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or atesmai. TjfoWNED AND CONTROLLED ^ W BY TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL 1 Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 NO. 278-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1929 Views of Winnipeg Trades Council on Immigrat on ^INNIPEG, BEING THE GATEWAY of the West -and the ( centre of.westehi immigration activities, meets the problem face to face created by the influx of immigrants. 'In view of this, the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council has for some time been gathering information in connection with immigration, subsidized and otherwise, and has now compiled a report as to their findings, coupled with some definite recommendations which are to be presented for consideration at the forthcoming convention of the Trades and Labor Congress, Saint John, N.B. The full text of the report, which is a valuable contribution towards the better understanding of the immigration problems, is herewith reproduced: A committee selected to investigate and report on thc extent that subsidized immigrants, who have recently arrived in Canada, were being hired by employers to displace from or prevent others from securing employment, who had been born in Canada or had resided there for some time, herewith submits the results of their investigations and recommendations for your endorsation or otherwise. Meaning of Subsidized Immigrants Those to be considered as "subsidized immigrants," as used in this report, are those of cither sex, adults or minors, who came to Canada from other countries, either on steamships or railways, or both, where the difference between the reduced and regular fare was made up by grants from either the Canadian or other governments or by the transportation companies themselves; as a result of loans or bonuses advanced by the Canadian or other governments, companies or societies, located either in Canada or elsewhere, or where the immigrant was induced to come to Canada by an alluring and perhaps deceptive propaganda, that was intensively conducted by governmental or other bodies who were interested in securing immigrants. Obstacle. Although it was possible to secure much information of a general nature, where unscrupulous employers had used recently arrived subsidized immigrants to displace from or prevent others from securing employment, however, when it came to securing specific information of individual cases, which of necessity must be secured direct from the recent arrival, it was found that they were very cautious and hesitated to give or certify any information that may be detrimental to themselves, as they were fearful as to what the consequences would be if their employer got to know of.same. Hence it was only possible to secure such information in cases where the circumstances are similar to those that were exposed in connection with the General Motors Corporation in Oshawa, Ontario, where it was proven that they actually advanced the full transportation fare of a number of mechanics from Germany and other Central European countries, that were hired there by that company to work in their plant and under a contract that provided for a considerably lower wage than the prevailing scale in that plant, and when finally expqsed the company endeavored to justify their action by contending that competent die-makers were not available in Canada, or with the printing concern in Toronto that imported a full crew of workmen from Europe, who were hired under contract to work in this firm's plant after a certain date, when they had decided to discharge their older employes in a body. Metal or Iron Industry in Winnipeg In a recent survey of the metal or iron industries in Winnipeg, and who were then employing between them approximately 1,800 male adults, it was found that nearly. 500, or 28 per cent. to. themi Were of the "Ukrainian nationality alone, while there was also a large percentage of other Southern and Central Europeans employed, Which would amount to more than 50 per cent, of the total employed. This indicates either one or two things. Either native or Canadian labor was not available or the prevailing wages were not sufficient to maintain a decent Canadian standard of living, hence labor that persisted in obtaining such a standard could not work in said industries. A somewhat similar situation exists in the slaughtering, cement and other industries in Winnipeg, and prevails even to a worse extent in the mining, lumbering and railroad construction in other sections of Manitoba, as well as other sections of Canada, in each of which the general wage is very low, and it is for that reason, and not for any shortage of Canadian labor, that the recently arrived subsidized immigrant is so largely employed in said industries. In making special mention of any nationality in this report, such as Ukrainians, it is in no way for purpose of singling them out for unfavorable criticism, but only for the purpose of reference and comparison, for, after all is said, the average immigrant, regardless of what European country, including Great Britain, that they may be from, when they arrive in this country, in most cases penniless or nearly so, and in an entirely new and different surroundings and in many cases not knowing a word of English, it is to be expected that they will accept any employment, regardless of conditions or wages, even though it provides nothing more than a miserable existence, and it also follows that they would be much preferred by the unscrupulous employer and would be given employment in preference to labor which would have a greater desire for a decent standard of living. After the newcomer has accepted such employment they will not leave same voluntarily, as there is always the more recent arrival, who, through force of circumstances, is always ready, willing and waiting to step into thc place made vacant, hence a condition of miserably low wages and working conditions is perpetuated. Present Immigration Policy An arrangement is at present in effect b.etween the Canadian, imperial and some of the provincial governments whereby assisted passage, financial advances, etc., are granted to immigrants from Great Britain, who are coming to Canada to earn their livelihood on the land or to engage in household work. In addition to that, the Colonization Department of the .Canadian government, railroads and other companies and societies, are conducting an intensive campaign in the different countries of Europe to induce any who will come to Canada, the only restriction being that they must apparently be in fair mental and physical health and not have been convicted of some criminal offence. This has resulted, in creating a large number of unemployed, in at least a'l important centres in Ontario and the western provinces, and this during the month of May, when employment is.at its highest pea_» What the Last Ten Year* Reveal For the ten-year period, frorrl 1919 to 1929, inclusive, according to the (Continued on page 8),- Big Programme for Our Labor Day Sports The Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council will vhold its annual Labor Day Sports in Hastings Park rfn Monday, September 2nd, starting at 11 a.m. It will take the form of a "basket picnic, tea, coffee and milk being supplied. Thc admission is 50e, which includes the grandstand, pro Trade! «_?■ FIVE CENTS PER COPY Iii Notes Prominent Men Donate jHPictorial Writers' ^Brganized in Van- litted to affiliation on Tuesday. of a book on Unem- blished by the A. F. of ered purchased by the cGee of the Brewery Work- grammes admission to competitions, ers repoTts union getting square deal from breweries. Vancouver brew cries are going to use union-made boxes. and a gift of one or more' of the hundred prizes which will be given away. '^ The main event of the day will be the 13 V_-mile International Road | DeK CoHn McDonald reported Race,, which will be run from New* j3.54.00 collected in aid, of Bro. J Cormack. Ticket No. 681 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. Westminster to Hastings Park in Vancouver. The competitors will finish in front of the grandstand- There will be quite a number of events for union men and women, as well as several open events to which amateur athletes from distant parts have already made entries. Entries for the open events will close August 31st. The children's events will be put on at 11 a.m. sharp, after which time for lunch will be taken before starting thc other events. The programme includes: I. Children up to 7 years of age. ' Boys, 7 to 10. " Girls, 7 to 10. Boys, 10 to 14. Girls, 10 to 14. Boys, not over 16. - 7. Girls, not over 16. 8. Sack race for boys not over 16. 9. Sack race for girls not over 16. LUNCH. Following events start at 1 p.m. sharp: ... 10. Horseshoe pitching, Union men and sons. II. Union men's novelty bag race. 12. Kidnapping race, Union man and married lady, 100 yards. 13. Bicycle race, half mile. open. 14. Single daughters of Union men, 75- yards. Must have father's Union Card. Apprentices' race, 100 yards. Tug-of-war, General McRae's Cup. Whippet races, . Dr. Tolmie's Cup. 18. Union men, 220 yards, Vancouver Racing Association Cup. 19. Ladies' open, 75 yards. 20. Bicycle race, one mile, open. 21. Relay race, 880 yards, Shelly Relay Cup. Union men's wives, 75 yards. Must have husband's paid-up Union Card. Bandsmen's race, 100 yards. Union men's race, 100 yards, E. G. Baynes Cup. Ladies' novelty race, 50 yards, open. Men's half-mile, open. 27. Men's open, 100 yards. 28. Bicycle race, one mile, special prize. 30. Broad jump, open. 31. Men's 220 yards, open. 15. 16. 17. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. held bv W, Watt of the Plumbers' Union, won the union tailor-made suit of clothes, which was drawn for at the Council meeting on Tuesday. .* * . Painters initiated 5 new members at last meeting, said Del. Smith. Trade slack. ... Del. Hargreaves reported trade fair fot carp_ntei;s. Fifteen new members at last meeting, among them a majority of Amalgamated I men. > • * * * I Del. Drayton of Bricklayers re- j ported attempts to swamp Canada 1 with bricklayers. As an instance, he stated that while bricklayers are walking the streets of Edmonton a Chicago paper carried an advertisement calling for 50 men for Edmonton. * * ' * Del. Hammersmark reported Business Agent Morrison and President Dan. McDougal will be leaving for Miami, Florida, on Saturday to attend the Electrical Workers' Convention. * * * At the request of Del. Smith, the Trades Council will wire the Painters' Union when in convention at Denver, Colorado, inviting them to hold their 1933 convention in Vancouver, B. C. Vice-President Bartlett, who oc- cupiedthc chair at Tuesday's meeting, urged the delegates to attend the Farmer-Labor meeting, which will be held in the Arena, Friday, August ,30th, on the question of Equalization of Freight Rates. Presentation Made by Union to Ed. Smith Twelve new members were initiated into the newly organized Sign and Pictorial Writers'* Union at the last meeting, increasing their membership to cover a majority of the shops in town. Among these are the David Hall- Sign Co., Harry Duker, Hopps, Casano, Noble, and the Neon, as well as the Gage Sign' Co., of New Westminster. A presentation was made by the union to Business Agent Ed. Smith of the Painters, -Decorators and Pap- erhangers' Union, who organized the Sign and Pictorial Writers' Union. He was given a splendid club bag, one of the newest designs with a combination lock. This will be used by him when he goes to the Painters' Convention in Denver, Colorado, next month. PLASTERERS GAIN. Egg Pool in Bad With Local Organized Labor Efforts made by the Egg Graders' Union to obtain an agreement with the Egg Pool has not met with any success, and the labor movement is debating what action it shall take. When the Pool first started to operate, they started out with non-union and female labor. The non-union help could not handle the job and eggs piled up at such an alarming rate that the Pool had to call in the union men. The men went to work 1 nient in Vancouver Trophies for Labor Day Sir Henry Thornton, president of the Canadian National Railway, and George Kidd, president of the British Columbia Electric "Railway Co., have added to the cups and trophies that will be competed for at the Labor Day Sports in Vancouver. During the past week Chairman Walter Deptford has succeeded in getting Mr. George Kidd to donate a bronze trophy in the form of a man running, which will be competed for annually in the 220 yards open race. Sir Henry Thornton has also promised a trophy for the annual half- mile open race. Another trophy for the 100" yards open is also expected from another of our leading citizens. Besides the above there will be the cups which were competed for in the sports last year. These include the General A. D. McRae Cup for the tug-of-war; the Hon. S. F. Tolmie Cup for the Whippet competition; the William Shelly Cup for the relay races; the Vancouver Racing Association Cup for the 220 yards (union); the Dr. H. G. Worthington Cup for the New Westminster to Vancouver road race, and the E. G. Baynes Cup for the 100 yards union men's race. Valuable prizes will also go with these cups and other prizes for the 35 events being staged at Hastings Park on Labor Day under the auspices of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. BANDS FOR LABOR DAY A 40 or 50-piece band will be donated by the Musicians' Union to help at the Labor Day sports. This will be under the leadership of Bandmaster Cox. Besides this there will be a Rube Band, also members of the union, under the leadership of Josh Bowyer. Bob Stevenson Reports On Prairie Conditions Bro. Bob Stevenson, Western Canada representative of the International Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America, addressed the Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday at the request of Vice-President Bartlett, who occupied the chair. Bro. Stevenson, who is a member of the Vancouver local, told the delegates that he was pleased to be back in Vancouver again to sec the smiling faces of his many friends. He stated that he attends the Trades Council meetings in the various cities between Winnipeg and Vancouver, and, in his estimation, Vancouver is second to none. It has obtained the confidence not only of many public bodies but also of many prominent citizens, and that is why it stands out so well in his estimation. . His organization is well organized in Edmonton,' Calgary and Regina, and other unions are also making good progress. He was sorry to see that the dual movement was still hampering the bona fide labor move- He stated that on the understanding that the agree ment would be placed before the directors for approval. Months have passed and the demands of the men have, not been met because the directors or management have amended the agreement in so many places that it has become almost unrecognizable. The original wage demands have been enormously slashed, and at least one active member has been all but blacklisted. This has iall taken place after the union men came to the rescue of the Pool in its first attempts at operation. Organized labor is thoroughly disgusted with the action of these farmers, and one of these days the __gg Pool will fint", that it has undone the good work that was intended. The men are not asking for exhorbitant wages, neither are they asking for other than fair_ co_nji|io"ns, so if the fafnTefs'afe7nptj. prepared to grant tjiese, then,they must be classified Boston.—Organized plasterers in with all the other labor-hating and this city raised wages $1 a day. The, union-busting fraternity. When that new rate is $13 for two years. More 1 time comes organized labor will than lOOO workers are benfited. ! know haw to act.' »-L aeaa,. . - ■ . ,„ i *• ,^SySS\St^SSSgStS^Sag^fft^^^^^^Z.—."....J ^?£Zp- *.._.. the Painters' Union here was in line for a wage increase, along with other unions; but the dual union had blocked the way, hence, while unions east of Vancouver usually had lower wage scales than Vancouver, the painters' unions on the Prairies are now getting 5c and 10c an hour more than the painters in Vancouver. He did not anticipate that this condition would last, as he was pleased to riote that Business Agent Bro. Ed. Smith had managed to maintain a fairly good membership as well as the cream of the mechanics. He reported that the Building Trades' Council in Victoria had launched an active campaign and had put a business agent in the field. The roar of Niagara was broadcast recently. This was a great boon to many Scotch newlyweds-who looked at postcard pictures of the falls and listened.—Building Arts (Cleveland).. Marriage seetps to have developed into a problem which has to ~be H0__l_d.-Q.ut____-.. _.- or-r. .r^£fr,'^*tMi?jsr »,*»» •_e<3JL\tBr35™-*< •Vrf-i-VA. Two • THE LABOR^STATESMAlT* Friday, August 23, 1929 For HEALTH, STRENGTH and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A wholesome body builder Doctors recommend it Fruit and Raising Bread Pastry and Meat Pies THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Electrical Fixtures Hardware Ranges Paiata, Olla, -..-Inula . Radio BuppUea Ftp. Fittings Toola Olen 370 4097 Hastings St. B. Hard-boiled Boss Defends Low Wage University of Virginia.—Homer Ferguson, president Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, assured the Institute of Public Affairs that long hours and low pay in Southern textile mills "are unavoidable at this stage of development." He opposed unionization and cited his plant that "manages to survive and succeed without the unions and without strikes." He questioned the value of organization of workers, and declared that "unionization is not the universal and complete panacea the American Federation of Labor would have you believe." Thc speaker quoted no authoritative trade unionist who ever claimed that unionization, in itself, is a "universal and complete panacea," but the rhetoric was unchallenged. Newport News, Va.—Homer Ferguson, president Newport News Shipbuilding Company, .who opposed trade unionism at the Institute of Public Affairs, is one of the few remaining employers who -oppose unionism by bludgeon methods. No organized worker, if known as such, Is permitted in his plant. The last union—iron molders—was driven out of his plant several years ago, after a protracted strike. Ferguson followed up his victory, it is claimed, by trying to drive the unionists out of Newport News. Green Backs Porters In Living-wage Fight Chicago.—"The company 'union' is the company itself," declared Wm. Green, president A. F. of L., at a meeting of Pullman car porters and maids. These colored workers are affiliating to the A. F. of L., and oppose the company "union" of the Pullman corporation. "No company 'union' representatives ever have attempted to obtain legislation to protect the rights of working women and children," said President Green. "They have never raised their voices in favor of any great civic or community enterprise. They are silent when told to be quiet." Slight wage increases have been granted, these workers to keep them from the legitimate trade union movement. The porters' wage now is $77.50 a month, but the porter must travel .11,000 miles, which takes * about 400 hours a month. "Out of this wage," said Mr. Qreen, "there is deducted $33 a month for occupational expenses, that the porter himself must supply that the Pullman company may thrive. "We extend an invitation to you, not as Negroes, but as working men and women, to come with us. Let the public know that the A. F. of h. champions the cause of Pullman porters today, tomorrow and until justice prevails. Your salvation lies with yourselves. I cannot confer trade unionism on you, or trade union power on you. There must be faith, there must be courage, there must be vision and desire, and, above all, there must be loyalty to each other." "A little learning is not a dangerous thinfc—to one who does not mistake it for a great deal."—Blanco White. < Militarists Are Not Modest In Making Pay Demands By ELIOT HARRIS President Hoofer's plan ^o curtail expenditures for military* purposes will, apparently, not get very far. The militarists succeeded in puncturing it in at least two places last week, but not until after the president himself showed signs of weakening. In his original-statement'the-president said that our military budget exceeded that of any other nation on earth, and that we spent $680,000,- 000 in 1928, as against $266,000,000 before the world war. For awhile the army and navy chiefs were staggered, but Secretary of War Good and high army officers conferred with the president at his fishing camp and the whole situation, so far as the army is concerned, underwent a surprising change overnight. AH questions of economy are to be referred to the general staff. There will be no drastic cuts. Instead, there may be increases, and probably big ones. Seek Handsome Increases What the militarists have in mind was revealed in the report of a joint army-navy board made public during the week. It calls for sweeping increases in officers' salaries. Every one is to get something except the plain private soldier or sailor. They are to slog along at the same old rate while all officers get increases of from 50 to 105 per cent. Major-generals and rear-admirals now get $K0OO per year. The report assigns them $14,000. Brigadier'generals now get $6000 ner year. They are to be raised to $12,000. Colonels in the army and captains in the navy are to be raised from $5000 per year to $10,200; lieutenant-colonels in the army and commanders in the navy, from $4500 to $8700; majors in the army and lieutenant-commanders ih the navy from S4000 to $6000. Overlooked the Privates So thc list goes, until the "shavetail" just out of West Point and the ensign just out of Annapolis are to have $3000 per year instead of $1800 as at present. But the common, garden variety of private will still draw his $21 per month, with no increase whatever. The pay of non-commissioned officers is boosted considerably. That of thc "first class" private Is raised a little —from $30 per month to $36. But the enlisted man, who has not been able to win any special rating, i_r!ts not an extra penny. He outnumbers the officers perhaps 10 to 1, but that doesn't help him any. The enlisted man wasn't represented '"on. the "board" which examined the pay schedules, and naturally he wasn't represented in the pay boosts. The old fake that the worker may .afely trust his interests to the boss never received a harder knockdown. Says Navy Must Build The proposed pay increases have to be accepted by Congress, of course, and they are due for some savage manhandling when they come up In the Senate. So far as economy in military expenditures is concerned, Mr. Hoover's main chance now is an understanding with Britain looking to naval disarmament. The navy men, however, contend that will not necessarily lead to reductions. They do not believe Britain will "scrap" any of her ships, and they argue Uncle Sam must build until he attains parity. 150,000 Building Workers of N. Y. Start on Five-day Week , New York.—Unless the New York Building Trades Employers' Association shows an astounding lack of good faith, there will be no further hitch in the program to give all building trades workers in the metropolis the five-day week and a 10 per cent, increase in pay,'effective August 24. It is estimated that between 130,- 000 and 150,000 union workers will he affected, and it is regarded by .many as the most important step toward the shorter work week so far achieved by the labor movement. . Last week Vice-President H. H. Broach of the Electrical Workers deprived the bosses of their last excuse for refusing to carry out their agreement, and for the third time the employers' association promised to go through. Electrical Workers' Offer Mr. Broach agreed that the 48 striking electrical workers, whom the employers' association has been using as an excuse for refusing to put the shorter week into effect, should return to work pending arbitration of differences between the electrical workers and the fixture concerns which belong to the employers' organization. This is the second time the electrical workers have agreed to arbitrate. ' On the former occasion Walter Gordon Merritt, counsel for the bosses, walked out when he found he could not dictate the procedure to be followed by the arbitrators. Merritt is bitterly anti-union and he and a certain element within the employers' association undoubtedly were working to precipitate a widespread building strike. Troublemaker Drops Out Other employers, however, recognized the madness of such»a course. The employers' association agreed to permit the fixture people to resume the arbitration in their own name and this opened the way for settlement. The fixture concerns told Justice Crain of the State Supreme Court, who is chairman of the arbitration board, that Merritt had withdrawn from the case, but that they would secure a new lawyer at the first opportunity. Then Vice-President Broach agreed to arbitration with the following understanding: (1) Assurance that the arbitration would go through this time. (2> The arbitration to be between the fixture people and the -electrical workers' union. (3) The arbitrators to settle any point ,or question upon which the union members and the fixture people cannot agree. (4) All men to go back to work Immediately pending arbitration. (5) Arbitration to take place before the original board of arbitrators which the employers themselves helped to choose on May 20. No Loophole Left It is difficult to see how any of the troublemakers can find a loophole in that understanding. The "open shoppers" started a report that there might "be a split between the electrical workers and the Building Trades Council, but this was quickly spiked by the council's executive board, which issued a statement branding as "ridiculous" talk that the council contemplated outlawing the electrical workers. As a matter of fact, all building trades workers in Greater New York feel under great obligations to the electrical workers., Under the leadership of Vice-President Broach, they were the first to win the five-day week and the 10 per cent, wage increase—$12 to $13.20 a day. They have had these conditions since last February. Bookbinders Win in 12-Shop Chicago Strike Washington,-r-John B. Haggerty, president International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, reports the successful end of a Chicago strike that involved" 1,000 pressroom and bindery workers in 12 shops. The strike was a spontaneous outbreak of dissatisfied workers, some of whom were unaffiliated with the Bookbinders' i and Printing Pressmen's internationals. The unaffiliated, however, joined the union of their craft when they walked out. * "The plants involved have been non-union since 1921, and the gains made have far more significance than is realized by the average member, since only recently the Franklin Association—an organization of employers in Chicago—interpreted the contract heretofore existing between that association and the Bookbinders and Pressmen as null and void," said the Bookbinders' executive. BARNET LUMBER CO., LTD. 3996 HASTINOS STBEET EAST Glen. 384 Nig*lit Call: Olen. 433, Carl. 2MT3 High. 180 BARNET BOOSTS BETTER BUILT , ,...,.„.lA-- BUNGALOWS 600,000 PEST FEB DAY SEE US FOR SPECIALS One Cent a Day for Safety! That !s all you need pay to secure PROTECTION for your Papers, Securities or Jewellery, in the strongest vault on the Pacific Coast. 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You see, dem what's in there can't fret out, and dem what's qut-sha' doan wanta get in." MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER ±j ■ I f ■ i r f 11 r 11 ■ ■ i f ■ 111 r i ■ 11111111 ■ 11 f 11 ■ 11111 ■ 11 ■ ■ ii t ■ 11111 ■ i j 1111 ■ ■ ■ ■ f f 11 ■ 11 ■ ■ i r f ■ ■ 11111111 u For Good Coal! I Phone Highland 279 1 NANAIMO-WELLINGTON FOOTHILLS = DRUMHELLER and SOOTLESS EGG, $9..0. 5 Star Coal Co., Ltd. 1 | FREE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH. 279 § ii i ii f i r un t Jiif linn 111 ■ 11 e ii i; 11111 j i iii 11 n i uti im i iii 111111 ii 11 ii ii mi iiiii i in in i n itrn rrT Untainted Strike Mediation Urge of New Orleans Labor New Orleans, La.—Striking street car men are willing to mediate their dispute with the local traction company, but not in an' unfriendly atmosphere. The company rejected arbitration offered by the workers and also refused to place the entire matter in the hands of Secretary of Labor Davis. The workers then requested the mayor and common council to evolve a mediation plan, and the city offi- cials and. the company agreed on Federal District Judge Rufus E. Potter tp serve as mediator___, .._, The workers .asked that Civil District Judge Byrnes be also included as mediator, as Judge Foster's son- in-law, who lives with him, is an attorney for the street railway com- .P.any.. . : ..,«_,.. The federal judge refused to serve with Judge Byrnes, and the workers refused, under the conditions at j Judge Foster's home, to accept that | jurist as sole mediator. The strikers insist that a mediator} must not even have the slightest indirect connection with either of the] parties. They declare it is too much j to ask them to turn their affairs over to one whose daughter has married j an attorney of the street car company and who lives with the mediator. Tommy'a Ribs "Th_.e_.rtr-. of the .lasa'TiTpliyii.T- ogy put to Tommy this question: "HoW many^ribs have you?" "I don't know, ma'am," said Tom-1 my, squirming a£ the very thought. "I am so awful ticklish I never couFd count'em.". ... __-a___i»j . ,._-*0E£*_.sn__-_'-—- -**v Friday, August 23, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trade* and Labor Council— Prealdent. J. Thomson; general secretary Percy R Bengough Office, 200 J__bor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St Phone Sey. 7495. Meeta In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the llrst and third Tues- days ln month. ■•verag. Dispenser* Union Xo. era- Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m. Room No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., W. H. Clancy; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanofln. Office: Room n. Flack Block Phones: Sey. 4783 and Bay 1656-K. Hours: I to 12 a.m. Mill and Factory Worker*' Union. Local ■To. 1699 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood ol Carpenters St Joiner*. Meets flrst and. third Thursdays in ' Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., G; Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H. (' Avery. 79.4 Montcalm Street Phone Marpole «48R ■rite* ft Structural Iron Worker., Local 97, Int. Also..—Meets' every Friday. Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President. James F. Burns. 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Laurel. Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone Fair. 2108 L. London, Eng.—The jQueensland (Australia) Labor, government which was defeated last May, after being in power fourteen years, brought about its own end by "getting out of step" with the trade unions and other progressive voters. | This is the conclusion reached by Millwrights' Local 16__—Oonrtrnaaonl j. Burn.tt, an Australian railroad un &n_l S*naaaa,a~ «___._ vaaaaa aaa. Says Queensland Labor Party Was Unfair to Union Labor Three and Operating — Meets second . and 7" "7 ""7 .**" *""«"uh*_ raiiruao nn . ..,.__.___.. .. jj.,, 315 L-bor ionist, writing in "The Railway Re Camobell. Presl- view." cttTiclal ,,,■.,.,,, „. .__ _T -x- , wr.__.__-s—......... ..second, and fourth Wednesday ln Hall 315, Labo: Headquarters. J. H. Campbell, Presl dent; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray Ur.. Rec. Sec Box 127. Building Trade* Council. Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Hall 316. Labor Headquarters. President, E. H. Morrison; Secretary-Treasurer, W. Page, Room 301, Labor H'-a .quarters. Phone Sey. 74.5. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120. meets sec- I ond and fourth Tuesdays in each month, in Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Da we. Sec- Treas., C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. Bookbinders* Local Ho. 106, Int. Broth-1 .-hood—Meets second Tuesday ln month at Professional and Business' Woman's Club. Empire Bldg.. .03 Has- lings W. Prealdent, Q. Low. tl—53rd Ave. W.; Secretary. Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Motion Picture. Projectionists' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S-E. ft M.P,MO — 11:30 p.m.. first Friday In month. In Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters. President. J. R. Foster; Secretary, Geo. Gerrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923/ Mutual Protective Union, Local 146, A. 9. of X.—Meets at the G W.V.A. Auditorium, second * Sunday at 10 a.m. President. E. C. Miller; General Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organiier. F. Fletcher. Office, Su1te-'307-319 West * Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painter*, Decorators and Paperhnngers, Local 138—.Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, Carl Jorgenson; Rec. Sec, A. E. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office, Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Bricklayer.'. Union*' and TH* Setter.' Int. Union, No. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, in Hall No. 3. President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. Phone. Bayview 1558 R; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall, 1244 East 20th. Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec. J. H. Riley. 6884 Inverness, Phone Fraser 542 L. Camp nnd Mill Worker* Federal Labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday, at 8 p.m., at 544 Powell St. E. Pre*-j Ident. H. Miyazawa; SecreUry. K. Tsuyukl. I, Carpenters and Joiner*, United Brotherhood of. Local 462—President, Wm. 1 Page; Financial Secretary, K. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., in Halt No. 1. Pile Driver*, Bridge, Wharf and Book Builders, Local Ho. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hastings St. XV. President, Al. Graham; James Thomson. Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Plasterer., Local 89—Operative PUst.r- «r»' and Cement Finishers' International A.soclatlon—Meets flrst and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. President, Wm. Broomhead; Secretary, A. Hurry, 861—34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Cement Finishers' Secretary, S. Cotton, 2630 Turner St. High. 3463R. view," official organ of the British National Union of Railwaymen, "Jimmie" Thomas' organization. Burnett's article is of special interest because the Queensland Labor party's success attracted world-wide attention. Defeat Wat Unexpected The state of Queensland has an area of 670,000 square miles, with a population of less than 1,000,000. The principal city is Brisbane, and it has a population of about 200,000. For 14 years the Labor party dominated the government, indulged in many unique experiments in government ownership, and enacted many admirable laws designed to safeguard the interests of the masses. Its overwhelming defeat in May came as a shock to its friends in this country, who felt it was safely entrenched. capitalism are now being as firmly entrenched as ever they were in the bad old days when their slogan, in dealing with rebellious workers, was: 'Fire low and lay 'em out.' "It looks, too, as if this were to be their slogan again. "All state enterprises, except insurance, are to be closed down as soon as possible. "Measure after measure* of reactionary legislation will be forced through until practically the whole of Labor's 14 years of work is undone. "And the first two Labor governments achieved quite a lot that was beneficial to the community in general and to the workers in particular." UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Mattings St. E., Vancouver, B. C. Plumber* and Steamflttere, So. 170, ■ International Association—Meet* every second and fourth Friday in Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. City Hall Employe..' Association— Meets flrst Wednesday of each month at 251H Hastings East at 8 p m. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, XV. J. Scribbins, 1208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25th. Civic Employ...' Union, Local 28—, Meets first and third Friday* in that month at 251.1 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, John McRitchle, 604 'west Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer George Harrison, 1427 Triumph St. Printing Pre..men and A.slstants, Looal No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday ln the month at 8 p.m. In Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, A. O. Orel'. 867 East 20th; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart. 1603 40th Avenue E., South Vancouver. Ball way Carman of America, Lodge Xo. 68—Meets first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President. H. Warde, 816 East 12th.; Secretary. J. K. Robertson, 637 West 18 th. Egg Graders' Union, No the ~tabor —** 11—Meets In . Headquarters, first and third Monday ln month. President. G. S. Cooper; Secretary. M. A. Weight- man, 3905 Fraser Avenue. ■ lectrlcal Work.ra, Local 213, InUrna- tlonal Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m.. at Labor Headquarters. President. D. Mc- Dougai; Business Agent. E. H. Morrison. Office. 201 I.at.or Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510. Street and Electric Railway Employ..., Pioneer Dlvl.lon Wo. 101—Meet* K. P. Hall. 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Treasurer. J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent. H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Engineers—International Union of Oper- eratlng Engineers, Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m. Hall 315. President. J. Norrls; Ree.-Sec, P. Bradley; Husiness Agent and Fin. S.*\. George Pettipiece. OfTlce. Room 306. Labor Headquarters. rlre "Fighter., Xo. IB, International Association of- -Meets every month at -call of president at 251H Hastings K President. N. McDonald. 1136 McLean Drive: Financial Secretary. C. A. Watson. 112.— 13th Ave E. rioorlnyer.' Union, Xo. 1875, U. X. of 0. k J. A.—Meets first and third Thursday* in month at Hall No. 1. Labor Headquarters. President. Oscar Sotlerman; Kin. Sec., T. H. Hamlin: Rec. Sec, John McDonald. 2905 West 12th; Business Agent. W. D. Wilson. 1535—5th Ave. W. Shot Metal Worker* Association, Looal Union Xo... 280-—Meets second and fourth' Thursdays in Hall No. 1. President. Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. 11th; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson. 308 Labor Headquarters Unfriendly to Unions The natural explanation, of course, was that "capitalism" in some mysterious way had "stolen a march" on the workers. But Burnett insists that the Labor party and the trade unions had drifted apart and that many of the Labor party politicians were more interested in placating capital than they were in protecting the interests of the workers. In analyzing the causes for the Labor government's downfall, Burnett makes the surprising statement that "the attitude of successive (Queensland) Labor governments to unionism has been one of indifference, when it has not been one of hostility, either actual or implied. He cites cases to prove his point. The railroad strike in 1925 is one instance of where "a little sympathy and tact on the part of the government when that trouble was brewing could easily have prevented that strike," he writes. Humiliating* Terms Imposed "The building trades dispute in 1926, and the recent waterfront trouble (Longshoremen's strike) call- ed^for more sympathetic treatmefl. at the hands of a Labor government than a plentiful supply of police for the 'preservation of law and order.' "Efforts to bring about settlements without humiliating conditions to the workers immediately concerned were the least the unions could have expected—indeed, had every right to expect from a Labor government." It was in September, 1927, Burnett writes, that the hostility of the Labor government to unionism reached a climax. Penalized Rail Workers Fifty railroad workers refused to handle a shipment of "scab" sugar at Innesfail station. The misguided men at the head of the Labor government sought to "adjust" this dispute by discharging every employe on the state- owned railroads. As all Queensland railroads are state-owned, this meant a wholesale lockout. "The industrial wing of the labor movement never forgave Mr. Mac- Cormack (the premier) and his government for the humiliations they tried to force on the railway men on that occasion." Burnett continues. "No cause or set of causes contributed more to the defeat of Labor (politically) than that stupendous blunder, which was deliberately and avowedly committed as a 'piece of strong and capable statesmanship.' " Voted Blank Ballots Burnett insists that many of the workers either voted for non-Labor candidates or cast "informal ballots," which in Burnett's opinion meant "a plague on both yogr parties." (Voting is compulsory in all Australian parliamentary elections, and a voter casting an "informal ballot" votes for nobody, but simply registers himself as having complied with the law.) Another reason for the Labor party's trouncing was its failure to deal with unemployment, which apparently has become a serious problem in Queensland. "The campaign policy seemed to be: Placate business interests, and thus wjn. as many middle class voters as possible—the,workers will vote for US inahyVase," Burnett writes. The workers, however, wanted results, not merely a party label. The vote on May 11 proved that. , ,. -om „.„■ Ten men have .failed from defect] Reaction in the Saddle ^gl^iWrS^-^JlSS^S in morals wheVe one has failed from "But," Burnett concludes, "the sho.-r._f-, w. i -rmmpn. «v*«» | .^^ fa intellect_H^a0e Mann tragedy of it all is that the forces of Shlng-l* Weavers. Looal 17813—Meets second Tuesday In month in Room No. 2. Labor Temple, New Westminster, and fourth Sunday. 7:30 p.m., fn Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters, Vancouver. President, F. Stevenson, 426 East 10th. North Vancouver, phone N. V. 1388Y; Secretary. A. H. Underbill. Suite B. 892 Hornby St.. City. Hot Carrier, and Bnlldlng Laborer*, Xo. •OS, International — Meet* first and third Fridays In month at Hall No. >, Labor Headquarters. President, Sam Floyd, 952 Seymour St., Fin. Sec. aid - Acting Business Agent, James Binding. 52 West 24th: Phone Fair. 8159L Tailors' Journeyman union of America, Local Xo. 178— Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President. Colin McDonald; Secretary. W. W. Hocken. 1582 13th Ave. S.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund. 1930 12th Ave. E. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drivers, Local 151— Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. President, A. C. Shaw. Office, 308 Labor Headquarters; Phohe. Sey. 7495. Small Investors Get Pinched in Stock Smash This has been a week of unfavorable publicity for the Power Trust. Some of the bad news broke in New York, some in Washington, some in Chicago. In the last-named city, "broke"_is exactly the right word. Stocks for the Insull utility companies for some time past had been climbing a ladder which apparently reached to the moon. On the Chicago exchange, 1,650,000 of such shares were sold in a week. Half these were in the Chicago Corporation, a company whose stock climbed from $18 per share to $73 per share in a single week. Then, on Monday last, the break came. Some Insull shares opened $8 or $9 cheaper than at the close on Saturday, and no one wanted them at any price. All other Insull stocks followed suit—and then a most amazing thing happened. Trading in shares of the Insull companies oh the Chicago exchange stopped for several hours. This maneuver is generally reserved for the first days of a war, but it was called into play at Chicago one week ago. The object, of course, was to give the Insull interests a chance to reorganize their forces and make peace with the brokers who were pounding Insull stocks. Small investors suffered frightful losses, but the "insiders" were enabled to. cover up.. Power interests for-some-time have been pushing the sale of their stocks in small blocks among people of small means. "Customer ownership," their high-power salesmen call it. The theory is that the man who buys one or two shares of utility stocks will fight against any reduction in rates. He will think more about his dividends than about his light bill, even though the latter is (ar the more important. Since, of course, it is mostly the second rate stocks, or stocks representing pure "water," that are peddled in this fashion, a 6 or 7 per cent, dividend rate on them means a 40 to 100 per cent, return on the actual investment of the insiders. But "customer ownership," after last week's experience, shouldn't be so popular in Chicago as it was. Wlion ln a Hurry, Drop la at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always _. , _ . "ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 73 Ha.tingB W**t Alway* Open *_. WILKINSON. I-res O. DUNCAN. SEC. Reynolds'Cartage Co LIMITED Phones Seymour 3377-3378 Crating, Packing, Shipping and Storage. .Furniture and Piano Moving! Long Distance Moving Pool Car Shipments Office and Warehouse: 722 — CAMBIE STBEET — 722 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Halting* West Room. 33 The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. Wilson & McNeill | Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 11156 E. 13th. Phone Fair. 6248 ^ANGARA JJARBER gHOP 51ST AM) MAIN ST. Expert Workmanship Guaranteed S. Fit. Ct'DDEFORD, Prop. Phon* r.lr 5593 X Temp ■otel and _t«sta_r__t Employee, aad Maria. Cook, ft Stewards. Loeal _B— 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. 1.5. Ladle.' a axillary. ~ Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenter. — Meet* every first and third Wednesday of each month in Hall 201. Labor Head-! quarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson. 710 19th Ave. W., Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1042 1th Ave. E. Lather*, Wood, Win aad M.tat, ntn- aat-oaal Union, Local 207—Meet* second and fourth Mondays In month nt Hall 211, Labor Headquarter*. W. Fontaine, Secretary. 1828 Commercial Dr. .Ehone™f!._Ti. 2189 R. Teamsters. Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helper*, Local 4-6—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters. President. A. A. McKay. 765 Cambie St.: Secretary -Treasqrer (pro tern), Blrt Showier. Room S08 Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stage Employ.es' Union. Local 118 of the I.A.TJ3.E. * MP MO Meets second Friday ln Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, Rod Martin: Secretary. Gordon Martin: Bus. Agent, Harry Mitchel; Address, P. O. Box 711. W Typographical Union, go. 328—President. C. 8. Campbell; Vice-President. R Gouthro: Secretary-Treaaurer. it H Neeiands. 100-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets .last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. In Women's Bldg., Thurlow •treet. . Machinist*' Loeal MS—President. Thoa Bill*. 1352 Burrard St.: Secretary. P. R. Bengough. OfTlce. Room 200, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesday* in Hall 313. — _____ fif)i-.tm aad Dairy Bmploy- eee. Local 464—Off Ice 308. Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Friday* tn Hall N'o. 1. President. E. Metcalfe; Secrelary-.Tr_asur*r, Blrt ■' Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thur_da_t_in_ea_h ■moritKr President. S. D. McDonald. Box 288 Secretary. Frank Derrjr. Box 418, Prince Rupert. B C. erament Takes a Hand in Film-making Hollywood, Cal.—Maybe it's the heat; anyway, something has caused an outbreak of temperament down the movie line. MGM officials urged Lon Chaney in vain' to appear in its big talkie revue; he remains one of the few diehards of the silent regime. In which he's like Chaplin, who says: "I'll go broke before I'll make a talkie." Charlie'himself has had a taste of temperament, Henry Give quitting his picture at heavy cost for retakes. Give, who wag a close friend, refused to jump into a cold pool for a comedy scene and was discharged. At Fox's they built a fancy bungalow for their new darling, Will Rogers. Whereupon other stars let out a roar and had to be appeased with more fancy houses. It was, by thc way, a similar affair that caused the break between Gloria Swanson and Pola Negri. Hollywood hears that Maria Korda slapped the face of her German director and has been barred..from German picture-."- Equity Finds Jobs for Members in Movie Fight Hollywood. Cal.—"What flavor, lady?" Will John Gilbert be found asking it as a soda jerker in a Hollywood drug store? Will Lewis Stone be driving a town car as a chauffeur for some prosperous old baron? Or Jetta Goudal filing nails for milady in a beauty parlor? The above, is not merely the wild conjecture of a disordered imagination. For Equity actors out of jobs are being placed in these capacities by the relief committee of the organizations. Some of the capacities in which the unemployed actors are officiating at the present time are hairdressers, clerks, real estate salesmen, waitresses, typists and various other tasks, not as romantic to most of us as acting, but still remunerative. One actor has been put at bean- hoeing, another at car washing, according to reports from the relief committee. All is a part of thc spirited campaign which Equity, the actors' union is carrying on against producers. ,Tu BRITISlfrWARNED The Daily Herald of London, the Labor party's official orga^^ ... ......i. . |jt .uu-eia. Equity is asking its members to refuse employment on producers' terms and iB thus fortifying against adversity. The relief body asks all loyal members who are working to donate It) per cent? of their salaries to the cause. The response to Equity's appeal has been met favorably in most cases. Hollywood merchants have been-asked torextend credit or to sell to Equity, members at a discount. Many of the merchants, have responded and are backing' up th^, union's fight in this manner. ■^jfYith. such a spirited jiolicf, the _._, ,-- :k: warned against buvin* b_A7._ '•' ^%«JfW,such..a spirited -policy, the financial interLts of RrL_l '"k?" °^,0°k Tffno8t bri*hl SB Equity utilities. merests ot Br-t»fc public | will w,n out in its fight •gainit-nn- "■ v ' . \ liair terms of producers. ■ our THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 23, 1929 The Labor Statesman ■aTs,' —.- \ 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. : PRESS COMMITTEE Wm. Phi***-.. Chairman. U*. Watt (Huild- lni{. Trades Council); P. K. Be iikoubIi (Metal Trades). It. H. Nfjland.. (Print- in),- Trades),'V. Deptford (Transportation Trades), n. Showier (Teaming Trade*}, T. Hanolin (Hev.rage Trad..). C. Herrett (Label Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone Beymoar 6279 Vancouver, Friday, Aug. 23. 1929 A POOR START Mr. Bennett, the Conservative leader, is just concluding a tour of British Columbia. The intention has apparently been to lay the foundations on which the Conservatives will fight the next Federal election. A number of competent authorities in both the old* party political camps have, in recent years, offered the opinion that the Tory "high tariff," and all the other kinds of tariff which the Liberals c'aim to favor but refuse to put into effect, has been played out. In actual practice it has been found that thc difference between a Tory high tariff and whichever of the other kinds of tariff it is that a Liberal government puts into effect, is a fraction of one per cent., and it is not expected that this small difference is sufficient to provide a smoke screen for another election. Mr. Bennett appears to think otherwise, and for a month he has enthused himself and Conservative audiences with tariff addresses that could have been lifted verbatim from the campaign speeches of Foster, Thompson and the elder Tup- per, during the closing decade of the last century. Looking for something of interest to Labor, we have followed Mr. Bennett as closely as press reports would permit, and we have nothing of value to report. Mr. Bennett very carefully avoided any reference to matters of interest to Labor. There was a somewhat strange incident in Nanaimo. To drive home the' injustice of the Australia-New Zealand trade arrangement, Mr. Bennett said it was as unfair to the Canadian farmer as the competition of the Asiatic with his lower standard of living was to the British Columbia workman. That looks all right, if we "don't look at it too closely. The first thought that it suggests is that Mr. Bennett understands our attitude and acknowledges the injustice of Asiatic competition. Wherever we in British Columbia have attempted to deal with the Asiatic menace, we have instantly found'.that we were powerless, and Ottawa alone could regulate these affairs. When referring; to the matter, was there any good reason why Mr. Bennett failed to indicate what his party proposed - to do regarding this injustice, and was it merely a matter of chance that the reference to the Asiatic was made in this old historic Labor centre only? The first thought that suggests itself is that Mr. Bennett was willing to provide something which, in the hands of the party agent, would be magnified into a declaration of policy, or anything e'se that might appeal to tjie lame- headed wage worker. The Conservative leader, during his recent tour, and on many other occasions, has referred to the expatriation of the Canadian worker. Mr. Bennett grows tragic in his condemnation of the Liberal government that allows the annual drain to the United States, but he has refused to enquire into the cause, and the remedy which he offers is a hoax and a delusion, whether he intends it so or not. Speaking in the Vancouver Hotel, two days ago, Mr. Bennett said: "Our policy is to protect Labor and industry of our country" How? we ask. The only reply we receive is that Mr Bennett will raise the tariff. With no tariff on shoes, the Canadian manufacturer must sell at the price that the foreign article can be imported and sold for. With a 25 per cent, tariff, the Canadian manufacturer can bleed every Canadian from the one ocean to the other, an extra 24 cents on the dollar, and still sell below the foreign article. It is very clear that increasing the tariff -- is a dead-sure scheme to "protect the manufacturer, but how does it protect the shoe factory worker? Mr. Bennett will say that by enabling the .,~J_-^rs^w«j^*to..:_ba_?».an**.xtri 25 cents on' the dollar ft* bis shoes, God, in His wisdom, will, ip some myster ious 'way, cause a portion of the profits to trickle down through into the pay slip bf the factory worker. The tariff, varying from 15 to 30 per cent., adds over twenty million dollars annually to the Cost of Canadian shoes. There are less than ten thousand shoe workers in Canada— the annual wage is six to eight hundred dollars per year. With no tariff this worker could not be paid less. Examined in another manner, we shall see why the tariff- fails to influence wages, and can not protect labor. A shoe worker seeking employment is merely looking ior a buyer for his labor power. His position is in no particular different to that of the manufacturer seeking a buyer for his shoes, ln both cases thc person wishing to buy will be governed as to the price he offers by what he can buy a similar article from some other seller. Mr. Bennett has just retired from the" directorate of an institution—the C.P.R.—that spends very large sums of money to bring labor from Europe to Canada. Mr. Bennett, as a member of the House of Commons, assists to vote three million dollars annually to bring in labor from Europe. The result of these action's, in which Mr. Bennett participates, is that when the shoe worker seeks a buyer for his labor power there are two men at his heels, just out from Europe, offering to sell labor at a price relative to wages in Europe, and the lowest seller gets the job. To our shoe worker—it matters not a whoop whether he is pushed onto the road by European shoes, or by a European shoe worker—it feels just the same both ways. While every nation is building trade walls against its neighbor, this student would not wish to see the Canadian wall "FiRhiced. He would even prefer to build it higher, but it must be a solid wall—one that protects every commodity that is made and sold in our country, rather than a wall to protect and enrich the employer, and government-imported i labor to impoverish the worker. With no tariff on shoes, the Canadian manufacturer must sell at the price that | the European manufacturer will sell shoes, and with the two institutions that Mr. Bennett is so intimately connected with importing cheap labor from Europe, the Canadian worker must sell at the price that the European laborer will. The pretence that a tariff on the article that the employer has to sell protects labor is contradicted by common Sense and experience', and before a general election arrives we must find a way to compel Mr. "Bennett to give some attention to the relation of the Canadian immigration policy to the American exodus. —M. Montreal Bricklayers Now With International Canada's national union of bricklayers and stonemasons, in the district of Montreal, is now defunct, according to word received by Toronto officials at the Labor temple._ After an existence of ten years, the Canadian union has gone over in a body to the International, union, from which they sprung around 1919. At that time an argument arose over tm. appointment of officers, and the members who compose the national union seceded from the parent body. The strength of the International union is now stated to be around 1500, after being augmented by 500 national members. Labor officials in Toronto view the healing of the breach between the bricklayers as a significant gesture. Although attempts made to bring the national union of painters and decorators into the International organization in Toronto have been unsuccessful, individual members have been joining the larger unit. Local carpenters have also talked amalgamation, but efforts have been of. no avail apparently.—Labor Leader. PRINTER'S MISTAKES The next time you hear a citizen yelping about typographical errors in his home paper, or any other paper, just hand him these figures to stop his tongue. In an ordinary column there are 10,000, separate letters; there are seven possible wrong positions for each letter; there are 70,000 chances to make an error, and millions of possible transpositions. In this one short sentence: "to be or not to be," by transpositions alone, 2,759,022 errors can be made! Multiply this by seven and then by 200 and you have just about the number of mistakes it is possible to make in a single column of news matter. From fifteen to twenty columns is the ordinary setting for this paper. Let us, say fifteen. There are thus 1.050,000 chances to make errors, and a matter of 3,862,- 630,800 possible transpositions ' in news columns alone. If this seems overdrawn/take a pencil and try a few experiments. Newspaper people, from the devil up to the boss, are merely human, and liable to err. Don't go nosing around for errors, but read for the information you can get and thc good you may absorb. You'll find errors enough in your daily walk of life without having to hunt for them in a newspaper. DAYLIGHT DELIVERY OF MILK The Milk Salesmen's Union, is holding a mass meeting on Friday in the Labor Headquarters on the subject of daylight delivery of milk. Lack of street car transportation, fog and holdups have so interfered with the work of the salesmen, who start out at 3 a.m. every morning, that a serious effort is being made to start the delivery at a later hour in the morning. DELEGATES TO LABOR DAY SPORTS TO MEET WEDNESDAY ~ Oha-h-marT W«*W"0'-ptf6rd of the Labor Day Sports Committee has called a final meeting of union delegates to the Sports Committer and urges all to attend. This meeting will be held in the Labor, Headquar-' _ers on. Wednesday, August 2_.th- First Union Launched 80 Years Ago in Canada Great interest is being taken not only in the Maritime provinces, but throughout Canada in the annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, which meets this year at St. John, N. B., the week of August 26. - The New Brunswick government has granted the council $1500 to assist in the entertainment of delegates and their guests. A souvenir booklet is being issued, under the direction of a Halifax printer. Coincident with the convention will be the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the first trade union formed in Canada, St. John having the honor of being the cradle of the trade union movement in the Dominion.* The headquarters of the convention will be in the Admiral Beatty hotel. There will be delegates, not only from all over Canada, but there will also be representative labor men from the United States. NINE UNIONS TO MARCH FIRST TIME IN YEARS 'Approval' of the plans for the Toronto Labor Day parade was expressed by more than 50 delegates from the executives of unions at a meeting of the demonstration committee in the Labor temple. It was announced that some of the unione who had not marched for several years will be in the parade. These include the bricklayers, builders' laborers, elevator constructors, hoisting and portable engineers, granite cutters, marble and tile helpers, plasterers' laborers, lathers, plasterers and sheet metal workers. Representatives of the committee are'hoping to have the speeches at the luncheon on Labor Day broadcast. Hon. Peter Heenan, federal minister of labor, will be one of the speakers. EQUITY LISTS ACTORS WHO WON'T SUPPORT Actors' Equity, through Hollywood Equity News, announces that the following have been suspended from membership: Holmes Herbert, Gloria Grey, William Orlamond, Hedda Hopper, Wheeler Oakmann, Andre Ber- anger, Jules.Gowles, Helene Milarde, Mary Forbes, Charles Quartermaine, Cosmo Kyrie Bellew, John Miljan, Eugene Borden, Albert Gran, Ilka Chase, TuIIy Marshall, Eugenie Bes- serer, Andres Randolph, Raymond Hatton, Louise Dresser, Phil lis Crane. Equity Magazine says: "The member who decides now to turn his back upon his association and upon his fellow actors who are striving for the betterment of the whole profession is making a very serious and lasting decision." Suspensions, it is announced, will be made permanent by the Equity Council. THEY ARE NUMEROUS "Does your wife play bridge?" "No," answered Mr. Meekton. "She's 'one of those experts at the game who make hard work of it" UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE The following members have been appointed to act on the Unemployment Cornraittee of the Trades and Labor Council: Dels. Bartlett, Blacksmiths' Union; H. W. Speer, Street ■R»dwa-.-meit-_TC. iJUjnb,_-Typogr_ph.- cal; W. '-Hargreaves, Carpe_it-_s; J. Flynn, Engineers, and G. Nicols, New Westminster Carpentprs. *-TT*_--_____^k * .„_w_S--w»< '___....' VICTORIA MM, r.-t IM_ M.MTT L.-U-CW*. O. _*L-_MCD_-I. 30,000 ACRES THIRTY thousand acres of carefully selected oil leases; plus the highest type of technical geological advice in the world, with a capital of only a quarter of a million shares, is the background of the CANADIAN EXPLORATION COMPANY. Full Particular* on Application. m R. P. CLARK & COMPANY ijy (Vancouver)' tTD. -^ INVESTMENT XAXHXXM 823 Hasting* Street West Vancouver, B. C. VOW OPEN FOB BUSINESS "Only Union P. ft O. In B.C.' 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MAHER'S AUGUST FURNITURE SALE Featuring a Close-out of 15 Oak Dining Room Suites Sturdy, substantial suites of modern design, in solid o*k, now to be closed out at surprisingly low price* far below today'* values. 8-PIECE SUITE, IN GOLDEN QUARTERED OAK—66-inch Buffet, oblong Table, and set.of Diners ^with genuine, leather slip- seats; regular $225.00, August Sale Price..... $150.00 9-PIECE SUITE, IN OLD ENGLISH—56-inch Buffet, China Cabinet, oblong Table, and set of Diners with genuine leather slip-seat*; regular $185.00, August Sale Price $125.00 8-PIECE SUITE, IN OLD OAK—50-inch Buffet, oblong Table, and set of Diners with genuine leather slip-seats; regular $110.00, August Sale Price $75.00 BUY AT MAHER'S AND SAVE! I ||£ Satisfactory Arrangements Made for Credit Maher Furniture Co. ltd. VANCOUVER'S LEADING FURNITURE STORE 929—GRANVILLE STREET—929 OLD-AGE PENSIONS IN , ...... ONTARIO NOVEMBER! Tordiito,^ Ont. — Old-age pensions will be payable in Ontario from November 1*, 1929, accpr4ing.__.annJU ffii_a^roxre_i-_ltit^ The provincial fiscal year ends on 0eta_ssii: «°< «nd »*Ur»_____, __&___& ment's intention to put the scheme into operation with the new year. Local pension boards have bee. established throughout the province and* everything is in readiness .for PBIitVOB^pAiaziOilZAs^=n^:-i^-^ This means that in all pgwinccs west of Quebec old-age pensions are now ajif.overnment.jesjjiDja^i.lits "Jf-: ■ ' Friday, August 23. 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Fire UNION STEAMSHIPS DELIGHTFUL SUMMER CRUISES EVERY TUESDAY, 8 P.M. S.S. CARDENA 1-00 MILES SA7T, to Prince Bnpert and Bk_*na Xlver Canneries, arriving back Monday a.m. BIZ PAYS' HOLIDAY CBUISE ln Shelter.d Waters. Bound Trip 3.0.00, including Meals and Berth. EVERY FRIDAY, 9 P.M. — S.S. CATALA 1400 MH.ES TRIP to the Border of Alaska, calling* at Prince Rupert, An-rox, Stewart and Interesting Point* en route. Arriving back In Vancouver Thursday pju. Bound Trip (60.00, including Meals and Berth. Pull information, ticket- and Illustrated folders at CITY OFFICE, 793 GRANVILLE STREET; SEY. 9331 UNION DOCK, Foot Carrali Street; Seymour 306 A. F. of L. Convention Call Issued by Executive Council Washington.—The call for the forty-ninth convention of the A. F. of L., to be held in Toronto beginning Monday, October 7, has been issued'by the A. F. of L. Executive Council. "The future policies of the A. F. of L. are formulated and adopted at each succeeding convention," the call states. "The action of conventions upon all questions presented and considered becomes the official expression of the organized labor movement. Industrial, social and economic problems are also considered in connection with policies and official expressions. It is important that action upon all these questions be taken by those who represent the crystallized and concrete opinion of the great mass of the working men and women associated with the A. F. of L. "Our conventions are open forums, democratic in character, where the Diamond Jubilee { provincial exhibition! IN TENTS AT QUEEN'S PARK NEW WESTMINSTER, B. C. Opens Labor Day, Sept. 2 —j. _ _... Continues to Night of September 7. An Old-time Agricultural and Produce Exhibition. Your co-operation needed to put the Diamond Jubilee event over in style, despite the fire at Queen's Park. SPORTS Each Afternoon in the Stadium. %m BELCARRA PARK , Hold Your Picnic at This Popular Park. Everything Provided fpr the Picnicker. MUSIC AND DANCING '""> • Boats leave Gore Ave. Wharf daily 10 A.M. Return Fare 70c Saturday and Sunday, 10 A.M. and 2 P.M. Children SOc \ Know Your Labels! This paper, in co-operation with International Labor News Service, is presenting illustrations of all the union labels. A group will be printed each week.. The labels were furnished by Secretary-Treasurer John ■I. Manning of the Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. >_T_#M . __- :..X5P ^_»f^?.3j^_^£_ge?5gg3* Union-made Cigars. ■ ■%_*£!.*__-_:"- "" ** »», i, .■_.__.__ »_. fXAttSta,. widest opportunity is given for full, free and open discussion. Delegates, attending conventions, have faced every problem courageously and. have considered their action upon all questions intelligently and constructively. We wish to continue the traditional policy of the A. F. of L. in this regard." . All organized units of the A. F. of L. are urged to send delegates to this convention. No delegate can be seated unless the tax of their organization is paid in full to August 31, 1929. The call includes a list of 27 trunk line systems that President Jewell of the A. F. of L. Railway Employes' Department announces have signed agreements with the railroad shops crafts affiliated to the A. F. of L. Headquarters will be at Royal York Hotel, where the convention also will be held. Come tonight and be A kid for a night 1 Take Cars No. 8 or 13 HASTINGS PARK Nights 7 to 11; Afternoons, 2 to 5; Children, all rides, afternoon. 5c One Gigantic Concern to Run Railroad's Bus Business New York.-^The action of the Great Northern the other day in selling its bus lines while retaining a strong stock interest in the operating company makes Wall'Street believe that the railroads are dealing with the bus problem as they dealt with the express problem. Each road owns stock in this agency in proportion to its share of express business, but the election of directors is fixed so that no road ever can control the agency. The recent bus deals point strongly in the same direction. First the roads, by going directly into the bus business themselves, put a strong crimp in the independent bus companies. Now the roads are turning, oyer their- bus lines to an "agency"—the Greyhound Line. Each road retains stock enough in the bus operating company to be sure of fair treatment. The Great Northern is the latest to take this course; the Burlington, Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific have done it earlier. Just these four roads mean a coast to coast bus business. Indeed, the Greyhound boasts a coast to coast and Canada to Gulf extension. What Wall Street is wondering is how long it will take Congress to put bus lines under the Interstate Commerce Commission? Ottawa Issues Order to Exclude Contract Labor Ottawa.'— By an order-in-council immigration authorities are given the | power to exlude foreign labor coming to Canada under contract. This announcement was made by Hon. Peter Heenan, minister of labor, in a speech before the Halifax Trades and Labor Council last week. ■Y-our correspondent has been unable to secure a copy of the order, but W. J. Egan, deputy minister of immigration, says the effect of the new order will be to prevent a repetition of the recent case in Toronto where one employer recruited labor abroad to displace Canadian workers. A large number of such cases might be cited. Organized labor has long sought a regulation which Would prevent the importation of workers unless the Employment Service of Canada certified that the necessary labor was not available in this country. Joe Weber Honored By New York Unionists New York.—Joseph N. Weber, president American Federation of Musicians for nearly 30 years, was the guest of honor at a dinner attended by 1,200 trade unionists and friends in this city. The occasion was Mr. Weber's recent election as eighth vice-president A. F. of L. Peter J. Brady, president Federation Bank and Trust Company and member Photo Engravers' Union, presided. The speakers included Wm. Green, president A. F. of L.; Mayor Walker, John Sullivan, president of New York Federation of Labor; Joseph P. Ryan, president of Central Trades and Labor Council, and Mr. Weber. The guests included the Executive Council, A. F. of L., theatrical managers and lovers and backers of music who have formed contacts with Mr. Weber during his long career as a trade union executive. DEBASED WORK RULES MARK TEXTILE LABOR Chattanooga, Tenn.—Debased work conditions enforced on textile workers at East Marion, North Carolina, has marked these employes, said David Hanly, legislative chairman of the Tennessee Federation of Labor, who visited that strike area. The workers are employed by the Marion Manufacturing Company. They demand a 10-hour day and union recognition. "East Marion is a typical Southern mill village," said Mr. Hanly. "Squalor and poverty are present at. every turn. The mill enforced a work day of 12 hours and 20 minutes. A standardized labor injunction has been issued, but the strikers maintain a 24-hour picket line. Not a wheel has turned since the workers walked out." The strikers are being advised by Alfred Hoffman, representative United Textile Workers. Itr__j;MTOJ____i('Bt the more wheat comes up the more wheat goes down. —American. Lumberman. Boy Dons Skirts to Hold Woman's Job New York.—The woman who dressed in male clothing in order to get a job used to be good for at least half a column in almost any newspaper. , Perhaps the New York boy who wore skirts so he could hold down a girl's job is entitled to a few paragraphs. According to the boy's story, he was unable to find a "he-job," so he rigged himself up like a girl and went to work as hostess in a dance hall. He got along fine until a" suspicious policeman arrested him. "The girls have got all the jobs, your honor," the. boy told the judge. "It was the only way I could get work." The judge believed the story and released him. ■ NEW.ORLEANS STREET CAR FIGHT CONTINUES New Orleans, La.—There have been no breaks in the ranks of the street car strikers and apparently public sentiment is as solidly back of them as heretofore. Organized labor is urging the city fathers to grant a permit to a bus line which promises to begin business at once. In the meantime the "jitneys" are still on the job despite the protests of 'business organizations controlled by the street car company. The company is showing signs of weakennig, but definite peace parleys have not been arranged. WOMEN DO BUYING IN RETAIL STORES Chicago.—The need for interesting women in trade unionism is shown in an address by Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary nf Commerce, "Before local business men. . The speaker said that 85 per cent, of the .baying in retail stores today is being done by women. Thi- includes hardware! and paint stores. The' importance of interesting women Home Looks Good at 65 At »". It in hard to go to work. The ho.ly craves ease. Plan now to make your old age independent with Canadian Government Annuities Phone Seymour 4551,"or writ* C. O. BE VERIDGE ■306 Boy.l Trust Building 626 Fender West, Vancouver, B. O. ._*"' VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis, Bad Cold MASSA'lE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINOS W. SET. 2070 buyers was emphasized by Dr. Klein, who said: "As one discerning observer put it, 'Shall we join the ladies?' is no longer a perfunctory after-dinner query; it is an important problem in merchandising. And the answer is 'yes,' emphatically." BUILDING STRIKE ENDS Philadelphia.—The United Engineers and Construction Company dropped its anti-union shop demand and the strike against this concern has ended. More than 4,000 employes suspended work. The company accepts the union shop. The anti-union shop move was a" preliminary for wage reductions and long hours. United Engineers is associated with eastern utilities and traction companies. Officers of the Building Trades Pe- partment, A. F. of L., assisted in the settlement. Hit Unfortunate Client There was once a poor young barrister who was conducting his first case. He began something like this: "M'lud, ahem! M'lud, my unfortunate client, ahem! M'lud, my unfortunate client—" He got. no further. The judge scowled down upon him. ''Get on with it, Mr. Dash, get on with it," he admonished. "So far as you have gone the court is entirely with you." Si.-Cylinder Shooter He: "Billy the Kid, the famoys New Mexico desperado, killed 19 men h-fore -ie was 21."' •*. She: "What kind of a car did he drive?" ■■■',. Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 23, 1929 "Build B. C Thick Rich Cream A lady writes from Kamloops: "Cream is an expensive item where large families are concerned, yet Pacific Milk brings it within thc reach of all. Two large cans make a quart of rich, thick cream." The letter is a long one, and the lady is an enthusiastic patron. Pacific Milk Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner "Build B. C." INDEPENDENT SABOR PASTY BRANCH SECRETARIES Mount Pleasant: J. Sidaway, 623 East Tenth. South Vancouver: W. Ford, 84 West Forty-seventh. Central: W. W. Lefeaux, 401 Metropolitan Building. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 200—S3I Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7495-.27I VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL F-._l_._nt ..James Thomson Vioe-Fre.ldent XV. 3. Bartlett Oenersl Sec.-Treas 9. B. Benffong-h Stntl.tlclttn , 0. B. Herrett Warden ....Walter Deptford Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Ornfojiliatlon: Colin McDonald (chair.), Tallon. P. it Bengough, Machinists. XV. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths. Jas. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Herrett, Barbers. ; __. _.-■_-__.tl._i B. H. Neeiands (chair.), Typographical. W. J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. P. R. Bengough, Trades Council. F. A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. = .. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. XV. Hargreaves. CarDenters. _ J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. > C. Lamb, Typographical. _. McDonald. Tailors. rreset XV. Page (chair.), Building Trades Council. W. Deptford, Transportation Trades. R. H. Neeiands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T Hanofln, Beverage Tradea. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades. Grievance: Geo. Pettipiece (chair.), Operating* Engineer.. E. C. Miller. Musicians' Union. B. Showier, Dairy Employees E. H. Morrison, Edeotrical Workers. H. XV. Watts. Electrical Workers. Is Labor Fit to Govern? Short Character Sketchet of Labor Ministers in Great Britain. (By "Observer") * M. P.'S FINE WORK FOR TRADE UNIONISM Southampton, which never before had a Labor MP., now has two. In placing Thomas Lewis, J.P., at the head of the poll the borough has rewarded a lifetime of public service. Organized Labor has special reason to rejoice, for Mr. Lewis was responsible for the formation of a number of trade union branches in the port. His father was a Southampton stevedore, and his own 56 years have been spent in his native place. He has contested five parliamentary elections and a score of others. For over 25 years he has been a borough councillor, and he was for 17 years a member of the board of guardians, and for some time its chairman. He*-.has also served for a considerable time on the harbor board. Mr. Lewis has been chairman of the National Conference of Friendly Societies, hon. president of the British Seafarers' Union (1911-1922), and hon. treasurer of the Amalgamated Marirfe Workers' Union (1922- li)26). He is a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union and a friendly society official. SEVERAL TIMES ARRESTED FOR PREACHING PEACE A glance at the carS»r of Fred Longden, who won the Deritend Division of Birmingham as Co-operative and Labor candidate, will convince anyone that he is a man of character, ability and courage. Born in poverty 42 years ago, and receiving only a frequently interrupted elementary education, he went to work on a railway at the age of 13, and became an iron moulder's apprentice a few months later. He joined the Moulders' Union when he was 20, and has been a trade unionist ever since. While still in his 'teens he helped to start a branch of the I.L.P., and he has ever since been an active member of that body, having served three years on its national council. In 1913 he won the Hodgson Pratt travelling scholarship, and wrote a booklet on "Apprenticeship in England and Belgium." Another scholarship, gained in the _am^ year, gave him two years at Ruskin College, where he earned high awards. During the War he was several times arrested for peace propaganda, and served two years in prison as an ?nti-mi!itarist nnd conscientious objector. He has since been a Clarion Van- ner and a lecturer on Industrial and Constitutional History for the WE. A. and Club Union. culation of' over 30,000. Born at Huddersfield in 1892, Mr. West began work as a half-timer in a Yorkshire coal mine, and after four years underground was employed in a Bradford textile factory and afterwards as a clerk. Then he managed to qualify as a teacher, and for eight years he has been a schoolmaster under the London county, council. His last appointment, which terminated when he took the oath in the House of Commons, was the West Kensington Central school. < His friends are proud of the man who made half of the Royal borough "go Red." He is, as readers of these few lines may infer, a sturdy, cheerful, and, 1 may add, a humorous soul, but just now his days are overclouded by the loss of a little son. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Ximited EXPERT ON THE LAND • Valuable contributions to parliamentary debates on agriculture are to be expected from George Dallas, the member for Wellingborough. As chairman of the committee set up in 1926 to draft the agricultural policy of the Labor party, he was prominent in the national conference which adopted that policy, and he has since explained and popularized it on many platforms and at special conferences in most of the rural areas. He has thus become widely known as a fluent and forcible speaker. Since 1913 Mr. Dallas has served the Workers' Union as divisional organizer for the home counties and chief agricultural organizer. He is] a member of the council of agriculture for England, an advisory body | connected with the ministry of agriculture. In 1923 he attended, in the United States,Athe world's dairy conference, which was convened by the late President Harding. He traversed vast stretch.s of rural America, talked with all sorts of farmers, and found ample proof that protection (which they were "enjoying") was no -remedy for agricultural depression, and that high wages were good economy. Born in Glasgow, Mr. Dallas received an elementary and technical education there and was afterwards a student at the London School of Economics. ' He has fought in every general election since 1918—twice in the Maldon Division of Essex, and .twice in the Roxburgh and Selkirk Division. Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.'CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Applet" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS.. LTD. PROMPT DELIVERY 1055 VERNON DRIVE I *HE following firms are co-operating with Organized Labor and are selling Union Label Stamped Shpes. Ask to see the Union Label when buying shoes, proving to the shoeman that you are- consistently backing him up. Costly Women's Gowns Are Sweatshop Output . New York.—"It Would surprise many society matrons to know that some of their expensive gowns are made in tenement house kitchens on Sunday," declared a report on sweatshop conditions in the dressmaking industry that has been prepared by officers of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Thousands of $18-a-week custom dressmakers are making gowns tor society and stage, Tanging in price from $250 to $25,000 under sweatshop conditions, it was stated. "Hours and wages have gone by the board, and wc have the terrible spectacle of experienced dressmakers, many with ten years and more experience, eking out $18 to $22 a week making gowns that are the envy of womanhood the world over." Actors' Equity Association, which includes all the prominent actresses on the spoken stage, and is a unit of the A. F. of L, promises to aid in this war on sweatshops. The Women's Trade Union League and many society women have taken the same position. • — — CRUSADER WHO WON OVER CENTRAL HACKNEY A wide .knowledge of the railway industry is one of the contributions which Fred Watkins brings at an opportune time to the common** stock of parliamentary wisdom. He has ben employed for 30 years in the railway clearing house, and now fills a prominent position on the executive committee of the Railway Clerks' Association. He has also an intimate knowledge of London and its problems. Born at St. Pancras in 1883, and educated at London elementary schools until .he, at the age of 15, became .a railway clerk, he has been for 25 years an earnest worker in the trade union and Socialist movements. In 1923 he was made a justice of the peace for Buckinghamshire. He resides in that country, and in* the general elections of 1923 and 1924 he contested gallantly, but unsuccessfully, the Aylesbury Division. There were crusading efforts in an intensely difficult constituency. Adopted in 1926 as prospective candidate for Central Hackney, he is the first Labor member for that constituency. During his candidature in Bucks he was invited to speak from the pulpit of the Chestham United Free Church1. The pastor, the Rev.. Walter Wynn, described his address as "an entrancing utterance worthy of the pulpit of any church in Britain." No one even, susnected that some ..girls,-are knock-kneed and bow-legged until fssM.h gave them away. TEACHER BISHOP OF RAG FAIR "Bishop of Rag Fair" is the title which West Londoners have conferred upon F. R. West. M.P. for North JK. nsington. Rag Fair is the spot where for _o___y_>___rsJ__..-ias preached Socialism to open-air crowds on Sunday mornings. ' "Rag Fair and Rotten Row" is th . title of Qtte of hi__jfiw!>phlets, whicfu almost unadvertised, have had a cir- MR. DENMAN'S BREAK FROM THE LIBERALS When the Hon. Richard' Douglas Denman came over to the Labor party in 1924 he called himself an old-fashioned Liberal. He explained that in the 'nineties Liberals V»'ere busy promoting Socialism, but that tne present Liberal party was more effective in prevention than in positive achievement. Mr. Denman, who is a brother of Lord Denman, was born in 1876, and educated at Westminster school and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. and won the Stanhope and chancellor's prizes for essays. He became in 1905, and remained until 1914, private secretary to Lord Buxton, who was then Sydney Buxton, Radical M.P. for Poplar, and during those years successively postmaster general and president of the Board of Trade. From 1910 to 1918 R. D. Denman was M.P. for Carlisle, and during his last two years in the House parlia rnentary private secretary to Lord Ernie, president of the board of ag riculture, and H. A. L. Fisher, president of the board of education. The final shock which caused him to break away from the Liberal party was the action of that party in de stroying the first Labor government —a government which was engaged upon tasks he had at heart, especially, as he said, "the magnificent task of peace-building." Central Leeds, which he has won from the Tories, was the scene of his first Labor candidature. CHAIN STORES TAXED Madison, Wis.—The State Senate passed the Gettelmen bill, which levies a tax on chain stores, The license is graduated, starting with $1 for one store, until it mounts to $1,000 per store where there are 20 or more units in one chain in the state. Attorney General Reynolds ruled that the bill is constitutional. CORNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINOS STBEET Florsheim, Striders, C. B. & C. Men's and Youth's. HUDSON'S BAY CO. Ladies': Hohansen. Bancroft-Walker. Colella-Leighton. Men's .and Youth's: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 GSANVH.LE Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. — Tetra.It's Men's snd Youths: also Strider and Slater's Union l_ab.l shoes. YALE SHOE CO. 305 WEST HASTINOS STREET Men's and Youth's Strider. Women'., and Men's: "Yale" Special. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair employers and em. ploy UNION LABOR. "Blue Chip" Stocks Return Huge Profits New York.—Dazzling profits of. certain industrial corporations can be appreciated if the price of these stocks the past several years are compared. "Blue chip" is Wall Street's reference to stock of General Electric, Union Carbide, Steel Trust, Aluminum Company, and other corporations. Five years ago General Electric stock was selling for less than $200 a share. This corporation presented shareholders an equal amount of shares in Electric Bond & Share Securities, one of its subsidiaries that is a holding company for numerous utilities companies. Electric Bond & Share then presented stockholders three extra shares for every one held. General Electric- was split four for one. This stock is now selling for $390 a share. One share of General Electric common, purchased five years ago for $200,* with the split ups, has a market value of $1,560, and three shares of Electric Bond, which cost the shareholder nothing, has a market value of $145 a share, or $465, exclusive of "rights" value of $10 a share. Adding the two' blocks of stock together makes $2,025 for $200 invested five years ago. When this one share of stock is multiplied by thousands, the profits of .insiders can be appreciated. General Electric and similar "blue chip" concerns oppose trade unionism and insist on the right of management to set wages. By clever bookkeeping and constant issuance _>f stock, the earnings per share are held to a "fair" return. A 20 per cent, cash dividend would attract attention, but under the split-up system, where three shares are divided fpr every one share held, the stockholder will receive but 5 per cent, per share. The 20 per cent, on his original investment, however, remains. STATE CONVENTION Rock Island, 111.—The annual convention, afth-g. Ill-iyo-ft Federation at Labor' will" convene here - September the 9th: JOBLESS BRITISH YOUNG MEN BECOME DOMESTICS London, Eng.—In an effort to solve their own problem of unemployment many British boys are taking jobs as cooks and domestics in private* bomes.™-" ' People who have, hired boys for parlbr "maids" and other feminine jobs claim pjale -li'iuse workers are just as efficient as girls and less opin ionated. -_~---i_, „■»■■.-■"'■■-I.ii.jn— p_~y—. The Mystery of the Price of Bread Several weeks ago the price of wheat went'down to $1.05 a bushel. But not a word was said about reducing the price of bread. When trading began in Winnipeg yesterday the figure stood at $1.75 and tbe closing price was $1.68. We are now told in a despatch from Vancouver that we soon shall be compelled to pay more for our loaf. We have never beenjible to solve.the mystery of the price of bread. We think of 10 cents for 16 ounces here and 18 cents for a 4-pound loaf in the Old Country. We grow the wheat from which thc flour for Britain's bread is ground. It has been said that the Canadian loaf is more costly to produce by reason of certain preservatives which enter into its manufacture, that wages paid to Canadian bakers and deliverymen are much higher than the wages paid in Great Britain. We have no reason to doubt the truth of this statement; but it still seems extraordinary that in a country where thc wheat is grown the price of bread should be just twice as much as it is in a country which depends upon our wheat—and which is three thousand miles away. —Victoria Times.™ SOME DOG They were discussing dogs, and the talcs were becoming, "pretty tall" when one of the group took the lead. "Smith," he said, had a most intelligent retriever. One night Smith's house caught fire. All was instant confusion. Old,Smith and wife flew for the children and bundled out with them in quick order. "Alas, one of them had been left behind. But up jumped the dog, rushed into the house, and soon .reappeared with the missing child. Everyone was saved.; but Rover dashed through the flames again. "What did the dog want? No one knew. Presently the noble animal reappeared, scorched and burned, with—what 'do you think?" "Give it up," cried the eager listeners. \. "With the fire insurance policy, wrapped in a damp towel, gentlemen." A Cleveland man has left thousands as a permanent endowment for birth control, but if . his bequest is 'a%cpmpfeA&.:;s»c;c;-S.,.* ttfe..-niay^ be- eventually ho one to administer it.—« Portland Oregonian. Friday, August 33, 1929 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Weak Men and All Diseases of Men Take Our Herbal Remedies PAMPHLET on I_o__Vof Manhood and Diseases of Men, In plain envelope, free by mail. Advice Bratis. 30 years' experience. Open 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 every week day except Wednesday and Saturday, when closed all day. Remedies by mail our specialty. Phone Douglas 3394 The English Herbal Dispensary, Limited 1359 Davie St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada's Only Qualified Herbal Dispensers. A Classified Ads. BARRISTEBS AND SOLICITORS Wallls w. Lefeaux, 403 Metropolitan Bnlldlng. PUono Bey. 6667. BATHS Hastings Steam Baths Pries 35o Only ' 766 Hastings Street East. DBNTISTS Or. w. A. Bntledge, 108 Hastings West. NOTARY PUBLIC p. K. Bengough Labor Headquarters. PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. RUPTURE SPECIALIST 0. B. Heard 812 Robson. UNDERTAKERS Armstrong & Hotson, 304 Bunlevy Ave. "We Do Not Patronize" DARNBROUGH ELECTRIC CO. RESTON ELECTRIC CO. GIRVIN (PAINTING) STUDIOS. COMMERCIAL TAXI. VANCOUVER BOYS' AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, tha Clothier, 603 Hasting. W. LEN A. DAVIS, Lathing Cos- tractor. CLARKE & STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN ft LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ROEDDE, G. A., LTD. J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by the Vanoonver, Xsm Weetmlneter and District Tradea aa* Labor Council, for the infonnatlon ol all anion member-. Tenement Law Upheld By New York Court Albany, N.Y.—The Court of Appeals upheld the multiple dwellings law, passed by the last legislature. A contrary decision by Supreme Court Justice Lydon was reversed, The Court of Appeals ruled that home rule rights vested in thc city of New York does not mean the State has no right to deal with hygenic conditions in any community in thc State. . "Unless the intent is clear or reasonably certain it (the State's powlV) should not be limited or whittled away by the reform known as home rule for cities," said Justice Crane. Chief Justice Cardoza approved the law, which is intended to eliminate slums in New York City. "This law," said the justice, "seeks to bring about a condition whereby children shall be born and healthy men and women reared in the dwellings of the great metropolis. To have such men and women is not a city concern merely. It is the concern of the whole State. The end to be achieved is more than the avoidance of pestilence or contagion. The end to be achieved is the quality of men and women." The Real Kind An enthusiastic fisherman was telling some friends about a proposed fishing trip to a lake in Scotland. "Are there any trout there?" asked one friend. —"Tons!" * — ■•...;•■.'.___, "Will they bite easily?" "Will they? Why, they're absolutely vicious. A man has to hide behind a tree to bait a hook." ' "35 Entire Nation Is Back of Snowden on War Debt Row London.—Whatever the rest of the world may think of it, Philip Snow- den's refusal to accept the Young plan has made a great hit among all elements in Britain. At the moment the frail'chancellor of the exchequer is a good deal of - national htjro and the Labor party'' hold on public sentiment has been tremendously strengthened. One of the arguments used by the Conservatives in the past has been that British labor was "internationally minded," and if entrusted with power would immediately begin to sacrifice .Britain's interests abroad. Snowden's bold stand at The Hague has dissipated all this. What It At Stake His contention is that, under the Young plan, Britain would lose about $11,000,000 annually and that France would gain about $2,460,000, Italy about $8,464,000, and Belgium about $2,.06,000. British observers point out'that the "plan" is largely the work of Messrs. Young and Morgan, and they wonder to what extent these representatives of the "House of Morgan" were influenced by a desire to make good the enormous loans which they have made to Italy to sustain the despotism of Mussolini. Need* Money for Program At this writing Morgan and one of his chief lieutenants, Thomas Lamont, are in London making desperate efforts to prevent the total collapse of The Hague conference, It is understood they offered to make London the headquarters for the proposed international bank, but that is not likely to satisfy Snowden. He knows that if the Labor party I is to carry through its program it must have money, and he is therefore expected to stand firm. Premier MacDonald has publicly announced that Snowden is not "bluffing," and that he will be supported to the limit by his colleagues. Conservative and Liberal leaders are also loud in their endorsement of the little chancellor's position. Expect a Compromise While the situation is acknowledged to .be grave, few look for" serious consequences. With the entire nation back of him as it has seldom been back of any public man, Snowden is expected to win concessions. When* he first announced that he would not accept the Young plan there was a general feeling that he had indulged in language which was entirely too intemperate. Now newspaper writers and others are taking the view that he had to "blow the lid off" if he hoped.o win anything. Freedom for Egypt Snowden's stand has helped the Labor government in another direction. In the course of the week" the government announced a sweeping plan for the settlement of the Egyptian problem. Egypt is to be made practically an independent state and to become a member of the League Of Nations. Ordinarily such a drastic proposal might have aroused tremendous opposition in Conservative quarters, but all eyes are now on The Hague and public sentiment seems to demand that Labor be given a free hand. This applies not only to the Young plan and Egypt, but also to the problem of securing an agreement with the United States, looking to naval disarmament. Legislators Find Anti-labor Judge Unfit for Office Madison, Wis.—Circuit Judge E, B Belden, anti-labor jurist and persecutor of the striking hosiery workers at Kenosha, should resign and the State Board of Bar Examiners should appeal to the State Supreme Court to disbar him as a practicing attorney. Those are the recommendations of the majority of the Wisconsin State Assembly's judiciary committee which has been investigating the judge and has found that his conduct has been such as to bring the courts into disrepute and destroy public confidence in them. There are nine members on the judiciary committee, and seven of them signed the report urging the judge's resignation and disbarment. The other two members, in a minority report, agree that Judge Belden was guilty of unethical practices on the bench, but recommended that nothing be done about the matter. The two signers of the minority report are both "Old Guard" Republicans. The majority report dwells at length upon "loans" totaling $20,000 that Judge Belden received from Z. G. Simmons, Kenosha manufacturer and union labor foe. Belden paid the first year's interest, but stopped there. Four years later Simmons reported the note in his income tax return as "uncollectible." He never made any attempt too collect it, and it is now barred by the statute of limitations. Favored Open Shopper, Both reports -point, out that, after receiving these "loans," Judge Be. den sat in judgment upon a tax refund case in which Simmons and other stockholders in the anti-union company were involved to the extent of thousands of dollars. The case was decided in favor of the "open shop" officials. He also decided another important suit in favor of his friend Simmons. The Assembly ordered the investigation of Belden after a long list of charges had been filed against him by M. M. Kueny, Kenosha county supervisor, who is also a member of the locked out Allen-A hosiery workers' committee. Not only did Judge Belden use his direct court powers in an attempt to crush the hosiery strikers, turning his court into an injunction mill, but he displaced the duly elected district attorney of Kenosha county with one of his (Belden's) personal friends, who was friendly to the "open-shoppers." . Wanted $40,000 Jury Belden also appeared before the county supervisors and used his influence to force through the appropriation of $40,000 for the expenses of a. special hand-picked grand jury to '.'probe" the conduct of the hosiery strike. Organized labor insisted that this "probe" was an attempt to "hang something" on the strikers. A state law prohibits the expenditure of more than $1,000 for any grand jury Investigation, and therefore the suggested appropriation would have been illegal. An attempt to induce the legislature to pass a bill which would permit the appropriation attracted attention to Belden's conduct. The judiciary committee would robably have recommended the impeachment.of Belden but that would have given the senate a chance to try him, and the senate is controlled by "Big Business." £*»»*..-._.-_-._._....-.-.-.-»*««««««..----»«**** U.S. Farmers Aid 700 Mill Strikers Marion, N.C.—Farmers of McDowell and Burke counties are supporting the 700 strikers in the Marion mills. They are bringing in cabbages, potatoes, corn and tomatoes by the bushel, and declare they will continue. Out of 70 farmers only six declined to help maintain the strikers' food supply. President T. A. Wilson of the State Federation of Labor says the federation is back of the strikers and that an official statement in support of them will be issued at once. Alfred Hoffman, Elizabethton deportee, is in charge for the United Textile Workers. All Over Country Policeman (at scene of murder) __________c_____i come.Jn__iera_l Reporter-: "But I'vie been sent to do the murder." Country Policeman: "Well, you're too late.'the murder's-been *___■_£*** Congress To Meet in City of St. John, N.B. Ottawa.—The forty-fifth annual convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada will open at St. John, New Brunswick, August 26. The call to the convention, issued by President Tom Moore, urges special effort to make the present policies of the Trades and Labor Congress better known in Eastern Canada. "The splendid progress made on the industrial field in Canada during life past year," it is pointed out, "should reflect itself in determined endeavor on the* part of organized workers to secure progressive legislation which will protect established standards of living, and provide relief when unemployed or incapacitated by sickness, accident or old age." __Wjfe (reading^jgajier): "It says here that a Chicago man "boasts that he has had an umbrella for 20 years." Her Husband: "That's long enough. H-"C_ight to return it." ■ "Why we advertise JL HE difference between truth and propaganda has aptly been put this way: What you say is truth; what the other fellow says is propaganda. Public utility companies in the public interest need to acquaint the public with their business. Here is what Preston S. Arkwright, president of the National Electric Light Association, says on the subject: "Our business is peculiarly subject to public favor or ill-will, and is regulated and controlled everywhere by commissions, city councils, legislatures and juries. Their attitude is influenced by prejudices which arise largely out of unfamiliarity with the business. We therefore should acquaint them with the business. "If we are going to perform our public duty we have got to expand every year. We have got to get the money for expansion from somebody else and we can't get it if the community is prejudiced against us. So it is our business to see that the industry is understood, for one reason so that we can get the additional finances we need in order that the public inay benefit in better service at a smaller cost. That is only one of the benefits from public relations. "We want the public constantly to benefit in better treatment, greater consideration, more universal service and economical rates." BRITISH C01UMBM $|j| EffiCTRIcRjmMlY CO. VANCOUVER ^ZtVr VICTORIA <JV> 5.9 Union Plans Nation-wide War On U. S. Sweatshop Menace New Y'ork.—A national campaign to eliminate sweatshops and establish a higher standard of wages and conditions in the dress manufacturing shops of the United States and Canada is announced by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union following a meeting of the general executive board here last week. A strike of 15,000 children's dressmakers and 7,000 embroidery workers, tuckers and hemstitchers will be called this week. » The main campaign, however, will be in December, when 80,000 workers in the women's dress industry walk out in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, Toledo, Kansas City and Los Angeles. The December strike will affect 45,- 000 workers in New York City alone. Acting upon the recommendation of President Schlesinger, the board voted to issue $250,000 in bonds to finance the strike. The bonds will be redeemed at the rate of $50,000 a year over a five-year period. Union Shops the Salvation "Enlightened dress manufacturers," said President Schlesinger, "realize that only a strong unioh can offer salvation to this sorely bedeviled industry. They know that cut-throat competition of the sub-standard shop will drive them out of business unless labor standards throughout the country are equalized." Five thousand custom dressmakers employed in Fifth avenue shops are demanding a strike now as a protest against unreasonable conditions. Women and girls who make dresses that retail for $250 to $2500 receive a wage of only $18 a week and are compelled to work 10 or more hours a day. "It would surprise many society matrons," said Miss Mary W. Hillyer, an officer of the union, "to learn that some of these girls ta.ke home expensive gowns to finish in their tenement kitchens on Sundays. "Experienced dressmakers, many of them with 10 years or more of service, eke out an "existence on a wage of $18 to $22 a week making gowns that are the envy of womankind thc world over." Industry Is Demoralized In stating the purpose of the strike David Dubinsky, president of the New York union, said: "The industry is completely demoralized. Out* of 45,000 dressmakers employed in this city, 80 per cent, are girls. They are forced to work under sub-standard conditions, which means they are on the job 50 hours a week and their earnings are under $25 a week. "In former years, when the industry was stable, with union conditions prevailing, they had a 44-hour week and were guaranteed a minimum wage of $40 a week. "These conditions were eliminated when the Communists came into control of the union. Many hitherto large and legitimate manufacturers have given up their factories and have sent their work to tenement- house shops and other sweatshops. "We have now taken control of the union from the Communists and intend to force the manufacturers to bring back the old order and make them responsible fort working conditions in their shops." NEW ORLEANS CAR MEN URGE JITNEY REPEAL New Orleans.—The street car company maintains its warlike attitude and has rejected every offer of striking car men to arbitrate or mediate differences. Unionists and sympathizers demand of the council that the law prohibiting jitneys be repealed, as this will permit the operation of jitney service on an extensive scale. Jitneys are now being operated at the risk of having the law enforced. Federal Judge Borah's injunction remains in force, and this throws the power of the federal government against, the strikers. The writ was issued at thereq_"__t7-f a New York financial institution which represents bondholders. , • IAn-Atmy of strikebreakers is main-, taining uncertain service on some of the lines, but the cars are not patronized. EXPLOIT PUBLIC HEALTH New York.—False health ads' were assailed by Dr. Hugh Grant Rowell, assistant professor of health, Teachers' College, Columbia University. "New diseases are created for which the product in question is the panacea," said Dr. Rowell. "Foods and certain manufactured products of distinct merit when properly used are the basis of cure-alls. Sick industries are brought back to dividends through frightening patients 6r se- iucing them into food uses which carmot help being-in jurioafcy ■ - <■ There is nothing more fearful than imagination wnmS_t*'tS!l...^<5e_the. -_.^w*__«_j«_-»_-i_a____ ____u,rf... Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, August 23, 1929 Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale anc, /tetali Dealere | 158 Cordova W. Phone Si>y. 8687 See Ua About Broken Gla.e In Window**, Automobiles; Mirrore. Showcases, etc. Art Glass Repalrea Mirror- Be-ellvered BBOTSFORD Pont let winter catch you unprepared. Oet yonr supply of coal and wood ln now. NANAIMO-WEI._,INBTON The coal moat people prefer for Its strong*, iite.rty heat. The leading value ln coal. We also offer immediate delivery on all other well-known kinds of coal at attractive prices. Preah-water wood—inside Tlr, Fir Slabs, rir Edging's, Mill-run—full cord loads. Our connections enable ua to offer better grade wood. A trial will convince you. Summer is the right time to ->- get your winter fuel. Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. Now's the Time! -to net your children's eye. tested. Poor vision may be the cause of your child lagging behind In class and home-work. Delays are dangerous! I'hone Seymour .8.0 for an appointment. Lawrence W. Smith OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN Phone Bey. 6880 49—HASTINGS ST. WEST—49 COLONIAL NEXT WEEK Watch For Talkies! Comedies, News, and Extras PRIZE NIGHTS: Monday, Wednesday, Friday new armored tank with • a speed ranging from 50 to 115 miles an hour ought to sell well in detroit and International Falls.—Washington Post. VIEWS OF WINNIPEG TRADES (Continued from page 1) report issued by the Immigration and Colonization Department of the Dominion government, a total of 1,137,- 975 immigrants arrived in Canada from all countries. ■' According to the official report issued by thejrCommissioner of Immigration in tie United States govern^ ment, 940,617 immigrants from Canada arrived in that country for the same period. , Of the 1,137,975 immigrants to Canada, 290,931 were from the United States, leaving .847,044 that arrived from all European countries, including Great Britain, which means that 92,573 more emigrants left Canada for the United States during the ten-year period mentioned, than the total number of arrivals from all European countries during that period. The United States immigration officials estimate that about .0 per cent, of the 940,617 immigrants from Canada to that country were born in Canada, which would indicate that about 752,500 people who were born in Canada have migrated to.the United States in the ten-year period, which is nearly as many as those that arrived from all the European countries. . ,- Generally speaking, people who emigrate to another country are persons of ordinary means or the laboring class, and it follows that such people do not migrate to another country for pleasure or for the benefit of their health. In the main there is just one reason why they emigrate to another country, and that is because they cannot reasonably obtain employment in their native country on account of the unscrupulous employer preferring to take advantage of the more or less helpless condition of the newly arrived immigrant and hiring him at a wage that at best only produces a miserable existence. Therefore, speaking generally, it is self-evident that approximately 1,- 000,000 people have been forced to leave Canada for the United States during the past ten years on account of being displaced from or prevented from securing employment, and approximately 1,000,000 people have been forced to leave European countries, as practically all immigrants from those countries during that period have, in some method or other, been subsidized, as before qualified. There are many fair employers of labor in Canada who pay wages and maintain conditions of employment which, if they prevailed generally throughout Canada, very few people of ordinary means would ever leave the country, and all the immigrants that this country could properly assimilate would come to Canada without any kind of sudsidy, which means that the millions of dollars now spent for that purpose by the Dominion government and other institutions could be discontinued. It is to be noted in this connection that an appropriation of $1,000,000 is included in this year's budget of the Dominion government that was recently passed by the House for the purpose of "assisted immigration." Statement by Years Showing Immigration From All Countries to Canada and Emigration From Canada to the United States for Period From 1919 to 1929 Immigration to Canada British isles 9,914 59,603 74,262 39,020 34,508 72,919 53,178 50,378 37,569 51,552 482,903 .United States 40,715 49,656 48,059 "29,345 -22,007 20,521 15,818 21,025 18,778 25,007 290,931 From Other Countries 7,073 8,077 26,156 21,634 16,372 55,120 42,366 *72,588 39,717 75,038 364,141 Totals 57,702 117,336 148,477 89,999 72,887 148,560 111,362 143,991 96,064 151,597 1,137,975 Year 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 Emigration From Canada To t'.S. 57,782 90,025 72,317 46,810 117,011 200,690 102,753 84,580 93,368 75,281 940,617 Teamsters' Union to Form Joint Council Arrangements are being made to form a joint council of the various teamsters and chauffeurs' unions in Vancouver, so as to provide sufficient funds to place an extra business agent in the field to do business for the three unions now operating. These are the Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union, the Teamsters and Chauffeurs' Union, and the Taxi Drivers' Union. These are all chartered by the International Teamsters and Chauffeurs' Union, and each of these will pay per capita into the JoTnT Council so that the business agent can handle the business of the three unions, collecting dues and taking, in new members. If, as a writer suggests, women's sentiments are expressed by their cloth es, tBey appear" to "be less senti-* mental than formerly. — Florence Herald. -.*_.;.* Conclusions From the above detailed statement it can readily be seen that a large number of people born in Canada, and those who have resided here for a considerable time, are each year forced to migrate to the United States, which simply means that, after the people of Canada have shouldered the expense and responsibility of raising and educating a large number of the younger generation, who are by all manner of reasoning the most suitable to maintain and increase the population and produce the wealth of Canada, yet they are to be displaced by subsidized immigrants. * While this condition is the most serious in Ontario and the western provinces, other provinces are affected to a greater or lesser extent; and therefore it would seem that the most effective way to remedy this most undesirable condition is to establish a restricted immigration, similar to that which now prevails in the United Stat.S,-of" in other words, a "quota" law, which would accomplish two main things: First, abolish.the need for spending millions of dollars 'in assisting immigration; secondly, restrict immigration so that it would make it possible for those now residing in Canada to continue to do so. Objections to Applying Quota Law to Great Britain Objections may be raised against enacting a quota law that would apply to immigrants from Great Britain; however, it must be borne in mind that there is better than 1,000,- 000 of apparently permanently unemployed in that country, and each of the political parties in the old country have declared that the solution of that problem, for them, is the shifting of that great mass of unemployed to the British colonies, principally Canada. While our sympathies extend to the unemployed there, as well as in other countries, nevertheless our immigration laws should be designed primarily for the welfare, not only of those born in Canada, but also for those of us who, as immigrants, have lawfully established our residence in this country. • Just as self-preservation is the first law of nature amongst individuals, so it is amongst nations. Our first concern, therefore, must be for those who are here; in short, for our own country. 1 It is not nearly so cruel, if cruelty it be, to reject the ones who threaten our well-being as it would be to further subject those in otfr midst who are healthy, happy and law-abiding to the danger of unfair competition with its inevitable train of lowered living standards and other devitalizing processes. I|y every means within our power we should strive, in seeking to effectuate the purpose of immigration legislation, to'avoid as well the causing of unnecessary suffering. Immigration and Emigration Between Canada and U.S. As is generally known, the United States quota law does not apply to persons born in Canada or elsewhere in the western hemisphere, and it is interesting to note what the migration has been between the two countries. Again using the ten-year period from 1919 to 1929, a total of 940,- 617 people have emigrated from Canada to the United States, while only 290,931 have immigrated from the United States to Canada, or about three and a half times as many people have migrated south as compared with those who have come north. Further, an analysis of the immigrants coming from the United States to Canada reveals that they are largely of the farming cl^ss, while those going from Canada to the United States are largely of the wage earning class. Statement Showing Emigration Between Canada* and the United States by Years Between 1919 and 1929 Inimlgrution From U.S. to Canada 40,715 49,656 48,059 29,345 22,007 20,521 15,818 18,778 21,025 25,007 rear 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 migration From Canada to t'.S. 57,782 90,025 72,31.7 46,810 117,011 200,690 102,753 93,368 8,4,580 75,281 290,931 To,tals 940,617 Objections to Quota Law From Canadian Employers While the short-sighted employers of Canada, who desire an ever-abundant supply of subsidized immigrants, so that they can continue to operate their industries with low-paid labor, yet more and more men of prominence on thc North American continent and elsewhere are proclaiming to the world that it is well-paid labor that is required to establish and maintain the proper balance between the highly developed producing power of a modern nation and its consuming capacity. From everywhere there is the cry for more markets to consume the product! of the modern producing machine. What better way is there than to make this possible by a well- paid wage-earning class, which is impossible in Canada with its present policy of immigration. — Canadian Congress Journal. STATIONARY ENGINEERS TO GO AFTER MORE MEMBERS Del. Pettipiece reported several big jobs lined- up 100 per cent, for the Operating Engineers and union membership growing. An open mass meeting will be held for the Stationary Engineers in the Labor Headquarters on Sunday, August 25th, for the fa-.ntl_B of. lB_r_4_-ttg wfe'l & membership of that branch of the trade. iMC-ftKM-vrio «.» may lero. VANCOUVER Introducing a New Tobacco 1930 MIXTURE ,—A cool and mellow smoke from start to finish —manufactured from selected tobaccos—and will not bite the tongue, Voli will like it. 1,/12-Ib. package... 15c 1/2-lb. tin 75c 1 ** MAIN FLOOR, H B G THINGS FOR MEN Bring your shaving troubles to | us. We believe we can help you. ( The Twinplex Kit here displayed is good; get your's now! The price is $3.98 Stropping Handles. 25c, SOc, $1 Champ Stropper $1.75 Roll-fix $3.00 ; Kriss (Cross $5.50 Mail Orders given prompt B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited PHONE SEYMOUR 4401 64 HA3TINGS STBEET WEST VANCOUVEB, B. C. Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited CUT-R^TE DRUGS You gave the middleman's profit when you make a purchase from the original and largest independent retail druggists in Western Canada. Get your next prescription or dure; wants from ua and note the quality, service and saving*. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS 1.00 Dr. Reid's Burdock and Sarsapiirilla 62 1.00 Dr. Reid's Rheumatic Kemedy ....j.. M .60 Glycerine and Ho.se Water; 8-oj! Epsom Salts 6 lbs. for Tooth Brush Nail Scrub. a ...-.• Men's Comb, In (.use.... Woodward's Crlpe Water fellow Vaseline 1.25 2.00 1.00 1.26 .50 .20 .10 .50 Ratnip 19 Kruschen Salts .61 Uratabs .78 Erbac 1.31 Million Dollar Auto-Ktrop Hazor 66 Moire Hot Water Bottle...., 79 Superior Bay Rum, 6-oz 26 PearB Soap 14 I,_x Toilet Soap. ...3 for .22 Aromatic Oa.cara, 4-oz XI Liquid Petrolatum, 16 oz 34 .10 .35* .15 .35 VANCOUVEB _i OWN DRUG- STOBES—FOURTEEN IN THS CITY— AT YOU-- SEBVICE 1 17 STOBES WE SAVE YOU MONEY 17 STOBES It's All Fall Now! OUR fall stuff is beginning to arrive— big boxes, little boxes, and lots of them. Big wooly overcoats, light topcoats, raincoats and. slickers. The. Suits are the best we have had, in beautiful serge's, worsteds and garbricords. The range of patterns this year makes one wonder where this array has been all these years. The cuts are smart and for every fit, big or small. The fine thing about The Hub is that the working man knows he can go in without knowtnevexactly what he wants and come out feeling that he has fit, style, and real value no matter whether he pays A full line ot Union - made Caps, .Overalls, etc. $27.50 Free Summer Storage on Loggers' Clothes S35.00 $40.00 Largest exclusive Men's Store in British Columbia 45-47-49 East Hastings Street (Between Carrali and Columbia Street.) Princess Inorid of Sweden .smoked a cigaret while waiting for the train. 7via_.rtlsr-.i-- _fff__al'lhdmers* me- ciation must have overlooked her.—- Minneapolis Star. ,.-. , Improper arm signals are blamed for 20 per cent, of accidents on California highways. This is an allusion only to the arm that shows on the outside.—Portland Oregonian. - '-'< "WwlgpCStil'*.'»■'■-■?....:."..
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