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— Wmfi Statesflia t^^^m BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES ANlT[fty^fej In. fLABoi U^yt- '•c. , Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions XO. 348-EI^tT PAGES Preparing For Big War Everywhere In Europe VANCOUVER, CANADA, DECEMBER 30th, 1930. &&43£i£t£_€tgt£l£l£{gtgg Peace on earth, good-will to men is on their lips, but war is in their heart. This is the alarming tone of various European observers as they examine the conflict and clash of interests among the nations of the Continent. Twelve years have passed since the termination of the war which was to end war, they note, but ft is no exaggeration to say that, except in England, preparations for another war are everywhere proceeding apace. ' \ The witty remark of Count Rathe- nau is called: "The war was begun in order to Europeanize the Balkans; it has ended by Balkanizing Europe." That is unhappily true, we are told, and has not made for peace. Looking over Europe, "The Saturday Review" (London) is dismayed to discover that armaments are being piled up feverishly by the Powers, large and small alike. The prospect of an extended naval holiday between Italy and France is said to be more remote, and "there are already rumors of .new ships to be laid down." Meanwhile— "The German Government seems set upon the construction of a fleet of 'pocket' battleships, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that if her neighbor* »nH«np fn r..fn__, tt, disarm on land, Germany wtlf ere long demand to be freed from the shackles imposed by the Treaty of Versailles in respect to her military forces. . / "The same pendency is to be observed in the/smaller States. "Spain is' clearly determined to strengthen/at all costs her position as the fourth naval Power in Europe; Jugo-Slayia is understood to have made arrangements for the purchase of munitions on a large scale; while even /Portugal has recently decided to spend a sum of twelve millions sterling on the modernization of her fleet. /"Such instances might be multiplied almost indefinitely, and, al / though the actual statistics are almost impossible to obtain, we see no reason to question the statement which is so often made that, although Germany is disarmed and the Austro- Hungarian Empire has ceased to exist, there arc more armed men in Europe today than on the eve of the late war. - '.'"".■ "Does all this mean, then, as the pessimists would have us believe, that a reduction of armaments is impossible,, and that the world is inevitably committed to another outbreak of hostilities upon an extended scale in the near future? "For our part we prefer for the present to be optimistic, but only so long as there is any ground for pope that the statesmen of Europe can be persuaded to look facts in the face. "Armaments, in short, are the outward sign of the secret fear that every nation today has of its neigh- bors, and there can be no real progress in the matter of disarmament until that fear has been removed." , The chief stumbling-block in the path of any effective measure of dis armament, it is said, are the French demands for security, the growing desire in many quarters for a modification of the peace treaty, and the relations of France with Italy. tt is not easy to discover what Paris means by security, sarcastically remarks this .London weekly,' ■ although it admits that a country invaded three times within a century by foreign armies is naturally, and rightly, inclined to believe that God is 'on the side of the big battalions. But we are told: ' "France; is surely strong enough today to regard the matter calmly. _The Treaty of Versailles restored ce and Lorraine; the Locarno her secure of foreign help of need;and the money fortifications along her frontiers has rendered the latter invulnerable. "In short, France already enjoys the security which, her statesmen tell us, must take priority of any measure of disarmament. "Th. only weakness of France lies in the chain of alliances with the smaller Powers in Central and Eastern Europe which she has forged, and for that she cannot, in all fairness, lay the blame On others." I The actual relation of the European nations to each other, asserts VV. Alison Phillips in the London "Fortnightly Review," too, is not that of peace, but of war. This is true, we arc assured, not only in respect of the limitation of armaments, for the general situation is far from satisfactory. If Europe is uneasy and apprehensive, it is arguued, this is due partly to the discovery that war can be carried on by other than military weapons, and it is charged that: "The United States have shown that, for purposes of conquest, big bank balances are even more effective than big battalions, and, while ingeminating peace, have entrenched themselves behind enormous tariff walls which, so far, have shown no signs of being cast down by the trumpet-blasts of thirty-eight protesting nations." x .iv, uiuu, ...... in uivuuitwii ... -aa'- Ope at present, this contributor to "The Fortnightly Review" advises us, arises out of the relations between France and Italy, "which have bean growing steadily worse." The immediate question in dispute, it is pointed out, is the "naval parity" with France, which Italy demands. We read then: "Naval parity between France, with her world-wide empire, and Italy, whose power is concentrated :n the Mediterranean would mean Italian superiority in the only region of possible conflict. Unfortunately, the possibility of such a conflict cannot be ignored. "For a long while past the Italians, who, like the Germans, entered belatedly into the competition for colonial expansion, have watched with a jealous eye the growth of the French-African empire. "Above all they have resented the French occupation of Tunisia, which before 1880 they had regarded as the predestined field for their own national expansion. "The actual situation in Tunis, indeed, in large measure explains the Italian irredentist attitude, which has been accentuated bv the influence of Fascism. "For Tunis has been described as 'an Italian colony governed by the French,' which is hardly an exaggeration in view of the fact that Italians constitute the great majority of the European population, and that, under the Convention of 1896, they retain their status and privileges as Italian subjects."—Literary Digest. BOSSES RESPONSIBLE, ' Wll C I If i i says labor official Iwilk dalesmen Hold Minneapolis. — "If the employers can't provide food, clothing and shelter—if they leave the working man to starve and freeze—then the public The Vancouver, New Westminster and • District Trades and Labor Council Extends the Compliments, of the Season to its off ilia fed membership Christmas Tree Event The annual Christmas tree of the \Wa*5t3*P~* Federation^ ftSftj& ProgrVm^,Itfanl toys for the kiddies were such that the cars of the committeemen were Labor, declared at a recent meeting of the Vocational Guidance Club here. "There cannot be over-production while there are hungry, ill-clad and poorly housed people. There is only poor distribution." Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters FRIDAY, JANUABY 2 Painters, Christmas Tree, 1 p.m lj If'.ilu ■. .: (' ,. _!a JU , . mft* Molders »}{ Engineers t - 315 SATUBDAY Bakers MONDAY Electrical Workers Teamsters Pressmen '.- — Boilermakers Egg Qradars Cement Finishers 1 2 3 4 511 315 TUESDAY Trades Council - J Ironworkers ■ 2 Burnaby civic Bmployees ... 3 Mailers : '.... - 4 Railway Firemen and Oilers ..:..; 31n WEDNESDAY Plasterers .". - Brewery Workers 3 Hoot and Shoe Workers 4 Carpenters' District Council 311 Photo Engravers 313 Tilesetters' Helpers 315 THURSDAY Painters - Sheet Metal Workers, 280 3 Label Trades Council - 4 FRIDAY, JANUABY 9 Milk Salesmen -'-: -, 1 Plumhers and Steamfitters 2 Machinists. 182 3 Stage Employees, 10 a.m 3 Asbestos Workers . 201 Sheet Metal Workers, 314 311 Engineer*, 844 315 Corporations Cutting Some Juicy "Melons" Ottawa.—While the purchasing power of tens of thousands of Canadian workers and farmers has almost' reached the vanishing point- large Canadian corporations are cutting juicy "melons" for the benefit of their owners. Never before have profits been so high. Dividend payments for December totaled $50,001,507"—a new high record for any one month of any year," according to the Montreal "Standard." It was almost 50 per cent, above the previous high mark attained in December, 1929. In addition to the regular dividends, many corporations are "rewarding" shareholders with bonuses. All of which suggests to J. S. Woodsworth, leader of the Labor group in the Federal Parliament, that, .some nf th,.--.. nMwl—. 1 envelopes of the workers. "Corporations all over the world put money away each year to replace machinery, to insure the payment of dividends, and to take care of other essentials in their business," he said. "Why can they not put away money to insure work for their employees?" The "Wealth of Nations" Up to Date nearly burnt up. Uncle Jerry, of Safety First fame, brought the house down with his numbers, Rig-a^Iig, and several other songs, for which he^ is becoming justly famous. The entertainment was in charge of Brother Dinty Blackman, who excelled himself in presenting some splendid acts for the children. Brother Johnny Dornan was in charge of the eats, and no one regretted not hav:ng had any supper before they arrived. All the bread and cakes were made by union bakers, and certainly were good to eat as well as look at. A drawing was held for a new Beatty washing machine, which was won by Mrs. J. Gillies, 2515 Larch street. The attendance prizes, for members only, were won by Bro. Durrant, $25; Bro. Belch, $15, and Bro. Hay, $10. Bro. George Parry was general chairman, and was kept busy all the evening looking after the many details that go to make things like this a success. At 9:15 the union orchestra played the home waltz, and everybody went out into the rain tired and happy. I ■ Employees at Dance The out-of-town members of the Milk Salesmen and Dairy Employees' Union, Local 461, located at Chilliwack and Abbotsford, celebrated their first annual dance at the Legion Hall, Chilliwack, on Friday, December 19th. Many hundreds attended and all stated it was one of the best dances ever held at Chilliwack. During refreshments all the ladies were ptescnled with lucky elephants, which we are told will keep away all evil spirits during the coming year. A drawing was held for useful In a time when everybody feels poor it is well "to recall that the world's natural and accumulated pos- sessions are still there," the New aluminumwnre, and many housewives Bishops Brand This System As Unjust s The Board of Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church recently made the following declaration: "Unless a way is found by which the hours of labor may be lessened and thc day reduced to correspond to the output of machine production, hbo^-saving devices may prove a curse rather than a blessing. "■Furthermore, .we cannot escape thc conviction that there is something unjust in a system that allows an industry to absorb surplus earnings of its employees in~prosperous periods and to cast them aside fdr, ..society to care for wlycn their labors are no longer profitable." During the five o'clock'rush hour we never give up our seat.to a lady because we never have one. Organized Labor Wins For Quebec Workers Quebec, P.Q.—A modern workmen's compensation act, based on compulsory state insurance, collective liability and administered by a commission, is to be established in the ancient province of Quebec. Official announcement was made in the speech from the throne, read at the opening of the legislature last week. Thus organized labor has won another long fight involving an important reform. Some years ago the legislature enacted a new compensation law. It was an improvement over its predecessor but still maintained private insurance. It has not worked satisfactorily and now the government has decided to follow in the footsteps of all other Caryadian provinces, with the exception of Prince Edward Island. • Announcement is also made that the department of labor is tp.be given an independent"- status ajftd placed under a minister, who will devote his entire time to.the work, i i These measures--are hailed as marking the beginning of a new era in labor legislation in this province. York Times reflects It points out that while estimates differ widely, there is a fair agreement among the experts on these facts: The national wealth of the United States, something in excess of $400,- 000,000,000, is probably equal to the combined wealth of all the other Powers—the United Kingdom (not the British Empire), France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan. For our population of 122,000,000 the estimated $400,000,000,000 of wealth would show a figure of about $3,400 per head. For the 400,000,- i0 inhabitants of the six other countries the corresponding figure would ' just about $1,000. The British people, with a population of 45,000,000 and an estimated national wealth of $120,000,000,000, would show a per capita, wealth of $2,800, or about fivesixths thc American rate. The disparity between the United States and Great Britain is larger when measured by annual income than by national wealth. The estimate of very near $100,000,000,- 000 for this country's annual income would be more than five times thc British figure, with American population less than three times as large. This would be explained by the fact that American methods, energy, and natural resources get a higher return on national capital than is the case in England.—Literary Digest. ■ realized their dreams when their number was drawn out of the hat. Great credit is due the country members, who worked hard and were amply repaid, when it turned out such a success. It would be invidious to mention any names, as they all worked hard. Australia First To Have Own Governor Otttwa.—Naturally Canadians are interested in the announcement that Australia is to have a native-born governor-general. Heretofore the governors-geneal of th dominions have been selected by the King on recommendation of thc British government. All that was changed at the recent Imperial Conference in London. Ilsreafter each dominion will suggest to. His Majesty the name of the man it considers best fitted to represent the Crowrt. ' '• Australia is the first of the domin- jons to take advantage, of its new freedom. It has picked Chief Justice Isaacs, a native of Australia, the, son of a tailor, and before he went on the bench, an ardent member of the Labor party. The present government of Canada is not disposed to follow Australia's lead. It is understood that Premier Bennett and his colleagues will 'advise the King, but that their choice will fall on someone who is a resident of the British lBles. MUNICIPAL PLANT DONATES CURRENT Penn Yan, N.Y.—This village, which operates a municipal electric plant, gave consumers a Christmas present in ths form of a receipted IIP PlsVPrS bill for December electricity. 1. U. ■ . * taycia "■ Thr gift follows 'a substantial re- '•■'A review of, 1930" Little Bits From duction in rates the first of the Here and There." month. Profits from the municipal No time or place has yet been plant-are. so large that ..the yj)iaj_.c.l_i^ Jan- can easily afford to 'send" receipted 'uary/ bills to its 1,700 customers. - CHAS. STEEN. Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 30th, 1930 For Health, Strength and Beauty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread. A wholesome body builder. Doctors recommend it. Fruit and Raisin Bread, Pastry and Meat Pies, Pumpkin Pies. THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST Proposal of Young Laborite Creates Furore in Great Britain R. c. HIRST ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Electrical Fixtures Hardware , Mechanics' Tool* Faint*, Oil*, Lamps Radio Supplies ■ Pip* Fitting's Tools Olen 370 4097 Baiting* St. E. INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner Secretary-Treas., R. E. Timmlns 536 Drake Street. Meets Second and Fourth Fridays Room 39 William* Bldg., Corner of granville and hasting* Membership Tee • i tl Per Year Union Restaurants AMERICAN CAFE—796 Main St. ART'S LUNCH—450 Abbott St. BLUE GOOSE CAFE—1043 Granville. BAILEY'S CAFE—322 Cambie. BOSTON CAFE—534 Pender W. BELMONT CAFE—1000 Blk. Granville. BANCROFT'S CAFE—338 Hasting. W. BROADWAY CAFE—105 Hastings *n*tiim EMPIRE CAFE—76 Hatting* E. FASHION DAIRY LUNCH—69 >_ E. Hasting*. FRED'S DAIRY LUNCH—72 Halting* W. GREEN MILL CAFE—419 Abbott. GOLDEN GATE CAFE—130 H.st- ings E. LEONARD'S CAFE—831 Granville. LIDO CAFE—732 Main St. LOVE'S CAFE—823 Granville. MAIN LUNCH—643 Main St. MELROSE CAFE—724 Hasting. W London.—All of Great Britain is still talking about the daring manifesto issued last Saturday by Sir Os wald Mosley, young millionaire So cialist and Labor member of Parli" ment.in which he demanded that Labor' government set up an "emergency cabinet" with semi-dictatorial powers to carry through a drastic programme designed to res. cue John Bull from the slough of economic depression. According to Mosley's revolutionary proposal, the "emergency cabinet" would be composed of five members without respect to political affiliations and would function somewhat like the wartime, coalition government. The cabinet departmental chiefs would be retained for ordinary business, but the main job would be entrusted to the "Big Five." Threatened With Disaster After declaring that the industrial life of Great Britain is threatened with national disaster and that "it is impossible to meet the economic crisis with a nineteenth century parliamentary machine," the manifesto outlines the Mosley scheme. A "commodity board" would control all imports by either licenses or tariffs, fixing prices so that agricul- tuure would get a fair return and guaranteeing that consumers would not be exploited. No industry "which is not efficient" or which pays low wages would be given any tariff protection Would-Abolish Slums ... A national economic planning board and a public utility organization would be formed "to produce houses and building materials as we turned out munitions during the war." Slums would be abolished, thus giving jobs to tens of thousands of building trades men now idle. "The home market must be the future basis of British trade," the manifesto declares, "and that home market depends on the purchasing power of the people, which in turn depends on high wages." War debts would not be -repudiated, but payments would be postponed until after the "industrial reconstruction period." Payment of other necessities of the workers, and a cut in the taxation on earned incomes would come first. Can "Talk Politic*" Later Seventeen Labor members of the House pf Commons signed the manifesto with Mosley. . "In the advancement of this immediate policy," they declared, "wo surrender nothing of our socialist faith. The immediate question is not a question of ownership, but of the survival of British industry. "Let us put through the emerg _ ._, .,-utua* "• |ency programme to meet the national NEW ORPHEUM CAFE—762 Gran-, danger. Afterward the political de- EATS CAFE—619 Till NEW GOOD Pender W. OAKS CAFE—326 Abbott. OLYMPIC CAFE—720 Pender W. PETER PAN CAFE—1138 Granville. PRESIDENTS' CAFE—938 Granville St. PROVINCE CAFE—736 Main St. STANDARD CAFE—615 Dunsmuir. YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH * CHIP Restaurant No. 1—614 Robson. YE OLDE ENGLISH FISH & CHIP Restaurant No. 2—44 Hastings W. ALLEN'S CAFE—New Westminster. FRASER CAFE—New Westminster. MINTO CAFE—Nrw Westminster. bate on the fundamental principle can be resumed." Mosley intends to start a national campaign In support of his plan.§ His appeal will be to the younger" men and women in all parties. Mosley himself is widely popular throughout the country and many observers see him as the inevitable leader of the Labor party and a future prime minister of Britain. That is probably a long distance in the future, however. No Support From "Left" Right now his support within the Labor party will come from "middle-of-the-roaders." Neither the left nor right wing group is showing any enthusiasm over the proposal. James Maxton, leader of the "leftists," has denounced Mosley as attempting to set up a dictatorship. One of Premier Ramsay MacDonald's closest friends described the. Mosley proposals as "merely a conglomeration of good and bad economic proposals, badly put together." The London "Daily Herald," organ of the Labor party, however, takes a more tolerant attitude. "Right or wrong, it is a sincere effort to formulate a policy to meet the present emergency and should be judged on its merits," the paper declares in.a leading editorial. Sees Tory Resemblance "His plan for import boards in connection with foodstuffs and raw materials is thoroughly in line with the Labor policy, but his other economic proposals have too close a resemblance to the Tory plan for enclosing Britain within high- tariff walls." There is no question but that there is much in Mosley's scheme to appeal to thousands of Britishers. The country's condition has become so alarming that the average man is willing to take a chance on any proposition that looks like it might afford a solution. "It is daring and sweeping enough to stagger the conventional politicians of all stripes and knock the breath out of their bodies," declares J. L. Garvin, nationally known and widely read writer for the "Sunday Observer." .mi). ,.'A^.|<*w;'-^fv.1N_f/ioftrrort and indignation will be vociferous " he continues. The meithods off constitutional dictatorship proposed for the definite period of national emergency are vulnerable efnough. But the temper of action and originality embodied in this programme breathe the spirit required to awaken the country from lethargy and confusion. "Sir Oswald Mosley himself has ta£en his political life in his hands with brilliant fearlessness. He is the only leader of his generation who has the courage to strike out a new path, even though it may lead him temporarily into the wilderness." RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Ont by Pint Kail After Receipt of Yonr Order. VANCOUVER. B. 0. CORNER COBDOVA AND CABBALL VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE ! The New Orpheum Cafe Private Banquet Hall Prop.: Jas. P. Dwyer 762 GRANVILLE STREET PHONE: SEY. 3346 TO CONTINUE PROBE OF FLOUR, MINISTER SAYS Ottawa.—Hon. G. D. Robertson, Minister of Labor, indicated in'a statement he issued last week that there would be further inquiry concerning the price of flour, the profits of the millers, and possibly the close connection between the millers and large chains of bakeries. The minister had just concluded a conference with the spokesmen of the millers. The latter had agreed to furnish the government with any information desired. "Their attitude is sincerely appreciated," said Senator Robertson. "Many factors entered into the problem," he declared, and as a consequence there would be no investigation under the Combines Act until the preliminary survey bad been completed. - — —- How much of Mr.. Shaw onr. may learn from his "Caesar* and Tiow little of Caesar.—Philip Guedalla. Low Wages Blamed For Business Drop New York.—"Speculation on borrowed money and the small share that labor receives in the form of Wages were classed as major causes of the present depression by United States Senator Shipstead, writing his views for the Magazine of Wall Street, in a featured article. This financial publication explains that Senator Shipstead's views on the problems relating to business are "most significant" as thc close divis ion between the two old,, parties makes him "thc most powerful in- divual in Congress." "We are suffering from underconsumption rather than overproduction," said Senator Shipstead, in calling attention to thc need for higher wages. "Not enough of the gross income of the corporations goes back into immediate and broadly distributed individual income. In other words, the potential buyers arc not adequately provided with the means of buying. When the gross amount paid out in | wages decreases as the volume of the product increases, an impasse is sure to come. 'U has been recently shown—contrary to what we have all thought— that labor is receiving a smaller proportion of the value it assists creating than it did 90 The corporations Railroad Labor Want Less Working Time in years ago. Washington.—The Association of Railroad Labor Executives, at their meeting in this city, established a new record when they agreed to take joint action to secure less working time. The purpose is care for unemployed. The association comprises 21 organizations of workers .employed on the nation's roads. The chairman is D. B. Robertson, president Brotherhood of Locomotive .Firemen. The secretary is E. J. Manion, president Order of Railway Telegraphers. The shorter time plan is intended to relieve unemployment. There are more than 300,000 employees who are out of the service and there are several bundred thousand who are working on part time. The question of shorter hours is as involved as all the nation's industries because of the complex character of railroading, with its manufacturing, repairing and transportation that1 provides for every imaginable em- REVOLUT'?N7r?E™.SX.rilL_„..._ ployment. I FAVOR DICTATORSHIP The executive committee of the as- London, Eng.—A group of "left" sociation will present their views to. members of the Labor party in the the carriers, and will attempt to have 1 House of Commons joined Sir Os- I* i. .a-.i - ■* ' IJ M--< other Beer tastes so good J Beer is a wonderful tonic for overworked persons and those run down becauseof weak, im po verished blood. pure beer ... made from excellent Canadian/ Barley-Malt and finest grown B.C. goldeH hops combined with tonic properties, )ne bSiitS lUtfd below quickly aid nature in restoring both mind and body to normal health and strength. Al till Government Lit/nor Stores and liver Parlor/ I II M SI I LAGEE BLUE BIEEtCfc LAGER CASCAp: PALE ICLD HILHALI Lt LAGEK This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liqu Control Board or by the, Government of British Columbia. it treated on a national scale, as it is a national matter. The workers are asking for the six- hour day in train and yard service and the five-day week for other employees. Each organization will work ination of Subsidized and unfair com-1 and British Premier who was ousted petition by busses, trucks, pipe lines'by Ramsey MacDonald. and waterways." i "In a changed world," the mani festo says, "it is impossible to meet the economic crisis with a nineteenth century parliamentary machine." The proposal would attract less attention but for the fact that the same position was taken two weeks ago by Winston Churchill, Conservative leader, in a speech that was cheered by several hundred fellow, Tories. ine corporations are accumulating but" its es7ecial nroh p" =°S,_?_ W0.rK unwisely holding back dividend dis- The As^rttior,3% i J t .. bursements. Rich men and rnmnro p. l"e,. ° ""'*" of Railroad Labor lions tend to wiftdw4*S*Kirt ralSF* agre<ud -to work witl> Bffl of their income from' consJEXe rStio7oVhT*h*Tr? 8S "£<?"i to-b ^^ Young Biid^vin.'a "left use than do average indviiduals/' j by* busses andI fru*ks and ?h°» '°" W!ngf'% h the 80n of Staniey Bal" o trucks and the elim- j win-, leader of the Conservative party wald Mosley and Oliver Baldwin in a manifesto which declares that Britain-faces a crisis because of economic conditions, and that the present government should be replaced by an emergency council of five ministers, who~.would be semi-dictators, as was the rule during the war. Sir Oswald Mosley .recently resigned from the JLabor Party. It is too slow. 'Young Baldwin, a "left Well, He Was, Wasn't He?/ JJ ; iectur.er (on prohHrition)--=^' paiT'""" "T| of iftater and a pail of beer' were placed in front of a jackass-and he . selected the water. Why? ■/'■ ~ Voice (in the real of Jt\aX\v patfse he was a jackajss! / —Tigl/ Friday, December iOth, 1930. THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vancouver Trad** and tabor Council— 1'remdent, C. McDonald; general secretary, Percy R. Bengough. Office, 200 Labor Headquarters, 531 Beatty St. Phone Sey. 7195. Meets In Labor Hall at 8 p m. on the lirst and third Tuesday* in month. Bakery and Confectionery Worker*' International Union, Local No. 468, meets lirst and third Saturday In month at 7:30 p.m. at Labor Headquarters President, Fred Cash man; Secretary's Office, Room 304, Labor Headquarter*; Hours: 11 a.m. to 100 p.m. I'hone: Sey. 3349. Beverage Dispensers' Union, No. 676— Meets last Sunday., at 8 p.m., Room No. 2. Labor Headquarters; second Friday at 10 a.m. at the office. Pres,, It. T. Kane; Secretary and Bus. Agent, T. J. Hanafln. Office: Room 1, Eagles' . Hall, 535 Homer Street. Phones Sey. 4783 and Bay. 1JJ66-R. Hours: 9 to 3 p.m. Bride* and Structural Iron Worker*, Local 97, Int. Assoc.—Meets every Tuesday, Hall 311, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p m. President. James F. Burns. 2833 Turner St.; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 311,' Labor Headquarters. Pliones: Office, Sey. 7495; Residence, Fair. 5167 R. Building' Trade* Council, .Vancouver— Meets second and fourth Tuesday in Hall 315. Labor Headquarters. President, VV. l>. Wilson; secretary-treasurer. W, Page. Room 301. Labor Headquarters. . Phone Sey. 7495. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Dawe; Sec- Treas.; C. K. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarter*. Bookbinder*' local Vo. 10S, Int. Broth- erliood Al. . I; second Tuesday In mouth at Professional and Business Woman's Club. Empire Bldg., 603 Hastings W. President, G, 53rd Ave. W 81- Ha mi I to ., Lqw, 61 Secretary, Thos, Carroll, Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters' Int. Union, No. 1—-Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, in Hall No. 3. President, L. Padgett; 2006 W. 8th. Phone Bavvlew 1558 It; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall. 1214 East 20th. Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec. Albert-Wright, r.th, Phone Fair.. 6582 X. 1050 Earn Camp and Kill Workers'- FcFrteral Labor Union No. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday 8 pin., at 544 Powell Street B. idenl, H. M'lyazau-a; __^*retary, Tsuyukl. Jn at I'res- K. Carpenters and Joiners, United Brother hood of, Local 452—I'resld Page; Financial Hatley: Busines greaves.' Office, ..Headquarters. .Meets fourth Mondays, 8 p.m . Wm. Secretary. R wr Agent, w. Hnr- Room 310, Labor second and '" Hall No. 1. Hall Aiisor.inH.,.. or each month Employees' iii »t weuiiesuay at 251._ Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, A. .1. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 3517 West 25tli. Civic Employees' Union, Local 28—■ Meets-'lirsl and third Fridays In tho month at 251 V_ Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, John McRltchie, 601 West Twelfth; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 3427 Triumph St. Egg Graders' Union, No. 11—Meets in the Labor Headquarters, first and third Monday In month. President, R. Gela, 3287 -West 21st; Record Secretary. Miss I). Simpson, 627 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster; Financial Secretary, Miss Marjorie Deyell 555 East 20th, City. Mill and Factory Worker*' Union, Local No. 1599 — Affiliated with United jBrotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. ■ \i"ula "ri" and thlrd Thursdays In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer. C Carslake, 1124 Albernl St. Motion Pictureb PhoJ«ctlonl*ts' Union, Local 348, of I.A.T.S.E. & M.P.M.O.— 11:30 p.m., first Friday In month, In Hall No. 3 Labor Headquarters. President. J. It. Foster, Secretary,'J. C. Richards, Box 346, Phone Douglas 1574-R; Business .Agent. F. W. Simmons, Phone Trinity 5708. Musician*' Mutual Protective Union, £0.?,i,l.48,,A- p' of »L—Meets at the .' ,«■"*■ Aud|torlum, second Sunday at io a.m. President, E. C. Miller; General Secretary, W. Coullng; Organ- '.?,er'.?, Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 west Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painter*, Decorators and Faperhanger*, Local 138—Meets aecond and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, VV, Hunt; Rec. Secretary, A. E. Varah. 1442,Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Pile Driver*, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders, Local No. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock in 122 Hasting*** St. W. President, S. Coy; Jas. Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Plaaterer*, Looal 89—operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets lirst and i hi Ml Wednesday In month .at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters,. President, Mark Galway, 829 East B'7t)i; Phone Fraser 964 R. Cor. Sec., Harry West, 3276 West Sixth. Fin. Sec., E. A. Williams, 830 .East 12th; Phone Fair. 5219 X. Cement Finishers' Cor. Sec, R. Welse, 1079 West Hastings; Doug. 848 R. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agen t.W. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Printing' Pressmen and Assistants, Local No. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President. W. W. Qulgley, 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. S. Ezart. 1807 East Thirty-eighth. Railway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 58—Meets lirst and third Friday in month at Labor Headquarters. President, A. S. Ross, 5806 Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. D. Valliamy, 2215 West 15th. Labor and Liberal Alliance Is Seen in Great Britain Street and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division No. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, lirst and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m fsGSf&i&fy", Ij. "Price. "Trca"Surer, ' J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Cornel- Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Local Union No. 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. 3. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205 W. llth; Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson, 308 Lahor Headquarter*. London.—From all indications Lloyd George and Premier Ramsay MacDonald have reached an understanding which may keep the Labor government in power for an indefinite period. Last week MacDonald announced in the Hpuse of Commons that thc government would introduce an electoral reform bill before Christmas. Changes in the election laws to provide for proportional representation and alternative voting have been Lloyd George's pet idea for years. The day after MacDonald's announcement, Llpyd George, speaking at a Liberal party conference, stated that the Liberals would not vote against the Labor government except on "some absolutely vital issue." Those two statements are accepted as conclusive proof that the Labor and Liberal chieftains have entered into a "compact" that means keeping the Labor government in office for a long time—possibly two (years. Must Keep Labor in Control It is a certainty that the House of Lords will vote down any electoral reform bill passed by Commons. There are two methods by which a measure can be made effective after it has been killed by the upper house. One is to place it before the people at a general election and the other is to have it re-passed by Commons at three separate sessions within two years. Lloyd George is on record against any general election in the near future. Therefore, if he wants the reform he must keep Labor in control until the job is finished. According to the "dope," the Liberals will support Labor in its effort to repeal the Trades Dispute Act in* return for Labor's backing on the electoral reform bill. How far MacDonald will go on the proportional representation. That would work revolutionary changes in Britain's parliament and would make it almost impossible for any party to secure a majority in the Commons. Thus the Liberals might hold the balance of power almost indefinitely. Roughly, the plan would work out somewhat in this manner: At the last general election tha combined vote of the three main parties—Labor, Conservatives and Liberals—was tWr'ft'O.Si' ui^trnnnioiis.-OT une tor e;ich 30,005 votes cast. Eight "independent" seats are not figured in this calculation. . If each party's strength in the Commons were in proportion to the total vote polled by that party, tha standing in the House would be 231 Conservatives, 231 Laborites, and 173 Liberals. Instead the House consists of 289 Laborites, 260 Conservatives, and 58 Liberals. ■ •■ The Liberals contend that a system which produces such results is manifestly unfair and should be changed. Alternative voting would also be a big boost for the Liberals. Voter Has Two Choice* Under this scheme, which has been tried out in many parts of America, each voter picks a first and a second choice where there are three candidates. "First-choice" ballots are counted first and if one candidate has a majority he is declared elected,. If no one has a majority, the candidate with the lowest vote is eliminated and his second-choice votes are counted and they decide the winner. The Liberals have everything at stake in this electoral reform struggle. Under the existing system, they are being gradually ground to pieces betyjeen the upper stone of Labor and the lower stone of Conservatism. If they can secure the proposed change, the party will experience a new birth. If the rumored compact between MacDonald and Lloyd George materializes, it will be to the Labor party's advantage. By-elections throughout the country show that the Laborites are "slipping." ' Heavy Loss in Labor Vote The latest instance was in the Whitechapel contest to elect a successor to the late Harry Gosling, Labor member of Parliament. Whitechapel is a working people's district and in the 1929 election Gosling received 13,701 votes against 4,521 for the (Liberal candidate, and 3.417 for the (Tory. In last week's by-election, however, things wese not so rosy. James Hall, Labor party\candidate, won but he pulled through tiy a narrow margin. The vote was 8,514 for Labor, 7.445 for the Liberal candidate, and 3,735 for the Tory. Loss of Labor's strength is attributed to two factors—general dissatisfaction with the government's failure to adopt a more vigorous unemploy- ffi. &rM"afi. HftsUcT^niV^U-rP siderable number of them registered disapproval of the way MacDonald has handled the decided.y ticklish situation which has developed in the Holy Land as a result, of tha clashes between Jews and Arabs. UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG BOB KRAUSE 76 Hastings 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 VICTORIA DRIVE Phones: High. 105 and Fair. 4148-R Electrical Workers. Local 213, International Brotherhood—Meet n flrst and third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougnl; Business Manager, E. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510, Engineers—International Union of Oper< ating Engineers, Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p.m., Hall 315 President, F. L.'Hunt; Rec. Sec, G. E Jones; Business Agent and Fin. Sec. George Pettipiece. Office 306, Laboi Headquarters. Phone Trinity 6434. TailovH* Jonrneymen Union of Amerloa, Local No. 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. \V. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. S.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th A see. E. France's Secret Gold Fort Castle Hotel Limited Visit the Finest Parlors in Vancouver; seating 680. Meeting Place of Union Men! 750 Granville St., Vancouver Phone: Sey. 7907 28-CENT MACHINE-GROWN W HEAT Wichita, Kansas. — Coropration farming in this State can produce wheat at less than 28 cents a bushel, and this price will pauperize the American farmer, declared Harold McGugin, Kansas congressman-elect, in a radio address. "Unless corporation farming is stopped all national agitation for farm relief will have been in vain," said Mr. McGugin. "Corporation farming needs no relief. Corporation fariiyn«_,i)ot.)y_H/'.in" tjta..ftr--n*->f/'>i«-' tions are breaking up thousands of acres of new land. They increase acreage and thereby increase the wheat surplus. They will continue to do so as long as the price of wheat will permit a profit over 28 cents a bushel." Our office boy says the ideal income is about 100 per cent. more. Taxi, Star* and Bub Drivers, Local 161 —Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m President. W. Wilson. Offke, 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. rire Fighter*, Vo. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of President at 251M Hastings E. President, N. McDonald, 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary, C. A. Watson, 1329 Thirteenth Ave. E. Teamster*, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, local 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday. Labor Headquarters. Presl- lent, F. T. fioodrich, 866 Hornby, Doug. 3538-L; Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. Floorlayers' Union, No. 1875, U. B. Of C. * 3. A—Meets flrst and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, , Labor Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec, Jack Nelson; Rec. Sec., John McDonald, 2905 West Twelth; Business Agent, W. D. Wll- sonr. 1535 Fifth Ave. W. Tbe Motel and Restaurant Employees , and Marine Cooks and Steward*.— ' Local 28. Suite 39, 413 Oranvllle St., meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., and last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Flo Allen; Secretary- Treasurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. Phone Seymour 125. ladle*' Auxiliary, Looal 171 — United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month in Hall 201. Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary, Elizabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave. E. Theatrical Star* Employee*' Union, Local 118 of th* I.A.T.S.E. ft M.P.M.O. Meets second Friday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.m. President, A. Harrington; Secretary, W. Park: Business Agent, H. Pearson, address, P, O. Box 711. Typographical Union, ■r , Ho. 336— Presl- C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, E. R. Bayley; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., In Hall No. 1, Labor Head quarters.. Lather*, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Looal 307—Meets first —and^third~ttonaay* In month at Labor Headquarters. Secretary, F. Macey, 2456 West Seventh Ave. Phone Bayvlew 6831 L. Union Label Trades Council meets 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 Street, Phone Fair. 3317-Y Secretary, Mollle TJoIk, 1587 Fifth Avenue East. Phone High. 477-Y. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council \| F.ETS second Thursday in each "*■ month. President. S. D. Mc- Machiniet*' Local 893—President. Thos. Bills. 1332 Burrard St.; Secretary. P. R. Bengough. Office. Room 200. Labor Headquarters. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 313. Donald, Box 268. Secretary. FrMN Derry, Box 498, Prince Rupert.B.C. One billion dollars' worth of gold hidden in a secret underground'fortress. Tens of thousands of yellow ingots, each worth $7,843, piled on steel shelves, five to a pile. "This richest treasury in Europe is hidden in the world's best protected stronghold," buried deep in the middle of Paris, writes the Paris correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune. Here "locked up in a frame of steel, water and rock," the Bank of France keeps its gold bullion, the largest supply in Europe, and second only to the gold owned by the United States Federal Reserve banks. "In less than two years," we read, "France's stock of bullion has increased 47 per cent., passing from $1,372,000,000 to almost $2,000,- 000,000," and of this huge total about half is kapt in the fortified cellars covering about two and one-half acres. Prepared to withstand a siege, the stronghold has kitchens "ready to cook at a moment's notice enough food for at least 1,000 persons." The greatest secrecy surrounds the system of defense of the bank's gold holdings. Never have the vaults been described in the Paris press, but the New York Herald Tribune correspondent was permitted to descend into them. Then he describes them for us: It would be no exaggeration to say that the Bank of France keeps its gold in a fortress. Bombs thrown on Paris from an airplane would never pass through the armour which-protects^thtri"ellars, and in case of a revolution 1,000 men, soldiers, and bank employees oultl be in a position to stand an the tamed stream of the subterranean river of the Grange Bateliere, which the engineers found on that Milk Wagon Driver* and Dairy Empley- ees, Local 464—Office 308. Labor Headquarters. Meets second - and " Fridays In Hall No. 1. Presl- _J. Mitchell: Secretary-Treasurer. Uowler. 2841 Triumph. Phone NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trade* A Labor Council Boom 200—531 Beatty Strut Phones: Sey. 74»6-«_7» pot when they began to dig. They decided to use it as a means of defense ajjainst possible undermining of the cellars. The water has been drained in a intricate system of canals that surround the waterproof walls. The access to the vaults reminds one of the defense organization of a fort. The doors of steel and cement weigh eight tons each, and a mere twist of a handle is sufficient to block them with an additional weight of twelve tons. If a riot should occur in Paris tomorrow, the Banque de France would be in a position to go immediately on a state of siege, and resist any attacks of the rioters for several weeks. In less than a half-hour all the clerks and managers would be down in the vaults where desks and chairs stand ready for thetri Sixty-air>- pipes, whose outer ends are dispersed and hidden so carefully that it would he unlikely for the besiegers" to discover them, would supply fresh air. The feeding of the defenders of the vaults, in case of emergency, has been fully provided for. The kitchens are ready to cook at any moment enough food for at least 1,000 persons, and stocks of provisions are renewed every day. WAGE CUT IS REFUSED; __ JEWISH HOUSES CLOSED New York.—Attempts of the Jewish Theatrical Managers' Association JfiCOl/i*. AND ^ WESTMINSTER 19-4th Quarter-30 <f TRADES^ " , AND ^ °f? CO^ Working Button for Fourth Quarter of 1930: Color, green. would be in a position vo *u».,u »..> enforce wage reductions running underground siega. j>t at least_aJas high as 40 per cent, in some m- n stances has resulted iifa: virtual lock- morith. Every danger which might threaten the stock of gold has been foreseen and avoided by the engineers who some years ago built the vaults. They are buried under ninety-six I feet of compact rock. ..-.'. Underneath and around them flows out involving 1,800 actors, musicians stage hands and doormen in nine Jewish theatres in Great New York. When the employees refused to accept the cut the managements closed the theatres for an "indefinite period." . > LOCALS USING WORKING BUTTONS Beverage Dispensers. Brewery Worker*. Building Laborers & Hod Carrier*. City Fire Fighter*. Camp and Mill Worker*. Carpenter*. Egg Grader*. Electrical Worker*. Elevator Constructors. Engineer*. Floorlayers. Hotel and Restaurant Employee*. Ironworker*. Lather*. Milk Salesmen. Millworkers. Millwrights. New Westminster Carpenter*. Plasterers and Cement Worker*. Plumber*, and Steamfitters. Painter* and Decorators. Piledriver* and Bridgemen. Sign nncTTicfolrial Painter.. Sheet Metal Worker*. Tailor*. J"» teT„_r»- ■ Tilesetters. Teamsters and Chauffeurs. Tile, Marble and Terrauo Helpers. Upholsterers. Page Four TL f L IV ., ,m,ln whoopee party to those unemployed Ly Hie LaDOr Statesman when they were handed their meal j and bed tickets and t61d that it was gratis. It must have made them feel like capitalists drawing their, quarterly dividends. Some day, when the workers and the small business men get wise, however, there will be less work for all of us to do and a greater abundance of the good things of life for our lighter labors. We are all working too hard now; we are all putting in too many hours a day, too many days a week at far too much speed. That is why the induiitriBl Published, every Friday, at Labor Headi.'Jarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District ,Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. Musicians' Notes By Con Sordine As this will be put into print at the opening of a new year, when many things are written in retrospect, as I believe it is called, perhaps a few remarks on conditions PK136S COMMITTEE: alier Duptford. Chairman^ w. Wan j„ch as we have just seen. illuililniK Trades Council); P. R. Ben- BoiiKh (Machinist Trades), H. II. Neelands (Printing Trades), Dan McPherson (Building Trades). H. Showier (Teaming Trades). T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades). i. Herrelt (Label Trades). Subscription Kates: $2 per Year; to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone: Seymour 6379 Vancouver, Dec. 30, 1930 months will not be out of place We have ah been producing too much and not giving the other fellow a chance to get at the feed trough. None of us, that is the workers, have been consuming enough. We have been putting all the things we produced into warehouses and cold storages, and In spite of the vital change in one of the chief sources of employment for musicians—to wit, the picture theatres—and the economic depression which has made itself felt in all kinds of employment, the Local nn- THE COMING CHANGE Despite the fact that we are continuously trying to convince .ourselves that the present industrial system is tottering to its fall, and there seems to be evidences on every side that such is the case, we are again reminded that we, and many before us, ha#e been saying the same thing for the past thirty years, and still the oRl system keeps chugging away. Jufst at the moment we see lines of poor shivering devils stand ing outside the relief department day after day, from morning till night, waiting for a relief job or for some groceries; the daily newspapers and charitable organizations are making pitious appeals for funds, and others are providing board and lodging for single men and women who would 'otherwise be homeless. Unemployment is at a tremendous then sitting idly by while these are | ishes the year, without reduction in being gradually consumed, but it will I the numbers in its ranks: it. is hold- go on just the same when the fact ories are again opened up. There will be some changes, however. The ing its own The Capitol and .Strand theatre musicians finished early in the year. five-day week, and the shorter work anQ tne Empress Theatre has given day will enter great.y ' into the or less casual employment to a scheme of things. Higher standards j ft,w of our members. A.new picture of living will be tolerated and advo- tneatre has opened, but is using can- cated by our industrial barons in ned muBic only. The R. K. Orpheum order that the workers might in- ret_ajns eleven members in its employ, crease the profits of the owners of xhere has been no appreciable the machinery of wealth production but even these things will not be enough to prevent another depress tion and the appeals for charity will be heard again in the land, and the workers will have again passed up the opportunity of changing the present system of wealth production for profit into a system of production for use.—W. 3000 More Garment Workers Get 40 Hours New York.—Two large concerns i i : i , , .,,■, .lrivini/ that have contractual relations with peak and bankrupteiM ue driving ^ ^.^ Garment Workers of America notified General President Rickert and General Secretary Wines of that organization that they have accepted the 40-hour week. Three thousand employees will change from the 44-hour week be- There many more small business men into the unemployed ranks. About a thousand banks have failed in the United States and every line of business is feeling the pinch of depression, but the industrial system is not down and out by any means, no matter.how gloomy the picture or how ginning the first of the year, desperate the situation. There are will be no wage reductions, still thousands living in riotous lux- The two concerns are H.. D. Lee ury and our financial and industrial Mercantile Company, with factories magnates are preparing for the boom jn Kansas City, Mo.; South Bend, times which will undoubtedly appear _n,l.; Trenton, N.J.; Minneapolis and cisco, employing 2,500 •its•-' Kstrtnpntfy OI OT. '-: ':'-■■"•■«»" ":■■•■ ■'■« «m ■->:«<•■■» ^KSSS^ difference in the number of engagements played for the radio, but the number of dance engagements appears to have fallen off. In the present circumstances, organizations are not holding the number of social functions held in previous years. One bright event was the successful re-organization of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the generous support given by the public to its opening concerts. The sponsors are so gratified with the result of their efforts that they are considering holding an increased number of concerts next season. * ' * * There's one thing about the canned music theatres—they can't make "whoopee" at New Years without the human attractions. I notice the theatres giving midnight jamborees have to enlist the assistance of the human element. The musicians will have to take this into consideration next year, and, in.the amusement places where they are to be employed but once a year, tilt their prices accordingly. i. Some people might think we san Franci jloom side of the ience so many Joseph Mo s before and seen the old system Th,. r in ran Z^lbatZtfl. ftT^™ Ps **- br7ndTtTV7raUruZl7K P\Ty £l^t%iVLM?*.^J$ ■*«*■ «nd work shirts. The McdU aid company manufactures the Mc Donald brand of. high-grade dress shirts, pyjamas, underwear, overalls and work shirts. In a joint statement, President Rickert and Secretary Wines said: "The Lee and the McDonald companies operate the largest plants in their respective lines in the United States. They are leaders and not followers in the garment industry. into the band wagon and strive with the rest for good times. The men with power and money are planning another boom, and we must admit that they have the material at their disposal for such an event. We have seen the workers and the unemployed, one bunch speeded to the limit and the other standing idly by begging for jobs, put back into office and power tlje politicians and plutocrats who uphold, and are determined to maintain, the present system of wealth production. Politically, therefore, we see no hope, or desire, for a change in the present system. On the other hand, however, we see big business again preparing for the so-called good times which have followed every industrial depression, and within two or three months the industrial depression of 11)30 will have been history. This depression, however, will have left its scars and its benefits. Many new schemes were adopted to combat unemployment and these will have an influence on the next one, which must eventually follow. In Vancouver the dollar a day and two dollar a day scheme was thrown overboard1 and wages for relief work- peared in the local newspapers as'a ers reached the four dollar a day! prelude. H. R. Fitzgerald, president mark. Single men were provided with ! of the mill corporation, advised a week's meal and bed ticket for do-j strikers to return to work. He re- ing one day's work, and many of peated the ancient vow of anti-union- these men thought they had struck I ists that he will never, never recog- lt rich and were prepared to again nize the Textile Workers' Union and MR. COCKSHUTT SEES RED Speaking in Windsor the other day before the Border Chamber of Commerce, the Hon. Harry Cockshutt expressed his earnest desire for two things—was with Russia and a higher tariff. Mr. Cockshutt evidently found the last war a fairly profitable venture. In the early months of that event- in October, 1914—a gang plow (Mr. Cockshutt makes gang plows, I un Having convinced themselves that the derstand) could be bought in Cal- 0-hour week is economically sound jgary for 97 bushels of wheat. On and humanely just; they did not hes-j'be same date this year''the gang itate to put it into effect. , In taking! P-'°w would have cost the farmer 291 this advanced step they will receive the commendation and support of the organized labor movement and all other progressive minded men and women." „• Danville Strikers Refuse to Stampede Danville, Va.—Another plot to stampede striking textile workers back into the mills has failed. A full-page advertisement, signed by "merchants of - Danville,"' ap- help bolster up the old system. One peculiar thing, however, happened in connection with this scheme, which shows the utter bankruptcy of ideas , among the powers that be. Some of these relief gangs have been provided with their week's board and lodging without doing any work, because the authorities stated they could hot find work for them. But if there is one thing that a city the size of Vancouver can do, it can find work. But our authorities, like many others of the ruling class, were not interested iri finding work, so long as relief measures were available to take care of a hungry mob. We might. haYe.,Reaches, parks a-nd uncleared land badly needing the at things, when less petty things had to be attended to. Of course we are not decryine this event. It must have been like a that the strikers are being "misled by outsiders and agitators." The attempted stampede was carefully planned. For several days Danville newspapers have be£p referring to deplorable conditions^ strikers and the destitution that has followed thc strike. No mention was made by Fitzgerald, the business men and the newspapers that the workers made every effort to settle their grievances without resorting to strike and that they walked out in self-defense after hundreds of employees, were discharged for joining the union. The strikers answered . the _ata_nr pede plot at" a mass meeting -when . they declared, "The strike has just tention of workers,...bu"t. thjj.jailuir^ Jjg__ucu_i_ -__ ,..; B ities were hot interested in suchT Notwithstanding hundreds of sol diers ami various pol:ce unife. the number of strikebreakers remain practically the same as before the militia appeared. bushels. Perhaps if the conditions were reversed Mr. Cockshutt would hesitaU about ordering another war. Among other things, Mr. Cockshutt said: "The situation in Soviet Russia was worse than death itself. He could not understand why the governments of the world allowed such conditions to exist or why these parasites filled with the filth of Moscow are permitted to send their literature out to other countries." He added: "War should be non-existent but be fore that I would have one war—-to clean up Moscow;" The trouble with these irresponsible utterances is that they may be taken seriously in Russia.' The Russians naturally cannot be expected to understand the time, the place and the man. • Mr. Cockshutt's statement was received with loud cheers. The loudness revealing the entire absence of thought from the audience. A war with Russia! Well well! War with Russia would almost certainly carry away the last remnants of existing civilization. It's too high a price to pay etfen to please so distinguished a plowmaker as the Hon .Harry Cockshutt. , Mr. Cockshutt, having finished the war on Russia then turned to the Canadian front—his war against the western., farmer. Here his weapon was not artitllery but tariffs. ~He wanted a higher tariff. The price of wheat Is now one-half .what it was ..last ~yeatfr~tfee ^price ■ of gang plows is down four per cent. He wanted more tariff. Higher tariff would give Mr. Gock-sbutt the-poweit to Check further declines in the price ,0* gang plows while making it even more difficult to market wheat. 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Gorman, umpire for the anthracite Board of Conciliation, ruled that coal companies must pay wages to six employees who attended the funeral of an employee killed in that colliery. The decision is based on a resolution passed by the Board of Conciliation during the Word War, when it was the rule to shut down a mine to attend a funeral. It was agreed that the workers be represented by six miners who would be pair for lost time. FREE MEDICAL AID Chicago.—Free medical aid for unemployed during the coming winter is being arranged by thc Chicago Medical Society. A staff of physicians is being organized for that purpose. Applications for treatment will be investigated and patients will be assigned to physicians. can answer that suggestion from Mr. Cockshutt. He also said: "If the tariff had been increased two years ago Canada would have averted much of its present slump." . . They did that in the United'States in 1922—they raised the tariff sharply. The purchasing power of the United States is lower this year than last to the tune of at least a billion a month. The wages of industrial workers alone is down $300,000,000 in October this year as compared with last. Unemployment is greater than ever before—wages are being cut. Mr. Cockshutt's remedy seems to kill other countries. He expects it toxur* Canada. Is Mr. Cockshutt thinking of himself? Do the interests of the country ever cross his mind or is he thinking only of Mr. Cockshutt? Yours sincerely, Milton F. Cross. Winnipeg Votes To Extend Heating System Winnipeg, Man.—The popularity of "Hydro," the short name for the city's municipally owned power plant, was proven in the recent election when the ratepayers approved a proposal tp raise $750,000 to extend the cityls central heating system. During the last six years, Winnipeg has successfully heated the business section from a centrally located plant which is operated in connection with thc power system. Now the ratepayers propose that the system shall be extended to private homes. Winnipeg has what are probably the lowest light rates in the world, the average being about 1 cent per kilowatt hour, Naturally Winnipeg's success in dealing with the power and heating problem has interested the rest ot the province. Brandon, the second ' largest city, has purchased its privately-owned plant. It will get its power from thc provincial, "Hydro" which is developing along the line3 of Ontario's famous system. The province has a power plant on the Winnipeg River and will run transmission lines to Brandon, supplying towns and villages along the route. AGAINST SHORTER WEEK Chicago.—Members of the Iron League of Chicago, an employers' association, decried the five-day week as a malceshiFtrftn-dsii-^Tpoor-sohitioTir" for unemployment at their recent meeting at which officers Were elected. The iron men, JlQW»V<lljn<»IT*HHl " no alternative remedy for present conditions. -» *fi * ^ ."■ Women's need-v-wrist wat^' will run and hosiery that December 30th, 1930. THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Five They Had No Banks IN pioneer days trade was chiefly by barter—the early settlers had no banks; the trading post gave them credit or kept their money for them. The coming of the Bank filled an urgent need in every community, and to-day the wise farmer, business man or private individual keeps his money in the Bank and makes full, Use of the many services it has to offer. ■-—1' You will like banking at the Royal The Royal Bank • of Canada Vancouver Branch - - A. T. Lowe, Manager 22 Offices in Vancouver. 61 Branches in British Columbia MY VALUE This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor . Control Hoard or by the (jovernment of British Columbia. Social System Gone Mad Something Amiss Speakers Say at National Catholic Welfare Conference Declaring that more wealth has been produced during the last 50 years than in all the ages preceding that period and that today more unemployment exists than in any other period of the world's history, Dr. James E. Haggerty of Ohio State University told the regional meeting of the National Catholic Welfare Congress in Washington recently that "it is important that something be done and done quickly before it is too late." "Industry has been organized so that it is possible to produce commodities for all existing needs, yet we find thousands of people out of employment and struggling with all the distressing evils of poverty in the, midst of wealth and affluence," said.* Have Gone "Production Mad" "We have gone production mad in this country. And if one-half of the attention that is now paid to productive processes were given to the distribution of the wealth .that is produced every able-bodied Jhvorker in the United States would t\g employed at reasonable wages today." Dr. Haggerty cited some startling figures regarding wages. In Ohio, he said, 31 per cent, of the men wage earners past 18 years of age were receiving less than $1250 a year, and 81 per cent, were getting less than $2000. "A wage less than $1250 a year is a poverty wage for a family of average size in an industrial city,"'he declared. "It requires at least $2000 a year for a man to support his family in what we delight to call the American standard of living." A Union Archbishop of securing and maintaining high wage rates would be a shorter working day or a shorter working week, or both," he said. Holds Hoover is Mistaken Dr. Ryan held that President Hoover was wrong in claiming that increased taxes for public works would fall upon the workers and farmers or that it would deprive industry of that much money. "The obvious way to increase revenues," he declared, "is to increase income and inheritance taxes in the higher brackets—imposing the burden on those able to pay. "The psychological effect of a big public works programme would be a stimulus to prosperity. It is estimated that $12,000,000,000 was lost by capital and labor last year due to the depression. If $4,000,000,000 in increased expenditures would prevent another year, of depression, certainly we would be better off thai^now." The conference was called to exchange suggestions and ideas regarding social betterment. Under the rules of the organization no attempt was made to bind the participants to any fixed programme. Cashen Says Remedies Are Simple It was attended by various dhurch officials, organized labor leaders, business executives, public men and a number of noted economists. At the request of the chief executives of the Standard Railroad Labor Organizations, President T. C. Cashen of the Switchmen's Union, attended thc conference as spokesman for the railroad workers. "To my mind," said President Cashen during the course of the first day's debate, "the remedies for the appalling depression which is now upon us are comparatively simple. "Working hours should be de- order that the average /-,,, . .. „ Creased in uiuci mat mc amogc Other speakers at the conference workel.. receivc a tion of the recognized the gravity of the present benefits 0f improved machinery, and industrial situation. wage3 must £e maintained, or in- "There is something wrong with a creased, in order to sustain the buy- country where abject poverty and ing power of the people and retain unemployment exist side by side with the standard of living which is neces- enormous wealth held by a few peo- sary if we are to have anything apple," Archbishop Michael J. Curley proaching prosperity in this country." of Baltimore said. Mr. Cashen's declaration was The Archbishop, incidentally, was warmly received. Later on, in sub- roundly cheered when he announced mitting a report on the conference to that he was a member of organized his fellow executives, Mr. Cashen labor—thc Typographical Union. suggested that the organized railroad The Rev. Dr. John A. Ryan of employees should always be repre- Catholic University made a plea for sented at such gatherings by an auth- high wages as a means of combatting orized spokesman, industrial depressions, which he de- Secretary of Labor William N. clared were caused by under-con- Doak. was present at the concluding sumption, not over-production. dinner and praised the conference "Probably the most effective means programme for economic relief. A Phantom Railway in Texas A cement plant at Dallas, Texas, has a railway on which cars transfer rock from the nit to the crusher, ap- oarently without the direction of human beings. Nobody rides on the cars, which move from place to place, starting and stopping here and there, as if possessed of an uncanny intelligence of their own. This unique railway operates by means of special electric equipment manufactured by the General Electric Company, says B. S. Havens, of the company's news bureau, in a recent press bulletin. It is known as the "riderless larry car" system, and uses a method of remote control devised by that company. Says Mr. Havens: > "Each car is equipped with twd 50-horso-power' motors with electric brakes and no other control devices of any kind. Power is collected from thc track system. Two operators, located where they can view the loading and unloading of the cars and their movements, govern the principal car movements. "Cement rock, from which the cement is made, is excavated over a mile from the crusher. An inexpensive hau'age system was needed, and thp 'riderless larry car' was adapted for the purpose. "The track on which the cars run is divided into sections insulated from each other. The motor-driven cars collect their energy from an ex tra rail. Switches on control-desks in front of the two operators control the delivery of energy to each section of track. By energizing all the sections ,a car runs from one end ! of the track to the other. By ener- jgizing one section only, the car runs I through that section to the next, whereupon, the energy supply being cut off, the brakes automatically,set and stop the car. Cars can be 'inched' along, a short distance at a time, by applying energy to the section momentarily. Cars will not coast indefinitely on a dead-track section because of the automatic action of the brakes. The direction of travel can be changed as simply as the current can be turned on or off —merely by throwing a switch. "Another interesting feature is the conservation of power made possible by the use of 'squirrel-cage' induction motors. A characteristic of such motors is that they tend to maintain constant speed under all circumstances. On down-grades gravity will not materially overspeed the cars, but will be automatically converted into electricity, for the motprs will then act as generators. The power thus generated will be fed back into the power system, helping to operate other cars on other sections of track. -' "The use of induction motors is new for such applications, direct-current motors usually being employed." Union Barber Shops In New Westminster Boyle's Barber Shop, Columbia St. Barton's Barter Shop, Columbia ■■■Street. ' ~~* •"■■■' '■ " '■''■"'. ' ' B. C. E. R. Barber. Shop, u Windsor Barber Shop, Begbie St. Excelsior liar her Shop, :;."i ~-Mh on Barber Shop, Sixth St. Barber Shop, Sappterton. FISHERMEN'S STRIKE WINS PAY INCREASE North Sydney, N S.—The strike of the fishermen's union, operating put of this port,- has ended. An increase of a quarter of a cent per pound for fish w^s, granted, by'the owner, of the local cold storage plant. .About 200 thhermeh had remained Tri port for three week? in order to, force better prices. As a blur-producer on motion pictures, technicolor is a big Success. DELAY AGA'N SOUGHT The project is progressing rapidly, ON BIG TERMINAL JOB despite the opposition, and it is eoc- Qttawa.—Montreal politicians, who pected that those, sections of the have offered strenuous opposition to!Plan wmcn arc before the commission some features of the Canadian Na-|w'11 be approved. tional $50,000,000 terminal scheme j . :n that city, appeared before Hon. R. J. Manion. Minister of Railways, re cently to further delay. RAILROAD BUILDS SHOPS St. Johns., Newfoundland.—New Apparently the minister was not' locomotive and machine shops jftn_.tj)e sympathetic. The Canadian Nation-isite of its present shops are fbeing w. jhe. *ffld_^l_?.niE°Jk: Ab*»-*4to project, by^virtue of art act of Par- Railroad. The new locomotive plant liament. The Board of Railway l will be 140 feet by 60 feet; the ma- Commissioners for Canada is consid-ichine shop, 320 feet by 62 feet, and ering tha scheme and Dr. Manion the new tender shop, 270 feet by 39 suggested that his visitors lay their, feet. The structures willbe of steel case before that body. 'and concrete. ~1 BBOTSFORD Wood & Coal Co. Ltd. "Satlslaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded" FIB EDGINGS, par cord, J4.50 Blab*, Mixed Wood fc Insldo rlr. ALWAYS ON HAND! Nanalmo-Welllngton, and th* Best Booties*. Extra 'Phon*: High. 910 BUY B. O. PRODUCTS and boost your own payroll! Try NALLEY'S SANDWICH SPREAD At All Grocers N.illey'.j Pure roods Co. Vancouver, B. C. Western Glass Co., Ltd. Wholesale and Retail Dealer* 1SS Cordova W. Phone 8*7. 8687 Class for Buildings. Auto l Muss Installed. Art Class Repaired. Mirrors Resilvered. Copper Store Front Construction. ' I'hone us for. Quick Service. Glazing .lobs,\l»rKe or smalt. Sey. 2981 Trill. 6425 CAMPBELL & GRILL 1236-8 SEYMOUR STREET FURNACE INSTALLATIONS AND REPAIRS X-CELL BATTERIES 85 par cent, a B. C. product; only new materials—new Trail lead, boxes, etc.—are used In th* manufacture Of X-CELT. BATTERIES. CANADA LEAD PRODUCTS, Ltd. 3356 Malta Street; Fairmont 1862 Union Bakeries Following is a list of clean ana sanitary union shops, employing union members, who are required to take a rigid physical examination, and who are paid sick and accident benefits.in case of illness which prevents them working when in a diseased condition: London Bakery, 439 East 7th street. Phone Fair. 122. Delicious Bakery, 1500 East Hastings street. Phone High 70S. Independent Bakery, 1877 West 4th Ave. Bay. .788. Sunset Bakery, 2315 Granville St. Craig's Bakery, 187 East Hastings. Pratt's Bakery, 3980 East Hastings street. Phone High. 5607. Stewart's Bakery, 251S Main street.' Fair. 3331. Dirks' Bakery, 6207 Main street. Golden Rule Bakery, 957 Granville street. Phone Sey. 8656. Hastings Bakery, 764 East Hastings. Phone High. 4537. Mutter's Bakery, 2157 Main street. Phone Fair. 3953. Scott's Home Bakery, 1848 Kings- way. Phone Fair. 729. The Nook Bakery, 1835 West 4th avenue. Victoria Bakery, 3834 Main street. Bennett's Scotch Bakery, 4166 Main street. McDonald's Bakery, 4870 and 5080 Joyce Road. Carl 447. (Note. — McGavin's Bakery, the ; big firm on Broadway West, which J'delivers' bread is not operatrng^er- , union shop. Ain't it funny how the average man thinks he's a great help-around the house if he only empties his own ash tray? Page Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, December 30th, 1930 "BUILD B.C. PAYROLLS'' Baby Restored to Health GRAPHICALLY describing her feeling, which had reached depths of despair because of the almost hopeless state of her baby's Intestinal condition, a mother tells how other food* failed and Paclflc Milk built the tiny child up to hc-ilth. No one could read this affecting letter without having Hi < opinion of Pacific Milk considerably raised. Pacific Milk Factory at ABBOTSFORD. B.C. People Should Help Themselves » . it il I U« .-..limf :irv :_>«;(K'__it t/<i physicians who prescribe for those of the body politic, a considerable reduction in the population of the word might, in a few years, reasonably be expected. At the present time society . is suffering I grave economic disorder, fundamental causes, but a dispassionate diagnosis is by the people who are governmental authority Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS A CLARK 33 BAST HASTINGS STREET Plnrahelm, Strlders. C B. A C. Men's and Youth's. WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths. TUB'O.VLV UNION MADE SHOE and Repair Factory In British Colombia. W.J. HEADS 30 WEST CORDOVA ST. SET. 3330 MEN'S SHOES FROM 34.95 OP. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button. a.nil patronize fiii.r employers and employ UNION LABOR. Classified A BARRISTERS AND SO Walll* W. Lefe.inx, .02 Metropolitan Building. Pbone Say. 6667. BATRS Raiting* Steam Baths rice 35c Only iG Hastings Street Bait. DENTISTS Or. W. A. Rutledge. 108 Hastings West. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. Bengongh Lahor Headquarters. PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarter*. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. E. Heard 813 Robson. Union Tailor Shops BRADSHAW, A.—436 Hornby St. BEATON. F. W.—555 Georgia Wast BUTT, CHAS—1066a Pender West CALI.ADINE, VV—4349 Main. CREELMAN * MARSH—603 Duns muir. CREASEY, J.—718 Robson. CRAY, DAVID—164 Ea.t Uth. HARTLE BROTHERS —662 Sey moar. HASTINGS TAILORS—2560 Hast- ins* East. JEFFS, A.—2532 Main. MORGAN, T. C—1335 Granville. PERRIN tk CO.—200 Blk. Georgia E. PERRY 4 DOLK—18 Hasting. W. PETERSON, A—14 Cordova W. PATERSON A NUTTALL—811 Do minion BI4f. > RAY BROS. TAILORING CO.—80 Hatting. W. SLOVVIN, F. M—825 Granville. SMALL, DAVID—4021 King.way. STORRY, H. F.—653 Georgia. VAN THE TAILOR—556 Georgia. TOM THE TAILOR—1542 Lon*dale, North VaineouTer. .COONEY & FOTHERINCILL^Hart Block, New Westminster. from a There are but a not undertaken vested with to treat it. The same "Cnay be said of the political physicians who oppose the governments, and seek for themselves the right to treat the patient. Each faction is much more concerned in administering its own political nostrums than dispassionately to ascertain the reaf nature of the disease with the view to applying a suitable remedy for its cure. Unfortunately, too , while the" average physician of the human ody is honestly concerned to brinn back the patient to health as soon as possible, the political doctor, and his ' capitalist associates who really secure for him appointment to office, are concerned in keeping society sick because ,);lic...*uministration of an effective' cure would be contrary to the material interests of their own class. It may be that the political physician is not conscious thereof. It is certain that the patient—or the major portion of society of which it is composed— does not realize the fact. Political | economists*' and other intelligent students of our social life may dis-1 passionately-approach a diagnosis of the disease dnd, as a result, agree upon the remedy which should be applied, but, being independent and disinterested, they are not vested with the power to prescribe the cure. The Parliament of Canada was recently convened in special session to discuss the question of unemployment, and to take steps to alleviate it. As usual, the political physicians strongly disagreed alike as to the nature of the disease and the remedy. The fundamental causes of unemployment were not seriously considered, except by a small independent group, which is not hungry for office and power. In consequence there is to be no statutory regulation with the view to the abatement oi distributive injustice, and a more widespread distribution of purchasing power, which would promptly stimulate our economic life and contribute substantially to a permanent cure. The net result of the special Parliaments Session Was action along \o lines. A drug was administered in thc shape of a twenty-thousand j dollar grant to provide employment ' on public works. Much of it will go in materials, the acquisition of which will probably employ little additional labor, and a large part of it will be enjoyed as profits by the firms which employ our needy citizens. It seems likely that the portion actually reaching the hands of the workers will be relatively small. To the extent that it'does, However, the expenditure of the wages so earned will stimulate industries engaged in the production of commodities for consumption and personal use. The other contributory remedy ostensibly provided for the reduction of unemployment was an increase of the tariff on imported goods. As other countries which, in the past, have imposed high tariff obstructions to international trade are in as bad, and in some cases a worse, condition than Canada, that remedy is likely to prove a painful i.Iusion. Even though such plans for the provision of employment and the relief of distress meet with all the success expected of them by their promoters, no. one advances the argument the will solve the problem with whic! humanity is confronted. They are merely drugs intended temporari.y to relieve the painful consequences accruing from scarcity of employment. The problem of adequately relating production to purchasing power remains untouched and even unconsidered. people .. form with the interests of the people who compose it, much can be done by political action. In the meantime, however, existing conditions suggest the people should help themselves by associating together for the practice of co-operative principles in production, distribution, marketing, and banking, and in any other activities calculated to improve their economic and social status. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM The only 100 per cent. Union Ice Cream in the City! Phone: Seymour 2090 Are Only "Fiddling" While Hunger Grows Hazelwood Creamery, Limited be convinced that the first thought of many of those in high places is the tender care of the heavy tax- pavers. That is first That is above starvation and poverty and unem- V, 11 limgton.—Private charity can- ployment and suffering, not for long sustain 5,000,000 idle "increased taxes are to be avoid- men and women and 16,000,000 part- > e j jf possible, but not at all costs, time workers, declared Mr. Walsh of I There are worse misfortunes than Massachusetts on the floor of the \ heavy taxes. One is unrest, discon Senate. He said there is too much lcnt and spread of bolshevism One "fiddling" on unemployment relief nd no real constructive action. H? has introduced a bill which would place federal employees on the five- day week without wage reductions. "I am sick and tired of the absencs in high places of sympathy and appreciation of this problem and an attempt grudgingly to admit the facts and while talking of relief of saving money," he said. "It seems to me that the most casual observer in Washington must infinitely worse misfortune is th> failure of the government to show an interest in removing the spectre of starvation and misery and idleness and unrest that now looms on our horizon. "It is hypocritical to talk about doing anything for the relief of unemployed in this country unless we understand and appreciate that such relief will necessitate increased expenses and increased income taxes upon thc rich." FORTRESS NOW HOME FOR DEAF CHILDREN Denmark, which has gone a long distance toward "beating its swords into plowshares," recently made another step in that direction when it converted a fortress near the. seashore into a vacation home for deal and dumb children, according to information received by the U. S. Department of Labor. ~ , Funds for the home's maintenance were furnished by the Danish government and the city of Copenhagen. The country has also developed a series of homes to accommodate children who make walking tours during the summer months. A few girls may have welcomed back the long skirts for the sake of modesty, but most of the dear things who hailed their return had two very poor reasons. I The State having failed satisfactorily to solve the problem, the people ought to follow historic precedents. They should not rely upon Parliament to get them but of the economic mire. In their extremity they should associate together to help themselves and each other. It was, it will be remembered,' in the "hungry forties" of the last century that the British Co-operative Movement really had its birth. Governmental and legislative authority was in the possession of classes who were ' not living the lives. of the majority of the people. They consequently'didy not realize their needs. leve^- IL4I111/ 0iiVTnW'W~lrl»pWlir to adopt 'policies which would satisfy them. Parliament having failed them, the people commenced to help , ^RUSKIN bring you abundant light Cheap light has become even lower bt fost ts tb* costs of other things have increased. JLhe first link of the giant power plant,Ruskin, is now operating, sending forth abundant light to the homes of Vancouver and the lower mainland. Light so cheap, so plentiful that none need be without... so cheap that for a few cents a day our homes may be made brighter and cheerier, more charming by night than by day. For a single cent, at Vancouver's low "two-cent rate," a 40-watt lamp provides illumination for twelve and a half hours. Little motors and one cent's worth of electricity assist the housewife with household tasks. Cleaning, washing, ironing—duties that once required hours but with cheap electricity, ever ready to serve, now take only minutes. And as the ever-growing demand for electricity goes on, the/*. C. Electric keeps ever a pace ahead ... providing always an abundant supply of cheap light. Light up! It costs so little. _ = \ BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. LTD. Ifrklay. December 30tli, 1930. THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven Union Bakeries Delicious Bakery Union-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 7th "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" Whan Battel Oak** and Fa.trl.. ar* Had*, w»li Make 'Em! Golden Rule Bakery CO., LTD. 957 Granville St. Sey. 8656 STEWART'S BAKERY AXJBX. STEW4BI, PROF. MIS Main Street - . Phon.: Tail. 3331 Union Print Shops Ask for the Vancouver Allied Printing Trades Council Label on your next order of printing from any of the following: Broadway Printers, 151 Eighth Ave. East; Fair.'203. The Citizen, 1451 Broadway West- Bay. 357. Dunsmuir Printing Company, 437 Dunsmuir Street; Sey. 1106. A. Hazeldine Printing Co., 829 Pender Street West; Sey. 6335. Journal of Commerce, 645 Howe St. • Sey. 4721, Sey. 7808. Lumberman Printing Company, 500 Beatty Street; Sey. 4653. Mitchell-Foley, Limited, 522 Hastings Street West; Sey. 1085. T. McPhee, 6268 East Kerr. 1933. Boulevard; North Shore Press, Esplanade, North •Vancouver; North 80. Paci6c Printers, 500 Bekins Building, Sey. 9592. B The Review, 110 First Street East; North 1470. Seymour Pre.*, 650 Richards Street; Sey. 3728. Shoemaker, McLean & Veitch, 123 Lonsdale Avenue; North 53. Sun Publishing Company, 137 Pendei Street West; Sey. 40. AV.H\ T*Jnm»> 228 Fourteenth Ave. East; Fair. 1372. Vancouver Job Printer., 427 Pendei Street West; Sey. 2021. Ward & Phillip., 318 Homer Street Sey. 105. ^'fi'o. Prin,in« Company, Limited, 576 Seymour Street; Sey. 3825. The following firms have "No Agreement" with local unions atfiliateo with the Vancouver, New Westminster am District Trades and Labor Council Patronize those who patronize you f Bakerls* McGavin Ltd., 2106 W. Broadway. ,, Taxicabs .Commercial Taxi Cab Co. Checker Taxicab Co., Ltd. Dairies Steves Dairy, 2021 West 12th. Crvstal Dairy, 1802 Commercial. Restaurant. National Lunch, 776 Granville. Trocadcro Cafe, 156 West Hastings St Waldorf Cafe, 516 West Pender St. White Lunches. Hastings-Granville. Printer. Clarke A Stuart Co., Ltd.. 550 Seymour Street. \ Murphy & Chapman, 569 Seymour 8t Hose, Cowan * Latta. 718 Seymour Street. J. W. Boyd. Ltd.. 112 West Hastings Street Tailor* O. A. Collard. 603 West Hastings S' Orchestra* " National Juvenile Band. Theatre* Avenue Theatre, 711 Main Street Royal Theatre. 136 E. Hastings St - Columbia Theatre. 64 W. Hasting*. ivent rustling in the oven by. "" " rtivCT dobi" ajar for an faking to allow any mois- yze. Then there was his wife. Naturally delicate, she needed many things that he was unable to secure for her. And the boy—what hope was there fur him? Often ■ as Owen moodily thought of their circumstances and prospects he told himself that it would be far better if they could all three die now together. He was tired of suffering himself, tired of impotently watching the sufferings of his wife, and appalled at the thought of what was in store for the child. Of this nature were his reflections as he walked homeward on the evening of the day when old Linden was dismissed. Thousands of people like himself dragged out a wretched existence on the very verge of starvation, and for the greater number of people life was one long struggle against poverty. Yet practically none of these people knew or even troubled themselves to inquire why they were in that condition; and for anyone else to try to explain to them was a ridiculous waste of time, for they did not Want to know. The remedy was so simple, the evil so great and so glaringly evident, that the only possible explanation of its continued existence was that the majority of his fellow workers were devoid of the power of reasoning. If they had not been they would have swept this silly system away long ago. As Owen strode rapidly along, his mind filled with these thoughts, he was almost unconscious of the fact that he was wet through to thc skin. He was without an overcoat: it had been pawned in London, and he had not yet been able to redeem it. His boots were leaky and sodden with mud and rain. He was nearly home now. At the corner of the street in which he lived there was a newsagent's shop, and on a board outside the door was displayed a placard: . TERRIBLE DOMESTIC TRAGEDY Double Murder and Suicide He went in to buy a copy of the paper. He was a frequent customer here, and as he entered the shopkeeper greeted him by name. "Dradful weather," he remarked, as he handed Owen the paper. "It makes things pretty bad in your line, I suppose?" "Yes," responded Owen, "there's a lot of men idle, but, fortunately, I happen to be working inside." "You're one of the lucky ones, then," said the other. "You know, there'll be a job here for some of 'em as soon as the weather gets a little better. All the outside of this block is going to be done up. That's a pretty big job, isn't it?" "Yes," returned Owen; "who's going to do it?" "Makehaste and Sloggit. You know, they've got a place over at Windley." "Yes, I know the firm," said Owen grimly. He had worked for them once or twise himself. "The foreman was in here today," the shopkeeper went on; "he said they're going to make a start Monday morning if it's fine." "Well, I hope it will be," said Owen, "because things are very quiet just now.". Halfway down the street he paused irresolutely: he was thinking of the news he had just heard and of o'd Jack Linden. . As soon as it became generally known that this work was about to be started there was sure to be a rush after if> and it would be a case of first come first served. If he saw Jack tonight the old man might be in time to secure a job. Owen, hesitated: he was wet through: it was a long way to Linden's place, nearly twenty minutes' walk. Still, he would like to let him know, because unless he was one of the first to apply Linden would not stand such a good chance as a younger man. He turned back and set off in the direction of Linden's house; although he was but a few yards from his own home he decided not to go in because his Wife would be sure to try to persuade him not to go out again. . Jack Linden lived in a small cottage in Windley. He had occupied this house ever since his marriage, over thirty years ago. His home and garden were his hobby; he was always doing something, painting, whitewashing, papering and so forth.. The result was that, although the house itself was PpCof- "iuch^accpurit,.he-had man- aged to get it into very jgood order, and, as a result, it was very clean and comfortable. '', Another result of his industry was that—seeing the improved appearance of the place—Mr. Sweater, the landlord, had on two occasions raised the rent. When Linden first took the house the rent was six shillings a week. Five years after it was raised to seven shillings, and, after the lapse of another five years, it had been increased to eight shillings. During the thirty years of his tenancy he had paid altogether nearly six hundred pounds in rent, more than double the amount of the present value of the house. Jack did not complain of this—in fact he was very well satisfied. He often said that Mr. Sweater was a very good landlord, because, on several occasions when, being out of work, he had been a few weeks behind with his rent, the agent acting for the benevolent Sweater had allowed Linden to pay off the arrears by instalments. As old Jack was in the habit of remarking, many a landlord would have sold up their furniture and turned them into the street. Linden's household consisted of his wife, his two grandchildren and his daughter-in-law, the widow and children of his youngest son, the reservist, who had been a plasterer, working for Rushton and Company. They had just finished their tea when Owen knocked at their front door. The young woman went to see who was there. "Is Mr. Linden in?" "Yes; who is it?" "My name's Owen." Old Jack, however, had already recognized Owen's voice, and came to the door, wondering what he wanted. "As I was going home I heard that Makehaste and Sloggit are going to start a large job on Monday, so I thought I'd run over and let you know." "Are they?" said Linden, "I'll go and see them in the morning. But I'm afraid I won't stand much chance, because a lot of their regular hands are waiting for a job; but I'll go and see 'em all the same DA'. McCOY recommends— PURE APPLE CIDER BUY IT BY THE GALLON?OR SMALL KEG! SOLD AT CONFECTIONERY OR GROCERY STORES. (Mad* In Britlab Columbia—from British Columbia Apples) . THIS IS ALSO AN E.XCELLENT CHRISTMAS BEVERAGE! Prompt Delivery. „ . VAN BROS., LTD. PHONE: HIGH 90 1055 VERNON DRIVE __. E. HARRON Phone N. V. 131 North Vancouver J. A. HARRON Phone Fair. 131 55 Tenth Ave E. M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 131 )5 Tenth Ave. E. Bjarnm Mvob. & WtUtamann FUNERAL DIRECTORS 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 134 "Only Union Flab and Chips in British Columbia" Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believing on* remedy for unemployment le tb* shorter work week, all onr girls ar* now working five daya par week, without redaction of wag**. 44 HASTINGS WEST 2 Door* West of "Pantage*" "Ah! they're a bad lot, them two," said the old woman shaking her head sagely, "but it'll all come 'ome to 'em you'll see. They'll never prosper. The Lord will punish them." Owen did not feel confident of this. Most of the people he knew who had prospered were very similar in character to the two worthies in question. However, he did not want to argue with this poor old woman, and putting his empty cup on the table he said: "Well, I must be going. They'll be thinking I'm lost at home." As Linden prepared to accompany him to the front door, Owen, happening to notice a timepiece standing on a small table in the recess at one side of the fireplace, exclaimed: 'That's a very nice clock." 'Yes, it's all right ain't it?" said Poor , , mi :i, iiiv ,_,„„ old Jack with a touch of pride. "Well? you"know'rit's' a' big job. Tom made that—not the clock itself, All the outside of that block at the but just the case. It was the case that had attracted Owen's attention. It stood about two feet high and was made of fretwork in the form On an Indian mosque, with a pointed dome and pin nacles. It was a very beautiful thing, and must have cost many hours of patient labor. "Yes," said the old woman, in a trembling, broken voice, and looking at Owen with a pathetic expression. "Months and months he worked at it, and no one ever guessed who it were for. And then, when my birthday came round, the very first thing I saw when I woke up in the morning were the clock standing on a chair by the bed with a card: corner of Kerk Street and Lord Street. They're almost sure to want a few extra hands." Yes, there's something in that," said Linden. "Anyhow, I'm much obliged to you for letting me know. But come in out of the rain. You must be wet through. It won't take you a minit to drink a cup of tea." Owen entered, and the old man closed the door and led the way into the kitchen. At one side of the fire, Linden's wife, a frail-looking old lady with white hair, was seated in a large arm-chair, knitting. Linden sat down in a similar chair on the other side. The two grandchildren, a boy and girl about seven and eight years of age, respectively, were still seated at the table. The younger woman was already pouring out a cup of tea. Old Mrs. Linden, who had never seen Owen before, although she had heard of him, belonged to the Church of England and was intensely religious. She looked curiously at the Atheist as he entered the room. He had taken off his hat and she was surprised to find that he was not repulsive to look at, rather the contrary, in fact. But then she remembered that Satan often appears as an angel of light. Appearances are deceitful. She wished that her husband had not asked him into the house and hoped that no evil consequences would follow. The younger woman handed Owen a cup of tea, and Linden insisted on his sitting down and then began to talk about Hunter. "You know I had to spend some time on them doors to make 'em look anything at all. But it wasn't the time I- took, or even the smoking what made 'im go on like that. He knows very well the time it takes. The real reason is that he thinks I was gettin' too much money. Work is done so rough nowadays that chaps like Sawkins is good enough for most of it. Hunter shoved me off just because I was getting the top money; and you'll see I won't be the only one." "I'm afraid you're right," returned Owen. "Did you see Rushton when you went for your money?" "Yes," replied Linden. "I hurried up as fast as I could hut Hunter was there first. He passed me on his bike before I got ha'fway, so I suppose he told his tale before I came. Anyw«y5»iwhen~*«_tarted-tf/ Sfreatrto Mr. Rushton he wouldn't listen, said he couldn't interfere between Mr. Hunter and the men." " 'To dear mother, from her loving son, Tom. Wishing her many happy birthdays.' But he never had 'another birthday himself, because just five, month afterward he were sent out to Africa, and he'd only been there five weeks when he died, five years ago come the fifteenth of next month." Owen, inwardly regretting that he had unintentionally broached so painful a subject, tried to think of some suitable reply, but had to content himself with murmuring some words of admiration of the work. - As he wished her good-night the the low ceiling showed the formation of the roof, the place was clean and comfortable, the tea was laid, and an old suit and some underclothing of 6wen's hung by the fire to replace his wet garments on his return. The woman was half sitting, half lying, on a couch by the other side of the fire. She was very, thin, and her pale face bore the traces of much physical and mental suffering. She was sewing, a task which her reclining position rendered somewhat difficult. Although she was really only twenty-eight years of age, she appeared older. The boy, who was sitting on the hearthrug playing with some toys, bore a strong resemblance to his mother. He also appeared very fragile, and in his childish face was reproduced much of the delicate pretti- ness which she had once possessed. Presently the boy stood up and, walking gravely over to the window, looked down into the street, scanning the pavement for as far as he could see. "I wonder wherever he's got to," he said, as he returned to the fire. "Hark!" said his mother, holding up her finger. "Dad!" cried Frahkie, rushing to the door and flinging it open. He ran along the passage and opened the staircase door before Owen reached the top of the last flight of stairs. "Why ever do you come up at such a rate?" exclaimed Owen's wife reproachfully, as he came into the room exhausted from the climb upstairs and sank panting into the nearest chair. "I al—ways—for—get," he replied, when he had in some degree recovered. As he lay back in the chair, his face haggard and of a ghastly whiteness, and with the water dripping from his saturated clothing, Owen presented a terrible appearance. Frankie noticed with childish-terror the extreme alarm with which his mother looked at bis father. "You're always doing it," he said with a whimper. "How many more times will mother have to tell you about it before you take any notice?" "It's all right, old chap," said Owen, drawing the child nearer to old women, looking at him, could not him and kissing the curly head, and help observing that he appeared very i then went into the bedroom to put on frail and ill: his face was thin and the dry clothes, explaining the reason pale, and his eyes were unnaturally i ?* his late home-coming as they were bright. The natural kindliness of her character asserted itself, her better feelings were aroused, triumphing momentarily over the bigotry of her opinions. "Why, you ain't got no overcoat!" she exclaimed. "You'll be soaked goin' 'ome in this rain." Then turning to her husband, she continued: "There's that old one of yours; you might lend him that; it would be better than nothing." But Owen would not heartof this. He thought, as he became very conscious of the clamminess of his saturated clothing, that he could not get much wetter than he already, was. Linden accompanied him as far as the front door, and Owen once more set out on his way homeward through the storm that how'ed around like a i d beast hungry for its prey. CHAPTER V. V* -'■*"** * Owen "»f Home Owen's wife and little son were waiting for him,, in the living-room of their small top-floor flat. Although having tea. "I'm afraid he won't find it very easy to get another job," he remarked, referring to Linden; "even in the summer nobody will be inclined to take him on. He's too old." "It's a dreadful prospect for the two children," answered his wife. "Yes," replied Owen bitterly,- "it's the children who will suffer most. As for Linden and his wife, although, of course, one can't help feeling sorry for them, at the same time' there's no getting away from the fact that they deserve to suffer. AH their lives they've been working like brutes and living in poverty. Although they. have done more than their fair share of the work, they have never enjoyed anything like a fair share of the things they have helped to produce. And yet, all their. lives they have supported and Defended the aya- tem that robbed them, and have re- sia*«*u«i_d —riefetried every pr^pSSkT^ to alter it. It's wrong to feel sorry for such people; they deserve to sufTer." (Continued next week) \ Page Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN December 30th, 1930 Pure Food Products It is important to know that the foods you buy in cans and packages are the products of a reliable house. You may be sure that anything bearing the "Malkin's Best" circle trade mark is of highest quality and utmost purity. The House of Malkin guarantees this. The W. H. Malkin Co. Limited Vancouver, B. C. Nanaimo Victoria Prince Rupert For Printing of QUALITY. SPEED AND SERVICE done in a Union Shop, send your printing to A. H. Timms 236 14th Ave. E., Vancouver A. A. Brookhouse, (late of Cowan & Brookhouse) Shop Superintendent. Fair. 205 Fair. 1372 Dentistry Modern Methods Modern Prices Ground Floor, City Hall 12 Hastings St. East Phone: Seymour 5577 "We Save You Money" 1 CAN SERVE YOU BETTER! GORDON CRAIG ,, Vancouver1. Original Radio Specialist 637 RICHARDS SEY. 6808 Catering Employees Broadcast Activities This programme comes to you from the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, under the auspices of the Union Label Trades' Council. The Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, comprises both male and female workers in the catering trade, and probably many of you listeners have daughters working in different occupations. Some probably in good positions and others may be receiving inadequate wages. No doubt it will be of interest to you to know that the union restaurants, where union wages are paid to cooks, waiters and waitresses are easily recognized by the Union House Card' displayed in their windows. So may we request you to direct your patronage to union restaurants? By doing so you will also be helping other girls in non-union cafes to, participate in union wages, as the value of the Union House Card would quickly become apparent tb the non-union cafe proprietor. You believe in fair wages for women and girls as well as for men? I think you do. Then lend us your support by patronizing union cafes, which will ultimately result in the securing of union wages for the girls in non-union restaurants. Why not-make a new year resolution to look for the Union House Card, and thereby help in securing and maintaining a fair rate of wages, particularly for the girls employed in this industry. The organized labor movement is not a selfish movement. The rank and file have repeatedly formulated policies to benefit every worker, and no small measure of action has been displayed by organized labor to secure social legislation for the benefit iof all. The Workmen's Compensation Act, the Mothers' Pension Act, the Hours of Work Act, the Old Age Pension Act, and many other measures enacted by legislators eminated and were expounded by organized labor, in some cases, years before they received recognition by the government of that day.. T:he headquarters of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, are in the Williams building, 413 Granville street. Second Section This programme comes to you from the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, under the auspices of the Union Label Trades Council. The Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, was organized in Vancouver on July 21st, 1900, and has consistently remained a factor in the labor movement of this city for the past 30 years. Cordial relationship between the union employer and the union employee is an outstanding feature of the catering industry. The union cafe owner realizes the superior value of >union help, knowing full well the efficiency of the union workers, whether cooks, waiters or waitresses. He knows that they.are co-partners in his business and take pride in rendering ser vice to his patrons. The waitress or waiter is the individual who comes more in contact with the guests than any other person in the restaurant, and cleanliness, sanitation and service are very essential factors, coupled with good food, in conducting a successful restaurant. Subway Carpenters Win Fight On Pay New York.—Organized carpenters won a long fight to secure union wages for men who build concrete forms in city subways. The decision, made by Deputy Controller Frank J. Prial, sets $13.20 a day as the prevailing rate for union carpenters in ■ Greater New York. The union rate was raised from $12 to $13.20 in August, last year. Mr. Prail's decision established $12 as the union rate during the period in which complaints were filed, which ended before the increased rate was set. Contractors were paying $6.40 a day. Eight construction companies engaged in subway work, have joined to contest the decision. Labor's Radio Plant Is Unique Enterprise Chicago.—"Radio Station WCFL, Chicag"b>Jwhere I am now speaking, is the mo=t unique enterprise conducted by labor in any part of the world," said Frank Morrison, secretary A. F. of L., in a world-wide radio address delivered over Radio Station WCFL and its companionate short wave radio station W9XAA. "This radio station , owned and controlled by organized labor, is indicative of the workers' development within the last third of a century," said the trade union official. "The success of Radio Station WCFL is a tribute to the vision and energy of Mr. Edward Nockels, manager of the station and secretary of the Chicago Federation of Labor. "Labor's radio station WCFL is attempting to secure a cleared channel. It is making the same fight for education and the farmers. It is not necessary to impress my air audience with the justice of this plea. There is at least as much justification for labor and education and farmers having a cleared channel as there is for public utility and private business to have the right at all times to get on the air without asking any one's permission. Women Blackmailed In Many Big Cities- Mapocha Acuna, called "Chile" from the country of his birth, took the stand in the investigation of the Women's Court of New York City, and told how he had helped policemen and "detectives" tp frame 150 women on charges of immorality and prostitution. Sometimes the woman was innocent of any wrong-doing. Sometimes her character might be doubtful, but j evidence was lacking. H made no difference. The'police arrested them and threatened them with jail if they didn't come through with a sufficient amount of money. Acuna got from $5 to $10 for each "pinch." Some twenty regular patrolmen and detectives have been suspended and more are likely to follow. Every experienced police reporter knows that such things occur in practically every large city in the land. What to do about it is a question. The loathsomeness of blackmail does not alter the fact that it one of the safest of crimes, par ticularly when committed by a police- i man. To the average dweller.ln the Uur union restaurants extend you poorer districts of a.great cfty, the an invitation to inspect their places of business and join with us, the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, in welcoming you as a patron of their union establishments. Union restaurants are easily rec- Wawanesa Mutual Ins. Co. Canada'* Largest Fir« Mutual. H88.000.000.00 In force, has paid the people ot Canada )4.000,000.00 for Are losses and saved them as much In premiums. See us for rates. Office Phone: Bay. 4250 634 BISKS BUILDING, VANCOUVER If Miss Jesse Inman, the Oregon woman who made a huckleberry pie slab to us we will tell her how Jus- clous it really is. cop" On the beat is an autocrat, and the possible gains of dirty money are so great that crooks would crowd in to corrupt policemen, even if the force started clean. One thing, however, New York can . .do. .This investigation has brought ognizcd by the Union House Card out the fact that the city pays police displayed in their windows. informers, usually $10 per "inform." The labor movement of Vancouver This is merely subsidizing that just join with us, the Hotel and Restaur- such graft as has been uncovered, ant Employees' Union, Local 28, in Paying stool pigeons breeds'far more wishing you all health and prosperity crime,than it uncovers. It should be in the New Year, and eradication of the evils .that cause poverty in a land where plenty abounds. The headquarters are at 413 Granville street. Phone Seymour 125 for information regarding union cafes or membership to Harry Wood, business agent. stopped, not everywhere. only in New York but A PUFF FOR CONSCIENCE The plumber worked and the helper stood helplessly looking on. He was learning the business. This was his first day. "Say,'' helnquired, "do you.charge for my time?" "Certainly, you idiot," came the reply. "But I haven't done anything." The.plumber, to fill in the hour, had been looking at the finished job with a lighted candle. Handing the two inches of it that were still Love of Another Stamp Teacher — "Leander swam the Hellespont every night to see Hero. That is the strongest proof of love we have." Pupil—"I know a better." "What is that?". "Our maid loves the postman, so she writes a letter to herself every night to make sure he will come the next day."—Der Lustige Sachse. with huckleberries she preserved 52 .burned to the helper he said wither- years- ago, -wfFF"send a good-sized*"""'*" Tngly: "Here, if you gotta be.so darned conscientious, blow that out:" Barbara (whose first tooth had just dropped out)—"Mummy, mummy, quick; I'm coming to pieces!" After S o'clock Phon* Fraser 763L-1 Bay Phon*: Fraaar 187 Frank Parsons ART FLORIST Wreaths ana Wedding- Bouquets Had* Tip Greenhouses 7059 Wale* Ru., Vancouver DICK'S GREAT STOCK-REDUCING SALE! Quality Clothing at Prices which Beat Pre war Levels!' »- »\ Suits Stylish tweed and worsted suits In handsome pure wool fabric*. Mew season'* models; pin or fancy ■tripe* and novo.ty pattern*. Value* to $35.00, special Overcoats Snappy new model* in navy blue chinchilla*, fancy tweeds, herringbones, came lnes or overplalds. Value* to $35.00, apecia* $19.75 $18.75 William Hfflfe Limited HASTINGS AT HOMER STREET Yonr Honey'* Worth or Yonr Money Back 1 Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited WISHING OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! VANCOUVER'S OWN DRUG STORES—SIXTEEN IM THE CITY AY YOUB SERVICE! TELEPHONE YOUB WANTS WB SAVE YOU MONEY Greetings! A Happy New Year to All My Union Friends and Patrons! FOB A LIGHT LUNCH. TRY ART'S CAFE 445 abbott street (Near Lotus Hotel) ■ R. H. Flanders Wishes All His Patrons a Very Happy New Year MAIN LUNCH Main Street's Newest Union Cafe 643 Main Street SEE THE NEW YEAR IM AT THE CENTRAL CAFE In our Mew Oriental Room; Good Music and Dance Floor. . . Make up a Party 1 For Reservations Fhon* SEYMOUR 9147 608 PEMDEB BT. WEST NO PROPERTY RIGHT being ordered "off the air" constitute IN BROADCASTING | an unlawful taking of property not Washington.—No property right can exist in radio broadcasting, the medium of transmission of radio intelligence being "merely a scientific theory," the United States Solicitor General, Thomas D.'Thatcher, declared to the Supreme Court, in defending radio regulatory legislation passed by Congress. Two owners of broadcast stations claim tficy'Tiave" a ""property ftpTifi' -he_jur, .and that the_.dejnyj4_pa_.ot thispnglft, "by"reduction* fo power OT slon. in the public interest, but for the private use of others, they claim. "It is absurd," said thf. solicitor general, in answering this claim, "to argue that there is a property right in something that "does not physically exist." Mr. Justice Holmes stated he was unaware of any case which IseM- thi|t a property right might fc_ eiTover something which j reduce <!-.t»....a<'tual \
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