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", % i J OWNED or Statesman AND CONTROLLED ^^^y By THE VANCOUVER TRADES AMD LABOR COUNCIL Tl Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 337—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, OCTOBER 10th, 1930 Woodwards' Fire Men and Employ Cheap Boy Labor Seventeen Boys Fill the Places of Discharged Men—Female Labor Is Also Exploited by This Big City Department Store l\rOODWARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE appears to be one of the worst offenders in the city in battering down working conditions, paying low wages, and selling questionable goods. This itore, which attempts to cater to working people, is not only lisplaciiig men with boys, but is alleged to-be paying several hun- Ired girls below the minimum wage scale. Last year the employees of the I leat department of Woodward's tarted to organize in the Amalgam- ted Meat Cutters' Union, and every lan joined the union. This did not ppeal to the management, although jiey 'did not say so, but apparently I ley started to weed out the union lien. Every once in a while some Ixcuse was made to get rid of a man, Ind in every instance.his place was I lied by a boy. This has been going In until the 17 men and 8 boys, of 1 few months ago, "have been changed |) 17 boys and 9 men. Six months ago there were 16 Inion men on the job, today there Ire not any. The remaining men |ave undoubtedly been intimidated -although they will not admit it— |> such an extent that they have not laid any dues and are therefore |utomaticalIy out of the union. Long Hour* The employees .are working 9% burs a day, 5H days a week, with hours on Saturday, for not more lan $27.75 per week. The boys are getting from $12.50 pr week up. Buyers Victimized J Stories told by the men lead us to plieve that there is not a very rigid laininalion of'the meat sold, in that ppartment, and, if the allegations re. true, then a lot of meat buyers re being victimized. This should kve the attention of the Dominion pvernment. The elimination of en, however, from this department | very detrimental to the welfare of ancouver. If such firms as these going to employ boy labor, then Jery resident should carefully con- der what effect this action will Ive on their own home should their readwinner be displaced by a boy. pe elimination of men by machin- is quite bad enough without }Ving it intensified by also displac- them with cheap boy labor. It I true that quite a number of people le objecting to being served by lese( boys, biit we believe that the ne is now ripe to inaugurate an iti-buying campaign in that de- rtmcnt, and that it will do much od if the suggestion is broadcast. Unfair Treatment to Girls The treatment of women and girls this store also appears to be very ifair.' We have received informa- >n, from a most reliable source, at should be very thoroughly instigated by the female Minimum age Board. If this were done it ight be shown that several hundred males are being, or have been, id less than the minimum wage, lese are the conditions that enables is firm to make it appear that they e selling for less than other firms. i a matter of fact, they are exploit- z their labor and only passing some the benefits over to the consumer, lorn we are sure do not want the iployees to be, exploited in this inner. Employees also complain other working conditions, and we lieve that a very unfair advantage s also been taken by the firm of e sick fund which the employees ive built up.' Taking everything to consideration, we think that this in is absolutely unworthy of the pport of working men or women, id we hope that this suggestion 11 be given serious consideration. I. L. P. Nominating Convention on Friday I. L. P. candidates for the forthcoming municipal elections in Vancouver Will be nominated this (Friday) evening, October 10th, when the regular meeting of the Vancouver branch will be held. This meeting will be held in a larger hall because the entire membership is expected to turn out. Candidates for" alderman, school trustees, and Parks Board will be nominated along with a campaign committee. The meeting will start sharp at 8 p.m. ir/ the church at the corner of 26th East and Sophia, one block east of Main street, on 26th avenue Council Thanked For Female Championships The British Columbia Branch of the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of j Canada, which participated in the Labor Day Sports, sent the following letter to the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and.Labor Council: "On behalf of the British Columbia Branch t>f the Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada, I want ,to thank the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council for putting on the Women's B. C. Championships. We appreciate all you did very much, and ask you to accept our sincere thanks. WINIFRED BORDEWICK, Yours sincerely, Secretary." Trades Council Notes The Journeymen Stonecutters' Association of North America applied for affiliation with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, and were accepted on ' Tuesday evening. This makes 68 unions affiliated with the council. The Vancouver Art School cam paign was endorsed by the Council. Members of organized labor were invited by the Rev. McGougan to attend the, Chalmers United/Church on Sunday evening, October 12th, and hear Del. E. S. Houghani address the congregation on "Labor and the Church." The Bakery Workers' Union plans a big dance for/Saturday, October 25th, in Lester/Court, where a number of valuable prizes will be given uway. Del. Thomson reported that the Plasterers' lock-out had been straightened out, and Del. Williams reported that the old wage scale had been ietained. Del. Showier, reporting as governor of the Hosiptal Board, stated j?hat recommendations of the hospital survey had been adopted, and- that the new superintendent, Dr. Haywood, would endeavor to put them into operation. Del. Woods, reporting for the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, staged that only two members of the dual union were left, the president (who doas not follow the trade) and the secretary. DeL Miss Houston, of the -Egg Graders' Union, reports that the union executive is meeting the Egg Pool executive on Friday night to consider changes in the union agreement, and asks for an executive member of the Council to attend this meeting. This will be attended to. ;..'•'.' Del. Shaw reported that the Gray (Union) Taxi Cabs had put, in a new low rate: Two miles for 50c, and 10c for every other half mile.. Milk Salesmen reported that plans for their kiddies' Christmas Tree were under way, and an electric washing machine was being given away. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters TODAY, OCTOBER 10 M-Ilk Salesmen .... _ Plumbers and Stcarrifltters 2 Machinists, No. 183....:. g Stage Employees, 9 a.m 3 Asbestos Workers ':.., _. 201 Sheet Metal Workers, No. 314 311 Welders _ 313 Engineers, No. 8.4 315 MONDAY Carpenters, Local 452 ;. 1 Tailors - ,; 2 Taxi Drivers, 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m 3 Stereotypers, 8 p.m.... 3 Stone Cutters — 135 TUESDAY Printing Pressmen ?. 1 Ironworkers „ 2 Harbers .-. „ „, 3 Upholsterers ^, 4 Machinists, 692 ......_ .".201 liulldlng Trades Council..... _ 316 WEDNESDAY Plasterers 2 Elevator Constructors : 311 Tilesetters' Helpers - „ ....'.315 THURSDAY Kloorlayers ., '. - 2 Millmen, Local 1599.. , _-__.. 3 w»ij?_m??ffS^pisp=^^^S~lw rBIDAY, OCTOBER 17th Telegraphers ... : j .'. 4 Molders ,...-..: —;_ _...;..-! 311 Lathers _ C 313 Engineers, 844 .-.,.: ,-.. 315 Plans for a line of action against the increased license fees of truck drivers will be taken up at a later date, says Birt Showier, in reply to a question on the subject. The matter has been taken up with Wm. Dick, M.L-Ai, he, said, who seems to be the only Vancouver member who is .interested in complaints of the working man. DeL Gift of the Upholsterers' Union urged union men to ask linoleum -layers if they carried union cards. It was reported at the Trades Council that the Typographical Union had recommended that the regular employees lay off two days or* two nights a month, to give the subs a chance. How To ;Pros ,Wm. Green, president oWhe American Federation - of Labor, in his October issue of the "Monthly Survey of Business," says: Aggressive Leadership Needed The hi^h point of fall activity in business is still four weeks away. Thc course of business in the coming four weeks will determine the prospects for next winter. If we want to avoid a winter like last year's we must plan for it now by using every intelligent means of promoting business revival: One paramount—need is consumer buying. All eyes are on the retail market. Storekeepers, wholesalers, jobbers are waiting for signs of bet- terV>uying before they will take the risk of ordering ahead. But workers without income cannot buy. Increasing employment and sustained wage levels are essential. A dangerous tendency now threatens the prospect for betterment. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Making This Week' a Big Dud Wage cuts have increased in the past two months. This destruction of buying power must be checked if we are to go forward. Wage earner buying power is the key to prosperity. Business men can hasten revival and improve their own trade without undue risk by such policies as these: (1) Order ahead; start to work up a normal soring supply. (2) Cut overhead costs (without reducing wages) by improving equipment and eliminating . waste. (3) Improve quality of product and reduce prices. (4) Stimulate trade by advertising and special efforts. These measures will increase employment, and put products within roach of this year's low incomes. Wage earners can help produce better articles at lower cost by improving the quality of their work and increasing efficiency. Will revival gain strength this fall? The answer is in the hands of the country's business leaders. Big Bakers Threaten To Bust Union Firms While the Edmonton branch of McGavin's Bakery, Limited, is advertising the fact that they have been union for 17 years, and are reducing the price of bread in conjunction with the reduction in the price of flour, the Vancouver branch of this Arm stays solidly with the antiunion interests and makes no effort to reduce the price of its bread. The campaign against' this firm, however, is still making headway, and there will be no let-up until the local manager decides that it will pay him tb line up with the union interests. The big bakers' association is threatening to put the small bakeries out of business if they don't relinquish their union agreements. The small bakeries, however, seem ..determined to stand firm with the' union support, because Mr. Hogg is squealing as though he was stuck. Another Amalgamated Goes To Brotherhood Del Page (Carpenters' Union), reported to the Trades Council' on Tuesday that the Amalgamated Carpenters' Union in Saskatoon had swung over in a body to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. It has been suggested that the Regina convention aided considerably in the men taking this move. President Colin McDonald of the Trades Council verified this by stating that when he was in Winnipeg recently he was informed of the action of the Saskatoon men. With the exception of Calgary, where they are working under the Brotherhood scale, this just about eliminates the Amalgamated from the Prairie provinces. '• Says School Teachers Hold Down Two Jobs Del. Speed of the Street Railway- men's Union informed the Trades Council on Tuesday evening that a man who was working on the street cars had admitted that he was also a school teacher, and, when questioned ay the union about it, had also stated that he did r\nl oco why <n»y objeo tion should be made, as many other school teachers were occunyin-* other jobs in the city. The Trades Council executive will obtain further information -and take the matter up with the School Board. Non-union Help at Commodore Cafe The Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union reported to the Trades Council that the Commodore Cafe was employing non-union men, and that the management had very emphatically declined the union's help to improve his business. The Trades Council- decided to turn the matter over to the Grievance Committee, who will try to find out what ails Mr. Kokos., Musicians Beating Canned Music Stunts Engineers are working 12 and 14 hours a day at the Vancouver Creo- soting Works, said J. Thomson at the Trades Council meeting on Tuesday. These are dual union men, said Geo. Pettipiece of the Operating Engineers' Union. FIRE FIGHTERS' INTERN'L. THANKS COLIN McDONALD The Executive Committee of the International Association of Fire Fighters ' appreciates \the services given by President McDonald, of the Vancouver-Trades and-Later: CouijcJL to the fire fighTIrs whilei inWinnipeg, says Neil McDonald of the Gity Fire Fighters' Union. While in Winnipeg and Regina, Colin McDonald, did some good work among the \fire fighters of those cities. Usual C. P. R. Tactics In the buiiding of the C. P. R. Vancouver tunnel project, the company has taken its old stand of refusing to insert a fair wage clause in its contract, and makes an ultimatum that it will employ Asiatics if it so desires and pay any old wage that the workers will accept. Inasmuch as this is a job in which the City of Vanconver is involved, the Trades Council will take the matter op with the City Council and possib'- with the Dominion Government Del. Miller of the Musicians' Union informed the Trades Council on Tuesday that the Empress Theatre orchestra had caught the imagination of the patrons, and the place was drawing good crowds. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert on Sunday indicated that Vancouver wants living music. This orchestra, of 73 union musicians, put music into its" most elevating form, and was thoroughly enjoyed by the patrons. The next concert will be given on December 7th, and organized labor was urged to give this concert its hearty support. DeL Miller stated -that the Inter- natiogal ,.y.ajbn--.4«*'"«jj*»ti about $400,000 in its campaign against canned music and that the orchestras were being put back in theatres in many Cities, and that some movie companies were planning the elimin-1 few years from ation of synchronized pictures. path. Government Control Urged by Merchant wilinm BOSTON.—Government control of business similar to the World War policy was demanded by Rudolph Spreckels, West Coast sugar magnate, in an address to a conference of retail business men. The Westerner called for drastic intervention in the Present business situation which wonld place industry under practically the same supervision and control as existed in the rid W«r, "For the moment," he asserted, "our nation seems woefully lacking in constructive leadership." He said the government should call a hah..to- ruinous competition by .allocating shares- of "SIT Ib'usihess to various companies, such as was done in war time. , • The suggestion indicates how far 'Usiness men have .«trayed the past - the individualistic M-t-Wfimiiifiinniii I \ Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, October 10th, 1930 PARTS - PARTS - PARTS Car Parts Any Model, Any Make, Any Year. Truck Parts Our Specialty. We have them New and Second-hand SAVE FROM 50 PER CENT. TO 90 PER CENT. BLANCK'S TRUCK AND AUTO WRECKING largest Stock and Olilcst Dealer In Canada. Country Orders shipped Same Day. Open till 10 o'clock Every Nig-lit. * RADIOS AND RADIO PARTS Phones: Seymour 51, Seymour 104 1133-1143 GRANVILLE STRRET VANCOTTVEB, B. C. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" *" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Out ox First Mall After Receipt . 'of Your Order. CORNER CORDOVA AND CABRAT.I, VANCOUVER. B. C. Union Barber Shops List of all Union Barber Shops in the jurisdiction of Vancouver. Frank Big-more 320 Granville Street Wm. Brennan 464 Oranvllle Street Louis Mallin 736 Granville Street Francis Fedcrici.— Hotel Vancouver McLeod & Burk 818 Granville St., r-.-.i. r-_..i_. ,...: o.i QranviHe St •Harford E. Harris 1006 Granville St. Ernest Oakes 1114 Granville St. Joe. Watson 1157 Granville St. K. T. Fansson 1164 Granville St. Ed. H, Weaver 2038 Granville St. Thomas Garfney 2215 Granville Alex. Hammergren 2402 Granville St. Norman Hueston.:..........2714 Granville St. .Hastings St. West. Morris & Mpntcrelfr .'.B. C. E. Ry. Sam. Rose 47% Hastings St. West Joseph Pratt, 165 Hastings St. W. C. D. Morgan Standard Bank Bldg. R. D. McDonald....837 Hastings St. West Chas. Smalley _ Pacific Bldg., 3 *r Hastings Street East. Ben. J. Sanderson 71 Hastings St. E. Wm. Korlie ., 117 Hastings St. E. Alfred Lindahl 159 Hastings St. East Jas. I. Smith Royal Theatre Bldg., Fred J. Senile 24. Hastings St. E. Henry Hopper 2603 Hastings St. E. Archibald I. Leach.3785 Hastings St. E. Fred E. Rulqulst 3825 Hastings St E. Ed. Dann 4003 Hastings St. E. John A. Lind 4098 Hastings SL E Walter Westwood 425 Abbott St. J. P. Doherty 320 Abbott Street C. R. Russell... Lotus Hotel Barber P.J. Kalley ;....140 Broadway East James Paton 271 Broadway East A. E. Gawne 523 Broadway W. Richard Blgsworth 979 Broadwav W. .1. W. Green 626 Broadway West Chas. Wheeler ,.;:2792 Broadway W. V. Peterson 341 Cambie Street Thos. De Merchant 346 Camble Street Jas. A. Jackson —.2207 Cambie St A. E. Gilbert :..306 Carrall St. Felice Ciancl 309 Carrall Street Frank,Casisca 335 Columbia Ave Thos. Bablos 330 Columbia Ave. Thos. Federlcl 1834 Commercial Drive John F. GeYrle 1433 Commercial Drive H. F. Moody,. — 620 Cordova St. Wm. K. Burns St. Frances Hotel John A. McLeod 562 Dunsmuir St. J. B. Hughes _ 565 Dunsmuir St. H. Odlin 602 Dunsmuir St. Sid. Cutt 761 Dunsmuir St Arthur J. North 3291 Dunbar St. Sam. R. Parker :.4205 Dunbar St. Jesse Workman , 1191 Davie St R. H. Parliament - 666 Drake St. Nicoll & Scott _ 560 Georgia St. W. Silverwood & Marsh Randall Bldg. Silverwood & Marsh Hotel Georgia Elmer Da. Motta 2558.Heather St. Thos. Patterson 312 Homer St. R. Gardiner -. 812 Howe St. Taylor Hanna Stock Exchange Bldg. H. H. Blaker..Hotel Grosvenor, Howe St. Julm Rannptt - 960 KlneSWay G. W. Gatz 1837 Main Street Conrad Magnelsom 2341 Main'Street Gillett & Ross —2406 Main Street S. F. R. Cuddeford 6482 Main St David Willington Jr ...AH Pender W. Sam. Poff : 734 Pender St. W. Andrew Colwell 733 Pender St. W. Geo. W. Cliff -1879 Powell Street Henry Freeman -609 Robson St. Alex. Monroe 716 Robson St. Jas. McGhie 746 Robson- Street C. G. Bierney 850 Robson Street B. F. Dennison : 611 Smythe St. Jas. Stevens ,..*...713 Smythe St. Hedley V. Tuff.... -.523 Seymour St' Ofta A. Hawes ..425 Seymour St. Thos. Henderson 2139 Yew Street W. A. Parkin 1620 Yew Street Alexander McLennan 5987 West Blvd. J. Wilcox 6031 West Boulevard Richard Harris - 5351 West Blvd. Chas. Oulton 2202 Fourth Ave. W: John J. Warzee 2720 Fourth Ave. W. A. W. Patrick 2924 Fourth Ave. W. Arthur Reld 3713 Tenth Ave, W. Herman & Bob 1482 12th Ave. W. Henry Beaupre „...„2157 41st Ave. W. Grasping at Straws North Vancouver, B. C. George Or Range. 57 Lonsdale Ave., Ed. Graham....e— 210 Lonsdale Ave. Morris R. Whittaker..ll07 Lonsdale Ave,. Jas. Wm. ColwilI....-..1535 Lonsdale Ave., Krank Underwood. .124 Esplanade, A. Berly AfClack 1.106—2nd St. E. Nana.mo, B. C. Don. Penneway Davenport Barber Dan. Dailey "...142 Commercial St., P. Brennan ....112 Commercial St.. Louis Perry 27 Victoria Crescent, Wm. Bate...;... 40 Victoria Crescent, R. G. McMillan _;...*Courtenay, B. C. Arthur B. Gatz i Cumberland, B.C. Chas. Spooner...„.._ Cumberland, B. C. ESd Lowe _ Ladysmlth,-B. C. Henry Winstanley..: Ladysmith, B. C. Nick Cameron Ladysmith, B.C. John Mintainsky.... Port Albernl. B. C. J. Burns Port Alberni. B.C. H. Du Hamel.: _ Prince-Rupert. B.C. Barnes & Judge „ 213 Sixth St. Prince Rupert, B. C, Hugh Young Powell RTvei* B.C. Ernest Marsh Marine Drive, .West Vancouver. Life On Farm Urged; Cities Breed Decay NEW YORK.—A nation loses the vitality to produce strong" men and women if its farm population drops below 20 per cent., declared George W. Russell, Irish poet, economist and writer of essays on education and agriculture, who is-^visitipg this country.. "t '.'After three or four generations in cities," said the Irish philosopher, "the population tends to deteriorate and there is a retrocession to animal functions:'' People wnolive in the open air get an original, rude strength, which is impossible in cities." He said sctence and medicine might be able to defer the deterioration, but he believed it must inevitably come. "Agricultural labor brings out the best in man, mentally and physically," he said. "We are a dying fire. You are a beginning. It is to the interest of a nation to preserve its agricultural life at or above 20 per cent. If you have a country with 90 per cent, urban and 10 per cent ton the farms you are going to have trouble." It was a very rugged old sea-dog of #hom it was sS+d that his barque \v,'is worsc-than hU -bight. -"• * * .,* Trying to win business without | friends is like trying to make love through a screen door. The governments of the world I stand helpless in the presence of an industrial depression that they neither understand nor know how to cure. They move about, like men in a dream, inconsequentially trying this and that expedient, hoping vainly for a- turn in the economic, situation that will relieve them of an unwelcome responsibility and will enable them w> claim credit for a change Thatr they did nqt occasion. Most of their expedients, unhappily, are calculated to make matters worse rather thag better, like the prescriptions of quack doctors who dose their patients without having any real understanding of their disease. Most prominent among their dan-- gerous nostrums is trade restriction in one form or another . The Parliament of Canada, in a special session, has just enacted an emergency tariff, pushing up rates on 130 items, on thc Premier's assurance that, such action would mean the immediate absorption of at least 25,000 workers into the industries affected. We have taken those that are key industries (said Mr. Rennet), those where activity may be stimulated and employment given on a larger scale. . We have secured the consumer against exploitation, and the result will do much to meet the emergent conditions for which this Parliament was called together. It is a vain hope. Even if the immediate results were those that Mr. Rennett anticipates, the ultimate consequences would not be such as ne desires. Gteat Rritain for ten long years since' the bursting of the war boom has been wallowing in the trough of long-continued industrial depression. Today there are more than two million of her workers for whom .she can find no occupatidn. More truly, perhaps, than any other peon)" on earth, with the possible exception of the Dutch, the British understand something of the true relation between their trade and their prosperity. . Yet, as Mr. Hobson points out, bankers, trade unions, politicians of every party have, during the last few months, been hastening to cut themselves adrift from their free- trade moorings, and ' to improvise new attitudes of trade policy, to deal with the terrible situation of a depression unexampled in the annals of Rritish commerce. Of their project of restoring prosperity by shutting up trade with empire limits, Mr. Hobson remarks sen- tentiously: "No more foolish notion has ever entered- the Rritish mind." "On the continent, the struggling new nations and the beset older ones in an exacerbated nationalism have shoved tariffs up and up, and hobbled trade more and more in a vain attempt to assure prosperity by exclusion, despite the protests of economists, statesmen, financiers, and intelligent business men. - Today, hope of relaxation seems more remote than ever. The Germans, mocked and devastated by the monstrous injustices growing out of the Treaty of Versailles, have in the recent election turned in great numbers to the parties of extreme nationalism and no-eompromise. Italy is in the grip of fascist reaction. ' Now if anything is clear, it is that prescriptions like these cannot cure our industrial ills. Carry nationalism in trade and industry to the extreme limit in all countries if you will. Yeu set certain of the unemployed in each country to work in its establishments, only to put out of a job others who formerly produced the goods that paid for its imports; and the last end is worse than the first, because in a world that now profits immensely by using the spec-, lal advantages of each country to some extent for the advantage of all, you shut up each nation to its own limited resources. You do not cure unemployment, and you do greatly cut down .the amount of wealth produced. If governments really want tb attack unemployment, they have available a body of experience and scientific findings to indicate the lines of action. In a letter to the New York Times outlining the important studies being undertaken at Swarthmore under the direction of Professor Paul H. Douglas, Mr. Jacob Billikopf summarizes such lines of action under three heads: (1) The stabilization of employment; (2). the furthering of efficient placement; (3) the working out of effective systems of protecting those workers who will continue to be unemployed. Such a program involves tasks of co-ordination and co-operation, not only be- tw-^'-ceTTfifaT aTStT"local gOT«rriment, but between government and private industry, that may well prove beyond the power of existing governments to achieve. Yet they must be achieved, or the governments are doomed. Thoughtful believers in our Western civilization will ponder the concluding words of Professor Calvin R. Hoover's striking article in the current Harper's: "If bourgeois civilization were to be entirely supplanted by that of communism, the loss to the world would be incalculable. . . . Rut unless the capitalistic order can find ways and means to improve very measurably the standard of living of its lowest classes of laborers, and at the same,time to reconcile the economic rivalries between nations, a militant and fanatic Russian communism will be hammering at the gates of Rerlin by the end of the present decade." The Russian challenge bringsus to the heart of the whole matter. In their attempt at the nation-wide (not to say world-wide) economic organization that is necessary to industrial stabilization, the Russians have given up most of thatiecononlic freedom which we' of the West know and prize. Whether they will thereby achieve economic stability remains to be seen. We face the vastly more difficult task of stabilization without surrender of freedom, a task that will strain the utmost resources of government plus co-operative industry. Rehind us is a melancholy record of failure in efforts at stabilization of prices and production by private profit-making industry, both with and without government aid—rubber, steel, wheat, sugar, coffee, tin, nitrates, diamonds, silk, camphor, pulpwood, coal, and so on. In the attempt to stabilize finance through the Federal Reserve system, we substituted organized, co-operative action for public ends in place of individual bank action for private profit, Let governments learn the lesson, and as they value all that is good in our Western life, let. them press on to lead in the task of organizing industry so that it shall actually be able to feed and clothe the hungry and naked.—The Nation. Municipal Ownership In the City of Vienna Hefore the war Vienna was a city of fair skirts and filthy underclothing. Its slums.,and its overcrowding were terrible . beyond words; its boulevards, its shops, its galleries, its public places, its theatres and operas ■were attractive beyond words. Today that is changed. Its old attractions remain (I have been revelling in its music and its pictures) even if some of the paint and rouge have been rubbed off; but new homes for its masses have been created, which brings its culture into their lives if they care to open their doors to it. In 1923 a Socialist municipality (Vienna) launched a housing scheme of 25,000 dwellings, to be finished in five years. It was finished in four, and in 1926 a further. 5000 were begun. Still the demand was unsatisfied, and in 1927. another another 30,000 were put in hand, and in this latest program houses for the. professional classes were included. Rents are low, and good homes, of: an entrance hall and two living rooms can; be had for seven Austrian shillings (4s. Id.) per month; larger houses are rented in proportion to space.— (The Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald, "Forward.") For , Health, Strength and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A wholesome body builder Doctori recommend it Fruit and Raisin Bread Pastry and Meat Piea Pumpkin Pies THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST R. C. HIRST ELECTRICAL OONTBACTOl Bl.otrloal Fixtures Hardware Msotaanlos' Tools Faints, QUI, lamps BftdlO Bnpplles Pipe Fittings Tools dlsn 370 4097 Hasting;! St. M. VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumatism), Lumbago. Neuritis. Bart Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HA8TINOS W. SET. 9070 INDEPENDENT LABOR PA»TT VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turnsr 3ecretary-Treas., R. E. Tlmmlns 536 Drake Street. Meets Second ana Fourth Fridays 136 West Hastings Membership Pee - tl Ps* Tsar Success of Direct Labor in Fifeshire What has been done by the larger municipalities to cheapen house building by using direct labor can be done by the smaller, as Lochgelly (Fifeshire) has abundantly proved, says the Glasgow "FoFrward." It built 60 houses by direct labor. The cost of these 3-room houses, built by direct labor, was £286 per house, while the same type of house, built by private contractors, cost'between £340 and £350. - '• Lochgelly's housing scheme is among the best in Scotland. The Board of Health testifies to the'good workmanship, which is in direct contrast to the great deal' of shoddy work to be seen in the majority of housing schemes by private contractors. ... < DRESS SHOPS YIELD NEW YORK.—Women's tailors employed in fashionable Fifth avenue shops are winning their strike. They demand a $3 weekly increase, improved work standards, and withdrawal of -employers' demand that when workers are discharged they can not have an impartial board re- rV.eff""'th^~ase77^TKe "strikers'.... arft members of theTntefhatlo'n4^ta(_^es, Garment Workers* Union. King Carol might solve his problem by. marrying Aimee McPherson. Union Print Shops Ask for the Vancouver Allic Printing Trades Council Label o: your next order of printing from an; of the following: Broadway Printers, 151 Eighth Ave, East; Fair. 203. . j The Citizen, 1451 Broadway West Ray. 357. Dunsmuir Printing Company, 43 Dunsmuir Street; Sey. 1106. A. Hazeldine Printing Co., 829 Pen. der Street West; Sey. 6335. , Journal of Commerce, 645 Howe St. Sey..J721, Sey. 7808. Lumberman Printing Company, 50 Beatty Street; Sey. 4653. , Mitchell-Foley, Limited, 522 Hasting Street West; Sey. 1085. T. McPhee, 6268 East Boulevard Kerr. 1933. .', North Shore Press, Esplanade, Nort Vancouver; North 80. Pacific Printers, 500 Hekins Ruildinf Sey. 9592. The Review, 110 First Street Easl North 1470. Seymour Press, 650 Richards Street! Sey. 3728. Shoemaker, McLean ft. .Veitch, 12 Lonsdale Avenue; North 53. Sun Publishing Company, 137 Pende | Street West; Sey. 40. A. H. Timms, 228 Fourteenth AvrS ,,-|_ast; Fair. 1372. Vancouver Job Printers, 427 Pende Street West; Sey. 2021. Ward & Phillips, 318 Homer Street Sey. 105." Wrigley Printing Company, Limitec 576 Seymour Street_^eyT3825. 44-HOUR WORK WEEK WON BY BOOKBINDER;; NEW YORK—Organized book binders signed a 44-hour agreemen with the Rookbindcrs' Trade AsfcJ! ciation. These employers, who opei ated on the non-union basis, dominj ate the commercial bookbinding paper ruling, blank book and pan:; phlet binding industry of this city. The employees were representee by John R. Haggerty, president, In ternational Rrotherhood of Book binders, who declared that the agree ■ment indicates the changed view p.o^,p44_aRLgyejliji„^-in-liistrj. The agreement, he said, means a: increase to the union of approxim ately 700 members, and double tha figure under normal business condi tions. V~ Iriday, October 10th, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and Labor Council— President, C. McDonald: general secretary, Percy It. Hengoufh. Office, 200 Labor Ileadijuartera, 531 Beatty St. I'hone Sey. 7195.. Meets in Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays In month. ■akery and Confectionery Workers' in- . ternational Union, Local No. 168, meets Oral and -third Saturday In month at 7:30 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Cashman; Secretary's Office. Koom 304, Labor Headquarters: Hours: II a.m. to 1:00 n m. I'hone: Sey. ..319 Beverage Dispensers' Union, Wo. 676— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m. Koom Xo. 2, Labor Headquarters: second I-'riday at 2 p.m. at the office. Pres., It. T. Kane: Secretary and Bus..Agent, f" 7,' J' H_",afln Office: Room I, Eagles' Hall, 535 Homer Street. Phones Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1656-R. ' Hours: 9 to 1- noon. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Local 97, Int. Assoc—Meets every , Tuesday. Hall 311.' Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President. James F. Burns. 2833 Turner St; Secretary, P. Laurel, Room 311. Labor Headquarters. Phones: Office. Sey. 7495; Residence, Fair. 5167 R Building Trades Council, Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesdi-y In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters.- President, W. D. Wilson: secretary-treasurer. W. fage. Room 301. Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7495 •axberr Journeyman International On, Ion of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In tach month. In Hall No. J. Labor Headquarters. President. Fred Da we; Sec.- Treas.. c. E. Herrett. Office. 104 Labor Headquarters. I Bookbinders' Local Mo. 106, Hit. Broth- , erhood—sleets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business 1 Woman's Club, Empire Bid*., 101 Hastings W. President, O. Low, II—5lrd Ave. W.; Secretary. Thos. Carroll. 142 Hamilton St. I Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' 1 tat. Union, Mo. 1—Room 30». Labor Headquarters. Meeta second and fourth Wednesday. In Hall No. I. President. L. Padgett. 2066 W. fth. Phone Bayvlew 1558 K; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th, Phone fiifr 'Is K; F,n- s«c- Albert Wright, >•*• _,Ea*< 25th. Phone Fairmont 1512 X I0*?' mmt Um Workers federal Labor union Wo. si—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 pm.. at (44 Powell St. E. Prss- Ident. H. Miyaiawa: Secretary. K Tsuyukl. |Jarp_nters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of, Looal 463-l'resident. Wm. Page; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; Business Agent. W. Har- 6reaves. Office. Room lit, Labor leadquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, I p.m.. In Hall No. 1. Jity Hall Employees' Association— Meets first Wednesday of each month at aii Hasting* East at S p.m President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J,, Scribbins, 1101 Pander St. E.; Secretary. J Tarbuck. J517 West 26th, Hvlo Bmployeesf Union. Looal m— Meets flrst and third Fridays In th* nonth at 261U Hastings Esst at I ) m. President, John McRltchle. 404 West Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer, ■eorge Harrison. 1417 Triumph St pgg Graders' Union, No. 11—Meets in the Labor Headquarters, flrst and third Monday in month. President. R. Gelap-3287 West 21st; Record Secretary, Miss D. Simpson. 627 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster: Financial Secretary. Miss Marjorie Deyell. 555 East 20th, City. - Workers, Looal 31», laterna- - Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday, at I p.m.. at Labor Headquartera. President. D. Mc- I.Dougal; Business Manager. E. H. Morrison Office. 201 Labor Headquarters'. Phone Sey. 3510 engineers—International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 844—Meets every Friday at I p.m.. Hall 115. President, F. L. Hunt; Rec. Sec., G. E. Jones; Business Agent and Fin. Sec- George Pettipiece. Office 206. Labor Headquarters. Phone Trinity 6434. .... Fighters, Mo. 18. International Association of—Meets every month at call of prealdent at 251 i_ Hastings E President, N. McDonald. 1116 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary. C. A Wat- «on. 1111—llth Ave. E 'loorlayers' Onion, No. 1876, V. B. of O. k 3. A.—Meets first and third Thursdays in month at Hall No. 1, Labor Headqusrters. President, Oscar Soclerman; Fin. Sec, Jack Nelson; Rec. Sec., John McOonala, 2905 Went- 12th: Business Agent. W. D. Wilson. 1535—5th Ave. W. he Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marine Cooks aad - Stewards.— 1 Local 28. Suite 39, 411 Granville St, meets . Second Monday each month at 3 p.m., and last Mondary at'9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards: Secretary- Treasurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. Phone Seymour 125. ,x_i.. Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenter* — Meeta every nrst snd third'Wednesday of each month in Hall 201. Labor Head-, juarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 llth Ave. W.; Kcratary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1041 7th Av> F. ^^ Kill and Factory Workers' Union, Looal Bo. 1698 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners.' Meets first and third Thursdays In Hall So. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres.; G Campbell, Secretary-Treasurer,- H. G. Avery, 2832 West 35th. Motion Pictures Phojectionlsts' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. k M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m- lirst Friday in month, In Hall No. 3 Labor Headquarters. President, J. R, Foster; Secretary, J. C. Richards, Box 345, Phone Douglas 1574-R; Business Agent. F. W. Slm- . mens, Phone Trinity 5708. ■ Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 14S, A; P. of at.—Meets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President,' E. C. Miller; General Secretary, W. Coullng; Organizer, F Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Local 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, W. Hunt; Rec. Secretary, A. E. Varah. 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Prujne Sey. 3609. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local No. 240*—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hast- ingsg St. W. President, S. Goy; Jas. Thomson, Secretary, P. o. Box 320. I'hone Sey. 7874. Plasterers, Looal 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday In month at Hall No 2, Labor Headquarters. President, Mark Galway, 829 East 67th; Phone Fraser 964 R. Cor. Sec, Harry West 3276 West Sixth. Fin. Sec, E A Williams, 830 East 12th; Phone Fair. 5219 X. tt Cement Finishers' Cor. Sec, R. Welse 1079 West Hastings; Doug. 848 R. number* and Steamfitters, Bo. 170, International Association Meets every second and fourth Friday in Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane: Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 105-? I,abor Headquarters. Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Looal Bo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, W. W. Qulgley, 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart, 1807 East Thirty-eighth. Ballway Carmen of Amerloa, Lodge Bo, 68—Meet* first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, A. S. Ross, 5806 Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. D. Valllamy, 2215 West 16th. ■treet aad Sleotrlo Ballway Bmployees, Pioneer Division Bo. 101—Meeta 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, f: Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone 8ey. 6000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union Wo... 380—Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 3. Prealdent, Ja*. Strachan, 2206 W. llth; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Western Conference of Labor Political Parties in Action Tailor*' Journeymen Union of Amerloa, Local Wo. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month. 8 p.m. Executive meet's fourth Monday of every month in Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1682 llth Ave. 8.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Taxi, stage and Bus Driver*, Looal 161 —Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. President, A. C. Shaw. Office, 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 488—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday. Labor Headquarters, President, A. A. McKay, 765 Camble St.; Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt. Showier, Room 306 Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stags Employees' Union. Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. k M.P.M.O. Meets second Friday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, A. Harrington; Secretary, W. Park; Business Agent, H. Pearson; address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Wo. 226—President. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, E R. Bayley; Secretary-Treasurer. R. H. Neelands. 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 pm., in Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. Union Label Trades Council meets In Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 629 Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 1 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald, 2834 St. George Street. Phone Fair. 3117-Y. Secretary. Mollle Dolk. 1687 Fifth Avenue East. Phone High. 477-T. either*, Wood, Wire and Metal. International Union, Local 307—Meets first and third Mondays in month at Labor Headquartera Secretary, F. Macey, 2456 West Seventh Ave. Phone: Bavvlew 6831-L. Uehlnlst*' Looal BBB—President. Thoa Sills. 1152 Burrard St.; Secretary. P. ft Bengough. Office. Room 200. Labor Headquarters. Meets on second «nd frtnrth Tuesday* In'-HalT 111 Oik Wagon Driver* and Dairy Employees, Local 484—Office 308. Labor Head- quftrtera.- --,Meets-'-s«!ond_*hd "fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1.. . President. T. P. Harbottie; Secretary-Treasurer. Blrt. Showier. M41 Trinntlrrf:- "FTiorTe ' High. 52,27. ' r - - . Prince Rupert Trades &, Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each "* month. President. S. D. Mo- Donald. Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry. Box 498. Prince Rupert B.C. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secrejary Trades & Labor Council Boom 300—831 Beatty Street Phone*.~SeyyTrtS^sTlj ,' "'"".' Minutes of Western Conference of Labor 'political parties, held at Medicine Hat, September 5 and 6, 1930. The conference opened at two o'clock, with VV. J. Bartlett of Vancouver in the chair, and W. E. Small of Winnipeg as secretary. ' - Minutes of the previous conference were read and approved. ' Delegates present: P. M. Simpson, Medicine Hat; Mrs. H. Wintemute, Medicine Hat; R. g. Mackay, G. A. Hartwell, Regina; Mrs. A. M. Eddy, Saskatoon; F. J. White, Calgary; A. Smeaton, C. E.- Camerson, Leth/- bridge; W. J.' Bartlett, Vancouver; W. E. Small, Winnipeg. After some discussion, it was moved that a committee be struck off to bring in resolutions for discussion, with special consideration given to immigration, state cre.'.it, unemployment', and co-operative distribution. The chairman named the following as the committee; Mr. P. J. White, Mr. A. Smeaton, Mrs. A. M. Eddy, Mr. G. A. Hartwell. The conference then adjourned, to reconvene at 8 o'clock Curing the adjournment the delegates were guests of the Mayer and the City Council at dinner. The conference reconvened at 8 o'clock. . The secretary read the financial report and it was received. The resolutions committee, being ready to report, the following leso- lutions were dealt with: Resolution' No. I "That this Western Conference of Political Parties urge upon the Federal Government the pressing- necessity of immediate legislation granting pensions to the bilnd on the-basis of the proposals made to the Government by the Canadian Federation of the Blind, namely: $40 per month for-all blind persons over 21 years of age."—Adopted. Resolution No. 2 "That this Western Conference of Political Parties places itself on record as favoring the enlargement of the present Minimum Wage Act to cover all young persons, male or female, and further, that we are also in favor-of enactment of legislation to ensure to all workers and their families a decent standard of living and reasonable working conditions. —Adopted. Resolution No. 3 "That this Western Conference of Political Parties adopt every possible means to amend the-Old Age Pensions Act in the following respects:. (a) Age of beneficiaries to be reduced from 70 years to (10 years. (b) Amount of pension to be increased to a decent standard of living. ■ *> (c) Residence in Canada to. be reduced from 20 years to 10 years. (d) That efforts be made to get reciprocal arrangements between parts of the British Empire, where old age pensions are in force, to allow pensioners to move from one past to another. (e) That reciprocal arrangements, be made with all provinces in Canada so that pensioners may move to and from any province without loss of pension,"—Adopted. Resolution No, 4 "That the Western Conference of Political Parties records its opposition to all forms of military training of the youth of Canada, whether inside or outside the schools of the provinces, ..and instructs the secretary to write to thc Provincial Minister of Education and to the Minister of Militia at Ottawa, voicing our opposition' to the expenditure'of public monies on cadet training, or any other form of military instruction to young people. "The conference believes that our schools should be used rather to in culcate international peace senti ment than the glorification of nation alism and war. . r "We urge that instead of cadet training and the like, there should !>->' encouraged in our school system a thorough going system of physical development under the supervision of non-military instructors,*" — Adopted. Resolution No. 5 That this Conference urges: 1. That all hydro-electric power sites now under private operation be brought under public ownership. 2. That all power sites now being developed under private ownership be also brought under public ownership and development. - - 3. That .^irr~hyrhro^leetfuT- power commission be created to undertake the development and distribution of 'electric power for the Western provinces.—Carried. . . Resolution No. 6 That this Western Conference of Political Parties urges the provincial governments, the various municipal councils and school boards of the provinces, as well as the Federal Government, to inaugurate a cooperative fire insurance scheme for all public buildings in the provinces. .Adopted. Resolution No. 7 That, whereas the time ha4 come in the development of capitalistic industry where unemployment is a permanent and inescapable result of the present social system; And whereas the workers, through no fault of their own, but through the development of the machine, find themselves periodically faced with, unemployment and consequent starvation; And whereas the wages paid to the average worker are insufficient to maintain a decent standard oof living, even when working,, and ^ make payments to a contributory insurance scheme; Therefore, the Western Conference of Political Parties hereby instructs its elected representatives to press for the establishment of non- contributory system of unemployment and disability insurance scheme. —Adopted. Resolution No. 8 Whereas the, natural resources of three Western provinces are presently being transferred to the provinces; And whereas, in the past, our resources have, under private exploitation, been wastefully developed; Therefore be it resolved that this Conference believes that these resources should be administered and developed, by our respective governments in the interests of the people as a whole, and representations to this effect should be conveyed to the various governments.—Adopted. Resolution No. 9 That this conference views .with considerable satisfaction the expressions of medical men at their recent convention in Winnipeg on the question of State Medicine; TherefiuM, be it resolved that we urge our provincial organizations to immediately prcsc upon th*»iv v»**i*>u» governments the need of enacting the necessary legislation to put this preventative health measure into effect.—Adopted. - Resolution No. 10 Resolved'that this conference goes on record as supporting to the fullest extent the formation of consumers' co-operatives wherever possible.— Adopted. ' Resolution No. 11 Resolved, that whereas credit and currency were instituted for the purpose of facilitating exchange of commodities; And, whereas the control of this currency and credit has passed into the hands of small groups of financiers, who are using this control for the making of profits alone, and not to facilitate the exchange of goods; Therefore be it resolved, this conference urges all labor organizations to investigate this feature of our economic system with the view of obtaining complete social control of these vital means of exchanging our commodities and thus bring about a sensible and equitable distribution of the necessities of human existence. Adopted. , Resolution No. 12 Whereas this Western "Conference re-cognizes that the problem of unemployment can not be solved under the capitalistic competitive system of production; and ■ Whereas there is great poverty, with its attendant misery and distress among those unfortunate workers who suffer from lack of work through no fault of their own, and such conditions will be intensified to an alarming extent during the winter months; and Whereas the arrangements, or lack of arrangements for relief for the provision of work were, in most cases, deplorably inadequate to even decently cope with the situation during the past winter; Now, therefore, be it resolved that we urge the federal, provincial and municipal authorities to immediately arrange for all possible work to be proceeded with /luring the winter months, even if the cost should be higher than if done under more favorable climatic- conditions, ana we urge that no worker should be-paid at rates less, -than fair wage rates as set by th§L Dpjjiinio&Faiit^WaKe Offi= iers'tor the classification of work undertaken.—Adopted. «.. »■■• —-"• The meeting then adjourned, and reconvened at 10 o'clock September 6th, 19'30. , _, UNIONCAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour'3168 Always Optaa Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's B_st Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings St. E., Vancouver, B. G. R. WILKINSON. PRE*. O DUNCAN. SEC. Reynolds' Cartage Co. LIMITED Phones: Trinity 1337-1248 Crating;, packing-, Shipping and Storage. Furniture and Piano Moving. Long. Distance Moving. Pool Car Shipments. Office and Warehouse) 733 — CAMBIE STBEET — 733 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorator-) Everything pertaining to tha trad*. 3016 VlCTOBXa. DB1VE IPhones: High. 108 and Fair. 4148-R Castle Hotel Limited Visit the Finest Parlors in Vancouver; seating 600. Meeting: Place of Union Men I 750 Granville St., Vancouver Phone: Sey. 7907 Resnlntinn No. 13 Whereas all subsidized and artificial immigration fostered by those interested, results in dumping into Canada those not fitted and ill-informed to cope with conditions existing he,re; This conference urges upon the Federal Government the elimination of all immigration except those who willingly and who are financially equipped to be self-supporting.— Adopted. Election of officers was then proceeded with. , *; W, J. Bartlett of Vancouver was elected president. W. E. Small of Winnipeg was elected secretary. Vice-presidents: For Manitoba; Miss B. Brigden of Brandon; for Saskatchewan, G. A. Hartwell of Regina; for Alberta, A. Smeaton of Lethbridge; for British Columbia, .11 ih n Sid a way of Vancouver. It was then moved and seconded that the next conference be held in Manitoba; the place, Winnipeg or Brandon, to be decided by the Executive.—Carried. Moved and seconded that the Secretary notify the Vice-presidents at ; least three months ahead of the date of the next conference, and that the . conference be held about the last two weeks in July.—Carried. Moved and seended that* a hearty vote of thanks be tendered the City Council and our friends in Medicine Hat for the splendid welcome given the delegates to the conference.— Carried. Moved and seconded that a hearty j vote of thanks be given the Canadian j Federation of the Blind in having j Mr. Lawley attend our conference. —Carried. i A vote of thanks was also tendered the Press for the able manner ; in which the conference was given | publicity. —. Mrs. A. M. Eddy then raised the question of affiliation with the conference of the Women's Social and Economic Conference. Moved and seconded that the Women's Social arid Economic Conference be invited to affiliate with the. Western conference.—Carried. Conference then adjourned at 12:35 p.m., September 6th, 1930. 1 PERPtEXE-T ,._- .—Jj^.^^.-.-r-— Judge: "Now, I dpjn't expect-to see yt»ti"tre?e again, Rastus." "•Rastus: "Not see me again, Jedge? Why, you-all ain't going to resign, is you, Jedge?" "H __ti> 0M_! if Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, October 10th, 193( The Labor Statesman Textile Workers Out; Reject Bosses' 'Union' Published every Friday, at I.abor Headquartt-rs, Vancouver. Ii. C Owned by the Vancouver, Xew Westminster and District Trades ' and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. l'HK^S COMMITTEE: Walter Deptrtfi-d. Chairman; TO. Watt (Building Trades Council); P. It. Bengough (Machinist Trades), Tt. H. Neelands (Printing Trades), Dan McP|ierson (Building Trades). B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanofln (Beverage TradeB), C Herrett (Label Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Pbone: Seymonr 8379 Vancouver, Friday, Oct. 10th, 1930 HOW LONG? Another dual union got a complete knockout on Thursday morning, when judgment was given the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance against Local No. 1 of the National Union of Hotel Employees. Judgment was given on property and money wrongfully taken, and $200 damages, and costs. This ends another foolish episode in the antics of dual unionists. A few months ago a few of these whimpering derelicts took advantage of a small meeting of Local 28, Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, and passed a motion to go over to the National Union. When they did this they thought that they had the whole union, so started to use the union funds, furniture, equipment, hall and offices. This move had been planned long before, because the dual union shop cards were ready to put into the restaurants, which they proceeded to do, and took the others down. But when the loyal members of the International union got their wind they proceeded to make things hum, and, within a very short time, the dual union cards were all taken down, the hall and offices and most of the equipment went back to its proper owners, but some records and the money, $110.00, was gone. The dual union called in a lawyer to their aid, but all his advice turns out to be useless when Local 28's lawyer got to worn, finally an tnat is left of the dual union is the president, who does not follow the trade, and the secretary. Local 28 agrees to take all the seceding members back after duly reprimanding them, and the disturbing episode is ended by Local 28 getting judgment The two remaining members of the dual . union have neither the money to pay their' smart (?) lawyer, with, nor money to pay damages or costs, but Local 28 has the judgment, which is quite valuable. We are wondering how much longer the movement is to be pestered by these wild episodes. The Vancouver movement seems to be doing nothing else but having to spend its energy in similar cases. In spite of the many lickings that this dual movement gets, there always seems to be another fool who will step into the mire. The labor movement cannot carry on its legitimate work if it has to be continually fighting members of its own craft, whose pipe dreams or office- seeking leads to internal strife. In almost every instance these dualists are either, working longer hours, or for less pay than that called for by hard won agreements of the International Union membership. In many instances the time of local unions is taken up in combatting attempts to swing over to some perverted idea, of a union, while the bosses smile at the disruption. These men should not be tolerated in any union meeting, neither should they be tolerated on the job. If they don't want to play ball wifh the bona .fide labor movement, then every effort should be made to put them out of the union and; off the jobs. The labor movement .is wasting too much precious time in com- j, batting this element, and the quicker it is cleaned up the better for the entire trades union movement.—W. DANVILLE, Va.—More than 4000" employees of the Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills suspended work following management's denial of their right to organize. Two injunctions have been issued against the strikers, who are persuading strike-breakers not to enter the mills. The management claims the workers were on private property. Chief of Police Martin said there was no violence and that warrants should be sworn against strikers if they trespassed. The mill management refused to be put in a position where their claim could be denied, so they rushed to an injunction court. These mills attracted nation-wide attention after the World War by their establishment of a company "union" called "industrial democracy." • Opposition to the scheme increased and the workers organized a local of United Textile Workers affiliated to A. F. of L. Victimization of employees, and repeated refusals of management to mediate, differences resulted in the general walkout. The workers had previously voted 95 per cent. to strike as a last resort, and work suspension followed refusal of H. R. Fitzgerald, president of the mills, to treat with representatives of the United States Department, of Labor. Wages have been cut and workers are speeded up, while the "industrial democracy" scheme smothered protests. Despite unanimous opposition to this company "union," Fitzgerald insists it meets every trade union requirement. Francis J. Gorman, international vice-president, United Textile Workers, is advising the workers. Correspondence Montreal is soon to have a municipally-owned and operated electric plant. The province of Quebec has long been a stronghold of private enterprise, but since the enactment of" necessary, legislation last year Montreal engineers have been drafting plans, and it is said construction work will commence in the spring. At their- annual convention last month the Assembly of Orthodox •Rabbis of Ameri_a.and Canada went .on record as being in favor of labor's five-day week program? DENIES THAT DRINK IS CAUSE OF POVERTY Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,—The Prohibitionists of this city are spreading it around that drink is the cause of poverty. That is not only an insult and slander to our workers and other poor people, but is giving Vancouver a bad name. As much poverty now exists as the high con* ctt city relief shows; and those believing the Prohibitionists' assertion will refrain from giving aid with respect to work. Drink is not the cause of poverty, as I will now show. Professor A. G. Warner, in his "American Charities," page 34, has tabulated the findings of 15 separate investigations of actual cases of poverty, numbering in all, over 100,000 cases in America, England arid Germany^ The investigations were conducted by the Charity Organization Societies of Baltimore, Buffalo and New York City, the Associated Charities Of Boston and Cincinnati, and by Mr. Chas. Booth in East London, England, and, for Germany, is the statement of Mr. Bohmert as to 76 German cities. They include virtually all the facts that have been collected hy trained investigators. From these statistics, on an average, 21.-3 per cent, of ..poverty is due to misconduct, 74.4 per cent to misfortune ; lack of work, or poorly paid work, 28.5 per cent, and only 11 per cent, to drink. This is quite a different story, but nevertheless is tTUth. British Columbia is in North America, and therefore included. Yours respectfully, J. C. WATSON, City. _____ TARIFF MUDDLES Resentment against the new Haw- ley-Smoot tariff of the United States is rising in Europe, says "Unity," Chicago. "Thus," it says, "Italy has imposed a tax of $1000 per car on automobiles of the Ford and Chevrolet type. In Switzerland, which is particularly hard hit by the Smbot abomination, there was' recently held a public meeting attended by 15,000 men and women, who solemnly pledged themselves not to buy in the. future a penny's worth of American goods. In France and in England there is wrath deep-seated, which finds no political expression because of the desire of the governments not to have trouble with this country, but is certain to find just such popular expression as is breaking out in Switzerland. Ssy. 3981 Trin. 6425 CAMPBELL & GRILL 1236-8-SEYMOtraSTKBET FURNACE INSTALLATIONS - "JWlTKEPAlRS LOWEST CAB RATES in CANADA For First TWO MILES, and 10c for each additional HALF MILE. * No Charge for Extra Passengers! j| You only pay from the point you actually enter the CAB Tl 11 until you reach your destination at these METER rates, j] ALL UNION DRIVERS Call Seymour 4000 « B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION, LTD. GRADUATES IN FIRST AID B.C. Electric Employees Voluntarily Take Up Humanitarian Training FIRST AID work is one of the things that the B. C. Electric encourages in its employees, with the result that they perform numerous acts of service to the sick and injured outside the round of their duties. Under the auspices of the St. John's Ambulance Association, classes are continually held. Since 1928, 100 employees have earned certificates, vouchers or labels indicative of their merit in first aid work. The Company does everything possible tb make this training easy. It pays for bandages, both for practice and practical use, text books and stretchers and pays lecturers' fees. A large room ' ' has been equipped with charts, skeleton, etc., and is devoted exclusively for lectures. The Company pays examination fees when men sit for examinations and pays for certificates after the examinations have been passed. . The B. C. Electric motormen and conductors' first aid team has .. won, for two years in succession, the Vancouver Challenge shield, which is offered for first aid competition among the . various city organizations. Women employees of the Company have taken up first aid work and home nursing. In a number of cases, B. C Electric employees have not only rendered first aid to injured persons but have actually saved human life by their timely knowledge. . The Company is proud of them and of their unselfish humanitarian work. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. WHY MARY FELT BETTER "Go ont in the churchyard for a -_-,^JtfeJfcj-^.W«*-^t«nding--ehui^^wj»ia«t«s.and you will be better," with her mother, when she com- whispered her mother, plained of feeling sick at the "Why, Mary, where did you go?" stomach. | again whispered her mother, sur prised at her quick, return. .»:_— "I stopped at a box in the ba< which said on it, 'For the Sick.' feel all right now." Friday, October 10th, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE ! The New Orpheum Cafe Private Banquet Hall, 762 GRANVILLE STREET Prpp.: Jas. P. Dwyer . PHONE: SEY. 3346 HOW DO YOU VOTE 9 ...» Next Week is Prosperity Week- Ask for B. C. Products. BC" PRODUCTS J The most practical way to induce new industries to come to British Columbia is to con: vince them that British Columbia people give a preference to goods made in B. C. Every time you make a purchase, you have an opportunity to vote for or against more B. C. Industries. Vote the straight ticket. Ask for B. C. Products. B. C. PRODUCTS BUREAU of the Vancouver Board of Trade ,vW/ lavor you cannot beat! The refreshing and pleasing flavor of these beers is indicative of their popularity and wholesomeness. Being rich in the food elements of choicest barley malt combined with the tonic properties of golden hops, these beers are of reliable quality, too. Ask for either one of the beers listed below. They are properly brewed and aged ... absolutely pure. Al all Gorrrnntenl Liquor Stores and Beer Parlors. I II %t NCI) LASER BLUE EIBECN LAGER CASCADE DALE CLD Mil KM I II LACED Labor To Meet in Boston; Arrangements Are Complete Boston.—Arrangements are- complete) for the 50th convention of the A". F. of It., which convenes for two weeks in the Statler Hotel. This is the third convention' that the A. F. of L. has held in t'his city —the first in 1889, with 74 delegates and the second in 1903. In the 1889 convention John B. Lennon, representing the Journeymen Tailors, and who afterwards served as%trgasurer, A. F. of L., suggested that as citizens Of Massachusetts were holding an election, the convention adjourn "to witness the practical workings of rthe Australian system, of voting." He referred to the present secret ballot system that was then being slowly installed throughout the country. That convention urged the government to include in its census the next year the number of unemployed. This was done] 40 years later, in 1930. The present convention will prove notable because of unemployment, the mechanization of industry, and growing opposition to the labor injunction. The displacement of human labor is creating a new revolution on the industrial field that affects all de grees of skill and is found in every trade and calling. The A.. F. of L. will centre its legislative attacks on> the labor injunction. Candidates for the National House and Senate have been called upon to state their position. Unemployment and tha prospects of no change this winter^will be discussed at length and labor's remedies will be given greater-publicity. Allan A. H. Findlay and Arthur Shaw will be .present at the convention as fraternal delegates from the British Trades Union Congress. The former is general secretary United Pattern Makers' Association, succeeding William Mosses, who represented the British movement at the Pittsburgh convention of the A. F. of L. in 1905. ■ Arthur Shaw is general secretary National Union of Textile Workers, and he is a member of the general council of the British Trades Union Congress. Wm. E. Stephenson is fraternal delegate from the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress. He is a member of the Brotherhood Railway Carmen. His home is in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. * Germany Near Financial Crash This advertisement is not. published or displayed by the Liquor.. ■. Control Board or by the (jovernme'nt r>i^ritisirtolumbia. ~ •WEW YORK.—Conscription of German labor to replace unemployment insurance is discussed by government officials, according to the Berlin correspondent of the New York Times. The; story is considered so important that the editor {fives it first page, first column position. The correspondent says conscription is one of several drastic proposals by the government to revise its financial program that is intended to prevent the collapse of Germany's financial structure. If the forced labor scheme can be pyt into operation, the correspondent §ays, it will relieve the government of the tremendous sums »«*" ««d U, jobless s>es d - ~jj *-- . •»» • - , service employees wm oe ao>eo to accept a 10 per cent, salary cut ^nd the government will ask the trade unions to take similar action. Widespread unemployment and reparations payments to World War victors has caused a steady decline in revenues. In six months the budget income dropped $200,000,000. Gains by Fascists and Communists, who nearly control the German parliament, threaten to overthrow constitutional government, and Premier Bruening will appeal to all parties to drop their differences. BBOTSFORD Wood&CoalCo.Ltd. , "Satisfaction Guaranteed or Honey Refunded" THE BEST ■gEEC FIB EDGINGS, per cord, $4.50 Blaba, Mixed Wood * Inside Tlr. ALWAYS OW HAND I Naiialino-Welllng'ton, and the Beet Bootless. 498=4980 Extra "Phone: Hlfh. tlO It is possible that the Versailles peace treaties may eventually be revised and the financial burden of Germany lightened. This will undoubtedly happen if the revolutionary menace grows and the danger of complete repudiation increases. The New York Times calls attention to a plea for revision by the newspaper La Volonte in Paris. This is the first French publication that has made such a suggestion. "Whether'Europe likes it or not," says the French newspaper, "the problem which now confronts it more and more imperatively is that at revision of the peace, treaties. The ™«™ tnr thiols e**y'fQ understand. The pA»__ treaties were conceived at a time when people were yet drunk with blood, still quivering with hatred and inspired the.meanest .^nperialistic passions to run riot. "fCTce >s bankrupt and that failure is,the only interesting result achieved by the late war. Right, therefore, continueus. Hence all that remains is to know whether the treaties can be revised, legally. The answer undoubtedly is yes." La Volonte is an ardent defender of the French government, but its position on treaty revision is not unanimous. > ' • - • -> -i BUY B. O. PBODDOTS and boost your own payroll! rNALLEY'S SANDWICH SPREAD At All Grocers Nalley's Fare rood! Co. Vancouver, B. C. Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealers 1S8 Cordova W. Fhon* Sey. 8687 Glaus for Buildings. Auto Glass Installed. Art Glass Repaired. Mirrors Resllvered. Copper Store Front Construction. Photie us for Quick Service. Glazing Jobs,'large or smaU. i REGENT TAIWRsI LIMITED 159 Hasting* Street West Opposite proviso* Every garment tailored strictly to measure by Union tailors. One price. $26 Municipal Banking In Great Britain The Glasgow Town Clerk, writing Bailie Dollan regarding his enquiries concerning the Birmingham Municipal Bank, states: "I am informed by the Town Clerk, Birmingham, that the cost of the purchase and adaptation of premises, together with the purchase of land and the creation of new buildings, including equipment, amounts to £212,071, the whole of which has been defrayed out of profits. "In addition to the savings bank business, and the house purchase department, the bank is used for the purpose of collecting water, gas, electricity, and other corporation accounts. Last year, 123,294 municipal accounts were dealt with at the bank, the amount collected being £179,200. "Powers have recently been obtained by the Birmingham Corporation (General Powers Act, -1929) to make advances to depositors for the purchase of allotment land; also to establish branches in areas adjoining the city with the consent of the local authority concerned." The bank has made a profit of £212,071 in ten years. It has loaned the citizens nearly £3,000,000 for house purchasing. It has collected municipal accounts without any charge to the town council. It has cost the city not one 'farthing. 1 It has helped to reduce the rates. ONE PLACE LEFT The railway cax.JKaS-.xroiKded.-aa -the young man opened the door and asked in a.sarcastic voice: "Is this Noah's Ark?'' "Yes,^ was :t_ie.jceply.--iroi» * grumpy man in the corner.,. "We're all here except the ass. Come in." What a Bermondsey Labor Council Has Done Labor has had a majority in the Borough- Council of Bfermondsey for six years (up to 1928)., says. the Glasgow "Forward." There are 120,000 people living in. Bermondsey. In 1922, when Labor took office, the death rate was 16.7. In -1927 it was only 12.9. In the same period the fever death rate fell from 2.41 per 1000 to 0.37 per 1000. The death rate from tuberculosis has been pulled down, due to municipal treatment by artificial sunlight, from 206 in 1922, to 176 in 1927. The infantile death rate has been reduced from 102 per 1000 in 1922 to 67 per lOOQ.in 1927—due to Municipal Clinics, Mothers' Homes, etc. The death rate among mothers has actually been reduced to as low a figure as that of the West End of London. Ten thousand trees from the municipal nursery have been planted in the streets. The housing conditions are improved beyond the most optimistic hopes of six years ago. The municipal cottages attract the interest of crowds of visitors. Bermondsey has an all-electric municipal laundry. The average price of electricity per home is falling every year since .Labor took control. HOME OX£ DISTBIBUTOBS, LIMITED PROGRAMME HOME GAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA UNDER CALVIN WINTER (Special Prosperity Week Programme) Sunday. October 13; CIWX, 9 p.m. "O Canada." "Merry Makers Dance" from "Nell Gwynn" ...:_..-.. :.... German Waltz. "Gold and SUver",...„..'„„,...--ehar lutCTUieAor "PTTforrsitae* ..". Kocian Selection from "The Fortune Teller" ; Herbert Overture "Raymonfl" _. Thomas Symphonic Transcription ._ fopu Wfi?f1f"fr<rm"tne "Fourth Symphony" ... Tsohalkowsky "There's, No Gas Like Home" EAT In New Westminster's Popular Union Cafe Allen's Cafe Open Say and Night K. J. Bishop, Manager 660 Columbia Street UNION MUSICIANS WIN WASHINGTON.—Umon musicians in the,nation's capital won their fight against "canned1' music. Theatre managers in the large picture houses said the musicians "were unneeded and unwanted." The musicians started an educational campaign for living music and the managers accepted a 'compromise agreement. Brim full of Health and Goodness - FOUREX DAIRY BREAD MAO E WITH. jVUtX. CANADIAN BAKERIES LTD : -*••. ii .y Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, October 10th, .1930 "Build B. C. Payrolls" British Columbia Is Our Home vhmmq, MIL* If live markets are the core.-of business, and the market at home solves the problem at once, then it is sound economics to push home products. Maker and consumer get the benefits immediately. Get them all! Pacific Milk Factory at - ABBOTSFORD, B.C. Munn land Reid Vote For Progressive Amendment The following amendment to the I interruption from the other side of Government's tariff ▼bill, made by the House. Know Your Labels! This is the Bakers' Union Label: This paper, in co-operation with International Labor News Service, is presenting illustrations of all the each week. The ' labels were furnished by Secretary-Treasurer Jphn J. Manning of the Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS A CLARK 33 EAST HASTINGS STREET Florshelm, Stridors, C. B. A C. Men'a and Youth's. WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths. Peliow Unlonlats, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize fair employe™ and em ploy UNION LABOR Classified Ads. BATHS Halting. Steam Bath. ... • Prtee 3So Only 760 Haetlng-e Street Bait. DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rntledg-e, 106 Haetinge W««t. NOTARY PUBLIC r. B. Bongongh Labor Headquartere. PRINTERS Labor Statesman. Labor HeadQuartere, RUPTURE SPECIALIST 0. M. Heard SIS Robeon. Dr. Trevelyn E. Sleeth CANINE AMD FELINE . SPECIALIST AND SURGEON Operating B. C Dog and Cat Hospital, 142!) Oranvllle Street, and Kingsway Boarding Kennels, at Dogwood, 3306 . Klnttsway, Burnaby. Head Office Phone.: Seymour S49-SS0 Prices to suit the union man. Mr. Garland of Bow River, Alta and seconded by J. S. Woodsworth of Winnipeg, was voted for by Mr. Munn, Liberal for Vancouver North', Tom Reid, Liberal for New Westminster, and by Neill of Comox-Alberni. Part of the debate was published last- week. This week we conclude with Mr. Woodsworth's speech in the debater. The Amendment "That the amendment (to the Liberal amendment) be amended by striking out all the words after 'that' in the first line thereof, and substituting the following: "Whereas this session of parliament has been called for the purpose of dealing with unemployment; and "Whereas there also exists an extreme agricultural depression, largely due to our inability to sell ,our wheat and other agricultural products at profitable prices, thereby contributing to unemployment; and "■Whereas the Government has introduced as a remedy for the existing economic depression a steeply graded increase in our tariff schedules; "While this House welcomes the assurance of the Prime Minister that prices will not be raised, this House is not convinced that any adequate means of enforcement is provided; "Further, this House regrets that there is no definite provision for safeguarding the standards of labor; "This House is of the opinion that the proposals of the Government do not constitute a permanent or general cure for unemployment; "In particular, they will not enable us to secure markets for our agricultural products; "In general, this House is further of the opinion that a solution of our problems can be found only by the adoption of co-operative principles in production and distribution, and by the public control of credit." Mr. J. S. Woodsworth (Winnipeg North Centre): Mr. Speaker, as representing the Labor group in this House, I have much pleasure in seconding the resolution as proposed by the hon. member for Bow River (Mr. Garland). The positions of the three groups in this House are reflected fairly in the three 'proposals now before us. The amendment proposed by .the Liberals offers no constructive alternative to the proposals of the government; it contemplates unregulated trade. The tariff proposals of the government provide for trade regulation in the interests of big business. Our sub- amendment provides for trade regulated in the interests of the people at large. I think that these three resolutions fajrly well represent the three different types of thought to be found in this country. Although In some minor matters the Labor group may differ somewhat irom the agricultural group, on great principles it would seem as though close co-operation is 'quite possible, and that we are able to unite on a resolution of this kind is indicative of that fact. The other day there was somewhat of a sneer from someone across the floor when my colleague from North Winnipeg (Mr. Heaps)' was speaking. The words which came to my ears were "soap boxer." History shows that very frequently the soap boxer of yesterday becomes the politician or even leader of today. In reality nearly all reforms have started because'of the needs of the common people, and those reforms later have found expression in policies of governments. Although tt may arouse the ire of some op- O.K. All 'Round "Jack hasn't come home. Am worried. Is he spending the night with you?" wired Smith's wife to five of his friends. Soon after the husband arrived home, and before long a messenger •boy came in with five replies to the wires his wife had sent. They all read: "YeSi Jack is spending the night with me."—Tit-Bits. —i •- *$r _____ —.-—Well Hooked __,^.;__L___i_gg Father: "Isn't that young man rather fast?" Daughter: "Yes, but I don't, think . he!ll.__e± away."—Uno Animo, ..quoted by the Troy Times. ppsed to reform principles, I would give as an example the case of Lenin in Russia.. ,Twenty years ago this man was practically an outcast, no one cared what he thought about the big problems of the world. I was about to say that today we must recognize the fact that whether or not. we like the man Lenin, the doctrine he taught twenty years ago to obscure groups is today being put more or less into practice by a great population, known as Soviet Russia. An hon. member: That is. a good example. Mr. Woodsworth: For the moment I am not saying whether they are right or wrong, hut so great have been the achievements of the ideas propounded, by that man that today we in Canada are being worried because of the shipments to this country of Russian pulpwood and coal, and our farmers are being worried b.e^Vse.of .the.conipe-ition from Russian wfieat.- • An hon. member. They would not keep you in Russia long." my remarks haVe called forth some Miss MacPhail: It is from new members. Mr. Woodsworth: I am glad to know that the interruption is coming from new members who do not know very much about the record of some of, us in this House. For their benefit, it might be well to state that the three Labor members at present in this House were all opposed by communist candidates. We fought those communist candidates during the last elections, so perhaps some of the newer members who are so, excited will realize that some of us are-not, entirely in favor among.the member-i ship of the communist party. Those candidates opposed us because they thought, that our particular kind of socialism • or communism was spurious. We should not permit ourselves to be confused by mere words and phrases, by prejudices which have been fostered ■ through the years or, shall I say, by the ignorance from which we have not entirely emerged. Sometimes we receive from the supply office stationery printed in French "instead of English,' and I note the word "Chamber des Communes." I give this as an example that words in themselves do not amount to very much. We should .get behind words and consider the new movements which are astir in the world. I have mentioned Russia. In Russia there is perhaps the most complete regulation of industry that exists anywhere in the world today, but I might also mention another country, namel- Italy, where there is a dictatorship under which there is a great regulation of industry. . Mr. Garland (Bow River): The hon. member might even mention Canada now. Mr. Woodsworth: I might mention the recent occurrences in Germany. Hon. members who are. following European politics know that at the recent elections, the rise not merely of the Socialist gro'' but of the so- called Fascist group, indicates .that the general public is Very much dissatisfied with existing governmental machinery and methods, and is feeling its way towards something else. In Great Britain, if we may come to the country that we know best, I think the very existence at the present time of a Labor-Socialist government is an indication that the older policies of the Conservative party and the Liberal party were not meeting the needs of that great industrial country. Every one must recognize that the Labor party in Great Britain is not in a.position of very great power. It is a minority group. Per- oaps it is easy for us on the outside to criticize, but if there is any criticism of- the Labor-Socialist government of Great Britain today, it is that they are not pursuing a strong enough line of policy. The fact is that the world is groping its way out of the industrial, financial and commercial anarchy which we have been experiencing towards a more satisfactory system. At least I hope it is groping its way out. It is making an effort to change the present rys- tem. I ask: What about the position in Canada? The manufacturers on all sides, and I think I may say the producers generally, are seeking larger markets. The trouble is that wherever, we go today, whatever country we visit, we find that the same thing is true. This has led us to the conclusion that there is what has been called over-production, or what perhaps has been more properly termed under-consumption, a lack' of purchasing power. We have that all over this country in every line of business. We have a very serious state af affairs among our farmers, as has been outlined by the hon. member for Bow River (Mr. Garland).. Then there is the'question of the position of the consumers. From the purely business standpoint I think we air recognize that it is serious if the cost"! of living are too high. It means that it is difficult for us to produce in this country in competition with producers in other countries. Undoubtedly the costs of living are high. I will not say that this is solely because of the protection which has been given to our manufacturers, although in this .connection I should like to point out—and had the session been longer I.should like to have dwelt on this at greater length—that even with regard to the fundamental necessities of life our costs are tremendously-.high, the cost of bread. In Great Britain bread is 4.4 cents per'pound. Ih the United States the price is just double or 8.8 cWUsaper pound. In Canada -_b.fetj_Eke.Jias .been 7.7- P0undv although there has been' i UNION .MEN! Have your next suit made right in your city'and help - solve the unemployment problem. Our suits are'made before your eyes by skilful Union Tailors. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Ray Bros. Tailoring Co. Ltd. 80 and 82 West Hastings Street drop recently to about 7.6 cents per pound. Our levels are very much those of the United , States. Why shotrid'the price of bread in this country, that produces such enormous quantities of wheat, be double that of the price of bread in Great Britain? The Sound and a half loaf which ' is the commonest among us .sells for 12 cents. The farmer gets only 2 cents. Who gets the other ten cents? I should like to call attention to certain significant figures prepared bv the U. S. Federal Trade Commission of 1928. Out of the 8:5,49 cents per pound, the producer of. wheat gets only 1.145 cents, or 13.'40 ,per cent. On the other hand, the wholesale baker receives 59.77 per cent. Why should the farmer get only 13 per cent, when the baker gets around 60 per cent.? The cost may be quite legitimate. It may be that this is due to the competitive service which we have today. But I would urge that the government consider this matter. I do not think it would be unreasonable if we asked the government before next session to have an investigation made into the whole question of the cost of food, so that when we come together again some months from now at the next session we may be able to discover some remedy with regard to this matter. , 1 am not quite sure that the evil arises because so many of the bakeries are controlled by the flour milling companies. We all know that many of them are so controlled, but in any case, we should know the reason why it costs people in this country so much to live. In the resolutions before us, as I have pointed out, three programs have been advanced to meet the situation. The Liberal program, in my judgment, suggests very largely unregulated competition. The Conservative program suggests regulation in the interests of big business. Our program in this corner would suggest regulation in the interests of the people at large. In this connection the wires seem to me to be a little bit crossed, because it is rather curious that whilst the Liberals would like to have local, domestic trade, go unregulated, they are in favor of the regulation of trade within the empire and as between the different nations. They are very anxious to encourage co-operation within the League of Nations. On the other hand, while the Conservatives want the domestic trade carefully regulated and while they have placed in the seat of authority a minister who is president or director of a number of manufacturers associations, which, I take it, means that to a considerable extent the manufacturers are in the seat of authority, they are very loath to allow any regulation in empire trade. It seems to me they are lukewarm when it comes to recognizing any arrangements under the auspices of the League of Nations. They say, "Let us control our own house'; however, when it comes, to the outside world they say, "We will not do anything to prevent the anarchy that prevails." The Prime Minister will blaze his way into the world markets. I think we might alter that expression and say that he will bomb his way, because bombs are said to accompany anarchy. It would seem that in thc modern world we have reached a stage when no longer can we go on absolutely rpgardless of the outside world; indeed we cannot very well care for our own household without giving some consideration to the nations about us. Trade is so inter-related today that we cannot effectively control our own trade without taking some interest in and having some control over the outside trade. I find I have some points in common with the resolution proposed by the Liberals. Thc resolution is characteristically Liberal in that in form it is almost entirely negative. Mr. Irvine: That is why I like it. Mr. Woodsworth: My hon. friend says that is why he likes it. 1 can unite with him in this, and with the Take4-LiBeials, -bosause- the. •feiberals-crith cize the government from one standpoint and I criticize it from another. It would seem that we could both unite in criticism. After all, that is eewts-fterfflPt" getting '-ns very "f arT stncei"as'l S*yr«the resolution is largely nega tive in character. On the other hand, I am in agreement with the Conservatives when they propose that trade should be regulated, but I do not like, the way they are proposing to regulate' if. I do not wish to . traverse the ground covered by my colleague, but I wish to say that, . from the standpoint of Labor, there is no provision whatever to assure the workers a higher standard of living. The plea for higher tariffs is constantly made on the ground that they are in the interests of the worker. To a certain extent they may help the workers in individual industries. These industries may'be kept in operation and their. employees given work. But the protection granted is not to any great extent passed on to the worker.' In " evidence before the tariff advisory board it has been shown frequently that the financial benefits which accrue to the industry are greater than thc entire wage bill of that industry. That is, we could afford to pension for life all the Workers in the industry and the country at large would be better off. I make the statement that the government's proposals are fundamentally unsound. I do not wish to repeat in detail, or to take up the time of the House unnecessarily. I think, however, we cannot emphasize too strongly the statement which has been made again and again that if we limit the imports to this country we automatically limit the exports; to my mind that is fundamental. If these tariffs are worth anything they? will limit imports; surely that is their purpose.' We who are connected with the industrial movement in the West arc interested in the agricultural movement. We recognize that, the secondary industries are based very largely on the agricultural industry. If we do anything to prevent the Western farmer, from finding markets we affect the whole country. Adverse effects will be felt in the East as well as in the West. As was suggested by my hon. friend from Bow River, there is not the slightest doubt that on the whole the effect will be to make the rich richer arid the poor poorer. Miss MacPhail: That is the idea. Mr. Woodsworth: That is the effect of the government's proposals, as I view the"m. I look at my friend the Prime- Minister, and I feel sure that he does not. believe that this will be the effect. Miss MacPhail: No, no. Mr. Woodsworth: My hon. friend from Southeast Grey (Miss MacPhail) thinks I am giving the hon. gentleman too much credit. I do not think he has introduced this legislation for that purpose, but I do believe it will have the effect I describe. In the first place, the program which has been putforward necessitates added expenditure on the part of■, the consumers. It necessitates added expenditure on the part of the government, and that money must come from the pockets of the ordinary people. On the other hand, the advantages accrue to the big interests, although a certain amount undoubtedly is passed on to other concerns. It is the big interests, however, who gain primarily by these arrangements. I come to our amendment; what docs it involve? We stress thc necessity for "the adoption of cooperative principles in production and distribution, and for the public control of credit. For the benefit of those hon.-members who were dreadfully frightened when I mentioned the terms socialism and communism, may t give a few examples of what I regard as essentially movements towards socialism and communism. To my mind the outstanding instance in Canada is that of the Ontario Hydro-Electric, of which the Conservative party is justly proud. A year or two ago I had the privilege to travel across this country with the empire parliamentary delegation, and it was amusing to me to find that Conservatives such as Lord Peel as well as radicals like Tom John- .stnn..and David 'Kirjuvond .united in- saying that "the* most socialistic organizations we had in' this country were what?—the Hydro-Electric, the Canadian National Railways, arid ther Wheatr-Po«tf^,~*-^*!!»^!,«~k---»~-« / (Turn to Page 7f Column 3) -' ■■■'»■.■■■WSfff'.f1. '.ii' 'Jg? d Friday, October 10th, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Union Bakeries Delicious Bakery Union-made Bread and Paltry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ave. E. When Better Cake, and Pan trios are Made, Well Hake 'Em! Golden Rule Bakery 00., IiTD.. 957 Granville St. Sey. 8656 New View of Labor and Leisure / FERGUSON'S BAKERY ALEX. STEWART, PXOF. 2615 Main Street - - Phone: Taix. 3331 1714 Broadway - - - Phone i High. 6074 -, Union Bakeries Following is a list of clean arid sanitary union shops, employing union members, who are required to take a rigid physical examination, and who are paid sick and accident benefits in case of illness which prevents them working when in a diseased condition:. London Bakery, 439 East 7th street. Phone Fair. 122. Delicious Bakery, 1500 Eait Hastings street. Phone High 705. Sunset Bakery, 2315 Granville St. Craig's Bakery, 187 East Hastings. -West's Bakery, 1407 Commercial drive. PhOrn. High. 166. Pratt's Bakery, 3980.'East Hastings street. Phone High. 5607. Ferguson Bakery, 2515 Main street. Fair. 3331. Dirks' Bakery, 6207 Main street. Ferguson Bakery, 1714 East Broad- way. Golden Rule Bakery, 957 Granville street. Phone Sey. 8656. Hastings Bakery, 764 East Hastings. Phone High. 4537. Mutter's Bakery, 2157 Main street. Phone Fair.,3953. Scott's Home Bakery, 1848 Kings- way. Phone* Fair. 729. McGavin's Home Bakery, 2352 East Hastings street. Phone High. 1351. The Nook Bakery, 1835 West 4th avenue. Victoria Bakery, 3834 Main street. Bennett's. Scotch Bakery, 4166 Main street. Anderson's Bakery, 6180 Victoria. Phone Fraser 414. .' McDonald's. Bakery, 4870 and 5080 Joyce Road. Carl 447. (Note.—The McGavin's Bakery listed above has no connection with the big linn on Broadway West, which delivers bread and is not operating a union shop. < The following firms have "No Agreement" with local unions affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster ant District Trades and Labor Council Patronize those who patronize you! Bakeries' McOnvIn Ltd., 2106 \V. Broadway. Taxicabs Commercial Taxi Cab Co. Checker Taxicab Co., Ltd. Dairies Steves Dairy. 2024 West 12th. Crystal Dairy, 1802 Commercial. Restaurants National Lunch, 776 Cfanvllle. Trhcaderb Cafe, 1S6 West Hastings St Waldorf Cafe, 516 West Pender St. White Lunches. Hastings-Granville. Printer. Clarke & Stuart Co., Ltd.. 660 Seymour Street. Murphy & Chapman, 569 Seymour St ' WmA Rose, Cowan Street. J. W. Boyd, Ltd Street. Tailors O. X. Latta, 748 Seymour 112 West Hastlngt Collard, 603 West Hastings S< Orchestras National Juvenile Band. „ __. _»T^JfiSf-SL-..' pi^inW^ii^fi^'niirSri Street. . Royal Theatre. 711 Main Street Columbia Theatre. 64 W. Hastings. (By Barbara Wootton, in the Stone Cutters'Journal) Some time ago I fell to reading a number of Utopias—pictures by various authors of their conception of the ideal world which we are all sighing after. I began with the American Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward"—a dream life in the year 2000, which I see is still displayed for sale in some American bookshops; and finished with that versatile romancer, the English novelist ahd sociologist, H. G. Wells. Now on another continent I find myself thinking over those ideal words and wondering how they would look in a 20th Century American background.' What would a 1930 , American make of Samuel Butler's world where no machinery was allowed except as' a museum curiosity? Or again, how far do^s the contemporary worker believe in' William Morris' "News from Nowhere," where everyone worked for the love of his work and the joy of the things that his labor produced? I suspect that what would strike us most in those Utopians was the degree to which they idealized labor tion. Civilization has been defined as a matter of doing things that are not necessary for existence. If that definition is right, then most of us' are wholly uncivilized. Most of us are so busy getting a living that we have never so much as considered the question of what to do with the living when we have got it. We have no time for the things that are not necessary for existence. Consequently civilization which is wrung out of the narrow margin between production and necessary consumption remains the monopoly of a small minority whose necessities are provided by the labor of others. In other words, civilization rests always at bottom on slavery. The Task of the Future The task of the future, as it seems to me, is to ensure that machine productio.n makes possible, as it could make possible, a civilization that is not so based. That would be something quite new in the history of mankind. I do not think we fully realize how new. Every civilization —Gr^eek, Roman, modern European, American) has had its leisured few nd ' its toiling many. The second I do not mean that they idealized the i arc the. condition of the first. The laboring man or woman; but that they .yearned for a world ip which a man's satisfaction would be found in the labor of his hands. They spoke of the dignity of labor, of„ craftsmanship, of artistic creation, and they tried to cover bread ' and butter necessity in a romantic glamour. Of the joys of idleness they had much less to say. This Utopian Exaltation of Labor Now, although we do not always admit the tact, in the modern world this Utopian exaltation of labor does not ring true. . For us there is a more plain sense in Mr. Wells' caustic comment that if toil is indeed a blessing, then never was blessing so effectively disguised. Those who themselves labor need have no illusions about that disguise. Work, let us say,, is necessary, and because it is necessary it should also be honorable; but do* riot let us forget that it was also the curse laid upon Adam. I want to suggest that it is time that we admitted this more frankly than we generally have the courage to di>. I want to appeal, in fact, for a new orientation of life as between work and leisure—work and play perhaps I should rather say. For today we stand halfway between two epochs. In the age that is passing men sang hymns to labor and tried to persuade themselves that we live only to work, not rather work to live. At no time, perhaps, has mankind been so sure as in Western civilization of the 19th and 20th centuries that salvation consists in an abundance of hard work. Even the leisured few" idealized the labor that they did not themselves perform; for -thus ^they can inspire others to labor in their stead. In oiir own age this idealization of work is rapidly becoming impossible. Every day work becomes more mechanized. What romance is there in the labor of a mass, production factory? The man who tightens a single bolt, the girl who seals a single valve hundreds, even thousands, of times a day—their work is neither satisfying, nor even interesting. Machine production has stripped it of the last vestiges of glamour till it appears for what. it is—necessary and tedious. To them fine phrases about the dignity of craftsmanship have little meaning; but they have nothing to put in the nlace of those phrases. Idealization of work has become impossible; but few have yet the courage to .claim that leisure rather than labor is the purpose of life. Has Machinery Lightened Work? For this there are two chief reasons. First, the leisure itself hardly as yet exists. The English economist, J. S. Mill, was riot so far wrong when he remarked that it is doubtful if all the machinery yet invented has lightened the labor of. a single human being by a single Hour. A curious commentary on a century of labor-saving devices! And, second, the leisure does not exist largely because people have not thought it worth having. It is not altogether true that the average worker toils for nine and ten hours a day because he must. It is at least as true that he works all day because he has no idea what else to do —just as does the captain of industry who needs neither money nor power, but cannot leave his office because he has not the imagination to go anywhere else. To the vast majority leisure is both unknown, and terrifying. round the corner with mischief to engage idle fingers. Nevertheless I want to urge on hope of the future is a type Utopia that the world has ne\ter seen—the land of the leisured majority. That hope, be it noted, cannot be realized without machine production. That is where the Utopians who sighed for a handicraft world went wrong. Our material needs are immense. Somebody must deliver the goods to satisfy them. If they are not satisfied by mechanical slaves they will continue to be satisfied by human slaves. Modern invention is making possible the substitution of the mechanical for the human slave; it widens the margin on which civilization is based and offers therewith the first opportunity of a civilization that is democratic. Whether we seize that opportunity depends chiefly on whether we are prepared to shed our romantic illusions about labor; whether we are prepared to admit that work is a disagreeable necessity to be reduced within, the narrowest possible limits; whether'we thipk leisure worth fighting for and worth using. For most of us, brought up to lot___/<.n work as our idol, and play jat/a' naughty secret, this is a new View. I commend it to your attention. mission. Satan is always waiting")these orCTniiationstorgeOhat' after all they represent collective control of very important industries'. They rjpresent regulation to a very great *yW~-ifiar'thr^efrH%t--^^ American Tariff Fails To Deliver What has happened to the Cool- idge-Mellon doctrine, that reducing income taxes brings prosperity, which in turn increases tax yields? The nation, the treasury has just discovered, is now threatened >vith a heavy deficit. While governmental expenses have gone on increasing, the first fifty days of the fiscal year which began June 30, have seen a decrease in revenue of $64,261,211. It has been impossible to pay anything into the sinking fund for retirement of the debt. For about $40,000,000 of this drop in revenue, the falling off of customs receipts is responsible, and this is in part due to the new tariff. It is also due, however, to world-wide depression. For years this journal has argued that the successive steps in unburdening the large individual incomes and corporate profits were unsound. As long as prosperity continued, tax reduction might not be felt, but when depression arrived, we should run into a deficit,- and in the meantime the huge war, debt would not have been retired as rapidly as would otherwise have been possible. Now the predicted difficulties have arrived. It may be necessary to restore next year -the' one per cent, incontinently lopped off the income taxes last December. Even this will not be. enough to balance the budget, if depression continues much longer. If Mr. Mellon\s theory is correct, why does he hesitate to apply it now? Why does he not advocate further tax cuts in the expectation of larger yields?—The New Republic. MUNN AND REID VOTE FOR PROGRESSIVE AMENDMENT . (Continued from Page 3) Mr. Bouchard: And the liquor commission. Mr. Woodsworth: Yes, the liquor commission might be added. These institutions have become quite respectably—especially the liquor com- MOTKpeople^who '.defend HAZELW001MCE CREAM The only 100 per cent. Union Ice Cream in the City! Phone: Seymour 2090 '"• Hazelwood' Creamery, Limited Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.'CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 PROMPT DELIVERY VAN BROS.. LTD. 1055 VERNON DRIVE Every man should live so that he I has to be shifted in coming genera-] .Now. some of us think that this has no use for a lawyer to get him tions from work to play; and that'kind of regulation should be ex- out of trouble. such a shift would make for civiliza- (tended, and we advocate this be One of the most popular brands among Union men sold by the Liquor Control Boards of Canada CATTO'S Old Highland Whis\y Obtainable at All Government Liquor Stores Please Ask for CATTO'S This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. cause we believe it is the only line along which a solution mdy be found. I wish . I had time to go into the question of the Canadian National Railways. That organization is seriously handicapped through having to compete With a.privately owned system, but notwithstanding it has been a wonderful success, and I do not think any political party would dare wreck the Canadian National Railways. The Wheat Pool has been very severely criticized, but notwithstanding the hard times which it has experienced I believe it is the only thing which has 'stood, between our Western farmers and ruin. I hope they will be well advised and hang on to it, even although, for a time, they may havxe many difficulties. It was only the other day at a, private dinner in my home city of Winnipeg that I had the opportunity of meeting one of the leading members of the marketing board of Great Britain. I think he was the chairman of the agricultural section. He was discussing in a very informal way with some of the gentlemen who were present representing the Wheat Pool and some of the grain firms the possibilities of co-operation between our Wheat Pool'and an import board which the government of Great Britain proposes to establish in the very near future. Now, when we are living in an age of publicly owned and controlled utilities of this kind, in an age of large buying and selling agencies, such as we have-in all parts of the world, it does seem to me that we have a duty as private members or representatives of newer groups to put forward for the consideration of our fellow members our point of view in this regard. '"All we .'can do'is' to indicate out position! Parliament itself with its party system and sterile debates is, in my judgment, a tool of the pres- ■-eat■■ -economic system, and,-sometimes. it seems almost impotent to bring about reforms. We in this corner suggest ownership of natural re sources—and immediately there is.a howl from American owners of many of our natural resources. We suggest cheaper freight rates—and immediately there is a protest from the privately owned railroad in this country, which we all recall is very largely controlled by American capital. We suggest freer trade even with the motherland—and what happens? The Canadian branches of American concerns immediately set up a howl, and in fact have their share in throwing a government out of office. We suggest control of credit as in this resolution—and the money trust, internationally, controlled, raises all sorts of objections, even although a few months ago we had the interesting experience of having Canadian cvredit used to finance operations on the New York stock market. In my final words, Mr. Speaker, I suggest that we in this corner are simply trying to indicate what we believe to be the lines of advance. We have incorporated these in this resolution. We know perfectly well that it will not be adopted by the House, but we believe that it expresses the convictions of a growing nurtiber of the people of this country; and if in the past they have not felt keenly enough to take appropriate action, we believe experience will prove a very good teacher. The following voted for the sub- amendment moved by Mr. Garland: Messrs. Bourassa, Bradette, Campbell, Carmichael, -Cootc, Gardiner, Garland (Bow 'River), Gershaw, Hanson (Skeena), Heaps, Irvine, Kenhedy (Peace River), Lucas, Luchkovitch, Maclnnis, Munn, Neill, Reid, Speakman, .Spencer, Vallance, Weir (Macdonald)T Woodsworth; 23. The following two members were paired: Miss MacPhail and Mr. Raymond. !-.-■.■■■■.'■=-• .-.- -..i- .i,.—,y... Compulsory military training, which has been in effect in Australia ^ot-n_?it^^-t!^_n4j_^esia,. ha__. ___$__„ abolished by the new Labor government and a voluntary system substituted?" "' ' '. ~-~ Ml 7S • s ' Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN' Friday,. October 10th, 1930 Ask Your Grocer! ANY grocer who sells Malkin's Best food products will tell you there is no finer quality on the market For thirty years the House of Malkin has enjoyed the reputation for selling the best r\The W. H. Malkin Co. Limited Vancouver, B. C. Nanaimo Victoria Prince Rupert For Printing .of QUALITY, SPEED AND SERVICE done in a Union Shop, send your printing to A. H. Timms 236 Uth Ave. E., Vancouver ' A. A. Brookhouse, (late of Cowan & Brookhouse) Shop Superintendent. Fair. 20S «©» Fair. 1372 I CAN SERVE YOU BETTER! GORDON CRAIG Vancouver's Original Radio Specialist 637 RICHARDS SEV. 6808 Wawanesa Mutual Ins. Co. Canada's largest Sirs Mutual, with cash surplus of $2,700,000.00 for protection of policy-holders, writes-a non-assessable policy, and offers $1000.00 to any.- one who can prove the contrary. Office Phone: Sey. 4350 634 MRICS BUILDING, VANCOUVER Dentistry Modern __i Methods Pay W Modern piore# prices Ground Floor, City Hall 12 Hastings St. East Phone: Seymour 5S77 "We Save You Money," Musicians' ^Jotes ^J By Con Sordine (By CON SORDINE) Thc success which attended the efforts of the Vancouver Symphony Society last Sunday engenders a gleam of hope in the hearts of our concert musicians. The support and enthusiasm shown augurs well for the establishment of a permanent symphony orchestra, and so promises a field of employment for. the trained player, and an objective for the young instrumentalists who may have lednings towards a professional musical career. Sixty-nine of our members played in the concert, for which they put in, on an average, nine rehearsals. - The actions taken by the Lord's Day Alliance to prevent the holding of the concert, while they may have been well and sincerely meant, certainly' encountered a serious rebuff, if we may accept the size of the audience at the concert as a criterion. If the Lord's Day Act was put on thc Statutes primarily tb safeguard labor, it seems to me that labor in this city is quite able to'invoke the protection of the Act should any labor liberties or rights be the object of an attack. When the union most intimately concerned vouches pub- licly its support of the concerts, and adds its request for non-interference to that of the public-spirited sponsors, I would consider jt was obvious that no protection was needed. In the controversy which raged in the columns of the morning paper on this subject, 1 think the most extraordinary point made was that in which the worthy conductor quoted Scripture against the efforts of the Alliance. A thought for consideration: What this city needs, besides a good union- made 5-cent cigar, ill a secular society or organization of some kind, charged with the protection of our every-day liberties against the onslaughts of such movements as the Lord's Day Alliance. I understand a new policy is being inaugurated in the bigger movie houses in the States. Four de luxe shows are to be given daily, with orchestras playing an overture, prelude, and for the news and trailers, before the showing of the feature picture. It is also reported that Wall Street has issued orders that no more synchronized movies, (i.e., pictures with music) are to be made; "talkies" only are to be produced. A bill has be.eri introduced in the New York legislature,, which, if —j-^az^pjijjjpa-- wlij provldr tbat employers' who place a ban on hiring employees over 46 years of age will be guilty of^*>jnisdemeanor. No Alteration in 6 p.m. Closing By-law Replying to a letter from the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council to the effect that it had been reported that the City Council had passed a by-law permitting Kosher meat shops to remain open after 6 p.m., to which the Trades Council was opposed, Mr. Chas. Jones, of the city licensing department, informs the Trades Council that the City Council has not passed any by-law permitting Kosher, meat markets to remain open after 6 p.m. Want Winter Milk Delivery Plan Changed The Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees are now getting ready for their Kiddies' Christmas Tree, which will he larger and better than ever this year. At the last meeting a live committee was appointed to start work at once, getting things in shape. This year the Union is goin<r to give away, to one of the members' wives, a new electric washing machine, besides the usual number of good things for the kiddies. Later Deliveries of Milk The members are anxiously awaiting some decision/as regard a later delivery of milk during the winter months. With a very few exceptions, op- fiosition from the consumers to the ater delivery of milk has been broken down, and it now remains for the companies to again put the plan into operation. While there is no desire to operate in Vancouver on the Ottawa plan of "no delivery nn Sundays," thus making the ' people keep their milk from Saturday to . Monday, the milk .salesmen would if. fEBES.Aafer^SP-9BBtatk>B-=-.&o«t; 4he, ■ ■1 Vancouver public on the later' milk delivery plan for the winWf months, when fog and snow interfere greatly with the work of the salesmen. Provincial Convention British Columbia I.L.P. The provincial convention' of the Independent Labor Party took place on Sunday in the Labor Headquart-' ers. Plans for* an organizing campaign were made, in which Alderman Angus Maclnnis, M.P., stated that he and J. S. Woodsworth, M.P., planned to visit various parts of the province at a later date. Del. Bartlett reported on the Medicine Hat conference of Western Labor Political Parties, the official report of which appears in another column. The propaganda committee reported increasing interest in putting forward I. L. P. propaganda, and were re-elected to continue the work. While the finances of the provincial executive were not in a very flourishing condition, the report showed improvement The election of officers resulted as follows: President, W. J. Bartlett; Vice-president, Robt. Skinner; Secretary, R. H. Neelands; Executive, one delegate from each branch. Says Spud Cigarettes Here Are Non-union Replying to inquiries made by the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council as to why Spud cigarettes are being sold in Canada without bearing the Union Tobacco " Workers' label, the Unibn Label Trades Department of the A. F. of L. reports that the Axton Fisher Tobacco Company says: "For your information we wish to advise that we do not manufacture Spud cigarettes in Canada. This brand is made there by the Rock City Tobacco Company of Quebec, who pay us a small royalty for the use of the brand name." Union members have been urged to purchase this brand of cigarettes because they were union-made. The Axton Fisher Factories in the United States are probably the largest union tobacco factories in the world, and organized labor in the United States supports this firm to their utmost, but when it was discovered that the Canadian packages did not bear the usual Tobacco Workers' Union label these inquiries were sent out, with the above result. Hence Spud cigar, ettes, sold in Canada, are not union- made. Prosperity Week at Eburne Sawmills The Board of Trade* is promoting a so-called prosperity week for British Columbia. During this week, we understand, everyone in British Columbia is expected to buy some Brit- ish Columbia goods, snd thus give work to our citizens., The .idea is laudable, providing the members of the Board of Trade see that their membership play the game with their own employees and give them decent wages so that they can make the purchases. The' Eburne Sawmills demonstrated their loyalty to their employees again last" week, being the second time this year, when they forced another 10 per cent, reduction in wages on their staff. This outfit is one of the busiest mills in British Columbia, and never shuts down unless someone gets killed, and then only until they can clean the saws. A great deal is said about the lumber industry being the backbone of British Columbia. In our opinion it is a very lean bone, and one that British Columbia could very well do without until the,industry is properly managed and can pay fair wages to its employees. Our neighbor's wife says her hubby arrived at three a.m. yesterday and she found him trying to turn the nob of the front door. He claimed he was trying to get Victoria. FURNACES AND REPAIRS We desire to draw our readers' attention to the advertisement of Campbell and Grill, on Page 3. This firm is recommended for furnace installations and repairs. Union men only employed. DOUGLAS CAFE RESPONDS TO UNION SUGGESTIONS At the regular meeting of the Trades and Labor Council on Tuesday Del. Speed reported that, at the request of street railwaymen, the Douglas Cafe', which has just signed up with the /union, ■is™ now using union-made ' bread. Del. Smith reported that when the salesman for the non-union firm had been toldthat the cafe did- nirt^wirnt anY'mbrlFoi his bread he came over to see the officers of the street railwaymen's union, and the salesman was told that union men wanted union bread. Clothing and Furnishings at Bona Fide Savings! QUALITIES AND VALUES THAT ABE HOT EXAGGERATED! NAVY BLUE CHINCHILLA OVERCOATS THE SEASON'S STYLE -LEADER! Heavy all-wool Navy Blue Chinchillas;,authentically styled Fall models for men'or young men; smartly finished with high grade art silk linings, Single or Double-breasted; Plain or half-belted baches; regular or rope shoulders; pleated or plain backs. $ 23 William! J HASTING^ AT HOMER STREET Yonr Honey's Worth or Yonr Money Back 1 ■**! Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited Drugs Made in British Columbia In Onr Manufacturing- Laboratory we manufacture the finest Drugs. Pharmaceuticals and Family Medicines obtainable. Buy Made-ln-B. C. PEIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS—OCTOBER 10th and llth .75 Hog Bristle Shaving- Druah .41 .60 Corega 37 .25 Merck's Zinc Stearate .18 1.(10 Nujol - 73 .85 Stacomb , 46 .35 Gplden Clint Shampoo .83 .25 Kleenex .15 .35 ("lets-It Corn Remedy 22 .60 Perfumed Glazo i 34 .50 Princess Pat Rouge .33 .50 Klssproof Lip and Cheek Hodge 31 .72 1.00 Tangee Day Cream .25 Daggett & Ramsdcll's Vanishing Cream 16 1.50 Fellows' Syrup .50 Hydrogen Peroxide. 16-oz .25 vinolla Castile Soap, bar .50 Rubber CHoVas, per pair.. .20 Vinolla Boraclc and Cold Cream Soap 2 for 1.00 Johnson's Liquid Wax 68 .25 Casearets 17 .27 .18 .32 .26 VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STOKES—FIFTEEN IN THE CITY AT YOUR SERVICE TELEPHONE YOUB WANTS EIGHTEEN STORES THINGS FOR MEN! Dependable Goods — Satisfactory Service — Satisfied Customers SHAVING MIRRORS—Plain and magnifying 25c, 49o, »1.25, $2.00 KING CUTTER RAZORS—Every razor a good one S2.98, 53.50 to »5.00 NEW GILLETTE RAZORS—With new blade 98o NEW GILLETTE BLADES—Fit your old razor .'. 46o and 85c HAIR BRUSHES—Specials to clear! 59c, 69o and 98c HAIR-GLO—The Ideal hair dressing! _ 40c, 76c HARRIS' HAIR TONIC—Guaranteed Dandruff Remedy. J1.00 and $1.50 KLEEN-CUT CAN OPENER First Aid Kits not necessary with this one! 25c — Easy, Quick, Safe — 25c B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited PHONE SEYMOUR 4401 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B. C. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION "Only Union Fish and Chips Is British Columbia" Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believing on* remedy for unemployment Is the shorter work week, all ' onr girls are now working five days per week, without reduction of wages. 44 HASTINGS WEST 2 Doors West of "Pantages" H fade s ou^rSBe's bound to come As there are 1000 rooms in the back, you know. And, as the sailors British House of Commons, what n say, it's pretty generally at low tide commotion there would be if the lady that you find things worth picking members decided on a spring house- up.—Kathleen Norris. cleaning.
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