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[The Labour Statesman]
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i i\cn*7.»i-~- Shorter Hours of work for labor will aid in making- life and working- condilion, better for all who toil for •a living. OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TBADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Union Men of Vancouver ««• Irict earn half a million dollars each month, and spend their wisgea at home with friends of Labor. Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions NO. 37& VANCOUVER, CANADA, FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 1931 FIVE CENTS PER COPY B.C. Tobacco Growers Big Business, With the Aid of the Provincial Government, Seems tTo Have Carried Out a Plan that Was Meant to Control or Cripple the Industry JUDGING BY THE FOLLOWING story, it looks as 'though thc Prny in^in 1 V,Civerriva$fa\\ ;1w'i,tr86iylC''ira^feyi|itlVit ."BlQUt ■ififlBn.fhllai.m attempt to "Heat some hard working,people but of the fruits of their industry, and big business, having failed to get complete control of trre--grtiwirig ami ■maTiufactunTig'fSf_:t6b"acco7Tias"Ueen"7tirTner aided; by the powers-that-be in attempting to cripple the efforts of these tobacco growers. The story is told by the people who are growing ajid manufactiiring-"Home" and "Jack Canuck"tobacco, and can be vouched for by all kinds of documentary evidence. They are from the Isle of Guernsey and trying to make a living now in the province of British Columbia'. In "The Vancouver Daily Province" issue of Saturday, July 18th, hich yonld leave one under the impression that the suTCW-of-the- -~n~»«u_n.y_i,J,,,hi,,,,i i^t flia gov- tobacco industry in British Columbia was all due. to the firm of Davfd Spencer, Ltd., and to J. A. McKercher, a shingle manufacturer pf New Westminster, li. ('.' and also to one of those numerous government experts, A. J. Mann, from the Experimental Station at Summerland, B. C. This, however, is a misleading state- i-menir^ p—— — ' Tho said article admitted that "the hopes of tobacco gro#ersin thc Okanagan Valley were dashed to earth during 1928 and 1929." Why were -these unfortunate growers not better advised by the government expert, A. J. Mann? He was living right amongst them and surely in his lofty position he ought to have done better. Then, Mr. Bruce Dickson sqys that "in 1927 there was a single five-acre field planted experimentally," but nothing .was, said as- to what kind of. a crop this was and what became of it. But most interesting of all in this article are the statements concerning the activities of David Spencer, Ltd., and those of J. A. McKercher, who both seem to have discovered the way to carry out successfully the tobacco industry in B. C. It is true that one lie calls for a hundred others to support it, but is it not deplorable that people with a good business standing should resort to such shameful means to try and take away the credit due to a few poor humble working men. So,'I, as the, wife'pf one of those who are concerned in this affair, wish to tell your readers how it happens that David Spencer, Ltd., and J. A. McKercher have invested money in the Sumas lands under pretext of helping the genuine tobacco growers of Sumas, B. C. In July, 1927, we were going through the Sumas lands on our way to the Cariboo for a few days' holiday, and my husband noticed a small patch of tobacco. He alighted'from our car and went over the land and was much interdsted in this little plantation. He spent much time looking gver the different pieces of land and decided then to approach the government and obtain a few acres to start tobacco growing in Snmas. He was successful- in ob- . taining a lease on 40 acres from the Dyking Commissioner, Bruce Dickson, and with six working men previously engaged in tdfemi growing that he brought here from Eastern Canada, he started a tobacco plantation on this acreage. In September, 1928, bo satisfactory was the result of tobacco growing in Sumas that my husband offered the lion. W. Atkinson a profitable scheme to settle a large part of the Sumas lands and to have it planted extensively in tobacco. It took only four days for the Honorable Minister to decline the offer. In December, 1928, my husband tried to obtain a loan from the Provincial Government to. buy a tobacco cutting machine and start to manufacture the tobacco, and Mr., Atkinson again .refused, but promised to help if we could secure orders from the stores for tobacco prepared by us. * ■'■ My husband prepared some samples and took them to Hudson's Bay and to David Spencer, Ltd., and on December 2nd, 1928, he received an order from David Spencer, Ltd., for 100 lbs. of the tobacco which he had grown in Sumas and. manufactured in Vancouver^ and on December 4th, 1928, Hudson's Bay. Co. also gave an order for 50 lbs.. The price tp both firms was $1.00 per lb. At the end of December, 1928, Mr. Atkin ernment intended to run our affairs and that they had appointed a Mr. Behnsen to be in charge of the process work, so we let them have it their way because the government had alrady made us a loan to erect the necessary, buildings for the drying of the tobacco and we could not pay the gdverhmentthe rent of our "40 acres unless tobacco was prepared, and the Okanagan tobacco growers could not sell theirs. The tobacco expert, A. J. Mann, was watching our progress keenly, but did not seem to know how to go about it. - Then, on the 18th day of February, 1929, we formed a company—"Thc Fraser Valley Tobacco Growing- arid Manufacturing Co., Ltd.," and we decided to give the public a chance to. join us in the development of the new industry. I was entrusted with a score of prospectuses and a satchel containing samples of the Sumas product, and I was advised by the company's solicitor, G. S. Cassady, to try and interest some prominent people of good business standing and induce them to accept a share in-our company, which would be of great value to our undertaking. Thus, with this end in view, I went to Mr. Chris Spencer and offered him a share in our tobacco business. He suggested that I should see his brother, Colonel Victor, as he did not look after that part of ' the business himself) and just as we walked out of the office Colonel Victor arrived. I was introduced and he listened to the offer which I had for him. He proved to be very interested and strongly advised me to approach no one else and to send my husband to see him immediately. So Colonel Victor Spencer investigated our business and undertook to take over our liabilities to the Provincial Government and a store at Abbotsford, and on March 19th, 1929, my husband and his partners and the.firm of David Spencer, Ltd., per jColonel Victor Spencer, entered into an agrement to plant another tobacco crop during that year,, arid the firm of David Spencer, Ltd., contracted to buy our crops of 1928 and 1929, grown and manufactured by us, at a price of 50c a lb. In January, 1929, wc had given the Provincial Government a chattel mortgage ori the tobacco rcrops, but all these new arrangements with David Spencer, Ltd.. were agreeable to the Provincial Government, who ordered their representative, Mr. Behnsen, to release our 22 tons Of tobacco to the firm of David Spencer, Ltd. It was brought hate to Vancouver by David Spencer, Ltd., and stored for some time at their Water .street warehouse until another place was equipped for a factory. Meanwhile, my husband made an agreement with a friend to employ hjm in the factory. In May, 1929, Mr. Behnsen, representative of the government, paid frequent visits to David Spencer, Ltd., with the intention of convincing Colonel Victor Spencer that we were not capable of manufacturing the tobacco arid that the samples which we had presented had not been prepnred by us, so, as every new industry calls for more or less doubt on the part of the investors, Coldhel Victor* Spencer became alarmed. A letter which I sent to Mr. Atkinson objecting to Mr. Behnsen's activities had no result, as Mr. Atkinson explained in (Continued on page 3) PAGE APPOINTED DELEGATE TO A. F. OF L CONVENTION W. Pagej late president' of the Carpenters' Union, Local 452, and at present business manager of the Building Trades Council, has been appointed by International President W. L. Hutcheson of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, as a delegate to the A..F. of L. convention in Vancouver. Labor Day Sports at Hastings Park Again The Labor-Day sports programme will be held again at Hastings Park this year by the Vancouver, New -Westminster and District Trades *lllWiuiJ'"jjeetf Labor Council. There is already every, indication that the affair will be just as' well patronized as previously, and the committee will be staging practically all the. usual big events held in former years. The big road race from New Westminster will take the premier place, followed closely by the Whippet races and the bicycle racing. Among the many cups competed' for will be a sterling silver cup, says Chairman Alderman Walter Deptford, present ea by the "Birmingham small Arms Co. of Birmingham, England, for a one-mile handicap open bicycle race, to become the property of whoever wins it three times in succession. \ This year the events will start at 1 p.m. sharp' in front of the grandstand at Hastings Park, which has been kindly donated by the Vancouver Exhibition Association. Children's races will be first, and these will be quickly followed by open, events and events for union men and women, conisting of 100-yard races, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards, one mile, relay races, bicycle races, Whippet races, tug-o'-war, and many other interesting athletic' events- Tickets are now being sold by the seventy-two unions affiliated to the Trades and Labor Council, for 50c each, or can be obtained at the gate on Labor Day, Monday, September 7th. Building Trades Council Elects Officers Reports from unions by delegates to the Building Trades Council on Tuesday evening showed that the state of trade was still slack, although the carpenters reported having put 50 more men to work during the past week on what had beep non-union jobs. Sheet Metal Workers reported no change in wage scale and Ploqrlayers reported new agreement signed up at present rate of wages. The secretary was instructed to send in a protest to the Provincial Government against the proposed wages to be paid workers in tne relief work camps. Officers were elected for the ensuing term, the result being as follows: ' President-r-E. H. .Morrison. Vice-President—J. Fisher. Secretary-Treasurer—W. Page. Sergeant-at-Arms—P. Laurct. Trustees—G, I Pettipiece, R. Holmes, E. Smith. Another Employer Evades Wage Act It sometimes takes a smart lawyer and a consciencious judge to aid the industrial victims, who are trying to force their employers to meet the requirements of the Women's Minimum Wage Act.' The infractions are getting so numerous that Mrj. Brown finds herself one of the * busiest women in town. But in spite of this there are many - hundreds of cases that never reach her ears, and some are only brought into court by accident. Just r,ecejntly>.it-Has only hy. accident, that a case which the judge called one of the most disgraceful he hadheard of came.into,(;oujt,J.yhjere. ha3" been a RoI3-up at ' a cerjain branch of the Women's Bakery, and by accident, a lawyer befriended the girl who happened to be the victim. A few days after the.' hold-up the girl was fired without notice, and when she told her story to the lawyer it opened up a picture of how these employers of labor try to beat the. Womeri's" Minimum Wage Act. The girl looked after the store from 9 in the morning till sometimes 9 and 10. at night. In order to enable her to do this rooms were pro^d*"1 1 1 , 100,000 IN BREAD LINES SEEN IN SASKATCHEWAN Montreal.—Ow' hundred thousand unemployed persons /will have to be fed by the provincial and federal governments of Canada next winter, according to a prediction Dade by Howard McConnell, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Municipal Affairs for Saskatchewan. Union Meetings at Labor Headquarters rmnAY, joty 31st Asbsjtoa Worker** • 201 Milk Salesmen, 484 1 SATURDAY linkers. 468 3 '■ I- 1 ... 201 MONDAY T'resemen, 69 * 3 Rlectrical Workers, 213 ......" ' I Rollennakers 4 Egg Graders, 11 .311 I'nliilers' Committee 313 Cement Finishers ;...„ ?. 312 TUESDAY Trades Council 1 Caremkern and Engineers. 063 2 Burnaby civic Employees j Ballway Firemen and Oilers....'. 315 WEDNESDAY Ironworkers, 07 / j Plasterers ...* .-. 2 Brewery Worker*, 300 '. 3 Hoot and Shoo Workers 4 Photo Engravers 313 Tilesetters' Helpers 811 Policemen ...:...'...*-415 THURSDAY Floorlayers. 1875 ....,.._ „:..,... 2 Office Employees. 18177 4 Jewellery Workers .: jlj Sign Writers - 315 FKIDAY. AUGUST 7th Engineers. 115 t i Itnflray Carmen. 58 '..........' 2 Plasterers' Helpers .. a Molders jh back of the store, so that she would not have to close up the store in order to go home. It is alleged that the owner had a notice posted up that said the hours of her labor were from 9 in the morning till 12 and from 1 till 6, but in order to build up the business, whjchJhe_owner was always stating was not doing well enough, the girl used to keep open till 9 and 10 at night. In one in/ stance ft is alleged that in another of the twelve branches of this firm a woman gets 'her daughter tt/ take charge of the'shop in the evenings, for which no pay is given^because the employer is only .hiring the woman. / Anyhow, this fororer case was taken to court by tho lawyer in an effort to obtain t\/e week s pay in lieu of a week's notice, and to obtain the balance of the wages due under the minimum/wage. The girl had been paid only $ 10 a week instead of the minimum of $12.75, the employer having stopped the $2.75 for the use/of the rooms behind the store. The judge contended, however, that the employer benefitted by this rrfom arrangement, so gave judgment for the 27 weeks of back pay, which amounted to $97.00. It was not possible for the judge to give judgment on the time worked over the 48 hours every week, because the employer was able to show that he had a notice posted in the store stating the hours which the girl was to work, although the girl contended that if she had not kept the store open .after those hours she would have been fired. The notice, how ever, enabled this leech to beat the act. The judge', however, had no sympathy for the employer and told him so. In his efforts to win the case the employer is alleged to have attempted to* blacken the girls' character, and the judge stated that it was one of the most disgraceful cases that had come before him. Not only had thc employer paid the girl miserably low wages and cunningly evaded the minimum wage act, said the judge, but he had deliberately tried to blacken the girls' character. In finding judgment agbinst the defendant, Judge1 Ruggles included costs, which will deplete the bank roll of this human leech to the tune of $250,000. That amount, however, if we are any judge of human character, will be taken out of the hides of the employees In the other twelve stores and the bakery. Union Carpenters Now Engaged in Clean-up So far as the General Contractors' TmtflfelltlOii 'ii'concerned tney nave cried quits in their attempt to slash the wages of union carpenters, but thejuTrton carpenters' hawsinecrbe'eii' looking around, for new fields to conquer. When Mr. Leckie, (he Moses of the General Contractors' Association, led that group to the slaughter, he-unwittirigly~aet--qff the^trap that also snared the independent contractors, and now tbey are looking for somebody's blood. __i _ . It was well known that non-union carpenters were working on many jobs' for from $4 * day up to the union scale of $8 a day, so when' the union th^^fe-tS-JMaaeil^itfsida-so'me of these 1 non-union jobs, .both the contractors and the men/that work below the union scale knew that they were in for a tough/time. In some instances Carpenters' District Council Elects Officers The following officers were elected by tbe Carpenters' District Council for the ensuing term: . • Preside/it—W- D. Wilson. Vice-President—A. O. Foreman. Sec-Treasurer—W. Page. Warden—T. Pendygrasse. Trustees—J. Thomson, C. Cars- lake, E. E. Mackeurot. .. / Executive Board—W. D. Wilson, A. O. Foreman, W. Page, -T. Pendygrasse, Geo. Campbell, J. Mcllvainc. the chean'tabor skates beat it off the job and/stayed off, but in other cases the contractor fired them, after- having heenjranynicejLthal the job could OhIVTe~~finished with union men at the union rate of pay. It has been somewhat surprising how quickly the demands were met, and so far only one job has failed to come to terms. In this, instance, the owner of the planned building is away and the contractor, while defying the union, has not put any carpenters to work. The man who is having this private house built is a very prominent member of the Builders' Exchange, but he gave the job to a n'on-union nnd independent con tractor. The. pickets have been orderly under the circumstances, and they passed their time by playing cards, until the boss called the battle off. As many of the picket* as were needed were then put to work on the job and the rest went-away to another non-union job.' This work is now spreading out to other parts .of the city, the downtown section having been cleaned up, and some fifty union carpenters put to work. Just as we go. to press we are informed that all the men working on the eight houses being built by J. L. Northey, the man who advertises1 that he is the builder of Pedigree Homes, have quit. This was another man who was not paying the union scale, so now he'll have to toe the line. i i— Sheet Metal Workers Picnic On Saturday Local 280, Sheet Metal Workers' Union, and the employers of sheet metal workers are eagerly waiting for Saturday, August 1st. On that day there will be no cling, clang of union tinners, for they will all be taking part in the big picnic staged annually by this craft The boat will leave the Union Steamship Dock at 9 a.m. and sail merrily away to Bowen Island,, where a large programme of sports have been provided for, as well as a good supply of refreshments. Among the events will bo the usual shop relay race and the shop tug-o'-war for the Empire Challenge Cup. Tickets are, adults, $1.25; children, 5 to 12, 50c; under 5, free. The Plumbers and Steamfitters will hold their picnic in conjunction with the Sheet Metal Workers, and any other union men and women are invited to take in the event. The committees arc as follows: Refreshment: J. Strachan* G. Wallace. C. Thorn, N. Robinson, clerks of fielt:- A. Fisher and N. C. Smith. Judges: R. Alexander, F. Cocker, R. Macaulay. Starter: N. Witty. Prizes: President J^jlurke. Announcer: C. C. Clice" Transportation: R. Cald- -well. Judges Horse-shoe Pitching: E. Elliott and P. R. Bengdngh.'Chairman: D. Macpherson, The Western Conference certainly made no mistake in electing C. M. Fines, a,Regina school teacher, its chairman for the coming year. Fines is an aide, serious and well informed young fellow^ He ought tq go far in A Saskatchewan woman went prospecting in her own home, and found a letter in an old box worth $90,000. This is enough to cause.,, a fit of jealousy Ub'any grub-staker j the western Labor movement. Here's who overlooked this prospector. I wishing him every success. Relief Camp Plan Is Insult to Working Men Probably in an effort'to. discourage the Federal Department of Labor from adhering to its former fair wage plan for relief work, our provincial government has launched a road building scheme in which, it proposes to pay the magnificent sum of about 25c an hour. Is it any wonder that the unemployed workers are .being advised to boycott the. registration offices, and are acting upon the suggestion? Does the Government think it-is doing justice to ■ these victims of the present BBWita trial system by offering .them this work- at- the- rat* of 25* - an. hour? - - Does the Government hope to relieve the present depression by . making such a heartless attack upon wages? . Does the Government expect to make good citizens out. of the transients which it hopes to ensnare into accepting a 25c wage for work that is usually done at not less than 50c an hour. ' ' . -. . In thc present instance, tho Government intends to launch its scheme by paying 25c an hour to the camp builder&_Jlii_jolh£r_jMraV--«a—4Mt-" "ters and other building tradesmen are being offered this sum. It is quite possible that some of the nonunion carpenters who. are now being chased off the jobs in Vancouver, might accept this pay, but no worthwhile mechanic will lift a tool on those camps. . . —Men wittrdependents "arc^going TO" be offered 10c an hour more. What a monstrous insult to every family needing relief? $8.40 per week will be the amount the man will be enabled to send home, to pay for rent, food and clothes for his family, providing he does not spend a nickle himself. These men are to be paid $15.40 a week of 44 hours and will be charged $7 for hoard. Is this any encouragemept to build up a country of family men? Will it encourage the building of homes or of proper community life? Vet If those in need of relief refuse to accept this insulting wage, they are going to bjt branded' as criminals by being vagged. Residents of cities are not going to be encouraged to seek work in these camps, .says the report. Oh ni>, but the Government is setting the rate at which the cities and municipalities shall also pay their relief workers. And on top of that, Premier Bennett comes along, according to a despatch from Ottawa on Wednesday, and issues a warning to "reds" not to stir up discontent. Who is doing it with greater success than our provincial, municipal and federal'governments? Premier Bennett says that a lot of individuals would rather accept contributions from state and private sources than work. Has Premier Bennett yet succeded in. providing work for these people? When he has succeeded in providing a job at a living wage for everyone who is willing to work, it will be time enough for him to howl about those who are alleged to be evading work. Under any circumstances, however, the wage earner has just as much right to be lazy as the fellows who managed to get in on such scheme.", as the Beauharnois racket,, and can now avoid having to work for a living. Mr. Bennett says that we workers have no right to attack the foundation upon which our civilization Is built. Some of us workers contend that this civilization was built upon ' slave labor and that it is being upheld at present by slave labor, and if there is any doubt .about it we refer him to the present scheme of the British Columbia government, to our company towns, to our logging camps, and to the tremendous amount of wealth produced by labor, and to the conditions under which those wealth producers now live. We don't have, to attack the foundations of this so- called civilization; they are so rotten now that they are collapsing of tneir own accord. What we are trying to do is to launch a new civilization before the present one crushes us out of existence. * GOOFfcY golf It is not very often wc give Any news in regards to sport, but this is something out of the ordinary, and wo must tell you about Guy Gibb, the frumber. Yes sir, E. Scotty Gibb madc.a hole in one out at Hast- irigs Park, and he sure is one proud ;boy. No-fooling, that guy swings a wicked club. We understand the members of Local 170 are busy making a lead cup, which will be presented to Scotty Gibb at an early date. S r- Stay AwayFrom^he ROYAL &> COLUMBIA Th If tou Believe in. UNIOH WORKING CONDITIO^ MOVING PICTURE PROJECTIONISTS' UNION .-£. . pr -..-ir Sjw _> '"'•««« Page Two • THE LABQR STATESMAN Friday, July^jst^gjt Trades Uiiibn Dire^tory^ LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529-531 BEATTY STREET Vanconver Trades and I*nor Council— President. C. McDonald; general secretary, Percy R. Ueng-ough. Office, 200 Labor Headquarters, 631 Betttlr„sh Phona Sey; 7-195. Meets in Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the flrst and third Tuesdays ln month. Bakery sad Confectionery Workers' la- ternational Union, Local No. 408, meets flrst and third Saturday In month at 7:00 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, Jaa. Brydson; Secretary's Office, Room 804, Labor Headquarters;..Hours 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Phone: Sey. 3349. Beverage Dispensers' Union, Vo. 678— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Room No. 2, Labor Headquarter!); aecond Friday at 10 a.m. ut the office. Pres., - M. J. Oalvln; Secretary and Bus Agent, T. J. Hanafln. Office: Room 1, Eagles' Hall, 635. Homer St. Phones Sey. 4783 and Uay. 1656-R. Hours 9 to 2 p.m. Pile Drivers, Brides, Wharf ana Dock Bulldera, Local Ho. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hast- lngsg St. W. Prealdent, S. Goy; Jas. Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box lit. Phone Sey. 7874. ' Plumbers and Steamlltterf, No. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. ' President, Val Pearson,. 787 East 62nd; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt, 306-7 Labor Headquarters. Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, Local 07, Int. Assoc.—Meets every Wedneeday, Hall 3, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, W. Dickson; Secretary, P. Lauret, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phones.: Office, Sey. 7-196; Residence, High:. 6679X. Building' Trades Conncll, Vancouver— Meets second' and fourth Tuesday In Hall 316, Labor Headquarters. President. B. H. Morrison; Hecretary-treas- nrer, W. Pate, .Room 3iii, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 7496. Barbers' Journeyman International Union of America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays in each month. In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Da we; Sec- Treaa., C. E. Herrett Office, 804 l.ahor Headquartera. BopManuers' local Mo. lot, Int- Brotherhood—Meets second Tuesday -In . month at Professional and Business Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., (08 Hastings W. President, Mrs. Harvey, 4487 Quebec; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 842 Hamilton St. Bricklayers and Masons International Union Wo. 1—Room 309, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday, In Hall No. 3. President, J. C. Greenwood. Phone Bay. 8047-T; Secretary, W. S. Dagnall, 1244 Bast 20th, Phone Pair, si.-.-it; Fin. Sec. A-tbertr-WMtrftr~ my' Kn 1 ght Road, Phone Fair. 2006-R. Camp and Hill Workers' federal labor Union Vo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell Street E. President, H. Mlyazawa; Secretary, K. Tauyukl. Carpenters and Joiners, United' Brotherhood of Local 452—President, Frank Woodrnw; Financial Secretary and Business Manager, R. W. Hatley. Office, Room 3*0 Lahor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Mondays, —8-p.m., In Hall No, 1. '„ City Ball Bmployees' Association— Meets first Wednesday of each month at 196 Bast Pender St. at 8 p.m. President, E. Mitten: Treasurer and Business Agent, W. J. Scribbins, 8208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J. Tarbuck, 8617 West 26th. Clvlo Bmployees' Union, Local as— Meets first and third Fridays In the month at 2B1V4 Hastings East, at t p.m. President, Jack Wood, 4671 Fraser Street; Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 8427 Triumph Street Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Local Ho. 69—Meets eVery second Tuesday In the month at 8 p.m. ln Hail No. 2, Labor- Headquarters. President, W. W. Qulgley. 2047 West Second; decretary, Thoa. 8. Biart. 1807 East Thirty-eighth. Ballway Carmen of America, Lodge Ho. 58—Meets first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President A. S. Ross, 6808 .Sophia Street; Rec. Secretary, J. D. Valllamy, 2215 West 16th., • Street and Blectrlc Ballway Employees, Pioneer Division Ho. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:16 a.m. and t p.m. President, J. E. Smith: Recording Secretary, J. Price; Financial Secre- tary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 6000. Sheet Metal Workers' Association, Looal Union Bo. 280—Meets second- and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. S. President, Thos. Burke: Business Agent and Secretary, D. MacPherson 308 Labor Headquarters. - The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Cwned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watt., Man. Editor. . PRESS COMMITTEE: Ed. Smith.Shalrman; W. Watt (Building Trades Council) j P. R. Bengough (Machinist Trades); R. 11. 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. Phoael Seymour 6379 Vancouver, Friday, July 31st, 1931 Tailors' Journeymen Union of America, Local Ho. 178—Meetings held second . Monday, each month, 8 p.m.. Executive meets fourth- Monday of every month In Labor Headquarters. President, Colin McDonald; Secretary, W. W. Hocken, 1682 18th Ave. E.: Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1980 12th Ave. E. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drivers, Local 161 —Meets second Monday at 8 p.m. and second Tuesday at 10:30 aim,- President, W. Wilson. Office, 306 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7496.- Taan—tare, Chantenra, atahlemen Helpers, Local 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday, Labor Headquarters. . President, F. T. Goodrich, 1239 Woodland. High. 2096-X; Secretary - Treasurer, Blrt Showier, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. Theatrical Stage Bmployees' Union, Local 118 of the I.A.T.S.E. ft M.PJs.O. Meets second Tuesday In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 am. President Geo. '.'.". Allen; Recording Secretary, H. Pearson; Business Agent, B. McGlone, address. P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, Ho, 288—President. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President, B. R. Bayley; Secretary-Treasurer, It H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m., Ih Hall No. 1, Labor Headquarters. Iff Graders' Union, No. 11—Meets In the Labor Headquarters, first and third Monday In month. President, R. Gela, 3287 West 21st; Record Secretary, Miss D. Simpson, 827 Carnarvon Street, New Westminster; Financial Secretary, Miss Marjorie Deyell, 666 East 20th, City. Electrical Workers, Local 318, International Brotherhood—Meeta flrst and third Monday, at 8 p.m., at Labor Headquarters. President, D. Mc- Dougal; Business Manager, B. H. Morrison. Office, 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3610: Engineers—International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115—Meets 1st and 3rd Friday at 8 p.m.. Hall 3. President, F. L. Hunt; Rec. Sec, O. E. Jones; Business .Agent nnd Fin. Sec., George Pettipiece. Office, 301 Labor Headquarters. Phone, Trinity 8434. fin Plghters, Ho. 18, international Association of—Meets every month at call of President at 251ft Hastings E. President N. MoDonald, 1136 Mclein Drive; Financial Secretary, u. A. Wat- son. 1624 East 8th '.venue. Floorlayers' Union, Ho. 1876, U. E. of c. ft J. A— Meec:; first and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec, Jack Nelson; Rec. Sec, John McDonald, 2906 West Twolth; Business Agent. W. D. Wll- son, 1536 Fifth Ave. W The Hotel sad Bestanrnnt Bmployees and Marine Cooks and Stewards.— Local 38, Suite 89, 413 Granville St., meets second Monday each month at 3 p.m., and last Monday at 9 p.m. Prosldent, Flo Allen; Secretary- Treasurer and Business Agent, Harry Wood. Phone Seymour 126. Ladles' AuxlUary, Local 171 —united Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month in Hall 20L Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.; Secretary, Elizabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave. B. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, international Union, Looal 307—Meets first ..and third Mondays In month at Labor "Headquarters. Secretary, F. Macey, 2456 West Seventh Ave. Phone Bayvlew 6831 L.' Machinists' Local 688—President, Thos. Sills, 1362 Burrard St.; Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office, Room 200, Labor Headquartera. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 313. Ulk Wagon Drivers aad Dairy Employees, Local 484—Office 308, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Fridays in Hall No. 1. President, J. Mitchell; Secretary-Treasurer, Blrt Showier; »41 Triumph. Phone High. 5irr - •• .. •■■ Union Label Trades Connoll meets In Hall No. 4, Labor Headquarters, 629 Beatty Street, second and fourth Thursdays In each month at 8 o'clock. President, Colin McDonald, 2834 St. George Street, Phone Fair. 8317-T. Secretary, Mollle Dolk. 1587 Fifth Avenue Bast. Phone High: 477-T. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council MEETS second Thursday in each ■** month. President, S. D. McDonald, Box 268. Secretary, Frank Derry, Box 498, Prince Ruport.B.C. NOTARY PUBLIC I*. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades A Labor Council Boom 300—531 Beatty Street Phones: Sey. 7496-8279 Classified Ads. BABBIRBBS AND SOLICITOUS WaUls W. Lefeaux, 403 Metropolitan - Building'. Phone Sey. 6667. BATHS Hastings -Steam Baths prioe 35o Only 766 Hastings Street Baat. DENTISTS - Dr. W. A. Rutledge, 108 Hastings West. HOTABT PUBLIC P. B. Bengough Labor Headquarters. PRINTERS Labor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. RUPTURE SPECIALIST C. B. Beard 818 Bobson. Union-Made Shoes CORNETT BROS * CLARK 3B BAST BASRHOS STBBBS Florshelm, Strlders, C. 11. * C. Men's and Youth's a MUl and Factory Workers' Union, Local Ho. 1888 — Affiliated with United Brotherhood ot Carpenter! ft Joiners. Meets first and third Thursdays In Hall No. 8, Labor Headquarters. Pres., O. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, C Carslake. 1124 Albernl St. Motion Pictures Phojeotlonlsts' Union, Looal 848, Of I.A.TB.S. * MJP.M.O— 11:30 p.m.. first Friday in month, in Hall No. 8 Labor Headquartera. President, Locksley Clark; Secretary, J. C. Richards, Box 845, Phone Douglas 1674-R; Business Agent, J. R. Foster, Phone Trinity 6708. I^H Mnalolsns' Mntual Promotive Union, Local 146, A. T. of Bt— Moets at the O.W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President J. Bowyer;; General Secretary, W. Coultnc; Organiser, F. Fletcher. Office, Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Douglas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Local 138—Meets second and fourth Tliurwhr™ at Hall No. 2. President. A" 11 Hodge; Rec. Secretary, A. K Vat-ah, 1443 Clark Drive; Financial Secretary, T. Kane, Office: Room 312, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. - Plasterers, Looal 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement iHnlshers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday in month at Hall No. 2, Labor Hwdquarters. President, F. O. Walsh, I7» East J7th, Fras. 108 R; Cor. 8ec, A.'Harry,. 1116 East J3rd. Fair. 3222 R: Fin. Sec., E. A. Williams, 830 Bast llth; Phone Fair. 6*19 X. Cement Finishers' Cor. Sec J. W. Haines, 2866 Turner St ' WILLIAM DICK, LTD. Union Label Shoes for Hen J !_»nd Youth». THE ONLY UNION MADE SHOE and Bepair rectory In British Columbia. W. J. HEADS 30 WBST COBDOVA ST. 8BT. 3330 MEN'S SHOES FROM KM OP. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union Label, Shop Card and Working Button, and patronise fair employers and employ UNION LABOR. Off. phone Sey. 448; Bes. Bey. 8431 DRIARD HOTEL Sleeping and Housekeeping Boom* (Opposite Marine Building) "A Home. Away from Home" O. Hnatluk Reasonable Bates 103S PENDER STREET WEST T. MYLER Watchmaker and Jeweller Watch Repairs Guaranteed One Tear. CASH PAID FOR OLD OOLD. 1007 Robson Street THE BEAUHARNOIS STEAL For a month the front pages of top press have carried the daily disclosures in one of the rankest grafts in the history of Canada. The gov- ernmera 01 the province of Quebec contending that it owned the waters of the St. Lawrence, where they flowed through that province, pot- latched the most valuable power site on the river to a gang of speculators for a tithe pf its value, and Mr. Mckenzie King's government Mnded over the federal interests in the river- without -collecting, on .behalf of the people of Canada the price of the paper that conveyed the enormous gift. To any one unacquainted with modern financial-juggling and chicanery it is -impossible to understand the network of corporations, syndicates and companies piled atop and leaning against each other by icft-ttc-stcai was made, or class j "A" shares, class "B"' shares, management shares, first "units," second "units," and so on, by which it is provided that the public, who must put up the required money, are to be prevented from controlling the works which they build. But what we can understand is that a gentleman named Frank P. Jones, who has -a very profound knowledge of Quebec politics, got in on the-game for twelve monthajandf pulled out with a profit of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. A few of Mr. Jones friends cleaned up two million four hundred thousand in the same.period, of time. An Ottawa family named Roberts had at some time thought of a power scheme at the Beauharnois rapids. They acquired no right nor did no work, but they were quite high in the "social register" at Ottawa, so their "interests" had to be considered. They obtained one million dollars. The Liberal campaign managers, for Quebec received a little donation of seven hundred thousand dollars. The Quebec Tory opposition were cheap pikers; to this time we can only trace thirty thousand dollars into their'pockets. "She key, however, to the whole position was the consent of the Ottawa government, for without this all that the Quebec government had given, and the party managers had been paid for, was of no value. Looking over the ground the promoters concluded that they would have to buy the consent of Ottawa. Senator Haydon is one of the numerous corporation lawyers that Liberal and Tory appoint to the Canadian Senate. Mr. Haydon's firm was paid fifty thousand dollars for incorporating the first power company, with the further provision that if the :- 4364—12th Ave. W., ' July 28, 1931. Editor^ThF'Statesman.----—*«..« «e Sir,—In your last issue you erred in saying that tho Restmore men had been idle for the past ten weeks. My report was that they were on part- time, but that the men in one shop had lost ten weeks since Christmas. As this may lead to misunderstand- | ing, lipoid ask that you :rectjfy it in jour next" issue Yours sincerely, JACK CHAPPLE " While "profits'* > and * "plunder |" amounting to between seven and ten million dollars has been taken out of this proposition • up ■ to the present time, the affair-is only in tho Initial construction stages, .and it will be several years before the enterprise can produce its.first dollar. . What we now hav«. is a group of speculators and promoters, assisted by politicians in and out ot parliament, dividing among themselves the value of the gift which Ottawa and Quebec made to them. When the Beauharnois plant is ready to deliver power those who purchase it will be required to pay interest on every dollar o"f the millions which was plundered. The State," which might be expected to protect the public, if not sharing in the steal, lends its assistance and puts on a pretence of ignorance that no sane person is required to accept. The whole mucky mess was kicked into the daylight by Gardiner, leader of the Fanner members. We can with every confidence assume that any information which Gardiner could obtain would reach McKenzie King and Bennett very much earlier. The fact that these men did not move, and the. pointless recommendations of the Parliamentary-Committee is the best possible evidence that' from a Liberal and •Tory - standpoint tho Beauharnois steal is quite permisable. —M. Employers of Union Labor Correspondence HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM TBB OBXT MM P» O.H*. BBTOB ICB CBBAB IB «BB OXTT. ^B0WB:8»r»_f—S3080 ; ... Hazelwood Creamery, Limited -Only Union Pish and Chip. In British ColnmhU» ^ Ye Olde English Fish & Chips reduction of ~*aMDoor. Wert of «Faak«_- 44 HASTINOS WEST VANCOUVER'S LEADING UNION HOUSE 1 The New Orpheum Cafe Private Banquet Hall Prop, i Jas. P. Dwyer 762 GRANVILLE STREET PHONE: SEY. 3346 Demand VAN BROS.' PURE APPLE CIDER LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST THE ONLY BBXOB SOFT DBINK YSMM TB VANCOUVER! PHONE: HIGH. 90 10S5 VERNON DRIVE Vancouver Tamale Parlor Bit BOBSON, W-Block off Oranvllle Tamales, Bnohl—dae, SoafHetti, Noodles King government, which Mr. Haydon |jery serious. A hurried survey of supported, put through the required Order-in-Council, Mr. Haydon's firm was to get another forty-five thousand dollars. We might know some trifle more about this business of a Senator's firm engaged in legal busi^ ness with the government which the Senator supported if it were not that at the time that the Parliamentary Committee were sitting the Senator had a very bad heart attack and was quite unable to appear. (By this time the Senator's heart, has probably recovered sufficiently to enable him to collect his four thousand dollars indemnity from the people of- Canada). Another worthy Senator, Mr. Don- at Raymond, appears to have-been holding the bag for the federal Liberals along the St. Lawrence. His little dole was two hundred thousand dollars. Senator Raymond has an awful poor memory; he appeared before the committee and quite forgot about this little block of money. Senator Wilfred Laurier McDougald is a very high-minded gentleman with a full-sized—but somewhat streaky —idea of the dignity of his position of Canadian Senator. This patriot owned- "a company-1—capitalization, two thousand five hundred dollars; paid-up capital, five dollars. It had no rights, no assets, but the power speculators required the Senator's assistance to pull through the Ottawa portion of the graft, so Senator Mc- Dougald's five dollar company was bought for three hundred thousand dollars in cash and somewhere hear a million dollars in stock of the power company. From this point on the high-minded Senator was playing two hands: he was chairman of a parliamentary committee, appointed to watch the interests of the people of Canada in the St Lawrence River, and he was a most actve member of a corporation engaged in stealing the values which the river contained. While there was numerds smaller fry that got '.'chicken feed" of a few thousand dollars. The gentleman who was playing Clara Bow with these K millions swears that he gave one hundred and twenty thousand dollars to a son of the president" of the Bank of Commerce, to be handed to the Ontario Conservative .managers. The young man boldly swears that he thought that the money wa's being given him for telling the promoters where the St. Lawrence River was, or something of this nature, and that he kept the money. When a witness could get past with this kind of a story, the reader will understand that so far,, of this immense steal, only the surface has been scratched. Prince Rupert Residents Protest Prince Rupert, July 22, 1931. A mass meeting of between five and six hundred was held in the Longshoremen's Hall on the 16th instant, .when a^ committee was appointed to interview the Mayor and City Council with a view to considering ways and means of bringing their plight to the notice of the Federal and Provincial authorities. The action of the government in granting a 40c daily allowance to transients while local unemployed residents, equally in need, were completely ignored had aroused considerable feeling among the workers. A wire was sent to the Provincial and Federal Governments demanding work, and, until same was forthcoming, an allowance of not less than $5.50 per week, being 50c per day, for food, and $2.00 per week for rent, the minimum at which it is possible to exist in Prince Rupert. The second meeting of the unemployed was held in the Moose Hall on Sunday, 19th instant, and was equally weil attended. The report of the committee was received. A motion to the effect that the unemployed organize into an unemployed association was carried unanimously, and a committee appointed to draft a constitution. A resolution asking for immediate legislation for unemployed i insurance was endorsed and forwarded to the Federal and Provincial Governments. Conditions in Prince Rupert are the situation by one of the committee disclosed the fact that there are some two score men absolutely without shelter, Some were sleeping ih leantos, bark huts, and other temporary contrivances, and some under the blue sky. Others again in shacks and ■ houses were threatened" with eviction.. It is useless for transients to come to Prince Rupert in the hope of securing employment or relief. The solidarity that was shown at both meetings was splendid, and Si they would show the same solidarity on the job, there would be no need for the present cry of destitution. It was well voiced at the meeting that the responsibility of the present crisis rests entirely with, the Federal and Provincial Governments, and if a government could, at this crisis, here in Canada, cope with the critical situation now existing it would go down in history^ as one of the greatest capitalist governments of this system. But that is too much to expect until the workers themselves realize that it will be nothing short of a workers' government that will abolish this misery of unemployment. The committee will be glad to hear from any similar association as to their activities. Address: Committee, Unemployment Association, Box 940, Prince Rupert, B. C. REAL ESTATE PROMOTER DEFRAUDS HOME BUYERS Washington.—A jury has found Joseph B. Shapiro, a real estate promoter, guilty of using the mails to defraud purchasers. The testimony showed that Shapiro had sold houses without informing the purchasers that the houses were encumbered with "hidden" mortgages. Purchasers bought the houses with the understanding that there were either no mortgages or only first and second mortgages against them to be confronted later with demands to. pay "ground trusts" in addition. Why Suffer th Handicap of ' Di.-| ease? The Leverett Chiropractic Nature Health System ured thousands of apparently hopeless, cases after other methods have failed. To prove our statement we are ^^^^^^ offering you'a-com- . plete examination and one treatment. Free—providing you present this photo. Nurse At-1 tendants. 959 Robson Street Sey.l Dodson Hotel *ARLOR" 23 Hastings Street B. Wishart - Props. - W. Stirling- (Late of Central Hotel) - HOTEL BALMORAL Telephones: Sey. 783 and 7S3 RATES: Single, with use of Bath. 11.60 per day and up; Double, with use of Bath, $2 per day and up: Single, with Private Bath, S3 per day: Double, with Private Bath, 13.60 per day. , Strictly .modern^^G^Gough and A. W. Young. 109-161 HASTINGS STREET SAST EAT AT THE ' New Good Eats Cafe "A Good Meal costs no more than a poor one," says tlu- Chef. 619 PENDEE STBEET WBST Phono Sipnour 8919 Union Bakers Need Immediate Help Bakers' Union, No. 460, is continuing its union label programme. Considerable progress has been made up to this time, but we have now reached the stage where we must, have a great deal more assistance from the rest of the trade unionists of the city, if we are to hold the union shops we now have. Get your family and friends to do likewise and help us to overcome the deplorable conditions that now exist in the baking industry, caused from thc bread war that is now in existence. Do your part .and do it now! Eat nothing but union label bread made in our list of union shops below ■* Hastings Bakery, 764 Hastings Kast; pinny High. 45.37. Delicious.. Bakery, East Hastings street; phone High. 705. ■'. Dirk's Bakery, 6207 Main'street. Pratt's Bakery, 3980 East Hastings street. Golden Rule Bakery, 957 Granville street; phone Sey. 8656. 820 Robson street; phone Sey. 2641. —Mutter's Bakery, 2157 Main street; phone Fair. 3953. Sunset Bakery, 2313 Granville street; phone Bay. 2768. Scott's Bakery, 1848 Kingsway; phone Fair. 729. i The Nook Bakery, 1835 West 4th Ave. ;• phone Bay. 671. Bennett's Scotch Bakery, 4166 Main street; phone Fair. 5246. Stewart's Bakery, 2515 Main street; phone Fair. 3331. Craig's Bakery, 187 Hastings street feast. —.1.1). i,. FRIENDS OF THE SOVIET UNION An "anti-war" meeting will be held in the Eagles Hall, 535 Homer St., on Wednesday, July 5th, at '8 p#.m. AH peace-lovers and sympathizers with the objects of the Society of Friends of the Soviet Union are cordially invited to attend and register their protest against war in general and against preparations for war oh"the U. S. S. R. in particular. Addresses will be given by several representative speakers. —F.S.W The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 438 7th Ave. E. When Better Cakes ana Pastries are srade, Will —aHe 1ml Golden Rule Bakery oo., r—>. TWO ADDRESSES: ' 957 Granville St. - Sey. 8656 820 Robson St. • Sey. 2641 Delicious Bakery Union-mad* Bread and Pastry. ""Ask'tor lt~Bt-yonr local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it We Import All Our Woollens Direct! Bo Two Snlts AUiel Hartle Bros.. Ltd. TAILORS THB HIGHEST OH AUK OF CLOTHINO MADE. A Special Department for Uniforms aa Supplied to the City ana B. O. El.ctrlo. SS3 SBTVOVB ST., VAMOOTJTEB (Opposite Hudson's Bay) VBOBBl SBT. 1790 Union Label on Request H. F. ST0RRY & CO. TAILORS Style, Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed. A. B. OATENBY, Ae.ocUte Seymour 1383 683 Granville St. (Upstairs) NOTICE I Art's Dairy Lunch Bow under new management Home Cooking our Specialtyl .448 ABBOTT ST., VANCOUVEB (Next to Lotus Hotel) Fr Printing QUALITY, SPEED AND SERVICE done in a Union Shop, tend your printing to A. H. Timms 236 14th Ave. E., Vancouver Fair. 205 -#39- Fair. 1372 Wilson & McNeill Painters and Decoratora Everything pertaining to the trade. 3010 TIOTOBXA DimI | Vaoaeai Hlg-h. 105 and Tat*. 414S-B Awarded the coveted, certificate of purity, merit and Siality by the Institute of ygiene, London. f*?V Rhum Negrita 4m .00 REP. QUART For akilV. Famed tb« world over as "Old Nick Rum" —Jet., or dboet from tho liquor CooUo Board MaS Oirdor Orp.run.gl, Victoria, B. C. 1X-B This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of,British Columbia. *W»att».W ^;T.«._.»«*"i »""• ■■#*1t*s<* ■"■:... _i_ -*-«* '?:• -i.rti _v_' •-^lAa. .Friday, July 3Jst, 1931' THE LABOR STATESMAN ELECTRICITY IS CHEAP • USE IT FREELY •■> Lowest ON THE Coast VANCOUVER enjoys the lowest domestic electric service roles on the Pacific Coast Even the municipally-owned plants of Seattle, Tacoma and. Los Angeles do not supply power to their customers at rates as low as those prevailing in Vancouver. - nhii gives further proof to th* it. C • Electric's policy of giving the best possible service at the lowest possible cost \ With an abundance of^current ot extremely low rates Vancouver house- --~ ndfljfa— can. enjoyjh; CQavenienceiiu J, more ways than one. Electricity con do much in the home by relieving some of the tedious burdens. Use electricity freely for your cooking, heating and lighting. 1 IfUUIttU iraiftry ♦ " tl being baniibed /ram thi heme,.thanks, la Virfiiiwr'l Iqw tier- trie itrvtee ratn. (ft€£lecfiuc Transportation. Power- Gee BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. LTD. ATTEMPT MADE TO CRIPPLE B. C. TOBACCO GROWERS (Continued from page 1) his reply that "the government had confidence in Mr. Behnsen." By June 26th, 1929, the men who were employed to grow thc tobacco had neither food nor money, as Colonel Victor Spencer ordered the credit to be suspended until we would prepare, under a surveillance of a government representative, a new sample of tobacco the same as that which we had previously submitted. We advised Mr. Atkinson by telegram of the latest developments, and on June 28th, 1929, Mr. Atkinson met my husband at the - store of David Spencer, Ltd., and the next day my husband, with the man he had employed to work in the factory, and under the surveillance of Mr. Behnsen, the government representative, all behind closed doors for a few days, again prepared the tobacco sample requested, and on July 6th, 1929, an article given out at Victoria appeared in "The Vancouver Daily Province" and confirmed that Mr. Atkinson was now convinced that the Sumas and Okanagan tobaccos could be blended in Vancouver. So David Spencer, Ltd., resumed the credit which they had agreed to extend to the growers. Then, in October, 1929, ^.cutting machine was bought for us by I Livid Spencer, Ltd., and charged on our account; also all equipment ot. the factory, even nails and latches and the cost of a license to the Dominion Government—but the license was taken, out in the name of David Spencer, Ltd., and so trusting w.e were that we did not dispute this. In December, the tobacco prepared in our factory had a large sale, and early In January, 1930, my husband asked the merchandise manager of David .Spencer, Ltd., what were their plans as tp tne plantations for 1930. Either that man wanted to disgust my husband with the development of the tobacco Industry or he had some other object, but he told thy husband that Colonel Victor Spencer was through with the tobacco industry. When the solicitor of our company, G. L. Cassady, heard that Colonel Spencer 'would not finance another crop, he wrote a letter to the latter in February, and G. N. Stacey of that firm confirmed the statement which had already been made to my husband, but in the meanwhile there was a lot of talk about the sale of the Sumas lands and Fell & Scharfe were given exclusive sale. During thu*t time Mr. Cassady had made us acquainted with Mr. J. A. McKercher, who offered to go into the business and finance our undertaking. We had arranged with Mr. Cassady to give him an equal share in our business in recognition of hit past services and of future work which we expected him to do in connection with the business. Mr. Cassady offered to incorporate a new company, namely, "The B. C. Tobacco, Ltd.," in which my husband and his partners, including Mr. Cassady, would hold the controlling shares, that is to say, 61 per cent., and the remainder of the shares would be sold to any desirable shareholders. Mr. McKercher would finance this project to the amount of shares which he would take in our company, and any advances above this would be repaid at the rate of eight per cent. Then, Colonel Victor Spencer changed hli mind and decided to grow tobacco in 1930, and he offered to give a nequBl share of profits to the growers and that he would finance the phoject, and as for [he manufacturing plant, this would be decided a little later as it was still in its infancy and nothing could be fnrsi'cn as to what extent this undertaking mUst be financed. - Colonel spencer was to purchase the acreage, which would be immediately planted, s»d- ihe growers would have their snare in the land as well, but when '«o land was bought Colonel Spencer bought the land in his own name, and, moreover, it Was revealed that he was making an endeavor Xo purchase the 40 acres upon which my husband and his partners had started the tobacco growing at Sumas. One evening in April Mr. Cassady and Mr. McKercher came to Sumas and told my husband about the attempt of Colonel Spencer to buy the land a'hd the house in which we had lived for more than two years, without even them having knowledge of this fact, so my husband came to Vancouver, and as David Spencer, Ltd. had our tobacco and ha dnot paid for it yet, the solictor, Mr. Cassady, gave his cheque in payment for the 40 acres. This was returned to him, and then presented again to Fell & Scharfe's office several times, but they apparently refused to let us have that property and they deliberately, and with the full, consent of the Provincial Government, sold these 40 acres and the buildings which we had constructed with our own monies on these premises, and they even sold the tobacco barns for which the government had made us a loan, and in return for which we had provided them with chattel mortgages, which they had not fere- closed nor demanded payment of. Then, on 'Mr. Cassady's advice, wc closed up the factory, until we were to receive a settlement" from David Spencer, Ltd., but/David Spencer, Ltd., broke into our factory and put it in charge of a man whom we did not want to keep any longer because he-was iiiefficientrbtrt^whon Mr. Cassady was informed of this he declared be could not do anything more about it. Yet, we had even been charged rent by David Spencer, Ltd. Where is the law to protect tenants? We had no other alternative but to take Our tobacco plants, which had been planted on the 40 acres, and we agreed with Mr. Cassady thBt he should form the company which we had projected to start in the spring and buy another tract of land. This he did and tendered his cheque for same, but the land was registered into J. A. McKercher's name, without my husband's knowledge. My husband did not understand the meaning of papers which Mr. Cassady asked him to sign, but taking it for granted that Mr. Cassady weft serving our cause, he did not question anything until I discovered that "The B. C. Tobacco, Ltd." was registered and that my husband and his co-workers had not received their shares and that even the land was in Mr. McKercher's name. It was too late. The tobacco Slants which we had grown in 1930 ad been transplanted into Mr. McKercher's land and the demainder of the plants David Spencer took. We had nothing left and J. A. McKercher gave us the choice to let all the people working there starve or sign up an agreement to give up all our rights or leave the place-, bo we adopted the latter plan as we had no means of financing this undertaking. If there were courts in B. C. to which we could have appealed without having first to produce money to get justice, we would have been there long ago. We asked Colonel Spencer ior settlement and' to pay us that which was due us. G. N. Stacey, the financial manager, almost flung me their account, and when I remarked that there Was tobacco in their factory and in the Sumas barns to pay up our bills and those of the government and all of the creditors and yet leave us a balance .this gentleman told me that our tobacco was not worth anything, hut in July, 1930, gave me a letter to the effect whereby we could sell our tobacco for any. price as low as 10c per package, but anything under this price we should refer to them. We wrote, in September, 1930, to Attorney-General Pooley asking him'to investigate, and Mr. Pooley referred our letter to Mr. Atkinson, who in turn replied: "There is nothing in your representations which warrants action by the legal department, so I obtained a little help from a friend and we started preparing some to- THE OPEN ROAD AFOOT WITH JACK LOG1E - I attended a meeting of the unemployed last night, and as I listened to the various speeches, my thoughts wandered. I looked at the faces, of the men in the crowd, and it occurred to me that after all it didn't matter much whether these men were members of the A. F. of L, the O. B. U. or the I. W. W., Whether they swore by the I. L. P. or the Communist party, whether they belonged to any church or to. none. All that I could see was that each one had. been caught in the web of circumstance and made, like myself, the victim of a decadent economic system.. Whatever our personal beliefs might be we were alike in one respect and that was our common bond arising from the fact that" we suffered. The nationality, caste or creed of -the man by my side meant absolutely nothing to me. If he was ignorant of the reasons for his suffering it became my task to explain to the best of my ability the cause of his unemployment and poverty and the .wax out, If Tie already knew of: this then we could join hands to puss the knowledge still further until, by the power of the massrKK workers, we could, attain the osject fOr which we were striving. It seemed very clear to me that we must bend every effort to attain one thing, and one thing Only: the solidarity of the working * class. When that.„,soljdarjjy.jwui._ been. achieved, then, with tolerance toward those comrades who may not always agree' with us as to tactics, let us press on to our goal, the socialization of the instruments of wealth production, using every means which may present itself, whether political or industrial. ... - - ■-- We~nS'e~ToTaoeTpvople and place them in categories. So far as I am concerned I refuse to be so pigeonholed. You may call me a Socialist and not hurt my feelings very much, but humanity and life are greater than labels and parties. So long as there is an Unemployed worker in this country, then .his cause is my cause; so long as there are children crying for food, then their party is my party. s ♦ e • On Saturday the glad news appeared that the various governments were at last, prepared to tackle the problem of unemployment vigorously and resolutely. Camps were to be established at different points in the province and the. unemployed were to be at once set to work. So, in common with hundreds of others, I wended my way this morning to the registry office, according to instructions. On ray .road I passed one of the churches which are so numerous in Victoria, and these ominous words- caught my attention: "Where jami you spend eternity?" The question didn!t interest me much Atjate time as my thoughts were on purely mundane matters of rent, and food, but now that I look bacjr'on today's experiences I fully realize that so long as we have a Conservative government in Victoria I shall probably spend eteynfty haunting employment offices locking for a job in a'labor camp/ t Ac sign on the door of the office told me | hat. there Would be no registrations until one-thirty p.m., so I wandered on to the next bureau, just to kill time. Here the worried officials seemed to be mainly engaged in cussing a reporter for prematurely stating that registrants would be received at once, and asking him what in hell he meant, by it? They said that Bill MacKenzie knew nothing about the camps; Bruhn could say bacco and selling it on the Vancouver market. We first cut it by hand, then we had a home-made machine— something very primitive, indeed. Our children helped us in making the packages and we were struggling along in the midst of winter when Colonel Spencer made some objections to the Provincial Government that we were placing inferior tobacco on the market. However, over 300 of our clients on the Vancouver market endorsed our tobacco as being "a good smoke," and this settled Mr. Spencer's mind and he retracted his statement. The barns in Sumas are still full with our tobacco of 1929, and he advised us to burn our crop which had proven to be useless, whilst Ontario tobacco was brought here to be manufactured with the B. C. grown, in which manufacture B. C. was to have the same show as pork in a kind of pork and beans. And, now, is it to the government, or to David Spencer, Ltd., or to J. A. McKercher, or even to A. J. Mann, the government expert, to whom B. C. owes the success of this industry, and is there any other place than Sumas which will give good tobacco? We are growing more tobacco this year all over the Fraser Valley, and we are going to have a real cutting machine and modern equipment, and, best of all, with the coming of all this, we will have a payroll which will help out a little in the unemployment situation. Will the government allow us to do all. this? They are now trying! to take away our tobacco. We have tho very minimum proportion of tobacco, but an effort is being made by the government to hold us responsible for monies advanced by them and covered by the chattel mortgages, which it was agreed "shall be payable on demand," sai the demand for payment came to us only on July 15th, 19/11—more than one year after they hove disposed of our lands and buildings and given them, to Colonel Victor Spencer. Does it not occur to anyone that our "Home Tobacco," selling- at 8c per package, and "Jack Canuck," at 10c per package, are proving to he hard competitors on tbe market, and this effort is being made to eliminate us from the market world. I don't know yet why in "Oh! Canada" there is such a verse as "And prosper Canada from shore to shore." For whom are these words intended? We are Canadians and Britishers working for Canada and ita people' to help it progress in all that is good. MRS. A. M. KOCSIS. nothing definite; trie Department of Public Works claimed to be ignorant. Here are 500 men clamoring for jobs and nothing was organized or definitely known. The reporter said they hadn't got hold of the right department yet, grabbed his papers and left. Another worried looking official came in and said he didn't know what in hell to do either, so wouldn't open up until tomorrow. So another sign appeared on the office door tell- ingjrtis to come back tomorrow, and, as we are used to that, we tramped back home again. This time I passed another church and a signboard contained this) quotation, from Louis Un- termeyer, /"From sleek contentment set me free and fill me with bouyant doubt." I had to laugh because I know of nothing more calculated to drive away sleek contentment than being unemployed under our glorious capitalist system ih this year of our Lord nineteen hundred thirty-one, and nothing could fill me so full of .bouyant doubt as the muddled attempts of our Conservative politicians to solve unemployment or anything else for that matter. The Federal office gives you a neat little card and sends you on to the Provincial bureau, where you get another card, rhen the city presents you with more_cards. So cheer upt felloWs, if ifTcomes to the worst we fan always eat on r regist ration cards. • »' '- » * ■ The real government of this country is carried on by the employees of the civil service, thc deputy ministers and heads of departments, and they are much more conversant with the needs of the people and the policies ___ should- be satin-effect in order to meet the present crisis than the ministers and politicians themselves. The latter are too much at the beck and call of the vested interests which control party funds and newspaper support, and at the same time they must appease the boys at home who are clamoring for road jobs or concessions of one kind and another. We get exactly the sort of government that we deserve, and it is my personal belief that, given a Farmer and Labor majority, pledged' to a policy of socialization of industry, we have in our present civil service men who are fully capable of carrying such a policy into effect This may not meet with tbe approval of some of my friends who are strong on the dictatorship of the proletariat and would'shoot every official who wore a white collar, but if we already have an efficient machine for carrying on the functions of a really democratic government, why not make dso of it? During the past two weeks I have come in contact with many of these men and have found them extremely able, courteous and ready to serve. I know some who are as conversant with Socialism as we are, and who would like nothing better than to carry into effect the policies which we advocate. I am glad to be able to pay this little tribute to the men in our civil service in return for many personal kindnesses shown to myself. . • , * * ■ • If you think that our politicians are not keeping both eyes on the Socialist movement and both ears close to the ground to hear the tramp of the. proletariat marching to victory, you are simply crazy. The other day I sat in the office of a friend who holds a prominent position in the cabinet of the"Tolmie government. I told him- that capitalism was doomed, but he laughed and said he thought he could save it. He didn't tell me how, but I intend to get the information out of him at our next meeting. During the course of our discussion he quoted Stalin at me, and pulled a copy of "Moscow News" out of a pile of papers on his desk. He also tried to tell me that he knew more about Soviet policies than I did. The nerve of the man I A. E. HARRON Phone N. v. I :i i . North Vancouver itfarrnn J. A. HARRON I'hone Fair. 134 55 Tenth Ave-R- Page Three O. MV WltLIAMSON „ Phone-Fair. 134 it Tenth Ave. -E. Sro0. & UtUtamaw FUNERAL. DIRECTORS 55 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 184 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The MaH Order Druggist" We Mas* a Special Effort to Crst Goods Ont by First Mall After Beoelpt ot Your Order. CORNER COBDOVA AITS CARRALL TA— OOBTM, B. O. Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllll^ I Fraser Wet Wash Laundry 1 PHONE: FAIRMONT 1613 5 NO. 1 SERVICE WET WASH-..-. ...12 lbs. for 60c — ...12 lbs. for 75c E I NO. 2 WITH FLAT PIECES IRONED S)llllllllllllllll|liii|||||iii||||||||||IIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIR Dairy Employees Have Good Time at Picnic The Milk Salesmen and Dairy Em- Eloyees had a very enjoyable picnic tat. Thursday at Bowen Island. The weather was ideal and the boat trip and sports were thoroughly enjoyed by everybody. The winners of the various events were as follows: Children under 6 years—All received prizes. Girls, 6 to 9—1, Kathleen Warren; 2, M. Bryant; 3,jW. Marsden. Boys, 6 to 9—1, Billy Stinson; 2, W. Funnell; 3, Allen Dornan. Girls, 9 to 12—1, Thelma Hotten- son; 2, Miss Macdonald; 3, Margaret Holden. ^ Boys, 9 to 12—1, Jack Ellis; 2, S. Reynolds; 3, Jim Craig. Girls, 12 to 16—1, Evelyn Gray; 2, Miss M. Lindsay; 3, Miss D. Marriott -Boys, 12 to 16—1, Jack Bryand; 2, Norman Mills; 3, R. Sutherland.. Single Ladies—1, Laura Marriott; 2, Miss E. Hatch; 3, Miss M. MacDonald. Single Men—1, Jack Bryand; 2, R. Sutherland; 3, N. Mills. Ladies' Novelty—1, Mrs. Kennedy; 2, Mrs. Stein; 3, Mrs. HurelL Salesmen's Race—1, D. Worsley; 2, J. Dornan; 3, T. Kennedy. Spare Men—1, Valley Dairy; 2, J. Murray; 3, W. Hewitt. Married Ladies—1, Mrs. Huckell; 3-,'.'/S»7Tylskey; 3, Mrs. M. Mills. Car Owners' Race—1, J. Anderson; 2, A. Pollock; 3, W. Agnew. Men and Women's Sack Race—1, N. Craig, L. Marriott; 2, W. Corson, M. Marsden; 3, 1). Marriott, —. Mixed Shoe Race—1, Mrs. Pearson; 2, D. Marriott; 3, Mrs. D. Anderson. Swimming Race—Art Williams; 2, J. Licke. Single Men's Race—1, J. Anderson; 2, T. Kennedy; 3, J. Dornan. Ball Game—Fraser Valley. Youngest Baby—1, J. Dornan, 14 days, $3-00; 2, D. Gavin, 2 months, $2.00; 3, H. Murray, 4 months, $1.00. Lucky draw was won by G. Greer, 2276 Kitchener Street, Certified milk tickets. . Globe Painters & Decorators Phons High. 297 ALFRED WHITEHEAD Designs and suggestions for all types of decorative work cheerfully submitted. 4KB HASTINOS ST. EAST. Phone "Tomorrow" For Your Ice "Today" See our complete line of high-grade refrigerators. , Low Prices—Easy Terms MORROW COAL & ICE CO., LTD. ■"»&£ Jack Canuck Tobacco Factory ALL OUB TOBACCOS HAVE THE UNION lABEt-NO. • JACK CANUCK, fine or coarse cut _ : S5o tor H lb. JACK CANUCK, fine or coarse cut : lOo per package, 1-12 lb. HOME TOBACCO, fine or coarse cut „._ 45o tor M lb. 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PAYROLLS" Pacific Milk Goes Camping "IIITE have a letter from Mrs. " Henrietta James of Victoria! in which she says her family have used Pacific Milk for 12 years. For the last three years they spent six weeks each summer in seaside camping, and each time Pacific Milk has been taken along with the provisions. Pacific Milk Factory at Abhotiford, Ii. C. 100 per cent. British Columbia Owned and Controlled ■P TBE —"t*h— LAB CLBU SJLAli&SJtf'AML For3^JulxJ.Lst,4i3.t Dick's July Clearance By taking- advantage of oar tremendous price concesBioiiH yon can affect considerable Havings. SMART SUITS All-wool, light weight Summer Suits; regular $40 r_/V values, to clear !. 24s50 FANCY WORSTEDS Light summer shades.nnd models; values to f 46'; '■ to clear '.„..'„ 29.50 We're out for complete clearance of all summer goods. It will pay you -to look over- our Bp'eelals. William jdBty Limited Tour Honey's Wortn or Tour Money Back HASTINOS at HOMER The chief business of the House, so far, this week has been the passing: of the changes in the: tariff which were announced in the budget speech. There have been slight modifications since first brought down, but the increases are much the same as when first announced. Whether it is because of the desire of. the members tb get finished with the work of the session, or because of a realisation of the futility of opposition, considering the government majority, the Prime Minister is making good progress with the tariff changes through the HoUse. Almost needless to say, the Labor members are not taking'much part in the tariff discussions. In the first place, we do not believe that increases in the tariff are any solution for the economic problems facing the world at the present moment. In taking this position we are fortified by ah increasing volume of opinion of financiers, industrialists and economists. Neither do we contend that free trade is a Solution. The present economic chaos is 'the natural culmination of a .system of society wherein the necessaries of life are produced for profit, wherein every effort is made to increase pro duction; not the total volume of production, but the product of the individual engaged jn production. -Anr> rryery.'etlort is "mafle to"reduce the producer's share to the lowest possible minimum. The trade agreement between Canada and Australia was tabled in the House this week- I think the Labor patty should, and I believe we do, welcome trade agreements . jas a means of promoting trade between Canada and other parts of the Brit- '»*» Kmp'r^i■••"- <~'irnHdft—and—other The pretty flapper with frilly r»n- derwear is never ruffled by an accident. "" ' LLP. Notes A new branch has been organized at Renfrew Park and will meet 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in the small Community Hall. About 40 new members enrolled. Secretary, J. Price, 2633 East 25th Ave., High. 830-R. Port .Moody "has organized with 30 new members. H. Pritchett, R. R. 2, New Westminster, will, give all.in-i formation desired. North Burnaby Branch will hold u public propaganda meeting in the Community Hall, Capitol • Hill, on Friday, August 7th. Speakers will be Mrs. Lorrimer and Dr. Lyle Telford. * *' * To meet the wishes of the farmer members the joint basket picnic at Whiterock will be held on Sunday, August !)th. Comrades convene at Nelson avenue and Kingsway, Jubilee, at 10 a.m. Those having vacant" seats in cars please arrange to carry comrades without cars. The Pacific Stages offer special rates, $1.25 return from Vancouver; $1.00 return from New Westminster. * » » Last week it was reported' that a branch had been organized.in Broadway, Burnaby. This should have been Broadview, Burnaby. This is near Ardley Station • on the B. C. interurban. —E. WINCH. * * ■» ■ nV' H?pe gave 8 vcry interesting talk at the I. L. P. propaganda meeting on Wednesday, and it was very much appreciated. . On Wednesday, August 5th, Mrs. Weeks will speak on International Languages. -On Monday-evening, August 3rd,' a big mass meeting will be held in the I. O. O. F. hall, 6th and Main street, at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend and bring their friends. countries. The principle is sound and far more ^preferable to our almost universal tariff war. If an agreement can be made with Australia whereby those things which can be produced ' or manufactured there to the best advantage may have a preference in .the Canadian market for a like preference in Australia for things that can be more advantageously produced or manufactured here, there is no good reason why such agreements cannot be made with Germany, United States, Russia or any other country. Some very interesting bits of information find their way into the discussion of the tariff .items. I have no doubt the government has received requests from at least 65 per cent, ofNthe manufacturers for tariff protection for their products, and also protests frpm a great many consumers ' against duty increases. The Prime Minister endeavors to make a case for every industry asking for increased duty. All those industries, according to Mr. Bennett, are in desperate straits. We all know the plight the farmers of this country are in. Mr. Bennett said on Monday that the condition of industry is even worse than that of agriculture. Silk manufacturers wanted more protection. The Prime Minister stated the circumstances in regard to this industry amounted to and emergency, and this notwithstanding the fact that in 1922 there were seven silk factories in Canada with an invested capital of $4,500,- 000. In 1928 the number of factories had increased to twenty-two and the capital invested to more than $28,000,000. This industry seems tj^ have made marked progress under^ the old tariff, and .the- faet was brought to the attention of the Prime Minister. However, he is too astute a lawyer to be caught so easily. He'said that thc emergency was of recent date and was caused by manufacturers outside Canada reducing inventories and, incidentally, selling for .whatever price thoy could get. It was then brought to his attention that the flourishing statement above referred to was made by a Canadian silk manufacturer as late as May of this-year, and that the evitably tend to further increase capital investment in productive machinery, which, in turn, will tend,to accentuate economic difficulties, which, to our way of thinking, is one more reason why Mr. Bennett's policy of prosperity through protection is doomed to failure. ' The Beauharnois Power project investigation is still going on,. and a pretty mess they have unearthed so far. Three members of the Senate have beerl mentioned and the necessary steps taken to have them appear before the committee as witnesses. None have so far conieibefore the committee. One is very conveniently sick and his doctor says it would he takinga risk to take his evidence even in bed. We appreciate the risk. Another has said that he will not appear before the committee, and the third says that he has not yet been asked. As the committee has not yet finished,, jts _wprk and brought down its findings, it would not be fair to anticipate the findings or comment on the individuals concerned, who seem, to'have made a vcry good thing out of Ahc project, particularly when we realize that the work is not yet completed or revenue producing. Building Trade Wage Rates Not Reduced New York.—Hourly wage rates in the building trades throughout the United States have had an almost uninterrupted rise since 1922, according to the National Industrial Conference Board. At the end of 1930 'he aaantM—ai hmiciy~_»~- 15 building trades in 23 cities was 27.4 per cent, higher than in 1923. "There is no evidence available, therefore," states the board, "that thc current depression has adversely affected wage rates in the building ndustry. Whether or not it ha3 lowered the earnings of building workers, it is impossible to determine from these figures. That: depends entirely on the time worked, or the number of hours during which building workers have been employed." According to the board the highest rates for 199(1 were paid to plasterers and bricklayers, both averaging $1.70 an hour. The lowest rate was for laborers, slightly more than 73 cents an hour, and the next lowest for hod carriers, nearly 97 cents an hour. All other classes were paid "more than $1.00 an hout. . Grace Woodsworth is writing a Weekly letter in French for "Le Monde Ouvrier," a Montreal Labor paper. This is a splendid contribution to the Labor movement and should go far to promote a better understanding and more effective co-operation between the Labor forces of Quebec and English-speaking Canada. CUT-KATE DRUGS WB ARE THE LAKQEST MUSE OMVOOMAItt IN WE8TSB,N«CA**»A. WE BUY DIRECT THROUGH OVM OWN WHOLESALE—AND. „ ( , ' SAVE VOW MONEY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS—JULY 31st and AUGUST 1st 6 Creolln, 16-oz .50 Pufltnll Milk of Magnesia 27 100 Horllik's Malted Milk .71 .25 Dr. Hold's Corn Remedy .14 .26 Dr. .Reid's Foot-east -.-. .14 60 Liquid Petrolatum, 16-oz .33 .25 French Cleaner, 16-oz. .14 .25 Ayerst's A. B. S, & C, Tablets', 100s .: _ .14 .40 Slower's Lime Juice Ml '25 Le Parfait Qistlle Soap, bar, .17 50 Krvsol (Antiseptic), 8-oz 36 .96 .75 Sterno Kitchenette 40 .15 Sterno Canned Heat 3 tox jl .15 Waldorf Toilet Roll a tox .15 1.00 Coty's Compacts .'. '.S3 .25 Writing Pads - .14 .20 Aristocrat Envelopes 11 .60 Vacuum Bottle -,..; 33 .20 Pears Soap -2 for .26 .15 Sanl Tissue Toilet Roll, 3 tor .18 WE BATE YOU MONEY. ,; ALL PBONE ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO VANCOUVER S OWN DRUG STORSS—SIXTEEN IN THB CITY AT'YOUR SERVICE 1 H orse GRAND OPENING—SEASON OF 1931 LANDSDQWNE PARK SI .AUGUSIlstto8_vl9ai g-l TICKETS—Good for Seven Days' Racing, at any one track, for only |6.00—an average of 86c a day. Season Tickets, $25.00. PROCURABLE AT 54S WEST GEORGIA STREET Pit and Style Guaranteed. Alterations, Cleaning and Presilng .'' j'. A. J. BOXALL AND G. CALLEGARI ' TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS (A. J. Hoxall. 21 Yenrs. Fitter and Head Tailor with Thoa Foster Co.) Snlts Mads ln Onr Own Workshops, 835 and Up 619 DUNSMUIR BT. PRONE SEY. 4637 VANCOUVER, B. O. Western Conference of Labor Parties Makes New History Two short years ago a few elected Labor representatives from the Western provinces met at Regina and brought into being a unification of the various political Labor parties of the four Western provinces. At Medicine Hat, Alta., in 1930, Labor parties met officially and evolved a plan for common political action. Now, in July, 1931, at Winnipeg, a further step is taken when Labor political parties from the East are urged to send delegates, and when the farmers' organizations from the Western provinces are heartily welcomed to the conference. Representatives from the U. F. M. Boxall Opens Tailor Shop on Dunsmuir Our readers will notice an advertisement of A. J. Boxall & G. Call- egri, tailors, in this issue. We have known A. J, Boxall for a long time-. He has been head cutter and fitter for the firm of Thomas Foster & Co., Ltd. for the last twenty-one years, and has now decided to go into business for himself. He has been a staunch union man as long as we have known him, and naturally is looking for support from members of other unions who may be needing union-made suits and clothes. He has a fine range of cloth to choose from, and guarantees fit,' style and workmanship, and at prices and terms, that will fit your pocket. Drop in when passing and he will be glad to show you his samples. and independent farmers met with . Labor representatives this year, and budget was brought down on June I when President MacAuley, of the 1st. I United Farmers of Canada, Saskat- Another interesting statement chewan section, representing an or- made,by the Prime Minister was to ganization ,30,000 strong, spoke, it the effect that a few years ago Can- was as if a radical Labor man were ada was exporting substantial quan tities of refined sugar, and that at the present time our factories and refineries would be capable of meeting not only all of, our requirements but our requirements twice over, This over-capitalization of industry is a phase of our economic development which has not yet received the consideration it deserves. We are not referring now tp over-capitalization in the usually accepted'use of this term, known as watered stock, but capital in the machinery of production in excess of that necessary to meet the consuming capacity of a given area setting forth the aims and ideals of the workers. • . Two years ago, when we met at Regina, there was a desire for an -I. L. P. at that point. Today they have branches at Regina, Melville, And Saskatoon, with other branches promising. British Columbia is active with several I. L. P. branches, and» Brandon, Rivers, Souris, The Pps are working in co-operation with Manitobu 1. L. P.'ers. Canadian Labor Party Hamilton, Ontario, I. L. P. is fighting a live buttle to get its Labor man -elected^ at Ottawa in the by- eletftiori. ".It wrote'to express its In an article in the Canadian Con-[hope. that shortly .a. real Canadian Labor, Party would be forced. The gi'ess Journal for Juno, 1931, by Mr. Albert Thomas, director of the International Labor Offic*, are given rather illuminating figures in this connection. The figures are for the United States, but we think they -apply equally well to Canada. The coal mines in the United States, dispose of [,0p. million tons, of coal a year, whereas they Hre equauied to produce 750 millions. The ofi wells could produce six million barrels per day, but Dan only sell four million. Ihe steel hulls could produce 66 million tons, I but only produce 40 million. Thri boot and shoe making machinery ^ould produce 900 million pairs, but produce only 300 million pairs: The turn-over in the woollen industry ia about two billion dollars a day, while the machinery installed fcould turn out three times that amount. The motor car industry could produce eight million cars, per year whereas the demand for the whole world js only six million cars. What is true: of manufactured goods is equally true of raw materials. Speaking of improvements only in the sense of improvement under the present syst*m, it would appear to us that increasing tariff* will ln- Mtmtfeal and Ontario Labor Parties wrote to the same effect. Next year, in nil probability, such a C. L. P. will be brought into existence. In B. C. a district council of political groups has been formed, apparently on the plan of thc I. L. P. Provincial Board of Manitoba. The Regina I. L. P. strongly favors women's sections of thc party, and hopes shortly to form the first section. . \ Farmer-Labor Co-operation Exists British Columbia executives of the I. L. P. and the United Farmers have worked out a common plan of action at'a united convention, and are now holding united meetings at many points throughout the province, looking for joint action at thc next provincial election. ■ In Saskatchewan a similar working arrangement exists. Many farmers are now members of the I. L. P., and in,theit'recent delegation to the government they presented ■-"united front". Militarisation of Labor Scored Mobilization of unemployed workers in military camps was condemned. Itj was shown that if work ers could be put to work for board and lodging, with no wagesj and were fed on food produced by the farmers at a loss, then those who battened on labor would use this simply as a further means to enrich themselves. It was therefore urged that all workers' groups-be urged to demand fair rates of pay, short hours, and decent working-and camp conditions. , The thirty-hour week, it was point ed out, would produce ail the commodities the world could use; the labor of boys and girls was not usable, so they should be kept at school until they were 16; and old- age pensions might well be paid at 60 years instead of seventy, since the labor power of even the young men could not be utilized. Many Resolutions Pasted A resolution was passed urging public health insurance and free hospitalization, t>ut it was urged that in any such scheme the right of the workers to the doctor of their choice should be safeguarded. Unless this was done thc medical trust could use its power in its own interest instead of in the interest of-the sick. All pubic transportation services, such as railways, marine services, truck and bus transportation, should be publicly owned, and drastic regulations should be drawn up to control the latter so that drivers would not be compelled to work long hours to the endangorment of the public. High Cost of Living The high cost of motuary services was bitterly scored. Morticians were commercializing death and human sorrow. At the time of death people were not in the mood to haggle over costs, and so were made easy marks for those in control of funeral services. Debt afterwards hung over many a family for years. There was no solution for this situation short of public ownership of all mortuary, services. The Fundamental Task of Labr Resolutions galore were offered to the effect that cnpitalism must go and socialism be established. It was urged I hlit since capitalism had so obviously failed to meet the material and cultural needs of the people, it must go, and a system of orderly production and distribution be set up ih its stead. To bring this about it was realized that the workers in the city and on the farm must unite their, forces. A committee of five persons from the I. L. P. and five from the farmers, was set up to work out a plan for effective education of the workers and farmers looking to the establishment of the co-operative commonwealth*. Similar action Is- contemplated for each of the four Western province*. JACK STEARMAN Limited for HARDWARE and TOOLS, etc. Phono Say. 9406. We Deliver. 890 GRANVILLE, Corner Nelson Truss Torture .Eliminated by Wearing- Onr Support. A. LundbergCo... 938 Fonder St. W., Vancouver. B.C. HEALTH SPECIALISTS Marvellous Natural Remedy removes Ithcumatlsm, Neuritis. LumtuiBO, Stomach, Kidney, Bladder Trouble, Female Ailments, Eczema, etc. Also I'lles. Tumors, Ulcers. 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Any person who shall claim to be added to the said list, or any electo* who shall desire lo have any nunle erased therefrom/ shall prefer his or her request In /writing,, verified by affidavit sipiied wlih bis er her name, alatlnu- the Ward anil Tolling District-.to which he she l/elongs. and shall deliver »r„ same to be- delivered to the 4-k before the 15th d»y of I'litrpe ih City rie, Septembir, 1931. Forma at Affidavits or Statutory Ve-J i-lorntloni ns to nuallflcatlons may be. obtained (at the City Clerk's offh-e. CHABLBS JONES, City Olert. Dated at Vancouver. H. C July 31st, 1931. . Ab«cnt Minded Smith Smith was startdinic btfore the judge ior_having injured Mb wife. Judge: You mhintain that you threw your wife out of tha second- story window through foreeufulnessiH Smith: Yes, we used to livA oh the; ground floor, and I'd clean forgotten; we'd moved. L,, GALLAZIN CUTLERY ABD BICYCLES Export Grimier, Sew Filer ft Locksmith. First Class Work Guaranteod. 804 RICHARDS ST. 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