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[The Labour Statesman]
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________ _> :---/ ThoWNED AHD CO-TOM-IED ______ ^ W THE VANCOUVER TMDES AMD LABOR Supported byllixty-two Local Unions NO. 369-—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, MAY 29th, 1931 All-Canadian Shows Big In Membership Government Report Indicates that All-... Is Decaying Very Rapidly—International Trade Unions Show Strength VANCOUVER AND,BRITISH COLUMBIA move into thjrd place, in the Government's report on trades union membership, British Columbia is placed third with a membership of 27,204, and Vancouver City third with a membership of 16,138, in the report just issued by the Department of Labor on labor organization in >. Canada for the year 1930. The All-Canadian Congress of Labor "shows a big decline in membership totalling 27,977 from that reported the previous year. The International craft union movement totals 203,478, 'and the All-Canadian 27,963. Provincial Membership The report of membership by provinces is: Ontario, 78,330; Quebec, 66,163; British Columbia, 27,204; Alberta, 22,043; Manitoba, 19,390; Saskatchewan, 9565. City Member-hip The membership in cities planes Montreal first, with 193 local branches, 169 of which reported 47,034; Toronto with 145 branches, 114 of which reported 31-692; Vancouver comes third with 111 branches, 96 of which reported 16,138 members; Winnipeg has 110 branches, 81 of which reported 14,214 members; Calgary has 77 branches, 68 of which reported 6830 members. The Vancouver Trades and Labor Council has 74 affiliations with a membership approximating 15,000. Dealing with this report, the Canadian Congress Journal has the following to say: A report of great value, not only to labor organizations but also to employers and public men generally is that published annually r>y the Department of Labor of the Federal Government under the title of "Labor Organization in Canada." The latest issue for the year ended December 31st, 1930, like its predecessors, is accurately compiled and contains a wealth of useful information relating to trade union membership and related subjects. It again shows an increase for the year in the number of organized workers, though largeiy because of the depression in industry and the long continued unemployment, this is not as large as that recorded for the three preceding years. An interesting feature of the re- ?ort is the corroboration which it urnishes of statements previously published in this Journal regarding the continued decline of the "All- Canadian Congress of Labor" and the so-called "Canadian National, Unions" affiliated thereto. A perusal of the report is sufficient to remove any doubts that may have been created as to the predominant position held by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and its affiliated international and national unions and directly chartered units. Out of a total recorded membership of all groups numbering 322,449, the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada accounts for 168,260 whilst the "All-Canadian Congress" has only 27,963, stated to be a decrease of 27,977 from that reported the year previous. A further examination shows that of the total membership claimed by the A. C. C, one organization— Canadian Brotherhood of • • Railway Employee.—is credited with 19,352 > which, if a true statement, leaves only 8611 for the aggregate membership of all other affiliations of that body. . Under the heading "Canadian Central Bodies" this government report analyses the .composition of these "Canadian National Unions" from which the following information is taken: The Amalgamated. Building Workers of Canada show a. combined membership of 440, an increase' of 270, but against this must be set a decrease in the membership of the Amalgamated Carpenters of .Canada of 252. In addition the Canadian Electrical Trades Unions show a loss of 716 members and the National Union of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of Canada, a loss of 264 members, now having only 186 members in its four branches. • From this it would seem that the A, C. 0. is rarrying out its policy of building up industrial unions by destroying the craft organizations already affiliated to it. The strength of the "All-Canadian" movement can be gauged by a reference to some of the other organizations affiliated to the A. C. C. The Canadian Brokers and Leased Wire Telegraphers' Association reportp a membership of 76, a loss of ten_dur- ing the year; the Canadian Iron Workers, Pile I Drivers atti Riggers' Union report one branch with a membership of 178; the Canadian Printers' Union, of which the secretary of the A. C. C. is also acting secretary, rep_r____)_.hra_L_l__s,__jut 37 .members at large throughout the Dominion; the Electrical Communication Workers of Canada has dwindled to a membership of 180. Comparing'this with the organizations which originally formed the All- Canadian Congress but four short years ago, emphasizes the fact that away from the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, the A. C. C. has now reached the same stage as the Canadian.Federation of Labor, which it succeeded, of being nothing more than a temporary shelter for disgruntled groups seceding from the older established international unions. Amongst the organizations which have left the A. C. C. during its four years' existence might be mentioned th. following: Mine Workers' Union of Canada, One Big Union, Lumber Workers' Industrial Union of Canada, the Canadian Federation of Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers, who by referendum vote decided to return to the international over a year ago, and a number of smaller groups. It is said that if a lie is repeated often enough that it will ultimately be accepted as the truth and it can only be on these grounds that the officers of the A. C. C. continue, in the face of this official government evidence, to assert that the workers of Canada are deserting the International Trade Union movement and the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada and are joining forces with those who, for. personal aggrandizement, are endeavoring to exploit /a spurious nationalism. Another ' interesting ehapter of "Labor Organization in Canada" is that- dealing with the payment to members of accident, death, unemployment, old age and strike benefits. In these benefits the Hfi international organizations, with, branches in Canada, paid out the huge sum of $28,000,000, which was an increase of $190,000 ovjrf the year 1929. This is indicative not only of their financial strength but also of the method of self-help adopted by them. We would -''commend' a careful Committee Favors City Paving Plant A city-owned paving plant received a big boost, when a trip, suggested by Alderman Deptford, was completed and the report turned in. Labor has been striving for a city- owned plant for_manx___S.rt_ -hutJthfi. $T0,__)5"w_iTch' was -put aside -by the- city in 1912 for such a project has been in cold storage ever since, for reasons best known to contractors and those who can afford to pull strings. The delegation was composed of Aldermen Deptford, De- Graves and Loat, and Assistant City Engineer Greig, and the cities of Seattle, Portland and Tacoma were visited. The delegation was thoroughly convinced that Vancouver's sidewalks are. costly. AmOng the recommendations made by the delegation is: Utilization of the $70,000 for the establishment of a paving plant; utilization of the gravel-pit now owned by the city, and the acquiring of more sand and gravel- pits; the calling of tenders for a year's supply of cement, and paving work to be done in groups. The establishment of an asphalt plant is also suggested so that eventually the city can do all its own road and pavement work, and this, along with the other suggestions, was well worth the money expended on the trip. Local Typos Elect Officers for Term At the annual election of officer*. of Vancouver Typographical Union, No. 226, held Wednesday, May 27th, C. S. Campbell was re-elected President; T. Holland, Vice-President; H. Neelands, Secretary. For the Executive Committee H. C. Benson, R. Gouthro, H. W. Hunt, C. Lamb and J. Monro were chosen. C. S. Campbell and R. P. Pettipiece were selected as delegates to attend the con- vention__oi Jhe^Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, to be held in Vancouver during September. H. Neelands and R. P. Pettipiece are delegates to the Northwest Typographical Conference, to be held in Seattle during June. H. Neelands was chosen as delegate to the annual convention of the International Typographical Union, which is to be held in Boston about the middle of September. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters I-U-tAY (rifth), HAT 88th A.-lrrsios Workers : J__ Engineers _.".'.*. SUNDAY Typ-iRraphlenl, 226 : (2 Jf.-n Beyvraga Dispensers, 678 jrut*. MONDAY, JUNE I'lorlrloal Workers. 213 Printing Pressmen, Iloiiermakers I-'itk <"rollers No. 11. J'alntern' Committee Cement Finishers B8DAY Trml.s Council/ _.: Caretakers anirEngineers, 963 __ _ ■.nrnnhy .'h_K- Employ-".!?... WEDNESDAY Ironworkers, 97 Plaster Brewery Workers, 300 : 3 Hoo't/iind Shoe Workers., 4 Carpenters' District Council 311 BKoto Engravers .__... 313 llesetters' Helpers 315 THURSDAY Floorlayers. 1878 _;.".:. .. 2 Mlllmen. 1699 ! Office Employees, 18177 4 Jewellery Workers , 313 Sign Writers. 728 |15 TODAY Railway Carmen, 68 ,.-. 2 Plasterers' Helper! .., -!...._._ 3 Molders, 281 ..._ _ 311 Engineers, 116 :. *.._ 1 reading of this report to all who desire to obtain a true and unbiased picture of the activities ami relative strengths of the different trade union groups .operating in Canada. Group Insu 1 ■ ■ Firms Try to Bolster Up Toppling Businesses with Stock Selling Scheme* and Wage Reductions in VancouT-t; - -Employee*' Ownership Fails •X" --THE PRESENT INDUSTRIAL DEPRESSION is affecting the workers in more ways than one. Many schemes that have been put into effect by industrial corporations are falling to pieces, thereby creating greater suffering and loss among the wage workers who have been taken in by these so-called social schemes. One big firm in the city announces cancellation of its contribution to the group accident and insurance policy, and another big firm tries to hold off its creditors by inducing its employees to purchase $1200 worth of stock, firing those who decline to buy. Employees Ownership Fails We have just received word of a large millwork factory, one of whose owners io a member of parliament, that has been trying to sell stock in the company to its employees. The employees were asked to take f 2000 worth of stock, which would be sold to them for f 1200 cash. One man. who declined to buy the stock has since been let out, although he is an old employee. This scheme was started about three months ago, but this method of trying to bolster up the firm does not appear to have saved the situation, for we understand that a couple of weeks ago a meeting of the creditors was called and if these close down on the firm, the stock-holders will be holding worthless stock within a very short time. Three Wage Cuts Another large lumber company has just thrown a bomb among -its employees During the past/twelve months these employees, wXo are Unorganized, have received two wage cuts, and on May 20th the Arm issued another notice informing its em ployees that not Only would wages be further reduced on June 1st but that the company would also have to cancel the group insurance accident and sickness policy to which the company was partially contributing. This will mean that the workers will lose practically all that they have paid into the scheme, because with reduced wages they will not be able to keep up the company's share of the payments. A copy of the letter, which we are herewith reproducing, speaks for itself: ■ _ _ .. Vancouver, B. C, May 20, 1931. -~" NOTICE We regret to announce that on or about June 15th it will be necessary to cancel the group accident and sickness policy which the Company is partially contributing to at the present time. We are also sorry to say that it will be necessary to further reduce wages as and from June' 1st, .1931, owing _tp_Jiie____nt_au_d .Jja_C-.OBdi- tions in the industry. THE RAT PORTAGE LUMBER CO., LTD. By G. S. Raphael, Mgr. T Business Men Fight Savagely; Trade Group Membership Less ELAND, Ohio.—The cherished^ belief that business men will build up trade organizations and entually join with organized work- rs in solving economic and industrial problems is shattered by "Steel," an iron trades review, in a leading editorial that deplores the withdrawal of business men from their trade organizations. "Steel" refers to one industry, whose leading members have "practically deserted their association and are fighting among themselves like savages. "They are in danger of wrecking a machine that has cost them millions of dollars to construct, but which has returned them millions of dollars in benefits;" says "Steel.1*- , »~ The editorial indicates that trade unions are not the only organizations that Buffer a decrease in membership during business depression, "Reduction ot income and conse quent shrinking of profits have frightened many business heads into the folly of curtailing or abandoning group activities," it is stated. "In certain industries support' of trade associations has been withdrawn to the point where the continuance of valuable co-operative work is seriously threatened. In the majority of instances the suspension of support ia due to the short-sighted policy of executives who think it is easier to cut off the trade associations than to effect economies in other directions. "Practically everything that has been accomplished in standardization in this country must he credited to the work of trade bodies. "Yet—strange as it may seem— trade, bodies now are facing a supreme test, to which, unfortunately, many industrial executives are surprisingly indifferent." WA T CH FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT BY Local Union 726 Sign and Pictorial Painters 4 H ■ I * p Page Two THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, May 29th, 1931 Conservatives Decline To Consider Unemployment -i ■„_.._, *■■'■-. .. * , FOLLOWING is the continued debate on the attempt of A. A. Heaps and Angus Maclnnis, Laljor members of the Federal Parliament, to get thr&ugh a motion for the House to discuss unemployment: - ■ .'■ ■' I Angus Maclnnis: - With a situation such as this, how can we account for the silence of the government on this particular question? i "Stock Markets:' Period of profit taking causes indefinite trend. Credit: demand slightly stronger. Bank debits reflect greater activity," Now we turn to what the Financial "l>0_tT__lls the;best indicator Trf-im- proving conditions or otherwise..This is in connection with car loadings. "Car loadings are another indicator which would seem to prove beyond question the lack of an ordinary seasonal upswing in Canadian business. For the first time in great many years, the charted record of weekly loadings up to and including the week ending February 21st, reveals a uniformly flat picture in contrast with sharply upward curve which is usual at this time of the year. Total loadings are running 17 per cent, behind the corresponding 1930 record." I* contend that there is nothing there that would indicate that we can expect an early improvement, or that there is any prospect of an early recovery in our economic conditions. Let me for a moment look at the other side of the picture. This is a point we should keep in mind; it is a point wc should try to harmonize with the conditions which we are dis- this Dominion has the wealth of Canada—that is, wealth in usuable form —been more abundant than it is at the present time. Not only that, but there need be no disputing the point that the machinery of production, which we have at our disposal for the production if necessary of more wealth, is greater, today than ever before. Going further, we can rest assured, and we have every evidence of it, that we have the ml vantage of a more 'scientific understanding of things, a greater technical knowledge, increased man power, and greater ability on the part of labor ,if need b^e, to put this machinery into operation than ever before in our history. Yet, in spite of all that, we have a condition. of unemployment and of distress not only in the city but in the country as well, such as we have never heretofore experienced. And 'in face of this my hon. friends opposite sit silent, having not a word to say as to what they are going to do, and no suggestion to offer with regard to meeting the situation. _i—I_L_hi__connection I slum hi like to quote briefly from the CommerclToT the Nation, the official organ of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The abundance of the earth-and sea and sky is incalculable; the bounty of nature is without limit. The world is our cocoanut, and net we starve 1" that is rather peculiar; it seems the more cocoanuts we have the more hungry we-become. An hon Member: We are not as. wise as the monkeys. ' Mr. Maclnnis: .I quite agree that we areTtOt as wise *as .he-monkeys, in this particular at any rate. I suppose we' think we have progressed very considerably since our savage ancestors roamed the forests, but if it were possible to bring one of those ancestors back to the world now, where he could see the hungry, cold, unemployed, with all this wealth at our disposal, he Would rightly think we have not progressed so far after all. I continue quoting from this newspaper: "Instead of co-operating, men separate themselves into groups. They biuld walls round these groups and sometimes one group will go mad and begin to throw stones at another. They have not yet learned to regard the earth as belinging to their whole race in common; they have not discovered how to organize themselves —their nations, their classes, their sects are not less quarrelsome and hardly less foolish than the gulls or the tomtits, which are very foolish cussing today. I believe we are little birds!" agreed that never in the history ot_, I think that i salong the lines of Y TJiis article appeared in the October,. may ask for the -proof of that state- 1930, edition and was written by ment, and I will give it. Let ussup- the late Angus MacLean, who at the'- " " time was president of the organization. He said: "Previous to last fall we had for a number of years enjoyed a period .oLunusual expansion and prosperity. Many of our people came to the con- elusion that so lang as we could continue this production from our farms, forests, mines and fisheries, this expansion and activity would continue.' I think that was a logical concession to'come to. He goes on: "Conditions existing today show quite .clearly that this opinion was wrong. Our farms from the Atlantic to the Pacific have produced an excellent crop. Our elevators are full of graih( our barns and warehouses are bursting with plenty. Our mines are as productive as ever. Our pulp and paper mills are turning out more than they ever did, and today are the greatest in the world, and our catch of fish is unusually large." I submit, Mr. Speaker, the picture is not overdrawn. With the wealth of Canada, as it is pictured here by the late predisent of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, what excuse can we offer fo rthia condition to men walking the streets without shoes, to men going without bread and men sleeping in box cars and under bridges at night? This wealth is not confined to this Dominion; other countries have had equal wealth during teh last few years. May I quote once more from the Glasgow Evening Citizen, which is a very respectable Tory paper, which I am sure hon. gentlemen opposite will say is worthy of being cited. It says: "Yet in this same world the valleys stand so thick with corn that they laugh and sing—the granaries are overflowing with grain, the factories are capable of turning out colossal supplies of every sort of volved have not thus far become fully operative; "We believe that, in harmony with the teachings of Jesus, we should proceed as rapidly as may be possible to the creation of an order based on co-operation and service, which would displace the present competitive ac-s quisitive social/ order." That is hot my statement; it is the statement of the Alberta Conference of the United Churcn. The resolution continues: . "In the centre of the thinking of Jesus was man and his need, as contrast up to the present the essential feature of the.., economic system is profit." - y.y That is what we have been contending for years; that is what the hon. member for North Winnipeg and the hon member for Winnipeg North Centre have been telling this house fur _a__a__Li_!ss__)nsJ_^The_re8- olution continues: "The present system has now been under trial for a sufficient period of time to lend itself to fair criticism, and the present unhappy condition of over-production, under consumption, unemployment, and attendant uncertainties, is its condemnation." _. . We certainly nevet used words any harsher than those in connection with the system under which we live. "We are convinced that in the Father's world-there is a sufficient abundance of necessary commodities to meet the needs of His children. The demand of the day is to bring these commodities under Christian control and distribution, a result which finance, under private control, as the connecting link between production and consumption has failed to secure. "In the meantime we advocate such methods as unemployment insurance, contributory old age pensions, along with a programme looking forward to social control of the means of production, distribution and exchange." ; We have never advocated more than that; we have never asked anything more than recognition of the fact that under the present system the more we produce the less secure is the position of the individual. All we are asking is that means be taken to change the system as quickly as possible to one that will give us a standard of living according to our ability and willingness to work an,d produce. Just imagine the amount of wealth that could be produced with modern machinery by the 300,- 000 unemployed who are walking the streets of this Dominion today, if they could only have access to the means of life. Just imagine it, and tell me what it would mean. Why cannot we have access to these means of life? As I said before, the reason 1 sbecause these means are in private hands and we cannot get to them without paying tribute to some private person: There may be half a dozen or. probably less than a hundred people_j__Q_is__Dominion who exact tribute* from all the resTof the people for everything they eat or wear and for every move they make. The resolution continues: pose all the people in the world were "We believe that society should re- gathered together in this room. -- gard enforced unemployment as an admit that it would be quite a dreary '.ntolerable m_nl_ce, producing an un co-operation which the hon. member for Winnipeg North Centre has been advocating in this bouse for many years, and surely it is time we began to have that co-operation in view of the fact that our efforts along other lines of endeavor have failed to assure the great majority of people in this country any decent share of the wealth which we' are producing in abundance. What is th reason for all"*this? The hon. memher for Queens (Mr. Myers)—and I refer to this partly because Prince Edward Island happens to be my native land—stated the other day thai no one seemed to know what was the cause of unemployment. I have been wondering whether no one does know, or whether possibly some people do know and do not like to state the cause for fear of hurting somebody's feelings. I believe I know the cause, and in order that my hpn. , friend from Queens may go away^from this house a little wiser than he came, I am going to tell him, whether he believes me or not The cause ol unemployment^ is "private ownership Of the means of production. Thatj is the one and only cause. Hon. gentlemen place in which to live, but for the sake o -''argument let us suppose all the people in the world .were gathered together here and that we owned everything in common. Could you imagine one of us going cold or hungry while we had all this wealth at our command? But supposing Mr. Speaker.or someone else owned all the wealth, and the rest Of us could have .access to it only whenever he wished to let us do so whenever we paid tribute to him for doing so. You could well imagine our going hungry and cold in circumstances of that kind. That is the only cause of un employment, and it will not be rem edied until the machinery for wealth production is socialized and put in the hands of the people to be used for the common good. Hon. members may think this is a wild statement to-make, but we are not alone in that opinion. I hold in my hand a resolution which was passed at the regular session of the Al' berta Conference of the United Church of Canada, held in McDougall United Church, Edmonton.' According to the Parliamentary Guide this is the church to which my right hon. friend the Prime Minister belongs, and for that reason if for no other he should give some consideration to the resolution, which states: "Whilst we endorse and approve the Remit, in that it states certain items of advancement and improvements in reference to industrial conditions, and the increasing recognition of human rights, yet we are convinced that such a statement is inudaquate for the present time, and that the church should express itself in terms other than those which _ simply endorse principles that have commodity, and the waters teem with for some years been generally appre- food that can be had for the taking., ciated, even though the principles in-11920 and 1930 than they were in employabel class with slum conditions, wastage of human energy and personality, and threatening war or revolution. We believe that governments should grapple wit hthe problem with -energy similar to what would be used in a national emergency." \ I do not believe that thc members of the government are alive to the present situation. We have similar conditions in every city,- town and country district in the Dominion.. The following is a portion efavJetter I received from a gentleman residing near Saskatoon: * n. "There is no money wherewith to pay taxes, store bills, interest on loans, etc., and the people in the north, While having - produce from gardens, etc., to live on have not any money wherewith to buy clothing. One school teacher has asked for clothing for 57 children; another for 40; another* for 34 and another for 16. Children cannot attend school licrausc they have nothing but last summer's cotton underwear and canvas shoes to wear." I think the suggestion made this afternoon by the hon. member for Westaskiwin (Mr. Irvine) would help us considerably. Much more could be said as to why we are faced with these conditions and why we cannot expect any improvement in the near future. . I have here some statistics given by Sir John Aird at the annual meeting of the Bank of Commerce, held at Montreal, as follows: "From the period between 1926 and 1928 the population increased by two per cent., food production increased by 8 per cent., and the production of raw materials by 11 per cent." The people are much worse off in Building up British Columbia tPUBLIC utility company ia essentially a part of thc tricts it' serves. By virtue of its thousands of employees, th* millions of dollars paid in wages each year and the millions of dollars invested each year for extending its services, a public utility company is. one of the greatest forces in the progress and expansion of any-territory, The B.C. Electric Railway Com pany is of and for British Columbia. Our aim is to serve the public well and by so doing to build up the province in which we have so great a stake. Like its employees, the company aims to be .*. . a good citizen of British Columbia. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. LTD If -•'Tl ra 'III J 1928, although there waB an increase of eight per cent, in the production of food and 11 per cent, in the production of raw materials as against an increase of two per cent, in population. We should have some explanation from hon. geiiel-men who pretend to run the government of this country. In conclusion, I beg leave to move— '■ S . . .„. , Some hon. Members: Order.. Mr. Maclnnis: I beg leave to move that all the words after—' Mr." Speaker: The hon. member's time has expired. Mr. Maclnnis: I was just about to move an amendment. ... , . . _Ai_J______Member: You are too late. Mr. Speaker: 1'he hTHirmenrbeHtas spoken for forty minutes. Mr. Woodsworth: Might I point out that under standing order 37— .An hon. Member: Wasting the time' of. the house. Mr. Woodsworth: No, I am not wasting the time of house.... I am within my rights in speaking on a point of order. Standing order No. 37 reads:- "No member, except the Prime Minister and the leader of the Opposition, or a minister moving a government order a_»d the member speaking in reply immediately after' such minister, or a member making a motion of "no confidence" in the government, and a minister replying thereto, shall speak for more than forty minutes at a time in any. debate." My colleague was about to make a motion and he is therefore entitled to speak for more than torty minutes. An hon. Member: He did not do it in time. Mr. Speaker: The hon. member gave no intimation that he was about to make such a motion. He completed his speech when he spoke for the forty minutes- Mr. Maclnnis: I move— Mr. Speaker: I call the hon. mem- WESTMINSTER tf TRADES^ ' , AND .v(> Of, co^ Working Button for Second Quarter of 1931: Color, red end white. ber to order. Mr. Woodsworth: Mr. Speaker— Some hon. Members: Order, Mr. Woowsworth: If Your Honor rules that we are to be tied down to the forty minute rule when an hon. member was in teh act of reading a motion, I must appea I against that ruling. ' — . An hon, Member: Go to it. Mr. Speaker: The hon. member had forty minutes in which to make his motion; he did not do so and he cannot exceed hie time limit. LOCALS USING WORKING BUTTONS Beverage Dispensers. Brewery Workers. Building Laborers ex Hod Carriers. City Fire Fighters. . . Camp and Mill Workers. Carpenters. Egg Graders. Electrical Workers. Elevator Construe**--*. Engineers. Floorlayers. Hotel and Restaurant Employees. Ironworkers. Lathers. Milk Salesmen. Mil-workers.. > Millwright.. New Westminster Carpenters. Plasterers and Cement Workers. Plumbers and Steamfitters. Painters and Decorators. Piledrivers and Bridgemen. Sign and Pictorial Painters. Sheet Metal Workers. Tailors. Taxi Drivers. Tilesetters. Teamsters and Chauffeurs. Tile, Marble and Terrasao Helpers'. Upholsterers. He Was Wrong But Right "I bet you a dollar that you won't guess why I have come'to see you." ■That is not hard to guess—you want to borrow money." "Wrong; I just wanted to ask how you were. Hand over the dollar." * If you see a tennis played who looks as if he is working very hard, then that means he isn't very good. —Helen Wills. •p. 1 , Now our Senate has spoken. The pensioned politicians of the Red . Chamber have at las*, given voice to the economic condition. Just like what one would expect from that quarter—the parrot cry of "Salaries must be cut" Three rousing cheers for that statesman suggestion. ' •_. —______— . F"da>. May 29th, 1931 «• THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531. BEATTY STREET ^__fj*".,l?*,» •** ***" Oonne_t_ _____TS& C' McDonald; general sec- __!___' £8r<7 **•• ^"Sough. Office, 20. ph__ Headquarters, Hi Beatty St. • _?t « Sey* 7m Meets m La»°r Hall dav« ._"' "I.t1" nrst and third Tuesdays In month. Bakery and Confectionery worker*' International Union, Local No. 488, mests lirst and third Saturday ln month at 7:00 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. Prealdent, jas. Brydson; Secretary's Office, Room 304, Labor Headquartera; Hour* 8:30 a.m.' to 12 noon. Phone: Bey. 8149. ^mV^,0?*!!*****' union, _ro. era— No 2 U¥,i,,8*,n??y,at « P-m.,' RoonT Pridnv .» i«or Heaa-uarters: second *rlday at 10 a.m. at the office. Pres., ___i__ *r°"-Jv'S' 8Scretary and Bus Elves' Vi|HAn,aflJ' OITI£e: Room **• S?v !7«Va '' ..*£. Homer St. Phones ■ring-. »nd Structural Iron Worker*, Local 87, Int. Assoc.—Meets every Tuesday, Hall 2. Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Robt. ' Mc- Dnnnl-l, Fraser 1.18-11; Secretary, P. Laurel, Room 311, Labor Headquart- era. Ptbnea: Office, Hey. 7486; Resl- ' dence, Pair. 6187 R. Building- Tradss Council, VancouTer— Meeta second and fourth Tuesday ln -Hiril 316. Labor Headquartera. President, W. D. Wilson; secretary-treas- urer, VV. Pace, Room 301, Labor Headquarter*. Phone Sey. Trt*_ Kill and Paetory Worker*' Union, Looal Ma. 1888 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood of Carpenters A Joiners. Meat* first and third Thursdays ln Half No. 3* Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. - Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, C. Carslake, 1124 Alberni St. Motion Pictures *P_oJectl._letB" Union, Local 348, of I__.TJ8._I. fc M.P.ItO.— 11:30 p.m.. Brat Friday In month. In Hall No. 3 Labor Headquartera. President, Locksley Clark; Secretary, J. C Richards, Box 345, Phone Douglas 1674-R; Business Agent, J. R. Foster, ..Phone Trinity 5708. ****>%**„ Mutual Protective union, n^Sf\r 1_*B'.A-_*r' 9* "---Meet* at the ..I"**- Auditorium, second Sunday «_„_ * i *** President. J. Bowyer; SS5e-iS,__,cr*_arlr' w* Couling; Organ- w__,F-,P1itch<!r_ oltlce' Su't* 307-311 JSlM!,-_:______: -Ebons. Douglas 4388. . ■arbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Prealdent, Fred Da we; Sec- Treas., C. *_. Herrett Office, 884 Labor Headquarters Bookbinders' Local Ma. 108, 1st Brotherhood -Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bide 803 Hustings W. President, Mrs. Harvey, 4487 Quebec; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton 8t. ' Bricklayer* and Mason* International Union Mo. 1—Room 309. Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, In Hall No. 3. President. J. C. Greenwood, Phone Bay. 3047-T; Secretary, W. 8. Dagnall, 1344 East 20th, Phone Fair 845-R; Fin. Sec. Albert Wright, 4128 Knight Road, Phone Fair. 2005-R. Camp and Mill Workers' Ta deral Labor Union Bo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets -every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell Street E President, II. _f lyazawa; Secretary. K. Tsuyukl. Carpenters snd Joiners, United Brotherhood of. Local -453—President, Wm. Page; Financial Secretary, R. W. Hatley; Business Agent, W. Hargreaves. Office, Room 310. Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m.. ln Hall No. 1. City Hall Employee*' Association— Meets first Wednesday of each month at 196 East Pender St. at 8 p.m. President, K. Mitten; Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 3208 Pender St. B.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck. 3517 West 26th. Civic Employee*' Union, Local 38— Meets flrst and third Fridays In the month at 261H Hastings Bast, at 8 p.m. President, Jack Wood, 4671 Fraser Street; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 3427 Triumph Street Painters, Deoormtor* and ^ape-hangers, Looal 138—Meet* second, and fourth Thursdays at Hall .Mo. 2. President, W. Hunt; Rec. Secretary, A. B. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed. Smith. Office: Room 312, Labor Headquarter*. Photle Sey. 3801. Bile Driver*, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builder*, Local Bo. 3804—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock ln 122 Hastings*; St. W. President, 8. Goy: Jaa. Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. Egg Credere' Union, Ho. 11—Meets In the Labor Headquarters, flrst and third Monday ln month. President, ... R. Gela, 8287 Went 21st; Record Secretary, Miss D. Simpson, 827 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster; Financial Secretary, Miss Marjorie Deyell, 565 East 20th, City. Eleotrioal Worker*. Local 818, International Brotherhood—Meets flrst and third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougal; Business Manager, E. H. Morrison, Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 2518. Engineer*—International Union of Operating Engineer*, Local 118— Meets •very Friday at 8 p.m., Hall 315. President, F. L. Hunt; Rec. Sec, O.K. Jones; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, Oeorge Pettipiece. Office 308, Labor Headquarter*. Phone Trinity (434. Plre Fighters, Be. 18, International Association of—Meets every month at call of President at. 251H Hastings E. President. N. McDonald,. 1138 McLean Drive;'Financial Secretary, C. A. Wsr- aon, 1834 East 8th Avenue. Ploorlayers' Union, Mo. 1878, V. B. at C. * J. A.—Meets flrst "and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. t. Labor' Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec, Jack Nelson: . Rec. Sec, John McDonald, 2905 West Twelth; Business Agent, XV. 1). Wilson, 1535 Fifth Ave. W. Ttsa- Motel aad Restaurant Employee* and Marin* Cook* and Stewards.— 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 135. Ladle*' Auxiliary, Local 171 —United Brotherhood of Carpenter* — _te«ts every first and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. Prealdent, Mrs. . C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary, Elisabeth J. Hope, 1043 7th Ave. E. Lather*, Wood, Wire and Metal, International union, Local 307—Meets first and third Mondays In month at Labor Headquarters. Secretary, F. Macey, 2466 West Seventh Ave. Phone Bayvlew 8881 L. Maohlnl-t*' Local 893-- 1'resMent. Thos Sills, 1363 Burrard St.; Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, Room 300, Labor Headquarters. Meet* on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 313, Milk Wagon Driver* and Dairy Bmpley- ees. Local _8_—Office 308, Labor Headquartera Meeta second and fourth Fridays In Hall No. 1. President, J. Mitchell; Secretary-Treasurer. , Blrt Showier. 2141 Triumph. Phone High. 6337. Plasterers, Local 88—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Plnlshera' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquartera. President, F. Q. Walsh, 378 East 37th, Fras. 108 R; Cor. Sec, A. Harry, 1116 East 33rd, Fair. 3222 R; Fin. Sec, B. A. Williams, 830 Bast 12th; Phone Fair. 5219X. Cement Finishers' Cor. Sec, J. W. Baines, 2168 Turner Bt. Plumbers and Bte-unfltUr., Mo. 170, International Association— Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall £__. 2_. -_re8Ad<m*' Val Pearson, 787 East 52nd; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, W.. Watt, 305-7 Labor Headquarters. j i Prlnting Presamen aad Aiilatanta, local Bo., 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, W. W. Quigley, 2047 West Second; Secretary, Thos. S. Exart, 1807 Baat Thirty-eighth. Hallway Carmen of America, Lodge No. 68—Meeta flrst and third Friday ln month at Labor Headquartera. President, A. S. Ross, 6906 Sophia Street: Rao.- Secretary, J. D. Valllamy, 2316 West 16th. Canadian Membership I. T. U. Have Many Union Advantages Street and Electrio Hallway Bmploy.ee, Ploue.r Division Bo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall.- 8th and Kingsway. flrst and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. B. Smith; Recording Secretary, J. Price; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Local Union No. 380—Meeta second and fourth Thursdays ln Hall No. 8. President, Jas. Strachan, 2205. W. llth: Business Agent and Secretary, D- MacPherson, 308,Labor Headquarters. Tallon' Journeymen Union of America, Local Vo. 17__-Meetlngs held second Monday, each month, t p.m. Executive meets fourth Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1582 13th Ave. E.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1920 12th Ave. B. Taxi, Star* and Bus Driver*. Local 181 —Meets second and fourth Mondays at 10.30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. President, W. Wilson. . Office, 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. Teamster*, Chauffeurs, Stablemen aad Helpers, looal 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meet* every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters. President, F. T. Goodrich, 1239 Woodland. High. 2096-X; Secretary - Treasurer, Birt Showier, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stag* Bmployeea' Union, Looal 118 Of th* I.A.T.8.B. * MJPJB.O. Meets second Tuesday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 am. President, Geo. xv. Allen; Recording Secretary, H Pearson; Business Agent, B. McQlone, address. P. O. Box 711, - Typographical Union, Mo. 336—President. C. 8. Campbell; Vice-President. B. R. Bay ley; Secretary-Treasurer, R. H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. In Hall No. 1, Labor Headquartera Union Label Trades Council meets In Hall No. 4, Labor. Headquarters, 629 Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays ln each month at 8 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald, 2834 St George Street, Phone Fair. 3317-T. Secretary, Mollis Dolk, 1687 Fifth Avenue Bast. Phone High. 477-Y. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday in each ■** month. President. S. D. McDonald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry, Box 498, Prince Rupert.B.C. NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH ■-Secretary Trade* A Labor Council Moons -00—831 Beatty Btreet Phones: Sey. 7468-6276 . TKe Canadian membership of'the International Typographical Union has been singularly free from the Various- schisms and other "isms" which have interfered with the orderly and effective organization of other industrial workers upon an international basis. The 8-hour strike in 1906 produced two secessions, both in Eastern Canada, which proved toj be only temporary aberrations, and at no time since has there been any such concerted movement within the organization. The One Big Union movement which, for a short while, produced much trouble in Western Canada, -left the affiliated unions of--Hie—_b»* ternational Typographical Union unaffected by the widespread and insistent propaganda. The strikes in 1905-1906 to establish the 8-hour day and later in the establishment pf the 44-hour week in 1921 for book and job printers, produced, experience sufficient to demonstrate that whatever of sentiment might linger1 in the minds of the newcomer to Canada, the form of organization Best suited to meet the situation was found in international unionism. The membership of the International Typographical Union in Canada today averages less than 5000, comprised in 46 local unions scattered across . the entire Dominion from Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Victoria in British Columbia. This membership has varied in numbers only very slightly during the past 10 years, and represents about 6 per cent of the total membership of the International Union. The favorite slogan in Canada with the critics of international unionism is: "Why send your money to headquarters in the United States?" "Keep your money in Canada—organize on a national basis." To such expressions is generally added some hypocritical'appeal to "national patriotism"—a sentiment which has never been one of the strong points of the leaders of the subversive movements referred to. The usefulness of such appeals to the Canadian membership of the International Typographical Union Is best illustrated in a practical way by a reference to the benefits which that section of the membership has derived from their international affiliation. ■-_:, The various movements in Canada seeking to replace international unionism have made an appeal on behalf of "militancy." The international union printers in the Dominion can point to a record in the cost of militancy which should give supporters of national movements some food for thought. For the eleven years from May 31, 1919, to June 20, 1930, the total amount paid for defence purposes to Canadian members amounted to $4,706,361.66, while the income from the 'Dominion could be allotted to that purpose amounted to $1,020,647.66." -. Premiums as dues to the regular beneficiary features of the organization—the old age pension and mortuary funds and the union printers' home—have to be allotted to those funds as a guarantee to the continuing membership of their individual rights to those benefits. Subscription to the monthly journal and receipts for sale of supplies represent direct payments for .value received. The balance of dues is all that is available for defence and' the general purposes of the organization. Total receipts from the Canadian Membership on pension and mortuary account for the eleven years ending June 20, 1930, were $887,028.96, while the payments from those funds amounted to $742,726.77, leaving a credit balance of $144,302.19 for both funds. Receipts from Canadian membership for the general purposes of the organization were 1,020,647.66 while disbursements .for defence purposes in. Canada reached a total of $4,- 706,361.66, an amount in excess of receipts'equal to $3,685,714.00. -An recent issues of publications by organizations in Canada which are seeking tb undermine international unionism, statements were made that the American Federation of Labor and its -affiliated bodies are collecting revenues in Canada for which no return is given. We commend to their attention the above verifiable figures, together with this concluding statement: The total amount paid out by the International Typographical Union for the * eleven years ending June, 1930, for defence purposes throughout its entire . jurisdiction was $16,599,294.24. Of this amount $4,706,361.66 was paid to their membership in Canada. The total membership in Canada averages about 6 per cent of the entire membership, so that during the last eleven years 6 per cent of the membership received twenty-eight and one-third per cent of the total disbursements for defence. i_ The total receipts from the Canadian membership of the International Typographical Union for all purposes during the last " eleven years was $2,197,260.38. The total disbursement, for all purposes to the same membership was $5,449,088.43, an excess of disbursements over-receipts of $3,25i;828.06 in the eleven years. •It only remains to be stated that these sums were not paid because of the nationality of -the membership, but because that section of the jurisdiction was adversely affected. Our "nationalist" critics can be left to figure up where a national organization of printers on the north side of the boundary could have found the funds and how they could have resisted the prolonged attack.—Canadian Congress Journal. Building Trades Dept . ** On Wage Reductions The following letter, which speaks • for "itself, has been forwarded to President Hoover by the Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor. President Hoover has since taken a stand against wage reductions. (COPY) Honorable Herbert Hoover, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D. C. Sir,—Your thoughtful attention is herewith called to a movement which— has been agitated for some considerable time among the contracting in-., terests Of the building industry throughout our country to reduce wages. ThiB is especially true, both of those who are- hostile to the or membership which Receipts from the Canadian Memberehip of the International Typographical Union Over Period of Eleven Tsar*—1818 to 1830 Tear EndlnR Total May 31 - Receipts 1620 '6112,030.66 1821 125,609.23 1822 595,865.59 1»2> 373,242.48 1824 -22.284.43 182S 134,220.49 1626 117,643.55 1827 . 118,462.18 1828 120.J43.76 •1929 .140.178.47 •1930 J37.379.54 Pension and Mortuary 176.828.91 88.099.30 69,272.28 71,999.88 76.672.95 73,242.12 80,838.10 80,041.15 81,091.80 95,407.81 93.434.86 -APPORTIONED TO- Printers' Home 212.367.20 14.818.00 17,459.00 17.189.70 15,737.30 15,184.20 18,492.80 20.091.70 20,741.60 23.488.00 22,610.00 Typo. Journal 13.130.40 3.210.25 2.919.25 2,875.55 2.632.50 2.565.50 2,538.90 2.566.40 2.634.15 2.966.60 2.877.55 Sale of Supplies 16,342.49 3,489.43 3.335.06 6,119.72 6,388.06 17,371.12 3.361.25 2,205.43 2.912.71 3,636.06 4,325.88 General Purposes 613,261.66 15,992.25 502,880.00 275,057.83 120,853.62 35,857.55 12,412.50 12,557.50 12.963.50 14,680.00 14,131.25 Tbtal 11 Y_ars..$2,197.260.38 $867,028.96 6198,179.60 130,917.05 * For 1929 and 1930- the fiscal year ended June 20. 160.487.21 $1,020,647.66 Beneflts V-ld to Canadian Membership of International Typographical Union Over a Period Of Eleven Years—1919 to 1830 Year EndlnR May 31 1920 .... 1921 .... 1922 .... 1923 .... 1924 .... 1925 .... 1926 .... 1927 .... 1928 .... 1929 .... 1930 .... From Pension Fund $18,163.00 26,362.00 35,352.00 37,920.00 43,776.00 48,888.00 63.176.00 62,720.00 42, '.i7lr.nn 71.640.00 67,640.00 Total , - -ear*: 1528.602.00 From Mortuary Fund 681,560.00 16,625.00 15,325.00 14,150.00 18,660.00 31,050.00 18,039.27 13,975.00 16,425.00 28,986.50 26,449.00 6214,124.77 From- Defence Fund 6 8,859.60 15,832.05 2,094.255,07 1,765,642.84 659,607.09 223.019.77 15,514.'50 9,815.00 8,716.00 9,256.74 9,213.00 64.706.361.66 A. B. HARRON Phone N. V. 134 North Vancouver J. A. HARRON Phone Fair. 134 55 Tenth Ave E. G. M. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 184 55 Tenth Ave. E. ilfarrmt irou. & HtUiamaott j FUNERAL DIRECTORS 66 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR 134 "Only Onion risb aad Chips is British Colombia' Ye Olde English Fish & Chips Believing one remedy for unemployment la the shorter work wees, all onr girls are now working Its days per week, without reduction of wages. 44 BASTIWOS WEST 8 Doors Weft of "Psatages" gahized labor movement and those passively in accord with ub, notwithstanding the belief that the contracting interests attendant upon the conference called by you during the winter, with a view to the prevention of wage reductions, voiced the sentiments of the contracting interests generally. _ In the recent past there has been a growing agitation for a reduction in wages and a movement to achieve., this end has recently been inaugurated in some few of the smaller cities of the country; more recently extending to such important centres aa Indianapolis, Ih'3.; Cedar, Rapids, Iowa; Houston, Texas; Minneapolis, Minn.; Madison, Wis.; Los Angeles, Calif., , ,-— and Memphis, Tenn., where the movement has become quite pronounced. So much so that a series ,; of strikes has resulted which, added to the great unemployment problem, has dislocated business to a most annoying extent. It is needless perhaps to add that should the policy adopted by the contractors in the cities named be but superficially successful, the movement would extend to other centres of industry, with a consequent en-' largemerit of the difficulties -with which we are now confronted and at - a time when there is evidence of a revival in building construction throughout the country. To tie up the work by a series .of strikes or lockouts will completely offset the value to be derived in the industrial .—_ field by a renewal of former activities, throughout the building industry, • and it is in view of this that the Executive Council of the Building Trades Department, at present in session at general headquarters in Washington has deemed it advisable to draw the subject to your attention ■'" in the hope that some steps can Intake n to prevent the fruition of the- plan proposed, whether its espousal be either sinister or misguided in character. In order to rehabilitate business conditions in general, the purchasing power of the public must not be impaired. Quite the contrary, every avenue that will lead to a flow of commerce must needs be opened up in order to permit the free exchange of our circulating medium through all walks of life. A justifiable expenditure of either private or public moneys at this time will do more to augment business interests throughout the country than any method bo far proposed. To reduce wages, however, is not a corrective in any sense of the word and will undeniably lead to still further distress among our already overburdened working men. It is the earnest hope of our people that proper steps be taken to prevent the spread of the movement intended by those sponsoring it,4ov bring about a universal demoralization of the workers of the building industry by a general wage reduction. Cordially yours, M. J. McDonough, President. A. M. Huddell, 1st Vice-Pres. John J. Hynes, 2nd Vice-Pres.- L. P. Lindelof, 3rd Vice-Pres; P. J. Morrin, 4th Vice-Pres. Wm. J. McSorley, Bth Vice-Pres. Wm. J. Spencer, Sec. -Treas., Building Trades Department, A. F. of L. I - H f I -—_ For Health, Strength and Beauty, eat oar Whole Wheat Brown Bread. A wholesome body builder. Doctors recommend it. Fruit and Raisin Bread, Paetry and Meat Pies, Pumpkin Pias. THE ESTHER 'BAKERY \ Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST r & ■ y. —■—**-—^ :—~—: : ' ■ - Page Four THE LABOR STATESMAN T The Labor Statesman I'ubllHhed every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B.C.. Owned by the *Vancouver,-_Ne*-> Westminster and District Trad and Labor Council. H. W. Watt,, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Ed. Smith Chairman; W. Watt <*Julld- Iiik Tradea Council); P. R. BenUouBh .(Machinist Trades); R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades); Dan McPherson • (Building Trades); B. Showier (Teaming Trades); T. Hanofln (Beverage Trades); C. Herrett (Label Trades); Bert Speed (Transportation Trades). Subscription Rates: $2 per Year: to Unions, 16c per month per member. Phone: Seymour 8378 the industrial cycle changed conditions and the struggle had to be renewed with greater vigor. We are beginning another cycle.—W. Vancouver, Friday, May 29th, 1931 i ■ ANOTHER BUSINESS CYCLE When, business turned on the downgrade in July, 1929, the stock market manipulators crashed the gate and swung stocks up to unheard of heights, getting-out themselves at top prices during the several months following the flrst indications of business depression. Just at the moment there are indications that business is again on the upturn, so the stock market manipulators are once more very active in forcing stocks to all-time lows. This situation convinces us that- business is again on the upgrade, although the indications are not easily discernable to the* average person. During these past two years of bad business, the workers have suffered all the evils that a depression brings; hunger,! against his misery, bread lines, loss of homes, of freight rates cut down to a parity furniture and of comforts. The with those existing from seaboard white-collared executive and the com- points in Argentina and Russia as a mon laborer have suffered in this de- national emergency, the government pression and. the petty business man could allow for competition on a has been drawn into the maelstrom, more favorable basis for Canadians, causing him also to relinquish many We have to remember that by re- of his pleasures,, which a flourishing stricting imports, one automatically business gave him. During all this restricts exports, he added, time we have had quite a lot of pub- Referring to the causes of over- licity as to the causes and cure of production, Mr. Woodsworth pointed these depressions, and a very great out that ton large a proportion of number of people have been con- earnings had been turned into fixed vinced that the collective ownership capital, resulting in excessive fixed of the machinery of wealth produc- charges. Wages, on the other hand, tion, as advocated by Socialists, is the were kept at such low levels jhat Conditions in West Told by Woodsworth . In an interview with the Financial Times, .J. S. Woodsworth, M.P., states that distinct benefits could be achfeved by arrangements between the principal wheat producing countries of the word. According to Mr. Woodsworth, things had come to such a pass in the West that a feeling of intense depression prevailed. With the whole of that country built up on the production of wheat for exports, which in turn have been-gnt of. -throTlglr" w*6rl**r-wTde" causes, no immediate hope of alleviation of the situation was in sight. So uncertain are the prospects that one large farmers' organization in Saskatchewan has passed a resolution favoring state ownership of land. At this crucial period fit the affairs of the western farmer, Mr. Woods- worth said that he looked upon credit essentially as a social utility. "What the farmer needs is longer terms. The banks are organized for short term commercUf credjte.___It might be well, he suggest ed, to declare a moratorium, as an emergency measure. "Scaling down of debts, both public and private, too, would help, for it must be remembered that these debts were contracted when money had only one-half the purchasing power of today. It is possible to accomplish the same purpose by general inflation, encouraging exports and discouraging imports. The tariff problem interferes with the cutting down pf the farmer's cost of living; freight rates also work best interests. With • only cure against a return of these industrial depressions. But in spite of the fact that this knowledge was . ..__ available to, every unemployed worker, to every petty business man, to every housewife, as well as to every , employed worker who was daily in fear of losing his job, we fail to have any great hope of seeing any fast move towards the goal to which everybody should be striving. With the upturn of business the goal will be for jobs, for wealth, for affluence. The bread lines and unemployed parades will have been forgotten and the struggle for a little better conditions than the other fellow will be again in earnest. The old party *"t>b"Ii-ical quacks from Vancouver to St. John will again receive the endorsation of a majority of voters and the old system will be bolstered up until the next depression hits us again with increasing force. * Five thousand workers packed the Arena last Sunday to hear about the. quickest and best way to erid tha present system of wealth production, and demonstrations, not very much smaller, have been taking place every week in various places in this city and in every large city in Canada. Within a couple of years the most important questions will be baseball or football news or the increase in building permits. In the meantime the products of labor saving machinery will be accumulating, the productivity of every nation will have increased tre- *t mendously, and the distribution of - those products will be again lagging behind, far in - the rear of possible consumption. And as the glut of commodities upon the market increases, the job holders, who have produced too much for the business owners, will get laid off and the de- ^ pression will have arrived at another cycle, not the heretofore seven- • . year cycle, nor the five-year cycle, but somewhere nearer a four-year cycle. Then we will have tne same old repetitions of bread lines, relief gangs, unemployed parades and all the other things that go with the ?resent system of wealth production, n about the year 500 It. C, after years of. human slavery, the toilers began to chase away kings; an economic struggle, or in fact, a "class struggle" started in the old Roman commonwealth. The struggle continued in Europe until 1871 When a "workers' government" was proclaimed in Paris. Since that time the struggle has continued with those in the vanguard thinking the "revolution was just around the corner," but most of the people could not afford to buy back in sufficient quantity that which was produced. . Australia To Hold Financial Referendum The Australian Labor.government will shortly submit to the people, in the form of a referendum, its requests for the most sweeping powers in industrial, commercial and financial matters, in its efforts to. find a way out of the oconomic crisis. Meanwhile the government faces the task, of finding *$2*i,<.00,000 to pay treasury bills falling due in London on June 30, which it is impossible to renew or re-issue. The government plans to meet the payments by sending $25,000,000 of gold from the reserves of the Commonwealth bank overseas, but in this hope en counters the opposition of the board of the Commonwealth bank. Announcement of the proposed referendum came after the government and the bank reached a deadlock over the government's proposal to draw on the reserves. The goVern- nlent has inserted a clause in its Com- jmonwealth Bank Amendment bill empowering the government to draw on the bank's gold reserve for overseas debt payments. As a consequence of steady demands upon the Sydney head office of the Commonwealth Savings Bank, Sir Robert Gibson, chairman of the bank, broadcast a reassuring speech in which he declared the bank would not close its doors as long as the nation itself existed. He invited nervous depositors who had no confidence in his bank to withdraw their accounts, as the bank itself had no wish for timid business. Sir Robert declared that as the Commonwealth Bank controlled the note issue, it had currency resources to any extent which it deemed necessary. Greater Purchasing Powers Needed For All "I think the raising of wages in, England would not • only have an eventful effect on British industry, but would immediately improve your trade. Its result would be instantaneous; and British industry would receive a tremendous stimulus. • It would at once increase the consuming power of the people of England, and it is that that yon want—greater purchasing power in your own country. The 'pinch and scrape' attitude amongst employers is (jad tor industry anjl trade. It is said tn2t""some firms would have to go put of work if wages are suddenly raised, because lhfiy._____barely making a p_ofi___xei_ -with-present-wagesr- -That 4a -probably true. But if they are not efficient enough to pay higher wages, the sooner they go the better. Wages are purely the result of competent management. They must leave the field clear for those who are able to pay higher wages. If a higher rate of wages would mean the elimination of. the old-fashioned and inefficient employer, it is evident that such an elimination is just what England most needs today. I am not suggesting a higher Wage rate for philanthropy. That does nor enter into the question. If wages are increased, workers will^iave more money to buy goods with and the consumers' demands will increase., ■ And as demand increases efficiency will also increase, since the better paid workers will work better. Ydu cannot get good work out of poorly-paid men. And that is so simple as hardly to seem necessary to say, and yet it is astonishing how hard it is for some minds to understand it."—Henry Ford. Friday, May 29th, 1931 IDLE INSURANCE LOOMS WASHINGTON.—If men are not put to. work, unemployment insurance in some form is inevitable, declared Dean Wallace B. Donham of Harvard University 'at the annual meeting of the International Chamber of Commerce. Unemployment of millions of ken as a result of failure to control the. effects of machinery and mass production is a challenge to western civilization, he said. Business Is Helpless For Depression Cure Washington.—Organized labor is confident that its programme of high purchasing power and shorter hours will start factories and end the depression. \ Business men refuse tb accept this plan, but offer no alternative. ■Their confusion was shown at the recent convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and was recalled by Ambassador Davila of Chile in an address to the International Chamber of Commerce convention in this city. "A short time ago," said Senor Davila, "I bad the pleasure of conversing with one of the most reputed leaders'' of European industry and finance. .After analyzing the world situation, I asked him what might be his solution if he were given dictatorial powers oyer the production and business of the. world. "He answered ,with strange sincerity, 'I don't know,' and added of his own initiative: 'I have no patience with those who continually' attack statesmen and governments for their action or inaction in the face of, the crisis. The truth is, that when they come to us for advice, we have none to give them'." • Senor Davila, in explaining how the depression affects Latin America, said that imports of American automobiles to his country dropped 90 per cent, during the first three months of 1931, as compared with the first quarter of 1929. The drop was 83 per cent, throughout the Southern Republics, said the Chilean diplomat.- Opportunities For 100 Local Mechanics Here is an opportunity for working men to create their own community chest. It is an opportunity fof"mechanics of a speculative mind to become interested in a nearby industry that has good money-making prospects. You can become a co-owner of mineral claims, industrial sites, summer resort and homes, within sixty miles of Vancouver for the investment of a few dollars. The mineral claim consists of approximately 50 acres of non-metallic rock, that at a cost of 10 cents per ton royalty, plus government tax, can be placed on the market to supply part of the needs of businesses now using the $140,000,000 worth of material now being imported into Canada yearly. There is 85,000 square feet of industrial sheltered tidewater land as well as land enough to build 200 houses or summer resort sites in an ideal climate. There is -waterpower available, rights for which have been obtained. One hundred people with $150 each can become co-owners with the present owner and incorporate to carry on the business. This business would be suitable for various kinds of mechanics whose work could be ^-"re*-*^ ta ... ___ _,.u ,*-/. .. iHCbaPOaATiD art may ie. a. Olfear _n____i el Wlmlset. T __!<_.. 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Doctors, nurses, hospitals, undertakers, lawyers, etc., not to mention succession duties; if the estate be considerable, will reduce the net amount payable to your heirs by anything from 10% to 25%. Take your pencil and try a simple sunt in arithmetic, using an actual case as an example: : Typical Case My Case Total face value of all my life insurance - policies , $5,000 Estimated value of my real estate, securities and other assets $2,000 Total $7,000 Less 15% as indicated above..... $1,050 Total estate (net). $-.'-;0 Invested in good securities at 5% this should yield my family an annual income ot $2.7.50 IS IT ENOUGH? Fill in and mail the attached coupon: $ ♦..:.*...__^. t-— V SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL Please send me your pamphlet, "Is It Enough?", advertised (Nam. of Piper) 8 Name (Mr., Mrs. or Miss) ...,...,.. Date of Birth.. (Month) (Year) Address (Street) (City) utilised in the projects, ('nick returns, of course, are not promised, but the opportunities for a good investment are available for those with courageous dollars, co-operation and vision. tMy 44 years'exploring work, using Vancouver as a base, Has not been a blank; now I am ready to take some useful co-owners into this project with me. Apply to Owner at 569 Hornby Street, between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., and thoroughly investigate-my project.—Advt. After 8 o'Oloo- Phone Fraser 783I.-1 D»jr Phone: Fraser 187 Frank Parsons A*T FLOBIST Wreaths end We--Ins Bonane t ■ _____ TJp Oreenhonsee 7058 Wales Ma.. Vancouver "••r*..*"'^ '■•. ' ■ V. —•- -»<*'*". I • -nday' May 29th,"-'l93i- ■: w THE LABOR .STATESMAN Page Five THE OPEN ROAD AFOOT WITH JACK LOGIE ___ Pope Pius XI has issued a broadcast Jo Labor and is about to'publish shortly an encyclical giving the views of the church on the problems'of modern industry. The radio address was couched in language of gentle reasonableness and emphasized three qualities which must be taken by all true children of the church as necessary to an understanding of our • economic difficulties. Prayer, action, sacrifice, these are the words which are repeated many times and I do not see how any reasonable individual could find fault with them. Prayer is. Stated to be the most important and most necessary because Jesus the present system is to be _etjMed the pope fails to show how be pto~- poses to find jobs for everyone. He sets his face sternly agaifist extreme individualism and th-raCcumulation of excessive wealth; but also condemns any tornybt collectivism. The church can obviously have nothing to do with that revolutionary aspect of socialism which is called communism, but admits that it might condone some other milder form of social justice in order to bring about a wider .distribution of wealth. All we will have...to. do.'will be to call it some other name than socialism.and let the church control _it...._IJ_e-nronositio_u-_ THE "FOG" OF THE CAPITAL (With apologies to Bruce Hutchinson) By HARRY * , The full encyclical has not been published as yet and perhaps it is hardly fair to, comment until^ the complete text is-available, but a summary is at hand and we are given an inkling what to expect. Much emphasis is laid on the pronouncement of Pope Leo XIII that capital cannot do without labor nor labor without capital. There may be a play upon words here, as some of us are quite sure that we can do without the capitalist, and Christ seemed to be quite positive that he couldn't get into heaven. Unless his money can buy absolution and a residence in purgatory Caesar will have to take his four-bits and go to hell, leaving to God those things which are God's, the land, factories and all'natural resources. I cannot recall that Christ ever issued an encyclical upholding the rights of capital. He said: "Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden" and was most scathing in his condemnation of those who make our burdens more grievous to be borne. My impression has always been that Christ laid stress on our common brotherhood as children of one father, but the pope places an entirely different interpretation on that teaching. He says: "The differences in social conditions in the human family, which were widels~tiw_reted* by the Creator, must not and cannot ever be abolished, but on the other hand the condition of the proletarian worker cannot forever be the normal condition of the bulk of mankind. It is essential that the proletariat be enabled gradually to obtain some of the advantages enjoyed by proprietors." ,1 am reminded at once of that old couplet "When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the -s-enttomn.?"- I do not think that Christianity has failed because it has never yet been tried, but if those who preach it should really try to practice it and live according to its tenets, our differences in social position would have to be abolished whether the pope thinks so or not. We will also have to add a few verses to the Beatitudes: Blessed are the proletariat for theirs shall be the joys of proprietorship,—gradually. Blessed are the proletariat for they shall enter heaven,—gradually. Blessed are the, proletariat for they can also starve gradually while the pope tells them they must have a living wage and there are no jobs to be had at any sort of wages. The lot of the worker Is to be ameliorated by better wages but as nouncements always are, but perhaps the pope will yet explain how he intends to give to all a greater share of the wealth produced without some form of collective ownership. He certainly cannot do it under the present system of wages and profits which he champions. I have no'intention of attacking saya that the kingdom—o£*'*So"d'*"l3" "decidedly vague, as religious pro within you. Of eoiaseylt this is —- ' ' " ' ' taken too literally and/you proceed by prayer'and meditation to contact that divinity which is latent in each human heart yon find at once that churches, priests and popes are hindrances and that the, pope has destroyed at one fell blow his validity as anauthority on economics; industry jot anything else. "7-A-etioir-nTr*"8f co_r_e,""esseiitia. a. .be-present time and requires" no comment. Sacrifice is familiar to the worker because are not the stony highways of the past reddened by his blood and tears and today he is still crucified on the cross of -.Mammon. No doubt the pope is suggesting the idea of sacrifice to the capitalist who will probably at once remember the injunction of Christ and give all he has to the poor and follow Him. which each individual must settle for himself and is decidedly none of my business. The pope is also entirely within his rights in stating his views and those of the church on political and social questions. It has always been a favorite argument of Protestant clergymen that such' matters should not be discussed from the pulpit as they were concerned only with spiritual subjects. Life is one and cannot be divided into compartments and if your religion cannot be applied to the betterment of mankind and the alleviation of human suffering then you had better change your religion. Our Christianity evidently Is not practical or we wouldn't have so many wars, revolutions and class struggles among those nations which call themselves Christian. I learned many years ago from a dictionary definition that the ethics of socialism and Christianity were identical. To my amazement the ministers of the gospel who should have been the first to understand a fact so obvious were not only indifferent to socialism, but, in most cases, were decidedly antagonistic to it. Then it dawned on me that organized religions are always reactionary and always will be because the church and its creeds and dogmas come to mean more than the original spiritual ideal which once animated it. If the church had been true to the ideals of Christ instead of bolstering up the injustice and cruelty of a decadent ruling class it would be more popular in Russia than it is and the workers of Spain would not be burning churches and monasteries. The pope says that we should turn our attention to God and the eternal, but the worker answers that the church should pray a little more earnestly "Thy kingdom come on earth as it is ir. heaven." Marx said that'teHgion was the opium of the people and he was absolutely right if religion prevents the carrying out of social justice of today for some mythical heaven in the future. Today is thu only fragment of the eternal you will ever see and that moving point of time which we call the Now is all you will ever know of eternity. Live well today and tomorrow will take care of itself and refuse to postpone living until some far off future which you will never see. I am afraid that I will have to appeal from the social ideas of the pope to a higher authority, the teachings of Christ himself. Every working man can find inspiration and solace in the life and example of Christ. He1 was a worker, a carpenter and He knew the sufferings and sorrows of the poor. He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and His. message was intended to bring solace to the outcast and lowly.' He attacked the abuses of His day and was crucified by the priests and ruling class. If He came hack today I wonder if He would say of the church as He did two thousand years ago, "My F_th$r'____o_u_Li8.j_ house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves." A few weeks ago some reference was made that Premiers go to Ottawa and although we live in expectation of them returning with some kind of a prize packet, it was generally noted that this' was the exception rather than the rule. We concur in such views as expressed in the daily press, and register our vote that the writer knew his onions. And apart from promises, conferences, anticipated achievements, bugs, chickens and. fish; the unemployment problem received but scant mention. Bugs will remain buggy and eg___will he -— hatched, excepting the election variety, whether legislation is enacted tp cause their eradication or safeguard their posterity, and conferences will continue to consider the Labor conditions of the country', no doubt hoping that the situation will temporarily improve before a solution is arrived at. An amazing peacefulness has' Settled upon the_ capitol, although^ it is Control Your Expenses! 1 HE Royal Bank Budget Book will help you in the effective planning of your income—both in spending and in saving. n anyone's- religion^as-tbat is *^--tW|j_i|y-| ft IW_j^.5t-__J_8twke^^ tends to stimulate a feeling of false security; and British Columbia bonds have been sold at an extraordinary good price considering that capital is also on the unemployed market. Politicians are highly sensitive and easily discouraged "is the berries." We would imagine they had to be hard-boiled when they can tax the wages of a $15 a week clerk. The wise crack of the week comes from Winkle, who makes it known that it is unnecessary to haVe 48 politicians representing 600,000 people. Great showers of hen manure, and this from a Conservative ward boss. But we are not overlooking the fact that there may be a fly in the political ointment, particularly when we get the drift of his views, that Victoria and Vancouver do not need the duplicate representation. We have a hunch that he is not so serious about Victoria. Well, Winkle, after sizing the proposition up, we will offer you our suggestions to stimulate your activity. Realizing that one-half of the population of British Columbia are residents of Vancouver, why not cut the representation, from 48 to 12. Sii for Vancouver and six for the other 300,000. Although, mind you, we cherish an idea that should Vancouver's representation be cut to one; that one, if Labor, would be more useful than six Conservatives., But what's the use of pre-supposing; Ward 5 in Victoria will be outvoted in Vancouver and there doesn't seem much prospect of making Vancouver voters the goat. At least, not while they are conscious. Why, we've even been circularized this week by the Government Reforn*, Movement. W.e don't know how many jewels in the movement, but it's the provincial scalps that they want reforming, and by golly, you would be surprised how ideas like this catch on. But for the life of us we don't see how"*£h'ey*__n* make a 6-cylinder machine out of a model T Ford. gllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiillllllllliiillliiiiiiiiiiiiHIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!: 1 Fraser Wet Wash Laundry S ___ - DUAWT l.iiniiAiii- ______ * *-— phone: Fairmont iei3 = NO. 1 SERVICE WET WASH.............. = NO. 2 WITH FLAT PIECES IRONED 12 lbs. for 60c = 12 lbs. for 75c 5 3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII millllll Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ DANCING WINTER GARDEN EVERT NIOHT — EnOJUSH BAT TOU ABB ALWAYS SUBB OP A GOOD TIME at th* WXHTBB GA__DE_T Help the Census Boost Vancouver Dominion Census takers are working hard! these days, counting every single soul in Vancouver. Every ten years this gigantic task is undertaken and each time Canada shows phenomenal growth. Vancouver is more than interested in the results of this census. While it is generally conceded that this city ranks third in Canada, it is going to be a close run between Vancouver and Winnipeg, because Winnipeg is out to make every citizen count. While the mere glory of being the third city in Canada means something, there are many important factors that accrue from a census- taking that many citizens fail to appreciate. Manufacturers-fand industrialists all over the world watch the census results with ureal care- The size'of the city carries great weight when a manufacturing plant is planned for this western territory. Prospective business houses determine tbe expansion of their connections to include Vancouver only when the census results show a favorable return for a city. New businesses and new industries mean more employment. It is up to th'e citizens of Vancouver to do their part in helping the census-taker every way possible. None of the information given him will be used in any way but showing population return. Vancouver is the third city,—help prove the census. Be careful alway_! After you change into high, look in the mirror and see if any motor cops are following. The Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver Branch 22 Offices ia Vancouver. . A. T. Lowe, Manager 61 Branches in British Columbia W VALUE This-advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by thc Government of British Columbia. BRITISH LORDS WRECK "BACK-TO-LAND" PLAN LONDON.—The House of Lords rejected the main provisions of the Labor Party's agricultural land bill that is intended to relieve unemployment. Under the bill, vast estates, how' used for hunting purposes, would be seized by the government and divided into small allottmenta. The House of Commons can pass the law over the lords' veto in two years. The Conservatives will hardly would be jake. permit the Labor Party to control the government until that time and may find a pretext to force a new election. . ' The Laborites are not unwilling to go to the country on this question and the cry "Peers .versus the People" is already heard. • • » If the women could only find aa many odd jobs for the jobless as they can for pa on his day off, everything T li ' "■*' ";—»—.—; '— . I- Page Six THE. LABOR STATESMAN "BUILD B.C. PAYEOHS" Industries Help Each Other! Mrs. Martha Lennox, bereaved of her husband, sends us a letter on the good derived from buying home products. Her only son is on the payroll of a plant that sends some of it* output to our plant and so, she writes, Pacific Milk and other British Columbia industries indirectly are giving her son ""employment. Pacific Milk Factory at Abbotsford, B. C 100 per cent. British. Columbia Owned and Controlled 4 At All Reliable Dealers Week At Parliament Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS A CLARK 33 BAST HASTINGS STBBBT Florsheim, Strlders, C. B. A C. Men's and Youth's. WILLIAM DICK, LTD, Union Label Shoes for Men and Youths. THE ONLY UNION MADE SHOE aad Bepslr Factory ia British Oolnmb * W. J. HEADS 30 WEST COBDOVA BT. BEY. 88 HEN'S SHOES PROM 84.98 UP. Fellow Unionists, deiminfl the Union ■ Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronise fair employers and em- ploy UNION LABOR. UNION CAFES ^tMERCHANTS PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings Wast Room 39 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decorator. Everything pertaining to .-. th* trad*. 3018 VIOTOBIA DBXTB ! Phonos: High. 108 aad r_lr. 4148-B Castle Hotel Limlt-d Visit the Finest Parlors ia Vancouver; seating 610. Meeting Place of Union Men I 7BO Granville St., Vancouver Phone: Sey. 7907 INDEPENDENT I.ABO* BABTT VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner Secretary-Traaa., R. E. Tlmmlns 638 Drake Street. Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays room* as William* Bum., corns* or Granville and hastinos Membership Tat -.. Si _>*> T*ar Woman SOo Tb* Land of Opportunity Null: "I started out on the theory that the world has an opening for me." Void: "Aand you found it?" Null: "Well, rather. I'm in the hole now." . , ' By ANGUS MaclNNIS, M.P. When Canada's contribution to the expenses o*f the League of Nations for 1.31 came before the house on Friday. Mr. Luchkovitch, U. F. A. member for Vegrevillc, Alta., and himself a Ukrainian, introduced the question of the barbarous and inhuman treatment by Poland of the Ukrainian .people within her borders. He pointed out that out pf a population of 30,000,000 in Poland, seven millions are Ukrainians, and that, with 30,000,000 Ukrainians across the bor"aer*lH-^.v*th*enrBiisBiarwho* are naturally sympathetic to their compatriots in Poland, if something were not done to put a stop to the brutality of Polish troops, out of the conditions might arise a conflict such as was experienced in the World War. : ;„, ' Mr. Luchkovitch quoted extensively "from well authenticated documents, reports of eyewitnesses, of beatings, or tortures and of diabolical cruelties that it is-hardly-imaginable human beings could inflict on others of their kind. Besides this cruelty, in some cases, to the death and in other cases where death would be desirable as a release from suffering, there has been immense damage to property. The reports read state that the village reading rooms, libraries and co-operative stores have been systematically destroyed. Mr. Luchkovitch urged that Canada, as a member of the League of Nations, bring the evidence of these atrocities to the attention of- the League, in order that that body may institute an impartial enquiry. In concluding, he said: "How can this house justify the murder of defenceless women and children? How can this house justify the wanton demolition of public and private property? In a word, how can this house justify the cunningly planned extermination of a whole race merely to gratify the insatiable and historical appetites for lust and rapacity of a ruling class that has always been stigmatized as the most reckless, dissipated, cruel and incompetent in Europe?" ThO Prime Minister stated that the fact had been brought to the attention of the council of the League, and that a committee of enquiry had been set up consisting of representatives of tfie United Kingdom, Norway and Italy. * Several other' members spoke on the question, and the more Ukrainians a member had in his constituency, the more patriotic, loyal, law- abiding, industrious, idealistic, honest, far-visioned were the Ukrainians; as a matter of fact, the cream of the population of Canada. Monday, being private members' day, there were two very interesting motions brought before Parliament for discuss...): Miss* Macphail introduced a motion for education for peace. She. stated that Canada at present is spending large sums of money on armaments and for military preparation; that possibly 40 per cent of our total budget goes for war account, past and in preparation; hik] that if we believed sincerely in peace the Government, should take the lead and give financial assistance to universities to help them prepare students to function well in international affairs. The Minister of Justice followed Miss Macphail, and, while agreeing that international peace is one of the important questions facing the world today, he did not think the proposal made in the motion was. practicable. He drew attention to the B. N. A. Act, and that, under it, education is a provincial matter. It is well known that the Dominion Government makes grants for cadet training, and if federal grants can be made to educational institutions for military training, why cannot similar grants be made for peace education? •"■ At the evening -session* Mr. Woodsworth moved "That in the opinion of this house it is desirable that Canada should have the right to amend her own constitution, but that in proceeding to make any amendments scrupulous care should be taken to safeguard the . rights of minorities." Mr. Woodsworth handled an extremely difficult subject exceedingly well. Not only did Mr. Woodsworth play his part well, but all the other sneakers who took a major part in the debate struck an equally high note. It was one of those rare days in Parliament. I am afraid that sugr gests an experience in Parliament that I do .not have. However, I have been told by members who have been in the house for many years that seldom have they heard a better debate. In any case, it is one of those cases HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM THE OBTLY 100 PER C___Y. *-_•__» ICE CBEAM IN THE CITY 1 . PHONE: SEYMOUB 8090 H__zelwood Creamery, Limited in which a parliamentary institution should shine, as it was dealing primarily with a political question as differentiated from economic questions. Mr. Woodsworth said that, when be introduced a similar resolution, seven years ago, he was attacked from two sides; the ultra-imperialists on the one hand, who accused him of wanting to cut our connection with the Motherland, and the provincial rights "party," who feared that the right to amend, our own constitution might endanger certain provincial rights. The debate on. Monday .night, h < i w - ever, proved that most of these objections, which loomed so largely ill 1924, have disappeared. Most- of them were removed by the Imperial Conference of 1926, , or the way paved at that Conference for their removal. It might require a rather close analysis of events to determine what was responsible for the change in thought. .However, it cannot be denied that a change has taken place. Mr. -Guthrie, -the -Minister _ of*** tice, supported the motion with some reservations, as did the Minister of 'Justice in the previous Government, Mr. Lapointe: Mr. E. J. Garland supported the resolution in a brilliant speech. '' - Mr. Woodsworth recalled that when he flrst introduced the question seven years ago one Canadian newspaper printed a cartoon in which the Canadian constitution was represented as a magnificent pillar, while the mover of the resolution was represented as a tiny mosquito attempting to undermine or break it down. In withdrawing the resolution, he said: "It is a great gain when we can seriously and dispassionately discuss a matter of this kind." Mr. G. G. Coote, U. F. A. member, on Wednesday moved: "That, in the opinion of this house, there should be established in Canada a nationally owned central-bank." To understand the important position that banks occupy in the outlook of the farmer members, particularly the prairie farmers, it. must be remembered how dependent the prairie farmer is upon the banks. As a matter of fact, he (the farmer) is as much in the grip of the financial interests as is the industrial and mercantile business of the country. I think I am right in saying that Socialists are fully alive to the ever- increasing influence of the bank, in the economic life of the country, and to this extent we are in accord with the farmers. Socialists, however, recognize the function of the banks in present day society as not that of facilitating production in the interest of the producers, but the exploitation of the producers in the interest of the banks. - The' motion, while making provision .for a nationally owned central bahlC"wlRfir"Teave""general banking business in the hands of private bankers. , * .. Mr. Coote said that the principal business of the central bank would be to take.over the administration of the Finance Act. He showed, by answers given by the Deputy Minis-, ter of Finance, wherein he admitted that he had no extensive knowledge of banking: ■ - Q. Do you have a special knowledge of the problems; for example, of inflation or deflation? A. I do not consider myself an expert, b.ut I naturally have a little experience and knowledge of it. Q. Do you recognize the interest rate, that is, the raising and lowering of the interest rate; as an effective instrument, not perhaps thorough, but an effective instrument to cause deflation or assist inflation? A. Not in that light, no. It has always been considered as meeting the needs of the banks in their commercial business and work outside in the business world. Here we have two admissions: First, that the man who had most to do with the administration of the Finance Act in its relation to.banking knew very little about banking: and, second, that the Act functioned when the banks required aid, it being presumed, I suppose, that the need of the banks was the need or interest of the country as well. Mr. Bennett, while not contending that, the system was perfect, mentioned that it is one of. the best in the world, and that at the present time he does not favor any changes. The motion was talked out without a vote being taken, and may not come up again this session. RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" W. Make * Special Effort to Oet O-oofls Ont by lint Hall After Bsc.lpt of Tour Order. COBNEB COBDOVA AID CABBAJ-- VANCOUVEB, B. C VANCOUVER;!". LEADING UNION HQUSE I The New Orpheum <_afe ' Private-Banquet Hall 762 GRANVILLE STREET Prop.: Jas. P. DWyer PHONE: SEY. 3346 City children are sure "up to snuff." A five-year-old city girl, viewing a bull, with a ring in its nose, being led by a man, exclaimed: "Oh, there is a married-coWi" ■ ► Demand VAN BROS.' PURE APPLE CIDER IQNJLiyiM THB ONLY UNION BOR DBINB MBit XV VANCOUVBBI PHONE: HIGH. 90 1085 VERNON DRIVE Correspondence Editor, Labor Statesman: Our country seems greatly disturbed over the growth of Bolshevism in our ranks, and rightly so, but are we trying to defeat it by our present tactics? Leading newspaper articles on Soviet rifle all have the same aim; namely, to prejudice the masses. Years ^ago the Bible was forbidden the people; today it is an open book, and more good has resulted from its perusal than ever from man's teaching. So let us study this "dummy hand," Soviet rule, and try to discover its weakness and its strength that; we may combat this trade annihilation that is our financiers' bugbear today. As a nation we are uneasy; we heed not be. Firstly, its weakness -Disbelief in God and therefore lack of strength of character, ._._ Secondly, complete restraint of trade. Thirdly, denial of private ownership in the things produced. Fourthly, lax moral laws, and no home environment for the young. .. Do we want Bolshevism on these lines? Emphatically, no. , Secondly, its strength: (1) .Every adult a producer. (2) One-party rule. . ■ . ' (3) Government distribution of production -throughout Russia. (-1) Foreign sales.and purchases controlled by the Government. "Well may we behold this legislation with consternation. This is the secret of the Soviet strength. What have we as a nation to combat it? A weak faith in God; a goodly heritage, next to none, and an amenable people. , , Notice there is no reference to government as our politicians seem at a loss to legislate, having all they can do to alleviate the appalling distress among the unemployed. Now, Mr. Editor, comes my hard duty, to speak of our weakness, but a man is not strong until lu- knows his weakness and conquers*. The same applies to a nation. We are not every man a producer. Yet Cud's law says: "If a man work not neither shall he eat." We have a grand army of gentlemen whose absolute profession is to exploit the earnings of the producers, l.mean by the latter term all who provide in any shape or form for humanity's weal.. This army of exploiters have the brains of the country and have managed to corner three parts of the wealth acquired by the producers. We can appreciate God's message to us, when He says: "Take no heed for yourselves," having provided for us as the lilies of the field, when we consider that without sweating ourselves to death we have provided for ourselves a fair degree of comfort, and over and above we have maintained this army of exploiters in luxury and wealth. Properly organized, what a gran : world this would be! You will be anxious to have me name these gentlemen: > Lawyers—In our new constitution we shall have no need for brains who can make us believe black is white and yet be black all the time. We shall want to know it is black and give it the "boot" Yet judges will be required. '. ' .Real estate men. Insurance men—We shall be jn- sured by compulsory government insurance during our productive years, which will be a great advance on the old age pension. Politicians and party politics will be regarde.d as a product of the dark ages. Other names for party politicians are anger, spite and jealousy. Even now, with our country in'dire distress. and thousands of unemployed, the Opposition members will stand on their feet and criticize. The reply to the speech from, the throne was true soap-box oratory— all criticism and no remedy! Do the' Opposition members get their salaries for this? / The point is made clear! Our coming constitution will comprise a few proven, God-fearing men, in round table conference, who will employ minister with portfolios to dispense the law and report on their respective departments. Brokers-'-The past week has exposed their uselessness. Brewers and distillers who contri- - bute'to the exploiting of body, soul and pocket. The middle man—As in the Soviet government our government will be purchaser and distributor. Why after nature and the farmer have done their work, should there not be remuneration in ample sufficiency? Why should the farmer leave 50 per cent of his apple and plum crops to rot when the people are in need, because the cost of distribution and labor are more than he can obtain, for the product? He has fought his battle when he has his i.arvest; let the government—- take the onus of distribution and sale. Why should he have to worry about freight rates being exorbitant? The government owns the railways, let them charge themselves up with haulage and it will be a very different figure than is operating at present. There must be districts with experimental farms as now and the people will be informed what to grow. At present thousands of dollars are being spent on these farms; a few progressive farmers benefit thereby and the rest rub along as best they can. Another point proven, that man requires governing but not to the extent of his individuality." Now, Mr. Editor, as I must not find fault without a solution, I humbly submit the following: Our hope, as a, nation, lies in the brains of these aforesaid exploiters. Their venues of wealth firmly and finally^ cut off, they naturally will look for a niche in the field of production, as it will be clearly understood that every adult here also must be a. producer. The wealth at their command will open up new industries in town and country, for which there is lots of room and demand, and these new openings will absorb our unemployed. No doubt they will be Die-hards, but they are not being asked to confiscate their unearned wealth, but to produce with it for their fellowman's and country's sake. This vision so far is very clear and real, but where shall we find a true- blood Canadian Trotsky? A man who is strong enough to reorganize our system, who can grasp the vision that will overthrow Bolshevism? . Our Mr. Bennett has proven himself a raaftoruong men in England, but will he come out from among them"? Ai RESIDENT OF JASPER. T^~ — ^ $u *M% :fl Friday, May 29th, 1931 THE LABOR 6TATES.MAN Pag* Seven Union Bakeries The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread . Fairmont 122. 439 7th A.*. E. When Better Cakes and Pastries are Hade, Well Slake 1ml Golden Rule Bakery CO., _,*_». TWO ADDBESSES: 957 Gran-HU* St. - Sey. 8656 620 Robson St. - Sey. 2641 Classified Ads. BA_U_IBTBB8 AND BOLIO-TOBS* w?mi_!r__5_'-^_. «°* i«*ftgpv-_*-- Hastings Steam Baths -•rice 36e Only — . _«--—mmane __. tm_-—*_ 766 Hastings Street Bast DENTISTS Br. w. a. BnUedtre. 108 Hastings West. h-o-tabt _*v_r__» "The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists" 1. B. B.ngongh -Labor _-e__q__-t.rs. -T PBIHTBBB Labor Statesman, Labor Head-marten*. BUPTUBB SPECIALIST O. M. Heard 813 Bobson. ***** Trades and Labor Council Affiliations The following local unions are affiliated with the Vancouver, New Westminster and District, Trades and Laboi Council: ■ • Asbestos Workers, No. 54. Bricklayers, No. 1. Barbers, No. .120. Boilermakers, No. 194. Bakers, No. 468.' Brewery Workers, No. SOO. • Beverage Dispensers. No. 676. Bookbinders, No. 105. Blacksmiths.. No. 151. Boot and Shoe Workers, No. 505 Carpenters*. No. 462. Carpenters, No. 1251. - Glvle Bmployees, No. 28. Civic Employees, Burnaby. Camp and Mill Workers, No. 81. Bnglneers, No. 882. ■ Electrical Workers, No. 213.-. ______ Egg Graders, No. 11. Elevator Constructors. No. 82. Operating Engineers, No. 963. Fire Fighters, No. 266., Fire Fighters, No. 16. Fire Fighters, No. 296. Floorlayers, No. 1875. Firemen and Oilers, No. 289. i "Inns Blowers' Association, No. 53. Hotel and Restaurant Employees, No. 28. Ironworkers. No. 97. Jewellery Workers, No. 42. - Lathers, No. 207. Lithographers, No. 44. Meat Cutters. Milk Salesmen, No. 464. '. ■'. Machinists, No. 151. Machinists, No. 182. Machinists, No. 692 Molders, No. 281. Mill and Factory Workers, No. 1599. Mill and Factory Men. No. 1896. Millwrights, No. 1638. Mental Hospital Attendants. No. 35. Maintenance of-Way Employees.. No. 31. , Musicians, No. 146. Operating Engineers, No. 844. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 170. Painters, No. 138. Plasterers, No. 89. Plasterers* Helpers, No. 602. Pile Drivers. No. 2404. Printing Pressmen, No. 69. Plumbers and Steamfitters, No. 571. Picture Projectionists, No. 348. Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, No. 58. -AHrotherliood of Railway.Carmen, ^^ No.. 280. Sheet Metal Workers, No. 280. Sheet Metal Workers. No. 314. Street Railway Employees, Dlv. 101. Sign Writers. No. 728 - - __. - Steam Shovel and Dredgemen No. 46A. Stone Cutters. Stenographers', Typists', Bookkeepers' and Assistants' Union, No. 19,177. Typographical Union. No. 226. Taxi Drivers, No. 151. . Tailors, No. 178. Teamsters, Nq. 466. Theatrical Stage Employees, No. 118. Telegraphers, No. 43. Upholsterers, No. 26. United Textile Workers. No. 1700. Welders and Helpers, No. 19. A clergyman, slightly deaf, asked his assistant to make an announcement after the -sermon regarding new hymn books. Tho assistant, having other announcements also, first read one on baptism, saying: "All those with children to baptize will please send in their names at once. The clergyman, supposing the hymn book announcement had been made, spoke np: "I want to say for the benefit of those who haven't any that they, may be obtained from me any day in the -week, between three and four o'clock—the ordinary little ones are 15 cents each and the special ones with red backs st 25 cents." New Brunswick is organizing s Labor Party to take the political field in Federal, Provincial and Civic affairs. Here s wishing them every .access. Let's hear from other eastern provinces along the same line. .:._. "Ki5.?,.'W- Linden explained to him that they were actually starving. He had been opt of work for. sixteen weeks, and during all that time they had lived for the most part on the earnings of his daughter-in-law. There was no food in the house and the children were crying for something to eat. All last week they -had* been going to school hungry, for they. had had nothing but dry bread and tea every day; but this week, as far as he could see, they would not get even that. After some further talk the secretary gave him two soup tickets and an order for a loaf of bread, and repeated his promise to inquire into* the -case and bring it before the committee. " * .. As Jack was returning home he- passed by the soup kitchen, where he saw the same lot of men who had been "to the" office of the Organized Benevolence Society for the soup tickets. They were waiting in a long line to be admitted; the premises being so small, the* proprietor-served them in batches of ten at a time. On Wednesday the secretary called at the house, and on Friday Jack received a letter from him to the effect that the case had been duly consid- eied by tbe committee, who* had come to the conclusion that, as it was a chronic case, they were unable to deal with it, and advised him to apply to the Board of Guardians. This was what Linden had hitherto shrunk from doing, but the situation was desperate, and, feeling utterly crushed and degraded, he swallowed all that remained of his pride and went, like a beaten dog, to see the relieving officer. He was taken before the board, with the result that his case was not considered suitable for out-relief; and, after ■rome preliminaries, it was finally arranged that Linden and his wife were to go into the workhouse, and Mary was to be allowed three shillings a week to help her to support herself and the two children. . —— Mary accompanied the old people to the gates of their future dwelling place, and on her return home found a letter addressed to J. Linden. It was from the house agent, and com- tained a notice to leave the house before the end of the ensuing week. Nothing was said about the five weeks' rent that was due. Perhaps Mr. Sweater thought that, as he had already received nearly six hundred pounds in rent from Linden, he could afford to be generous about the amount that was still owing, or he thought there was no possibility of getting the money; However that may have been, there was no reference to it in the letter; it was simply a notice to clear out, addressed to Linden, but meant for Mary. She was faint with fatigue and hunger, for she had had nothing but a cup of tea and a slice of bread that day, her usual fare for many weeks past. The children were at school, and the house, now almost destitute of furniture and without carpets or oilcloth on the floors, was deserted, and cold and silent as a tomb. On the kitchen table were a few cracked cups and saucers, a broken knife, some lead teaspoons, a part of a loaf, a small basin containing some dripping, and a brown earthenware teapot with a broken spout, ear the table were two broken kitchen chairs. The bareness of the walls was relieved only by a colored almanac and some paper pictures which the children had tacked upon them, and there by the side of the fireplace was the empty wicker chair where the old woman used to sit. There was no fire in the grate, and the cold hearth was untidy with an accumulation of ashes for during the trouble of these last few days Mary had not had time or heart to do any housework. The floor was unswept and littered with scraps of paper and dust. In one corner was a heap of twigs and small branches of trees that Charley had found somewhere and brought home for the fire. The same disorder prevailed all through the house. All the doors were open, and from where she stood in tne kitchen she could see the bed she shared with Elsie, with its wretched heap of coverings. Th.e sitting-room contained nothing but a collection of odds and ends of rubbish, which belong to Charley, hla "things" as he called them; bits of wood, string and-rope; one wheel of a perambulator, a top, an iron hoop, and other treasures. Through the other door she could see the dilapidated bedstead that had been used by the old people, the flock protruding through the ragged covering of the mattress. As she stood there with the letter in her hsnd, faint and weary in the midst of all this desolation, it seemed to her as if the whole world were falling to pieces and crumbling away all around her. She sank down on a chair by the table and her head fell limply forward on her arms..'' The week before old Linden went into the - workhouse Owen earned nothing, and, to make matters worse, the grocer suddenly, refused to let them have any more credit. They still had credit at the baker's, but they did not take much bread': when one has had scarcely anything else but bread to eat for nearly a,month it is difficult to eat at all. That same day, when he returned home after his interview with the grocer, they had a loaf of beautiful fresh bread, bat none of them could eat it, although they were hungry; it seemed to stick in their, throats, and they could not swallow it even with the help of a drink of„tea. .But they drank the' tea, which was the one. thing that enabled them to go on living. The next week Owen earned eight shillings altogether; a few" hours he spent in assisting Crass to wash off and whiten a ceiling and paint a room, and there was one coffin plate. He wrote the latter at home, and while he was doing it he heard Frankie, who was out in the scullery with Nora, say to her: "Mother, how many more days do you think we'll have to have only dry bread and tea?" Owen's heart seemed to stop as he heard the child's question and listened for Nora's answer; . but the question was hot to be answered at all just then.for at that moment they heard someone running up the stairs, and presently the door was unceremoniously thrown open and Charley Linden rushed into the house, out of breath, hatless, and crying piteously. His clothes were old and ragged; they had been patched at the knees and elbows, but the patches were tearing away from the rotting fabric underneath. He had on a pair,of black stockings full of holes through which the skin was showing. The front part of the sole of one boot was separated from the upper, and Linden and his wife went to the workhouse today?" he said. , ' "No," replied Eas.on, indifferently. "It's only what I expected."—*—- Owen then suggested it would not be j. bad plan for Easton to let his froht<joom, how that it was empty, to Mrs.* Linden, who would be sure to pay thev rent, which | would help EastOn to pay his. Easton agreed and said he would mention it to Ruth and "a few minutes later they parted. The next morning Nora found Ruth - talking to Mary Linden* and they ail went round to look" at the room. _■—^-^j-1-—; The appearance of the Easterns' house from outside was unaltered. The white lace curtains still draped the front window, and in the centre of the bay was what appeared to be a small, round table covered with a red cloth, upon which stood a geranium standing, in a saucer with a frill of colored tissue paper round the pot. These things and the curtains, which fell close together, made it impossible for anyone to see that the room was, otherwise, absolutely bare. The "table" consisted of an empty wooden box, with the lid of the scullery copper placed upside down upon it for a top, and covered with an old piece of red cloth. The purpose of this stratagem was to prevent people thinking that they were hard up, although they knew that nearly all their neighbors were in more or less similar straits. It was not a very large room, considering that it would have to serve was not likely that she would be able to get one as good elsewhere for the same price. So she agreed to take it from the following Monday at two shillings a week. CHAPTER XXI. The Beano Meeting his bare toes, red with cold and cov-1 „ poseg for herseIf and the two ?__ ™_ A^un__J™Mi«««.but M«-Linden knew jt the gap. All that they could make vvo. nnf.'---„--, tW ahp wftll1H he „-.-„ out between his heartrending sobs was that his grandfather and grand mother had gone to the workhouse that afternoon, and he thought his mother was dead or dying; he could not make her open her eyes or speak to him,—:—— * When Nora hurried back with him to the house she found that Mary had recovered from her faint and was lying down on the bed. Nora lit the fire and gave the children their tea There was still some coal and food left of what had been bought with the three shillings, obtained from the Board of Guardians. Afterward she tidied the house and talked things over. , Mary said that she did not know exactly what she would have to do in the future. If she could get a room somewhere'for two or three shillings a week her allowance from the Guardians would pay the rent, and she would be able to earn enough for herself and the children to live on This was the substance of the story that Nora told Owen when she returned home. He had finished writing the coffin-plate and as it was now nearly, dry he put on his coat and took it down to the carpenter's shop at the yard.— On his way back he met Easton, who had been hanging about in the vain hope of seeing Hunter and finding out if there was any chance of a job. As they walked along together Easton confided to Owen that he had earned scarcely anything since he had been stood off at Rushton's, and what he had earned had gone, as usual, to pay the rent. Slyme had left them some time ago. Ruth did not seem able to get on with him; she had been in a funny sort of temper altogether; but since he had gone she had had a little work at a boarding-house on The Grand Parade. But things had been going from bad to worse. They had not been able to keep up the payments for the furniture they had hired so the things had been seized and carted off. They had even stripped the oilcloth from the floor. Easton remarked he was sorry he had not tacked the bloody stuff down in such a manner that they would not have been able to lift it.up without destroying it. • Owen listened with contempt and anger. Here was a man who grumbled at the present state of things, yet took no trouble to think for himself and try to alter them, and who, at the flrst chance, would vote for the perpetuation of the system which produced his misery. "Have you • heard that .old Jack Toward the end of March the outlook began to improve. By the middle of April Rushton and (loinpiny were working eleven apd a half hours a day. In May, as the jobs increased and the days grew longer, they were allowed to put in overtime; and, as the summer months came round, once more the crowd of ragged trousered philanthropists began to toil and sweat at their noble and unselfish task of making money for Mr. Rushton. Papering, painting, whitewashing, distempering, digging up drains, repairing roofs, their zeal and enthusiasm were unbounded. Their operations extended all over the town. At all"- hours of the day they were to be seen going to or returning from jobs, carrying planks and ladders, paint and whitewash, chimney pots and drain pipes, crowd of tattered Imperialists, in brpken boots',' paint-splashed caps, their clothing saturated with sweat and plastered with mortar. The daily spectacle of the workmen, tramping wearily home along the pavement of the Grand Parade, caused some annoyance to the better classes, and a letter appeared in The Obscurer suggesting that it would be better if they walked on the road. When they heard of this letter most of the men adopted the suggestion and left the pavement for their betters. (in the jobs themselves, meanwhile, the same old conditions prevailed, the same frenzied hurry, the same scamping of the work, slobbering it over, cheating the customers; the same curses behind the foreman's back, the same grovelling in his presence, the same strident bellowing from Misery: "Get it done! For God's sake, get it done I 'Aven't you finished yet? We're losing money over this! If you chaps can't tear into it we'll have an alteration!" and the result was that the philanthropists often tore into it to such an extent that they worked themselves out of a job, for business fluctuated, and occasionally everybody was "stood off" for a few days. Still, on the whole there 'was. "plenty of work." Nearly all Rushton'a old hands were back again, and several new ones, including the Semi-Drunk, several cheap "light-weight" men, and a few improvers, also cheap,-because they were paid at a reduced rate. : It was about the beginning of June that Crass, after due consultation with several of the others, including Philpot, Harlow, Bundy, Slyme, Easton, and the Semi-Drunk, decided to call a meeting of the hands for the purpose of considering the advisaliil ity of holding the usual beano later on in the summer. The meeting was held in tha carpenters' shop down at the yard one evening at six o'clock, which allowed time for those interested' to attend after leaving work. The hands sat on the benches or carpenters' stools, or reclined upon heaps of shavings. On a pair of tressels in the centre of the workshop stood a large oak coffin which Crass had just finished polishing. When all those who were expected to turn up had arrived, Payne, the foreman carpenter, wa| voted to the chair, and then a solemn silence ensued, which was broken at last by the chairman, who, in a lengthy speech, "explained the object of the meeting. He took the trouble to explain this several times, going over the same ground and repeating the same words over and over again, while the audience waited in a deathlike and miserable silence for him to stop. Payne, however, did not appear to have any intention of stopping, for, like a man in a trance, he continued to repeat what he had said before, evidently under the impression that he had to make a separate explanation to each individual member of the audience. At last the crowd could stand it no longer and began to shout "hear, hear," and to bang bits of wood and hammers on the floor and the benches, and then, after a'final repetition of the statement, that the object of the meeting was to consider the advisability of holding an outing or beanfeast, the chairman collapsed on to a carpenter's' stool and wiped the sweat from his forehead.— . Crass then reminded the meeting that the last year's lieano had been an unqualified success, and, for his part, he would be very sorry if they did not have one this y<nfr*f"*~I_ast year they had four brakes, and they went to Tubberton Village. It was true that there .was nothing much to see at Tubberton, but there was one thing they could rely on getting there thatt hey could not be sure of getting for the same money anywhere else, and that was a good feed. (Applause).* Just for the sake of getting on with the business, he would propose that they decide to go to Tubberton, and that a committee be appointed to make arrangements about the dinner with the landlord of the "Queen Elizabeth's Headu-at- that place. - Philpot seconded the motion and Payne was about to call for a show of hands when Harlqw rose to a point of order. • It appeared to him that they were getting on a bit too fast. The proper way to do this business was," first, to take the feeling of the meeting as to whether" they wished to have a beano at all, and, then, if the meeting was in favor of it, they could decide where they were to go, and whether they would have a whole day or only half a day. "t The Semi-Drunk said that he didn't care a "something" where they went; he was willing to abide by the majority (applause). It was a matter of indifference to him whether they had a day, or half a day, or two days; he was agreeable to anything. (Continued next week) -t-r- Why does not the Provincial Government issue an order in council that no municipality can use any other power than the government bower and do away with any further, inroads of private corporations and thus protect the people.. The House of Lords have thrown out.all the main provisions of the' government land tax bill. The government will not lay down under this action of the Lords. The fight is on. *•"**. J?". »T* V-"' >.,. ■j^HrV^f- .li'TXy"'*-**-.*' -":!*™ " _y. ■' - "~-\- I ' -::_________ ' ' 1 Page Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, May 29th, 1931 DICKS LEADER! 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"Better Repairs for Leas" 181 Bart Hastings (Opp. library) "I w anna" 5c Cfear 100% Union Made Alio 8 for 25c aad s for asc O. 3. Girrard, prop. -Carta A Co. For sal-) at E. A. Morris Cigar Store, 435 West Hastings. Hunger Rife in CoalOper HARLAN, Ky. .-This section of Kentucky is torn by anarch). It is the logical result of the coal operators' anti-unionism, starvation wages, long hours, false weights, employment of mine guards and resultant thuggery. Men are discharged if they attend a union meeting. They must, mine a "Jong" ton (2240 pounds), but are paid,21 cehts for a '-short" ton (2000 pounds). They have no checkweigh- men, as is the rule in unionized mines, and they must take the word of exploiting coal operators, when their output is weighed. . Hundreds of men are idle, and hungry women and children is the rule.. ""■*" " ''"• * The miners appealed to President Hoover, who referred the relief plea to the Red Cross. No substantial response has been made. In a telegram to John Barton Payne, Red Cross chairman, William Turn blazer, president, District No. 19, United Mine Workers, said: s*___i "Your representative,- Mr. Reddy, advises that assistance can not be **&? Kentucky ' PM Fails rendered pfir people except through local chapter. These chapters are without funds. Governor Sampson, along with the county attorney of -Bell County, Kentucky, are acquainted with this situation. ■ They pleaded with your representative arid ne w„s impressed. The Governor has wired his personal appeal to you, but to no avail. "_-,-. . ,i »- "These people, are forced to gather poke salad from the mountainsides to obtain nourishment. Committees are begging on the highways and in the towns adjacent to these coal fields. "When people become hungry and see their loved ones crying for food in a land of plenty they become mad. The spirit of revolt is nursed within their breasts; they lose faith in our American principles and institutions.'' The miners "charge that mine guards commit depredations to assure their employment. In support of this claim, the miners point to the many outrages by "unknown parties," although ' mine guards are Swarming over mine properties. Union Label on Request H. F. ST0RRY & CO. TAILORS Style, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed A. U. GATENBY, Associate Seymour 1383 *—** 653 Granville St. (Upstairs) BUY _*. O. FBODUOTS and boost your own payroll! Try . . , NALLEY'S SANDWICH At All Grocers Malley's Vara Pood. Oo. Vancouver, B. C. Good Tfalon Han an coming back again and again to .at at Art's Dairy Lunch "S.rvlc. with • Smile" 448 ABBOT* ST., VANCOtTTBB (Next to Lotus Hotel) Great Public Frenzy To Convict Unionist STROUDSBURG, Pa.—.Political agents of milt owners resort to the old trick of creating a public opinion against trade unionists, as was done in the South when unionists attempted to aid these half-starved workers. _—' Alfred Hoffman of the American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers is charged with "conspiracy to murderously assault" strikebreakers, and District Attorney LaBar is using the ancient method of making it impossible to secure an unbiased jury. If a change of venue is not allowed, conviction is certain. LaBar issued to the local press a letter he received from the solicitor of McDowell County, North Carolina, who says: "Hoffman caused more bloodshed and strife in this community than it has experienced in its whole history. I hope you will be able to make him pay the price for his fiendish work." Hoffman's attorney will ask for a change of venue, in view of the district attorney's vicious tactics. The fact that LaBar is rushing Hoffman's trial ahead of the four men charged with murdering Alberta Bachman, young girl striker, indicates the determination of local authorities to break the hosiery workers' strike. Hoffman, together with Edward McGrady, A. F. of L. legislative representative, were kidnaped at Eliza bethton, Tenn., by a mob of "respectable" citizens. The kidnapers were not apprehended. Is Ether Property? Court Won't Answer OTTAWA.—Scientists are discussing if the ether exists and the question was put to the Supreme Court of Canada as to its views on this theoretical medium by which radio waves are supposed tp_^be_ transmitted. _■**"" The court refused to wander into unknown realms and declined to classify the ether as "property." Counsel for the province of Quebec, in a radio case, said scientists disagree and that "it all goes to- show that knowledge of this subject is very limited." "It all goes to show we will be very careful to limit our answers to the "questions to matters of present- day Knowledge," said Chief Justice Anglin. Justice Smith m_3e this observation: "It.also goes to show how difficult it will be for you to demonstrate that the ether and the waves in it are property." Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited CUT-RATE DRUGS Yon can make yonr dollars »o farther today than In the past twenty years! Shop at one of onr nineteen stores and uots the QtfAHKGT, • /'■ service and SAVING. .-...."-; FBIDAY AND SATUBDAY SPECIALS—KAY 88th and 30th .60 Vanex Syrup of Figs...,. ..... .25 Tincture of Iodine; 2-o_ .15 Moth Balls; per lb .26 Cedarnaptha Flakes .76 Vanex Russian OH; 16-os .35 Swansdown Face Powder .60 Krysol (Antiseptic), 8-o_. 1.00 Mercoll_ed Was ,_________„ .50 Vanex Glycerine and Rose Water .60 Crib Sheets i .88 .14 m .14 .34 .84 _te .87 .25 Mehnen's Baby Talcum 18 50 Dr. Reld's Mentho-Lyptol Jr? .60 Vanex M1lk of Magnoala .38 .25 Seldllts Powders (8 ln box)..:. .13 .50 4711 Eau de Cologne .31 1.00 Vanex Blood Purifier _ _*. .25 Ol. rosa (Glycerine and Rose . . "-Water Jelly) . - .J4 .25-Hygela Cells- _ 14 .25-Hygela Breasts ...... .14 .25 Dr. Reld's Corn Remedy ...... .14 WB SAVB TOW MONEY. TBIBPKOBB YOUB WANTS VANCOUVER'S OWB DRUG _TOBHS—«_-*-BB» IB TBB OUT A* YOUB BEBVIOEI I. LP. Notes The I. L. P. is still booming. At the last propaganda meeting, Comrade" Robinson opened up on "Does the Gold Standard Function?" The discussion was particularly good. At the business meeting on Wednesday, 15 new members were enrolled. AH committees reported good progress being made. At the next propaganda meeting, Wednesday, June 3, Comrade Hawthorne will start the ball rolling (let us hope never to stop) on the subject "The Invisible Government" As we expect a capacity audience, we suggest you come early. The usual questions and discussion will be in order. —-C. P. P. Coal Owners Change; Favor Peace Method TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Indliana coal miners and operators inserted in their new wage contract a declaration in favor of restoring the central competitive field. This system of negotiation, which included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Western Pennsylvania, was smashed several years ago when the coal owners waged a nation-wide attack on the Jacksonville wage agreement. The contract-was signed in the Florida city and was later repudiated by the operators. The central competitive field was the basis for agreements in the bituminous coal industry. It was broken by the Pittsburgh Coal Company, the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company and qther large corporations who wo.n- their point, but at a terrific cost. . The soft coal industry has "since been marked by cut-throat competi-' tion, starvation wages, bad -work conditions, bankruptcy for business men and no returns to stockholders. The Pittsburgh Coal Company is reported to have lost $1,500,000 the last two years. Violation of the Jacksonville agreement was defended by many newspapers that pleaded for lower wages. Every prediction of union miners has been verified and every claim of their opponents is proven untrue. Indiana coal owners acknowledge a mistake was made, and they -now join with union employees in urging a resumption of'the old method of collective bargaining. » Shoe Firm Builds Up Increasing Business We are taking this opportunity to give our old union friend, Mr. W. J. Head, a word of appreciation that has been passed to us from many of our readers. Mr. Head has inaugurated an efficient "Pick Up and Delivery" shoe repair service, and our readers are quite enthusiastic about, the prices and quality of the work. Mr. Head is trying to build up a large clientele in this kind of work, hence he is putting the best leather into the work, and we don't mean maybe. He has a large staff of union employees, among whom are the finest workmen in that line of business. A phone call to Seymour 3320 will bring a man out to pick up your repairs or to give you the prices, but don't forget tbe quality of leather used in the repairs. The firm, which is located at 30 Cordova Street West, also make work shoes which are sold from $4.50 up, and they carry lines of union- made dress shoes. Try Head's next time you want new shoes or repairs and become another of their many satisfied customers. B. C. BARBER SUPPLY & SUNDRIES, LTD. - . .4 HASTINGS STREET WEST,VANCOUVER, B.C. L__-_----^-^«ONE.TOIl«11-*Hf———i= MEN, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SERVE YOUI There are. insulting looks as well as insulting words. COUNCIL REFUSES TO BACK MEASURE TO OUST"REDS" The City Council decided Tuesday not to endorse a resolution of the City Council of Sudbury, Ont., asking the; Federal Government to superintend the exit from Canada of unwanted characters,' including Communists. Aid. Walter. Deptford- warned his colleagues that he might be a Communist. There was some suggestion also that many other aldermen might find themselves deported under other provisions of the resolution. Inquisitive Small Fairview Boy: "Daddy, if our doctor doesn't treat pigs, who cures the. bacon?" Williams' Shaving Cream, large -..._ -35 Williams' Talc for Men, Freel Williams' Shaving Cream 10 Williams' Aqua Veiva (ltt oz.) M Williams' Shaving Stick 15 Champ Stropper (a wonder) $1.50 (For old or new type Gillette blades). Kirby Beard Razor Blades 410 (For old type Gillette razors. Twice thc shaves and better ones) Lifebuoy Shaving Cream _!3 Vinolia Shaving Cream -3 Prep—Beard Softener .10 Pal, Blades (packet of 5) 25 New Gillette Razor ($1) for .-9 Auto-Strop Strop .— .50 Auto-Strop Blades (10) _:__._ "_B Auto Utility Knife M Total Value - $L50 All for $1.00, and Razor Freel Hair-Glo and Hair-Lay*—the ideal hair dressings—■tOcjmicJi. "_ . __.__ :_ ______ /""—I.__._.*-_ D.-.-),,. +»• Made in British Columbia Products. COUPON lAddremi {__£_■££- S R*»» Chesterfield Suite! Genuine Walnut Dining Suite Absolutely FREE! ' Ho Strings Attached! Fill in the Free Coupon at j the Right! :Fh0M *» ' " *••' *~" Content Is open to every person ;_ ¥ho_ ________<_ In British Columbia engaged lo ,T0 ^*n,»> "a*-*-- — ... be married, or recently mar- | ... rled. Coupon must be brought i..-..„ i..l°e. rb?_oare Tt^jLTll \*»** « -** «"* «"- " *"» (They will be accepted by mall •; ... . ___«_ only If you live out of town). ; ° |™m.-.'--..: Let Mr. Telephone be Your Salesman There's a little fellow in your office who might be your best salesman—if you'd only take full advantage of his services. He is especially valuable in reaching out-of- town customer_rfc-Fhe can quickly bring you in close contact with them, and save you the time and money that a personal trip involves. So let Mr. Telephone be your salesman. The telephone way is both speedy and economical. . ' QDDDDDDDapDD B. C. Telephone Co. UNION TAXI CABS GRAY CABS LOWEST, RATES IN VANCOtTVER *' No Charf* for Extra Pauenger.. Union Driver**. You only pay for distance you actually travail SEY. 7131 „ B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTQ. 1.
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