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1 OWNED AND CONTROLLED NO. 360—EIGHT PAGES Activities of Trades Congress of Canada EY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions VANCOUVER, CANADA, MARCH 27th, 1931 Forty-seven Years of Industrial and Political Activities Behalf of Membership of Canadian Unions; Embraces 175,000 Members on WHEN THE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS of Canada . holds its convention in Vancouver, in September of this year,, it will have completed forty-seven years "of activity on behalf of, and in conjunction with, the organized laboF movement in Canada. Over 2000 local unions are affiliated with the congress, embracing about 175,000 members. An outline of the functions and activities of the congress is outlined here for the benefit of new members and for the use of trades unionists in preparation for the coming convention. The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, which will hold its 47th Annual Convention in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, in September, , 1931, is composed of the Canadian membership of sixty-one international unions having 1953 branches; 2 national unions having 55 branches; 2 provincial federations of labor; 6 provincial executive committees; 50 trades and labor councils located in the chief industrial centres of the Dominion, and 43 provincial,, district and local federal unions chartered directly by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. These figures are compiled from the latest official reports to the Federal Labor Department, though since that time a number of other organizations have been added. The membership is based on the actual per capita tax received as many organi-' zations do not collect dues from members out of work, on strike, etc., and do not pay tax on the same and neither is any tax paid on the members that they have in arrears, so, .making a very conservative allowance, not less than 25% of the above membership of the Congress to be over 175,000. The Congress has membership in every province in the Dominion and covers practically every class of worker. Convention! The conventions of the Trades and Labor Congress have been held annually since its inauguration forty- seven years ago. Each national or international union is entitled to send one delegate representing the general organization who must, however, be a member of a Canadian union. Each local unit chartered by, such organization is entitled to one delegate for the first one hundred members or less and one delegate for each additional one hundred mem- ' bers or major fraction thereof. The expenses of all delegates are paid by the local union or organization to - which they belong. Conventions are held in different parts of Canada, the decision being made'at each annual convention as to where the next one, will be held. Fraternal delegates also attend from the British Trades Union Congress and the American Federation of Labor. Headquarters The Congress maintains headquarters at Ottawa with full-time President and part-time Secretary- Treasurer. Being in close touch with all government departments it endeavors to assist affiliated organizations in all matters they' may have to present to the government. Through its Provincial Executive Committees and Federations of Labor it makes known the views of the workers to the respective Provincial Governments and endeavors to secure legislation in accordance with their expressed desires. — The General Executive consists of the President, Secretary-Treasurer and three Vice-Presidents who carry •an the work, of the Congress be- KTw-'cT'-*lveirimn^'T-nd work for'TSe" enactment of legislation which comes within the jurisdiction of the Federal Government. The Congress publishes a monthly journal, which is furnished at special j. rates to its affiliated organizations. Activities The Trades and Labor Congress of CanadaVisrecognized by the government as tne'"most representative body of organized workers in Canada and its nominees have ben accepted by the government on various boards and commissions formed by the government. These include the Employment Service of Canada, the Dominion Health Council, Canadian National Railway Directorate, Canadian Immigration, Dominion Fire Prevention Association, National Research Council and the. annual conferences oi the International Labor Organization (League of Nations). Its representatives have served on such Commissions as the Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical Education (1910); Peace Delegation, Paris, (1919); Soldier Civil Re-establishment Commission (1918-1924); Labor Appeal Board; Industrial Relations Commission (1919); National Industrial Conference (1919) Inter- Provincial Conference (1921); Conference on Winter Employment (1923), etc. International Labor Organization This organization was formed at the Peace Conference (1919) and 55 nations are members thereof. Each country is entitled to four delegates and advisors, two representing the government, one representing the employers, and one representing the work-people. As stated above the government has recognized the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada as, the proper body to name the workers' delegate each year. They have also allowed the Congress to name one advisor whenever the agenda has warranted the same. General The general accomplishments of the Congress are, we believe, well enough known without need to enumerate the same. It is safe to say that .practically every piece of social and labor legislation on the Statute Books of either the Federal Government or Provincial Governments have first originated in resolutions of the Trades and Labor Congress-of Canada. Outstanding among these might be mentioned the establishment of Labor Departments by Federal and Provincial Governments; the Provincial Workmen's Compensation Acts; Mothers' Allowance Legislation; Minimum Wage Acts; Factory Acts; Fair Wage regulations, etc. The Dominion-Provincial Old .Age Pension Act, development of national ownership " of railways and steamships; Industrial Disputes Act; Employment Service Council; establishment of Dominion Health Council, etc.; Union Label. Registration Act. In,-addition immigration has always been closely-watched and regulations obtained from time to time helping to check the flooding of the labor market in Canada by unwarranted influx of immigrants, __.„,___..__ Trades and Labor Councils" have likewise secured many measures of benefit to workers in their own localities interesting themselves in the development of education, provision of Co-operatives in An Unfavorable Light Just at the present time co-operative organizations are putting up a hard fight to obtain legislation favorable to their needs, and are also defending themselves against the assaults of independent organizations. While there may be some merit in the needs of some of these co-operative organizations, we are not favorably inclined because of the unfair actions of one particular co-operative •organization. We refer to the B. C. Egg and ftjultry Co-operative Association. This particular organization has been very unfair to members of the Egg Graders' Union, and, in spite of many attempts toXhave the conditions properly adjusted\things have gone from bad to worse\and this union has suffered, worse than any other union in this district. We, expect to have stiff opposition from private employers of labor, but we did not expect a co-operative organization to beat private employers, of labor in breaking down working conditions. We have made many charge3 against the B. C. Egg Pool, and all of them stands today just as charged. Not a single condition has been righted, and the union agreement has been broken and the new agreement unsigned. The management, in its dealing with the employees, most of whom are girls, has taken advantage of the present economic situation, after being leniently dealt with by the union during the -first months of operation, but the employees will revolt at a later date, and when they do the full strength of the labor movement will be put behind- them, and the Egg Pool will be made to pay for its past misdeeds. The labor movement is not going to forget how these girls and men have been treated, and we shall not forget the innumerable times that the management has stated that the B. C. Egg Pool has the lowest operating cost of any egg pool in the world. This statement shows clearly that the co-operative could have made the working conditions of its empldyees a little more tolerable. Inasmuch as it has not it will soon be time for the employees to turn' the table. JOBS OR INSURANCE The' country must orovide workers with jobs or adopt unemployment insurance as the only alternative, Secretary Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor told an audience in a Washington church last Sunday. He declared that machines have taken the jobs of more than 2,000,000 skilled workers who will never obtain employment unless we have a shorter work day and work week. STRIKE IS SPREADING New York.—The strike of the New York dressmakers is spreading, according to the Needle Trades Workers' Industrial Uhion. The union reports five shops, two of them in Brooklyn, walked out the tenth day of the strike. - Several employers have settled with the union. playgrounds, paries and open spaces, abolition of Blums, better building bylaws, protection of the health of workers, etc. The Trades and Labor Congress is a purely Canadian body and every ohe of its delegates attending its annual conventions are members of and representative of Canadian unions. Whilst it has complete autonomy it acts in co-operation with the American Federation of Labor on matters of mutual interest. It is affiliated with the International Federation of Trade; Unions (Amsterdam), and through that means seeks to establish world-wide unity of the trade union movement It coniiiw%0j_#.,me_ii$fclu) ship to one organization for each I -" craft pr class of workers and: recog- nizes'fully the autonomy of each affiliated organization as set forth in their respective constitutions. TYPOS SPEND MILLIONS ON CARE OF AGED MEMBERS Indianapolis.—Since it was organized 22 years ago the pension fund of the Typographical Union has paid out $12,178,187 to aged members. Payments last year were $1,186,971. The pension allowance of $8 per week is now given 3,188 members, of Whom 105 are women, the beneficiaries being 4.11 per cent, of the total membership. Last year 442 names were placed on the roll. Wage Cuts Should Help Organization Work There is a great deal of grumbling going on in the ranks of unorganized workers owing to the wage slashing and unfavorable working conditions that have been put into operation by local employers of labor. Wage cuts %ave been the general order of the day, and these have been taken without any great resistance by the workers, except in organized ranks. Longer hours of labor have been imposed, anok greater tasks allocated upon many who have been cowed into acceptance, owing to the great army of unemployed who have been waiting outside ready to accept jobs at any terms. When business picksXup, employers of labor will not be readily prepared to revert to the former wage scale and conditions, so the employees will be more disgruntled ihan they, are at present. This will probably result in agitation ization, and the trades union movement can look forward to a further increase in its ranks. In fact, that condition is taking place right now. One ' new ' organization is being formed which will be the first of its kind in the city. Enough members have already been obtained to send away for a charter, but no publicity is being given to it because when the charter arrives some quiet organization, work is contemplated among a certain group, which will greatly strengthen the organization. Just at the present time there are 71 unions affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council, comprising some 15,000 members, and, judging by present developments, these numbers will be greatly increased before the American Federation of Labor and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada conventions open in Vancouver this year. Members of organized labor in this locality can help in this work by suggesting to "Workers who have had their wages decreased that they should organize. Insurance Conference Called Ottawa.—The possibility looms that unemployment insurance may be given consideration when the Dominion-Provincial conference meets here during the Easter recess of Parlia-. ment. ■, The conference is called to determine Canada's attitude toward the proposed "Westminster statute," which defines the "equal status" of nations composing the British Empire. However, the western provinces seem to favor a national system of job insurance and they may secure consideration of the subject. National insurance was given a boost by Tom Moore, president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, in a speech recently before the Toronto Labor Council. He declared "unemployment insurance is overdue," and that a national system is needed to enable workers to move freely from province to province. It would also mean lower administrative costs, he said. The labor leader made a ^slashing attack on those who try to nescredit unempolyment insurance hy calling it a "dole." "Industry is receiving 'doles' in the shape of bounties, subsidies and tariffs," Moore said. "Why, then, all this fuss about a movement designed' to assist men and women who are denied the opportunity to work?" Engineers' Membership Keeps Up During Slump Now that Old Man Winter has shed the fur coat, the engineers are again preparing for a normal, season's work. We have come through the winter without losing any members, and although the outlook is not as good as it has been in former years, we are confident that we will be able to maintain our organization at fighting strength and keep the wolf from the door. *. The Burrard street bridge job is still unfair to Local 115, and until the policy of Hodgson, King & Marble is changed, will be. This job is another glaring example of what this so-called all-Canadian movement stands for. The minute our-> members came off, as a protest against the open shop policy of the contractor*^ they got busy and proceeded to supply operators for the various equipment used. One has only to see the "performance, on the job. to know that these comedy engineers would only get on a job like that when the wijon men won't-work on the job. irk cTSte'-'lffioTi'"mechanics- do«% have to ,put up with the working conditions adopted by the unfair* contractor. GEO. PETTIPIECE. i will prbb- ] # 25. S-jShelly Objects To Labor Legislation Last week Hon. W. C-Shelly put up ap awful wail in the Provincial Legislature about the cost of old age pensions, mothers' pensions and other social legislation. He said that it would take the .entire proceeds of the new one per cent, tax on every wage earner in the province to pay for these services, and, he said, in favoring the tax, it is the working people who get the benefit, Poor Mr. Shelly seems quite upset to think that the workers should get these services without apparently paying for them. He is probably under the impression that the wealth he has accumulated just fell down from Heaven, like manna is alleged to have done, from the skies. He evidently believes that it was his genius which built up his bakery business or his real estate business. Shelly's wealth did not fall down from Heaven, nor did it grow on trees. It was made out of the hard work of his employees in the bakery business. It grew out of the profits made from exploited labor. It grew out of the demand for bakery products and out of the needs of a growing community. If Shelly had not been able to hire workers to make and sell bread there would have been no profits for him. If the community had not grown and the, demand for bakery products had not increased, Shelly may have been mixing dough in some small unhealthy bakery basement. • If Vancouver had not grown, Shelly would not have been able to make money out of his various real estate deals. All wealth is created by labor, and labor is entitled, to some social legislation in its ofii age or tribulation. It is, in "fact, entitled to an equal share in all wealth, and were it not for the mistaken idea that private ownership of the natural resources and machinery of wealth production is necessary in the production. of wealth,' there would be no exploiters of labor and a more equal enjoyment of wealth. There are still a large majority of workers who think that wealth could .not. he. produced unless capitalists or employers hired them to work. And there are still a large number of business men who **" think that they have been given the •:riraw* right--tw'a.'Z^ that, aside from the exploitation, the workers should pay for all social scr-' vices; which the state has been pleased (?) to give. ' I .-.- T* ■ " - Page Two .. ■!.' <b THE LABOR STATESMAN f Friday, March 27th, 1931 For Health. Strength and Beauty, eat oar Whole Wheat Brown Bread. A wholesome body builder. Doctor* recommend it. Fruit and Raisin Bread, Pastry and Meat Pies, Pumpkin Pie*. THE ESTHER BAKERY ' Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST Week At Parliament INDEPENDENT LAB OK. FA_tTY VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner Secretary-Treas., R. B. Timmlns 536 Drake Street Meets Second and Fourth Fridays ROOM 39 Williams bldg.. Corner - of Granville and Hastings Membership Tee - SI Per Tear (Chairman), City Pir* VANCOUVEB, nw WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Sixty-nine Unions Embracing- Nearly 15,000 Members. President Colin McDonald Vice-President C. E. Herrett General Sec.-Treas P. R. Beng-ongrh Statistician _ Harry Wood Warden William Watt COMMITTEES: Organization: J. Thomson (Chair.) Pile Drivers' Union. I'. R. Beng-ough, Machinists. XV. J. Bartlett. Blacksmiths. C. Herrett. Barbers.. K. H. Morrison. Electrical Workers. Legislative: Chat. Watson Fighters. It. H. Neelands. Typographical. W. J. Scribbins, Civic Employees. I". R. Bengough. Trades Council. !•'. A. Hoover, Street Railwaymen. XV. Hargreaves. Carpenters. J. Thomson. Pile Drivers, tleo. Pettipiece, Operating Engineers, liirt Showier. Milk Salesman, i*. Fitzgerald. Musicians. • Press: Ed. Smith (Chair), Painters. Bert Speed. Street Kallwaymen. It. H. Neelands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough. Metal Trades. T. Hanofln. Beverage Trades. B. Showier. Teaming Trades. W. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett. Label Trades. Dan McPherson. Sheet Metal Trades. Grievance: Geo. Pettipiece (Chairman), Operating Engineers. Harry Wood, Restaurant Employees. XV. Page, Carpenters. R Showier, Dairy Employees H. W. Watts. Electrical Workers. Moose Jaw Man's Unique Union Record Has Travelled 110 Miles to Attend Meeting!—Never Missed in Ten Years A record of having travelled 110 miles to attend union, meetings, and of never having missed a meeting in ten years, is offered by friends of John Mortitt. a member of Moose Jaw (Sask.) Lodge, No. 204, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, for the world to shoot at. Summer and winter—and winter in Saskatchewan means snow-blocked roads thermometers taking nosedives to 40 and more below zero, and biting winds that blow straight down from the Arctic circle—Morfitt covered the distance of 55 miles between his home and lodge room with clock-like regularity. To say that members of Moose Jaw Lodge are proud of this faithful member is putting it mildly. They boast of \_» record. Until somebody comes along with a better one, fully authenticated, they will insist that he has given an unparalleled demon- station of devotion to a good cause. SCHOOL OFttPEACE IN FRANCE Although moderate in its program and viewpoint, a school of peace for the study of international relations was recently opened in Paris under the patronage of M. Briand, and dedicated by M. Painleve. It is organized by the directorate of "l'Kur- ope Nouvelle." The school offers two-year courses, those of the first year being general treatments of By ANGUS MaclNNIS, M.P. The long delayed second session of the Seventeenth Parliament of Canada was opened on Thursday, the 12th day of March. It wasHipened with all the garish glamour which belongs to a different age. It seems rather strange that at a time like this, when thousands of people in this Dominion do not know where their next meal is coming from, and when plans are made by charitable organizations for t old clothes' to clothe the needy, that so many women should be found to go to the trouble and expense to dress for the purpose of sitting for perhaps thirty minutes as the audience for the opening of Parliament, which could be just as well done by the striking of a gavel on the table by the presiding officer and saying: "Will the members please come to order. I now declare this Parliament open for the transaction of business." This is the first time since Confederation that a Canadian officiated at the opening. Mr. Justice Duff, the Administrator, ascended the viceregal throne and performed as well those functions required by the office as did any of the distinguished gentlemen that acted in the same capacity in the past. However, while the ladies dressed for the occasion, and while the papers the following day made personal reference to what each one wore, the Dominion at large was interested in the speech which was put in thc Administrator's mouth by his advisors. I am afraid, however, that there is not much in the speech that the unemployed in this country can look to as an anchor on which they can fasten a hope that their condition will be shortly improved; nor any assurance for those who are still employed that the constant dread which hangs over them will quickly and permanently disappear. The speech referred to the fact that Canada had not been affected by the world depression to the same extent as some other countries, which is nothing to be particularly thankful for, as Canada is far richer in natural resources than many other countries. There is nothing proposed, in the speech to give the primary producers a larger share of the total volume of production. The only remedy the Government has is a further increase in the traiff. And revising the tariff up or down does not solve the problem. Supposing, for the sake of argument, we admit that a higher tariff will compel the production in this country of commodities now imported; it does not increase world purchasing power one iota. And production today is carried on for a world market. If not, why has this country got her trade commissioner in every country in the world? Why did a trade delegation from this country visit the Orient last .year? In quest of trade. Tne position the Labor Group in the House will take in regard to the, economic situation is that, while we appreciate the need for foreign markets, we do maintain that there is wealth enough in this country to give us all a much higher standard of living than we have at present, and we insist that the standard of living with which the working class of this country should be satisfied be the highest possible that can be achieved with the natural wealth 'of the country and the industry of its people. The prohibition on various imports coming from Russia will, no doubt, receive some attention. The reasons given by the Government for the passing of the Order-in-Coun- cil are: That there was enforced labor in Russia; that the standard of living of the Russian people was lower than in this country, and that the Government does not wish to encourage communism by supplying Russia with' the means to develop her natural resources. There may be enforced labor fn Russia, but in what country is that not the case? Have we not enforced labor in this country? We have not only enforced labor, but, what is equally bad if not worse, enforced idleness. It is either work at the price ithe employer offers or starve. Have we~ forgotten- the rock piles in: Vancouver? They were not put in have we shut our imports from these countries? If not, why not? But the last reason is the silliest and the most inconsistent reason of all. Certain imports only were prohibited by the Order-in^Council, namely, coal, wood-puip, pulpwood, lumber and timber of all l^inds, asbestos and furs! However, there is "no prohibition an gold from Russia, so that the people in this country who have equipment to sell that would help reorganize Russia, and so encourage communism, it is quite all right with this Government, but we must not encourage communism by accepting coal. That might hurt the coal operators in the United States. The speech, however, has thrown no light on that.paradox of capitalist civilization, extreme poverty and all that it entails side by side with the greatest accumulation of wealth that the world has ever known. Maybe they will let us in on the secret before the end of the session. Repudiation of Debt . Gaining in Australia In defiance of the policy of Prime Minister J. H. Scullin, the executive of the Labor party of New South Wales has decided to contest the East Sydney federal by-election in favor of the policy of debt repudiation urged by Mr. Lang, the state premier, at the recent Canberra conference. The state executive invited Hon. J. A. Beasley, federal minister without portfolio, to open the Labor campaign in East Sydney, and ignored Prime Minister Scullin. They also served an ultimatum on the federal members from New South Wales that they must support Premier Lang's policy. E. J. Ward, prominent member of the Labor left wing section, has been selected as the extremist candidate. RED STAR DRUG STORE "the Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Speolal Effort to Oat Ooods Ont by Virct Mall After Receipt of Tour Order. CORNER CORDOVA AND -__-__--_- VANCOUVER, B. O. VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE ! The New Orpheum Cafe Private Banquet Hall Prop.: Jas. P. Dwyer 762 GRANVILLE STREET PHONE: SEY. 3346 HUNGARY'S RED LETTER The story of the Hungarian "Red Letters" grows more and more fantastic. Just before the municipal elections one of the Budapest papers published a series of documents," Which "proved" *that the Hungarian Socialists were' "in the regular pay" of the Czechoslovaks. Moreover, they "proved" that the Hungarian Socialist leaders were involved with Dr. Soukup, the president of the Czech Senate, and Dr. Derer, the Czech Minister of Education, in the organization of a big anti-Hungarian espionage service". Of course, they were at once denounced as forgeries. Now the Czech police have established that they were forged in Prague, in the offices of the semi-official Hungarian paper there! The explanation that seems to be . required should be interesting. Hide And 'Seek Two crack golfers sliced their drives into the rough and went in search of the balls. They searched for a long time without success, a kindly old lady watching them with sympathetic interest. Finally, after the search had lasted half an hour, the dear old lady spoke to them. ' "I don't want to bother you, gentlemen," she said, "but would it be cheating if I told you where they HE BREWERS specific details of policy and institutions. What we can't understand is why alienated affections are worth so darned much, if they are so easily alienated.—Springfield News-Sun. current international problems, and the- swond^year courses v^^X^gaA^^ ^gi^a^^h^^aa, hot enough rock to go around. We will admit that the standard of living is higher in this country, but so it is in comparison with many other countries, such as .China, Japan, India, all, or nearly all, European countries and some others; but Product of CO A3 T B R EWE RIES LIMITE D This advertisement is not published orduplayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. '?■-.-■"'■■>"" Friday, Mar* 27th, 1931 THE LABOR STATESMAN Pa«t Thnm Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trades and Labor Connoll—i Mill and Factory Workers' Union, Local President, C. McDonald; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough.. Office, 200 Labor Headquarters, 631 Beatty St. Phone Sey. 74.5. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the flrst and third Tuesdays In month. ■A-erjr and Confectionery .Workers' I_- ternational Union, Lof.! No. 461, meets first and third Saturday In month at 7:00 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President. Jas. Brydson; Secretary's Office, Room 804, Labor Headquarters; Hours 9:80 a.m. to 12 noon. Phone: Sey. 3849 VeTtr-f- Dispensers' Union, HTo. 676— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Room* No. ', Labor Headquarters; second Jrlday at 10 a.m. at the office. Pres.. M. J. Galvln; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanafin. Office1: Room 1. Eagles' Hall, ... Homer St. Phones Sey 1783 and Bay. 18.6-K. Hours: '■> lo 2 p.m. Bridfe and Structural Iron Workers, Looal 97, Int. Assoc Meets every Tuesday, Hall 2, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President," Robt. McDonald, Fraser 1248-R; Secretary. P. Lauret; Room 311. Labor Headquarters. Phones: Office, Sey. 7496; Resl- dence, _*nlr. 6167 R. Building- Trades Council, Vancouver- Mr-.-in second and fourth Tuesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters. President, W. D. Wilson; secretary-treasurer, W. Page. Room 301, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7496*. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of Amerloa—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Da we; Bee- Treas-.C. B. Herrett. Office,' 304 Labor Headquartera. Bookbinders' Looal Wo. 108, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman s Club, Empire Bid*., 603 Hin-,7tlAgB.W' _Pr*8'<lent. Mrs. fiarvey, ■487 Quebec; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, B42 Hamilton St. irlokUysr, \W\ JE3JSC international Union Wo. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters Meets second and fourth Wednesday, In Hall No. 8. President J. C. Greenwood; Phono Bay. 1558-R; __tT*w__-W*__t. Da«na"r '2«4 Eas 20th, phone Fair. 845-R; Fin. Sec Fairer65M-3ht' 105° EaS' !"'"" Pp* "^Pi_?if*K w,"*"'*rfttn_ Labor union Wo. 31—Vancouver and viclnitv meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 544 Powell Street E Pres- Ts'uyuki Mlyasu-Wa: Secretary. K. Carpenter* and Joiners, United Brotherhood of. Local «_—President. WnT Page; Financial Secretary, R. w Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays. 8 p.m.. In Hall No 1 "iT ,**,- , Brnpl-Tees' Association— _. i.r II "•<Jn«___ty of each month ?, "ij5 .L'i?t Pender St. at 8 p.m. President, E. Mitten; Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins. 3208 ■>'' 17 VVest 25th. ClTio Employees' Union, local SB- Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 261 *i Hastings East at 8 Sr.it P^esl?/.-*' 3Shn McRltchie, 604 r^S.,* T_*e,^n:' Secretary-Treasurer. George Harrison, 3427 Triumph St **,,* S^Z**' &&¥• *°- "—Meets in !5? _ „or_ Headquarters, first and third Monday In month. President. ?,Ge,tt'..3.287 West 2lB': Record Secretary, Miss D. Simpson, 627 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster; Flnan- _''a' JB*cte'ar**. Miss Marjorie Deyell, 565 East 20th, City. Electrical Workers, Local 813, International Brotherhood—Meets first and third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D Mc- Dougal; Business Manager, E H Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3610. "**__S4_"l*r"*2*muit,0,,»1 w»io» ot Oper. !$9- ft?*"™' P00*1 •**—M--t» every Friday at 8 p.m., Hall 316. President, F. L. Hunt; Rec. Sec. OB Jones; Business Agent and Fin. 8ec' Oeorge Pettipiece. Office J0«, Labor Headquarters.. Phone Trinity 6484 Wo. IBS* —, Affiliated ' with United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets first - and third Thursdays in ^Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, C. Carslake, 1124 Albernl St. Motion Pictures Fhojectlonist.' Union, Local 348, Of I.A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m., first Friday in month, In Hall No. 3 Labor Headquarters. President, Locksley Clark; Secretary, J. C. Richards. Box 345, Phone Douglas 1674-R; BUBlti.Btt'Agent. J. R. Foster, Phone Trinity 5708. Mnsloians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 145, A. T. ot IL—Meets at the G.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 ii.ni. President, J. Bowyer; General Secretary, W. Couling; Organiser, F. Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperhaafers, Local 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, VV. Hunt; Rec. Secretary, A. E. Varan, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office: -Room 813, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 360.. Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Socal No. 3404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hast- ingsg St. W. President, S. (ioy; Jas. Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Plasterers, 'Looal 89—Operative Plasterers' and dement Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, F. rG. Walsh, 378 East 37th, Fras. 108 R; Co.. Sec, A. Harry, 1115 East 33rd, Fair.' 3222 R; Fin. Sec, E. A. Williams, 830 East 12th: Phone Fair. 5219 X. Cement Finishers' Cor. Sec .1 W I Balnes, 2866 Turner St. The Alternatives Plumbers and steamfitters, Wo. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday in Hall No. 2. President, Val Pearson, 787 East 52nd; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, XV. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Printing Pressmen and Assistant*. Local Wo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, W. W. Quigley, 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart, 1807 East Thirty-eighth. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge Wo. 68—Meets first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, A. S. Ross, 6806 Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. D. Valllamy, 2215 West 15th. Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division Wo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President. J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price: Treasurer, J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 6000. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Local Union Wo. 880—Meets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No 3. President, Jas. st radian. 2205 W. llth; Business Agent and Secretary, V. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local Wo. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month in Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hoeken, 1582 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Tail stage and Bus Drivers, Local 161 —Meets second and fourth Mondays at 10.30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. President. W. Wilson. Office, 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone. Sey. 7496 Teamsters, Chauffeurs. Stablemen and Welpers, Local 466— D11 Uibor Headquarter*. Meets every First and Third .Monday. Labor Headquarters. President, F. T. Goodrich. 1239 Woodland. High. 2095-.X : Secretary - Treasurer. Hlrt Showier, Room :ins. Labor Headquarters. "a* *j**hters, wo. 18, International 7?!i° , J, "'—Meet* every month at Theatrical Stage Employees' Union. J^lXM^Te^ue0^- WBt- Ploorlayers' Union, Wo. 1878, U. B. of S\,.T-** *;—Meets flrst and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. I. Labor Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec. Jack Nelson; Rec. Sec, John McDonald, 2906 West - iwelth; Business Agent, W. D Wilson, 1536 Fifth At*. W. The Wotel and Restaurant Employees f**** ,**5-rta» °°o\t smB Stewards.— Local 28. Suite 39, 413 Oranvllle St., meets second Monday each month at « p.m.. and last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Flo Allen; Secretary- Treasurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. PhoneSeymour 125. Ladies' Auxiliary Looal 171 —United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every flrst and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 pm. President Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave W.; Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave. E. Lather*, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 807—Meets first and third Mondays In month at Labor Headquarters.., Secretary, F. Macey, 2456 West Seventh Ave. Phone Bayvlew 6831 L. Machinist*' Local' 693—President. Thos. Sills; 1362 Burrard St.: Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office.' Room .00, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In HAH 313. Mitt W-r-*- Drivers _SH**_1HryWmpley- •**, Looal 484—Office 308. Labor Headquarters. Meeta second and fourth Fridays In Hall No. I. President, J. Mitchell: Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier. 2841 Triumph. Phone High. 5327. MPJ-.O. Meets second Tuesday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, Geo. W. Allen; Recording 'Secretary, H Pearson; Business Agent, B. McGlone address, P.O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Wo. 3-6—President. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, B. R. Bayley; Secretary-Treasurer. R. H. Neelands. 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., in Hall No. 1. Labor Head- quarters. Union Label Trades Council meet* In Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 529 . Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 8 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald. 2834 St. Oeorge 8treet, Phone Fair. 3317-Y. Secretary, Mollle Dolk,. 1587 Fifth Avenue East. Phone High. 477-T. take the view which Mr. MacDonald and Mrs. Snowden seem to share with Mr. Baldwin, that there is nothing very much to be borne, then we must hold what we can of our own until the economic blizzard is over and begin once again, when prosperity returns, upon the old cycle of alternate boom and slump. Such an attitude involves (and here Mr. Strachey is certainly, right, in spite of official denials) lower wages and a reduced standard of living all round. It means that the great industrial revolution which is now taking place in this country, when new industries are moving South as once they moved. North, will 4ake its course, haphazard, uncoordinated and unregulated as did the industrial revolution a century, and more ago. An article which we publish by Mr. J. L. Hammond, who better than any other historian has understood what that unregulated revolution meant in terms of ,human suffering and in de- struction'to the life and..beauty of England, suggests, by an .historical example, what the alternative is. We permitted industrial Lancashire to grow without drains, without open spaces, without civilization. (The best thing that ever happened to the cotton towns was, as Mr. Hammond says, the cotton famine. At the inspiration of Cpbden (ironically enough) the time of stagnation and starvation was used to make sewers (which private enterprise would never have found worth making), and to introduce some dece icy into Rochdale, Blackburn and I Oldham. Today we do not build without drains.' or open spaces. But we scill have slums and do not destroy thtim, although another cotton famine\offers a unique opportunity. And if vte are not repairing the -evils that (come from failing to plan in the pas;, we are equally failing to prevent similar evils in the future. We are pe -mit- ting highly capitalized areas tc become derelict without attempting to utilize their assets for the new industries which every day grow up where they are, from a public j oint un- the so that ital Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each 1,1 month. President, S. D. McDonald, Box 268. Secretary. Frank Perry. Box 498, Prince Rupert.B.C., NOTARY PUBLIC -■_ -*TTK.Tr_«i_6!5Gr?'~a .Secretary Trades A Labor Council Boom 900—631 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7495-6279 Wrt'lfW-r 1 tics today is What is the real issue in British politics? Today they' are taking on the appearance of a pantomime in a hospital: the politicians play their variety parts and the public, conscious of ailments which are not assuaged by laughter, watch the irrelevant entertainment with growing distaste. All the jolly bustle of the party conflict continues: the bargains, the close divisions and the personalities, the sudden exits and entrances, the wit, the eloquence and badinage. ( Parliament does not lose authority for lack of Parliamentarians: Mr. Churchill, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Snowden are all classical exponents of their profession. And yet the parties split into fragments; and at each by-election the same ominous signs appear. The Labor poll drops by a third, the Liberal vote tends rapidly towards zero, and the Conservatives are successfully split by a preposterous campaign which would never have drawn votes at all except at a time when people were beginning from the very despair to welcome any display , of energy, however comic and irrelevant. As for the Labor Government, it has disappointed all expectations. In India and in foreign affairs, where the prophets assured us that Labor must fail, if only for lack of experience, they have shown themselves, on the whole, strikingly efficient. At home they have proved scarcely less Tory'than the Tories. Overworked, bewildered, confronted with a perplexing economic crisis Snd hampered by a Parliamentary machine nicely calculated for obstruction, they have apparently given up all hope of leading or in any real sense governing at all. As a political programme they await the luck of an electoral issue, hoping perhops that-the House of Lords will some day throw out some measure which their supporters think it worth while to have introduced, enabling them to go to the country on the old Radical cry of "Peers or People." If so, they profoundly misunderstand the basis on which thc Labor Party stands and the real issue which this country faces. , That issue has been very clearly presented by the resignation of several of Sir Oswald Moseley's adherents. Politically their revolt may prove negligible,, and their manifesto is perhaps more likely to rally the friends of Sir William Morris than the disappointed ranks of Labor. But can the Government really afford to lose the support of those who, as Mr. Strachey says' in his letter of resignation, joined the Labor Party in the belief that it would strive to be the instrument through which ('the Socialist conception of dn ordered and just society" might be realized? This kind of talk may sound high-falutin' today, but it is on such a belief that the Labor movement in this country has been built, and it is because the rank and file have believed that a Labor Government would not be merely an alternative to the Tories, but would be prepared to fight the battle of public control against private interests, that they have worked for the Labor movement with a disinterested and indeed a religious enthusiasm. That has been the greatest asset of the Labor Party, and it is not an insignificant fact that today in the Commons it is Liberals, many of whom really believe in national plan- nings, who evoke Labor cheers in unemployment debates. The greatest error of the present Government is to imagine that when trade is bad, industries depressed, or finance shaky, then is not the time for the extension of State control.' On the contrary, now or never is thc golden time for a Government which believes in ^fafional planning." When private enterprise is booming "■•5, ^'"t\""tnTiC ™„V_«„tt_f n,,„.. ;, i... i;»ti . r „„...„., r„r. I" 'he rentier and the monopolist, there is but little hope of persuading . T_ , • ,• _.Moni,i nt* .. _ But" wheeler T_r_2£&,2_S_. *« S " n.t"o_i"" tfei™" ££&?& h%U,9Uyis1ScomS ~T^ ^w Statesman and N^ion. atively easy for a Government to lay down the lines on which development shall take place, to restore confidence by guaranteeing expenditure which private employers dare not embark on unaided. Sound policy today is to use the period of depression to turn our unemployed resources, both of men and capital, to re- equipping the community for its share in the more active world trade and the improved home market of- the future. So far as possible our policy must be to restart industry, and to devdte the product not to consumption but to providing capital equipment to enable us to enjoy in the future at once a higher standard of living and a better organized economic structure. UNION CAFES & MERCHANTS Seymour .3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Pergonal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 78 Hasting* St. E., Vancouver, B. C. PERRY&D0LK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. 3016 VIOTOBIA DBIVB 1 Phones: Hig-h. 10S and Pair. 4148-B Castle Hotel Limited Visit the Finest Parlors in Vancouver; seating 6(0. Meeting Place of Union Men! 750 Granville St., Vancouver Phone: Sey. 7907 / of view, often both economically suitable, as well as destructive to English countryside. We are ludicrously afraid of planning we avoid guaranteeing that ca[ expenditure which would alone (enable us to profit by a turn in the economic tide, when from no fault of ours the flow towards prosperity begins. Of course there is danger in iny "plan." We may plan wrongly. But it is safer to plan than not to plan even if- there is an element rfek. Politically the danger to democracy of not doing anything is far greater than the danger of making a mistake. Dictatorships—the lesson is writ large all over Europe—arise not because constitutional governments are reckless—they never are—but because democracy is often timid, slow and inefficient. That need not happen in this country where we have the intelligence, if we have the will, to plan. If you are lost in a wood there are three courses open to you. You may ineffectively rush about in any and all directions like the parties of Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook; you may sit down until your rations give out, as Mr. Snowden would have us do; you may, if you are sensible, choose a likely path and without knowing exactly where it goes follow it in the belief that sooner or later it will take you out of the wood.\lf Labor fails to face the issue we shall find ourselves with a Tory plan, which will be no plan at all for England, but a policy of lowering our standard of living, increasing that economic nationalism, which is the temptation and curse of an anarchic world, and sacrificing the wage earner and the public interest _ i$tw_w>U- ween those who believe that EngRhd, in this, if in nothing else, like Russia, should deliberately plan its economic future, and those who regard the risk of planning as too great It is possible tc- MUSSOLINI THEORY OPPOSED IN 'FRISCO SanFrancisco.—Organized labor is opposing a proposed change of city government that will install Mussolini's system in municipal affairs. The new charter contains 72,500 words. The . city would be dominated by a chief administrative officer who could not be recalled by popular vote nor be ousted as long as he has the support of four members of the Board of Supervisors. Tbe police and fire departments could be abolished at will, and a Cossack system of policing set up. City employees Would be disfranchised. They and the thousands on eligible lists would be forbidden, under pain ,i! I.. 11 i s n li. sal, !. I.:< i • u . UtkJ_«. ER y j ra r t ■ i n political affairs. Trades and Labor Council Affiliations The following local unions are affill- atr-d with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council: Asbestos Workers, No. 54. Rrfcklaycrs. No. 1. Barbers, No. 120. V, Boilermakers, No. l!M. Makers, No. 468. Hrewery Workers. No. 300. Beverage ntspensers, No. 676. iiookliinders, No. 106. lilacksmlths. No. 161. Boot and Shoe Workers. No. 605. Carpenters, No. 462. r Carpenters, No. 1261. Civic Employees, No. 28. ■■» " ! Civic Employees, Burnaby. Camp nnd Mill Workers, No. 81. Engineers, No. 882. Electrical Workers. No. 213. Egg Graders, No. 11. Elevator Constructors, No. 82. Operating Engineers, No. 963. Fire Fighters, No. 256. Fire Fighters, No. 18. Fire Fighters, No. 296. Floorlayers. No. 1875. Firemen ami Oilers, No. 289. Class Blowers' Association, No. 53.' Hotel and Restaurant- Employees, No, 28. Ironworkers. No. 97. Jewellery Workers, No. 42. Lathers, No. 207. Lithographers, No. 44. Meat Cutters. Milk Salesmen, No. 464. Machinists, No. 151. Machinists, No. 182. Machinists, No. 692. Molders, No. 281. Mill and Factory Workers, No. 1599 Mill and Factory Men, No. 1896. Millwrights, No. 1638. Mental Hospital Attendants, No. 35. Maintenance of Way Employees, No. 31. Musicians, No. 145. Operating Engineers, No. 844. I'lumbers and Steamfltters, No. 170. Painters, No. 138. Plasterers, No. 89. Plasterers' Helpers, No. 602. Pile Drivers, No. 2404. Printing Pressmen, No. 69. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 571 Picture Projectionists. No. 348. BrotherJiood of Railway Carmen, No, 58. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, No. 280. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 280. Sheet Metal Workers.'No. 314. Street Railway Employees, Dlv. 101. Sigh Writers, No; 726. Steam Shovel and Dredgemen No. 46A Stone Cutters. Typographical Union, No. 226. Taxi Drivers. No. 151. Tnilors, No. 178. Teamsters, No. 466. Theatrical Stage Employees, No. 118. Telegraphers, No. 43. I'pliolsterers, No. 26- rnitcd Textile Workers, No. 1700 Welders andHelpers, No. 19. Before long, we suppose, some one will be saying that Niagara Falls isn't what it's cracked up to be.—Miami News. • ;.. ." v STATE INCOME TAX BILL REJECTED BY GOVERNOR Indianapolis. — Governor Ceslie will not act on the personal income tax b.ill, passed by the legislature. The bill, he said, was not authenticated or signed by the Speaker of^the House in the manner and at the tin required by the Constitution. The bill proposed a graduated personal ineome^tax.'Tates ranging from 1-per cent, on taxable income of less ■*As!f»tr;«w--to 6 per*retrtrB7r*intRrnie over $5,000. Exemptions Were the same as under the Federal Act.' For every man who is able to' meet his creditors there are a dozen" who are unable to dodge theirs. Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday,'March 27th, 1931 i smi -jrot*- igfl spe km The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, gVancouver, B. C Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. VV. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Ed. Smith, Chairman; W. Watt (Building Trades Council); P. R. Bcn- KouEh (Machinist Trades), R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades), Dan McPherson (Building Trades), B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades). C Herrett (Label Trades): Bert Speed, (Transportation Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Fhon*: Seymonr 637- THE OPEN ROAD AFOOT WITH JACK LOGIE Vancouver, Fri., March 27th, 1931 FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS The Southam papers have for some time striven to belittle the suffering existing, and convey the impression that our troubles in Canada are largely psychological; that things are moving wonderfully well and that the thing to do is keep a stiff upper lip and look over the top of the present "transitory troubles," to the, fat profits that we shall get in the future. As a sample of this, which Butterfield would call "bilge" if it appeared eisewhere than in The Province, we quote the following: " . "It has been the consistent endeavor of the Southam newspapers to avoid a distorted and unwholesome vjew of transitory troubles. Ttfey have sought to keep before their readers the evidence—atjj, there is no lack of it—that present conditions, seen in their true light, represent only a ripple on the ever-rising tide of Canadian prosperity." Modern society is made up of two classes, a small group who live by rents, profits and interest, and a very large group who live by labor. The present trouble in Canada has cut off the bread from numbers variously estimated between 300,000 and 500,000 of the latter class. Trouble of this nature, that is, no work, no wages, no bread, may be very "transitory" and ' still the consequences may be quite serious. Unfortunately, the human being requires food at least once daily, and if it is withheld for a few days, the coroner gets $(10 for giving a name to the cause of the death. ' To tell a workman with an empty stomach and the cry of his hungry children, which even Premier Bennett heard, ringing in his ears, that he has "a distorted and unwholesome view of transitory troubles"' and that the hollow and flat feeling inside his waistcoat is "a ripple on the ever-rising tide of Canadian prosperity"—this is the kind of a ghastly joke that stirs up all the resentment and all the bitterness that men are capable of. The bat-headed blindness of the thing is very suggestive of the French queen who, when told that the noise she heard was the people crying for bread, asked: "Then why don't they ♦eat cake?" The series of articles from which the above is quoted makes a plenti- : ful use of terms such as "we," "us" and so on—and in every line presumes to speak for the people of Canada. It is a significant fact that from first to last, at every angle where the viewpoint is disclosed or can be measured, the Southam papers are writing to and on behalf of the small group that live by profits and interest. Canadian corporation, profits were as high last year as the year before—10 to 16 per cent, dividends were as common last year as during 1929 or the previous years. All that this group has so far suffered can very truly be called "transitory trouble," and a ripple on the ever- rising tide of their prosperity. While the Southam press imagines that it is doing immense national service when it tells,the hungry men that Sir Herbert Holt has not yet lost any flesh or sleep, we offer the following from an address in the House of Commons by the member for Red Deer: - , "However, they (the Communist) are not the menace of today. Their violence defeats their ends. The menace today is the self- • complacent inertia of men who, themselves in comfortable circumstances, fail- to realize -what1 is going on . in the -world around them. If we do reach a state of «chaos, if we do find ourselves in the midst of revolution, which God forbid, it would be those self- complacent gentlemen who_ " _e' **e^6nsiBleTTKose who; naving ears, hear not; those who, having eyes, close them to the . human suffering around them." A few random thoughts while hiking for nine miles along Ventura Boulevard carrying a lunch kit containing one small green apple, tasteless and punky, not grown in the Okanagan, one doughnut and a pair of overalls. With many apologies to O. 0. Mclntyre. The cars whizz up and down. An astrologer says that one of the prominent signs in the horoscope of the United States is MeTcury retrograde, which means that the people travel like the devil to get nowhere. Mercury is supposed to be the messenger of the Gods, but it is important that we should have some sort of a message before we start out and know where we are going. There goes a car with a British Columbia license plate. Wish it would stop and give me air the news from home. Is my old friend, Jimmy Jones, going to get in bad over his income tax? It is at least good to know that incomes are still being earned in British Columbia. Dowh here we have forgotten what the word means. There have been some good remedies offered for cutting down the expense of government in British Columbia, but the cheapest way to run the country would be to form a Soviet of Road Foremen, as they are the real rulers of the province anyway. They take care that the party conventions are well attended, the right candidates nominated, they organize the campaign and when the election \^s over see that the faithful are rewarded with road jobs and wield the economic whip to keep the mavericks in line. If the average small rancher in the outlying valleys is In bad with the local road foreman he might just as well move out as he will starve to death without the extra financial help which a job on the road will bring. All power to the soviet of tHe road foremen. * * * Still the cars whizz by. That B. C. license plate brings up memories of home but nothing can make the average Canadian so homesick as the sight of a. flock of wild geese flying . northward particularly if they are low enough so you can hear them honking. Always in my dreams the wild geese are flying; Winging to , the Northland where I fain would follow too; Lonely in the night I hear the loon's sad crying. Crying like my heart for the lake and my old canoe. * * * s No one is supposed to walk in this country from choice. The average pedestrian is regarded as queer or as having something wrong with him. Consequently, no one ever stops to pick him up or ask him if he wants a lift. If he has a blanket on his back he is a hobo, and if his clothes are shabby he had better keep right on walking, for if he stops anywhere the police will boost him along. Spring is here now and the migratory trend is to the North.- The worker is compelled to cover a lot of.ground in pursuit of the elusive job and any of them can tell you all about fruit picking in Washington, cutting timber in Oregon and fishing off the coast at San Diego. You can get more information from one of those fellows about industry in general than if you consulted a ton of blue books, and they see life from the bottom where it is real and very raw. They know more about economics than the average business man because they receive their education in the school of realism and not from the editorials of the Saturday Evening Post. They are practically all Reds and those who aren't are too dumb to bother about. **■*.' The easiest way to commit suicide in this country is to walk on the highway, so the,weary pedestrian sticks to the gravel on the 'side. The sun beats down pitilessly and your one good foot gets sore and blistered. If you want to cultivate philosophy, put a crutch under your arm and walk for nine miles in the broiling heat. Some years ago in Arizona I had been walking on the hot desert sand and was tired and thirsty. This was before the prohibition era, and I ran across a fellow who had been imbibing somewhat copiously, at least freely .enough to be in an expansive mood: He said: "Well, son, what,are _. A9i„y^.ftr__sJ_*_^^ I told him that I was-collecting accounts. "Anyhow," said he, "that is better than sitting on a„corner holding a -tin cup." "It probably is," I answered, "but it's a dam sight harder on the feet." The world's greatest philosophers have always chosen a condition of voluntary poverty as being most conducive to the pursuit of wisdom. It is no doubt very well to be liberated from the desire for material things, but it is this compulsory poverty which is rather galling, particularly when it is not at all necessary. I sometimes wonder how some of the outstanding philosophers of the past would fit into our present civilization. Plato. Socrates and Diogenes would probably have troubles of their own. Plato and his Peripatetic School of philosophy would be out of date as everyone would be in too much of a hurry to walk anywhere even in pursuit of wisdom. Unless he sat 'in the rear end of a Ford truck and talked through a loud speaker, his academy would be very small and very select. If Socrates talked to the youth on the Plaza he would be run in as a Red and given a drink of "Jake" ginger, which would be just as deadly as the hemlock, but would give him more time to observe the symptoms before he passed out. If Diogenes lived in Los Angeles he would have to. bolt his tub—to the concrete pavement or someone would steal it and use it as a receptacle for making homebrew. * * * More cars go up and down. Travel these days is just a succession of gas tanks and hot-dog stands. As you whizz by in a car you get a somewhat kaleidoscopic effect, but as you walk slowly by you realize more fully how terribly ugly they are. and how utterly, banal the advertisements. The competitive system has a lot to answer for, one of its major crimes being the desecration of a beautiful countryside by billboards, but there must be a special place in hell reserved for the fellows who tack tin signs on hot-dog stands. Years ago there used to be colored jars in the drug store windows, but now these have passed and their place has been taken by g_s tanks 'containing gas of various shades, from yellow to red, green and violet. At present there is a war on and every day the large price placards in front are bulletins from the firing line. Gas is down tar ten cents a gallon, and the. independent producers have just formed a co-operative association in order to save themselves from elimination by the four large companies. Isn't competition wonderful? A Good Samaritan is stopping to give me a ride and I will be home in time for supper yet Walking is splendid in moderation, but five miles is too long a distance to be from home when evening falls. God bless Henry Ford. Correspondence ^ti^n^Dea dfompaitfilll incorporated ate may ie-o. Onsm BrMe-W Ml WlonlK>. Vorklom, l.rtllM- __-oat_a. Cln-7. -M-_rl-t_ Nelira. Venus, Ess-rnn, TUterU- MEN'S BROADCLOTH SHIRTS *169 Here's a. remarkable shirt value. Full-cut, smart-looking shirts, made by experts from serviceable cloths, in pjain or fancy color effects; wide double cuffs, and two separate matching collars. Sizes 14 to \7yi. The popular attached-collar style shirts, made from the same materials and offered in the same <jt "I O ■* range of sizes. Each ... —Downstairs Economy Floor, H BC GRAY CABS LOWEST RATES IN VANCOUVER No Charge for Extra Passengers. Union Drivers. You only pay for distance you actually travel! SEY. 7131 B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. ience with inheritance taxes and his spreading the germs of "ilness" to the extent that the "noise" will not "subside." IGNORAMUS. Editor, Labor Statesman. Dear Sir,—-Shelly is again at it. Last year he made the same statement which went totally unnoticed by the workers'. He became rich through the workers buying his bread. He came into power through the workers' votes. Yet what a hostility against them. Will the workers ever learn.-n ever draw the right conclusion? Fraternally yours, A. SPRICE. Editor, Labor Statesman. Dear Sir,—Are not the "germs of destruction" of the capitalist system apparent under the microscope of Jones's "Budget"? W. Durrant's "Philosophy and Social Problems," p. 134, quotes Nietzsche-thus: "In short, Socialism is not justice but covetousness. . . . Life is essentially appropriation. . . . The absence of exploitation would mean the end of organic functioning. Surely it is as legitimate and valuable for superior men to command and use inferior men as it is for superior species to command and use inferior species, as man commands and uses animals." And on p. 135: "What should be done with muscle except to supply it with directive brain?" He here exposes the superiority complex of the ruling class, himself included. They are honest in their illusions of superiority and compensate in the following: "The common people are as happy as any of the well-to-do, so long as a silly propoganda does not disturb them with dreams that can never be fulfilled." May future history explain whose "propaganda" is "dreams"? Then he goes on: "As for the upper classes ,they need not be at a loss for weapons with which to fight this pestilence. An occasional opening of the trap-door between the Haves and Have-nots, increasing the number of property owners, will serve best of all. If this policy is persued, there will always be too niatiw people of property for Socialism ever taj signify anything more tfln an attack of. ev. .■;--*I"Wr—T~_——__«.-_—- — .imp— -_—..-.«^ illness. A ujittle patience wTniirt-| heritance and income taxes, and the noise of the cattle will subside." I am pleased with Jones's impat- Mothers Go To Jail Chicago.—"We'll go to jail before we will submit to being fined for trying to force down the price of bread so our children can eat." Twenty-one Chicago mothers hurled that confounding defi at judge, police and attorneys in municipal court when fined $1 and $1 costs for participating in a bread price strike. The offense of the mothers was to stand on the sidewalk before bakeries that charge 10c a loaf for bread and carry signs demanding that the price be reduced to 6c in keeping with reduced wages and. the lower cost of materials. They have been doing this for nearly two months. But Judge Denis E. Sullivan, prolific with injunctions, enjoined them against picketing. Nearly forty women were pushed into patrol wagons by policemen and jailed. Meanwhile, worried, some of the bakeries have cut their prices by lc. FARMERS' AND WORKERS' BUYING POWER DROPS New York.—Agriculture income for 1930 dropped 20.8 per cent, from 1929, according.to Standard Statistics Company of this city. Based on prices recently prevailing and assuming aggregate yields similar to those of 1930, income in the current vear would be reduced to about $9,300,000,000. Estimates on decreased buying power of industrial workers range from seven to eight billion dollars. Plan Mass Production What is in store for home builders in the near future is indicated in the monthly report on economic conditions in the United States by the National City Bank of New York for March, 1931. Speaking of need for homes at reasonable prices, the bank takes a side swing at wages. "The great demand," it says on this topic, "on building trades during the period of active operations beginning with 1922, resulted in wage advances which have made the construction of dwellings for the wage earners by past and present methods almost an economic impossibility. The methods of building small houses have not kept pace with developments in mass production in other lines or with methods in other kinds of building operations. The mail order houses have made a beginning in mass production of building parts, structural steel manufacturers are experimenting with this class of materials, and it may be expected that rather radical innovations will be developed." In other words houses will be produced by mass production and sent to buyers anywhere and everywhere from the factory. The bank is very misleading, however, in blaming wages for the high price sof dwellings. The first levy is for financing and it is the heaviest. Then material and last and away least, labor. SAVE THE MOTHERS Forty countries, with Britain in the forefront, have launched a world wide "Save the Mothers" campaign.' Britain, with its new Greenwood plans to make childbirth safer for women, is providing a fresh stimulus to the campaign. The Fifth International Health Year Book; issued by the League of Nations, shows the movement to be gaining ground from Japan to Turkey, from Norway to the Malay States, from Egypt to Uruguay. At the head of every nation's health programme given in this record of the world's health, is maternity and child welfare. Child-bearing, with all its sacrifices of the mothers, is not now left to chance even in the most primitive countries. SATURDAY NIGHT OOMB TO OWE HAWAIIAN NIGHT DANCE Special Programme of Music—Decorations—Luis—Cap-—Stieameri Balloons—Confetti—Prizes—N'everytliing-—AU Pree WINTER GARDEN ADMISSION SO CENTS Friday, March" 27th 95\ THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five ****KX*XKX#**X*mXKM VftthoutRapid StreetCarService no central shopping district could exist Wh . /ILL the city of the near future become decentra-"' li-cd. Will business be forced into suburban sub- centres because of the increasing traffic congestion downtown? These questions are being asked by experts in civic development all over this continent At present 80 to 90 per cent of the Vancouver travelling public travel by street car. Congestion on the downtown streets caused by the increased numbers of automobiles is making it more difficult for street cars to get through the streets. Unless this 80 to 90 per cent, can travel quickly, cheaply and conveniently, they will shop and do business elsewhere than downtown. Merchants and business men who never travel by •tjeet car are apt to forget that shoppers and others who bring them business travel almost entirely by street car. It is to the interest of these business men to see that automobile congestion does not hamper the street cars which bring their customers to their doors. Assist your street railway to •. serve Vancouver British Coiumbw $jb VwmcMwrwCA VANCOUVER VICTORIA ->HH^^ W VALUE This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Lend Me Your Eyes! . (By BILL) Standardized. Pa's Pants. The Gallery. The "Ins'' and "Out*." Wonderful changes have taken place in our educational system .in the last twenty-five years, and every year new methods are being adopted, and everything possible is being done to give the young folks a thorough education, and rightly so. We note many suggestions being put forward in the press, outlining different people's ideas, and I took particular notice of the views of some party who had the notion that out- young folks should all be sent to school in standardized clothing. His argument was that many of the parents were going out of their way to over-dress the children in silks and satins, their main object being to kind of outclass the others; this, said the critics, made the young folks, whose parents could not afford all this finery, dissatisfied, and was-the means of taking their minds off their work, giving them foolish ideas and continual desire for some new style of clothing. Now, I believe this writer has a fairly sound argument, and, no doubt, some parents are more interested in the children's clothing I depressed, and gives one the impres- tives are seated at one side of the House, and the Liberals and Labor on the other; the Chairman, or Speaker, which he is called, sits at the extreme end. The Conservatives are at present in power and take full advantage of same, and making a hard attempt to stay there, but, oc- cording to the Liberals,' they are already sunk. The Liberals are called the opposition, and are at present out, but doing their darndest to get in, but according to the Conservatives they haven't a chance. So if both sides are right, we would consider that the Labor Party will be in power next. As the Speaker enters the House everyone rises to his feet; the Speaker is dressed in a black gown and wears a kind of cocked hat, something after the style of Napoleon, only it appears to be stuck on the wrong way. « * * The meeting is called to order and the argument starts, but the Chairman seems to be mad about something and keeps reading all kinds of ■books; no doubt he is trying to find out if -the gentleman who is talking is in order. The gentleman about the fourth seat from the front, rather stout, r\ed faced, with a waist line considerably above correct specifications, is the Premier; I was informed he is a good horse doctor. I believe my informant is correct. ' The gentleman near him is the Attorney-General and keeps continually jumping up and down, making all kinds of accusations. He doesn't seem to be at all friendly with the gentlemen on tha opposite side. Another small, dressy chap, sitting near the Premier, is the Minister of Finance; he looks THE PRICE TELLS YOU FORM CREDIT UNION Suave Auto Salesman: It runs so ,,..tl,l„ ,-.,,, ...... *t f,.„i ;. i- :.-i.i snV9_^_k_y-_*_«an-^-'»^':*ti-so . yw cairthear it, has such a perfect quietly ■fT. uc1ie"rsn_8 formed "a creditunion "tonaT: ten '-■ ■ (■M_gg--*>'_ credit union so that members can borrow from ignition you cati t smell it, and as for themselves at nominal rates instead speed—you can't see it. of being forced to patronize loan Londoner: My word! How do you sharks. Dividends will be paid in- know the bally thing is there? vesting members. ' **~* than their education. I like to see them going to school neat and respectable, but I am of the opinion it would be a. hard job to get the parents to agree to a system of standardized clothing for school., tee It was different when I went to school. My mother made about everything she wore, and made over about everything I wore. She would dig out of the cupboard an old suit of my fathers, and by putting the front of the vest where the seat of the pants used to be, she could fix it over for me so you would hardly know, except for the soup stains. Joseph divided his coat amongst his brethren; mother did the same with pa's pants. • • . • Jn .those days women made about everything they wore; a woman had a pair of trunks full of skirts; now about .all she has is a pair of trunks and one skirt; at least that's what I have been told. But I hear that women are going back to sewing. Men have never quit sowing—wild oats, I mean. You know women have been getting along with hardly a stitch, I mean • taking a stitch, of course. I am glad to hear that women have gone back to sewing, or I will be when I am sure just what kind of sewing. What I.want to know is whether it is doilies or pants buttons. Doilies are all right but you can't get along without pants buttons. Although, at that, some of us have had to do so. So if women take up sewing I trust it will include pants buttons. I don't know of anything more essential, and W. can't make progress if a man has to use one hand to hold up his pants, and you know some men have had to do that. * * * However, I started on the subject of education, but have drifted into other matters. Well, I noticed that a school class of yourig ladies attended a session of the Legislature one- afternoon last week for educational purposes. The idea being that they would take particular note of what transpired and at an early date write an essay which would outline the great work being done by the men we sent to Victoria to' carry on the affairs of our province. Now, it just happened that on that particular day the legislators were playing politics, not but what they play them every day, but it just happened to be a little bit worse than usual. No doubt these young girls were surprised, and what they saw' and heard was altogether different from what they had expected, and the lesson they received was of no educational value. The teacher who accompanied these girls must have been disappointed at their object lesson, and when they return to school and write an essay on what they saw and heard, the teacher would expect from some of these bright girls a neatly written transcript, no doubt more carefully worded, but similar to the following una is the meeting place of the" Legislative Members, in which the business of the province is suppose- to be looked after. -Seated in the gallery I observed the fallowing: In the Council Chamber the Conserva- sion that he had just committed a terrible crime, and had his mind made up that he would be hung. This is the man who I am told conceived the noble idea of taxing the worker with a salary of $12.00 per week. Another gentleman sitting behind him seemed very nervous. I was told he used to own a bakery and used to have Jones's job of handling the dough, but apparently the dough a baker uses and the dough spent by the Minister of Finance is altogether different. Anyhow he lost his job, but still persists in blaming the Liberals, for spending all the dough. Another tall gentleman, not far from the baker, looks very much like a high-power salesman, but I understand be is in the machinery business. (I heard the Government bought two million dollars worth of machinery in the lafet two years, mostly from the'United States, but, of course, bought through an agent in Vancouve)r. * • * •T took particular notice of two gentlemen sitting amongst the Conservatives; they both looked sincere and honest, but seemed out of place and ill- at ease, as if they wanted to change their location in the House. One owns a big clothing store in Vancouver and the other is the representative for Burnaby. I have heard since that they are both tired of their present company and are considering joining the Labor Party. There were two gentlemen who did all the fighting for the Liberals, and they seemed full of pep; according to the Conservatives they have a terrible reputation, and were accused of everything but murder, but they stood up well under the rapid fire of accusations. All the fighting that goes on seems to be a very exclusive affair and only a few selected ones are allowed to participate. Its much like a tong war, and we all know a tong war is a very exclusive affair, and they only allow Chinamen M enter the contest, and that suits me. But it seems to me when they start a fight in the House they ought to be allowed to get in. That is one thing I admire about the Irish, when they start something you" don't have to be a rice-eater or own a laundry; all you need is a shillaly or a brick. • * * Now the majority of all these most honorable gentlemen which I have mentioned made a most 'interesting afternoon for themselves; digging into each others past; each side accusing the other side of being scoundrels and blackguards, and not fit persons to represent the people, and after hearing their, arguments, I have come to the conclusion that both sides are right. Although n6 business for the welfare of the province was discussed, I feel my afternoon was well spent in the enlightment which I received and believe it very advisable for anyone who can spare an afternoon, to visit the Legislature' and become familiar with the system BUY B. O. PRODUCTS and boost your own payroll! . _ '.''''^ALLEY'S l^.-i <-_**/ ' SANDWICH SPREAD 1 Hi I At All Grocers Nalley's Pars Poods Co. Vancouver, B. C. Sey. -981 Trln. 6435 CAMPBELL & GRILL 1036-8 SEYMOUR STREET FURNACE INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS X-CELL BATTERIES SS psr cent, a B.C. product; only new material.—new Trail lea-, boxes, etc—are nssd In tbe manufacture of I-C..L BATTERIES. CANADA LEAD PRODUCTS, Ltd. 33SS Main Street; Fairmont IMS After S o'Clock Phone Fraser 703I.-1 Day Phone I Fraser 167 Frank Parsons AX* FLORIST Wreaths and Wedding- Bouquets Made Up Oreenhouses 70S9 Wales Rd., Vancouver I. L. P. Notes^ The • organizing committee are pushing ahead with plans to form branches in the different wards of the city. This is a very ambitious scheme, and is to be commended, because when election time comes we will'havethe nucleus of a large body of willing workers to assist in the campaign, if not with money, with time and labor, without which no election can be fought and won. At the next general election Labor should be represented to contest every seat and we would if only the worker would realize that it is only from within that relief from the unendurable situation will come. This economic crisis should be sufficient illustration for any man to realize the futility of expecting any-' thing from these capitalistic puppets. Witness the spectacle of the House at Victoria voting themselves additional money out of the incomes of the boys and girls and the lowest paid workers, with which they can put their friends to work on • commission for this and a commission for that. Men who the common peo- pleo have elected are doing . this under the guise of balancing the budget. Propaganda Meetings The "Symposium" which was held instead of having a special speaker was a success. Several speakers gave a brief resume of "How and Why I Became a Socialist." These were very interesting, and to those students of propaganda who attended they must have gathered some good seed with which to sow on the already prepared ground, but as yet devoid of those signs by which we know the germ of socialism has taken root. Never in the history of man has there been such- an abundance of the right kind of material just waiting to be guided along the socialistic highway. ■ Comrade Skinner is the speaker at the next meeting, on April 3rd. ,-His subject, "Money or the Gold Standard," is one that should appeal to every thinking comrade. I have heard Mr* Skmner and I can tell you that he is well worth hearing. He makes this subject, .which is so much to the fore nowadays, so interesting, and presents it so concisely and clearly that to omit to attend this meeting is to neglect your education. —C. F. P. and just see and hear the type of gentlemen which the people have sent to Victoria as their representatives; . Happiness is largely a matter of refusing to want what you can't get. PIT TO PALACE There is no more romantic figure in the British Isles than Mr. James Brown, M.P., whose appointment as Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has just been approved,- for the third time, by the King. Mr. Brown,, who spent nearly half his life in the pits, still lives in a miner's cottage at Annbank, Ayrshire. By virtue of his exalted office, he drives in state with a cavalry escort through Edinburgh when the Assem- under-whichli£"bu'^^^ . -g_-_i;_}sr«'v™cr^-1)eihg^aFried on, "W-f18*™' And he resides at-the Royal Palace of Holyrood. - . APPRECIATIVE The Bore: I passed by your place yesterday. t The Bored: Thank., awfully* Pace Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, March 27th, 1931 "BUILD B.C. PA-ROMS The IBEe-SSITT) Quality m of Rich Cream SOME months ago a patron was kind enough to write In, and he said this very nice thing about 1'aclflc Milk. He wrote: "Paclflc Milk Is an all-purnose cream." Thatls a big, important statement, for cream Is cream, and when It oan be obtained at really low cost a great beneflt to thausandH of people has been secured. Pacific Milk Factory at Abbot,ford, B. C. 100 'per cent. British Columbia Owned and Controlled Union-Made Shoe s CORNETT BROS A CLARK 33 BAST HASTIITOS STREET Fldrshetm, Strlders, C. B. A C. Men's and Youth's. WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths. A Lesson from History It would have surprised a citizen of Preston or Blackburn or Rochdale or Oldham to be told in the winter of 1862 that the Cotton Famine was the best thing that had ever happened to his native town: Over a million people depended on the cotton industry, which was half paralyzed. In Blackburn 15,000 workers were unemployed and 36,000 persons were living on legal or < charitable relief. In Preston the figures were still higher. In Rochdale more than half the population was in this condition. By Christmas of that year the unemployed cotton workers were estimated at about a quarter of a million,, and half a million people were receiving relief. The Poor Rates had trebled and Parliament had passed an Act to spread out the burden over larger areas. Vast sums had been raised by subscriptions. The distress of Lancashire had attracted sympathy from all parts of the world, for the world seemed to be watching a'terrible tragedy. Yet Blackburn, Old port drawn up for Villiers by Thomr as Bains put the case. "The towns which have sprung up so rapidly in Lancashire and Cheshire1 during the present century have generally been built without a plan, everyone, doing what seemed good in his own eyes, or what suited his own immediate interest. . . . Towns thuB built are necessarily irregular in form and deficient in many arrangements, and the present time would prove a favorable opportunity for , effecting great improvements." The Government sent to Lancashire a well- known engineer, Sir Robert Rawlin- son, the chief ' inspector under the Public Health Acts, and he reported that a million and a half could be spent very usefully on these purposes. He pointed out the difficulties in the way of proceeding under the existing law. A local authority had to proceed by private Bill or adopt the Local Government Act, and in either case there were delays and expenses. The Government, acting HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM ' TBE ONLY 100 PER CENT. UNION ICE CREAK IE THE CITY! PHONE: SEYMOUR 3090 Hazeftvood Creamery, Limited ham, Rochdale and Preston were all i on his advice, brought in a Bill to better places to live in after the enablf. local authorities to borrow at tragedy than before. * 3 .. per cent, and set aside ajnillion t,. _, ,. , , , .. ' and a quarter for -this purpose. The The English people, on whom this Bill was received With a general fav- ca amity had fallen had made a sen- 0r; a few members objected in the sational success of its commercial name of economy. But Cobden gave and industrial development, and had the Bill his strong support, and called treated everything else as relatively on the loeal authorities to act with unimportant. Hence it had been vjgor. .-It is ag important to devise found very-^fficult to secure any at-'mga-s of employment as to provide tention to the needs of civilization the -money. To keep these people for except such needs as were directly another twelve months in idleness served by economic progress. It was ewou|d be demoralizing to them, and only too easy to obtain money for | _ wouid aimogt prefei. _eeing them building railways, but it was very take a voyage over the Atlantic with difficult to obtain any money for the certainty of their coming back building sewers. A citizen of the new wnen the cotton trade recovers than industrial towns would have felt it; to see them languish thus in idle- THE ONLY UNION MADE SHOE and Repair Factory la British Columbia. W. J. HEADS 30 WEST CORDOVA BT. SET. 33-0 MEN'S SHOES PROM $4.98 UP. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronize (air employers and employ UNION LABOR. ' Classified Ads. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS Wallls W. Lefsaux, 403 Metropolitan Building-. Phone Soy. 6667. BATHS Hastings Stsam Baths Price 380 Only 766 Hastings Street East DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Rati*..*, 108 Hastings Welt. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. Bengough Labor Head quart-rs. PRINTERS r,abur Statesman, Labor Headquarters. RUPTURE SPECIALIST c. B. Heard 812 Robson. CHALLENGING MOSLEY The National Labor Party'is to challenge directly the Mosley M.P.'s in their own constituencies. Mr. George R. Shepherd, the National agent, will be in Birmingham, and during the week-end will be in close consultation with the local Labor Party organizations in Smehwick, Aston and Dudley. At these meetings the preliminary steps will be taken to place official Labor candidates in the field against the secessionist M.P.s and to organize a scries of demonstrations in the constituencies affected to be addressed by Cabinet Ministers and other Srominent Labor M.P.s. — Daily [erald. ROCKEFELLER'S DEALS 4 And here is an entry which gives \ • us an idea of how the Rockefellers *■'■ made their millions: '"* "March 28, 1922, Washington, D. J. Macmillan said: \ "I have bought 3,000 shares of N-?w Haven today through Prentice and Slepach, through whom Percy Rockefeller does his business. The tip is that it is going to 35, and will have a tremendous upshoot. "Percy XRockefeller made big money both ways. He made 40,000,- ■ 000-dollars on the upswwrff-af-stoeks, and $25,000,000 on the downswing. He had the largest short interest of anybody." an outrage that his town was not put into touch with the centres of industry by the new railways, but he was scarcely moved by the filth in its streets, or its lack of drains and water. The state of Newcastle, as Palmerston said, might make a civilized man shudder, but in that case there were not a great many civilized people among the well-to-do classes of Newcastle. England, described by Boulton in the twenties as steam- mill mad, was now railway mad. De- lane, who fought a gallant fight against the predominant spirit of the time,'said that Macaulay's New Zea- lander would find that England had brought herself to thc verge of bankruptcy by building railways when 300 streets in a rich district of the metropolis were without a sewer, and that the Great Plague would revive for want of half the money that was readily forthcoming for a railway or a mine in France or Germany. Everybody wanted to put his money into railways and few people wanted any money put into health or education. Those few fought an uphill battle against the forces of property and industry: forces well represented in the House of Commons by George Hudson, called by his admirers the Railway King'and,'by Carlyle the Big Swollen Gambler. "The Times" said that railways were his meat and drink, and in that unfortunately he was not peculiar. In 1848 a Public Health Bill was put on the Statute Book after a prolonged struggle, but it was very difficult to get public authorities to sjjrqnd any money on civilizing their towns or to get public men to recommend it. The nation had been told the terrible truth about its towns by the Health of Towns' Commission, which had reported that, out of fifty towns examined', only'six had decent water, and not one had decent drains, but Parliament had been slow to give local authorities effective powers and still slower to give them effective help. All that the taxpayer was asked to do was to lend money at five per cent. It is not surprising that towns which spent so little on necessities spent, as a rule, nothing on amenities. The largest of the industrial towns lived at a lower level than a small-sized town under the Antonines in respect of the grace, beauty and happiness of its public life. A citizen of a Roman town in Spain or Gaul would have been ashamed of the mean lopk of Manchester or Leeds. Some years ago there was a craze for starvation as a tonic of the system, for it was held that "Che phagocytes, deprived of their natural employment, looked about them for food and scavenged in turn the several organs of the body. The Cotton Famine served this purpose in Lancashire. In 1863 the Government of the 'day represented by C. P. Villiers at the Poor Law Board and Sir George Grey at the Home Office decided that some employment must be found for the cotton workers, and they turned to the? neglected towns. It wa s obvious to anybody who thought about them that there was plen%ta<r.-scope* if it was once admitted that drains, streets, parks and ' water—had some relation to the hap-1 piness and comfort of man. A re- ness." In the following year further provision was made and altogether nearly two millions was so spent. The figures of this experiment look insignificant today. In Rawlinson's report in 1863 the number of persons employed was put at between 7,000 and 8,000, representing with their families some 38,000 persons. According to Kay Shuttleworth's estimate the number of men and youths out of. work was 50,000, the number of boys and girls being 75,000, and of women 125,000), In his report of 1864 Rawlinson said that the scheme had provided sustenance for from 30,000 to 50,000 persons. The cotton workers, unaccustomed to spade work, were mixed with skilled men and worked under careful superintendence, and Rawlinson report-' ed that they had been unexpectedly versatile. Nor does the sum spent, j amounting in all to two millions, make a very impressive figure. Yet the results were astonishing. Rawlinson, writing when the experiment was in progress, said: "Many of the chief towns of the district will be remodelled. In Blackburn, where public works afforded employment to nearly 1,000 operatives, who were thereby'enabled to maintain themselves and their families during the whole of last winter, £36,000 has been already expended; 18,086 lineal yards of sewers have been constructed and 51,388 yards of paving and flagging provided-" the public park has been greatly improved; the bed of the river, which was in a very foul condition, has been cleansed - and pitched with stone, and some miles of streets have been reformed." In his next report he said:^ "The public works undertaken in Lancashire will, when executed, promote sanitary arrangements to an extent which it is not possible to describe fully in this report." The sum was spread over some fifty-five towns and districts. Blackburn, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Bolton either made parks for the first time or improved such parks as they had, and nearly half a million was spent on sewers. To understand what a change an expenditure that looks today so modest could make in the Lanacash're towns we must remember that when Tom Taylor, the well-known editor of "Punch," who was at one time Secretary to the Board of Health, gave evidence before the Sanitary Commission in 1.869, he said that the sums borrowed by local authorites for these purposes under the Public Health Acts during the ten years 1848-1858 cam* to less than three millions. The amount spent on these objects in such towns at Blackburn and Ashton-under-Lyne during these two years exceeded the whole of the debuthey had incurred before that time. Our position today differs in many respects from that of England in 1862. But today it is true as it was then that "the law of England wisely and justly provides that the destitute poor shall be fed, whether they can be employed or not." Today a De- lane noting our patience with the slums in the town and- the cottage famine in the country would think that we had been as mad about motor roads as his age about railroads. Today if a Rawlinson travelled over England, he would report that our new roads might be made less disfiguring by planting, that we are still woefully poor in playgrounds, that in 1924 the Ministry of Health reported that only a quarter of our villages had a piped water supply, and that in town and country alike the housing problem is still acute. He would report that whereas at that time the unemployed were chieflly cotton workers, they now include bricklayers, miners, and laborers of every kind. If Cobden were in Parliament he might repeat his summons to the local authorities to be bold in embarking on sueh improvements as are urgently needed, in the interest of the men who languish in idleness. It would surely not pass the wit of man to devise a method of using some of the great mass of unemployed workers to make England a better place to live in, that would not bring our national finances to catastrophe.—J. L. Hammond in "The New Statesman and Nation." SLASH INSURANCE RATES TO STOP FORCED ACTION Toronto, Ont. — Threatened by government action, insurance companies operating in Ontario have made reductions in rates that will mean savings to automobile owners estimated at $500,000 a year. 1 A royal commission recently found . that rates are too high and recom- | mended the government move to bring them down. Before it got in motion, however, the companies announced reductions, indicating that j the charges of profiteering were well ' founded. CHEEK U ,_..—.-« Thi. a-ycrta-moit is not puMuhed or displayed by the Liquor Omtrol Beard or by the Government of British Columbia. -" , * ■■■~-iT ■ -.:. ■s; ""-■.l.tm-B, Friday, March 27th, 1931 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven Union Bakeries Delicious Bakery Onion-made Bread and Pastry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7tfc Ave. E. When Better Cakes and Pastries axe Made, Wall Make -_ta_l Golden Rule Bakery CO., MB. . TWO ADDRESSES: tUl £r"»*"-l«» S»- - Sey. 8656 820 Robson St. . Sey. 2641 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! 1 Bakeries McQavIn Ltd., 2106 W. Broadway. Taxicabs Commercial Taxi Cab Co. Checker Taxicab Co., Ltd. ___ _— Dairies J I Steves Dairy. .024 West 12tli.' Crystal Dairy, 1802 Commercial. Restaurants chocolate Shop, Hastings St. . .National Lunch, 776 Oranvllle. Trocadoro Cafe, lf>6 West Hastings St Waldorf Cafe, 616 West Pender St. White Lunches, Hastings-Granville. Printers Clarke A Stuart Co.. Ltd., 550 Seymour Street. Murphy & Chapman, 569 .Seymour St. Rose, Cowan & Latta, 748 Seymour Street. .1. W. Boyd. Ltd.. 112 West Hastings Street. Tailors O. A. Collard, 603 West Hastings S». Orchestras National Juvenile Band. Theatres Avenue Theatre, 711 Main Street Royal Theatre. Bast Hasting Street. The Deadly Home Home is a dangerous place, remarks "The Ohio Health News" (Columbus). More than half thc deaths due to falls, in Ohio during the first ten months of 1930, occurred . in the home, where safety should begin. Fifty per cent of the fatal falls were among persons past middle- age, which would indicate that educational campaigns for safety must be emphasized in the home, among citizens in this age group. It goes on: "Many falls were contingent upon poor illumination and ill-designed stairways, or due to falling out of bed, in bathtubs, from stepladders, over1 chairs, from porches, on loose carpets, and out of windows. "Many of the falls were preventable, including a large proportion due to personal carelessness; but a large number were influenced by inherent faults of mechanical or structural detail. "Death records filed with the State Division of Vital Statistics, (Hiring the past sixteen years, showed 35 per cent, increase in the number of deaths from falls, of which 52 per cent, were males and 48 per cent, females. In 1914 there were fifty- eight males and forty-two females in every 100 fatalities. Male deaths continued to predominate each year until 1922, when women took the lead. It is interesting to note that deaths from this cause among women have increased more rapidly than male deaths until, in 1929, analysis of every 100 fatal falls showed fifty- one women and forty-nine men. This percentage is significant in view of the fact that population percentages are fifty-one male and forty-nine females. ' "The first ten months of 1980 developed records of 1,209* deaths due to falls, with 609 in the home, 142 in industry, and 205 in the streets, around the premises, and in/public places. In 2J51 reports, the place of accident was'not indicated./ "Cause of the. accident was given on 196 records as falling downstairs; on fifty-five as falling' from ladder or scaffold; on sixteen as falling from or over chairs;7thirteen persons fell from trees and died, and ,__W8|5_p>6ve*tripped Star carpets""-.' rugs in the home. /On 904 records this detail of the. accident was omitted." '" "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" Gradually, as he pondered over it, Harlow began to comprehend the meaning of the destruction of the two rblls of paper. Slyme was doing the- paperhanging piecework — so much for each roll hung. Four of the rooms upstairs hail been done with the same pattern, and Hunter had evidently sent more paper than was necessary. By getting rid of these two rolls, Slyme would be able to make it appear that he had hung two rolls more than was really the case. He had broken them in order to be able to take them away from the house without detection, and had hidden them up the chimney until an opportunity of so doing presented itself. Harlow had just arrived at this solution of the problem when, hearing the lower flight of stairs creaking, he peeped over and observed Misery crawling up, with the object of discovering someone who had stopped work before the proper time. Passing the two workmen without speaking, he ascended to the next floor and entered the- room where Slyme was working. "You'd better not do this room yet," said Hunter, "there's to be a new grate and mantelpiece put in." He crossed over to the fireplace and stood looking at it thoughtfully for a few minutes. -It's not a bad little grate, you know, is it?" he remarked. "We'll be. able to use it somehow or other." "Yes, it's all right," said Slyme, whose heart was beating like a steam hammer. "Do for a front room in a cottage," continued Misery, stooping down to examine it more closely. "There's, nothing broke that I can see." He put his hand against the register and vainly tried to push it open. "H'm, there's something wrong 'ere," he remarked, pushing harder. "Most likely a brick or some plaster fallen down," gasped Slyme, coming to Misery's assistance. "Shall I try to open it?" "Don't trouble," replied Nimrod, rising to his feet. "It's most likely what you say. I'll see that the new grate is sent up after dinner. Bundy can fix it this afternoon and then you can go on papering as soon as you like." With this Misery went out of the room, downstairs, and away from the house, and Slyme wiped the sweat from his forehead. Then he knelt down, and, opening the register, he took out the broken rolls of paper and hid them up the chimney of the next room. While he was doing this the sound of Crass's whistle thrilled through the house. "Thank Gord!" exclaimed Philpot, fervently, as he' laid his brushes on the top of his pot and joined in the general rush to thc kitchen, the luxurious banqueting hall of the workers. The floor was unswept and littered with dirt, scraps of paper, bits of plaster, pieces of lead pipe and dried mud; and, in the midst, stood the steaming bucket of stewed tea and the collection of cracked cups, jam jars, and condensed milk tins. On the upturned pails, planks, and dresser drawers sat the men in their shabby ragged clothing, eating their coarse food, cracking their coarser jokes, contented so long as they had plenty of work, something to eat, someone else's ' cast-off clothing to wear, convinced that the good things of life were not for the likes of them, or for their children either. "Wot's become of the Professor?" asked the man who sat on an upr turned pail in the corner, referring to Owen, who had not yet come down from his work. , ' r "P'raps 'e's preparing 'is sermon," remarked Harlow, with a laugh." "We ain't 'ad no lectures from 'im lately, since 'e's been on that room," observed Easton, " 'ave we?"' "D n good job, too!" exclaimed Sawkins. "It kives me the pip to 'ear 'im, the same old thing, over and over again." \ "Poor ole Frank," remarked Harlow, . " 'e does upset 'isself about things, don't 'e?" "Moore fool 'im," said Bundy. "I'll take b good care I don't go worryin' myself to death like 'e's doin' about such d rot as that." ■ "I do, believe that's wot makes 'im look so bad as 'e does," observed Harlow; "several times this morning I couldn't help noticing the way 'e kept on coughing." . , "B -'■.. ■ rot, I call it," chimed in the man on the pail. "Wot the. 'ell's the use of the likes of us troublin' Sur.-___i_*-otrt politics?" "Oh, I don't see that," replied Harlow. "We've got votes and we're really the people what control the affairs of the country, so I reckon we ought to take some interest in it; but at the same time, I can't see no sense in this 'ere Socialist wrangle that Owen's always takin' about." "Nor nobody else; either," said Crass, with a jeering laugh. "Even if all the b-—r- money in the world was divided out equal," said the man on the pail profoundly, "it wouldn't be no good! In six months' time it would be all back in the same 'amis again." "Of course," said everybody. "But 'e 'ad a cuff the.other day about money bein' no good at all," observed Easton. "Don't you remember 'e said as money was the principal cause of poverty?" "So it is the principal cause, of poverty," said Owen, who entered at that moment. "Hooray!" shouted Philpot, leading off a cheer which the others took up. "The Professor 'as arrived and will now proceed to say a few remarks." A roar of merriment greeted this sally. "Let's 'ave our dinner first, for C sake," appealed Harlow, with mock despair. As Owen, having filled his cup with tea, sat down in his usual place, Philpot rose solemnly to his feet and, looking round the company, said: "Genelmen, with your kind permission, as soon as the Professor 'as finished 'is dinner 'e .will deliver ,'is well known lecture, entitled: 'Money, the Principal Cause of being 'ard up,' proving as money ain't no good to nobody. At the hend of the lecture a collection will be took up to provide the lecturer with a little encouragement." Philpot resumed his seat amid cheers; As soon as they had finished eating, some of the men began to make remarks about the lecture, but Owen only laughed and went on reading thc piece of newspaper that his dinner had been wrapped in. Usually most of the men went out for a walk after dinner, but, as it happened to be raining that day, they were determined, if possible, to make Owen fulfil the engagement made in his name by Philpot. "Let's 'oot 'im," said Harlow, and. the suggestion was at once acted upon; howls, groans, and catcalls filled the air, mingled with cries of "Fraud!" "Impostor!" "Give us our money back!" "Let's wreck the 'all!" and so on. "Come on 'ere," cried Philpot, putting his hand on Owen's shoulder. "Prove that money is the cause of poverty." "It's one thing1 to say it and another to prove it," sneered Qrass. "Money is the real cause of poverty," said Owen. Prove it," repeated Crass.' "Money is the cause of poverty because it is the device by which those who are too lazy to work are enabled to rob the workers of the fruits of their labor." "Prove it," cried Crass Owen slowly folded up the piece of newspaper he had been reading and put it into his pocket. "All right," he replied, "I'll show you how the Great Money Trick is worked." Owen opened his dinner basket and took from it two slices of bread, but, as these were not sufficient, he requested anyone who had some bread left tp give it to him. They gave him several pieces, which he placed in a heap on a clean piece of paper, and, having borrowed the pocket knives they used to cut and eat their dinners with from Easton, Harlow, and Philpot, he addressed them as follows: * J '.,:*' "These pieces "of bread represent the raw materials which exist naturally in and on the earth for the use of mankind; they were not made by any human being, but were created by the Great Spirit for the-benefit and sustenance of all, as were the air and the light of the sun." "You're about as fair 'speakin' a man as Tye met for some time," said Harlow, winking at the others. "Yes, mate," said Philpot, "anyone would agree to that much; it's as clear as mud." '*Now," continued Owen. "I am a capitalist; or, rather, I represent the landlord and capitalist class. That is to say, all these raw materials belong to me. It does not matter for our present argument how I obtained possession of them, or whether I have any real right to them; the only thing that matters now is the admitted fact that all the raw materials which are necessary for the production of the necessities of life are now the property of the Landlord and Capitalist Class. I am that class: all these raw materials belong to me;" Demand VAN BROS.' PURE APPLE CIDER LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST THE ONLY UNION SOFT DBINK FIRM IN VANCOUVEB: PHONE: HIGH 90 1055 VERNON DRIVE _ B. HARRON Pbone N. V. 1-1 . North Vancouver J. A. HATtRON I'hone Fair. 134 55 Tenth Ave E. O, M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 1S4 Jj5 Tenth Ave. E. f arrnn Iroa. Sc Vttluutiaon FUNERAL DIRECTORS * 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE . PHONE FAIR. 134 "Only Union Pish and Chips Is British Columbia" Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believln. one rsmedy for unemployment Is __• short-r work w*«k, all onr girls ars now working- Ave days psr tree*, without reduction OI wages. 44 HASTINGS WEST 2 Boors West of "Pant-.ss" "Good enough," agreed Philpot. "Now ypu three represent the Working Class: you have nothing. And, for my part, although I have all these raw materials, they are of no use to me; what I need is the things that can be made out of these raw materials by Work. But, as I am' too lazy to work myself, I have invented the Money Trick to make you work for me. But first I must explain that I possess something else besides the raw materials. These three knives represent all the machinery of production: the factories', tools, railways and so forth, without which the necessaries of life cannot be produced in abundance. And these three coins" —taking three halfpennies from his pocket—"represent my-Money Capital. "But, before we go any further,'.' said Owen, interrupting himself, "it is most important that you remember that I am not supposed to be merely 'a' capitalist, I represent the whole Capitalist Class; you are not supposed to be just three workers, you represent the whole Working Class." "All right, all right," said Crass impatiently, "we all understands that. Git on with it." Owen now proceeded to cut up one of the slices of bread into a number of little square blocks. "These -represent the things which are produced by labor, aided by machinery, from the raw materials. We will suppose that three of these blocks represent a week's work. We will suppose that a week's work is worth one pound, and we will suppose that each of these ha'pennies is a sovereign. We'd be able to do the trick better if we had real sovereigns, but I forgot to bring any with me." "I'd lend you some," said Philpot, regretfully, "but I left me purse on our grand pianner." Owen now 'addressed himself to the working classes as represented by Philp6t, Harlow and Easton. "You say that you are all in need of employment, and, as I am the kind-hearted capitalist class, I ! am going to invest all my money in various industries so as to give you plenty of work. I shall pay each of you one pound per week; you must each produce.three of these square blocks to represent a week's work. For doing this work you will each receive your wages; the money will be your own-to do as you like with, and the things you produce will of course be. mine, to do as I like with. You will each take one of these machines and, as soon as you have done a week's work, you shall have your money." The Working Classes accordingly set to work, and the Capitalist Class sat down and watched them. As soon as they had finished, they passed the nine little blocks of bread to Owen, who placed them on a piece of paper by his side and paid the workers their wages. "These blocks represent the necessaries of life. You can't live without some of these things, but, as they belong to me, you will have to buy them from me. My .price for these blocks is one pound each." As the working classes were in need of the necessaries of life, and; as they could not eat, drink, or wear the useless money, they were compelled to agree to the kind Capitalist's terms. They each bought back and at once consumed one-third of the produce of their labor. The capitalist class also devoured two of the square blocks, and so the net result of the week's work was that the kind Capitalist' had consumed two pounds'worth-of the things produced by the labor of others, and* reckon^ ing the squares _t their market value of one pound each, he had more than doubled hi»» capital ,'*'<»f'*'Wt_t*uT possessed the. three pounds in money and, in addition, four pounds' worth of goods. As for the working classes, Philpot, Harlow, and Easton, having each consumed the pound's worth of necessaries they had bought with their wages, they were again in precisely the same condition as when .they started work.—they had nothing. This process was repeated several times: for each week's work the producers were paid their wages. They kept on working and spending all their earnings. The kind-hearted Capitalist consumed twice as much as anyone of them and his pile of wealth continually increased. In a little while—reckoning the "little squares at their market value,of one pound each—he was worth about one hundred pounds, and the working classes were still in the same condition as When they began, and were still tearing into their work as if their lives depended upon it—as, in fact, tH-y did. After a while the rest of the crowd began to laueh, and their merriment increased when tbe kind- hearted Capitalist, just after having sold a pound's worth of necessaries to each of his workers, suddenly took their tools—the Machinery of Production—the knives —■ away from them, and informed them that as, owing to Over-production, all his storehouses were glutted with the necessaries of life, he had decided to close down the works. • "Well, and what the b 'ell are we to do now?" demanded Philpot. "That's not my business," replied the kind-hearted Capitalist. "I've paid you your wages, and provided you with Plenty of Work for a long time past. I have no more work for you to do at present. Come round again in a few months' time and I'll see what I can do for you." "But, what about the necessaries of life?" demanded Harlow. "We must have something to eat." "Of course you must," replied the Capitalist, affably, "and I shall be very pleased to sell you some." "But we ain't got no rponey!" "Well, you can't expect me to give you my goods for nothing! You didn't work for me for nothing, you know. I paid you for your work and you should have saved something; you should have been thrifty, like me. Look how I have got on by being thrifty!" The unemployed looked blankly at each other, but the crowd only laughed; and then the three unemployed began to abuse the kind- hearted Capitalist, demanding that he should give them some of the necessaries of life that he had piled up in his warehouses, or to be allowed to work and produce some more for their own needs; and they even threatened to take some of the things by force if he did not comply" with their demands. But the kind-hearted Capital told them not to be insolent, and spoke to them about honesty, and said if they were not careful he would have their faces battered in for them by the police, or, if necessary, he would call out the military and have them shot down like dogs. "Of course," continued the kind- hearted Capitalist, "if it were not for foreign competition, I should be able to sell these things that you have made, and then I should be able to give you plenty of work again. But, until I have sold them to somebody or other, or until I have used them myself, you will have to remain idle." • "Well, this takes the b biskit, don't it?" said Harlow. (Continued next week) "It is only too true tbat a girl's ideal isoften sj^tter_^"'_ug*__a___rit- er. More often he's just broke.— The Humorist (London/. <_" mm—""ass* He W.« Ffast-r->- A builder who was speaking in- public, .for "the .first time said: "I am unaccustomed to public speaking. My proper place is on the scaffold." / '--f' •age Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, March 27th, 1931 DICK'S Stylish Spring Suits FINE ENGLISH WORSTEDS WITH 2 PAIRS OF PANTS HandHomely tailored West of England Worsteds, In a wide array of snappy patterns and popular shades of blue, brown, tan or grey. The models represent the last , word in style, For appearance and durability this suit, with 2 pairs of pants, wlll£*)A AA give the greatest o'AJII.UU ..',tii;f:l,'ll,ill ▼l*Tf-™* satisfaction. William sSgU Llinited Yonr Money's Worth or Tour Money Back HASTINGS AT HOMER For ! Printing of P\ QUALITY. SPEED AND SERVICE done in a Union Shop, send your printing to A. H. Timms 236 14th Ave. E„ Vancouver A. A. Brookhouse, (late of Cowan & Brookhouse) Shop Superintendent. Fair. 205 «•©_ Fair. 1372 We Import All Onr Woollens Plr-ct! Ho Two Bolts Alike I Hartle Bros., Ltd. TAILORS THE HIGHEST GRADE OF CLOTHING MADE. A Special Department for Uniforms as Supplied to tb* City anil B. 0. Electric. 663 SEYMOUR ST., VANCOUVER (Opposite Hudson's Bay) PHONE: BET. 1790 Oood Union Men an coming- baok ag-aln and again to sat at Art's Dairy Lunch "Service with a Smile" 445 ABBOTT ST., VANCOUVEB (Next to Lotus Hotel) SMOKE I "Iwanna"5(» Cigar 100% l.'nion Made Also 3 for -So and 2 tot _5c O. 3. Girrard, prop. Hurts ft Oo. Douglas 4306 NEW SHOES FOR OLD! —Bring- 'sm In on yonr way to work, and call for them on th* •if home. FraserShoeRepairCo. "Better Repairs for Less" 191 Hast Hastings (Opp. library) Swap Column Advertisements will be published free for the next few weeks, until further notice. Send in name an. address and phono number, and replies will be forwarded. SWAP—PAIR OF THIGH RUBBER BOOTS—Size 9, for carpenter tools; never been worn. Box 8, Labor Statesman, or Bayview 1230-X. SWAP—New Congoleum Rug, 9 ft. x 10 ft. 6 in.; never been used; for lawn mower. Box 9, Labor Statesman. KITCHEN RANGE WANTED—A reader would like to buy a good kitchen range, Fawcett preferred. It must be in good condition. No dealers. Phone Fraser 422Y1. Beverage Dispensers' Smoker Friday, April 3 The Beverage Dispensers' Local Union is holding its fifth annual smoker on Friday evening, April' 3rd, in the Eagles Hall at 535 Home'r street. This will be in the form of a Ye Olde Time Smoker, one that has always 'been enjoyed by everybody. The usual high class talent will supply the vaudeville stunts and the rest of the program has been arranged to make the evening one of complete satisfaction to everybody. Tickets are 50c. Don't forget the date, Friday, April 3rd. Twenty-eight years ago on Friday, April 3rd, the Beverage Dispensers' Union hung its charter in the old Labor Temple. The union was then known as Bartenders' Union, and International Secretary Bob Hesketh enjoyed the honor of presenting the charter. He was not international secretary then, but having obtained that office since, the local union feels somewhat proud of having had his services at that time. The old Labor Temple was situated, at that time, only a few doors from where the present union office is located and where the smoker is being held. The smoker will start at 7 p.m. and continue until 12 p.m. Musicians' Notes By Con Sordine I hear that "Roxy," of Rory's Theatre, New York, is co-operating with the musicians in that city to relieve a certain amount of the distress due to unemployment among musicians by putting on a dollar Symphony Concert every Sunday morning. He uses an orchestra of 200 players. The concert is broadcast, and may be heard locally through KOMO between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, Sunday mornings. The Roxy Theatr.e is one of the largest in the States, and the crowds show they appreciate the opportunity to hear good music by jamming the place to the doors every concert. Unfortunately, there is only one Roxy and one Roxy's Theatre. » * .» It is reported that Montreal Musicians' Local is curbing the extra- scholastic activities of college orchestras. ~ " * * » The directors of our Benevolent Society recently gave an interim report oh the standing the Society, when it was learned that the Society's affairs were in a satisfactory and healthy condition. No Trouble About Feeding Livestock Dominic Police (yes, that is the right name) was sent to jail for an infraction of one of our many laws. He owned a ranch a^ 57th and ,Main. street,, upon Which were six cows, two horses, chickens, rabbits, etc. Somebody had to keep-these while he was in jail, so the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals stepped in and took on the job of feeding the livestock. The bill has already amounted to $50 and now the S. P. C. A. is trying to find out if it can collect for the services. We arc not interested in whether they can collect or not, all we are interested in is why < it is that livestock can be taken care of in a cityxlike Vancouver while destitute unemployed have to shift for themselves. When some citizen gets into a position of not being able to purchase food, there has never yet been a rush to provide the sufferer with sustenance. After all kinds of investigations and a whole lot of red tape, the unemployed and his family might get a sack of groceries, but if the inspectors are not satisfied with the answers, the unemployed takes pot-luck at getting something to eat. This condition prevails all over,the world, and stands out as an almost unbelievable monument to present civilization. Let us hope that some day any person who is willing to work will be provided with the necessaries of life irrespective of their circumstances. Fred Dixon. Winnipeg. Passes to Great Beyond The death of Fred J. Dixon of Winnipeg on Wednesday has removed from our midst one of the most sterling and upright men that has evei"*cast his lot with the workers, says the Weekly News. Mr." Dixon will long be remembered for his opposition to conscription and his masterly handling of his own case in the Courts of Manitoba when he was charged with sedition for his activities during the 1919 strike. He was the leader of the Independent Labor Party and was elected to the Provincial Legislature when 10 members were elected for Winnipeg by the greatest majority ever polled by any candidate before or since. Mr. Dixon was always on the firing line for the advancement of the cause of the workers till his health broke down and he had to retire to private life. He suffered the loss, by death, of his wife, son and daughter, yet despite all this affliction he faced, the world with undaunted courage—never admitting defeat. LOOKING FOR TROUBLE! Mr. "Willie" Adamson, the Secretary of State for Scotland, has planned to spend this week-end "looking for trouble!" *. . The scene of his activities as sleuth is to be in the fisheries of the Moray Firth, where there have been serious complaints- against the foreign trawlers. Mr. Adamson, himself a miner and the son of a miner, knows that workers knbw their own job best, and he intends-to,learn at first hand from the Scottish fishermen all about their grievance. Grave Issues Face Federal Parliament By J. A. P. HAYDEN Wth ibe nation facing what is perhaps the most serious depression in its history, parliament will be urged to deal with problems of the first importance. The Old Age Pension Act will be amended so the Dominion will assume 95 per cent, of the costs, instead of 50 per cent, as at present. This is expected to bring about the establishment-of old age pensions in all parts of Canada. Grants to the provinces for technical eduction, suspended two years ago, will be restored. Should the courts decide the issue of jurisdiction some sort of legislation will be introduced respecting nationalization of the radio. Although the tariff was increased on a large number of articles at the emergency session last September, it is expected that the entire schedule will be revised upwards. This will precipitate a great battle. Premier Bennett recently announced that requests had been received for increases in about 1,200 items. Talking Economy There will be a treasury deficit of about $100,000,000 and the government is talking about enforcing a policy of strict ecopomy. That sounds statesmanlike, but, of course, there immediately arises the question of what expenditures shall be curtailed in order to effect economy. CASES IN COURT .;-.'-•. Linton, Ind. — Twenty-three wdows of; miners Who lost their"iives \ the Little Betty mine on January 28th are to share $115,000—$5,000 - for the life of the head of each family. Five widows"j;a._e&,8re yet to be -__fth__ a"ri(Tnumerous cases of dependents are still pending in courts. Light on the Subject A teacher in a LaGrande .(Oregon) schooTasked for' pupils to tell who the world's smartest man is and give the reasons. One urchin suggested Thomas Edison, "because he invented the pfeonogrirph and the radio so people could stay up all night and use his electric light bulbs." JAPANESE DANCE WAS WELL ATTENDED AFFAIR The Woman's Guild of the Camp and Mill Workers' Union had a splendid turnout at the dance held in St. James' Church gymnasium last Saturday. The committee are to be cqmplimented on the work done in connection with this. The union orchestra was quite popular, and the dancers, both young and old, were on the floor" all the time. Several' members of other unions and their friends attended the dance, and Mrs. Mollie Dolk, of the Tailors' Union, was called upon to say a few words, which she did, and complimented the ■Women's Guild on their work. rj» Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited Save Money on Drug Wants Tl\a original and largest Cut-rate Druggists la Western Canada Invito yon to try them for yonr Prescription or Drag. Wants, and not* tit* \ QUALITY, SERVICE and SAVINO. . miDAY AND 8ATUBDAY SPECIALS — MARCH 27th and _8_- .60 .o0 .SO .25 1.16 l.in. .;.o .so Uni Luxor Roug"e .-._.'. :... .38 Luxor Tissue Cream .36 Luxor Hand Cream .36 Turknlt Wash Cloths. 16 Poker Chips _ .12 Cashmere Bouquet Soap 17 .T»0 Colgate's Baby Talcum 17 25 Colgate's Handy Grip .50 Refills '. • 17- 1.00 Johnston's Liquid Wax: pints .56 .50 Elver-ready Blades .31 .-j & 1.00 Johnston's Floor Wax 1'aste; 3 and 1-lb _» «- .67 V.em Blades _» Handy Ann I.Ush Cloth J0» Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets 37 Shell"Dry Cleaner; 16-ox .__ Woodbury's Tooth Powder .... .17 Itenaud's Perfume _ 36 Co-re-ga ,•_** I'epsodent _*_> and .65 Vi-Tone 26 and .43 WE SAVB YOTJ MONEY. TELEPHONE YOUB WANTS VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STOBES—SIXTEEN IN THE CITY AT YOUB SEBVICE! OPENING SALE . Commemorating the opening of our fine new store, we offer the best values, ever recorded. 3-PIECE DAVENPORT BED SUITE Consists of Davenport Bed with loose cushion arms and two matching chairs, all covered with colorful repp. Saturday only .- CASH OR CREDIT! STEW CHAIN STOBE NO. 1 1062 GRANVILLE Control Your Expenses! 1 HE Royal Bank Budget Book will help you in the effective planning of your income—both in spending and in saving. ASK FOR A COPY The Royal Bank • of Canada -. " • Vancouver Branch - A. T. Lowe, Manager 11 Offices in Vancouver. 61 Branches in British Columbia MILL SHUT DOWN Croyden, Pa.—The Blue Moon full fashioned hosiery will is shut down tight as a result of the strike. Although not specifically called out, Blue Moon employees spontaneously quit. The management tried for a week to operate but finally gave up. _ rr_% ;__;,■ TOO MUCH WHALE OIL Washington.—Hunting whales by machine ejuns.nu/'factory" ships has resulted in an ovel»»jsred-etion, according to the Department of Com merce. APPROVE AGED PENSIONS * Charleston, W. V.yThe House of Representatives unanimously approved Senate Bill/Ujo., 4. which will create an old age pension for needy persons under/65 years of age. Maximum payment would, be $30 a month.' The measure now goes to the Governor. GAS TAX.FOR RELIEF Indianapolis. — Governor Leslie Jgned. a Jjttl". that authorized the Sta.e*"Aiiditor to make advance payment of gasoline tax funds to counties for unemployment relief.
Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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