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[The Labour Statesman]
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' ,. ' Shorter •Hours of work for labor will aid In making life and working conditions bettor for all who toll for • living. anor f /[ptfNED and gam*™™ Ef mVAMCODVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL |B_____B____^________________, ',**" * * ■ Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions Union Men of/Vaneoirror' «lis-~ trict earn half a million dollars each month, aad spend their wages at home with friends of Lahor. No. 379 VANCOUVER, CAN AD A,. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1931 FIVE CENTS PER COPY Harvard Professor Expects LaborUnionsto Triumph Say* Employers Overlook Human Costs in Mad Rush to Reduce Money Costs—Unions Are Great Need of All Workers _ „_ l_ By DR. SUMNER H. SLICHTER, Economist. Published by arrangement with Harvard Bnilness School alnmnl Bulletin. TJNDER THE TITLE of "The Significance of Trade Unionism" in „..„.,.th£ Harvard. Business School Alumni_.ilulle.tin, Dr.-Slkhtgr prints a calmly reasoned yet pointedly emphatic view in regard to unions, not usually taken by erudite men. He defines a wise business policy towards unions and predicts that the union movement will grow because ever more workers will insist upon participating in making the rules of the factory or shop where they toil. Strikes anil..revolts «f-workers are found far back in history bat only within the last two centuries, and especially within the last century, do we find wage earners maintaining more or less continuous organizations for the purpose of representing them in dealing with employers. Trade unions are just as much a distinctive feature of modern economic society as the corporation or the trade association. All over the world —in Mexico, Australia, South Africa, China, India, as well as in Europe and the United States—we find them: Of the 70 separate countries in the world, associations of wage earners have_oJb.tsined some importance in over 50, and great importance in er2TT. Since 1897; the number of trade unionists in the United States has increased from, 460,000 to approximately 3,900,000, or 14 per cent, of the non-agricultural wage earners, The degree of organization is, of course, very much greater in some branches of industry , than in others. In building construction, over two-thirds of the workers are organized; in manufacturing, about 10 per cent.; in mining, about one- third; in the transportation and public utility industries, somewhat more than one-third. Philosophic Background To the man in the street, the principal function of unions are to raise wages and reduce the working day. But-this conception misses the main significance of labor organizations. _ Primarily they are significant because of their relationship to the government of industry. In the early ages, sovereignty and property were not separated—the ownership of land carried with it many powers that have since.become functions of the state. The gigantic units of modern industry appear to be bringing about a revision to the days when the sovereignty was an attribute of property. With the ownership of property now goes the power to prescribe rules which affect employees as intimately as do the ordinances of the city in which they live, rules which prescribe when work shall begin, how long the men shall have for lunch, when work shall cease, for what reasons and how long employees may absent themselves without losing their jobs, whether rmy- • ment shall be by the day or by the piece, by whom and for what reasons a man may be discharged, how promotions and lay-offs shall be made. > Modern business enterprises, unlike feudal lords, do. aot have their own courts, but in, their control over dts- ' charge they have a rough equivalent. Wage earners have sought, through the organization of trade unions,- to resist the tendency of property to acquire sovereign or quasi-sovereign powers. Wherever trade unions have sprung up, they have sought to make shop rules a matter of joint determination and their administration a matter of joint control. In other words, in the place of despotism under which the word of the manager is final, unionism seeks to introduce the principle that decisions should be bated upon rules and that rules should be based upon the.consent of the governed. "~- " < Undoubtedly the greatest objection to labor organisations' on the part of management is that they Interfere with efficiency. To this objection there are Beveral answers. One ia that there are other things which are no less important than •efficiency. Among them are security and liberty. Indeed, in view of the rapid rate at which we have been increasing per capita productivity during the last hundred years nnd our failure to make ■ progress in tbe achievement of security, it is reasonable to conclude that security is far mora important than efficiency. We could well afford to exchange some of our efficiency for more, security. And the same holds true for liberty. I '■' '. -J-9—urity Invaluable --■;-•—■ Whether or not trade unions interfere with efficiency, they are the only means by which the workman in the vast enterprises of modern industry can acquire liberty and security. They are the only way in which he. ..can effectively bargain over whether he shall work- six days a i mnrlr»t week.or rive, dr whether he shalTBe paid by the piece or by the hour, over whether a change in conditions warrants a change in his piece rate. Likewise they are the only means through which the workman can acquire security, through which he can prevent the management from discharging him whenever it wishes. To [a substantial extent, security and liberty is partly a result of security. Only when men are protected against arbitrary discharge, dare they to express their aspirations, ideas, and grievances without dread of being heard by the foreman. Only through security do they acquire opportunity to criticize the management, to find fault with the way the plant is run, to talk freely about how they think it should be run—in other words, to ex- „^ __ _ ... „„„ .... Lpress-the same. sort, ol jdeas about I necessity of" maintaminga'nd improv I the mnnHirpmpnt nf Iho nlnnf that I : .ti _-*__., —» » »?:-•_-_ --* A.S.. the management of the plant that free citizens are accustomed to express about the government of the country. If these things interfere with production, the answer must he that they are well worth the cost. Human Values Upheld The assertion that trade unions) are indifferent or hostile to effic iency, raises the question:-"What is British Trade* Union Congress To Meet Soon London, Eng.—Unemployment insurance, operating industry on an economic plan witn adequate protection for tne workers in their living standards and the consumers against profiteering under the industrial reorganization, nationalization and public control of railroads and other forms of transportation, mines and minerals, and the building industries, and.effective trade union representation on the administrative boards of Government services, are among the »;—t. ,—g -.--; r- — _ --.- v ,.-_ major questions the British TradesI builders' ^employed on the. icebreaker ■,,~-- y? _, _.i,j„v, „„„<„ „> n«._I requested a wage rate increase of Union Cojigress, which meets at Bristol Ine first'week in September, will consider, according to the program of the General Council and resolutions already submitted by the affiliated unions. The General Council will submit two - master resolutions, one on un- employ ment-insurance aad-the other on economic planning. The General Council will reaffirm the British trade union movement's support of the policy of unemployment insurance as absolutely necessary for the protection of the masses against the inability of the owners of industry to provide, a r the lahnr power nf the | workers. The Council will insist that the present contributory scheme be abolished and that the cost of maintaining the unemployed be made a national charge met out of national taxation in the form of a special un employment levy on all incomes whether earned or derived from'interest and profit. On planned production and distribution the Council will tell the Congress that "nothing short of comprehensive planning of our economic development and effective regulation of our trading relations wil lsuffice to meet the needs of the present day." It will urge the Congress to support this policy and to take whatever practical steps are possible to advance it nationally and internationally, "keeping always in view the Nova Scotia Trade Unions Win $6485 Disputed Wage Award Members of the Machinists' Union and the Boilermakers' and. Iron Ship* builders' Union of Halifax, Nova Scotia, are jubiliant over their success in securing the allowance of their claim for over $6,000 for increased wages for work done on the Canadian Government ice breaker "N. B. MacLean" two years ago. In the spring of 1929 the machinists and boilermakers and' iron ship- requested a wage 10 cents an hours--The-Ganadian-De- part ment of Labor granted the increase. But the management of the shipyards, instead of paying the 10 cents an hour increase, paid a 10 per cent, increase. The Department of Labor ordered the company to refuse to do so, and under instructions from theTDepartmemT^brXaboT the Department of Marine withheld money due the company on this work. The money has been segregated in the Marine Department ever since. Recently Minister of Labor Gideon Robertson determined to have the matter definitely settled and brought it to the attention of the House of Commons at Ottawa. Consequently!' Fair Wage Officer Tom Martin, who has kept at the matter ever since 1929, received a check for $6,-185 to be distributed among the workers who were paid wages below the rate set by the Department/ of Labor. Some of the men, many of whom are out of jobs, receive from $150 to $200 from tha settlement. '-Among those who benefitted by the distribution of this money are some non-union men," says the Halifax Citizen./ "Do they realize that if it had not ben for the fight put up by the organized unions of the Machinists and the Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders the new rate would not Irave- been -established*" This is another striking illustration of the value of" the unions, and-it is to be hoped that the lesson will not be lost on those who at present do not hold union cards." ii"! IMoi^^ttFes Key Deefekmr"jg In Jobless Insurance Case ing the standard of living of the workers and the protection of the consumers against exploitation." The Transport ahd General Workers' Union presents a resolution calling on the Government to introduced suitable legislation to the end that when any industry is transferred from private to 'public ownership or control provision is made to insure efficiency:" .We'are'"accustomed to tha.t the workers, through their trade thinking of it in terms of money cost. That method of production is most efficient which yields a given output with the least expenditure of dollars; that enterprise is most efficient which has the lowest money costs. Trade unions are just as much interested in decreasing the costs of production as are managements, but the costs Which trade unions seek to reduce are the' human rather than the money costs—the fatigue, the monotony,' the injuries, the occupational diseases -which are part of the cost of production. In other words, trade unions are just as much interested in efficiency as are employers, but they measure ,it by a different test, by human costs rather than by money costs. From the standpoint of the com munity, neither the wage earner's nor the business man's conception of industrial efficiency is satisfactory. From the community's standpoint, efficiency must; include both low money costs and low human costs of production. At the . present time, managers struggle, hard to keep down money costs because they know that, if they fail, new managers will be hired. But there are no elaborate accounting systems and no expensive personnel for keeping track of human costs and, when these increase, the department heads are not called into the front office to explain. Real managerial efficiency will not be secured until management has just as strong an incentive to reduce human costs as it now has to reduce money costs. Here we see the need for strong labor organisations. Where labor is not organised, there is no one to hold management to account when human costs are unnecessarily high. Much of the management which today passes for efficient is not really such, because it achieves low money costs at the expense of high human costs.' Real efficiency will not be obtained until there are labor organisations which can compel executives to watch The advantage of a strong trade union in securing a square deal under unemployment insurance is illustrated by a recent experience of the Amalgamated Engineering Union of Great 'Britain. . ' The British unemployment insurance act prescribes that three days' consecutive unemployment shall entitle insured workers to unemployment benefits. "Customary or recognized holidays" are not included in the count. A_ firm employing a number of the members of the union had the habit of closing its works from two to seven days around Christmas. In 1930 the shut-down extended to seven days. Members of the union claimed that certain of these days should count for unemployment insurance. The local Court of Referees disallowed the claim. Officials of the union appealed the case to the Deputy Umpire, who decided that for the works in question "customary Christmas holidays" consists of two days only. The members of the union were therefore, entitled to unemployment insurance for five days out of the seven. "This aspect of the union's activities should be kept in the forefront when pointing out the advantages of association," declare the union officials in commenting on the Deputy Umpire's decision. Doak Favors 6-Hour Day and 5-Day Week Secretary of Labor Doak has come out flatly in favor of the 6-hour day and 5-day week in the United States. /"Before I became. Secretary of Labor I advocated a 6-hour day and a 5-day week for industry, and I am still of that opinion," Secretary Doak said. "Since we adopted a 5 Va -day week in the government departments we have been doing just as well in the Department of Labor. The work is done just as efficiently and it hasn't cost the government one cent additional. I think we would operate- just - ar <ff ieiently-withr a; Way - week." Trevelyan Hopes for Labor Majority Soon Non-unionists Bear Brunt of Present Wage-slashing Mania fully as stockholders now compel them to watch money costs. This is why it is highly probable that widespread organization of labor would promote, instead of injure, real industrial efficiency. (Continued on page 4) union representatives, shall have an adequate and direct share in the control and administration. ■The Miners' Federation of Great Britain demands the nationalization of mines and minerals, including byproducts, and declares that this should be one of- the first acts of a majority Labor Government. The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation insists that the iron and steel industry be reorganized on the | basis.of a public utility. The three railway unions—the Associated Society of Engineers and Firemen, the National Union of Railwaymen, and the Railway Clerks' Association—unite in asking the Congress to urge the Government to legislate in the next session of Parliament to take over, on fair terms, the railways and other transport undertakings and place them under a national transport authority. The Pattern Makers urge the Con gress to formulate a new workers' charter, comprising work or maintenance, a 40-hour week, workers' control of overtime, pay for holidays, adequate pensions at 60, and nationalization of the mining, railway and building industries. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters PBIDAY, AUOTJBT 14th Milk Salesmen, 464 ['lumbers and 'Steamfitters, 170..'. 1 Machinists, 111 1 Sheet Metal, 111 <■ 111 Blacksmiths :... Ill SATTJBDAY Bakers, 411 _ 1 MOeTBAY Electrical Workers, 111 _ 1 Boilermakers, 194 I-'ck Graders, 11 Painters* Committee* ..'..'* -Ill Cement Finishers Ill - TUESDAY Trades Council Lithographers ..£ .... WBDBBiOAY human costs just as closely and eare:[4ron Workers, it Elevator Constructors. 12 Mill and Factory Men, ir,99 . . Office Employees, 11,177.'- Slan Writers J »~AT, AUOUnT list Evidence that many employers are disregarding the United States administration's warning not to "rock the boat" by slashing wages while the country is floundering in the depression is pouring into the United States Department of Labor in a steadily increasing stream. Officials are reluctant to publicly discuss these- disagreeable developments, but they say in private conversation that bosses in all sections of the country are taking advantage of the hardships and sufferings of workers to drive hard bargains. This is especially true of unorganized workers, particularly women, the majority of whom have been com pelled to take wage cuts. - 68 Per Cent. Reduction! Many employers have put into effect two and sometimes three slashes, with total reductions running as high as 66 per cent., Labor Department officials declare. The American Viscose Company, a British-owned corporation, several weeks ago put into effect a 30 per cent, reduction, affecting several thousand workers, and later followed it with a 10 per cent. cut. This concern operates rayon plants in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and some southern states, and it has been immensely profitable. At a stockholders' meeting in London the president of the company declared it was a "bonanza." It was largely at the urging of the American Viscose Company that Congress raised the tariff on rayon to "protect American workers from pauper wages in Europe." Escape* Public'a Notice "A great deal of wage cutting is escaping notice because it is- being done by employers with a small number of workers," declared an official of the Labor Department. "When a factory with a dozen or so hands puts in a reduction, the fact is rarely mentioned in the newspapers. The workers, being unorganized,,,are in no position to protest and the public consequently does not realize that there has been a change in conditions. "In the aggregate the number of workers whose power to consume has been lessened reaches staggering proportions. - "'Open shop' contractors are cut- Enalneers, ill ,' ..,...- "...".' 1 ting w'ages to the bone and only the Molders — in Uw adopted at the last session of Congress calling for the payment of prevailing wages on federal contracts enables the department to hold up rates on the emergency building pro gram." Women Are Victims This official said" that a recent statement by Frances Perkins, industrial commissioner of New York, that wages of thousands of women in that state make it impossible for them to live "decently" is applicable to practically every state.... The other day a macaroni factory at Chicago compelled workers to take a 45 per cent. cut. A telephone company in Philadelphia cut the weekly rate from $15 to $12. Mercantile clerks, stenographers and domestics are suffering along with factory workers. These are but examples of what is happening everywhere, the Labor-Department official asserted. "Where the workers are organized they are maintaining wage standards, although their income is sadly depleted by part time or total.unemployment, said one official. "Tbe situation is again demonstrating that the union is the worker's only hope in times of stress." Union Mine Worker Is Mayor of Seattle Seattle.—This city has a trade unionist for its chief executive. Robert Harlin, member of the United Mine Workers,' Union and former president of the city council, is now mayor. Mr. Harlin was selected as mayor by the city council to succeed Mayor Frank Edwards, who was recalled by a majority of 14,000 for his attempts to "hamstring" Seattle's municipally owned electric power system. The new mayor will serve until the regular election next spring. Colin McDonald says: "Tip-Top Tailors have been fair to the Tailors' Union for over a year. We publish this statement ai the manager says that a few prospective customers informed him that they could not buy his suite on account of his shop being not recognized by the Union. Ever since Mr. Graham has taken over the management of the Tip-Top Tailors store he has had an agreement with U! ~.,Sit.: Chariwr-Trevelyan, MsP.y -at-'- Morpeth on Saturday said: "I am not going to make any attack on the Government. Even a Labor Government with the best, will in the world is powerless to deal with the situation unless and until it can get power. ' ieheve~Tabor will come into ower in a few years, and' I urge not to take office without having a majority to introduce a Socialist policy. "We have to do much the same as Russia. "In Russia they have a five-year plan, and they are rebuilding their society under greater difficulties than exist here. —"You cannot organize on a national scale the industry of your country without placing economic control in the hands of the community." Jobless Relief Stopped; Baltimore Lists 8000 Baltimore, Md.—The Baltimore Police Department has abandoned for the season its role us an unemployment relief agency and turned over to private welfare associations the 1000 families nnder its care. In March the department had over 8000 families on its relief list. The police commissioner stated that numbers of the needy are able to find some . employment during the summer. The police department will be ready to renew its relief work in the fall. For the present its relief activities will be limited to one soup kitchen at the central station where unemployed persons can get break- fact and supper providing they do not apply more than two days in succession. Wnan Better Cakaa aad Pastries are Made, W.11 Make '■ml Golden Rule Bakery CO., r.TB. n TWO ADDBBSSBSt 957 Granville Si. - Sey. 8656 820 Robson St. Say. 2641 Delicious Bakery Union-made Bread and Pastry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 706 and have our salesman deliver it Dodson Hotel "A COOL PAItLOR" 23 Hastings Street East B. Wishart - Props. - W. Stirling (Late ot Central Hotel) HOTEL BALMORAL ill Bey. 752 ana 783 RATES: fJi""~~Ier~wlth"use of Bath. 11.10 per day and up; Double, with use ot Bath, tl per day and up: Single, with Private Bath, 13 per day; Double, with Private Bath, II.M per day. Strictly modern. O. Gough and A. W. Young. 1SS-161 HASTIHOS BTBEET BAB* BAT A* THB New Good Eats Cafe "A Good Ileal costs no more than a poor one," says the Chef. •1» PBBDBB l«MI WIH Phone Baymonr BtlB 32 Vancouver Tamale Parlor 61B atOBSOB, H-Bloelt oB OranvUls hHiMIMM, Spaghetti, Boodles ***** The ROYAL and COLUMBIA Theatre! _^ , „ y Trying to Destroy Union Wages and Working Conditions MOVING PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS UNION -t ■G— v y.. Page Two TJIE LABOR STATESMAN Tradfesr Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, __gl 'gEATTY STREET Tanconver Trades and Labor Oonnoll— President, C. Mc-Uonald; general sec- ... ..Ijeunr. Percy It. Bengough. Office. 200 ... .Labor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St. .Phone Sey. 7495. Meets In Labor Hall at 1 p.m. on the lirst and third Tuesdays in month. i Bakery and Confectionery workers' International Union, Local No. all, meets flrst and third Saturday ln month at 7:00 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, Jas. Brydson; i Secretary's Office, Room 104, Labor Headquarters; Hours 1:30 a.m. to II • nopn. Phone: Sey. 3149. Beverage Dispensers' Union, No. 676— Meets la.'u Sunday at 8 p.m., Room No. 2. Labor Headquarters; second Friday at 10 a.m. at the office. Pres., Al. J. Oalvln; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanafln. Office: Room 1, Entries' Hall, 535 Homer St. Phones Sey. 4783. and Bay. 1151-K. Hours: 9 to 2 p.m. Bridge and structural Iron Workers, Local 17, Int. Assoc.—:Meets every Wednesday, Hall 3. Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, W. Dickson: Secretary. P. Lauret, Koom 311, Labor Headquarters. Phones: Office, Sey. 7495; Residence. High. 5671X. -» Building- Trades Oonnoll, Vancouver— Alter.-, second and .fourth Tuesday In ! Hall 315. Labor Headquartera Preal-. dent, E. H.-Morrison; secretary-treasurer. W. Page, Room 101, Labor Headquarters, Phone Sey. 7415. ' ^i.DJ^'nn: aMAJn, Wharf and Dock Bniidars, Local BTo. 1404— Aleets every rrlday night at 1 o'clock In 122 Hast- ,nBS *&■ w- President. A. E. Johes; US- ijiomson, Secretary, P. -O. Box HO. Phone Sey. 7874. Plumbers and Bteamflttere, Ho. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday ln Hall g0- *■,. President. Val Pearson, 787 kast 52no;; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, wr Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Friday, August 14th, 1931 ^Jo^X. ***>-»—a and Aasletanu, Local fl ., —Meets every aecond Tuesday in the month at 1 p.m. In Hall No. w \Sb°r\ Headquarters. President. g'-g- QuWoT. 2047 Wesi Second; Thlrt^htr.1""' 8' H"rt' ll07 -»« Ballway Carman of America, Lodge Bo. M—Meets flrat and third Friday in month at Labor Headquarters. President. A. 8. Rose, 1101 Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. I). Valllaror, till West 16th. . Street and iileetrlo Ballway Employees, Pioneer Division Ho. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 1th and Kingsway, " third Mondays at 10:11 a.m. ana 7 p. °—-"—~ 3. B. Smith; Recording flrst and nd 7 p.m. President, _., ........ Secretary, J. Price; Financial Seer* tary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of Amerloa—Local 120, meats second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Dawe; Sec.- Treas., C. E. Herrett Office, 114 Labor Headquartera. Bookbinders' Looal No. 105, Int. Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., Ill llnstlngi W. President, Mrs. Harvey, 4417 Quebec: Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 142 Hamilton 8t Br~tl _ _Jasons International Union Mo. 1—Room 309. Labor Headquarter;;. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, In Hall Nn i Prealdent, 3. C Greenwood" Phone Bay. 8047-T; Secretary. W. S. Darnell, 1244 East ..,1,1, »■ — - Road, |°'h. -Phone Fair. 145-Ri -¥in" ^ir' Albert Wright. 1121 Knight -'' Phone Fair. 2001-R. "■;"»■" Camp and Mill Workers' Pe deral Labor Union sTo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second w-*..»-.*— -- Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Looal Union No. 38©— Meets second and fourth Thursdays in Hall No. 1, President, Thos. Burke; Business Agent and Secretary, T>. MncPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. The Labor Statesman PubllsBed every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, 13. c. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster, and District Trades and Labor Council. H. VV. Watts, Man. Editor. PRF.SS COMMITTEE: Ed. Smith Chairman; W. Watt (Building Trades Council); P. R. Bengough (Machinist Trades); It. H. Neelands (Printing Trades); Dan McPherson (Building Trades); B. Showier (Teaming Tiades); T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades); C. Herrett (Label Trades); Bert Speed (Transportation Trades). Subscription Sates; $2 per Year: to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone: Seymonr 637* Vancouver, Friday, Aug. 14, 1931 MRS. PARDINGTON'S BROOM AGAIN Tailors' Journeyman Union of Imsrloa, Local No. 178—Meetings held second Monday, each month, 8 p.m. Executive meeta fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquartera President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1512 llth Ave. E.; Financial SecreUry, H. Nordlund, 1110 llth Ave. E. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drivers, Local 111 —Meets .second Monday at 8 p.m. and second Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. President, W. Wilson. OfTlce, 301 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7496. second Wednesdav at P.m.. at 544 Powell street IL Pre" Mlyaxawa: SecreUry, R. Ident, H Tsuyuki. Carpenter enters and Joiners, United Brotherhood of Local 4S3— president. Frank Woodrpw; Financial Secretary and Business Manager, R. W. Hatley. Office, Room 310 Labor Headquarters. \T...... '- -. - ' Meets second and fourth 1 P.m., In Hall No. 1, _ ondays. City ■alt Employees' .association— Meets first Wednesday of each month at 196 East Pender i.-t ■ l Association— East Pender SL at 1 p.m President, E. Mitten; Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 1101 Pender St E.: Secretary, J. 1617 West 25th. Tarbuck. Union, Local Civic Bmployees union. Local Mr- Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 251Vi Hastings East, at 1 p.m. Prealdent, Jack Wood, 4671 Fraser Street: Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison. 3427 Triumph Street: Bgg (traders' Union. No. 11—Meets In tha Labor Headquartera, first and third Monday In month. President, R. Qela, 1217 West 21st; Record SecreUry, Miss D. Simpson, 127 Carnarvon'Street, New Westminster; Financial Secretary. Miss Marjorie.Deyell, 665 East 10th,' City. Peamsters, chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 4e6—ail Labor Head- ' quarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquartera President, F. T. Goodrich. 1239 Woodland. High. 2095-X; SecreUry - Treasurer, Blrt Showier, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. msatrloal—Stage—Bmployees' Union, Looal 118 of the I.A.T.8.E. a, K.PJg.O. Meets second Tuesday In Labor Headquarters at 1:10 am. President, Geo. W. Allen; Recording Secretary. H- Pearson; Business Apent. B. McGlone, address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Bo. 838—President, C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, E. R. Bayley; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands, 800-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 1 p.m.. In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. Union Label Trades Connoll meets in Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 111 Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 1 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald. 1114 St George Street. Phone Fair. 3317-Y. Secretary, Mollis Dolk, 1687 Fifth Avenue East. Phons High. 477-Y. hf'- Blactrical Workers, Local sis eadqu.rt.rs"'' %e\u£££ % *_* I>ougaI; -Business Manager bb J"u.7i_- rS""".. »* iHor Head* quarters.. Phone Sey. 3610. "•»« Bnginaers—inter atStV^sTJt:l.UnMXion^ "nIon of Oper- President, F. L SS^r.Wsi-s Hunt; ,—, *. ** aunt; Rec. Sec.,.Q. E. Jones;..Business Agent and Kin. 8ec-, George Pettipiece. Office, 301 Labor Headquartera Ph<i»« m-i-i—- *ln Fighters, Phone, Trinity 1414. „ No. II, International Association of—Meets every month at call of President at 261% Hasting* E. President. N. McDonald, 1131 McLean Drive; financial Secretary, C. A. Wat- son, 1114 East 8th Avenue. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1871, U. B. of O. ft J. a-—Meets flrst and third "Thursdays In month at Hall No. I, Labor Headquarters. President ~ "oaermen. ■**" *— Prince Rupert' Trades fi Labor Council MEETS second Thursday In each month. President, S. D. McDonald, Box 111. SecreUry, Frank Perry. Box 411,, Prince Rupert,B.C. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH SecreUry Trades A Labor Council Boom 300—531 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7411-1171 Sec, Jack i.;ioor Headquart Soderman: Fin. ««.-, jhck nelson: Rec. Sec, John McDonald, 2906 West Twelth; Business Agent, W. D. Wll- son, 1535 Fifth Ave. W. Oscar Nelson; " Wesi Wll- The Hotel and Bestanrant Employee aad Marine Cooks and stewards. Local 21, Suite 31,- 411 OranvilIi> si ranvlll* St., each month meets second Monde, earn month nt 1 p.m., and last Monday, at I p.m. President. R. ("Dick") Mdlugh; Secretory-Treasurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. Phone Seymour 126. every flrst and tWrdWemTeMat of each month In Hall 101™Labor rfead! C J,rA,,.V ! Pm; ••rodent, fflt ^- J. Atkinson. 710 llth Ave w • Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1041 Tth' Lathers, Wood, Win and Metal, International Union, Looal 307— Meets first and third Mondays In month at Labor Headquartera. Secretary. F. If»»» 2461 Want S( Bayvlew llll L. aohlnlsts' Local «••— rresment. Thoa Sills, 1111 Burrard St.; Secretary. P. R. Hengough. Office, Room 101, Labor Headquarters. Meets on second Macey, Phons "HS^%.»J^>«^Pr..ld.„t. Thoa i'™rS_8t': Secreu ». Office, Room and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 111 HI* Wagon Drivers aad Dairy Bmplav- nOlA ^S1 *t*rfi«'oe tit. iSSZr Headquartera Meets second and Classified Ads. BABBJ8TBB8 AND BOLIOITOB8 WaUls W. LafMai, 403 MatropoUUn Building. Phone Sey. 6667. BATHS Hastings Btaam Batfea Price 3So Only 766 Hastings Street Baat DENTISTS Dr. W. A. Butledge, 108 Hastings West. NOTABY PUBLIC P. M. Bengough Labor Headquarters. Premier Bennett is decidedly" slow in getting hii scheme to relieve unemployment going. Thfj condition today is materially worse than when Mr. Bennett called his special session of Parliament, a year ago, for a month. The British Columbia Government' has the groundwork of an employment scheme, and for a month Premier Tolmie, like old Mother Hubbard, has gone to the cupboard and found it bare; Bennett is not yet: ready to take up his end.. ------- The Bennett unemployment relief scheme has been discredited as a three-legged affair. Belief for the impoverished farmer, work for the unemployed, and jail or deportation for any sinner that wished to upset the scheme of things whichjarejso, satisfactory to Mr; - Bennett and his | class. We would be willing to let all this go until we see how it works out, but we must point out that-there is a - logical order to most things, and this is most decidedly so in this case. If there is any excuse for the anti- Conmiunist -portion--ef" -the-program, at any stage of the game, it is after Mr, Bennett has put his relief work scheme into effect and not before. While we have patience enough to wait and see what the Bennett plan is to be, the present appearances are not promising. When the Attorney- General of Ontario comes into British Columbia and directs the .arrest of residents of this province for being members of an unlawful organization, it suggests that the Bennett scheme is going to be so confoundedly rotten that it is considered necessary to remove the more "strongly vocal persons" before the scheme is brought into the daylight. In this connection we would like to focus attention on the fact that we have an Attorney-General of our own in British Columbia. This honorable gentleman has never_-feeen_ accused »f lacking courage, and in any kind of a showdown will assay up 25 per cent, higher than Mr. Price of Ontario. On this point we are in the same position As the Billingsgate fish wife: if any gent has a right to hand us a black eye it is our own 'usband. Returning to Mr. Bennett and his "strongly vocal persons," the Communist is the product of the industrial and financial conditions that Mr. Bennett himself is one of the best possible samples. If every last Communist and Socialist were removed from Canada tomorrow, and Messrs. Beattie, Holt, Flavelle, Aird, Walker, etc., were allowed to remain, in a month there would be a new crop of radicals. If Mr. Bennett wishes to save us from the numerous shades of "reds" he will accomplish more by deporting the titled gentlemen that cleaned up millions and wrecked the Canada Power. and Paper Corporation than by arresting Levelled Eyes On the Five-year Plan First .lajighing, then sober, the world outside Russia has gone from one extreme to the other in looking at the Soviet Five-year* Plan. So.it is time, some editors thpk, that the. non-Soviet world of onlookers give the" Five-year Plan a level and judicial eye. The usual attitude toward the plan, remarks the London New Statesman and Nation, ,is one of incomprehension mingled with hysteria. For two years, it contends, British business men have comforted 1 themselves with the conviction that the plan would be a farcical failure. Just as unreasonable, this weekly thinks, is the change in a few months from this "ignorant optimism" to "equally comic panic." Trembling in their boots, it would seem, hard- headed men of affairs have been throwing up their hands with the ejaculation that not only is the plan likely, to succeed, but its success is certann to involve the ruin of British trade. _t ,. Recalling Stanrfs-recent speech- noted in The Literary Digest for July 18-—which inspired many non- Bolshevik journals to allege that he had "junked" Communism, this London weekly observes; ^. "Now, because Stali^has made a remarkable speech and has had the courage to point out that industry can not be rurf efficiently by political committees, the Conservative press jumps rashly to the conclusion that the nlan has fa"ilea;"-i—-——— "There seems to be a general tendency to regard the plan as a limited operation which at the end of five years^wilLeither have ruined a".the rest of the world or else have collapsed in disaster. Both views are nonsense. * • "Payments by"" results-Tfas long been a feature of the Five-year Plan. Stalin's speech does, of course, in-, volve admission that at this stage, at] least, Communllm heeds capitalist incentives. "It is fair enough to call the sys- 1 te.ra.rin_Sa?gia_today- IState- Capitar- ■i«n,'. not Communism. "A welcome sign in Stalin's speech was a change to a more friendly attitude toward the middle class experts. The immediate result of the speech on the plan should be an increase of efficiency. - "Of course the plan is bound to have a long 'hang-over,' and years must elapse before Russia is in a position to flood the world with manufactured goods. "-*r?" "But to deny all progress in Russia, because Stalin has called for new methods and greater efficiency, is a. conclusion for Which there is neither justification nor reward."—'• Literary Digest. Kinplovers of Union^^ Labor HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM THE ONLY 100 PEB CENT. UNION ICE CBEAM IN THE CITY 1 PHONE; SEYMOUB, 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited — . "Only Union Pish and Chips in British Columbia" Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believing one remedy for unemployment ln the shorter work weak, all onr girl* are now working five days per week, without reduction of wares. 44 HASTINOS WBBT S Doors West of "Pantagas" . VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE I The New Orpheum Cafe * - Private Banquet Hall' 762 GRANVILLE STREET Prop.: Jai. -P. Dwyer PHONE: SEV. 3346 Demand VAN BROS.' PURE APPLE CIDER LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST THE ONLY UNION SOPT DRINK FIB,K IN VANCOUVEB 1 PHONE: HIGH. 90 1055 VERNON DRIVE Correspondence Brother, Fall In! Does H make you mad when gnu tabor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. BUPTUBE SPECIALIST 0. B. Heard " B12 Bobaon. Union-Made Shoe: 8 fourth Fridays In Hall No". .. *•".'. A »fltohell: Secreury-Trea,ur.r, Blrt' Showier" 1141 Triumph. High. HIT. Presl- isurer, Phone No. KU aad Factory 1 IBM — Affiliated with United Union, Looal Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners r&f|tViUPrSa „§ -ThursiyS In Hall No. I, Labor Headquartara Pre. O. _ Campbell. Se^tTry-TreasJrer' C Carslake. 1114 Albernl St. *ur,r' Motloa Platans Pbojeotlonlete' Union: local MB, of LA.TB.B. a M.P.K.O — H,.:i,i°iJ,'m.JiBri!t •S,d*/ 'n month. In Hall No. 1 Labor Headquartera President, Locksley Clark; Secretary. J a Richards, Box 141. Phone Douglas JI74-R; Business Agent, 1. R. Foster Phone Trinity 67017 "' CORNETT BROS * CLARK 33 BABT HABTINOB STBBBT dnorshelm, Strldern, C. DA C. Hen a and Youth's WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Hen and Youths. Communists. , * * • The Briton has much ih his war record to boast of—Balaclava, and the "thin red line." The Old Con- temptibles wove a halo around a term of scorn; Ypres and the So mine help us to be proud of the stock of which we come. But fpr real bravery that will scintillate down the corridors of time, we have nothing just like the battle of Hamilton street, when, according to the Daily Province "sixty-five police officers routed 1500 demonstrators.'1 About the only event that we can think of that is in any way comparable was when ten thousand black men attacked McPherson "ant McPherson kilt them all." sfnslolans' Xntnal Protective Union, Local 141, A. F. of IsV—Meets at the OW VA. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m President, J. Bowyer: General Secretary, W. Coullng;tOrgan- jier. F Fletcher. Office, Suite io?-*!! ^Test Pender. Phone Douglas 1210. Painters. Decorators aad Paperhangera Local 13«— Meets second nnd fourth' Thursdays at Hall No. S President, A. B. Hodge; Rec.1 Secretary, A. K Varah. 1442 Clark -Drive; Financial Secretary. T. Kane. Office: Room ill Lnbor Hendquarters. Phone Soy 1101 THB ONLT UNION MADE SHOE ead BepalrTaotory ln British Columbia. VV. J. HEADS 30 WBST COBDOVA BT. «SY. 3330 MRN'S SHOES FROM MM UP. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronise fair employers and em. Ploy UNION LABOR. Plasterers, Local •»—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets nrst ahdl third Wednesday In month at Hall No 2. Labor Headquartera Prealdent F. O, Walsh, 171 Bast 17th, Fras 108 R; Cor. See., A. Hsrry, 1115 East 33rd. Fair, llll R: Fin.. Sec., p a Williams, 110 East llth; Phone Fair. 511IX. • — Cement Finishers' Cor. Balnes, llll Turner St. Sec, 3. w. Off. Phone Bey. 448; Bea.'Bey. MSI DRIARD HOTEL Sleeping and Housekeeping Booms (Opposite Marine Building) "A Home Away from»-Home" Q. Hnatlnk Seasonable Matti 1011 PBaTBBB BTBEBT WBBT T. MYLER Watchmaker and Jeweller Watch Repairs Guaranteed One Tear. CASH PAID FOR OLD GOLD. 1007 Robson Street After watching a derrick truck up-end a telephone pole, the editor of The Province wrote half a column to show that the machine creates more labor than it displaces. As evidence of how long a man may last, with "rats in his garret" we would say that "Overseer" Volla has for twenty years argued that the earth is 'flat. a a a . The battle of Hamilton street must also have been quite, a social affair, for we read that "Chief Bingham, clad in plus fours, and his head adorned with a natty panama, lustily- wielded a baton. Possibly the Chief thought that in this also, women and children came first. ■ . -e e e We can cordially agree with the scheme to "Buy in British Columbia:" We haws for many years argued in favor of buying British Columbia labor instead of importing it from .Europe. —M. Union insurance company . Washington.—The appointment of Morris pBte; actuary of the llnity Life and Accident insnranca/Asso- cintioii, Syracuse, N; V., tb the position of vice-president and actuary of the' Union Labor, Life Insurance'1 Company, is announced by Matthew j Well, president of the company. Thei announcement'states that Mr. Pike "has had an extensive experience in the life' insurance field, both in the New York State Insurance -Department and in the home offices of life insurance companies." Mr. Pike succeeds Hainan! B. Robbirjs, "Wha-re- signed. ■ »v >■ reaTTabout Some poor, starved devil who flickered out, Because he had never a decent . chance In the tangled meshes of circumstance? If it makes you burn like the fires of sin, Brother, you're fit for the ranks— fall m! Does it make you rage when you come to learn, Of a clean-souled woman who could not earn Enough to live, and who fought, but fell In the cruel struggle and went to hell; Does it make you seethe with anger hot. Brother, we welcome you—share our lot! Whoever has blood that will flood his face — At the sight of the beast in the holy place, Whoever has rage for the tyrant's might, For the powers that prey in the day and nigh(; Whoever has hate for the ravening brute' That strips the tree of its goodly fruit * , ,-. Whoever knows wrath at the sight of pain, Of nedless sorrow- and heedless gain; S Whoever knows bitterness, shame and gall At the thought of the trampled ones doomed to fall; He is a brother-in-blood, we know, With brain afire and with heart aglow; By the light in his eyes we sense our kin— Brother, you battle with us—fall in! XBerton Braley. Tire Company Chief Scores Pay Slashing Pittsburgh, Pa.—"Wage cutting will never end the depression," in the opinion of C. W. Seiberling, vice- j president of the Seiberling Tire and Rubber Company. "I do not believe in lessen. .ig the purchasing power of labor by cutting wages, for it creates a lack of confidence which soon makes itself. felt in many ways," he said here recently. Seiberling stated that in his plant near Akron, 1200'men working in '8-hour shifts are producing S000 tires daily. Tn 1898 Seiberling assisted in organizing the Goodyear Tire and Rub- Ber Company, which recently put into effect a drastic slash of wages, aa did also the Goodrich company, another big tire manufacturer. Ten years ago Seiberling left the Goodyear concern, because it was "not progressive," and launched his own company. OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR Editor, Labor Statesman: Sir,—The carpenters who are engaged in a fight to maintain conditions established by an agreement between I.ocnla No, 462«nd-Nd.-1251 and the General Contractors' Association are meeting unexpected op position and are now satisfied that certain prominent citizens who-have pj-ofessed to be the friends of organized labor on public platforms are npt_ always, sjneerej., _W4\!ter_Jieekj_fl. proniineht heating man, "and a member of. the Building and Construction Industries Exchange, when he decided to build a home, gave the contract to a man outside his own organization, a man who has openly boasted that he does not employ union men of any craft and has not for several years; further, he will not . recognize" established wage rates,-*napays from one to three dollars per day below union scales to men employed on his work. It is only fair to mention that Mr. B- T. Lea, the contractor in question, did at one time employ union men on his operations, although we must admit' he did not do this voluntarily. During 1927 the Vancouver Elks gave as prizes at their Annual Carnival two houses and lots near the University gates. They inadvert- ently^gave—the contract for these houses to Mr. B. T. Lea, who, to save money, subbed out as much as possible to firms unfair to the budding trades. When this was pointed out to the Elks' officials, it is only-fair to state, they promptly ordered this contractor to employ union, men of all crafts, as their policy has always been in favor of supporting the conditions established in any industry. Mr. B. T. Lea, much against his wishes, complied with this request. No doubt it was. to his financial gain, as the Elks agreed to pay to him any extra amount this change in his avowed policy would cost, and on this account, for a short; time, Mr. H. T. Lea posed as a friend of organized labor. Now, however, Mr. B. T. Lea has openly declared himself as opposed to organized labor, and has attempted to build Mr. Walter Leek's house with non-union labor. Mem- bars of the Carpenters'-Union are incensed at the action taken by this jitney contractor .on this job and have picketed this house for the past three weeks. They have endeavored to persuade the mechanics employed there to be men and assist on the established conditions for their respective crafts.' * Mr. B. T. Lea, with thc knowledge of the owner, Mr. Walter Leek, applied for and apparently received police protection, and the non-union carpenters were escorted to the job by policemen whose salaries are paid by Vancouver taxpayers. Surely Vancouver citizens are not paying salaries of police to assist jitney contractors to break down wage - conditions established by agreement between the contractors' association and the Carpenters' unions, and since recognized by the Dominion and Provincial governments, also all municipal bodies in this district. Our opinion is that the police force would be better employed in suppression of crime, which appears to be rampant in the city of Vancouver, .rather than they should be used to help break down conditions established by trade unions. ' ED. SMALL, Recording Secretary, Carpenters' Local 462. The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7th Ava. E. We Import All Oar Woollen* Direct! Xo Two Bolts Allkel Hartle Bros.. Ltd. TAILORS THB HIGHEST ORADB OF CLOTHING MADE. A Speolal Department for Uniforms aa BappUsd to th* Oltjr aad B. O. Eleotrlo. S83 SBTXO-t AT., VAMCOUVEH. (Opposite Hudson's Bay) PHONE! SEY. 1790 Union Label cm Requett H. F. ST0RRY & CO. TAILORS Style, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed A. B. OATENBT, Associate Seymour 1383 683 Granville) St. ___, (Upstairs) NOTICE I Art's Dairy Lunch B"ow under new management Home Cooking our Specialty! 445 ABBOTT ST., TABOO*-■» (Next to Lotus Hotel) ARE YOU CONSISTENT? When ordering PRINTING Insist on UNION MADE PAPER Carried In stock, by A. H. Timms 230 14th Are. £., Vancouver Fair. 208 -S»v Fair. 1372 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trad*. — 3016 —OTOBIA Bsxra us 1 stlfh. 106 aad rate. 4148-B HANDY DEVICE At a dinner one of the speakers was exceptionally long-winded. At the end of half an hour the irascible chairman could stand the flow no longer. He clanged his bell violently and the orator was so surprised that he sat down without completing his last sentence. A guest sitting next to the chairman whispered with a sigh: "I wish I had a bell like that at home." Some African natives fish in a prone position, we are told. In this, country most anglers lie standing up with_tne arms outstretched. A small boy was watching a bright glow in the sky with the utmost delight^ i • - . "I am glad you admire the beauties of nature, my son/' said an old gentleman. "Isn't it a lovely sun- sett" "That's not a sunset," replied the boy, with a grin. "That's our school on fire." You can pay more but you \A RO cannot find a purer, clearer *^ *_ Sin than... Rap. Pint STERLING London Dry GIN Tk 9 t\(\ nor one *"** equ«l* Sterling *POn\J\J for smooth delicate flavor Rep. Quart . «"d value. - far aale at.Vaailnn, er Jlreet from the Lienor Control Hoard Mall • ' ;; Order PapTtmaan, Victoria, B. C 11-11 This advertisement is not published or displayediby the~Liquo Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. HWPr-~^ - ' . .;,:;.; a_T . ., jUST ,!'.,.. -../.. "At. Friday, August 14th, 1931 ■' ■■' y * _'■ _■ kicin __l"_- • ■ ■ ,'■ ■>-•■ *. 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THE OPEN ROAD AFOOT WITH JACK LOGIE <PM~ ■ Well, all I know these days is just ■ lished in the daily papers to see that what I read on the bulletin boards in there is a great deal of confusion, in CITY OF VANCOUVER T__ NOTICB that the Alphabetical Voters' 1.1st, or Lists, of all persons being of the full age of twenty-one years appenring by tho Assessment Roil for the yenr 1931 to be entitled to vote In the City of Vancouver at tho Municipal Elections, ha* been completed and may In. seen In the City Clerk's Office anil-examined by alt concerned. Any person who shall claim to be "i ,i '" 'he said list, or any elector who ahull .], ,ilv to have any naine erased uierefrhm. shall prefer his or her re- iiuoet • !«.;i UStUng,' verified by affidavit sinned wl(h his or her name, statin* the Ward and Polling District t» which he or she belongs, and shall deliver or cause the same to be delivered to the rity Cl.-rl: before th* 15th day or September, 1931. Forms of Affidavits or Statutory Declarations as to qualincatlons may be obtained at.the City Clerk's Office. CHAELIJ JOMES, City Clark. Dated at Vancouver, B.C., July Slat," 19.11. =3= TO SEEK SHORT WEEK FOR FEDERAL WORKERS A campaign for the five-day week 'ind six-hour day for all government employees will be launched at-the convention of the Federal Employees' Union, at Seattle in September, their officers declared last week. > front of churches as I ramble around this capital city looking for work. Xlie mottoes on the stained glass windows in the Parliament Buildings also .contribute to my education and furnish food for meditation as pound the pavements. I like to hang around the Parliament Build ings, as I enjoy the atmosphere of opulence which they convey and the aura around the Finance Department is most satisfying to anyone who is flat broke. You cannot hear the clink of the gold or anything like that, but you know that, shortly, millions will pour from those vaults, down the marble corridors- and out into the mountain passes and remote canyons of British Columbia, to bring solace and relief to the unemployed and destitute. . All one can. do at present is to stand in the doorway and wait until the golden stream is released, and when that becomes wearisome arid the stomach begins to sag, there is always the library, where the daily papers once more reassure us that the ministers are toiling day and night on our behalf. Possibly they are, but it requires a very slight amount of clairvoyance to get the feeling that all is not well. There may be a. certain amount of action and a great deal of discussion and planning, but there is also doubt, uncertainty and bewilderment. The job is too big for the present Cabinet at Victoria, and the task of saving capitalism and making it function a while-longer is bringing grey hairs and wrinkled' .foreheads to- our stotearheaL-l-- As I came down the stairs from the library I was confronted by three stained glass windows, each with its appropriate epigramr—The- ftrst-one- said Industry hath annexed thereto the fairest fruits and highest rewards." I rubbed my eyes to make sure that I saw aright and read it again. Surely the far-seeing statesmen who erected this palatial pile would not deliberately deceive a confiding public, and yet here was a statement which was obviously incorrect. There is no doubt that the fruit grower has plenty of industry and annexes the fairest fruits, samples of which are proudly displayed in the immense jars in. the rotunda, but unless you call the glass cases of medals his "highest rewards" you could not accuse him of getting anything, else. .If, on the other hand, you mean the industrious worker, he is at present engaged in claiming the reward which he has earned: charity cloaked in the guise of a slave camp and the privilege of being soaked by tho club of a policeman if he-objects too strenuously. No, I am afraid this pearl of wisdom is slightly out of date, so let us turn to the next window. * • " * This one informs us that "Without economy none can be rich; with it none can be poor." Now we know why the rich get richer and the poor Eoorer. The millionaires of Victoria ave been practicing economy. They must have been, because this epigram says that if they hadnt they couldn't possibly have become rich. On the other hand, if you are unable to pay the rent, if the grocery bill is overdue, and food is getting scarce, just economize and tell the. Government to lay aside part of that dollar a day which you are going to earn, and some' day you will be a millionaire, too. The epigram forgets to mention that the millionaire became rich .by robbing the poor and making them do all the economizing. I hope that some future legislature may look into these epigrams which decorate these stately halls 'arid have them brought up to date. However, here is the third window and let us see what it says. "The Virtue of adversity is fortitude." At last here is real wisdom and the highest lesson which our legislative hall ban teach us. .There is no doubt at all that, whatever lessons our capitalistic and political system may. teach us, we will require stoicism, endurance and all those other qualities which may be summed up in the word fortitude. A Welsh miner once said to me:" "Lloyd George said he would make this country a 'ome fit for 'eroes to live in. He was quite right as it would take a bloody 'ero to stand it." What we need right now is not so much fortitude but a little more of the spirit of intelligent revolt. Adversity may be a great educator and fortitude a good quality to cultivate, but why suffer when there is no need to do so? This is not an act of Providence under which we must bow our heads and. endure in silence, but a condition which we understand and whose remedy lies in our own hands. We are poor and suffering because we have been robbed of our heritage and it is our task to get it back.' We have been doped long enough with the pseudo truths and lying aphorisms of the capitalist class and need to paint them out and replace them with a few of our own. We might suggest "Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains." "Fortitude ceases to be a virtue; stand up and kick." "We have been robbed of the fruits of bur industry and tbe rewards of our toil: now let's get them back." "To hell •with economy;- we want social justice." ■• , There are many others which I might mention and I leave them for the consideration of the Farmer1'and Labor Government -which will some day control the legislative,! halls at Victoria./ ■.:■'■ a ' »//.'•' Jf Just'at present I must confess that I am not quite satisfied with the efforts which arf'being made in that direction. Dissatisfaction and discontent are rite, but little is being done in th* way of. educating the public or organizing the workers for the task which lies ahead. It is all very well to say that economic conditions are doing all the educating, bat that is only partially so.. You only need to read the letters pub- the~ minds of the people as to the causes of the crisis and the co/rect remedy. The politicians who control trie press take good care that.this confusion exists and foster it in every way by harping on their own particular nostrums, such as high tariff, trade within the empire, etc. It is also foolish to say that starvation will drive the. workers into action. My own experience has shown me that when a man reaches .that point he is much more likely to sit down in apathy and despair than to initiate and "Organize any effort for the betterment of himself and his class, The recent election of the Labor candidate ill Hamilton should give ihe movement an impetus all ever Canada. We can see that the tide is turning in our direction, but popular opinion must be educated and organized in order to get the best results, A responsibility rests on every indi-, vidual to take his part in this work, and everyone must help. . Here in Victoria the unemployed are well organized in the Workers' Alliance, and efforts will shortly be made to extend the movement to every town on Vancouver Island. Public meetings are held every Sunday night in Central Park, and arrangements are being planned for an Open'Forum to be-conducted all winter. The Independent Labor Party seems to be still in a comatose condition, but will likely spring into new activity with the coming of y the winter months. We1' "are" no~~ longer - con1 fronted by a theory, but by a very serious crisis. The remedy rests with the working class, and it is time we roused to the opportunity with all the zeal and fervor at our command. Farm Workers Favor Jobless Insurance . London, Eng.—The alleged identity of interest between workers and employers, received a strong jolt, in the session of the Royal Commission on Unemployment Insurance, devoted to the question of bringing farm workers under unemployment insurance benefits. ... Joseph Duncan, general secretary of the Scottish Fariri Servants' Union, urged that farm workers should be brought in. He said the large surplus of workers in industry and decreasing opportunities for emigration make, it difficult for displaced farm workers to shift from farm labor. Moreover, the practice of farmers-to discharge experienced older workers and fill their places with inexperienced younger workers, including many girls, was adding materially to the number of unemployed. Consequently, jobless farm workers have become a social question. ' Alexander Manson, representing the National Farmers' Union of Scotland, opposed extending unemployment insurance to farm workers. In the long run, he said, it would injure the workers, because the employer's contribution to the insurance fund would take that much from his wages fund and thus limit his ability to hire workers. Mr. Duncan countered with the observation that it was absurd to claim the addition of perhaps 24 cents an acre for the farmers' contribution to the insurance fund would decrease the number of workers hired. The commission -seemed to agree with Mr. Duncan. A. K. haMron Phone N. V. 134 North Vaacouver J. A. HARRON Phone Fair. 1J4 .55 Tenth Ave E. G M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 1*4 ■ ' 55 Tenth Ave. K. FUNERAL DIRECTORS • , 56 EAST TENTH AVENUE—. PHONE FAIR- 134 , n*. 1—-——— RED STAR DRUG STOtfE *The Mail Order Druggist" We sta*. • »P*o— Mnt to 0*t •ooo. Ont by Wnrt aXaXl Attet B***lpt ot Tow Order. ■. COMBS COBDOVA AMD CUULL TAjfOOPTslaa. ». 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(WHOLESALE PRICES XO BETAILBBS) 2173 Powell Street Stall 15, Vancouver Market Empress Manufacturing Company Limited Manufacturer* of Jams, Jollies and Marmalade, Baking Powder, Extracts, Pickles, Catsup D. B. Kleenup Cleansers, Detergents, Hoor Oils, Disinfectants, Toilet Paper, etc. Dustbane Products United 326 We.t Hastings Street Seymour .6491 — Buy B. C. Products and boost your own payroll Dutch Maid MAYONNAISE at all stores DUTCH MAID PRODUCTS LTD. Vanconver, B, 0. Praise For Unions' £jj Wage Cut Fight New York.—"Anyone advocating a reduction of wages in the building trades is but aiding and abetting a niovement for. wage reductions in all trades and occupations," said Matthew Woll, . third vice-president of the American Federation of Labor in a protest against wage cuts in the building industry before a luncheon -of the. Investing, and Contracting Builders' Association here]. Mr. Woll warned.that wage reductions in the basic . building trades would bring about a general letdown of wage standards in> industry as a whole, which would lessen the buying power of the people and thus prolong the economic depression. GREGORY & REID PAINT CO. Everything for the -Wall Palate, Brashes, Xalsomlnea, Wallpaper, 3-Ply Panel* Antlmo Walt* II West Hastings Street Telephone: Seymonr 4638 Tr» -Phon* ley. Sftte Dr. B. G. VINSON DENTISTS 6 Chairs 46 Haatinga St. East the Glory To Them! (By Anderson M. Scruggs) Glory to them, the toilers of earth Who wrought with knotted hands, in wood and stone, Dreams their unlettered minds could not give birth ' jL\_ And symmetries their souls had never known. Glory to them, the artisans, who spread / ' Cathedrals like brown lace before the sun/ Who could' not build a rhyme, but reared instead The/Doric grandeur of the Par- ..thenonl I never cross a marble portico, Or lift my eyes where stained glass windows steal From virgin sunlight moods of deeper glow, Or walk dream-peopled streets, except to feel ' A hush of reverence for that vast dead Who gave us beauty for a crust of bread. • Average family pays doctor $140 a year, announces a statiatian. What he probably meant was that the average family gets bills for that amount. Carl: Listen Helen, what would you do if I tried to steal a kiss? Helen; Why Carl, I'd press the burglar alarm: . * Independent Undertaking 00. XsTD. O. PBAS— BDWABDS HAROLD H. BDWABDS T05 nf. Broadway. Fair. I2B FRED DREW CLEANERS AND DYERS Odorless Dry Cleaning » Guaranteed! Doug..4«62 682 Homer St. NERVES! Constipation. 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'— Manufacturers in the United States have saved $250,- 000,000a year on their costs of production for the last ten years by following the simplification or standardization practices recommended by the division of simplified practice of the Department of Commerce, according to Edwin B. Ely, chief of the bureau. An investigation of the results of the competitive system in the paving brick industry revealed that manufacturers in their attempts to get each others customers by devising something new had made 66 sizes of brick. -Mr. Ely's simplificationers decided that four sizes would pave streets just as well' as 66. The paving brick manufacturers agreed to scrap 62 sizes. Now they are making brick with much less capital per unit of output and much less direct factory expense. Of course tbe "savings" are pocketed'by the stockholders who own, the concerns ,wtib"app'Ty the simplify-' ing. Simplified practice is' just another term for labor-displacirig machinery. In the last analysis it will be found that tbe reduced number of patterns, or'sizes enables the employers to secure as large or larger out- . put from fewer employees, audio make the "savings" tangible the employers land the discarded workers on the streets to pound the pavements as the unemployed and live on 'charity from the. community chests. There is no data to show that the savings made by tbe employers are passed on to the consumers in reduced prices. In fact, the so-called trade associations are set up largely to prevent price reduction from simplified practices or other economies. The division of simplified practice is now engaged in a scheme to benefit the owners of the banks by standardizing checks and drafts and other documents used in handling money. According to the theory advanced .by.the. simplificationer*, the bankers- will cut interest rates so as to absorb the' savings rather than absorb them by raising dividends. Gravity of Unemployment in Canada Is Driven Home Hard DICK'S FEATURE SUIT By concentrating- on volume buying- on this remarkable value line we ar* In a position to off** yon a suit wlilch cannot b* equalled elsewhere at less thon $35.00. Tb* fabrioe, workmanship and models represent Individuality, and make a suit yon will be proud to William $23.00 Limited] Tonr Monay'* Worth ox Tonr Money Book MAS—NOB at BOMBS CANADA PA C I FIC EXHIBITION "BUILD B.C. MTMaLS" Pacific Mak Goes Camping ViYl KM '117'E have a letter from Mrs. ~" Henrietta James of Victoria, in which she says her family have used Pacific Milk for 12 yean. For the last three years they spent six weeks each summer in seaside camping, and each time Pacific Milk has been taken along with the. provisions. Pacific Milk Factory at Abbot,ford, B. C. 100 per cent. British Colombia Owned and Controlled Oh, square thyself for use; a storio that may fit in the wall is not left by the way.—Persian proverb. LABOR UNIONS TO TRIUMPH (Continued from page 1) Organization the Rule But discussion of the desirabolity of trade unionism is academic. Trade unions are here and are destined to grow. Of vastly greater practical consequence/ip the question of what policy should: Wise industrial statesmanship adopt toward the trade union movement? Up to this time, the attitude of many enterprises has been that of uncompromising refusal to deal with labor organizations. Is this a wise policy in an age when organization is the general rule? There are today over' one thousand trade associations in the United States. As these words are being written, the United States Chamber of Commerce is discussing the problem of obtaining a modification of the Sherman Act so that or ganizations of business enterprises may broaden their activities. The government, through the Federal Farm Board, is actively promoting the organization of farmers. In fact, the Farm Board reports that in several instances it has assisted bargaining associations among the fluid milk producers "by making available to them the services of experienced marketing specialists of its. Division of Co-operative Marketing. Is^it likely that manual workers alone will be content to remain unorganized? The day is rapidly approaching when a majority of the manual workers in industry will have had at least two years of a high school education. It ib not probable that they will consent to be mere obeyers of orders. They are bound to insist upon participating in making the rules of .the shop just as they participate in making the laws of the nation. The democratic principle will not suddenly stop at the shop door. Unionism an Asset Although the employers of the country do not have the power to prevent the spread of trade unionism, they do have the power to determine, within broad limits, the kind of trade unionism which develops. By resisting every effort of workers to organize, by compelling unions to fight long and hard merely for recognition, employers can create a trade unionism which is narrow, bitter, irresponsible, which does not understand tbe problems of the employer and which is not interested in under* standing them. "On the other hand, by meeting trade unions half way, by permitting employees to organize, and by seeking the goodwill and the Co-operation of their organizations, employers can help build a labor movement which has a broad social vision, which appreciates the fact that wage earners as much a* em- filoyera are interested in the prosper- ty of the industry, and which is ready to help employers in solving problems of production. Mr. Daniel willard, Sir Henry Thornton, Mr. F, D. Sargent, Mr. H. A. Scandrott, and many . other executives have shown that good management can Ottawa, Ont.—The gravity of the unemployment situation ih Canada was driven home in most dramatic manner by a number of significant incidents during the past week. The most important was the announcement that the Federal Government was prepared to bear a "generous share of the cost of caring for the unemployed, .under .an—en^ tirely new relief scheme which is being worked out between the Dominion, the provinces and the municipalities/ —Even- thoiifh--the government is going farther in assisting the prov- inces and municipalities than ever before, its relief plan was condemned as insufficient at a conference of mayors and reeves of British Columbia municipalities held at Vancouver. They adopted resolutions declaring the present situation is a national emergency with which local commun ities are wholly unable to deal. The provincial government was advised that, even if the municipalities desired, they are financially unable to accept the proportional scheme. Ask Quick Action , Civic heads of 30 of the most populous centres of Ontario focussed attention on the seriousness of unem ployment in that province by adopting resolutions urging the two governments to "effect relief before a dangerous situation develops." Leopold MacAuley, Ontario provincial secretary, who has been trying to quiet spreading discontent, was greeted by hisses and boos when he stated at a meeting of York township citizens that "all the resources of the government" will be brought to bear oh the problem. Asserting that the job was too large for the municipalities, Mr. MacAuley declared that it required joint action by cities, provinces and nation. - Some of the reports of discontent and rioting are doubtless exaggerated, but government officials admit that they portend trouble unless steps are taken to remove the cause. At Windsor police using their night sticks and reinforced by a detachment of the Essex Scottish regiment broke up rioting outside the auditorium of Patterson Collegiate, where A. A. Heaps, Labor member of Parliament, was addressing a meeting of workers. Claim* Idle Are Arming Fourteen policemen and a number of rioters were taken to hospitals as papers but they are accepted as accurate by many public officials. Deputy Reeve E. 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All, PBONE ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUO STORES—SIXTEEN IN THB OBI AT YOUR SBRVICBI There are many unemployed who -are members of militia umtsT Do you know what these men do with their guns. They take them home. With agitation at such a pitch as it is now, you can never tell what they will do.'r Eeeve~W. E; McDonald of—blew. Toronto stated "that we can no H orse 1 GRAND OPENING—SEASON OF 1931 BRIGHOUSE PARK ■ August 15 to 22, 1931 TICKETS—Good for Seven Days' Racing, at any one track, for only $6.00—an average of 86c a day. Season Tickets, $25.00. , "77-:" ■—I~ PROCURABLE AT 545 WEST GEORGIA STREET longer afford to blink at the issue— if some action is not taken we will be face to face with a revolution." Farmers Add to Problem Added to the acute problem of jobless workers is increasing distress among farmers, many of whom "do not know where their next meal is coming from," according to Rev. J. W. Wright, evangelist minister of Rimbley, Alta. He declared that the condition of hundreds of farmers is so bad that they are unable to take in farm hands even when the latter are willing to work for their board. Senator Robertson confirmed this distressing information. He reported that 150,000 farmers in central and southern Saskatchewan are in danger of starvation, being actually without bread. Conditions are so bad there that the Labor Minister sobbed when he related them to a Winnipeg conference. ' The Border Cities Star, known for its poj^icitl independence, is demanding tHR "politics be adjourned" and that all parties join in facing the situation. Says Crisis Is Near "The country," says The Star, "faces a crisis. Thousands of men and women are out of work. The farmers cannot sell their products- People are losing their homes and finding themselves unable to pay taxes and other public " service charges, to say nothing of their private bills. The skies have not brightened to any extent. "In the meantime, we are looking forward to another winter, and there is little in'the situation to indicate that it will be a particularly happy one." The Toronto Mail and Empire, one of the leading Conservative newspapers, declares "the situation today is just as grave as it was in the days of the World War" and that »MlMiEiMflDE- B-C an aftermath of that demonstration, "no one can be blind to the fact that Toronto newspapers report that a wc face a hard winter." 'battalion of unemployed" is drill- Hon. Peter Heenan, former Minis- ing with rifles and print alarming ter of Labor, made an unsuccessful statements 'that armed unemployed attempt to have the situation dis- will plunder Toronto stores to secure cussed in the House of Commons food and clothing." . being ruled out of order by the These stories are ridiculed by other Speaker.—Labor. make trade unionism an'asset for the employer as well as for the wage earner. A large number of labor unions—the machinists' union, the electricians', the sheet metal workers', the boilermakers', the blacksmiths', the' carmen's, the mainten- ance-of-way men's, the printing pressmen's, the photo-engravers', the textile workers, and the clothing workers'—have demonstrated not only their willingness to co-operate with managements in solving problems of plant operation, but their ability to make an important contribution. Needless to say, these organizations are not willing to co-operate on any terms and conditions. Naturally and properly they put the interests of their members ahead of the interests of the stockholders for whom they work. The fact remains, however, that ingenious and far- sighted leaders on both sides who possess thfi^jwfll to co-operate have succeeded in discovering a basis on which management and labor can join to promote' the interests which they have in common. Whether or not the dominant note in American industrial relations during the next generation will be union-management co-operation or bitter class struggle depends upon whether the leaders in the industries which are now unorganized—iron and steel, automobile, electrical enuia>»jT»*;, i meat packing, rubber, telephone, petroleum, agricultural implements, and others—persist In their uncompromising opposition to the efforts of wage earners to join the other or- pnized groups in the community. My prediction- is that the policy of union-managemfent co-operation will prevail, because^ am confident that there is enough industrial statesmanship among American business men for them to realize that the policy of suppressing organization is the policy "* sitting on the safety valve.— of Electrical Workers* Journal. I. LP. Notes A mass convention of members of the Independent Labor Party of Vancouver and district will be held on Sunday, August 23rd, commencing at 10 a.m. in Labor Headquarters, 529 Beatty street, for the purpose of selecting candidates for the next provincial . election, Members are specially urged to attend thia important gaihering. * • • On Thursday evening, August 6th, there met at the hall at Nineteenth and Main street, an enthusiastic group of men and women who launched the "Hillcrest" branch of the Independent Labor Party. Officers were elected and much of the work necessary at the organizing of a new branch was suitably performed. It is hoped that those readers of The Labor Statesman who live in this district will join ■ us in the great work in which we have a small but active part. An invitation is extended to all to attend the next meeting, to be held Thursday, August 27th. * * • INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY Vancourer Branch The last Educational Propaganda Meeting of the branch was held on August 6th, the subject being "The WtfRBtiiMlal fcanfuage"; the open- gS, speaker being Comrade Mrs. Wicks, who gave a very interesting and instructive talk on the advantages and accomplishments resulting from a knowledge of this language. The next Educational Propaganda Meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 19th, at 8 p.m., Williams building; subject "Money''; speaker, Comrade Creer. Public Is invited. George: I hear you and your mite had some words. Samuel: I still have mine. I did nob get a chance to us them. Fit and Styl* Guaranteed. Alterations, Cleaning- and Pressing- A. J. BOXALL AND G. CALLEGARI TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS (A. J. Boxall, 21 Years Fitter and Head Tailor with Thos. Foster Co.) Salts Had* ln Onr Own Workshops, 835 and Up , 619 DUNSMUIR ST. 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Department of Labor Conciliation Board, visited the mill and deputised Alderman Frank J. Duffy, a member of the Wool Sorters'. Union, United Textile Workers ■ of America, to keep him in touch with development*.*7 JACK STEARMAN limited for HARDWARE and TOOLS, ate. Phone Sey. 9405. We Deliver. tM GRANVILLE, Corner Nelson L. GALLAZIN OOfLIlT AND BICYCLES Expert Grinder, Saw Pilar * Lockamlth. First Class Work Guaranteed. 804 RICHARDS ST. PBONE SET. 4088 Trust Torture Eliminated by Wearing- Oar Support. A. Lurtdberg Co. . . 838 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B.C: The Wisdom of Folly It fell upon a day that a certain erudite philosopher held discourse with an unquestionable fool, in the presence of a shorthand reporter, who used tbe same phonetic symbol for "F" and "Ph." In transcribing his notes of the, dialogue he attributed to the philosopher what had been said by the fool, and credited the fool with the utterance of the philosopher. Nobody noticed tbe difference. 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