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-<--"*- ■"*»!■ '" te*- fabor St «^^^^/|lpWNED AND CONTROLLED ^^^y BY 1 X Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND NO. 245—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FEBRUARY 8, 1929x Duty on B.C.Chinese-Made Shingles Not High Enough Vancouver Trades and Labor Council Urges Increase of U. S. Duty on Canadian Shingles Made by Cheap Chinese Labor in British Columbia for'American Exploiters , 7 ^CHINGLE MILL'OPERATORS ' and 'lumbermen appear to be somewhat agitated over the proposed tariff that the American government is intending to put on Canadian-made shinges. The proposed duty is 50 cents per thousand, but the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council takes the attitude that 50 cents hrnot half enough, as it will only help to increase the number of Chinese now working in the shingle mills, and ■entirely eliminate the few remaining white men in the mills of' British Columbia. The Shingle Weavers' Union, through the Trade's and Labor Council and its affiliated unions, has been agitating for several years against the continued and increasing ein- Dloyment of cheap Chinese labor in these mills, but has been ignored or rebuffed on every occasion. Every quiet and peaceable means has been taken to bring home to these operators the danger of the employment of ever.-increasing numbers of coolie laborers, but the only answer was to lay off a few more white men and All their places with .a class of labor that is ever tending to drive British subjects across the line. These operators are attempting to show the alleged financial losses that will accrue to British Columbia if the industry slows down through the introduction of the tariff, but if we stop to consider who the losses will effect, we should not lose very much sleep over it. . If the' mills are manned by cheap Chinese labor the loss will be to that class of labor, and ehe effect will not be very- great upon the community. If 95 per cent, of the labor employed in these mills are of the less than 25c an hour variety, then the goods purchased by this class of labor must of necessity be goods produced by a similar class of Tabor, so where does the loss to the province come in? If thousands of workers in this province are going to be of the cheap coolie class then we might just as well mention it in the literature that we send across the seas telling of the wonderful (?) opportunities in British (?) Columbia. There is also another angle to this subject, and that is the question of ownership. Who are the owners of these coolie operated - mills? We have stated before in these columns that a large number of the owners reside in the United States and quite a number of them in the Southern States where they work men, women and children of the colored race at wages that keep them in a continued condition of servitude. We have never been successfully challenged on this point, and we still maintain that the shingle mills of British Columbia are largely American owned. Who therefore will be the loosers if Canadian-Oriental made shingles cannot successfully compete with American made shingles? Nobody but American owners who reside in the United States, and snend the money derived by exnloiting orientals in the mills of British Columbia, in the United States. About the only benefit, financial and otherwise, that accrues to British Columbia is the wages paid to the few white superintendents and bookkeepers employed by the operators? British Columbia forests should not be denuded, to pile up nrofits for foreign exploiters and to pay starvation wages for coolie labor. Neither merchant, manufacturer nor contractor benefits from* this ever-increasing mass of Chinese labor. The merchant cannot sell decent priced goods to cheap labor, but it does offer an opening for more Oriental merchants. The manufacturer, who has to employ skilled or semi-skilled labor cannot produce commodities that are priced low enough for this cheap Chinese labor. The building contractor cannot expect to receive orders for houses from this class of labor, but he might eventually have to compete with Oriental-made houses. ■ Taking all these tilings into consideration we feel that if the tariff on shingles from British Columbia a ere increased sufficiently to close down these Chinese operated mills, hat it would help to rid British Columbia of a whole lot of cheap labor. If these mills are to be used as a breeding ground, and a job producing ground, for cheap labor, then the quicker they are eliminated the less will be the number of Chinese who are smuggled into* this country every vear. from China. The Trades and Labor Council feels that the limit has been reached, So it is sending the* following communication to the American Federation of Labor and to Central organizations in the United States. / February 2, 1929. .fame.** Taylor, President, ' Washington State Fed. of Labor., 508 Maynard Bldg., Seattle. Dear Sir and Brother,—You will please find enclosed a copy of a communication addressed by the writer to Frank Morrison, secretary A. F. of L., which is self-explanatory. ' Anything that you can do along the same lines will be of great assistance and much appreciated. Kind personal regards. Fraternally yours, P. R. BENGOUGH, General Sec.-Treas. February 2, 1929. Frank Morrison, Secretary, American Federation of Labor. Dear Sir and Brother,—There is, as perhaps you have heard, a move being' made by the shingle manufacturers in the United States to place a duty on Canadian shingles entering that country, of 50 cents per thousand.. Should this duty be placed as proposed it would not assist us in any Way. It is not large enough to stop the introduction of Canadian shingles, but is just sufficient to give our manufacturers an excuse for placing more cheap Oriental labor. In effect it is possible, and probable, that the white union weavers would -be eliminated. If, on the other hand, it would be possible for your government to place a duty as high or higher o'n Oriental products from Canada, with a view to protecting both manufacturers and workmen in the United States from competition with cheap Chinese products, the effect would be entirely the other way. In that case the shingle manufacturers here would be compelled to man their mills with our own people, and we would have a federal union of shingle weavers worth while. It seems to me that in view of the efforts, that have been made on your side of the line to .protect industry generally from competition from convict-made goods, and with good results in many instances, it would be in accord to get the same protection from Chinese manufactured goods from Canada. If you can assist in any way by using your influence in getting thc proposed tariff placed in the manner suggested it would be' of great assistance. Fraternally yours, P. R. BENGOUGH, Gen. Sec.-Treas. Another Union Leaves All-Canadian Congress After several months existence under a charter from the All-Canadian Congress of Canada, Vancouver Welders have re-organized under a charter from the Associated Welders and Helpers, a Pacific Coast organization-.--—;— —: Early last year the welders in Vancouver, finding their work increasing .ind numbers growing, decided to organize. They wanted, however,_to keep the local distinct and aparflrqm other trades as the welding' business is forging rapidly ahead, displacing riveting and other forms of joining metal. As this work comes under the jurisdiction of several International Unions and wanting an International of their own, the men decided to form an independent union. Hearing of this the. All-Canadian Congress made overtures to them and succeded in having the welders accept a charter from that congress. But the union-did not thrive, no new members, could be obtained and a state of apathy prevailed; so in order to retain the organization the remaining* members decided to apply for a charter from a Pacific Coast organization,'* • The Associated Welders and Helpers of America agreed to grant a charter to these men, and so on Saturday evening a meeting was held in the Labor Headquarters and double the number of welders who belonged to the All-Canadian union signed up in the hew union. President Walter L. Anderson of^he Associated Welders and Helpers, and members from the Seattle and Bremerton branches addressed the members and aided in the meeting. These included F. H. Connor, secretary of the Seattle Local, and representative for Puget Sound District; John R. Lynch, A. E. Parish and J. G. Smith, of Bremerton, Wash. Walter. Deptford spoke at the meeting and was given a hearty vote of thanks. The Vancouver Local will be known ns No. 7. The officers elected^t Saturday's meeting were: President, T. R. Bartholomew; Vice-President, Tom McGlenning; Secretary, M. Warren; Treasurer, W. Field; Trustees, 3 years, D. M. Gray two years, Art Kline; one year, J. Wilson. We are informed that 90 per cent, of the welders on the Pacific Coast are organized and are either members of the Associated Welders and Helpers or members of another welders' organization in California. These two organiaztions are now considering the question of amalgamating and the same question is being taken up with two other organizations in the eastern and central states, known as the United Welders of America1 and the Mechanic Welders' Association. If it is possible for these four organizations to get together the welders then hope to be able to obtain an International charter from the A. F. of L. This is another case, such as the Federated Seafarers, in which an organization not being able to obtain a charter, or seeing its way clear to ocome affiliated with the recognized International Labor Movement, has to turn down the so-called All-Canadian Congress because it found the outfit and its members are, to say he least, undesirable. • '*■ o o '■P FIVE CENTS PER COPY Predicts tRO-Hour Week Industry should be preparing not I "We are still teaching our young only for the fiverday week but for oeople to"work; work, work, and pro- the 3D-hbpr week, according"to Ethel- [duce, produce, produce., • \se of principal bert Stewart, director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, UTS. Department of Labor, .who' has won international fame as-an*.economist and. statistician. -\ "Training in thc proper _ leisure should.be one of the prii objects of modern educators, ^e cause, believe me, future generation? are going to have plenty of it," said Mr. Stewart to a representative of "Labor." N The use and development of machinery, which is the. outstanding feature of our time, is the only way in which leisure can be achieved. "However, we have not yet outgrown the ideas of the hungry past when hard labor, by every member of"society, was necessary to existence. 'This is in the -face of the fact that there is probably not^'an industry which could not turn out'all that was-needed of itsiparticular product in a 30-hour week. "Our ideals are beginning to catch up with our achievemfents, so-that ,ne can now talk of the five-day •ek without danger of imprisonment. \ "Soon, let us hope, we will realise that we can have all we need from a four-day week of six hours a daV*. • • "Unless we do learn to prize and wisely use leisure it will become a debatable7auestion whether there is not a point beyond which the invention and\use of improved machinery will no*^ be a good thing for the human race\ *. ■•■* J. Johnston, formerly expelled from the Trades Council, was reelected delegate from the Street Railwaymen's Union, but before be- iti -lc given a seat again on the Council he pledged himself to work in the best interests of the Trades and Labor Council and its affiliated unions while a delegate. A VALENTINE Some years are so close-fisted They never give a thing, And even try to snatch the gifts The kinder years did bring. But thi* year's clearly different, It's-proved itself a giver: It's given me a new home-town. With trees, low hills, a river; It's given me a little house, Sun-bright and gaily dressed, Where my itinerating gods- May settle down and refct. You'd think that might be gifts enough, But no! that's not the end: This year, so generous to me, Has given, too, a friend. —A. M. S. Trades Council Notes Labor Del. Hargreave»Bi'*i'Jtoited that the cold snap had brought work for the carpenters to a standstill. Officers were attempting to obtain some necessary by-law amendments from the City Council. * * * President Smith of the Street Railwaymen's Union reported the visit of International * President W. D. Mahon, to the local union, giving them some valuable data. * .* * Del. Page of the Building Trades Council informed the Council, that the Building Trades Council smoker was a huge success, and took the opportunity to thank the members for their support and the artists)for their excellent talent. * * * Del. Miller of the Musicians Union drew attention to the Radio Bill being presented in the Provincial Legislature on behalf of the B. C. Telephone Co. He believed this was the thin edge of the wedge for radio monopoly and believed labor should oppose it. * » * Del. Morrison of the Electrical Workers reported that while no definite amendments had been determined upon in connection with the Mechanics' Lien Act by the Board of Trade, the act will be well watched by labor during the present session. WWe Secretary bengough was re-elected delegate to the B. C. Safety League. *%1 Week Is Logical Business men and governinent officials continue to remind the public that the nation faces too much production—that 100 per cent, efficiency is out of the question. Dr.\ George Otis Smith, director of the United States Gelogical Survey, says the country is "over-engined," that to slow down industry is a safety measure urgently needed. In every industry the cry for "stabilization"—a soothing definition for ^slowing down—is raised. The latest call for less production is by Oklahoma oil operators who ask the state to aid them. Capitalists, as a rule, however, depend upon "gentlemen's agreements" to accomplish - this purpose. ...Dr. A. F. Woods, of the Federal Department of Agriculture, warns dairymen not to overproduce.* He says this industry has "reached a stage of development where its future must be carefully considered if we (are to avoid trouble." Workers should awaken to the significance of this silent revolution, which is yet in its infancy. Workers should also note the abandonment of individualistic theories by business "sen and government. These revolutionary changes sustain Labor's five- days week demand. British Mine Workers Get Jobs in Parks London. — Some 240 unemployed miners from the distressed areas of South Wales and Durham have arrived here, the vanguard of 700, for whom work has been found in London parks without displacing nt her labor. They are to clean, out ponds and such "desirable but not absolutely essential operations" as hedg- I ing, ditching and trellising under Communications from the Building skilled supervision. They are largely Trades Council, re. the, Fashion bachelors, but include also married Lunch, and from the Musicians men, most of whom have' left their Union, re the Narrows Cafe, asking that these'places be put(on the "We Do Not Patronize List" were referred to the Grienvance Committee. * ♦ • The Auditing Committee reported, inding the books of the Labor Statesman and the Trades Council correct, snd recommended "that in view of the loss of revenue to the Council as a result of organized labor purchasing its own building, that a policy of retrenchment as regards donations, etc., be followed in 1929." Recommendation* endorsed. . / ALBERTA LABOR HOLDS SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION Word was received by the Trades Council from Elmer E. Roper, secretary of theL Alberta Federation of Labor, expressing appreciation for the telegram from the Council. Brother Roper says that we will be > lad to know that the convention ■ of the Alberta Federation of Labor was ->ne of the most successful in the history of the Federation, and much good work was done on behalf of the workers of the province. families at home. Protests have been made.by local labor against importing such workers, but the answer given by the,government authorities is that but for the need for finding occupation for unemployed miners the present operations in the parks would not have been undertaken. i The Lord Mayor's fund to assist the miners is now over £500,000, the latest contributions including 4,000 collected by the Globe of Toronto, Ont. This, with the government's pound for pound addition, brings the fund to 1,020,000 pounds. WANTS COUNCIL TO JOIN CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE , C. M."*F. Plantar, secretary of the Chamber of Agriculture, addressed the Trades Council on Tuesday evening and invited the Council to affiliate with the Chamber of Agriculture and select a man to sit on the Advisory Board. The-matter was left in the hands of a committee of three vith power to act. The committee ire-: Dels. Hougham, Showier and Watt. ^'i.*.*-,. > l-siM«U*&-**..-■ 7*!!e*t . _^...— i^v^siMtT^ M *■» -Am. ==g*===-== :■■>—. * It Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, February 8, 1929 7*1*- Organized For Your Protection! 2,700 Dairymen throughout the Kraaer Valley work together as one, to provide you with safe, clean ntllk. Their products are - available to you through "the Dairy . with the Highest Score." Fair. 1000 America Sees The World I One Cent a Day for Safety! Temperate climates—by which one means, as a rule, those that are very frequently intemperate—are supposed to be those in which a high uegree of civilization finds most congenial soil. There are, of course, some inconvenient exceptions to this rule. Alexandria once had a civil- brlngs a Creamo Wagon to. Your Door. fM- "<TfO Village Laborites Build Own Hall The little village of Lode in Cambridgeshire, England, with a population of* 500- has a Labor Party with 116 members. ' Three years ago Lode had no Labor Party. When a start was made, on December 18, 1925, 14 members were gathered in., That this young party has real grit is revealed in the fact that in • the 2 Vs years of its existence it has * raised £210 toward a dance hall and clubroom; which it is estimated will cost'£500. Already a freehold plot has been acquired, but it has been decided not to start building until £400 has been raised. How heroic is the effort being made may be judged by the fact that the. fund is being built up on penny- '••■■ ..ji-week levies paid by 80 members, *>.«i»mm!t:a«^the proceeds of whist drives and competitions] The effort is the'more creditable since the Party W almost wholly composed of agricultural workers, lew of whom draw in wages more than 30s. a week, and such is their environment that they find obstacles confronting them even when they require a hall or a school in which to hold a public meeting. When they do achieve their ambi- ization of a sort, SndTio'did Babylon, Athens, Jerusalem^ Carthage and Rome. The modern foci of great achievement, however, do seem to' lie where the weather has at least the capacity to be abominable. We need only mention Berlin," Paris, London and New York. One is solemnly told that excessive cold and dampness, by giving the intolerably lazy race of man something to com- Ifit, inspire a surplus of energy. It is a good, puritanic theory, as Sound as most puritanic theories, and America is an excellent example of the way~it~works.—The driving power in American history came from New England. The early New Engenders, exacerbated by having to get out of'bed on winter mornings in houses which had no central heating, systems, spread westward, drove ox teams across the plains to Oregon and California, destroyed slavery, invented more machinery than We have yet learned how to use with complete satisfaction, and laid the foundations of our prodigious national wealth. How many achievements, how many reforms, do we not owe to those unhappy moments when the sterling race which made this republic what it is today stood in its bare fe.et on icy ^oors in temperatures which made red woollen underwear pf no more avail than gossamer. But it must be evident, even to the most casual observer, that the, decadence which overtook so many stalwart peoples before us now threatens us also. We do not refer to the rush of population from the chilly agricultural regions into the steam-heated cities, nor to the alarming increase in the number of divorces, nor to the multiplication of books which, the paternal municipality of Boston will not permit its tender-minded citizens to read, nor even to the spread of pastel-hued pajamas among the male descendants of the pioneers. More fundamental in its causes, more relaxing in its effects, is the growth of the winter travel habit. A nation which owes its prosperity, if not its very existence, to some months of vile weather in every calendar year, ought to be sufficiently grateful to that weather to be enviousness? Very likely,. Yet if one pauses to consider the individual constituents <»jf this tide of travelling Americans,' one may discover bluebottles in the ointment. Who travels? The natively rich, of course. They have always been able to triiv- el, even when travel meant sailing vessels—and—post-chaises. 7BaLJtib^ tion they will be the _proud owners wiiiing. to put up with it But ft y of the first Labor hall in Cam-1 clear ^t tphe suPperior SiiiEJSS bridgeshire. UNIONS IN SWEDEN HIGHLY PROSPEROUS Total assets of the Swedish National Labor Union are at present estimated at about 40,000,000 krbnor, according to the American commercial attache at Stockholm, T. O. Klath. . A calculation of revenues and expenditures for 45 years, covering the period 1880 to 1925, shows a total Labor union income" for this period of 163,120,000 kronor and expenses 142,800,000 kronor. Of this sum 3,400,000 kronor have been received from Labor organizations abroad. (The value of tbe krona is about $0.267430). Of the different trade unions belonging to the Labor organization the typographers' ■ union is said to lead in prosperity with assets of 239 kronor per member, and next the bricklayers' union, with 159 kronor per member. t> "Build B. C." People Really Like It! A CITIZEN of British Columbia who knows our province well —he has been over it often— soys he le surprised at the favor I'uelttr Milk finds with so many peopl«j. ..He nnmes districts where Pacific Milk Is Immensely popular. This Is true, folks.' and the reason .s Pnrifle Milk really is a superior Milk. Pacific Milk Factories at Abbotaford and Ladner "Bund B.C." United States are entirely devoid of such a sentiment. In growing numbers those who can go away do so. Business men take vacations in the middle of the busiest season. Society abandons its box at the opera to basic at Palm Beach, play golf at Altadena or exhibit its pearls along the Riviera. New York City manages to have a social life, but it cannot be said that it any longer has a social season. The familiar rounds are not enough. A trip to Europe is no longer anything to come home and deliver a lecture to the Ladies' Aid abput. So many people go to Europe nowadays, on such a small expenditure of money that there is no distinction in it. To make any impression upon one's fellow clubman or one's neighbor at dinner one must fare a good deal further, though not necessarily a good deal worse. The badge of superiority is to be able to speak condescendingly of the Taj Mahal and the cataracts of the Nile, of the Tombs of the Mings and the Road to Mandalay. Nobody in these sophisticated times would think of writing a tworvolume book about such a hacki^yed jaunt as Mark Twain de- wwMu" in "Innocents Abroad." The best people are being driven more and more to going round the world. It is true that this can be done for as little as $1,250, but when one adds in the cost of tips, masquerade costumes for the merry time on shipboard, shopping expenses in Shanghai, Bombay and Cairo, and other little odds and ends of half a year away from home, it mounts up to a respectable sum. Furthermore, most passengers pay more than the minimum. If one takes his family round the world it means something. One can blow in $10,000 and up, with next to no effort. A round-the- world tour may be made as impressively expensive as one chooses. One may complicate it by playing golf in Korea, shooting tigers in India or going across the Sahara to Timbuc- too in a motor car. And this is what the descendants of the, puritans for our dominant Americans are all that, either biologically or spiritually —are more and more taking to. They are playing truant under the impression that they are seeing the world, natively rich are not yet in the majority, among those who travel expensively. At least they do not make the most noise. No, our conspicuous travellers are persons who have made good in a big way. They have found that a poor ranch might be a first-class oil field. They have built up small businesses and sold them at a profit to large businesses. They have laid out subdivisions and realized upon the gregariousness of their fellows. They have made money in all the good, bad and—indifferent..:wayjL_in which it is possible to make money in a modern democracy. Some .of them have been of service to "their fellows. Butt all this has taken time. They have devoted the best years of their youth and middle age to accomplishing what has seemed to them the first duty of man—that is, to making money. They have lost the hair and th,e slim figures with which they first assumed this solemn task. Their manners and standards have been fixed by their environment. If to trave^is to subject oneself to thr cultural influences of other lands and peoples, they have really lost the power to travel. They haye also lost the power to amuse themselves, except in the limited fashion prescribed bv the mores of the class into which they have climbed. They have played golf and bridge, talked politics and business-—that, to borrow the words of Maupassant, has been their whole life. They would feel a secret shame in sitting down for three months to read about the world* In which they live, for reading, seriously undertaken, is under taboo in their circle. Travel costs more and hence has more prestige. It is practical, and they arc, above all, practical men. Their wives have perhaps prepared more diligently for the great adventure because women have more time and because a woman can belong to a study club without loss of caste. But each of them is performing a feat comparable with any of the labors of Hercules. Each is carrying around the world, to Burma and to Africa, to Siam and to Hawaii, the town or city in which he or she first hardened into maturity, The best travellers are young— young enough to dance all night, to akc love half a dozen times to half a dozen girls in half a dozen days, young enough to visit the Acropolis oy moonlight, young enough to get in and out of scrapes in eVery port, •-ung enough to believe most of the things that strangers tell them, young enough to drink a country in with its wine, Some persons are born too old for this. If so, they should not travel. Be that as it may—and unhappily things do have a way in this most unavoidable of all possible worlds of being as they may—our typical long-range tourists have lost whatever youth they may once have had. They have lost the capacity to adventure and to change. They are not looking for new experience, but running away from an old experience—call ft'climate, call it a vague dissatisfaction with the* lines along which their lives have run. To describe this as travel is much the same as saying that a person who has seen a motion picture of an elephant bunt in Siam has travelled. An elderly fat gentleman may have bfcen boosted up the Pyramids, one after another; he imfy have been carried by six porters in a palanquin; he may have inspected several dozen of the isles of, Greece concerning which burning Sappho sang, but he will remain an elderly fat gentleman. Likewise, if he started his tour as a stalwart Republican and a cookie manufacturer, he will end it as a stalwart Republican and a cookie manufacturer. Obviously, he will be under the impression that he has passed the world in review. But the heaven of travel is like that mentioned in the New Testament. We cannot, enter it except we become as little children. . And the average successful "American does not travel as a little child. He has lost most of that modesty which characterized Americans abroad when Mark Twain went to Palestine in the "Quaker City." The World War and its aftermath have given him a final touch of confidence. He sees America lending money to all the world, maintaining a higher standard of living than the rest of the world, teaching the rest of-the world how to manage its affairs. His country is undeniably superior in all those realities which his whole life That is all you need pay to secure PROTECTION for your Papers, Securities or Jewellery, in the strongest vault on the , Pacific Coast. BOXES from $3.00 PER YEAR UP. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturdays: 8:30 a.m.-l p.m. Vancouver Safety Deposit Vaults B. C. 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Ask to see the Union Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are consistently backing him up. Ola] lapp Shoe Co., 7th and Mala, 25th and Mala—Slater shoes, men's, Tetrault's, men's, women's, youths'. COPP, THE SHOE MAN" 163 HASTINGS STREET WEST Men's Hartt's. Slater and Strlder's Shoes; also Women's and Children's Union-made shoes. Cornstt Bros, ft Clarke, 33 Waitings Mat—Florshelm shoes, men's, Strider shoes. Men's, C. B. & C. Special, men's and youths. Wm. Dick -Ltd., 399 Hastings Slater shoes, men's; eTtrault'i. and youths'. Bastings shos Co., 65 Hastings east— Tetrault's, man's and women's; Eagle shoes, men's and youths. Rudson's Bay Co., Dspt. Stors—Johan- sen shoes, ladles' Bancroft-Walker's, ladles': Colella-Leighton's, ladles'; Tetrault's, men's and youths'. I Granville— and. women's. Inglsdsw Shos Co., 69 r'Hagar" shoes, men's Dr. Reed shoes, men's. ' MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 GRANVILLE Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. — Tetrault's Men's and Youths: also Strider and Slater's Union Label shoes. Union Shoe Co., 63 Hastings west— Strider shoes, men's and youths', Tetrault's, men's, women's, youths'. Wilson Shoe Co., IBS Hastings west— W. L. Douglas shoes, men's; Wilson's Special, men's, women's, youths', Yale Shoe Co., 306 Hastings west— Strider shoes, men's and youths'; "Yale" Special, men's and women's. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair employers and em. ploy UNION LABOR. Is this an expression of stay-at-home has taught him to respect. What is left is for him a museum piece, a picture on the wall, a sunset from which he .willingly turns to sit down to a hot dinner. He has escaped— but into what? He travels his 24,- 000 miles in a kind of vacuum. We do not set down these words in a spirit of discouragement over travel, travellers or our own countrymen. The truth jof the matter is, simply put, that America has grown rich enough to export a good deal of travel, but is still too poor to export much of the cultifre that is the only really sound reason for travel. America will not be able to see the world, in any profound sense, until it has. learned to see a little more deeply into its own soul. The good traveller rnust be humble, and those who are doing most of our travelling are conspicuously incapable of realizing that there is anything for an American to be humble about. The ancestral Puritan reasserts himself. NEW YORK STARTS MOVEMENT TO AID ,* ITS AGED PEOPLE Albany, N. Y.—Pr. Chariest* H. Johnson, director State Department of Charities, has started a drive for Governor Roosevelt's old-age relief plan. Two bills have been introduced in the state legislature. Assemblyman Goodrich's bill would give to needy persons over 70 an allowance of $1 a day. Assemblyman Barnhardt's bill would preate a Bureau of Old Age Welfare in 'the Department of Charities to give to men over 66 and women over 60, who are citizens for 16 years, an allowance of not more than $60 a month. Each county would have a board of old age welfare to administer the law. The reign of the college boy as an arbiter of fashion is said to be What have we to learn from nations j declining. We hope this won't be who never froze their fingers doing • regarded as Justification for another the chores?—The New Republic. boost in the price of hats. - Friday, February 8, 1929 THEvLABOR STATESMAN AAA* Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and -Labor Council— Millwrights' Local 163S—Construction President, J. Thomson; general secret tary Percy R. Bengough. - Office, 200 Labor Headquarters, . 531 Beatty St Phone Sey. 7495. Meets in Labor Ha'.l- at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tues days In monthf.^ ■average Dispensers Union Xo. aye— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Uoom No 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room 14, Flack ' Hloolt. Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1856-R. Hours: 8 to 12 a.m - Bridge ft Structural Iron Workers, local 97, Int. Assos.—Meets every Friday. Hall 811. Labor Headquarters.; at 8 p.m. President. James" FJ Bums, 2833 Turner St.: Secretary. P. Lauret. Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone Fair. 2108 L. nt*- and Operating — Meets second and fourth Wednesday in Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. J. ,H. Campbell, President; P. H. Edge. Fin. Sec; J. Murray Ure, Rec. Sec. Box 127. Motion Pictures Projectionists' Union, Local 3*48, of I.A.T.S.E. tt M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, J: R. Foster; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard. Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923. ausiclans' Mutual Protective Union, local 14S, A. P. of M.—Meets at the (l.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sun day at 10 a.m. President, E. C. Mil ler; Recording7Secretary, W. Edmunds; Financial Secretary, W. .!•:. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher, all at 99' Nelson Street. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Local 138—Meets second and fourth ' Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, Carl Jorgenson; Rec. Sec, -A. E. V'arah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office, Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Building Trades Council, Vanconver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Hall 315, Labor Headquarters.' President, E. H. Morrison; Secretary-Treasurer, W. Page, Room 301, Labor' Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495; Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—I.'-'al 120, meets sec ond and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Dawe^Sec- Treasv C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. ■ ■—' i :___ __ Bookbinders' looal Xo. 105, Int. Broth-, _■ - - - ~\ ~~1~ _ srhood—Meets second Tuesday In.,* Plaeteren, Local 89—Operative Plaster month at Professional and Business Loral 120, meets sec- pu. Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Sook Builders, Loeal So. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hastings St. W. President, Al. Graham; James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box. 320. Phone Sey. 7874. *' Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., 603 Has tings W. President, G. Low, 61—53rd Ave. W.; Secretary. Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union, Ho. I—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, in Hall No. 3. :>«*setSA»Br,* L. Padgett, 20<i6 W. 8th. r-lionFHRayview 1558 R; Secretary. 'W. S. Uagnall, 1241 East 20th, Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec, J. H. Riley, 5884 Inverness, Phone Fraser 542 L. Camp and Mill Workers Pederal labor Union Bo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell St. E. President, H. Miyazawa; Secretary, K. Tsuyukl. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, loeal 462—President, J. G.' Smith;-'Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; Business* Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., tn Hall No. 1 en' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets flrst and third;.Wednesday ln month at Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. President, Wm.' Broomhead; Secretary, A. Hurry, 861—34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cecent Finishers' Secretary, A. Wilson, 4258 Ontario; phone Fairmont 4046 Y. Plumbers and SteamfltterB, Wo. 170, International Association—Meets every second and- fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. President, R. Simpson; Secretary and Business' Agent, W, Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, looal Xo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, Max Ernberg, 2035 Georgia East; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart. 1603 40th Ave. E., So. Vancouver. Ne'er Day Gifts Under Baldwin By Tom Dickson, in "Forward" "Who can help deploring that the fortunes of the united people of Great Britain and Ireland should be in thrliands of a Prime Minister, who Jess discreet than Canute of old,Ja blindly and childishly bent on. saying to this political sea, 'Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther, and here shrill thy proud waves be stayed.' . . . We write in no ordinary times . . . and cold indeed must be the heart of that man who does not, when the beggary meets his ear or his eye, re fleet with mingled-grief and indignation upon that flood of' mendicity which he now encounters at every turn, among the most industrious people; possessing the richest resources on the face of the globe, reminding him daily and hourly that a regime is yet standing which says to such a people as. that of these islands, not 'Work or starve,' but 'Starve, for you shall not work'."— Victor Hugo (in "Notre* Dame de Paris") in the year Eighteen Hundred a,nd Thirty-one. was £20,206,405, the amount for 1927-28 (October 1 to September 30) was £5,816,406., A new step sounds at the door, and 1929 is here. It is a time for the iving of gifts, and the acknowledged thereof. That the people of alms, rich and poor, high and lowly may know what they owe to the present order of society, His Majesty's Government, and Mr. Stanley Baldwin, it is well that the upper and lower orders should recall how they stand, and for what they have to give thanks during the past four years. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge Bo, . 68—Meets first and third Friday In'anil There are"> BTK£PW0m\*hon- aires, the least of whom, without another penny of interest or profit, has a sum equal to £20 a week for a thousand years. There were also in Scotland, on a given date last year, 238,569 people dependent upon Parish relief .for the bare necessities of life. City Rail Employees' Association— Meets Aral Wednesday of each month at 26H4^Iastlng8 East at 8 p.m. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. E.; Socreuiry, J. Tarbuck, 2792 Pender Street East. Civic Employees' Union, looal Meets flrst and third Fridays ln the month at 25IM Hastings East at 8 , p.m. President. R. N. Hogg, 17X8 , Commercial Dr.; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 8427 Triumph St. _, _1_J , __,. ,„ .i .,, .~*a~aa-t '■Sheet Metal Worksrs Association, looal Blectrlcal Wwkers, lo^ 81J Int«ra».(r° Dnlon Ho. aso—Meets second and tlonal Brotherhood—Meets every Monday at 8 p.m., 404 Homer St. President, D. McDougal: Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Office, 404 Homer St. Engineers—International Union Steam and Operating loeal 844— Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall No. 4. President, Goo. Pcttaplece; Rec.-Sec, Roy . Finley: Business Agent and Fin Sec, T. A. Newblgglng. Office, Room 306. Labor Headquarters. Fire Plghters, Ho. 18, International Association of—Meets eyery month at call of president at 251ft Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, 1829—13th Ave. B. Floorlayers" Union, No. 1875, U. B. of C. k J. A.—Meets flrst and third 'Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, L&bor Headquarters. President, G. Mayne; Fin Sec, T. H. Hamlin; Rec. Sec, W. D. Wilson, 1635—5th Ave. W. Bod Carriers and Building Laborers, Ho. •03, International — Meets _a»«4r*»nd third Fridays In month at H&11 N°- *, Labor Headquarters. President, Sam Floyd, 962 Seymour St.; Fin. Sec. and Acting Business Agent,* Jamfs Binding. 62 West 24th; Phone Fair. 6169L. When Labor was in office, unemployment figures fell by ninety thous- ,. ,, . ,,, - . and. Today they are higher by at month at Cotillion Hall, Granville and , . . hnnrlrprl tli,,n*7*,.i,l tnnn Davie streets. President, H. Warde, le?st tw,0 , Hundred tumis.inil Wan UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS 1102—23rd Ave. E.; Secretary, J. Vullamy, 2215—16th Ave. E. D. when Labor left them. But Mr. Baldwin did not ignore the unemployed. He has arranged that there Street and Electric Railway Employees, shall be less for them. Allowances H^8«riMn^^^ .5 *»'.•" young men and young women third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and 7 p.m.-have been cut by sums varying from President, J. E. Smith; Recording one shilling to eight shillings per Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer, E. G. Kermode; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, A. J. Harraway. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Union Bo... 980—Meets second and fourth Thursdays ln Hall No. 3 President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. 11th Business Agent and Secretary, ' D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. week. Also they have now to wait six days before they get their allowance, instead of three days under the Labor regime. * * * By the Wheatley Act passed by the Labor Government in 1924 machinery was instituted whereby the appalling housing shortage could be wiped out. The Tory Government Shlngii Weavers, looal 17813—Meets second Tuesday in month tn Room No. 2, Labor Temple, New Westmln ster, and fourth Sunday, 7:30 p.m., in Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. President. J. Stevenson; Secretary, J. N. Chute, 1163 Pender E., Phone High. 1982 Y. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, loeal No. 178—Meetings held flrst Thursday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets third Thursday ot every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1682 13th Ave. S.: Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, loeal 486—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, La bo r Headquarters. President, A. A. .McKay, 765 Cambie St.; Secretary-Treasurer, A. P. Black, 880 Homer St. ■otel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Cooks ft Stewards, loeal 88— Williams Bldg., 413 Granville Street. Meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent, J. Cumming. Phone Sey. - 125. Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, loeal lis of the I.A.T.8.E. ft K.P.M.O. —Meets at 991 Nelson Street on the second Friday in month, at 9:30 a.m. President, Rod Martin; Secretary, H. Pearson; Bus. Agent, G. W. Allln; Address P. O. Box 711. rJ Ladies' Auxiliary, Brotherhood of looal 171 —United Carpenters — Meets every flrst 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. Lathers, Wood, Win and Metal, International Union, looal 307—Meets sec-1 ond and fourth Mondays In month at Hall 211, Labor Headquarters. W. Fontaine, Secretary, 1828 Commercial Dr. Phone High. 2169 R. Typographical Union, Bo. 386—Presl Ident. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, R. Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer. R. H. Neeiands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Women's Bldg., Thurlow street :* Machinists' local 692 -President, Thos. " Sills, 136! Burrard St.; ((Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, RBom 200, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays ln Hall 313. Milk Wagon Drivers and Dally Employees, looal 484—Office 308, Labor Headquarters. . Meets second and fourth Fridays ln Hall No. 1. President, E. . Metcalfe; Secretary-Treasurer^ Blrt Showier, 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 6327. WOMEN'S AUXILIARY BO. 78 to Vanoonver Typographical Union meeta first Thursday of each month, in the Vancouver Woman's Building, 789 Thurlow Street. President, Mrs. B. J. Trumper, Suite 41, 840 Nelson Street; Secretary, Una A. Pettipiece, 1848 Balaclava Road. tvery year there goes- "irrtirthe pockets of land owners, like the Duke of Northumberland, the Duke of Hamilton, and the Marquis of Bute over £6,000,000 from royalties on coal, for which they contribute no shadow of service whatever. And the colliers who put brutish labor and over a thousand lives a year into the industry, get between £2 and £2 10s. per week, when working. * - * * * The Government was unable to find money to maintain the unemployment allowances at the old figure, or to make unemployment a National charge, instead of a local charge, in so' far as it at present falls -upon Parish Councils, or to back the Boots for Children Bill, but it can find £24,000,000 a* year to give rating relief to landlords, tobacco million*- aires, distillers and brewers. The last two, making huge profits, are to be "relieved" to the extent of £400,000 per anqum. Though it hasftow become notorious that Tory SrW Liberal coffers have been filled to bursting *y the "purchase money" handed over by the men to whom titles and honors have been ladled out, the Government set out deliberately to cripple its Labor opponent by shackling the . political levy of the tr$de unions with restriction* of a" grossly unfair , character. By such marks, you are able to pick out the gentlemanly party. * * * "**,: Since 1921, the one and only time when the mine workers of this country had an increase of wages was in 1924, when Shinwell was Minister of Mines. The Tofy gifts to the British collier have been longer hours, increased output per man, vicious wages cuts, 250,000 mine workers on the scrap-heap, and the pangs of famine over whole stretches of coal country. * * ♦ By his Trades Disputes' Act, Mr. Baldwin made it a criminal offence for workers to withhold their labor if such were an act "calculated or designed to coerce the community." But, on the same measure, he and his cohorts threw out a proposal making it an offence on the part of industrial and commercial magnates to coerce the community by holding up goods or commodities for higher prices. « « * With State aid, in 1924, Local Authorities put in hand £24,500,000 worth of work to relieve unemploy- Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill ———Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE Late 72nd Batt. 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. When In a Hurry, Drop tn at Egg Order. FRED'S "o'k/'"*7' Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Hastings West Always Open *. WILKINSON, Pm. D. DUNCAN, Set Reynolds' Cartage Co. rhones Seymour 8877-8*78 Orating, Packing, Shipping and Storage ** Furniture and Piano Moving Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Of floe nag Warehouse i — 788 — OAMBIB STBBBT — 7IS PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors Z 18 Hastings West Room 33 boasted of these results as if they menu During the twelve months were due the honor, but have now r cnded March last, the amount of reduced the State subsidy with the'Work so put in hand was only •"■•■-■' "" ""'- ,: '■ £3,500,000. * * » If you would learn why some people seem to be quite content with things as they are, you may find the reason in table 48 of the Inland Revenue Commissioners for 1927, which gives the return of gross income of all kinds for income tax purposes. This table shows: That income from ownership of lands, houses, etc., had increased by £15,724,457. Income from British Dominion and Foreign Government Securities, increased by £2,362,127. Profits from businesses, professions, employments, etc., increased by £18,094,066. Salaries of Government, Corporation, and ithe Public Company officials, increased by £9,091,944. ' Weekly wage-earners (please note) decreased by £89,632,383. H SALARY DOUBLED Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday ln each 1T1 month. President, S. D McDonald. Box 888. Secretary. Prank Perry, Box 488, Prince Rupert, B.C. Mill aad rectory Workers' Union, Local Bo. 1599 — Affiliated wilh United Brotherhood of Carpenters ft Joiners. ' Meets llrst and third Thursdays In u-„„ „„„ „», ■, ...„, i. --ij #„n „«. Hall No. 3. LaboT Headquarteri. Pres., Have you n0% heard " **,d fu" °" inevitable results. The figures published for England and Wales as at 30th September, 1927, showed that 212,916 houses had been built under subsidy in that year, and 60,313 houses without subsidy, or a total of 273,299. Comparative figures at the same date this year were 101,791 houses with subsidy, 64,624 without subsidy, or a total of 166,415. That is a reduction of 106,814 though the country still reeks with rotten housing conditions. • - * ♦ In 1922 there were 90,000 persons liable to Super-Tax in this country— that is persons with £2000 a year and over. Despite the increasing hardship of the mass of the people, the latest, figures show that the number of Super-Tax payers has increased by eight thousand. And, since 1924, wages have fallen. by about £24,- 000,000 per annum. This year alone they had fallen by the end of November by £145,000 a week. • ♦ » .' i Philip Snowden struck £3,000,000 off the food taxation of the people. Mr. Baldwin in every one of the four years since 1924 has struck between thirty and forty millions off the contribution of the Income Tax and Super-Tax payer. The Super-Tax payer alone has benefited each year >o the extent of £12,000,000. At the same time he has added taxation to, among other things—Crockery, cutlery, clocks and watches, stockings, articles of silk and artificial silk, buttons, matches, petrol, etc. e e • In a time when trade after trade was perishing for lack of orders, the ] Baldwin Government broke off diplomatic relations with Russia, with disastrous results to industry, and ibringing added severity to the unemployment problem. In 1927, Soviet- ! German trade increased by £10,200,- 000; Soviet-American* trade increased by £4,300,000; and Soviet British trade decreased by £9,700,000. The latest figures show that while the The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 803, 16 Hastings Street Bast Phones: Sey. 7485-627* £ ..?■**• Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 1156 E. 13th. Phone Fair. 5248 President Doumeryue's salary and illowance for expenses were doubled by both parliaments. , The French Executive will henceforth draw . , , , - $140,760 annually instead of $70,- 0ne of the ""'ures of the eduea Barbers To Hold Epochal Convention What is expected to be the largest convention in the history of the organization will be held when the Journeymen Barbers' International Union meets in Indianapolis next September. It is expected that not less than 1000. delegates will be in attendance with a visiting attendance of about 5000 barbers and friends. There will be delegates from every city in the United States and Canada, Porto Rica, Hawaii and fraternal delegates from European countries whQ will bring special messages to the barbers of North American continent. For the first time in the history of th<? union, there will .be ■vii in en delegates in attendance. • Between business sessions, lectures of an academic nature will be given and a new policy be formulated to cope with modem day chirotonsory. 380 he formerly received. Increases ,tion?- Pr?s*ram will be the setting of n the cost of living was the reason a" American style in haircuts. The for the raise. i ••■■' "'•'" •■' an American haircut— . __, I placing a crock about young Timo- SONG FOR 14lh OF FEBRUARY I thv's head and hewing to the line Apollo has peeped through ,the shut-','' W » P?'r ■« shears is passe. Leon «. ter, i i VVhorthall, chairman of the conven- And awakened the witty and fair; ,l.ion committee, is now in Indianapo- The boarding-school belle's in a flut- !,!- arranging details for the .con- ter, vention. The twopenny post's in despair; I —' The breath of the morning is flinging BUILDING CONCERN A magic on blossom and spray, And cockneys and sparrows are singing In chorus on Valentine's Day. —Praed. USES S-DAY WEEK Washington-—The Wardman Con- uction Company has made a verbal agreement with the building trades council to employ onion labor and ,, . i ,i i i "PP-T the five-day week on several oncMe!Btlo1netadTn1l.lOnoch^0?hrrea: JSR building operations in this or four times. | ''. _J_ . Mar*: Oh, it's all right, mum. It's1 only that young fellow as is sweet on We know some people who talk - V, ,r«. n^^ntlA^tX A —"•—» *>» *™ *>f*™' o-^s pi^ in Britainby t£ Soviet 'Star^^neZdrf ^ATiTK than I ... .. ..-,_ »'jaY4 . . <l,',\tt..a.,;ra Th, Jinn .m»i..Iu.. I*. , iSctr Cn I.:. : : *P_ 1 1 .S .! . . ,_ . Phone Marpole 848R Shakespeare. Trading organizations in 1425-26 *his going.away in a hurry. they practice in ten years. ■ ,,..,>?Sft-^fi^*f*'[1, go. • ■■: k ■%h Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, February % 1929 The Labor Statesman ■ Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades * and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. < ''i'KKSH COMMITTEE Chairman, Wm. PAge (Ruilding Trades c " u n i* i I), P.-U. Bengough. (Metal -'Trade h). II. , HrSTeelands (Printing "grades), W Deptford (Transportation Trunin;. II. Showier (Teaming TnailiH), T. Hanofln, (Beverage Trades), c! Iler- reit (Label Trades). Phone Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Fri., February 8, 1929 - THE CO-ORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES ... This is an age of co-ordination and co-operation of all kinds of social activities. The churches and other religious bodies are more closely associated at tbe present than ever before. Combinations of capital*, unification of transportation facilities, merger of banking- and financial concerns, the union Of stores under a common management, unified operation of manufacturing enterprises and a better understanding among schools and institutions of learning are the order of the day. Community chests are taking the place of diversified charity associations, social and hygiene problems are being met in a co-operative, manner, amr^Tr almostr all undertakings we are facing unified and simplified policies pf administration. Wc have what is termed mechanized industry, which is displacing numbers ,of men by the use of modern machinery and organized methods of management. These new machines are not only displacing employes in transportation and industrial plants, but they are reaching into the offices and even into the homes to a very great extent exacting their toll throughout the land insofar as sources of employment are concerned. .1 With this condition confronting the country we mus^yff necessity em-. ploy co-operative and co-ordinated4 methods in dealing with the question of employment for those displaced from jobs or positions by this late- day .plan of unified'effort. - The"suc- cess, of the nation rests squarely upon a -contented and happy citizenship. Our prosperity as a country is undis- putably associated with the general advancement of the people. Modern, improved machinery is undoubtedly bringing us ttT the most advanced condition of mankind ever before known in all history. This stage of advancement will profit us little if we do not keep an evenly balanced social condition - among the masses: Therefore, as we lessen the burdens of drudgery and hard manual labor through the use of machines, we must likewise recognize the value accruing generally from these devices through a distribution of the benefits in such a way that all will share therein. If would be a most shortsighted view if it should be seriously considered that simply because industry was eble to produce more by the introduction of modern machinery, industry alone should profit thereby. The purpose of making fat dividends. Our Vancouver telephone service gives evidence of being conducted on "sound economic principles," which, translated into less diplomatic language, reads: All the traffic will bear. FRANK CUSACK. ; ' ": '","'"■ •".".'"• u'e'Ju.*?' "rtfiot entirely operated for the sole broad, sensible position, and the only[„,„.„„„„ „/ m„v,-n„ f«t AMAanAs one that has any real substance to it, is that society at large must share in these advantages,, which includes capital, management, employes and' the public. A policy of isolation or selfishness can never be accepted as correct. It being an age of co-operation, it likewise must be an age of understanding and fair dealing, or the whole system will fall of its own weight. . ' None need be alarmed at this situation, because the American skill * and ingenuity which has resulted in the present condition of things in general may be trusted to solve any problem which may confront us arising therefrom. To the task of meeting these questions we must earnestly devote our attention, concurrently with, the ;t neral progress of the conditions making necessary readjustments in employment. If machinery makes for leisure, comfort and less laborious toil, these must be distributed equitably along the line, permitting all to'share properly in thent. Industrial progress cannot be shared' only by industry itself, but the country must have its part in the benefits. Labor must have its proper -part in the furtherance of industrial affairs, likewise, in enjoying its share of the benefits, and it is the duty of the public to see that this is done. Labor, ,on the other hand, must set its own house in order by getting in a position to demand justice and to assist in seeing that a square deal is accorded all the way around. Its surest ylaii of accomplishment of the desired results is the strongest possible organisation, sane ly and conservatively officered and managed in the interests of the general good. * - Government can'' be of assistance through encouragement and through, sympathetic understanding, but the real problem is to have ah classes of people fully understand their proper part."" The people toll have to approach the subject in the spirit, of fairness and learn to do that which .s right for the good of the whole. We must have co-operation, co-ordination and unified activities if we are taries of all affiliated unions.—The Railroad Trainman. ] Here and there among our, lumber manufacturers we find a firm that is doing its best in the interests of British 'Columbia. In this respect e are pleased to mention the Barret Lumber Co., who employees 100 per cent, white labor. Open Forum Editor The Labor Statesman: " Sir—Equalization pf street car fares, and a revision downwards of telephone rates, .within the new areas of Greater Vancouver, should be at once pressed forward by our civic authorities. ' , , A comparison of telephone rates prevailing in the city of Calgary with those of the B. C. Telephone Company within the Greater Vancouver area, may be of interest to your readers. I will take the B.C. Telephone rates in the Carleton exchange district as an example. The average radius of the Carleton exchange is about three and one-half miles from Carrali and_ Hasting^ ,.streaML_£or. h-TO8e«!-jHr-^.7,.-77-*;777:7«.,.,,.., .nonth, plus- a'/AiltoH'*,pte*?e»W:*'to"tIr: cents a call outside the local exchange. On a basis of two calls per Jay, or an average>of sixty a month, the toll charge amounts to $2.40, plus $1.50-flat rate, equals $3.90 a nonth. It may be noted that this charge is for a "party" phone service. Further, if a person who re- ,'iding say, in the Carleton, Fraser, ate, telephone districts, wishes to phone his residence from down town, * often costs him a dime to do so. How do these charges (or gouges) compare witlj the Alberta Provincial Telephone rates, which operate in Calgary?" Ogden shops are six miles east of Calgary city hall; the centre it the Bowness district is five miles west from the above point, which •ives an. average radius of five and one-half -miles from the city hall. The house telephone rate for this •ervice is $2.50 a month, flat rate, .villi no toll charge, as in the outly- ng districts in Vancouver. ' More- iver, the Calgary service is superior to the extent that it is not a "party" phone system, such as prevails hereabouts. Why the differential in rates between the B. C. Telephone Company and the Alberta Provincial Telephones? It cannot be on account of higher overhead expenses in Vancouver, due to a lesser density of population and consequently a smaller volume of telephone traffic, than in Calgary. Population per square nile of area is much denser (in numbers) in Vancouver. Neither can the differential be explained by wage rates. An examination of the wage schedules paid by both services suffices to Dismiss such an argument. It would appear, however, that the Alberta Provincial Telephones are A Present-day Parable Another week gone by, and what a wonderful time we have been having, what with banking up the fur- nacev clearing away the ashes, and thawing out the pipes, on the one hand, and keeping the jolly old wolf from the 'door with the other. It tcgeps one busy, eh, what? At the same time we are still wondering whatever induced Byrd to go to so piuch trouble and expense to find trackless wastes of snow, icefloes, snowclad mountains, frozen water . lipes, etc., when' he could have had all the delights and rigors of the Antarctic right here at our own doors at much less expense. Speaking of Byrd reminds me that we have a bird in this office who seems to be rather a fresh egg. During the last cold snap most of our staff have been bringing their lunches, and during the lunch hour quite an argument arose which resolved itself into the question "Do Chickens Pay?" Various opinions tvere expressed on this matter until jonieoiUL unfortunately put the question tp our latest arrival, The Spring Poet, who at once answered, "No, they never do." When asked his reasons for so sweeping a statement, he replied, "That he had taken two o the Orpheum lately and had to buy the tickets and supper on both occasions," so we now conclude that le is not ouite so unsophisticated as he appeared to be at. first sight. This vas bad enough in all conscience, but when he further horrified the 4aff by telling them that they are much too eggostatistical for. him, we thought it about time to intervene. Upon being- remonstrated with ands| vMflsked for an apology he informed us le Rttof t6nTjrdone it for a "yolk." So' .ve are beginning to think that he is pretty hard-boiled. — On going to press this week, we found that he had failed te supply us with any copy, due tp insufficient' nourishment, as semepne had blun- 'ered, and forgotten tn supply his breakfast. This omission rectified, ->fter a npurishing plate nf grape flakes obtained frpm an adjacent saw nil), he was. able, tp prpduce thefol- following verses.' 609 Pender St. W. February 4th ,1929. Editor, Labor Statesman. Sir,—Whilst the value of J. S. Woodsworth to the whole Labor Movement cannot be denied, the article in your issue of January 18th from the "Western Producer," which announces that Mr. Woodsworth is alone entitled tp the credit for the institution of the Old Age Pension, is ridiculous in the extreme. Such statements are unfair to those rnen in Parliament who, though in the minority, have worked'just as hard for the actual realization of this leg- slation as has Mr. Woodsworth. British Columbia has, in the person of- A- 'W Neill, M.P., one whose record during the past seven years will measure up with any legislator, either Provincial or Federal, where 'he interests of the workers are con- cenred. The Labor Movement receives no •pipetus, but rather a setback whenever its writers refuse to recognize the services rendered by men of Mr. Nell's type in the placing of enactments favorable to the wdrkers on our statutes. Every argument ad^ vanced in "said article, re the favor- oi*t cum 0,1060 VOaia q* ih^( WINNlPlt) {Main ,.'....:..(.(.' 6AA.N VANCOUVtH WAV IfWI wuntiin .nw*wi *a*,S .*-.;l. .( u Stuck ' Victoria trrjci. CMAAaviroo ........ > i ^ ITOcn KATTlt (IOCA sroC" Offers Excellent Speculation Judging from the location of the QUATSINO _, properties — adjoining nnd interlocking Coast Copper—there is every reason to believe that the purchase of Quatsino shares offers itn unusual opportunity for speculation. We welcome your investigation and will gladly supply any particulars requested. R. P. CLARK & COMPANY (Vanconver) LTD. INVESTMENT BANKERS 823 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B.C One day as I sat in a thoughtful mood The reason I never quite understood, But somehow these words came into my head, "And give us this day our daily bread." ' ' Then I pondered awhile for it struck me as odd How we frequently say .to an Almighty God Words, which I felt they would certainly ban If they ever were used to pur own fellow man. So partly in earnest, and partly in jest, I thought, now this matter I'll put to the test, And out in the market-place there will I try, The effect of these words on the first passer-by. When I made my appeal, oh how quickly he turned To tell*-me my bread in this world must be earned, . \nd his voice rang with tones of such pitiful scorn, 1 felt almost ashamed that I'd ever - been born. "Then tell me, I pray thee, or, tell me. indeed, Where I can earn this bread that so badly I need?" "Oh, you're willing to earn it, that's different you see, Why I could employ you to work for me." "But there's one thing friend that I'm going to say, Before you commence to earn this pay. , ^ That will give you the mean's of a -daily crust, Now a loaf for me, too, it's earn you must." In the struggle to live at the present day It seems that these words are Unwise to say. So-'6ever again to mankind will I dare Jse words that are simply meant for | prayer. —P. A. BEALL. Buy "B. C." Blue Flame Coal FROM A FAIR-TO-ORGANIZED-LABOR FIRM You can't beat "Blue Flame" Coal Sootless and Low in Ash BEST NANAIMO-WELLINGTON ALWAYS IN STOCK ECONOMY COAL CO. 1629 Main Street / k SEY. 1863 —PHONES- FAIR. 810 A SEVEN-PIECE BUNGALOW SET Ll-wig room, 3 pieces;'., dining'room, 1 piece; porch, hall and kitchen, 1 piece each. <«egular value $32.00: our price... «86.0O JARVIS ELECTRIC CO., LTO__ (CORNER SMYTHE STREET) GRANVILLE STREET ijj j 111111111 f 11111 n 11111111 ■ j i ■ 111111111111 ■ i i 1111111111111 ■ j 11111 ■ 11 ■ 11111 111 ■ 11 ■ 11 m ■ l ■ ■ ■ 111 ■ t i_u For Good Coal! I Phone Jttighland 279 J NAN^SPO-WELLINGTON " FOOTHILCS = DRUMHELLER and SOOTLESS EGG, $9.00. 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This program of development will be in charge of Mr. H. L. Batten, consulting engineer. The officers and directorsj)l the Company arc all men of high standing in British Columbia—experienced in business and inclining development. A key position of trie property alone assures a splendid future for this undertaking. ..' Send us your application today C. V. F. BARKER, Limited ' BONDS — STOCKS — INVESTMENTS 514-515 Rogers Building Seymour 3850-2046 MINING INDUSTRY IS DEPLORED BY SHAW George Bernard Shaw, the famous British writer, would like to see all the coal mines closed, with the owners locked up" inside of them:. Addressing a meeting at Garden City, England, recently on' behalf of distressed coal miners, Shaw declared: "I look forward to the day when there will be no coal in England or in any other country, I .regard that nation as bordering on lunacy which allows its men, and which used to allow its women, to go underground digging coal and leading the life they do without any ultra-violet rays." The young man walked into the jeweller's shop, and flung a beautiful diamond ring on the counter. "What on earth have you done to this ring?" he inquired angrily. "Why, sir, aren t you pleased with it?" asked the puzzled jeweller.' "Pleased with it!" snorted the young man. "I told you to engrave on it "From A to Z'—from Arthur to Zen.'ii—and you've put in the whole alphabet!" •'* . When a man's hair begins to turn gray he* is said to have reached the age'of discretion, but after it begins to turn dark again, it's a sign he has; passed it. >-' / & Friday, February «, 192& ■ a LABOR STATESMAN Fii Industrial Credit Corporation LIMITED 402 Pender Street West Seymour 9354 MONEY TO LOAN! First Mortgages in All Districts of Greater Vancouver. AH Classes of Insurance Written at Small Cost. 6% Interest comppunded semi-annually is paid on your Thrift Department Accounts, and a Handsome Nickel Plated Thrift Bank i. given away FREE to assist you on the sure -snd certain road to INDEPENDENCE. Enquiries and infprmation gladly supplied, with np obligation to you. Industrial Credit Corporation, Limited Seymour 9354 402 Pender Street West Mention "Labor Statesman" One of the most popular brands among Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards of Canada 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 net published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Speedy Service on Call by Telephone to Minneapolis On January 4, a Vancouver businessman put in a longdistance telephone call to a party in Minneapolis, Minn. He got the desired connection within four minutes. Twenty minutes later he was called by telephone from Minneapolis—two calls completed in less than half an hour. "I was greatly impressed," he said, "at the speed with which my call was put through and at the surprisingly low cost. I expect to use the long-distance telephone more in my business in future, knowing that I can get such good service at such a reasonable rate." B. C. Telephone Company It is much easier to tell how a thing ought to be done than it is to make good when you try to do it yourself. CHEMICAL SUPPLIES TENDERS WANTED Chemical Sup- piU-H, VtiTH'iuiver School Board. For purtirulitr.H and tender forms' apply School Hoard Offices, 590 Hamilton Street. TO CARTING CONTRACTORS The Vancouver School Bo^rd want Tenders for all cartage work. Apply .*.'.•" Hamilton Street for full particulars. Tenders, enclosed ln sealed envelopes, addressed Vnncouver School Board, endorsed "Cartage Tender." must be In hands' of Secretary on or before 18th February next. ' Lowest pr i\ny tender not necessarily accepted. I * B. O. WOLFE-MERTON, • Business Man-i***.-***. V ■ 'i VancduvVr School Boural SUNDAY WORK NOW HALTED IN QUEBEC MONTREAL, P. Q.—Sunday wurk in bakeries in the province of Quebec must cease. This was made clear by Premier Taschereau last week when he received a deputation of bakery, employees who protested against work on the Lord's day. He stated that if work on Sunday was persisted in action would be taken in the courts to stop it. A DICTATOR'S WAY "All strikers are commanded to return to. work on Monday, or special trains will deport them." This sensational ultimatum, says a Central News Madrid wire, was delivered recently by the Spanish Dictator, General Primo de Rivera, in the form of an official fommunique published in Madrid. It refers to Spanish building trade workers engaged on the Barcelona Exhibition and a housing scheme, who have gone on strike. % The Ex-Councillor Gray Case Officers and Members Vancouver & deductions are:'what has organized New Westminster Trades Council, labor gained by the change? I have Press Committee, . Editor Labor done something during my tenure Statesman: 7'°f "office in their interests. Will Sirs—Re your attitude, towards those whom the Trades Council has me during the past year and what supported do as much? you hope to obtain by it, in the in- - '' Remember, I am not squealing at terest of organized labor in general, loss of position as a councillor, but t is difficult to understand. rather interested from a union stand I do know I have had the jealous enmity and petty spite of one or two delegates on your Council, and if these same are allowed to control the destiny of organized labor it is a pity. The resolution at your last meeting, and a rush print edition of Labor.Statesman so* thai-^t could be circulated in Burnaby, previous to the election, in an endeavor to destroy the chance of election as.councillor of the only member of organ- .zed labor in the twenty-one candidates seeking election. I was the only candidate for Ward 2 who had the Allied Printing Trades Label on election matter. My activities on Burnaby* council in past having brought the criticism of small nonunion print shops to myself for moving that our printing be done at a fair house. I have stood out for day labor at all times, and where contracts have been let I have pushed to the limit that contractors pay fair wages. I have stood against discriminations being made in the interests of any section of the workers by a system of setting preference percentages for certain groups of the .working class. I have successfully opposed the introduction of one per cent, tax on all incomes, as set out in the School Survey by Putnam and Weir; have had a resolution endorsed by Burnaby council and referred to the Union of B. C. Municipalities convention stating on all occasions that this was another tax on workers, chiefly those paying rent. I have had anonymous letters sent me in past years, and now the same hand sends a copy of Labor Statesman (marked) to my wife. Surely tbe organized labor movement and the blackmailers are not amalgamating. I enclose wrapper as sent, for probable identification. Considering the rush print article, the term "reactionary" does not fit, and from my experience I look upon the user as one whp has just lately entered the labor movement, as I did more than 25 years ago. The novice generally uses this word when something happens, as it seems to fit in any desired place. I might inform Delegate Ross that I was one of the active members of Lodge 357, I. A. of M., who assisted in organizing Car Repairers in Calgary about the year 1907,.at which time L-4MS recording secretary of Calgary Trades & Labor Council, and on or about that time (if my memory serves me right) and the Vancouver Trades Council will look up its records and review the Lawrence Graham case and the Bricklayers' Union settlement, the results shown might influence the present council in being more careful in accepting resolutions which might have an underlying motive, and constructed on personal spite, which may-work out detrimental to the interests of organized labor rather than promote same. Your editor of Labor Statesman, in the issue of January 25th, refers to the results of elections in Burnaby, makes mention of work done by Delegate Moody with a bundle of Statesmen at meetings. This individual now shows his hand. In the year 1926, I, with other councillors, decided that men like Mr. Moody, who had permanent employment, should not lay off their regular work on election days to act as poll clerks, or his son, who was a school teacher, should take the opportunity of a job, election day being on a Saturday, or that certain members of the municipal hall staff should act in the capacity of poll clerk or deputy returning officer, and receive two cheques from the municipality for one day's work, our reasons being that there were plenty of men out of work at that time of the year, capable, and willing, and to whom a day's work would be a necessity. These two cheques for one day's work artists are now very prominent members of Burnaby' Civic Employees' Union. Mr. Moody has opposed Tie unsuccessfully ever since; now he has apparently used the Vancouver Trades Council to assist him in getting rid of one who'has. upheld the principle of one job, one man, vhich I am sure should be the chief nrinciple in organized labor. W. O. Rylett is the new councillor, says the editor of Statesman: Does Mr. Rylett carry a paid-up card in any local union? In my opinion it is illegal and immoral to use the per capita of any., union worker to., publish a sheet to boost anyone who is not now, or> point in the outcome of the action ot the combined forces: of the Vancouver, Trades Council, non-union master printers, and certaTn other elements in having me removed from office. As far as I am concerned, my record is clear. I have given many hours in the interests of labor. I have been out on various strikes, .vh ch is probably more than some of my accusers can say. * In conclusion, I would draw your attention to enclosed letter written by W. Al Pritchard to the editor of Labor Statesman, two issues of which have now been published, but the letter has not been printed. Vancouver had a police enquiry; Vancouver Trades Council should have a press enquiry, in the interests of the organized labor movement and fair play. Thanking you, Yours truly, JAMES GRAY, Card No. 143134, Lodge 151, I. A. • of M. - 3466- Irving Street, Burnaby,' New Westminster. Editor Labor Statesman: Sir—It appears that in the dying moments of the last session of the Vancouver and New Westminster Trades and Labor Council a resolution was crashed through deprecating certain alleged actions of ex-Councillor Gray of Ward 2. The matter, of course, as anyone interested knows, whatever its merits or demerits' may have been, was several months old, and its resurrection at this late date and hour was purely for political purposes. Very well! Whose interests? That* is the question which the putative labor movement of Vancouver and 'district can put to itself and answer. I sat for twelve months in committee and council in Burnaby in the next seat to Jim .Gray, and while I must confess that many times I fought with him and disagreed with him, he was always open and above board and possibly a trifle too frank for his own good. He may have lacked a touch bf diplomacy. I am not altogether unknown to the labor movement, and I want to say now, without hesitation, that my knowledge of Gray, both here and in Calgary, convinces me that his traduc- ers, both inside and outside of the Trades and, Labor Council, are not worthy to unlatch his shoes. If, in this despicable job of disposing, for the time being, of Gray, the Labor Party or any of its individual members have .indulged, then my opinion'of it and of them has gone down considerably in consequence. With a post-election knowledge of the composition of Burnaby's 1929 council, I want to say, in conclusion, that Burnaby has suffered more than ray will in his not being included in the council ranks. One more thing: In giving front- ■'ii'.m' space 'to this rotten business, right prior to election, thus giving Gray, no chance for a comeback, you, Mr. Editor, and your paper, are included in this personal indictment of the undersigned. Yours truly, W. A. PRITCHARD. (Ed. Note: Brother Gray's attitude on the question of arbitration was the only subject under discussion in the meetings of the Trades and Labor Council. This was fully investigated by a committee of the Council and proved to be correct, and inasmuch as Brother Gray's attitude was censured on account of these findings, the press committee publish the above communications and declare the incident closed sd far as the publication of further matter on the subject is concerned.) LOW WAGES NOT FACTOR OF WORKERS' PROSPERITY American* products, produced by the highest paid labor- in the world, are crowding to the wall the products of all the underpaid labor of the rest of the world. Hi«»h wages have led to mass production, the best of machinery, huge buying power for the workers, and the creation of a wide home market. American workers today have all the comforts possessed by those whp in Europe are considered moderately wealthy. If the claim, often voiced by cheap employers, that wages must be reduced in order to make "things prosperous", were true, then China with its" miserably low wage rate -' ^-^J^*'****'*^-''* should shall I say, ever was,a contributor to be the most prosperous country on the organized labor movement. My 'the globe. 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For British Unionists A Trade Union Summer School will be held at Ruskin College, Oxford, under the auspices of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, in the two weeks beginning July 6 next. The organisation of the school-ds a new venture on the partffiof the General Council. In a circular to affiliated unions inviting .applications for places in the school, the Council states that it has reached.^ts decision to organize the school "after careful consideration of the ground covered by existing summer schools, and of the desirability of holding a school specially organized for those concerned with I the day-to-day work of the Trade I Union Movement, and dealing ex- Experience V^OUR experience tells you what your boy * cannot know—the value of money saved. Teach him to spend his money in a bank. His first thousand dollars may riVan a lifetime of success. $7.50 a month will give Mm $1000 tn 10 years from, now. \ The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch - - A. T. Lowe, Manager 17 Offices in Vancouver. 52 Branches in British Columbia 1233 "GETTING RICH QUICK" OUT OF INSURANCE PATIENTS? That dentists charged more to per- sons insured under National Health Insurance than they did to private clients was stated at a joint conference of English and Welsh Associations of Approved Societies, at Cardiff, England. One speaker declared that he objected to dentists getting rich quick out of the pockets of the poor, although he had no objection to them making a reasonable profit. A resolution was passed that the present scale of dental charges for insured persons was excessive and should be reduced. There is room-'fo reverybody in this big world—but we can't all nave front rooms. ONLY TWO EXTRAS *" OUT OF 1%000 WORK HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A labor bureau operated by moving picture producers announces that only two persons of the 15,000 registered extras were employed on an average of five days a week last year. Besides the two extras (one man and a girl) who accomplished the feat of working five days a week for a whole year, there were two girls and one man who averaged four and one- half days a week,, three girls and 11 men who averaged four days a week, and 15 women and 42 men who averaged three days a week. Altogether there were 469 men and women who averaged at least two days' work per week for the year. The rest of the 15,000 got along as well as they could. and practical interest to them. Scope For This Type "The General Council," it is added, "has, of courser-no desire to compete with any of the existing schools, but believes there is scope for a trade union school of the type contemplated." .« i The program for each week of the school will be identical. Mr. Walter M. Citrine, secretary of the Trades Union Congress, will give two lectures, one on "Trade Unionism and Its Relation to Modern Industry," and the other on "The Future of Trade Unionism." Sir Henry Slesser, K.C., will lecture on "Trade Union ■ Law," and Mr. Russell Jones, solicitor to the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, on "The " aw of Workmen's Compensation." "Methods of Wage-Fixing, Conciliation and Arbitration—their Practical Application and Results," will be the subject of a lecture by Mr. A. Pugh, secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, and Mrs. C. D. Rackham, an ex-factory inspectoi and a member of the Home Office Committee on the Factory Inspectorate, now sitting, will lecture on "Factory Legislation." Union Administration- There will be two lectures on trade union administration by Mr. A. W. Petch, financial secretary and office manager of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers, and one each on health insurance and unemployment insurance by Mr. J. A. Newrick, secretary of the approved society section of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. On the opening day of each week Professor II. J. Laski will speak on summer schools and their uses and methods of study and sources. The school will be open to both I n crT»u« -„..„. men and women, and the cost of a ELECTRIC TRAINS week to a student will be 52s. 6d. After January 1st all New York Students will be accepted for one Central passenger trains in and out week only. of Cleveland will be handled by elec- A form of application for places at trie locomotives. The newly electri- the school is being sent to the secre-1 lied zone is to include about sixteen taries of all affiliated unions. ' miles of multiple track route. British Shipyards Build Biggest Tonnage British shipyards, in 1928, again built considerably over half the total new tonnage constructed in the world.. In 1927, the' total built was 2,237,000 tons, of which Great Briti ain built 1,250,000.. In 1928 the* total rose to 2,661,000, and the British share to 1,443,000. The improvement, however, took place mainly in the earlier part of the year; and the last quarter's figures record a considerable falling off. The year's figures again show that the motor-ship is advancing. In this country more steamers .than motor-ships are still being built; but in the rest of the world, the motor now largely exceeds the steam tonnage. Nor is it satisfactory that, of the total world tonnage now under construction, British For HEALTH, STRENGTH and Beauty eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread. i A wholesome body builder. Doctors recommend it. THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST clusively with subjects of immediate" Shipyards account for substantially ■■'■■■'■■■•■■■■• ' * " less than one-half. We have been so occupied of late with the problem of distress in the coalfields that we are disposed to forget the scarcely more tolerable situation of the shipyard worlftrs. Unemployment is as severe among them s among miners, and has been, in certain cases, of even longer duration. The shipyard worker is, indeed, rather more easily transferable than the miner to other industrial callings; but that profits him little unless there are openings for employment to which he can be transferred. That this is not the case, the stagnant pools of labor in such places as Newcastle and G'«sK°w unfortunately bear witness: In the shipyards, as well* as in the" coalfields^ there is a problem to be faced for thousands of workers who are never again likely to find Work at their old trades. DUST CAUSES MANY FACTORY EXPLOSIONS Employees and employers should be aroused to the hazard of dust ex- nliisions in factories, declared Hylton R. Brown, chemical engineer of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in an address at Buffalo, N. Y., last week. "Last year more than 500 lives were lpst, more than 900 injured and property worth $40,000,000 destroyed as a result of such accidents," he said. There are two requisites for a dust explosion, according to Mr. Brown—a cloud of combustible dust in the air and a source of ignition. The factory worker, he said, should know what dusts will explode and what conditions within his control will cause an ignition. R. C. HIRST Electrical Contractor and Dealer House Wiring, Fixtures, Lamps, Batteries Glen 370 4099 Hastings St. E. Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 158 Cora ova W. Pbons Ssy. 8837 See Us About Broken Glass In Windows, Automobiles, Mirrors. Showcases, etc. Art Olaia Bepaired Minora Be-sllvered ON ^8 IME WITH ^NNOMY YELLOW CABS save the strain of continual hurr/1 This property, which is to be used for the manufacture of the Wright Flexible Axle Automobile, is located in the suburb of Montreal East, and is bounded by Marien Avenue, Ontario and Demontigny Streets. It covers an entire city block, measuring 315 by 736 feet, and embraces an area of 231,840 square .'feet. It carries a valuation of $253,000. The main building will be used for assembling the Wright Flexible Axle Automobile, and is a two-storey and basement solid brick structure. It is ideal for this purpose, having good ventilation, saw-tooth roof lighting, and an excellent heating equipment. The layout of the building permits of two continuous chassis assembly lines being operated simultaneously, and enables a full construction program to be carried out without breaking the lines. The basement has a ceiling height of nine feet, and the other storeys 14 feet. The body and paint shop is also of solid brick construction, two storeys high, mesuring 68 feet wide by 142 feet long, and has a floor area of 18,070 square feet, with celling heights of 14 feet. It is .equipped with elevators and is connected to the main building. The basement of this building is suitable for new car storage and for incoming stock. Other buildings include a dry kiln, equipped with a eo'tiveyor for systematic handling of. material- a boiler room 41x41 -feet, with two boilers,* and there is also a garage. • "' 7'" '•• ■ *"..„. -/ *:' '. '. ' ** " "^i5!»m:-.".*«i->«»*«..ij*'.»-.:;. *.■*-"»'■' '' .,.; The buildings are protected by a Grinnell Sprinkler System, served by a water tank of 30,000 gallons capacity. Based on one shift of eight hours per day, the plant has a production capacity of 1,500 cars per month, or 4,500 cars per month at a three-shift basis! A branch of the Canadian National Railways feeds three sidings connecting to the loading pisiform of the main building and all other departments of the plant, thus providing rail facilities, while a dock situated at the foot of Marien Avenue, on the St. Lawrence' River, permits of direct shipments by water to all parts of the globe. The property is highly desirable in every way for the present needs of Wright Flexible Axle Motors, Limited, and available surplus land, included in the purchase of the property, permits of duplicating the present structure to take care of considerable expansion of the company's business. The main building has been equipped with the most up-to-date machin ,. ,. , . means . ery, and a staff of highly.skilled mechanics are busily engaged in manufnu- dust must'be used instead tunng the special tools and other equipment necessary to production. CS , Demonstration cars of the Wright Flexible Axle Automobile have been seen in'nearly every part of British Columbia, as they have in almost every city, town and hamlet throughout the Dominion. This car is of peculiar interest to Organized Labor, inasmuch as it has the endorsation of the majority of unions-comprising the movement in Canada. PROTECTION FOR WORKERS IN MINES In order to protect workers in the mines from the disease known as silicosis, the Department of Industry, Commerce, and Labor recently issued a regulation which prohibits the use in the mines of drills which* allow the dust produced to pass directly into the atmosphere. Models employing a stream of water or some other appropriate means for collecting the . A watchmaker's advertisement a timely announcement. is i Ask for the Union Label. v"^ Friday, February 8, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take our Herbal Remedies UTHITE for pamphlet on Loss of Manhood - and Disorders Peculiar to Men. Free by mall. Advice free. 35 years' experience. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 every week day except Wed. nnd Sat., when closed all day. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver's Only Genuine Herbalists NOTICE! NOTICE IB HEREBY GIVEN that an application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia at Its next session, on behalf of the Chiropodists of British Columbia, for a private Bill to be known as "The fhlropody Act" for the purpose of governing* and regulating the practice of chiropody throughout British Columbia by providing for a Board of Examiners lo Insure the better qualification and standing of persons practising and holding themselves out as practising the profession of Chiropody In British Columbia, and the registration and llcens- . Ing of practitioners, and for the Incorporation of the registered and licensed Chiropodists of British Columbia Inti i body corporate under the name of '"Ine British Columbia Chiropody Association" with powefe^of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property. Axing and collecting of examination, registration, andi enrollment feus; the Issuing of. certlfleates\of registration and of licenses; the admission of candidates; the disciplining anaVcontrol. of members, and of enacting pf all byl&ws and regulations for the general manage ment of the Association. DATED at Vancouver, B. C. <hls 28th day of November, A. D, 1921. Financiers Take Charge Of German Reparations ~,r* Paris.—The conference of fiijan- c.'al experts, appointed nominally for the purpose of fixing Germany's total indebtedness, but actually for the much more practical purpose of arranging for the commercialization of .all or part of the debt, willi-jmeet in Paris on or about February 9th. No concerted plan will be placed before the conference, for none as ye\\ exists. And during the first few days, or even few weeks, of its labors the conference will probably be .forced to listen to an exposition of each government's point of view. It is also natural to expect from Dr. Schacht, the president of the Reichs*- bank and chief German expert, a gloomy narrative - of his countr-y's financial condition and the worst forebodings as to its future. And then the * experts will shed their purely national character and reappear in their more intelligent, more realist and- also more secretly powerful role as bankers. „ The bankers, led by Mr. Pierpont Morgan, whose first appearance on the European scene as a kind Of dissecting surgeon in the post-mortem of Europe, is of the highest significance, will overrule the politicians. LUCAS 4 LUCAS, Barristers and Solicitors, 1022 Standard Bank Building, Vancouver, B. C. Solicitors for Applicants. Classified Adverts. BARRISTERS AMD SOLICITORS Wauls w. Kerenx, 402 Metropoutaa Banding. Phone Sey. 0667. ■ATM Hsstlngs Steam Baths Price 3So Only 766 Hastings Street Ban DENTISTS Br. W. A. Rntlidge. 108 Hastings W ROTARY PUBLIC r. R. Bengongh. . 803 Holden Bldg. Fixing Reparations They will propose a plan which will be, in effect, the lowest common denominator of the various plans that have been circulating for months past between Wall Street and the capitalists of Europe. They will suggest that the incalculable, or the dangerous, factors in the DftWes -V.U-c. - 4>8» .tvajKf.eye; tlau^e and should be scrapped, and that the maximum payments to be expected^from TheTGerman qation during 62 years should not be expected to exceed the amount of the annuity "due next year —£125,000,(100—and upon this basis the total debt of Germany should be capatilized at a sum between £1,500,- 000,000 and £2,000,000,000. This capital figure would, in theory, be bonded, and the bonds sold to thc world at large—and principallyT^of course, to the bond-buying public in America, Great Britain, Germany, and France. There is an obvious limit, however, to the amount that can be issued immediately in bonds, and this point is Labor Statesman. 803-818 Holden Bldg. RUPTURE SPECIALIST O. B. H.ard. 818 Robson UNDERTAKERS Armstrong m Hotson, 304 Dnnlevy Ave. "Your digestive system is all out of order," said a doctor, after examining a patient. "The best advice I can give you is to discharge your cook and get a new one." "It can't be done, doctor," answered the patient sadly. "I'm married to her!" being ardently discussed by the fin-' anciaes' in- Wall Street, and the.discussion being naturally-influenced by the conflicting interests involved. The banks and brokers in America chiefly engaged in selling home bonds to the public—whether in cotton, industrials, railroads or automobiles— are naturally hostile to any large issue of foreign bonds, and therefore are busily depreciating the possibility of' any large purchase of Gernfian' reparation bonds by America. Foreign Loan Banks The banks interested in foreign trade and European loans are naturally optimistic as to the results' of a German Reparation bond issue. And the appearance of Mr. Morgan on the committee of experts may therefore be taken to.mean that the whole of his bank's great influence in the stock market and in the press of America will be exercised to launch the German bonds. Nevertheless there is a limit even to America's great capacity to absorb fresh foreign bonds. That limit is estimated in well-informed circles here not to exceed £60,000,000.' If the United States should subscribe this amount, it is considered possible that a further sum of £140,- 000,000 would represent the limit of the purchasing capacity of the rest of the world. The largest sum that could be immediately mobilized for reparations payments by the sale of bonds is therefore estimated at £200,000,000, representing from one-eighth to one- tenth of the capital figure at which' fis-proposed to fix Germany's indebtedness. The immobilized balance of the bonds would, it is suggested, remain in the hands of an international board of trustees, on which Germany would be represented, and would be issued in sections as the prosperity of Germany and the investment capacity of the world increased. Although no political question will be permitted to arise in the purely financial conference on the express demand of M. Poincare, it is not unlikely "that attempts will be made to secure a^parallel—and contingent— settlement of the Rhineland Evacuation problem. x7 BEFORE THE NEXT WAR! "I want to get an army of conscientious objectors before the next was, said Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, M.P., at the first meeting of the Tottenham and Edmonton branch of the No More War Movement recently, held in the local trades hall at Tottenham. The branch, which was formed in October, has now a membership of 40 enthusiasts. Mr. R. C. Morrison, M.P., .presided. Mr. Ponsonby further stated: "I want to see most of the people declare now openly before their friends and the public that they are not going to fifht: that is what is going to prevent the next war from coming." FORGET IT \^ Forget the slander you have heard. Forget the hasty, unkind word. \^ Forget the quarrel and the cause. Forget the whole affair because Forgetting is the ohly way. Forget the storm of yesterday. Forget the chap whose sour face Forgets to smile Jn any plave. Forget the trials you have had. Forget the knocker, he's a freak. Forget his seven days a week; Forget you're not a millionaire, Forget the grey streaks in your hair, Forget to even get the blues, But don't forget to pay your dues. — (Mrs. Fred Sanders, Member Dorcas Lodge 40, L. A. to B. R. T.) A view of the new three million cubic feet waterless gasholder now being constructed on the site of the old Royal Mills, below Georgia Viaduct. The Vancouver holder will rise to a height of 240 feet, towering above Georgia Viaduct, and will rank as one of the highest buildings in the city. The diameter will be 140 feet, thus a large area will be available on the top should the holder* be utilized as a guide to airmen. When complete the holder will have on the ground floor a store capacity 12 feet high and 140 feet in diameter, having a cement floor and sides with windows. The superstructure of the holder will be of steel, and the gas storage capacity will be three million cubic feet. The holder is being constructed by union labor under the supervision Of C. H. Garside, constructions-engineer of the firm of Robert Dempster and Sons, Elland, Yorkshire, England, the construction firm. Mr. Garside,.together with D, Rotheringham, his assistant, and K. Rammer, consulting engineer qf the Man Company, Gustarburg, Germany, recently arrived in the city to take charge ot the work. It is expected the work will be completed by the end of the year. . - .. TB5 X>*\ [mint 10"7 AsiagLe Stmdayls>totoriiig wouldpavfer & month's "Electricaar Service; V/AME the dawn->-of another Sunday—and some hours later .the family car pulls in at a gas station. Sidestepping the lure of the more expensive gaily- colored motor fuels, the head of the family orders the tank filled with ordinary white gasoline. Ten gallons, and a couple of quarts of oil, cost him about $3.90—' paid with a smile. In Vancouver a house of 1,000 square feet of floor- space, using 50 kilowatt hours a month, pays only $1.60. Even a big house Of 2,500 square feet, using an average amount of current of 100 kilowatt hours a month, pays only $3.10. The actual average bill for electrical service in Vancouver is $1.50 a month. There's only one item on the family budget smaller than electrical service, and that's "postage and stationery." Light is so cheap you can afford to use as much as you need. You can't Save much on light, because it costs so little. Do without it altogether, and you save but little. A litter or postcard will brings you out booklet entitled" ,9*""**^?* * 'Correct Lighting for Every Room ' • . is tbe House" .-. • Umtish Coidmbm ^EiECTHicRfflEwarCa VANCOUVER ^^ ' VICTORIA Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" TRY OUR GRAPE, LOGANBERRY, ORANGE, PUNCH, ETC IDEAL FOR DANCES AND PARTIES PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS, LTD, 1955 Commercial Drive BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3*95 HASTINGS ■T»BET EAST Kfh. 180 Ol.n. 384 Mlfht Cell: Ol.n. 483, OarL 3S9Y3 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT 600.000 mi m day BUNGALOWS SEE US FOR SPECIALS Porto Rican Workers Will Extend Unionism SAN JUAN.—A general organizing campaign, collection of funds for the Samuel Gompers memorial in Washington and the building of a labor temple in this city were major decisions by the executive council of the Porto Rico Free Federation of Workingmen, at their meeting in this city. Santiago Iglesias, senator in the Porto Rico legislature and secretary of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, is president of the Federation. . , Vice-presidents and orgariizers of the Federation were instructed to direct the campaign in their respective districts. Funds will also be collected for educational purposes. The movement will start on January 27, when every union will hold a public meeting in memory of the late Samuel Gompers. The labor temple will be erected on land voted for this purpose by the last session of the Porto Rico Legislature. DENVER UNION BUSTERS QUIT IMPOSSIBLE TASK Denver.—The anti-union Employers' Association of this city has thrown up the sponge. In a letter to the few members, the executive com- -mittee says it is impossible to continue the" fight with a declining membership and the "ceaseless 'boring in' by organized labor." Pledges of moral and financial support have not been fulfilled and the union bust its arc forced to quit. ' In the last financial statement to members .expenditures for "secret service" was among the largest in the list. The organization was formed 11 years ago by. Herbert George, who at one time flourished as a union buster in San Francisco. Following his death in this city, the executive committee of the Employers' Association attempted to carry on the work. Angry Actress: Did you. write that criticism saying my impersonation of "The Deserted Wife" waa a failure? Careful Critic: Yes, you see, you looked so perfectly beautiful that it was impossible to imagine any man deserting you. '•'siQtSiiliBSW s -Mi"1"* ' Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday. February 8, 1929 It's Hard to Estimate —the harm. done to the system through eye-strain, caused by reading in street cars, trains—-and too many- movies. Have your, eyes tested today. Consult Lawrence W. Smith Optometrist and Optician Phone Sey.6.860 49— Hasting. St. West—49 AH Foot Troubles van be relieved — painlessly. 'quickly, conveniently ami per- manerttly. My methods—the latest scientific methods of Foot Correction —Will bring hack the fallen arches to their normal position—eliminate the cause of your trouble, and quickly relieve CORNS, BUNIONS, INOBOWN TOE NAILS, FOOT. PAINS, ETC. Arches mad. to an impression of your foot. « DR. M. J. VERGE CHIROPRACTOR AND DRUGLESS PHYSICIAN 43-44 McLean Building (Old Province Huildlht**) 142 Hasting'. W. Sey. 1336 MOGUL PROPERTY The property of the Mogul Mining Co. Ltd. is located on the main Kettle River, 20 miles above Westbridge on the Kettle Valley Railroad. DEVELOPMENT Work done in the winter of 1899-1900 was sufficient to warrant a wagon road being built from Westbridge to Canyon Creek, along the Kettle Valley for 20 miles. Sufficient work has been done this winter to warrant completing the road, taking in machinery and driving two long tunnels on No. 3 Vein and No. 5 Vein to tap the ore bodies at depth. VALUES Surface showings of the whole area are well defined, and veins or deposits range from 18 inches to 14 feet in width, with values from $19 to $80 in gold, with some' silver. Ores are easily concentrated and sufficient hydro-electric power is available for all mining and milling purposes. f We recommend purchase of this stock at 25 cents per share as a speculative opportunity of unusual worth. H. E. HUNNINGS & CO. LTD. Bank of Nova Scotia Bldg. Seymour 7267-8 Please enter my order for 1. shares of Mogul Mining Co. Ltd.. at 25 cents per share. I enclose herewith money order, liank draft, or chct-ue for as payment In full Name . Address Street Railwaymen Elect New Officers The following officers were elected by the Vancouver Local of the Street Railwaymen's Union for the terrti ending June 30, 1929: President, J.'E. Smith. . First Vice-President, E. Hicks. Second Vice-President, D. Miller. Business Agent,.!!. W. Speed. Recording Secretary, J. Price. Treasurer, J. Auton. Executive—F. A. Hoover (day men), T. A. Carson (night men), John Dew (barn men). Auditors—Angus Maclnnis, F. A. Hoover, T. A. CarSon. ' Delegates to Trades and Labor Council—F. A. Hoover, H. W. Speed, J. Auton,, A. J. Harraway, E. S. Hougham, W. Deptford, J. Johnstone, J. E. Smith. First Alternate, J. Price. Second Alternate, J. C. Christie,' Night Warden, W. Deptford. Day Warden, J. C. Wood. Conductor, R. Curry. For changing one's perspective .nothing tspjaals a good nijrht's sleep. Frank Morrison Gets Skates On Back East Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor returned to Washington last week after a visit ,to his 95-year-old father, Christopher Morrison, at Waterton, Ontario. The elder Morrison suffered a serious attack of influenza, but is now on the way to complete recovery. Secretary Morrison also was in Toronto for a few days making preliminary arrangements for the annual convention of the A.'F. of L. to be held there in October next. "A visit to Canada in midwinter is an interesting event—to-one agoing from the mild climate of Washington, said Morrison. "In Waterton the snow was three feet on the level and I enjoyed the sport of ice skating. "Fifty years ago I thought I was something of an expert, but I was not at all sure I could get away with it this time. "The skates I had used as a youngster were still hanging mi the old hook—my father had seen to that— but they were rusty and I had to get an up-to-date pair. "At first I was a bit nervous, but that disappeared and I was soon getting as miich joy out .of the sport as in the old days. "I was, of course, delighted to find my father recovering from the 'flu.' He is remarkably vigorous for a man of his advanced age, and expects to live to pass the century mark." I. L. P. MEETINGS Robert Skinner will discuss a questionnaire, recently sent out to members of the Labor Party, at a meeting of the South Vancouver branch of the Independent Labor Party at the Horticultural Hall on Friday evening, February 8th. All members are urged to attend. MILK SALESMEN TO HOLD 10th ANNIVERSARY SMOKER The Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees Union will hold its tenth anniversary smoker in the Labor Headquarters on Wednesday, February 27th, commencing at 8 p.m. Some of the best available talent will be obtained for this event and all members are urged to.obtain their tickets early. Tickets are 50c each and there is only a limited number. RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES TO HOLD BIG ENTERTAINMENT The Hotel anft-v Restaurant Employees' Union h«(s; planned a big musical entertainment and dance as a house warming to celebrate the opening of their new quarters. The event will be held in the Williams Building, 413 Granville street, next Tuesday, February 12th, commencing-at. 9 p.m. and continuing until 1 a.m. Tickets are 25c. ' Refreshments will be serv.ed, and all members are urged to keep this date open. Wants Grant Renewed to Technical Education A communication was received by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council from the Vancouver Board of School Trustees, asking the Council to support them in asking l'or a renewal of the ten million dollar grant mr le by the Dominion Government in 1919, in aid of Technical and Vocational Education throughout the Dominion. The grant expires on March 31st of this year and the Board of School Trustees believe that the time is now opportune to urge for a renewal of the grant. The Trades Council will use its best efforts to. obtain a renewal and points out that the Executive Council of the Trades and Labor Congress, of , Canada presented the following views to the premier and cabinet of the Dominion Government on January 8th of ,this year, along with other legislative proposals: Re-enactment Technical Education Act, 1919 It is to be regretted that the Government has n3t yet seen fit to re- enact the Technical Education Act of 1919 which expires on March 31st this year,, as we are convinced that without Federal assistance technical education activities in the various provinces will be restricted. We believe that the Premier ,of Ontario stated the case clearly when, in a press statement published May last, he said: "The Technical Education Act passed by the Dominion in 1919, did not encroach on the prerogative ol the provinces. It did not assume to take control of any,-schools; it left the responsibility for the administration of technical schools strictly to the provinces to which it belongs by constitutional right." «i!7' i* - "The Act was, in fact, a financial measure dealing with Federal funds. It undertook to use Federal money to promote and assist Technical Education in Canada.' In other words, the Dominion sought to induce the provinces and the municipalities, on the assurance of Federal assistance, to undertake a very expensive service to the jpountry, on a larger scale than would otherwise be possible." Reiterating our statement presented last year,we would emphasize that technical education is an essential part of apprentice training, and as such, }ays the foundation for industrial efficiency, which reflects itself in Dominion revenues. For this and similar reasons we again advance the minion that the Dominion Government could properly continue grants for technical education and urge the enactment of legislation to make this possible when the Act of 1919 expires. Boost Boost your city, boost your friend; Boost the lodge that you attend, Boost the street on which you're dwelling,' Boost the labor that you are selling, Boost the people round about you, They can get along without you; But success will quicker find them If they know that you're behind them. Boost for every forward movement, Boost for every new imporvement, Boost the man for whom you labor, Cease to be a chronic knocker, Cease to be a progress blocker; If you'd make your "Local" better, Boost it to the final letter. —R.J.T-;. Trades and Labor Council Committees Organization: Colin McDonald (chair.), Tailors. P. R. Bengough, Machinists. W. J. BarUett, Blacksmiths. Jas. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Herrett, Barbers. * • ♦ Legislative: W. J. Bartlett (Chair.), Black- - smiths. W- .J- Scribbins, Civic Employees. P. R. Bengough, Trades Council. F. A. Hoover, St. Railwaymen. C. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. W. Hargreaves, Carpenters. J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. McDonald, Tailors. * * * Press: W. Page (Chair.), Building Trades Council. W. Deptford, Transportation Trades. R. H. Neeiands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T. Hanofiin, Beverage Trades. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades. * * * —. Grievance: J. Cumming (Chair.), Restaurant Employees. E. C. Miller, Musicians' Union. B. Showier. Dairy Employees. W? Hargreaves, Carpenters' Union. H. W. Watts, Electrical Workers. UPHOLSTERERS DANCE The next regular whist drive and dance of the Upholsterers Union will be held in the K. P. Hall, 8th and Scotia, on Wednesday, February 27, commencing at 7:45 p.m. Con.i.tent Union Men Brno.*. 100°/ Union-mad. Cigars! ASK FOB Kurtz Cigars BERT'S CIOAB BOX Oorn.r Homer and .P.nder St*. ' k..'. B .mon. ii mi imi|i f i smessmm iMcoafOWATiD nt* mav lero. VANCOUVER Now On! OUR FEBRUARY HOME-FURNISHING SALE;-; : }: PRESENTING UNMATCHED VALUES IN ALL HOME-FURNISHING SECTIONS "Things For Men" Dependable Goods—Satisfactory Service—Satlsfi.il Customers HARRIS' HAIR TONIC---It docs' eradicate dandruff $1.00 nnd $1.50 HAIR GLO—Ensures tldny and lustrous hair '. ....,...,. 40o RUBBERSET SHAVING BRUSH—.Regular $1*.35. special 98c SHAVING MIRRORS Real value's 96c, 390, 500 to $3.50 SURE-EDGE STROPPKRS— Holds all makes of blades: $1.00 TWINPLKX STROPPERS—Improves your Gillette blades:^ $3.49 K'RISS KROSS STROPPERS—Guaranteed for ten years. l...$5.50 , . HOWE'S CAN-OPENER How safe! How easy! None "better! , Only.., '■ i ■—.■ 'Come in and let us demonstrate. 35c B. C. Barber Supply an<rSnti(frfes, Limited 64 HASTINGS STBBBT WEST " ; 'VAWCOUVBB, B. 6? PHONE SEYMOUR 4401 Mail Orders Given Prompt and Careful Attention Vancouver Drug, Company7,(1928) Limited CUT RATE DRUGS Practically ev.ry purchase made at any one of onr sixteen (tons means a saving. Try ns for yonr next Drug* Wants and note tn. QUALITY, SEBVICE and SAVING. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS .60 L. & F. Lysol - 44 .25 Vlnolla Castile Soap, per bar .17 1.2B Poker Chips .....: .76 .75 Kotex (Super size) .47 .25 Woodbury's Tooth Powder .17 1.00 Coty's Single Compacts XI .75 Mary Garden Talcum .52 .50 Po-(!o Rouge X» .10 Green Band Nipples 6 for .35 .10 Oval Sterilizers ....6 for .36 .50 Armand's Knife Edge Compacts .35 1.00 Armand's Taqulnc Face Powder .59 .50 Pinex - i»-.; •>* .25 Parke Davis & Co. Milk ----- of Magnesia, 4 oi IB .73 .65 Tartarian - 1.00 Coty's Assorted Miniature Perfumes .60 Pure Cream of Tartar, per lb 34 .45 Mennen's Shaving Cream. .31 .15 Vanex Camomile Herbal Shampoo $ for .16 1.50 NorldK Loose Powder * ' Compact ■ .86 VANCOUVER'S OWH DBUO STOBBS—FOUBTBBH IK THB CITY AT YOUB SEBVICE. 16 STORES—WE SAVE YOU HOBBY 1—16 STOBBS D-A-N-G-E Hold Your Next Dance at THE WINTER GARDEN ENGLISH BAY "Where Dances Are a Success" Phone Douglas 3509 L. G. Thomas. Mgr. St. Valentine's Day A thousand years ago, so say the folk-lore fables, our ancestors looked forward to February 14th as the mating day of birds. The fables further tell us February 14th gradually became a day of merry-making and sweetheart choosing. On the eve of St. Valentine's Day the youths and maidens were gathered on the village green; the eligible maidnes' names were placed in a bowl and each young man blindfolded timorously drew the name of a maiden who then became his sweetheart. Thus this -custom arose, and in honor of the saint whose name that day boredn the calendar of the early church, February 14th became known as St. Valentine's Day, although the saint himself was in no way connected with it. Washington Irving, revered as a lover of old tales, says: "It was Shakespeare's notion that on this day birds,began to couple; hence probably arose the custom of sending love- billets." JOBLESS MARCH LIKE ARMY London.—Unemployed men, organized like an army, with knapsacks, field kitchens and ambulances, began a march from Glasgow to the capital last'week, to protest against legislation which cuts about 30,000 from the list- of workers entitled to unemployment insurance payments. The Machine Affects U.S. Convict Labor The labor-displacing machine has even affected convicts in state penitentiaries, who are being displaced as road makers. This statement was made by Governor Hammill of Iowa, speaking at the conference of state governors, at New Orleans. —' ' The middle west executive was -discussing placing convicts at work, "for if we don't our .penitentiaries will be Turned into madhouses," he said. Road work, he declared, does not solve the problem because of the wider use of machinery. This statement is another indication of how machinery is affecting the lives of the people. No trade or calling is immune from the new social revolution that is sweeping so- called "common" labor, as well as skilled labor,, into the Unemployed ranks. .-- At the rodeo an agile cowgirl rode beneath the horse, on the horse's neck and almost on his tail. One of the party remarked: "That's, nothing. I did all of that the first time I ever rode a horse."— Chicago Daily News. 1st Student: "My father invested in a subway, and it went under." 2nd Thug: "Well, mine started a doughnut bakery, and went, in the hole."—Panther. W
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