancouver, and who are willing to work at anything, cannot even make a living? A CITIZEN OF VANCOUVER. This man has received the same treatment as hundreds of others. It should make ;our- b-oo4-b-4I-to:-tMftk thatrsuch treatment can be handed out to citizens and that some of our (Continued on page 8) »■*.".;' .*'-.. ■■^-*'.i%((<«_i^«.»'8^frr.".'-'* ■',..- Monster Carnival and Dance Drawing Near An energetic committee and volunteer ticket sellers are now putting the final efforts to what is undoubtedly going to be the biggest event yet'pulled off hy the building Trades Council in this city. Unusual activity in thc selling of tickets has assured the sponsors of the affair that all the available space, in the three Moose Halls will be taken up on Friday, December 6th, when the Whist Drive and Dance is well under way. There will be many attractions at this affair which will easily give it the full value of the tickets. Besides the dancing and the whist, there will be a handful of'gold given away, a whole bunch of valuable prizes, and many other little things that help to ■make this' event a long-talked of affair. Two halls will be used for the i whist drive, which will start sharp at I 7:30. The dancing will start at 9 o'clock sharp. Bill Garden's famous orches-1 tra, with Len Holland and his accor- dian, will handle the crowd in one! : hall, and Dick Gardiner's Jazz ! Hounds will handle the crowd in an- I other hall. Ticket sellers and union secretaries I are asked to return all books of ■ j tickets as soon as possible, and not j I later than Thursday evening. These are needed for use on the evening j [ of-the carnival. . CITY MANAGE, DEFEATEi FIVE CENTS PER COPY ME PAUL St, Paul.-—J £*Mft manager scheme was jfl Hi at a special i-ltTtionfl Hu. frenzied propogamla^^H/e daily press and every influence that these newspapers represented. Voters did not accept_the claim that the city's industrial depression is traceable to the present form of government, as only 45,324 votes out of a possible 121,000 were cast. Of these 22,867 opposed changing the city charter. It requires 60 per cent, of the votes cast to.amend the charter. Organized labdr' opposed the plan on the ground that it savors of Mussolini. 'Lethbridge Labor Party Puts Up Four Candidates Lethbridge, Alberta.—The Muni- j cipal elections in the city of Leth- : bridge are dated for the 10th of De- | cember, and with the announcement of the -entry into the campaign of, three Labor party candidates to contest the three seats, there looks like a lively campaign. The organized Labor movement is giving splendid financial and moral support to the candidates, who are working strenuously to win. The candidates of the Labor party are: For Aldermen—J. Greensk, W. Hawkins, G. Wilson. For School Trustee—C. E. Carn- Operating Engineers Have Good Year On making a survey for the year 1929, Local 844, International Union of Operating Engineers, finds they have increased' their membership considerably, have improved wages and working conditions over previous years, and finds itself at the close of the season with a good membership of real trade unionists. The contractors are recognizing the fact that, in order to have competent men for the job, it> is imperative they be union men. When a man is capable of handling modern construction equipment, he knows that the day of the individualist is past and it is only through organized effort the best results are obtained towards a better standard of living. There is considerable work in sight and Local 844 looks for the biggest year to date in 1930.—G. P. WINTER WORK IN SIGHT The City Council has decided to spend $23,000 on sewer work in Hastings. Park, and Dr. Underhill has pointed out the necessity of more comfort station accommodation there. Mayor Malkin is urging business men to carry on as much work as possible during the winter months, and we hope that he does not intend to overlook this work in Hastings Park. The city ought to be ab'e* to finance this work so that it can be started just as soon as it is possible to get the piping. St. Louis. Mo.—The board of directors of Manufacturers' and Merchants' Association is against the 5- day week in the luir.lins, trades. The public is solemnly, informed that the proposal is "impractical and unecon- Calgary Adds Another Labor Man to Council Jack^ Russell, Labor aldermanic candidate in Calgary, was elected to the city council in last week's election, and Miss Amelia Turner was returned to the school board on the first count. R. H. Parkyn, althougii running as an Independent, polled a large Labor vote. Mr. Parkyn, during his term of office on the council, has given strong support to the l.abor program. Andy Davison, as was announced last week, has been eleete__ mayor by acclamation. Mr. Davison has for a number of years been active in trade union circles in Calgary, and is at present Secretary of the Calgary Typographical Union. Fred J. White, M.L.A., and Miss Edith Patterson are serving their second terms on the city council, and W. E. Turner, at the last civic campaign, was elected to a two-year term orrttnrschool hoard. With the election of the Labor standard bearers in the present campaign, combined with the marked Labor sympathies of the Independents, it is felt in Calgary Labor circles that progressive measures will meet the coming year. Building Trades Council Endorse Burrard Bridge The Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades Council has again gone on record as favoring the Burrard Street Bridge Bylaw, und urges every union man to vote for and work for the successful passage of the bridge. The bridge is needed ju<t as much as the work entailed in building it, and the building of it will create more building operations along the streets which will lead to both ends of the approaches. ■ Some time ago the Vancouver Building Trades Council decided to endorse two candidates for school trustees, and this matter was disposed of on Tuesday evening at the regular meeting by endorsing Mi. James Blackwood and R. E. Rigby. Endorsation was also given to Waiter Deptford for Parks Board., Building activities have slackened down considerably and a large number'of men in the various crafts are now idle. Prospects for 1930, now- e.ei, are very good and the trades- are looking forward to an unusually busy year. Painters Organize Two More Canadian Unions Canadian Vice-president Hunter of the International Painters, Paper- hangers' and Decorators' Union has organized another local in Toronto. Seventy members were initiated in spite of the activities of the dual union, which is apparently making a fast dive into oblivion. Organizer C. R. Gervais of the Brotherhood also installed a new charter in St. Johns, N. B., which promises to size up in numbers to the other Canadian locals, according to applications being made for membership. A correspondent assures us that the following notice has been posted around an electric station in Don-, egpl: "Beware—To touch these wires, is instant death. Any one found'doing so will be prosecuted." Disarm the Nursery To Mothers, Teachers and All Friends of Children NO ONE wants the boys and girls who are now growing up to pass through the horrors of another war. No one wants the boys to kill and be killed just as they reach the strength of young manhood. No one wants the girls to suffer as their mothers have suffered. But if our boys and girls are taught to look upon war as an ordinary event of life—still worse, if they are taught to admire it —we must expect them to acquiesce in war, and even to look forr ward to it. If the children of all countries grow up in this attitude of mind, war. will be inevitable in the next generation. Mothers, teachers, and friends of children—you can help to stop this tragedy. Disarm the nursery! DON'T give the boys and girls war-toys, military helmets, toy soldiers, toy guns, — GIVE them boxes of bricks and plasticine, firemen's "helmets, farmyard figures, skittles, clockwork toys and meccano apparatus. DON'T give them books which glorify war, which awaken the war spirt, which praise warlike deeds., GIVE them books about animals and plants, about other lands, about stars, about heroic deeds of peace, and about « fairies. —: DON'T give them pictures representing battlefields, the tortures of the wounded and dying soldiers, or the intoxication of victory. - GIVE them pictures of healthy games, of pets, of children of other nations, and illustrations of fairy tales. Don't continue to poison the imagination of your children with the lust of fighting. Think of the true heritage of the child. Return to him the true Kingdom of Childhood. A Kingdom of Cheerfulness—without cruelty. A Kingdom of Kindness—vrtthout arms. A Kingdom of Peace—-without hatred. v A Kingdom of Reconciliation—without enmity. A Kingdom of Life, of Peace, of Work, of Love. As You Shape the Young, So You Shape the Future! Published-Jiy ..the F__-o*_hip of- R*eeoi»cH____i»__f=^rL-^-^5n*=*^-ij" ^;(^F_^l_i_^__t_i« erthe No Mbr-^War-Titernationai Mov'e7 ment, and printed by the .Blackfriars Press, Ltd., lJ-23,.Miuo» St Leicester—15080. is. _d. per 100. -r/*raa..::slr8v*e... t*s THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, November 29, 1929 BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3996 HASTINOS STBEET EAST Olsn. 384 ' Night Call: Ol.n. 433, Carl. 2MT3 H'^li. 180 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT -00,000 r_EI FEB DAY SEE US FOR SPECIALS BUNGALOWS New York Voters Favor Increase to Civic Employees Notice re Charter Amendments NOTICE Ih hereby given that an ap- pl.cation will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British po.un_D_a at its next session on behalf of th.e City of Vancouver for an Act to amend the "Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921," in the manner following, to provide by such amendments for the fallowing poweijs, that is to say; 1. To amend tin; "Vancouver Incorporation Act —hy repealing .section 3 of ■"h.ipt-4 58 of the'statutes .of British Co.uo.bia, 1928, being--an amendment la section 8 of the Said Act which provides that no person shall be ■ entitled to be entered twice on the voters' list, nor lo vote more, than once for Alderman, Mayor, Park Commissioners, or School Trustees in any one ward or district. "..;.. 2. To amend the sairt Act to provide that the Council may by resolution or by-law appoint an assessment commission cr board of valuators to be com- poM-d of not less than three nor more than five. members, one member of whom may be the Assessment Commissioner for the time being of the City to perform all the duties of the Assessment Commissioner in respect to making a valuation of all rateable property in the City. The chairman of such commission to be appointed by the Council. :t. To amend subsection (2 of section HI of said Act to provide that all Crown lands which are held unctfeT leasja**—hr agreed to be sold, granted or conveyed, the fee of which is In the Crown, but which are held, or occupied otherwise than by or on behalf of tbe Crown shall be liable to assessment and taxation while so held or occupied, and the interest of any person therein while so held shall be liable to assessment and taxation accordingly. 4. To amend the said Act to provide thdt where tax sale lands become the property of the City and are sold by the City to a purchaser under agreement of sale, tbat upon default being made in the payment of any instalment or interest thereon, it shall be- lawful for the City to serve notice to the effect that- if the amount of the instalments and interest in default are not paid within ninety days from the date of the mailing or serving of such notice, the purchaser's interest in such lands shall absolutely cease and determine, and the land shall immediately become revested in the City. 5. To amend suction 103 of said Act by repealing section 7 of Chapter 58 of the statutes of British Columbia. 1928, which requires that an owner of property In rpore than one ward shall ITe—entered on the voters' list in the ward in which he has the largest amount of real property in value, and where an owner is also a tenant, he Shall vote only as an owner. 6. To amend section 135 of said Act (o provide for the compounding of Interest on sinking funds. 7. To amend section 163 of said Act to provide, for the improvement or maintenance of any portion of a boulevard and for assessing and charging the cost thereof against the land "fronting or abutting thereon where such work is, in the opinion ot the Council, advisable or necessary to beautify or maintain such portion of boulevard -in keeping with other portions of sufch boulevard in the same block already improved. " ■" 8. To amend said Act to provide for prohibiting, controlling or regulating encroachments on any street or lane for footings or foundations of buildings' ind for entering into agreements re- spauting the use of any~ portion of any streets lane or public place for any such Phii-p^se, "ami -for making a chaffse or rent therefor. 9. To "Smerid feaid Act to provide -for prohibiting or licensing, regulating and Controlling all* persons carrying on the business of detective agencies and bailiffs, and providing as a condition of any such license that a bond of indemnity satisfactory to the Council shall be furnished and maintained during the currency of such licence. 10. To amend subsection (127) of section 163 of said Act to provide for the licensing or taxing of persons ear- rving on the business of a distillery, 11. To amend subsection (134) of section 163 of said Act to provide for prohibiting, controlling or regulating, and for defining, classifying, differentiating, and discriminating in respect of the various vehicles and classes and kinds thereof using or which may use the public streets, and for prohibiting any kind or class from using the streets. at all or between specified hours as may be provided In any bylaw. 12. To amend subsection (138) of section 163 of paid Act- to provide for ^regulation, controlling or prohibiting ■tml parking of all vnrietles of vehicles, Inclhdlng metered and non-metered laxicahs, busses, and alt or any vehicles for hire Jwi^provided in any such bylaw. 13. To amend'- said Act to provide for the removal and detention or impounding of any.vehicle or other obstruction unlawfully .occupying any -portion of any street:. ..nrl^for the recovering from the owners All expenses or charges in connection therewith and for Imposing a rent or charge during detention thereof and for power of pale of such vehicle in default of payment of such exjienses and charges. 14. To amend subsection (1511 of section 163 of said Act to provide for prohibiting and regulating signs or other advertising matter on telephone, telegraph or publU* utility poles or posts or on any oth^K erection In any public place, or otherwise., , •15. To amend subjection (170) of section 163 of said Act to provide for th-j .compulsory vacating by the occu pants of any buildings which, in the opinion of the Building Inspector mav be in a dangerous condition, on the nerving of notice on the owner, agent, or tenant, and by posting such notice on the building: and 'authorizing the Building Inspector to remove the contents of such building at the expense of the owner or occupant thereof, 111. To amend subsection (264) of --.eetlon 16a«of said A«t to provide for prohibiting, defining, restricting, and regulating, junk yards, assembling or dissembling plants or yards in which building and other materials, machinery and vehicles, woodworking or mixing business .or industry is stored, main- tained,. or carried on. and limiting the areas in which such yards or plants may or may riot be '-Established, maintained ,or carried on In the City. 17. To amend the- said Act to provide for the bestowing of honour or the freedom of the City upon any distinguished person for national or local service, and conferring on such person all the qualifications required" by the Act of persons to be nominated and elected to hold the office of Mayor, and to place the name of such person—on tbe voters' list to be elegible to vote at an election for Mayor and Alderman. 18. Ti) amend the said Act to provide by by-law for the prevention, growth, and spreading, of codling moirfH and any and all other insect pests, and for compelling the destruction of such pests, and providing for the entry upon property for such purposes, and for levying any cost in connection therewith on the owner at the discretion of the Council, or as- a charge upon the land-, affected and for collection of the same'. 19. To amend subsection (2110a.) of section 163 of said Act to provide, on a two-thirds vote of the Council, for the disposal of any real property vested in the City where the value of such property on the certificate of the Assessor, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,01)0.00). 20. To amend subsection (302) of section 163 of said Act to provide for increasing the indemnity of Aldermen to a sum not exceeding Two thousand dollars per annum. 21. To amend subsections (22) and (24) of section 172 of said Act to provide that where land is required for the opening of a lane or the widening of a street, the filing in the hand Registry Office of a .*0py of the by-law or resolution for expropriation thereof shall thereupon vest the title in the City subject to the provisions of the Act in respect of compensation therefor. 22. To amend subsection (2) of section 176 of said Act by striking out the word "Concrete" in such subsection. 23. To amend the said Act to pro- Hide for carrying out any local improvement work on one side of any street only and for assessing the cost of any such work as a special assessment upon the real property abutting on that side of the street only upon which such work is so constructed. 24. To amend the said Act to provide for Indemnification of any member of the police force where an action or prosecution is brought against him, and costs are necessarily incurred or damages recovered, if the Board of Police Commissioners approve and recommend such payment or indemnity. 25. To amend the said Act to provide for the raising by by-law without submission to the electors of such sum as may be required to pay the City's share of any work ordered to be done or constructed under order of a Court, or of the Board of Kail way Commissioners, or any public utility board or commission. 26. To amend the said Act by repealing section 320 relating to the repair of streets. 27. To amend the Said Act tp provide that where the Council has authority to direct or require, by by-law or resolution, that any matter or thing be done, the Council may direct that, in default of its being done, thc matter or thing may be done at the expense of the persons directed or required- to do the same, iintl the City may recover the expense thereof by action in any Court or in like manner as overdue taxes. 28. To amend section 81 of said Act to provide that the Council may in its discretion authorize or effect the exchange of any tax-sale land for any other parcel of land on such terms as may be deemed expedient. 29. To amend the said Act to provide that the assessment roll and tax roll of the City may be recorded by such system as shall be approved by the Council, and may include card-index, or looscleaf ledger system, in -fhe discretion of the Council. HATED at Vancouver, B. C. this 2uth day of November, A.P. 1920. J. B. WILLIAMS. Solicitor for the Applicant, the City of Vancouver. By Clint C. Houston in "Labor" Twenty thousand fire fighters and policemen of New York City are to receive wage advances of $500 a year as a result of the overwhelming vote in favor of the mcrease cast by the people of the world's largest city in the November 5 election. • The final count was 702,273 for and 198,660 against the proposition, or almost seven to one This raises the pay of first-grade firemen and policemen from $2,500 to $..,000 a year, making them the highest paid men in this class of public service in the United States. It is another demonstration of what can he achieved by wage earners through organized and collective effort. Started by Fire Fighters The campaign for a wage increase was started two years ago by New York Local No. 94, International Association of Fire Fighters, and later the police decided to make common cause with the firemen; Mayor Walker and other city officials expressed themselves as iri sympathy with the move, but urged that it be submitted to a plebiscite. This made it necessary to secOre the passage of a bill by the" state legislature. The State Federation of Labor, the railroad brotherhoods and allied bodies got squarely behind the measure, with the result that it was approved in both houses and signed by the governor. Then came the campaign to enlist the support of Mr. and Mrs. Average Voter in New York City, and here again the organized labor movement in the metropolitan district proved an effective influence. The success in this direction is best evidenced by the huge vote registered for the proposition. What the Union Has Done "The ^ew York result will have a beneficial influence, throughout the United States and Canada where wage negotiations are under way," said Fred W. Baer, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, with headquarters in the A. F. of L. Building. Washington. "Our victory ih New York shows what city firemen can accomplish when" they organize a union tod make a collective effort, with the support of .the labor movement. "When the New York firemen organized in 1918 and affiliated with the International Association, the first-class pay was $1,500 a year and they were on duty 24 hours each day of the year. Every two weeks they ha da day off, but were subject to call. "The first move after forming a union was to obtain the two-platoon system, whereby they would be on duty only 12 hours a day. They obtained this concession in 1920. Double Wages jn 11^ Years "In 11 years of organization they have increased their wages $1,500 a a year and vastly improved their working conditions. The fire fighters are convinced that the union pays good dividends to the members. "Our experience is that the peo- p!e who pay thc bills are fair and generous employers when given opportunity to determine the question of hours and wages of those engaged in public service. "In practically every instance where city firemen have taken their requests for wage betterments to a popular vote they have been sustained, many times o^er the adverse action of cit ycouncils." The wage increase for New York firemen and policemen becomes effective January 1. It will total about $7,500,000 a year. Care of Aged Workers is Duty of Industry, Says Electrician Insurance and pension schemes and very properly so. No complaint put forward by many corporations is heard. Their action in this respect are intended primarily to weaken the; twins approbation on every hand. COLONIZATION It is reported that Japanese colonization on a large.scale will soon be undertaken in the northern part of the State of Parana, Brazil, where wheat, rice and other cereals will be cultivated by Japanese colonists. It is also reported, that 600 Polish immigrants recently arrived in the State of Espirito Santo, where they have taken over land obtained from the State Government by the Warsaw Colonization Society. Plenty of people have a good aim in life but a lot of them don't pull I the trigger. •'-..• organized labor movement and to tie the worker to his job. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is entering into agreements with contractors which guarantee the worker the benefits of life and disability insurance and old- age pensions and still leave him a free man. The difference between the two schemes is the difference between day and night; between freedom and feudalism. By JAMES P. NOONAN President of International Brother- , hood of Electrical Workers. Inquiries and comments on the matter of the action of various groups of employers and local unions of Electrical Workers in agreeing to provide life and old-age insurance for the workers concerned, to be paid for by the industry itself, impels us to make a statement in regard to the justice and reasonableness of such action. It is true that in some localities our agreement provides for life insurance of three thousand ($3,000) doHars per man, thirty ($30) dollars per month total disability and a forty ($40) dollar per month pension after the age"T>_ 65. Care of the Aged Worker Considering the fact that the age limit for employment is being forced down by many of the big industries, it is vitally necessary that something should be done to meet thc situation", nnd wc consider this but one step toward a solution of the gigantic problem with which we shall be face to face in a comparatively few years —what shall become of the worker in his old age or of his family in case of his death whi'e employed at his trade? . Many employers of large numbers of people have installed insurance and old-age pension systems. The Bell Telephone System, railroads, street car companies, electric light companies, manufacturing plants such as typewriter companies, j kodak companies, electrical manu- I facturing companies—the latest be- ! ing the Westinghouse Electric Com- I pany—and the General Electric I Company have had such a plan for j a number of years past. So that, when- you ride trains or , street cars, when you purchase elec- j trical machinery or appliances, or buy a kodak or rent a telephone, in I the price you pay is included the -ost.of such insurances and pensions, and the purchaser pays. I It is a charge against the indijytry Value of Man and Machine It is considered good and proper business practice to charge up the cost of wornout machinery to the industry that employs the machine. Are human beings less important than machines? Is man to be considered as of less value than the THE ESTHER BAKERY Order Your CHRISTMAS CAKES Puddings and Mince Pies Early! 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c, $1.00, $2.00 and Upwards. Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST ELECTRICAL CONTBACTOR El-ct-ical _■__-*_--_ Hardware Mechanic.' Tool! Palnti, Oils, Laiu**)- Badlo Supplies Pip* ritt-ngi Toola Olen 370 4097 HastlngB St. E. ly the industry is made to absorb the cost of the various plans. Has the building industry any special right to wear out, maim or cripple the humans engaged in it and then throw them aside to be objects of charity—a burden on relatives, the community or the state? The answer should be, and in all justice is, "No." No one industry has the right, moral or otherwise, to leave its outworn and crippled workers as a charge on society as a whole. Nor should the provision that prevents this condition be entirely dependent upon thc will or whim of the employer. • The Philosophic Cat At Oakalla Prison (It was noticeable that the only animal that had any degree of freedom in the Okalla Prison was the prison cat. Hence the following by a prisoner.) Guilty, Judge, and I own the crime: Born in a prison, l'JOi); ( Sentenced for life by the hand of late, Never to. pass through the prison gate. i And yet, you know, I never despair, For I exercise in the morning air, , Drink more milk than the prisoners machine that must be replaced in a I And°'eat whatever I find to chew, few years at the expense of the busi- One day I stole a prisoner's diet: ness in which it is engaged? W think not, and. act in accord with what we believe to be good business practices. Contractors dependent upon building operations, the volume of which fluctuates, with the seasons and business cycles, cannot give or offer to their employes continuous employment for the number of years usually designated by industries as sufficient to warrant pensions; so it becomes necessary to mobilize the employers into groups or associations in given cities and carry the insurance feature through that group so that no matter which of the employers the man works for or how often conditions may force him. to change, his insurance and pension continuity is assured. Differs From Corporation Plan It differs from the corporation plan in that the workman is not dependent upon the good will or favor of any one employer to maintain his insurance or pension; and should he retire from the trade he has the option of continuing the policies by payment of the premium "mcHvidual- ly, so he cannot be tied to his job through fear of losing the old-age "nest egg" or his insurance. We ful'y expect that there will be a hue and cry about the charge against building costs, etc. Any such statement i> purely camouflage to conceal the fact that what they think a good and beneficent action on the part of corporations is to them anathema when done by a labor union. Estimates by competent architects show that the electrical work averages about three (3) per cent, of the cost of the modern building, and is about equally divided between material and labor. So the insurance and pension proposals involve a slight increase., on one and one-half per cent, of the building cost. , Industry Must Assume Borden Employers in the manufacturing and distributing lines are hailed as benefactors and* philanthropists in providing against want while disabled or in old age, and against want and debt on the part of workers* ^8*f:**^Sweet" mercy-_•«_-ribm'li.y's t;> .= ilies in case of their death, and sure- badge..—Shakespeare. "Two days' dark cell," well, what a riot; Says I to myself, "Why, here's a lark, The Governor's forgot I can. see in the dark." I've been in the execution shed, Whence many a man's been brought out dead; No man to slaughter I'd condemn, I much prefer* to pity them. When the governor comes at ten o'clock The warders receive a terrible shock; With deference great they bow and scrape, - You'd think it was some potentate. To me such antics seem absurd, When by a nobody incurred; But little things to little men Are great when pride is in the van. Tho' arrogance now holds its sway, There comes to all that final day; And sorry he'll be when he knocks at the gate And St. Peter says: "No room for hate.'.' A good philosopher am I, • I never worry, fret nor cry; But if at times I feel perplexed, 'Tis when I,ask: "Life done; what, .next?" (By S.P.E. Hand&d round to the other prisoners in block letters to hide the identity of the author). EIGHT-HOUR DAY A bill has been introduced in the Bolivian House of Deputies to give all laborers an eight-hour working day. ADVERTISEMENT . WANTED — Several, weak-kneed, watery-eyed old gentlemen with red noses, for the coming festive season; suitable costume provided. Apply any leading store in town. ; " .^'tUS^SSS^saf^aji^, '•- : ,'isy*p'<i'wA_: __A Friday, November 29, \92» THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory , LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET ranconver Trad., and I-abor Council— „„, .an^ctory Workers' Onion, Loeal President, J Thomson; general secre-, i»_ ,e.aa -a i. n...,_.i ...... n....__ general tary Percy IS Bengough. Office, 2.0 '.abur Il-inl.|!i;irr.i*:-:. 631 Beatty St I'hone Sey. 7405, Meets ln Labor Ha'l at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tue_- _ays In month. B.verage Dispensers' Vnlon, No. 676— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Hoom No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Pre**., \V. H. Clancy: Secretary and Bus. AK-iit, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room 1, Eagles' Hall, 635 Homer Street. Phones. Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1666-R. Hours: 9 to 12 a.m. Brldg. tt Structural Iron Workers, Local 97, Int. Assos.—Meets every Friday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, James F, Burns, 2833 Turner St.; Secretary,. P. Lauret, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone .'air. 2108 L. Building Trad.a Council, Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday ln Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. President, H}, H. Morrison; Secretary-Treasurer, W Page, Room 30h, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495. Mo. i_-9 — 'Affiliated with United Broln.riiuod of Carpenters _t Joiners. Meets ursi. and third Thursdays In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres.. CI. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H i; Avery, 7964 Montcalm Street Phone Marpole 848R ,' * MUlwriffhtB' Local 1638—Construction and Operating — Meets second and fourth Wednesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. J. H. Campbell, President; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray lire, Rec. Sec. Box 127. Reaching For the Sky By David G. Bareuther in The Nation. ! accord that it is physically* possible, j ] There is the question of economical After having reigned supreme for \ height however ,the point at which seventeen years over all other spires I 8. building reaches its highest effi- in the famous * Manhattan skyline, cl .n^>' aml "*- whlch the law of dim- the Woolworth.* Tower has now lost | jnWun* returns becomes effective. its proud title as the tallest building in thc world. Not only has it been From purely physical consideration, such as the strength of steel' and con surpassed in height,"*but"re'eenYly I *•& aJt!^tgjf.^h_____Uvic. .4. e Motion Fioturea Projectionists' Union, Local 348, Of I.A.T.S.E. St. M.P.M.O — 11:30 p.m. first Friday in month, ln Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, J. R. Foster; Secretary, Geo. G.rrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923 MnaiciiuiH' Mutual Protective Union, Local 145, A. T. ot __.—Meets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m President, E. C. Miller; Qeneral Secretary, W. E Williams; Organi2.r, F. Fletdher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Barbara' Jonrnoyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets aec- ond and fourth Tuesdays ln each nm,-.aaa « -„__ _„„ « i month, in Hall No. 3. Labor Head-, F*^/,,',Sf00,r,at°!," *a* ?'p•r?>^n■■r,,^ iiliarler. Prexldent Fred Dnure* Sec - *»Ocal 138—Meets second and fourth quaiters. 1 resident, . red Dawe. aec. | Thursdays at_ Hall No. 2. President, Wm. Hunt; Rec. Sec, A. K. Varah. 1442 Clark prive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Treas., C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. Sookblndera' Local No. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In' month at Professional and Business _------_------_____-__-____-—_______— Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., (01 Hal-, pHe Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Doo_ tlngs W. President, Q Low, 61—58rd Builders, Loeal Wo. 8404—Meets every Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842! Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hast- -—■,__■ Hamilton St. ings St. W. President, Al. Graham;' story structure 1 James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box, s. _1™_ Brloklayers', Masons' and Til. Bettor.' 320. Phone Sey. 7874 within one week the steel skeletons of two gaint skyscrapers climbed above its peak. Such is the speed at which builders arc racing for thc clouds in America today. Both of these new buildings happen to be located in New York City. One is the i_8-story Chrysler building, whose topmost beam at 808 feet made it the tallest skyscraper—for one month. The other is the 71- story Bank of Manhattan, which just passed the 865-foot mark on its way to a goal of 925 feet and 4 inches. The Woolwbrth building measures 792 feet. 7 However,, New York City is no longer the only city with an ambitious skyline. Show the average New Yorker a picture of Chicago's lake front profile and he will pucker his brow and ask: "Where was that taken from?"*—thinking, of course, that it is a new view of Manhattan Island. Then there is Cleveland's 52-story Terminal Tower, second in actual height to the Woolworth building. Minneapolis boasts of a 32- Int. Union, Xo. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets Becond and »i..t---_ .naas an »____-■„_ _.._.__ fourth Wednesday, in Hall No. 8.1 "la__. *__■_.A0***1 *»T^P«»tl»» ¥*****• President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. I Phone Bayview ~T55. R"; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th. Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec, Albert Wright. 1050 East 25th, Phone Fairmont 6582 X. ers' and' Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday In month at Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. President, F. Walsh; Secretary, A. Hurry, 8G1— 34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Fin. Sec, E. A. Williams, 830 East 12th. , Phone Fair. 5219X. Camp and Mill Worker. Federal Labor , '*,,.. Union Wo. 31—Vancouver and vlcin- Cement Finishers Socretary, J. W. Ity, meets every second Wednesday Haines. 2846 Turner St. Phone High. at 8 pm:. at 644 Powell St. E. Pres- 1238.V Ident, H. Mlyazawa:* Secretary. K. i Tsuyuki Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Local 463—President, Wm. I Page; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. Har- • greaves. Office, Room 310, Labor I Headrruarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., ln HaU No.-1. City Kail Employees' Association— Meets flrst Wednesday of each month at 261V- Hastings East at 8 p.m. President. A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins. 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3617 West 25th. , Civic Employee.' Union, Local 81 Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 251 Vi Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, John Mi-Ritchie, 804 west Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 8427 Triumph St. ' In Graders' Union, Wo. 11—Meets in the Labor Headquarters, flrst and third Monday In month. President, G. S. Cooper; Secretary, M. A. Weight- man, 3908 Fraser Avenue. Blectrlcal Worker., Local 313, International Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday,* at 8 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, D. He- Dougal; Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. .1510. . Engineers—International Union of Oper- eratlng Bngineera, .Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall 316. President, J. Norrls; Rec.-Sec, P. Bradley; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, George Pettipiece. Office, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. fir. Fighter., Wo. IB, International Association of—Meets every month at call of president at 251 Vi Hastings E. President. N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary. C. A. Watson. 1228—12th Ave. E. A skyscraper building contest loomed on the Middle Western horizon early this year. Chicago, with plans fo ra 72-story Crane Tower, chal'enged New York's supremacy for building height. The Chicago Crane Tower was designed to rise 880 feet. It was former Governor Alfred E. Smith who drew attention back to his home town!" With a surprising gesture, he became the head of a syndicate to take over the destruction of the old Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Carefully reading from a prepared statement, he informed newspapermen that he would build an 80-story office building in that in- between neighborhood over which Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Looal real estate men had been puzzled. Wo. 89—Meets every second Tuesday Al Smitn promised that his Empire n the month at 8 p.m. ln Hall No. «. ^ ■, -il- „ , . • ., u:„i.„„, 2, Labor Headquarters. President, stat<* building would be the highest A. O. Grey, 867 East 20th; Secretary, in the world—approaching 1,000 Thos S. Ezart. 1603 40th Avenue E., feet, the record set by the Eiffel South Vancouver. j Tower *.„ parig And Governor Smith found an enthusiastic public to hear his words. With skyscrapers towering above ev Plumber, and Steamfltters, Wo. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth .Friday In Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Hallway Carmen of Amerloa, Lodge Wo. 68—Meets flrst and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, H. Warde, 816 East 12th., Secretary, J. R. Robertson, 637 West 18th. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division Wo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, flrst and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary. J. Price; Treasurer, i J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Local -Union Wo... 380—Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 3. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. llth; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. rioorlay.r.' Union, Wo. 1876, U. B. of i O. - k J. A.—Moots first- and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec, T. H. Hamlin: Rec. Sec, John McDonald, 2905 West 12th; Business Agent, W. D. Wilson, 1535—6th Ave. XV. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, Wo. 603, International — Meets flrst and third Fridays In month at Hall No. 3, ■Labor Headquarters. President, Glen Hardlng.^1110 Denman St.; Fin. Sec. and Acting Business Agent. James Binding, 52 West 24th; Phone: Fair. 6159L. .—-~ ■ot.l and B-i-MUmat Bmploy... aad Maria. Cooks * •tewards, Looal M— Williams Bldg.. 412 Granville Street. Meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent. J. Cumming. Phone Sey. 125. Ladies' Auxiliary. Looal 171 —United Brotherhood of Carpent.ro — Meeta every first and third Wednesday of each month in Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. .C. J. Atkinson. 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary. Elisabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave. E. ' Tailors' Journeymen Union of Amerloa, Looal Wo. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. S.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Taxi, Stage anil Bns Drivers, Looal 181— Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. President, A. C. Shaw. Office, 308 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Looal 486—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters, President, A. A. McKay, 765 Cambie St.; Secretary-Treasurei*v Blrt Showier, Room 308 Labor Headquarters. Theatrloal Stag. Bmploy...' Unloa, Looal 118 of the I.A.T.B.E. tt M.F.M.O. Meets second Friday in' Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, Rod Martin: Secretary, Gordon Martin; Bus. Agent, Harry Mitchel: Address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Wo. 136—President, C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neeiands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meels last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in Women's Bldg., Thurlow street. Lathers, Wood, Wire sad Metal, International Union, Looal 307—Meets second and fourth Mondays ln month at Hall 211, Labor Headquarters. W. Fontaine, Secretary. 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. 2169 R. Machinists' Looal 6*3—President, Thos. 8111s, 1262 Burrard St.: SecreUry, P. It Bengough. Office. Room 200. Labor .Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays in Hall 313. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday tn each 1T1 month. President. S. D. McDonald. Box 568 Secretary. Frank Derry, Box 488, Prince Rupert. B.C. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy En •es, Loeal 464—Office 308, Labor i felt Class of Graduates "Jack, have you ever loved before?" "My dear'girl; I'll be perfectly ery large city in the country and with stocks and bonds of various values offering every man opportunities to share benefits and risks in great projects, popular interest in skyscrapers was found to be running deeper than mere awe inspired by cloud-wreathed pinnacles. It behooved Al to act quickly. The 68-story Chrysler Tower, rising from what was a deep hole in the Grand Central Zone at Christmas, was rapidly nearing completion. There was the Bank of Manhattan building in Wall Street, started long after the Chrysler building, hut steadily gaining on it. No sooner has Mr. Smith spoken than the skyscraper race centered in New York again and became exciting. The National City Bank announced that it would erect for the not yet merged City Bank-Farmers Trust Company a 71-story .building which would attain an aititude of 925* feet. The Met..polltan Life Insurance Company was quick to follow into print, admitting that it was considering plans for a building of no less than one hundred stories to cover an entire city block just north of its once famous tower in Madison Square. A. E. Lefcourt, a prolific skyscraper builder, rushed into the field with a 105-story dream for a comparatively small pot in Times Square. And then the excitement went out of all bounds. Representatives of the architects or the Chrysler and Bank of Manhattan Towers met by chance and immediately found themselves in an argument. The Bank of Manhattan had been planned to be 836 feet overall. .The Chrysler man declared he wotild beat that and did—by filing plans with the city for a 50-foot flagpole, to be structurally a part of the building. The Bank of Manhattan revised its plans and set 925 feet as its aim. The Metropolitan Life then announced its plans—to build 35 stories on an entire block with a foundation and columns capable of supporting 100 stories should they be needed for future expansion. Charles'F. Noyes and David Schulte, two shrewd real estate ^operators who control two consecutive city blocks, declared that within about eight or ten years Jhey would build a lSOi-ttory super-skyscraper. With that announcement they captured a full height of the Eiffel Tower could h< erected. Raymond Hood, architect of the Chicago Tribune building, believes that the theoretical limit might even be 7,000 feet. Of course, an enormous plot of land would be required for 150 stories, not only for the building, but for transit and all means of access. The foundation Would rest on a strong(i'ock stratum, studied for faults by geologists. But, as far as common sense and utility are concerned, these same architects and engineers, who admit the mechanical possibilities set only 75 stories aa the efficient limit. That was the mark determined ______ in a recent report to, S. W.' Straus & Company, extensive financiers of building projects. , The principal factor in determining the height of a building today is that of elevators. Skyscraper elevators must transport thousands regu- 'arly and quickly—the question of safety can be dismissed temporarily, for now an average of only one passenger in 218,000,000 is killed in New York elevators. But these cars, of which no less than 28,104 are transporting 10,900,000 persons daily on Manhattan Island alone, take up a great deal of space. When a structure is as large as the Equitable building with its 59 elevators, the shafts cut a big slice out of the rentable area. It follows that the higher a building goes the more the elevators required, ami the less the space remaining in thc narrow tower to bring in rent. Nor can the number of elevators be arbitrarily reduced. In Wall Street toda ya schedule is maintained by which cars leave the ground floors of first-class office buildings every twenty seconds. Ernest Van Vlcck, of the architectural firm of Starrett & Van Vleck, points out that architects take it for granted that business men cannot wait longer than twenty or thirty seconds for an elevators. Once the car is under way it can travel 700 feet a minute and stay within New York's speed limit for elevators, yet even at this rate it would take more than one minut to travel from the ground to the top of the Woolworth building going at full speed, that is, if the trip were made in one lift without stopping for passengers to change cars. Taking the 150-story architectural monstronsity as an example, it is Easy to estimate just about how- high America is likely to build. The sponsors of the 150-story fantasy declare that they believe the public would be glad to finance it, although such a venture would involve from $75,000,000 to $100,000,000. What else is to be expected of that same public? The city would be asked to build more subways to jam the pubic into for an hour's ride downtown. The great building would house 50,- 000 persons in its offices, and on the basis of the average use of other large office buildings, it is estimated that 200,000 would pass through the portals of this structure daily. ..Is that possible? Simple ajrithme tic shows that many approaches would be needed, for if these 200,- 000 persons were marched through the building.at the street level, ten abreast, with each group of ten spaced three feet apart in marching order, at least eight hours would be required for the parade to pass through. Two hundred and fifty elevators would be required to serve such a building. It would take more than ten minutes for an express car to make its few stops, reach the top a/id start down again. The shafts would take up so much space that rentable area would be so reduced as to be appropriate only for frankfurter stands. How do responsible builders look at it? William Orr Ludlow of Lud low & Peabody. architects, believes that not only the shafts, but. space through all lower floors needed for UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vart-Duver's Best >/ Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When in a Hurry. Drop in at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always _ . T , "O.K." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Hastings West Always Open B. WILKINSON. PRE!. O. DUNCAN, IIC Reynolds' Cartage Co LIMITED Phones Seymour 3377-3378 . Crating*, Packing', Shipping' and Storage. . Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipment! Office and Warehouse: 722 — CAMBIE STBEET — 722 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West 33 Wilson & McNeill | Painters and Decorators Everything* pertaining to the trade. 1156 E. 13th. Phone Fair. 5248 "There is no reason from a purely technical and safety viewpoint," he recently said, "why the speed of elevators could not exceed 1,400 feet a minute. . . . nly speeds over 1,800 feet a minute would prove too uncomfortable to passengers." On the other hand, elevator manufacturers are studying the practicability of running two or more elevators in one shaft, one above the other, with the upper car an express -ar regulated to leave a safe margin above the lower one. Thc General Electric Company has developed ultra-violet lamps of an incandescent type which might provide artificial sunlight in the interior reaches of buildings two blocks square. In fact, windows probably would be eliminated entirely to prevent interference with artificial ventilation, which today is providing a balmy atmosphere, more constant than the real, to swimming pools and tennis courts in second sub-cellars, below the sea level in New York. Architects are beginning to discuss ideas of using modified pneumatic tubes to replace elevators and to shoot persons into skyscrapers. Perhaps the tenants will like that, since even today they are willing to ' pay rentals of $7.50 and $8 a square foot for top-floor space, while they could get the same offices lower down at $2.50 a foot. heavy Supporting columns, plumbing and heating and all piping, will keep skyscrapers below one hundred stories. Louis J. Horowitz, who as president of Thompson & Starrett has been building skyscrapers on a national scale, admits that it costs no more to build one story than another when , going u ptwenty stories or more, but he things "there ought to be a law" to save man from' such a tower of Babel HOLLAND TUNNEL, WILL PAY OUT IN TEN YEARS New York.—The Holland tunnel, between Ne wYork and New Jersey, completed its second year at midnight on Tuesday of last week with a gain of 26 per cent, over the first year in thc number of vehicles using it and of 22.7 per cent, in gross receipts. When the tunnel was planned engineers estimated that it would pay for itself in 20 years. Now it is estimated it will pay out in less than 10 years. The tunnel is a public-ownership enterprise, belonging jointly to New York and New Jersey _ When the original cost is paid the tunnel will be free or make a nominal charge to cover maintenance. Yet, there may be possibilities of the world changing itself to fit such fantastic conditions. John Sloan of Sloan & Robertson, de-igners of the 5%.storjt:^gM0itt building in" New Friys in _ No T Pr«.M.„L E frank Wlth. you' J ve been engaged page of a Sunda-J paper.. . rJfcrtS-*; Sep-e-ary.Treasurer, Birt »° ^n_-_*#»*_j__*ttj^^ ne sai-i mat 3-U.OO0 .railroad .em- „ ShriXfAer. sm Triumph. Phone High, have perfected^, organiza. ion Wdfc'-g-ri&'-y*--*!^ i $m Z sJ ; ' jyvJ.. WW** ■ y<^^rV d;U»oiWl *-*fcS£SS-^^ -^.M in, mtrotfuction of hug, 16c.m6- 1 . ...*.■ . - < . 9 v h*.**--iiw ,. lives Ann .'nifr,r..*,iif ,..•.,1.:........ MUST HAVE SIX-HOUR DAY, DECLARES A. F. WHITNEY Cedar Rapids, Iowa.—If thc six- hour day is not effective within the next three years the streets of our cities will be filled with jobless men and women, declared A. F.' Whitney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, in addressing a state meeting here of the .p_____-e«.'. Auxiliary. He said that 350,000 railroad em- \ ' tives and automatic machinery. THE LABOR STATESMAN Fridav, Xovemher 29, 1929 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Wes.minster and District Trades *nd Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTED Win. Page, Chairman; W. Watt (Build- in*--Trade. Council); P. K. Bensough (Metal Trades), n. H. Neeiands (Print- IriK Trades). W. Deptford (Transportation Trades), B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades), C. Herrett (Label Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions. 16c per month per member. Phone Seymour 6379 Labor Government Redeems Its Pledge to Old Folks and Widows Vancouver, Friday, Nov. 29, 1929 THANKS, GET OUT! The present dry spell in the weather has brought about a condition that very few citizens realized was so near to us. The British Columbia ' Light and Power Co., which has been spending millions in power development in the past years, and is still carrying on even greater power developments, is pleading tor everybody to cut down their use of power, and is leading the way by cutting down the use of power on its street cars and other operations. At the same time the Greater Vancouver Water District Board informs us that while we are using thirty-five million ! gallons daily, we still have a five-billion gallon source ready for the use of the city at any hour or day that we need it. That looks like good business on the part of the Water Board. But we notice that Mr. E. | A. Cleveland is assuming a great deal of the credit for the preparing of this source of supply, that is still untouched. This supply lies in the Burwell Lake and the Palisade Lake, which leads into Capilano, and Loch Lomond, which leads into Seymour Creek. Long before Mr. Cleveland knew there was any such source of water supply there was a Mr. William Taylor who patrolled the mountains in this district at week-ends, obtaining data on the snowfall and rainfall of the district and botanizing. His services were later obtained by the city, and one year, when the snowfall was very small, he visualized the possibility of a water famine' at some later date for the city. He knew that the city must have an almost inexhaustible source of water supply if such a danger was to be avoided for a growing city. He selected these three lakes as that source, and, while the ice was on the Jakes, obtained the depths, mapped out the formation of the lakes and the sur- ' rounding country, provided figures; showing the average rainfall and snowfall that fed the lakes, and then proceeded to the City Hall with the information. He showed the engineering department that tunnels could be run into all three lakes at very little expense, and that the city would have a supply that would compare with anything on this continent. The idea was snapped up. Engineers were ordered to follow Mr. Taylor into the mountains Slid look into the feasibility of the scheme. Their reports were of such a nature that plans were immediately put into operation for the drilling of the tunnels, and the work was carried out without any mishap ahd at very little expense, and GteateV Vancouver now has a huge supply of the purest water that should be the' envy of every city. Oh, yes, William Taylor was then relegated to thc scrap heap. He still resides in the city, is a taxpayer, and wherever work is plentiful~man- ages to earn a livlihood through the tm+ing of roofs and other odd jobs. The British. Labor Government's first measure for the autumn session of Parliament—the Pensions Bill— redeems another of the pledges that Labor gave at the General Election. Under this measure pensions will be given to 500,000 widows and a large number of old. people, and the wolf of uncertainty and want will be driv en from the door of thousands of humble homes. The provisions of th. Bill, as explained by Mr. Arthur Greenwood, M.P., the Minister of Health, are as follows: Pensions for Widows Widows between the ages of 55 and 70 of men of the incurable class who died before the 4th Januaryi 1.26, will be entitled to widows' pensions. The same provision is made for the widows of men who, though they survived the 4th January, 1926, were then over 70 and were therefor unable to be contributors and 50 qualify their widows for pensions under the ordinary conditions of the Act of 1925. Approximately 500,000 widows, more than half of whom are now over 55 years of age, will receive pensions under this provision. Injthe case- of widows who reaeh_t_l_ age of 60' before the 1st Janiiary, 1931 (estimated at 210,000), pension will be payable as from 1st July, 1930, or from the 60th birthday, if later; in the case of widows who are over 55 and under 60 on 1st January, 1931 (estimated at 85,000), pension will be payable as from that date. At the age of 70 these widows will automatically receive the Old Age Pension. The provision made for this class of widows Under the Act of 1925 was limited to those of them who had children under the age of 14, and the pensions *were terminated when the youngstest child' became 14 H- The new Bill prolongs the widow's right to a pension in these cases until her youngest child becomes 16 before 1st July, 1930, and the widow is then 60 (55 if the child's 16th birthday does not occur before 1st January, 1931) her pension of 10s. a week will continue for life. Pensions which have already terminated by reason of the youngest child reaching 14 Vi- years of age will be revived in accordance with the foregoing provision as from 2nd January, 1930. The number to be revived! is estimated at 18,000. Pensions for Wives Under the Act of 1925 insured men who attained the age of 70 before old age pensions between the ages of 65 and 70 began to be paid were granted unrestricted old age pensions under the Old Age Pensions Acts 1908 to 1924, but their wives were not allowed to draw a pension until they reached the age of 7(1. The new Bill provides for the {-.rant of old age pensions between the ages of 05 and 70 to the wives of these men. 24,000 wives will benefit under this provision, which hus effect from 2nd January, 1930/ Pensions for Emigrants Under the Act of 1925 pension was not payable while the pensioner was absent from Great .Britain and the discovery that emigration would involve the loss of the pension has in some cases deterred pensioners from emigrating to the Dominions. The new Bill provides that pensioners shall be entitled to receive their pensions while they are in any part of the British Empire and that insured persons who emigrate to any part of the Empire may keep up their insurance for pensions. The strictness of the rules regarding the average number of contributions paid during the last three insured years has resulted in the refusal of widows' and old age pensions in many cases. The new Bill waives the rule in the case of an insured person who has been continuously insured for at least 10 years on attaining 60. Some 20,000 claims that have been rejected under this rule will become payable as from 2nd January, 1930. At present children's allowances are being withheld or paid at a reduced rate in 10,000 cases Where Workmen's Compensation has been awarded in respect of the death of the father. These allowances vfrlfbe paid in full from 2nd January, 1930, provided the. children concerned are then under the specified age (14, or if still at school, 16). Several other minor amendments designed to make it easier for widows and old persons to claim pensions, are.also included in the Bill. RAISING THE DOUGH This question of taxation is looming larger and larger every passing year and the ever-seen power alone can figure out the outcome. Now, in a city like Vancouver, improvements are constantly needed, and it is our misfortune to have in power a council that cannot lift a shovel of dirt or lay a square of concrete without issuing bonds, and bankers, knowing the reliability of municipal bonds, arc always on the alert to grab them up. Some day we will have a government intelligent enough to carry on all public improvements in a co-operative way without giving bankers n strangle hold on communities. THE PLIGHT OF THE AGED Robert Kelso, noted St. Louis social worker, recently told a conference of social agencies that there are 8,000,000 mothers in the United States who must leave their flocks and work outside to make up the inadequacy of scant pay envelopes to keep the wolf from the doors. Juvenile delinquency, Kelso finds, is more widespread among poor families, especially where the little ones are deprived of a mother's care while she goes into the mill and factory tp help earn their bread. "There are 5,000,- 000 men and wome'n in America over 65 years of age who are dependent upon friends, relatives or social agencies for bare., comforts during the evening of their near-spent lives, Kelso said, stressing the ever-growing problem of old-age dependency. AIRPORTS NEEDED The flying age is here. Recently a German aeroplane flew over the Lake Constance with 169 passengers. This German machine was fitted with 12 engines made in Bristol, England. The R101, now careering over the British Isles and soon to be in mid- Atlantic, has a ballroom, but no orchestra space. The music will come through the air from London, or Montreal, or New York! Boost and vote for the airport. Happiness is not so much in get- j l^ing what you want'as in not want-,' ing What you can't get. ...... - i!. WAR FEVER Here are some thought-provoking words from the lips of General Sir Ian Hamilton, a man who, it may be lafely assured, is not unacquainted with war and all that war means: "I "used to love war, but now I want to stop it. It is quite a mistake' to assume that Britain will never again be attacked by the war fever. We have to remember that although the officers and men who went through the last holacaust are alive with peace sentiment, power is grail - ■ ii ly passing out of their hands into the hands of young people who are now growing up, and who, immediately war feVer begins to spread, .wiil catch it, just like, as babies, they caught. the measles. They have no more idea that* a fly of the horrors of'.Mi.i,.*:;: . .*■ ">!■.._•>•••,. ■.■■*' :*;..■••* Convict Labor. The prison authorities of Iowa are systematically paroling convicts to work for individuals and corporations in competition with free labor. The thing has been going on for years, but was brought to public attention only a few weeks ago when Federal Judge Scott issued an outrageous injunction stripping the striking employees of Fort Dodge gypsum plants of practically all their constitutional rights. Then it developed that gangs of convicts were filling the strikers' places. The judge threatens to send to jail any member of the union who dares to give publicity to that shameful fact. A prominent Iowan writes "Labor" that "a convict is absolutely at the mercy of the employer to whom he is paroled. The convict takes what is handed to him and says nothing. If he complains he knows his employer can send him back to the pen any day he chooses." ^SSmmhSBST^* ■ortsiWIaiG MMM MOMTRCA. CM CMi-ACO BO OF T_-a0_ P*QH**al _T*_mw CALCAf-V v-.n: ..>.__« -ancouvw f__MN VICTORIA WkM tl*t tn\ ACtNTT *>•--_ »!*l tHa-I II OLCBOMOMAUn Canadian Government Bonds One of tta* Best Investments in the World Today at the Present Prices. \'v buy and soil Pon.ii--.u_. of Ciimula. obligations fall Issues,,at closest' market prices, We Bug- t that all investors should have a portion of ir funds in these securities, \v t- R. P, CLARK & COMPANY 823 Haatingi Street West (V.iicouv.r) -TP. INVESTMENT BANKERS Vancouver, B. C ■"Lewis Leads!' SPECIAL - for Saturday Only! Brand New Pianos on Specialty Attractive Terms Read Osir Offer, and Shop Early Tomorrow! CASH and the balance arranged in small weekly payments, without interest, will deliver to your home a beautiful new Saint Saens Piano These instruments come in beautifully-grained Walnut, and rich brown Mahogany, with Duet Bench to match, and were purchased to retail at $375. Exceptionally good value at. ... $350 Phonograph Snaps for Cash Only! I—Pat he Phonograph, f nil cab., 24 selections -Columbia Grafonola, new condition, 34 selections. $30" $45' -Genuine Edison Phon- graph, with quantity of Records. -Victor Phonograph with 24 selections. $15" of Recori $15' Clip out this ad. and bring it in with you. It is value for $5.00 on the purchase of any Piano, Phonograph or Batteryless Radio Set up to November 30th. PIANO HOUSE, LIMITED 1044 Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. LEWIS Bosses in South Cause Unrest and Boast of Pauper Wages Washington.—Low wages paid the an 11-hour dayV "_-— —1 -.l—J. 1 „ ) "Tl..-, I,, tha „„ Compensation Law For 7 Automobile Victims A writer in the Washington "Post" suggests a compensation law for victims of automobile accidents or their dependents. It would be based on the same principle as the workmen's compensation laws, which, in one form or | another, have been placed on the statute books of practically every state. Last year about 25,000 persons were killed and almost a million injured in auto accidents. The resultant damage suits clog the dockets of the state courts. The chance of adequate recovery is lessened by two outstanding facts: Only 16 per cent, of auto owners carry liability insurance and only about one-fourth of the adult population could pay a judgment for $1,000. Perhaps a compensation law is not the right remedy ,but, surely, something should be done! Jersey City, N. J.—Arthur A. Quinn. president State Carpenters' Council,, was elected tp the State Senate from Middlesex county., t> 7,000 majority.. • southern workers, that employers and their agents boast, was shown to be the cause of unrest in that area by President Green in an address to the conference held at American Federation of Labor headquarters to organize the South. The trade union executive read appeals by employing interests in that section to investors to come South. Salisbury, N.C, in its "Facts on Manufacturing in Salisbury," notifies thc -world t*ha--,*'-he'*labor 'laws of North Carolina are very liberal, permitting a 60-hour week in textile mills with no restrictions as to num-J ber of machines operated per worker." .7. A. Gowthrop, secretary of an employers' interest at Greensboro, N.C, states: "The average wage in textile mills in our state is 27 cents per hour, and the full-time week is 55 hotfrs." * Commercial interests from other sections report: Greenwood, S.C: "Ordinary labor can be secured from $1.75 to $2 a day." Orangeburg, S.C: "There are no labor unions here and wages vary, female labor averaging $1.50 to $2 a day and male labor jn textile mills $1.75 to $2.25 a day." Columbia, Tenn.:. "Wages paid . . . $8 and up. Labor legislation is favorable to all kinds of industry. There are no minimum wage laws for females and no night laws for females over 16." Gastonia, N.C: "Wages range from 18 to 20 cents to 30 cents for skilled workers." ■' Wilson, N.C: "Female labor in hosiery mills paid from $12.50 to $13.50 a week. Permitted to work female labor 60 hours a week." Raleigh, .N.C: "Department stores and' chain stores paying $7, $8 and $11 per week for-clerks; From the viewpoint of the manufacturer the labor laws ,in Nor tl), Carolina are as This is the sort of thing that has caused trouble in the South," said President Green. "These workers were docile until they ceased to live their individualistic lives in, mountains and oir little farms. They were brought into mass contact with others and then the latent desire for a better life was awakened. Their simp'e standards had given way to a new conception of life and life's realities—a new vision, a new horizon. "There will not be industrial peace in the South until the standard of living js made humane." ; __*_. STRIKING WINDOW CLEANERS REJECT COMPROMISE New York. — Striking window cleaners have rejected a $2 a week increase offered by the Manhattan Employers' Association. The union , is demanding a $4.50 increase with the 40-hour increase, 5-day week. Thc associated countered with a de- < mand that the union sign agreements only with members jof thc association. Thc strike, which started Oct. 16, involves * 2,000 window cleaners. I Forty-six firms have accepted the union's terms. They employ 200 workers. The union is fighting the railroading of three pickets, without legal defense, to the workhouse for 301 days. *■ *' UPHOLSTERERS' STRIKE SHORT The recent strike of the upholster- | ers in Seattle against the Washington Furniture Manufacturing Company has been satisfactorily termin-1 atcd to the benefit of the union with I the assistance of the officers of the I Labor Council, as reported to the; delegates last Wednesday evening. As a result of the establishment of I contractural relations, workers and) management have settled down to an | active period pf production under a j .Jenient a^nji.in. fi-tigtence^Thfi.lawi_beneKcjal. atjaQjphere, .that will- soon j aV present allow*- $ ftfitftpBT week and be reflected in returns to hath Sides. ■ ■.....*. ■ ■' 9 Friday, November 29, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Western Glass Co., Ltd. WBoleaai- und Retail D_al»r| 158 Cordova W. Plione Sey. 8687 MirrorM Ki'.sil v wi *.. Auto Glass lii.lall.il. Broken i.i-ish H-placcm-ms. Poll.... Plate Olasa. PlfCt Iiriiwn Sheet Olasa. ,' iii*Naiii.*iit.*il anil VVJre »'lt_s_. Orders iimmiitly fltlgd. UNION MEN! Wo do appreciate your patronage, and deserve It by serving good food, properly cooked, at very moderate prices. CENTRAL CAFE 008 Pender W. at Seymour Phone: Seymour 9147 VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS F'hfuma tlsm. ImmbuK". f-.urltlH Bad Told MA.SSAi.K a Sl'E.IAI-T Y PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINOS W. BEY. 3070 W. J. E. RAMSAY Mr. Ramsay, who is a candidate for School Trustee in the forthcoming election, has asked The Labor Statesman to publish the following on his behalf: "\V. J. E. Kamsay (Ernie, aiOtesis known best to his fellow-wokers), was chosen by Local 452 as candidate for School ■'Trustee. ,Mr. Ramsay has been in Vancouver for the past 20 years. Since coming to Vancouver he has always taken an active part in public affairs. He is a diplomat. Mr. Ramsay was born in 1882 at St. John, N. B. He is sponsored by Mr. Chas. Scott and William Har- gpraves, who both agree that he is a go-getter and urge, all who are interested in %Labor to support him. He is opposed to taxation' from income for education. He also thinks many changes should be made in the High School courses." The Fear Complex (By S.P.E.) People fear all kinds of things: microbes, old age, unemployment, ill-health,1 sea voyages, Friday, the 1-th, thunder and lightening. One could fill pages enumerating thc things which people fear. Now 'J'.) per cent, of things which people fear never happen. So the proper thing to do is to walk up to fear boldly and strip it of its terrors. Otherwise it will rob you of your personality, individuality and qualification as a man. If, therefore, someone owes you a debt and you know that they cannot pay it, do not cancel your health worrying over the debt, cancel the deht. * H is cheaper and takes mtich le.-s time. A hunter said to the woodsman: ''Show me . the lion's trail." To which the woodsman replied that he hail just seen the lion. "No," said the hunter, quaking with fear, "I only asked for the lion's trail." A soldier was asked after his first battle: "How did-you like your first battle?" He replied: "1 was afraid- 1 should be .afraid, and 1 was not afraid." We tear what we do not kr> iw. Some people feel fear through the knees and they knock together. Others, when coming down in an elevator, experience the same feeling in the pit of the stomach. An Airdale dog passed by a cat sitting on a doorstep and said: "Good evening." He than walked along. N'o sooner had the dog gone four yards by than the cat, seized with the fear complex, flew down the steps ard round the first alley. Hearing the commotion, the dog turned round and flew after the cat. So it is in life. If you show signs of fear people will take advantage of your weakness. A Frenchman was condemned to death for murder. A medical research society asked that they might put the man to death in a painless manner in the interests of science. He was handed over to them. They placed him on a cot and blindfolded him. On the floor beneath they placed a tin pan. The doctors stood around the patient in their white coats. One of them took a-hypodermic needle and punctured a small spot in the man's body, not enough to draw a thimbleful of bood, and he was a big strong man. He then poured some warm water on the punctured spot, and as the water dripped noisily into the tin pan, the man thought he was losing an enormous amount of blood. The doctor said loudly: "His percentage of blood coloring is on the decrease; he is getting paler. His breathing is becoming more labored, his pulse is getting weaker; his heart beats intermittently. I don't think he will live more than another fifteen minutes." In fifteen minutes the man was dead, and he had not lost enough blood to kill a child. He died through the power of auto-suggestion—fear. Painters' Union Gives Concert to Membership Vancouver Local Union-138,-International Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators, held a successful concert at Labor Headquarters No- vembe'r 21st. A packed hall of members, their Wives und friends enjoyed the very fine array of talent presented. J. Moffat officiated at the piano. Solos were sung by Walter Whitby, tenor; Miss Phyllis Green, soprano, and F. Boulder, and pleased all present. The Nettie school of dancers, in both Scotch and Irish costumes, danced the Highland Fling and ,the Irish Jig. The six young artists, Muriel Davies, Elma Booth, Babs Hollingsworth, Winnie Larney, Norene Burgess, Hazel Hill, received repeated encores. George Holland proved himself master of his piano accordeon, his solos making a big hit. The recitations by Sid Clarke, "The Kissing Cup," and Harvey Edwards, "Saint Peter at the Gate," commanded attention of the audience and were cleverly delivered. Walter Milo played the fool, and liked it! So did everyone present. The banjo duet by F. Fletcher and K. Crowe increased the exhilaration, and the Jack Parker troupe delighted the crowd with Dutch clog and skipping rope dances in costume. Accompanists, Miss May Viney, piano; Miss Elsie Turner, violin; dancers, Miss K. Pollock, Miss Dot Viney and Jack, himself—he's some skipper. Wally Pullman, the wizard of the banjo, raised 'em out of the seats, but the best of things must part. The humorous number (Smithin- sky and Sun, Oxshunhairs), by Ed. Smith, got them going. Besides extracting laughs he extracted—before he finished—enough money to assure the painters' kiddies a Christmas tree celebration. Articles of every kind were donated by brother members to be knocked down by the 'ammer.- The draw for the gold watch was Won by Frank Parsons, florist, Wales Road, another guy worth meeting; he says so with flowers. Chairman W. Hunt and an able committee composed of Brothers Vice-president J. McCaughran, R. A. Baker, Geo. Goldie, A. Rowlands, A. Varah, S. Clarke, C. Quandt. Coffee and goodies made by the ladies were served, which brought to an end the delightful evening. An optimist is a member of the Bartenders' Union in the States who is still paying dues. • » •' It is the girls who "are easy on the eyes" that are causing most of the eye-strain these days. '•'.--': Workers Fool Boss In Injunction Suit Easton, Pa.—Employees of the Kraemer Hosiery Mill .at NazaretR, near here, fooled the company when- called to testify against organized hosiery workers on strike at that plant. The non-unionists were called by the cojnpany in the belief that they would testify against the union in an injunction hearing. The witnesses, instead, declared they would join the union but for "yellow dog" contracts that were forced on them by a detective agency. The witnesses were discharged the next day. Nazareth officials prohibited public meetings and the workers moto»- ed to New Jersey, where they launched a branch of the Hosiery Workers' Union. The injunction hearing revealed that the MacDonald Detective Agency was paid $4,660 last spring for receiving the "yellow dog"" signatures of 700 employees. MacDonald came to the mill with his name signed to the "contracts" as witness to the signature of the workers. The company did not bother to complete the instrument by having an officer of the company sign the "contract" that was used to intimidate workers against joining the union. Free speech is one of those things that existed before the days of telephone bills. Price Recessions— ! Writ.- for Our Kov. 18 Stock and Bond Report The Investors' Opportunity! Unexpected breaks are likely to occur in all ■ stock markets, but the investor who takes advantage of such technical market, conditions stands to reap large profits. This applies to the British Columbia mining market at present. Sound mining issues are selling at extremely low levels, and the wise investor who buys now stands to profit. Miller, Court & Co., Ltd. Seymour 6010 " INVEST M EN TS Branches; London, Eng,; Toronto. Winnipeg. Regina, Calgary, Nelson, Victoria,and, Seattle, wash. Members! Vancouver. Victoria, Calgary, Standard (Edmonton), Winnipeg, Seattle and Standard (Spokane) Stock Exchanges Uptown Vancouver Branch, Medical-Dental Bldg. Stock Exchange Bldg. Vancouver, B.C., Canada iNcoRPORAieo art may i07O. VANCOUVER Saturday, November 30th DOLLAR DAY ON THE ECONOMY FLOOR A day of marvelous values in everything to wear . , and for gifts. Chapman's Recreations, Ltd. Phone Trinity 5633 1106 Soymonr St., Vancouver. B.C. E. J.. Chapman Employer Says That 5-Day Week To Come Even employers of labor are now coming to realize that the five-day week is an economic necessity and must soon be universally accepted. Last week at the Stevens Hotel was held the National Business Show. C/ H. Hunter, director of the sho^, made some pertinent statements regarding the increasing use of machinery and its effect on worker^ in offices. " '■' "At the present time," says he, "there are 3,000,000 clerks in the United States drawing $12,000,000 every day. Now, by introducing efficient methods we can easily dispense with one-quarter of that number. Instead of a five-day week they can take a continuous vacation. Thus, we save big business *p_en almost $3,000,000 a day, or in the neighborhood of $1,000,000,000 a year." . . r-—- , , But Mr. Hunter sees a menace in this throwing of one-quarter of the office workers out of employment, for he says: "Each year business machines are speeding up work in offices and factories to such an extent that a whole Saturday, instead of the customary half-holiday, . should soon prevail throughout the United States. "This is the mechanistic age. Among the machines at the show are machines that sign 7,500 checks an hour and guarantee protection by making a small photograph of the signer, which appears on each check next to the signature itself. "There are interest calculators which outdistance ten bank clerks, machines for bookkeeping which make bills again3t debtors, write the ledger entries and automatically balance the books. "One of our latest machines is the varityper. It boasts 1,160 keys in forty alphabets, enabling the writer to type in forty languages. It elim inates the need of shorthand, since it writes at a speed of 233 words a minute. A turn of a knob changes the style of the type to any of the forty alphabets." XOyr OPEN FOB BUSINESS "Only Union T. St C. ln B.C." Ye Olde English Fish & Chips /You are invited to Inspect all our beautiful sanitary equipment—it will / be an eye-opener. 44 HASTINGS WEST 2 Doors West of "JPantag*i" WINTER GARDEN ENGLISH BAT To Rent for Private Dances Monday, Tuesday and Priday. PUBLIC DANCES WED., THUBS. and BAT. Phone Douglas 61. I_..'G. Thomas, Mgr. Ironworkers Must Not State That Firms Are Non-Union She—Did I ever show you the place where I hurt my hip? He—N-n-no. She—AH -right, .we'll drive over I.b--_..'■ '*: ,*' , New York.—Organized structural iron workers are permanently enjoined from even "intimating" to builders, architects or contractors that they will not work for antiunion members of the Structural Steel Board of Trade. The decision, made by William M. Cannon, attorney, appointed referee in the case by Federal Judge Bondy, automatically becomes the decree of the Federal Court of this district.' The unionists are restrained from using information as to proposed building construction they secured from a trade report and which can be secured by anyone who subscribes for that publication. Any statement that these firms are anti-union is prohibited, and the workers are enjoined from "inducing or' attempting to induce" any one j from dealing with these non-union' firms. Referee Cannon agrees that the | struggle is between unionism and j non-unionism. The decision is a' frank, straightforward avowal that the court's power is on the side of the employers, 'and that free speech, free pre?s and every other constitutional guarantee will be ignored when the employers' anti-union pro- ] gram is endangered. The injunction is the last word in! legalized gaggery of workers who are in contempt of court and face fines and imprisonment if they dare "intimate," infer' or even whisper that they should be supported in their fight against a low-wage policy, j The decree is binding on P. J. Morrin. individually, and as presi-l dent International Assoc,iMjxffl^jj_f.j Bridge and* Structural Iron Workfers,' and other lMernational officers, also officers and) members of several Structural J. on Workers' unions in this district, and all others. The order provides that "plaintiffs are entitled to recover their costs and disbursements herein." No one can estimate these costs that the iron workers must pay, as hearings have been held since 1926. The iron workers will appeal, but in the meantime they are handcuffed and gagged. They have waged a long and successful contest with opponents and have raised wages ' to $1...40 a day in the metropolitan district. At no time since the anti-union fight was made against the iron workers in 1905 by the National Erectors' Association has there been fewer non-union iron workers in the New York district. The anti-union employers are decisively defeated, and they rush to the Federal Court for government aid. Gladys: "What shape is a kiss?" George: "Give me Qfle and we'll call it square." ***** Men who pet dears are not animal trainers: UNION MEN... want tools of reliable mains and quality—that's why they buy from Sterling Hardware Phone: Seymour 1433 8 CORDOVA W. (near CamOl) . -.'.*'..:'■ ■ "*" . THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday. -November 2y, 1^29 "Build B. C." 3000 Farmers Own Pacific Milk 3000 farmers, intimately entwined with the social and business life of the province, own Pacific Milk. Upon its purity, richness and flavor their prosperity depends, so the greatest care is taken with this milk. » . Pacific Milk Factories at :. Abbotsford arid Ladner INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner .-.-(•rotary-Trwis., Ft. E. Tlmmlns 536 Drake Street. Meets Second and Fourth FiTaays — at I. O. O. F. Hall. 2237 Main St. Membership Pea - ?i Per Tear NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Room 200—531 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7495-6279 - » VANCOUVEB TRADES AND LABOR COTTNCn. Prssldsnt James Thomson Vice-President w. J. Bartlett General Beo.-Trsas 9. B. Bengangh •tatlstloian. . 0. E. Herrett Warden _ _. Waltor Deptford Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Organization: Colin McDonald (chair.), Sailor*. P. R. Bengough, Machinists. W. J. Bartlett. Blacksmiths. Jas. Thomson, Plls Drivers. C. Herrett, Barbers. Legislative: X. H. Neeiands (ohalr.). Typographical. w. J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. P. R. Bengougn, Trades Council. F. A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. C. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. W. Hargreaves, Carpenters. J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. .McDonald. Tailors. Press: W. Page (ohalr.). Building Trades Council. W. Deptford. Transportation Trades. R. H. Neeiands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T. Hanofln, Beverage Trades. B Showier. Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades. Grievance: Ceo. Pettipiece (chair.), Operating Engineers. E. C. Miller, Musicians' Union. B. Showier, Dairy Employees. E. H. Morrison, Electrical Workers. H. XV. Watts, Electrical Worksrs. Urge Eight-hour Day, For Prison Employees Prince Albert, Sask.—An eight- hour day for the guards and other employes of Cahadian penitentiaries was urged on Premier King by a committee of trade unionists during his recent visit. This matter was brought before the Trades and Labor Council .of Canada at the 1926 convention. But although many representations have been made to the government the long hours continue. Premier King promised to consult the Minister of Justice. He would make no promises, but favored the eight-hour day in principle. The delegation comprised Alderman Harry Davis, a member of the Carmen and who may be this city's next mayor; Messrs. W. Winter and A. McAneeley, O. of R. C.j J. Lind- strom, B. of L. F. and E.; E. L. J. Waine, B. of L. E., and D. Wilson, Machinists. Worth While Politics These articles are headed "Worthwhile iPolitics" because it is evident that most of what passes for politics is not worthwhile. And that evt-n if the noisy people who advocate them could get their way, nothing of real importance would result. These articles, on the other hand, advocate a tremendous change in society. Nothing less than a serious effort to organize the nation thoroughly and to create a balanced nation with, a proper proportion of farmers, "miners, storekeepers, mechanics, etc. Our problem is to do for the whole nation what a man like Henry Ford does for his employees. It is no more impossible for a nation to be properly organized -than it is for a big business. If you could turn Canada over to Henry Ford I have no doubt that within a month he could have a good deal of the reorganization effected, and vast economies, especially in the distribution of goods, suggested. But is it necessary to do this? Why not muddle along as we are going? A good many of us are fairly comfortable. We can claim that on the whole Canada today is one of the safest and most comfortable countries to live in that this world has known. Why worry? Admitting our comparative success hitherto, there is neverthless much to cause us very genuine alarm. MacLean's Magazine has just pub- ished an article on our timber supplies and that article should be read ahd discussed by all Canadians. Twenty-five, or perhaps thirty-five, years of our present methods and the inexhaustible Canadian forests will be exhausted, according to the author of that article. If that article is true, and the general public grasp its significance, lumber prices wi 1 begin to soar. So will the value of timber limits, and we shall make some more millionaires very easily. But a vast number of men who make lumber and lumber products wil be thrown out of work, an dthere will follow a tremendous shock to some trades unions right here in British Columbia. We have a light harvest, on the whole, in Canada this year. Very many farmers who have thoroughly deserved success have no crops and are in desperate need. Others who were lucky enough to get the needed rain have good crops and very high prices. Is this state of affairs right? Is it good enough? Suppose that the British and Australian governments had said to the soldiers who tried so hard but unsuccessfully to force the passage of the Dardanelles: "Well, you* fellows failed. Of course, you need not expect any pensions and your wounded can rot in the streets for all we care." Many of these broken farmers will be looking for work this winter. Some of you may be tempted to call them "scabs." They may grow desperate and show a horrid spirit of vindictiveness that will make their respectable neighbors class them as "Bolshevists." Truly our problems have us by the throat, and will squeeze the very life out of many of us unless we have the pluck and sense to solve them. —J. C. Harris. New Denver, B. C. Ben Turner, the British Minister of Mines, in a speech at Leeds recently, declared that he had taken a special interest in the effects of The Hague settlements were likely to have on the coal industry in Great Britain.' The result of the negotiations was that at least 12,000 colliers would be working who were at present unemployed. London Daily Herald Taken by Capitalists London, Eng.—The London "Daily Herald," for 12 years the official publication of the British Trades Union Congress and the Labor party, will pass to the business control and operation of capitalism on January the 1st. The Oldham Press, Ltr., publishers of "John Bull" and "The People," has purchased 51 per cent, of the shares. The minority interest will remain with the Trades Union Council. The British labor movement has never been able to make the "Herald" pay its way, largely because it could not get advertising, and, the recurring deficits were a heavy burden on the Trades Union Congress The paper now has a circulation of 300,000, though at one time it reached 450,000. .The Oldham Press has given a guarantee not to interfere with the editorial policy or personnel of the present staff. The Near View and the Far* Disgusted Window Cleaner: "And after I got them all done, she made me do 'em all over again." "What did ypu say?" "I told her next time to clean her bloomin' spectacles afore she looked at windows." ■■..'.■ High Wages Big Aid To Good Business A recent issue of the "Colorado Manufacturer and Consumer," a paper which finds its readers among business men, contains aTi article on the present policy of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company. After outlining the company's fair treatment of labor, and- showing that though paying much better wages than its competitors it has not increased production costs, the writer shows what wages mean to business: "If the wages of 100,000 men and women wage earners of Colorado were reduced 50 cents per day for 300 working days, the total reduction would be $15,000,000 annually. That is equal to interest at 5 per cent, on $300,000,000 which would immediately go out of circulation in Colorado. - "An increase of that amount would be beneficially felt by every important enterprise in the state. "An increase of 50 cents per day in wages of the 12,000 employed in and about the mines of Colorado for 200 days in the year would mean that $1,200,000 more each year would be spent for food, merchcan- dise and better homes—an amount equal to annual interest at 5 per cent, on $24,000,000 that business of the state Would gain." The truth here told is simple— and so hard for some men to learn! Eighty-five per cent, of thc ayerage business man's market is furnished by people working for wages. It is to his direct selfish interest to have wages as high as_ production will permit. Yet how seldom does he accept that plain truth? A few employers understand that good business and high wages are inseparable. When all understand it, .jalf thc troubles which law and philanthropy are now trying vainly to remedy will disappear. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Promp^Service, Phone Seymour 2090- Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Production Increases 700 p.c; Work 100 - Ottawa. — Canada should not imagine that because of the tremendous increase in production since 1902 there has been or is likely to be a corresponding increase in employment, Robert J. C. Stead, publicity director, department of immigration, declared in an address before a local service club last week. Then he proceeded to submit some thought-provoking figures. Production of manufactured goods has increased 700 per cent, since the beginning of the century and employment less than 100 per cent. Increase in Agriculture Agricultural production has gone up 400 per cent., but the rural population has increased only* 40 per cent, and the size of the average farm has increased from 124 to 198 acres. "One solution of the problem, which is yearly becoming more pressing," he said, "is that advanced by labor—a five-day week with no reduction in wages. "Another means would be for the governments to continue to spend larger sums for the employment of labor in the building of roads, beautifying cities, erecting beautiful public buildings and bridges and in constructing parks. "Such expenditures tend to keep money in circulation and already such expenditures, particularly on good roads, have brought prosperity tcf the rural parts of the Dominion. One Does Work of Twelve "We must remember that one man is producing today what required 12 men in years gone by, and that this situation is rendering it increasingly difficult for the other 11 men to get employment. "The lesser increase in employment compared with the increase in production applies almost equally to manufacturing and agriculture. Modern equipment enables Western farmers to harvest their crop with the same amount of man power required to plant it. "Careful thought must be given to this question or else machine production, the product of the \creative genius of man, may work our ruin, instead of proving a blessing," he concluded. UNION PAIL MEN ELECTED TO ELKHART CITY COUNCIL Elkhart, Ind.—Organized labor was an important factor in Elkhart's municipal election recently. Mayor William P. Krau, Democrat, a former state senator with a good labor record, received a plurality of 3,941, the biggest lead ever given a candidate for city office. Five union men,, all .employed on the Ne* Yprk Central, were elected to the city council. Arthur H. Con- ley, also backed by labor, was elected city judge. ..... ' .. —,.j._V(i,A'ij.\.iiy..>.'V ,. _ . - * - ■';- Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90. ' PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS.. LTD. 1055 VERNON DRIVE €l)riiitma£ 10.20 What B ACK through the centuries Christmas has always been a 1 time for the giving of presents—big or little things to delight and gladden the hearts of children and their elders. But where are the Christmas presents of other years—the toys, the useful things ? Broken—worn out—forgotten. Keep alive the spirit of your gift. Let it bring happiness and contentment from year to year—add a Royal Bank Savings Book to your list of Christmas presents. Christmas Presentation Cocers art proaiatdfor Gift Books. ' The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch 17 Offices in Vancouver. A. T. Ixwe, Manager 52 Branches in British Columbia Employers Back Garment Workers New York.—Everything is set for the nation-wide strike in the women's dress industry on December 3_. The purpose of the strike is to force an end to sweatshop conditions, and the walkout will be unusual in that it has the backing of a large group of employers. The Affiliated Dress Manufacturers, employing about 10,000 workers, has appointed a committee to assist the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in its organizing campaign, which it is hoped will result in completely unionizing the dress industry and placing it on a basis similar to. that established in the cloak trade following the strike last summer. Want Union Standards The program calls for the establishment of union standards—the 5- day .-ind 40-hour week and a gep- eraT advance of wages and working conditions. President Benjamin'Schlesinger of the international declared at the first j of a series of conferences'held between the union and the employer I groups last week that conditions in I the' dress industry art..."pjjJRfflgjfjjWily ~*:\ ' Svtxi^esmaa. ., , -*.-.,»- * * ■ "" ■ . ' ' . * ;¥___■__£. sub-normal," and said the employers must share with the union the responsibility for their improvement. Many of the employers are agreeing with him. While not going as far as the Affiliated Dress Manufacturers, two other groups—the Wholesale Dress Manufacturers' Association and the Association of Dr.sa Manufacturers—are going a ' good share of the way. They are participating in the appointment of joint sub-committees of employers and the union to work out basic agreements which Will serve as a foundation for reorganization of the industry when the strike is called. A Sage on Signs -*"When does the wedding take place?" inquired the .old stationer, jestingly. "Why, don't you think that . . ." She blushed and hesitated. "Ah, Miss, when young ladies buy a hundred sheets of paper and only twenty-five envelopes, I know there is always something behind it." A Tempting Price She (with magazine) : "It says here that thc chemical constituents qf a man are worth 98 cents." He: "And you women are great bargain hunters." ' . 5.*__i'_-. ;. ___ia]__^-. H / Friday, November 29, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN MANHOOD and STRENGTH Take Our Herbal Remedies Send for pamphlet on Loss of Manhood and Disorders of Men and booklet on Ills of Women, with advice. In plain envelope; free by mail. No charge for consultation. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 13S9 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's Only Qualified Herbal ' Dispensers. Union-Made Shoes - CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINGS STBEET -'lorshelm, Stride™, C. B. & C. M.n's and Youth's. HUDSON'S BAY CO. Ladles': Mi.iiiiiiH.'ii. Bancroft-Walker, Cok-lla I..i_.*)iton. Men's and Youth's: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 a*ANVILLE Tetrault's. Men's. Women'*- and Youths' Union Isabel shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST.-- Tetrault's Men's and Youths; 'also Strider and Slater's Union Label shoes. Fellow Unlunist., demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair employers, and em lilov UNION LABOR. Classified Ads. BAKBISTEBS AHD SOLICITOKS W.llls w, Lefeaux, 403 Metropolitan Bnlldlng-. Phono Sey. 6667. BATHS Hasting** Steam Baths Price 36o Only 766 Hasting*- Street Bast. DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rntle.ge, 106 Hastlnara West. NOTARY PUBLIC 9. X. Beng-0ugii Labor Headquarters. "* PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. RUPTURE SPECIALIST 0. X. Heard 813 Robson. UNDERTAKERS -**■ Armstrong- ft Hotson, 304 Dunlevy A. o. "We Do Not Patronize" COMMERCIAL TAXI. VANCOUVER BOYS' AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH: TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier. 603 Hastings W. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN A LATTA. , GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by the Vancouver, Nsw Westminster and District Tradea and Labor Council, for the information of all onion members. College Girl Helps To Unionize Work Girls New York.—"You create things which' people all over the rUnited States seek to buy—can you not create a union as you do your dresses?" Charlotte Tuttle, 19-year-old Vas.«ar College student and daughter of U. S. District Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, asked a meeting of unorganised girls employed in fashionable Fifth avenue dressmaking establishments. Miss Tuttle, who became an advocate of organized labor following a six-weeks experiment as a working girl, made a flying trip from the college at Poughkeepsie last Tuesday afternoon to lend her support to the International Ladies' Garment Workers' campaign to unionize the exclusive shops along the "avenue." "Pa" Scores Police Previous to the meeting at which she spoke, "Pa" Tuttle issued a statement in which he scored the police for pursuing "a very shortsighted course in arresting 13 girls" who had distributed union pS-fiphlet. in front of a shop the day before. ■ "I am going to the meeting tonight to hear my daughter, and will be on hand in case anyone attempts to interfere with the right of free speech," he said. He was there, and the police, having suddenly "discovered" that the girls had constitutional rights, made no attempt to break up the meeting. Stressed Need of Union Miss Tuttle stressed the heed of labor organization among working girls, and told of her own experience when for a brief period she quit her comfortable home and with other college girls started out to learn just what happened to the woman worker in a large city. "I have only worked a month and a half," she said, "but during that time I learned much about conditions." She told how she had worked in a Chicago printing plant with a number of school children, "obviously less than 16, the age required by law," where she spent nine hours a day pasting colored pictures into books. "We had.no union," she said. "We could make no suggestions. I longed for a back-rest on my hard workr bench and enough light by which to see fine print on cloudy days. Long Hours for Girls "We used to walk through the streets of Chicago very early on those beautiful summer mornings. How we hated to have to work all day long six out of seven days a week! "Some of the girls worked as much as 55 hours. Union organization would make the hours only 40." The girls would never be told they would be required to work overtime until late in the afternoon. "Broken dates and worried families were little personal things that didn't count," she said. Others Join Campaign Other students are joining Miss Tuttle's efforts to help the garment workers secure the right to organize. Several students from the Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University were at the meeting and pledged their support to the union. Assistance is also being given by the Actors' Equity Association. This A. F. of L. affiliate has many members who buy their gowns from the Fifth avenue shops and their promise* of support to the workers i_ making the employers "sit up and take notice." ELEVEN RAILWAY UNIONS' TAKING A STRIKE VOTE Chicago.—A strike vote of employes represented by 11 of the railway unions is tiding taken on the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad. This action was taken after persistent refusal on the part of the management to grant a conference to representatives of the employes on matters affecting rules and wages and after efforts put forth by the United States Board of Mediation to bring about an amicable adjustment Of the dispute had met with failure. The organizations concerned are: Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railroad Telegraphers, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, and th*. six shop craft unions—Machinists, the Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, Sheet Metal Workers, Electrical Workers and Carmen. '.'.'--'• ANTI-WAR GROUP IS OUT TO "ABOLISH THE BATTLESHIP" The National Council for the Prevention of War, at its recent meeting in Washington, decided to adopt ns one of its chief slogans, "Abolish the Battleship." "The airplane has' made the battleship just about as obsolete as the dodo," says Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the council. "We will save $40,000,000 by abolishing battleships." MAY PLACE IMMIGRATION UNDER LABOR MINISTER Ottawa.—Administration of immigration will be under the Minister of Labor, as in the United States, if a resolution by J. S. Woodsworth, leader of the labor group, is adopted by-ffarliament. . "The time has come for the change," said Mr. Woodsworth. 'Tur- ther, with the transfer of natural resources to the prairie provinces, the work of colonization could best be handled by the provinces, themselves." * ' Prosperous times are those in which almost everybody has a few thousand dollars . to lose bucking Wall Street - Re-lie-ability The time will, no doubt, come when we, with all our great civilization, will, too, have passed "into the limbo of forgotten things," And perhaps at some future date some scientific gentleman, poking amongst the heaps of rubble and streaks of rust that will represent our Vancouver, to his great delight, may stumble across a portion of one br our daily papers, still decipherable, and from it construct a picture of our present age, even as the ..avant of the present day, rinding a portion of a skull, reconstructs the neanderthal age, and from so small a piece of evidence can tell us al! about their language, manners and customs, even down to the price of breakfast bacon at that period. And the only possible conclusion they will be able to arrive at with regard to us will be what an extraordinarily generous age we live in, when they come to decipher some of our modern advertisements, such as "No Money Down," "Pay as You Please," "Goods Sold Regardless of Cost," "Consultation Free," and the many similar legends they will find. This seems to be something of the idea that inspired Archibald, our tame poet, when he wrote his contribution for our columns this week. We had quite an interesting little chat with him th eother afternoon as he started telling us some of his experiences when he went to Sea, and pathetically described how, on one occasion during a heavy gale in mid-Atlantic, his vessel being dismasted and in danger of foundering, the captain called the crew together and told them there was no hope, there was nothing left to do but pray. Unfortunately, this was out of their line, as no one knew anything about praying1, but the old Scotch cook came to their assistance. "I canna pray, captain, but I ken a wee bittie aboot the church service." "Alright, Mae, let's have it then." Whereon Mac reached into his galley and grabbed a plate which he solemnly handed round. —P.A.B. RE-LIE-ABILITY Now many strange things I was taught in my youth, And one of the facts I did learn Was, if I endeavored to stick to the truth, That never in Hades I'd burn. In the first place, of course, they told me 'twas wrong And pointed a moral beside; In fact, I remember they made quite a song Of what happened to people who lied. Now, if old Ananias of Biblical fame Should once again visit this earth, I'm afraid his endeavors would seem very tame And afford us much reason for mirth. For they'd dub him an amateur, call him a fraud, When his efforts he strove to display. With such feeble attempts, he could never hjave scored, "Competition's much keener today." And poor Ananias we'd have to excuse, "Why," he'd say, "What a wonder-; ful age," When he took up the paper to look at the news And he saw the advertisement pages. And he'd say to himself, "What a chance I have lost, They never did this in my day. Why, they keep certain goods that they sell below cost, And others they're giving away." And perhaps in a way, he'd have not understood, For its still quite a puzzle to me, The things that they tell us about certain food Which 'contain so much vatamin D. "Why is it, I wonder, I meet with such crooks? Why is it so many are ill? Whenall that they charge is a dollar a box For a really most marvelous pill." And he'd say, "Well, I couldn't compete with the guy Who said 'twould be cloudy with showers," Yet the sun has been shining each day in the sky Throughout the- last forty-eight hours. So I'm sorry I came, at this stage of the game,- . - ""'SJi-ce;*;-_B-"i>«_ia--ces /on earth 4hey al B.CEleclMC stares As where ycuTI find the fines! of Eleclrical Gifts 1\ NY electrical gift will be appreciated— £*■ for beauty and usefulness too. But you will want to give the kind of electrical gift with years of service built into it... a quality electric appliances. The finest of toasters, grills and waffle irons —percolators, hair curlers and other gifts— are shown at B.C. Electric Stores. These finer products cost no more. STORES BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" Ws Make a Special Effort to Get Oooils Ont by First Mall -titer Receipt of Your Order CORNER COBDOVA AND CASH ALL VANCOUVEB, B. o. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER z ; 7 One of the most popular brands among Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards of Canada CATTO'S • Old Highland Whis\ey A GENUINE SCOTTISH IMPORTATION Two Qualities 15-year-old, $4.75 Gold Label, $4.25 Obtainable at All Government Liquor Stores Please Ask for CATTO'S This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the, Government of British Columbia. iJJIHIIIimillllllllllllllUJIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIItllllllllJl For Good Coal! Phone Highland 279 | NANAIMO-WELLINGTON FOOTHILLS DRUMHELLER and SOOTLESS EGG, WAQ. Star Coal Co., IswL f S FREE DELIVERY '■* PHONE: HIGH. 279 s niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii- are punk, For-my efforts they seem almost {shockingly tame When I read your political bunk. P. A. BEALL, ...i..„..r«i*.n}i}ew "Westminster. ' • * * '■■-.""*" -*.*;*. pt&tss _; -. g&s....... •:,.-.... ^ *! THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, November 29, \929 ',• a •' — Dentistry Painless s^saa Methods ■JILT, Painless OrC® Prices T> TV LLEWELLYN and Associates Ground Floor—City Hall Sey. 1460 12 Hastings East BBOTSFORD We value your g"oodwtL to- wnr(! us more than anything else. To prove it, we gladly return your money IX you are not satisfied. We have reputation for quickest delivery on clean sound wood of any kind—Inside Pir, Plr Edffinff, Pir Slabs, Mill-run, Kindling". Either one of these coals will meet your requirements efficiently and economically. NANAIMO WELLINGTON The old favorite that most people prefer for its strong*, steady heat. A coal we strongly recommend. ROSEDEJ-R A real hard coal from the Drumheller field. Smokeless and Bootless —burns for a long time, giving off wonderful heat. Has little ash. A coal we are proud to be exclusive agents for. Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. SMOKE! KURTZ CIGARS I "Union made by Union men" jPanetella & Invincible 10 cents $1250 An Hour is 'Wage' of 290 U. S. Millionaires According to income-tax figures of the U. S. Treasury, 290 individuals paid taxes on yearly incomes ranging from $1,000,000 up during 1927. This was a nincrease. of (>_ over the previous year. As closely as can be figured the average annual income of this group was approximately $3,000,000. This was about $10,000 a day, or $1,250 an hour. A railroad shop mechanic, paid $8,40 a day and working 300 days a year,-would have to work almost six years to make as much as one of the 290 make in a d-ay. The total income of thc 290 was $000,640,846 and upon this they paid $98,657,237 in tax. These returns were made, however, after* "high- powered" experts had gone over the millionaires' books with a "fine-tooth Comb" and made every possible deduction and claimed every exemption that the income-tax regulations could be made to permit. Real Income Much Larger Stock market losses, bad debts, donations to religious and charitable institutions, American Legion dues, etc., were all checked off before the tax was paid, so in every case the real income was much larger than is shown on the return. Twenty-four states ahd the District of Columbia were represented in the "more-than-a-million" class. New York state, of course, leads with 136, while Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, and (he District of Columbia trail the list with one each. Pennsylvania is second on the list with 34„,and Illinois takes third place with 25/ The automobile fortunes are largely reported from New York, but Michigan still manages to show 18 people whose yearly income is written in seven figures. 26 Women in Group The 290-group includes 26 women. This news-should cause a "gold rush" of bankrupt Old World royalty, but some of the joy will be taken out of the glad tidings when they learn ! that only three of these feminine million-a-yearers are unmarried. , One hundred and thirty-eight persons had incomes of between $1,000,- 000 and $1,500,000; 56 were between that figure and $2,000,000; 55 just failed to hit the $3,000,000 mark; 22 almost made the $4,000,000 class; 8 ranged between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000,-and 11 had incomes of more than $5,000,000: Michigan failed to muster a man in the $5,000,000 a year income ranks. Previous years have shown at least one in that class, supposedly Henj*y Ford or his son Edsel. The flivver magnate failed to make the grade in 1927, but it will probably not be necessary to pass the hat for Henry & Son for some time, at least. Wall Streeters in Lead Dropping below the million class the figures show that 33,695 persons reported net incomes of $50,000 or more. One-third of this number were in New York. A large proportion of this increase in wealth can be attributed to gambling on Wall Street stocks. While the "big boys" showed amazing increases, there were fewer personal returns made throughout the nation as a whole. The 1927 returns, filed in 1928, show decrease of 36,545 persons in*, the income-tax paying class, as compared with 1926. .. . The average net income, according to thc Internal Revenue Office, is $5,006.73. That figure should not be taken, too seriously because it does not apply to the ordinary citizen. It covers only those who make income-tax returns, and the wages of the great body of workers are not high enough tojiut them in that class. Union Transfers PHONE: FAIR. 913-914 merritt's TRANSFER Moving, Packing, Storage 146 E. 2nd Ave., Vancouver, B. O. TS Union Bakeries Phone Fair. 3953 Union Shop Mutter's Bakery Main at Sixth Breads, Cakes and Pastries Delicious Bakery Union-made Bread and Pastry. Ask for it at-your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. auiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiu s Hastings Bakery = HIGH. 4537 | ZZ Choicest Bread, Cakes and , ~ ~ Pastries. Sour Rye Bread 5 Ej 764 Hastings Street East E Tmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiii-iiiii-i*- UNEMPLOYED RESIDENTS UNDESIRABLE AS CITIZENS (Continued from page 1) aldermen wholeheartedly agree with the treatment and demand its continuance. This man, like many others, was not in fit enough condition to work five full days in mud and rain. The three days' .work, as suggested by Alderman Maclnnis, would have just been about right for this citizen, but the other aldermen say no. Make him work five and just give him ten dollars to keep his wife and two children from failing to starve to death. Kill the man with city work and ride his family out of town. That's what that $2 a day relief work means. Community Would Benefit Let us suppose that the City Council did agree to pay the standard rate of wages on relief work for useful development work in the city of Vancouver. The present scale for the outdoor worker is $4.50 per day. If this was paid to some of the resident unemployed for three days per week, no matter how short a time the city was able to finance this relief work, it would give the worker more than he would receive for six days' relief work, and would enable him to do, or look, for Borne other odd jobs for the balance of the week. It would enable him to buy more in one week than thc $2 a day man could buy, and this increased purchasing power would help to provide work for other workers in other lines. Ih other words it would not tend to draw down the standard of living of other workers, would create more work, and, hence, would be beneficial to the entire city. It is being ever more recognized that a shorter work week and higher wages is the most important factor towards increasing the prosperity of the country. Economists and leaders in the business world are doing their utmost to sell the idea to thc rest of the community, because they realize the tremendous possibilities of the thing once the idea is generally adopted. And many cities have already successfully demonstarted that wherever there is a large number of well-paid workers, the welfare and prosperity of the city is an outstanding feature. * Mr. Pilkington . idea about it having been tried and found wanting if just as out of date as his method of running things at the City Hall. It is our duty as citizens to see that the rest of the community is as well taken care of as we desire to be. We are not suggesting that the city should bear the brunt of taking care of all its unemployed, the Labor Movement recognizes that that is the duty of Jthe Federal Government, but ihisreity should n.t_b_ a party, at-..any. time, to batterirtg down wages arid expect, or even ask, the relief workers to do a decent days' work. Give these men a decent wage and we will guarantee that ^Ehey will produce as much value as any average citizen or any of the City Council.' The unemployed ought to picket the polling stations in Alderman Atherton's ward when he is seeking re-election on December llth, and urge the voters to replace him with somebody who is a better judge of human needs. LABOR'S OLD-AGE PENSION PLAN WILL MEET STRONG OPPOSITION IN U. S. A. New York.—Organized labor's declaration for a state old-age pension •will not be realized without a contest. Opposition by life insurance companies is indicated by Leroy A. Lincoln, official and general counsel Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, in an address before the recent American Life convention at Cincinnati. Mr. Lincoln did not discuss specific proposals, but he said that in the extension of group insurance and pensions the American Life convention, with a membership of 140 life insurance companies, might find a competitor in the government. T -**z GIFT THINGS FOR MEN Deiieii_.-_le Goods ' — Satisfactory S.rvlc* — Satl-fled Customers .yV-lNPI-i-X STItorl'l-K KIT—Jo.10 value $3.98 KU18S-KROSS STROPPER—10-year guarantee $5.50 CHAMP STKOPl'EH- (lillftte type blades^...'. .1.75 RUBBBRSET LATIIl-ll HRl'SHES -(._ar_.it. t>_ 98c, $1.35, $3.00 HILL FOLDS—Finest quality, -"-M. $a-5°. $3-00 •" »5'<w OH-LETTE and AlTO-STllOP RAZORS $1-00, $1.50 to $5.00 razor STROP—Genuine hoNjehlde $1.50, $3.00 to $6.50 KEY-TAI.N'KKS— Buxton 80« anil $1.00 USEFUL GIFTS MAKE BEST GUTS! Shop now *_nd get first choice. A small deposit holds any Article B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited PHONE SEYMOUE 4401 84 HASTINGS STBEET WEST VASCOUVEH, B. O. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited CUT-RATE DRUGS SMALL PROFITS AND QUICK TWBNOVEB See the display of _-rencH Ivory at Half-price and tea. nt Out Stores, coiner of Bobaon and Granville, and Hastings and Abbott. QUALITY, SEBVICE and SAVING. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS .75 April SJxiw.rs Perfume .63 1.00 P.dojljne, for Bunions 7$ .611 Vanillin Bottle .34 ...,ll Vailium Refill-! 100 Luxor Face Powder De Luxe .67 ..So PuritaH Milk of Magnesia.-. .38 1 oo Krasny Complexion Powder .64 I oo Dr Reid's Ouaranteed Hair Tonic *., --- -57 lo French Castile Soap, per liar j_4 .50 Pinaud's Dental Cream ...;.,.. .88 7r, Dr Reid's Vanishing-Cream .41 ...-and 1.00 Auto-Strop Blades .33 and •■*"•■ .96 Gillette Razor (In Cigarette Case) '....... .66 20 Pears Soap $ for .28 .25 Aversts A. B. S. ft C. Tablets. loO's t -X* ,.r,o In*. Reid's Dypepsia Tablets .31 8.76 Horllck's Malted Milk 3.81 .30 Sulphur anil Molasses .18 .60 Olive Oil. 8_-S_ tins _U .25 cold Medal Phonoirroph Needles '... •'*■ NO 'PHONE, MAIL OR COP. ORDERS PILLED AT THESE PRICES VANCOtT-BB'S OWN DRUG STOBES—POUBTEEN IN THB CITY— AT YOUR SERVICE! 17 STOBES WE SAVE YOU MONEY 17 STOBES DANCE at the ALEXANDRA BALLROOM BOBSON AT HORNBY TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS PHONE: SEYMOUR 3783 TRICKY REASONING DEFEATS STATE LAW Portland, Ore. — Circuit Court Judge Walter H. Evans would nullify Oregon's eight-hour law applying to public work by the simple trick of ruling that when workers labor more than eight hours they are parties to an illegal contract and therefore cannot collect for overtime. The workers sued for $12,000 overtime after they were forced to work more than eight hours. The court intimated that they could refuse to work—and be discharged. Attorneys for the workers will appeal. If the decision is upheld it will not only nullify every protection afforded workers on public contracts, but it will also defeat statutes regulating hours of working women. It's the woman who pays, because she is the only one at home when the collector calls. MILK SALESMEN All members of the Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union No. 464 are requested to note that the lists for the Union Christmas Tree will close on December 1st, and no names will be accepted after that date. Cards for the names can be obtained at the * Union Office, 308 Labor Headquarters. Free Dance Tickets One- free ticket will be given away with every book of 10 sold in connection with the Building Trades Council's Monster Whist Drive, Dance and Frolic, which is being held Friday, Dcember 6th. A 10-lb. turkey will also be given away for evry 100 sold. These free tickets include all the prizes that are giverf away. UNION AIDS PORTERS WHO ARE VICTIMIZED Denver.—Officers of the Colorado Federation of Labor are aiding organized Pullman porters to compel the Pullman Company to observe the Railway Labor Act. Protest is made to the United States Board * of Mediation against the company's intimidating tactics to force these workers ,into a company "union." The regular union is affiliated to the State Federation of Labor. The salesman who knows what he is talking about has little to say. « * », One nice thing about close buyers is that they're usually godd pay. VOTE LABOR Independent Labor Party Candidates FOR SCHOOL TRUSTEES: R. E. Rigby (ror__-r,S--.-_i VanoooT-r School Tr_Jit-») S. T. Wybourn (Active ln School Attain) Isabella B. Steenbekkers (MRS. C. STEEN) FOR PARKS BOARD: Walter Deptford Alex MacDonald (Member of Town Plan-flog* Con-minion) (■Former South Vanconver Councillor) '■^MsGaStlSl/aa
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