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• OWNED or Statesman AND CONTROLLED m^^m FY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Y\ •& , Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 XO. 303—EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, CANADA, FEBRUARY 14, 19, Organized Labor Asks For More Social Legislation New Legislation is Asked for and Also Changes in Some of the Legislation Now in Operation for Benefit of Workers. O EPRESENTATIVES of the International Trades Union move- **• *ient made their yearly pilgrimage to Victoria to urge the government to consider not only new social legisation but beneficial changes in_ some of the acts already in existence. The British Columbia Executive Committee of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was given an attentive hearing, not only by the cabinet, but also by private members, and were assured of favorable consideration of most, of the proposals. The committee said: Unemployment Situation We desire to again direct atten tion to the unsatisfactory employment situation throughout the province, particularly in the cities of Vancouver and Victoria. It is obvious that the problem has assumed proportions beyond the ability of the municipalities to solve. We therefore strongly urge that your Government reaffirm the resolution adopted at a recent session of the Legislature which called upon the Federal Government to create a National Unemployment Insurance Fund. In the meantime, we urge that Federal Provincial and Municipal authorities should heartily co-operate to more adequately care for the existing urgent needs of workless men. We suggest that your Government should immediately undertake an adequate program of road construction to absorb the unemployed of the cities. Workmen's Compensation Act We ask that excluded persons set in Part 1, Section 4, Paragraph B, engaged in undertakings costing in excess of $50 be brought under the provisions o fthe Act. This provision will take care of casual labor. All compensation to be based on the rate of wages being paid the workman at time of injury. Rate of compensation should be increased to 75 per cent, of workman's wages. There should be a much more lib eral interpretation in hernia cases. That, when injured workmen have . been awarded total disability compensation, same should be continued until they are able to resume their former occupation, or until they are offered other suitable and equally remunerative employment, and that, if such injured workmen have suffered partial permanent disability but, upon the report of the attending physician, are able to take light work, the total disability payments should be continued until suitable emri'oyment is provided or secured. f'hat medical inspection and professional treatment be provided in all cases where workmen are employed where they are subjected to the dangers of poisonous substances and gases. Health Insurance We urge that legislation be introduced providing for health insurance, and that we be given the opportunity of appointing representatives in the preparation of the proposed Bill. Mothers' Pension Act We ask that this Act be amended to include a clause similar to the reciprocal clause contained in the Ontario Act. ' We further request that the Act be amended to permit applicants to possess up to $1000 in cash and up to $2000 in property. Minimum Wage Act We strongly urge that legislation be enacted prohibiting the employment of boys at less wages than allowed female employees. Automobile Insurane We again bring to your attention the urgent need of giving more protection to the .public by the introduction of an Act compelling all automobile owners to carry insurance against physical and property injury toothers. „. .... "_ '... ■ C,r« of the Blind We recommend that the Provincial maintenance of all blind persons in necessitous circumstances. School Textbooks We urge that, in the interests of good education of the masses, all textbooks be supplied free, and, in order to reduce the cost of such textbooks to the taxpayer, proper standardization should be adopted. We ask that all homework be elim inated and the time now spent by teachers in assigning and revising homework be devoted to direct in struction in school hours. Conciliation Boards That the Provincial Industrial Dis putes Act be amended to include all employees now outBide the scqpe of thc Federal Industrial Disputes Act, in conformity to similar legTslation recently adopted in Alberta. Chauffeurs' Licenses We strongly object to any increase in the licenses payable by chauffeurs, and urge that the Ontario scale be adopted in this province. Plural Voting We strongly oppose the proposed amendment to the Vancouver Charter, as requested by the Vancouver City Council, whereby the evils of plural voting will be greatly extended. We suggest in lieu thereof the total abolition of the ward system, in conformity with modern practice in all progressive communities. We further urge that the electoral provisions of the Vancouver City Charter be brought into conformity with the Municipal Elections Act. School Taxation We strongly oppose the movement to transfer school taxation from property which appreciates as a result of school expenditures, on to the wages and incomes of the workers. Provincial Superannuation Act We urge that the provision of this Act be extended in scope to include public utility companies and their employees. Leases of Industrial Reserves We urge the better enforcement of the clauses contained in governmental leases. Fishery Regulations While agreeing that there is heed of conservation in this important natural resource, we strongly protest the clauses contained in the fishing regulations that give absolute monopoly to cannery owners, that eliminate all competition, and deprive fishermen of the right to choose where ind under what conditions they will sell their product. Respectfully submitted, ■, BRITISH COLUMBIA EXECUTIVE, TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS OF CANADA. C. E. Herrett, Chairman. W, M. Brown, Prince Rupert. E. S. Woodward, Victoria. Percy R. Bengough, Vancouver and New Westminster. Help Given To Neon Workers Appreciated We union members of Local No. 53, G. B. B. A., owe our success to the efforts of the Glass Bottle Blowers'j Association and those pioneers of th trades union movement who pav the way for us. The work they ha, left is enough to show how m they did, and we should reme with gratitude those mefnbers w have passed to the Great Beyond Their ambition was that those who would come after should have com forts and happiness that they never knew. They worked from dawn of day till night, but gave to us an 8-hour working day. I must say that this association, whose local union has now become affiliated with the Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, is one of the oldest organizations in America, having celebrated its 51st convention, and dating back as far as 1842. The organization is as strong today as it ever, was, due to the efforts of President Maloney, Vice- President Campbell, and other capable officers. They have helped, along with the pioneers, to build up this organization as it is today. It was a tough fight, but they won and now can boast of a good foundation and a good financial backing. I might aiso add that they did not overlook the insuring of the glass workers. Two years ago the Neon industry began to flourish, shops sprang up everywhere, and wherever there was a shop there were glass workers. The G. B. B. A. felt it necessary to organize the Neon workers, and since that time the eastern states have become organized 100 per cent. This led up to Vice-President Campbell's recent western trip. He spread the organization to Detroit, St. Paul, Minneapolis, a glass factory in Win nipeg, anu then to Vancouver, B. C^ In Vancouver many men awaited his arrival and we prepared what we could to help Brother Campbell. He was surprised and happy to find us so enthusiastic and ready to'do our best for the organization. So Vice President Campbell, with the aid of the western representative, Brother Gable, was able to draw up an agree ment favorable to Mr. Sweeney, our manager. We are greatly indebted to these two officers for the help they gave us in getting our branch in order and showing us how we are to carry on our meetings. We feel that our company has supported us to\its fullest extent, and hope that we shall remain to support it to our fullest extent, and that this agreement shall be a blessing to employer and employee. FIVE CENTS PER COPY WEEK FOR OFFICERS OF UNION ^Pg Laborers' Local Union of Portland, has voted to ^^^ -fficers the conditions ob- it^Twby the members on the job, Hs a result, the union offices sed all day Saturday. EGG GRADERS MEETING ON MONDAY IMPORTANT All members of.the Egg Graders' Union are requested t° be in. attends SWe^av-are^ataWtoe^tf the Labor Headquarters on Monday, February .,_. _.. 17th." There will be Isome importantjjob and see. itjfeete.ajntj;' jj^-^ ,i-««B.^fi»JierimeB*«ma^iHw*^^ "*.' '■'•." 5 p r ■ tions to the Federal authorities to meeting which will need the atten- A lot of valuable time is wasted in take full responsibility for the proper! tion of all members. trying to get even. At the Free Forum "Treatment of Unemployment" The crowded audience at the meeting of the Free Forum in the First Unitarian Church, last Sunday, demonstrated the widespread and deep interest in the problem of unemployment, the church being filled to capacity, and numbers being compelled to stand. ... Ably opened by Aid. Angus Mc-^menace Innes, the discussion on "The Practical Treatment of Unemployment" was keen and vital. The committee of the Free Forum are continuing the discussion next Sunday afternoon, February 16, at 3 p.m., when the subject will be opened by Reeve W. A. Pritchard, recently elected to that position in the municipality of Burnaby. Mr. Pritchard will be followed by Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith and Mr. W. J. Bartlett, vice-president of the Vancouver Trades and Labor Councjl. There is open discussion from the members of the public at all meetings of the Free Forum, and this vital discussion will be continued on succeeding Sundays by other speakers, representative of public bodies and different organizations. cil Votes Against Safety Suggestions On the .easting vote of -Mayor W. H. Malkin the City Council on Monday afternoon declined' to endorse a communication from the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees to the Provincial Minister of Railways in connection with one-man cars. The communication dealt at length with thc one-man car question, including the plan to place such cars on the Victoria road line, and suggested that the minister should rule that one-man car operators must not sell tickets, give transfers or make change while the ear is in motion. Aldermen became a trifle confused on the voting. First there was a chorus of "ayes" and "nays," then two aldermen insisted on a recorded vote. This was taken and the vote, was seven to five for endorsement. Then some aldermen contended that the clerk had been mixed up on the recording—that some aldermen had pronounced their words rather indifferently and that others had ."ayed" and "nayed" in whispers. Apparently the aldermen were not enthusiastic about endangering the lives of citizens and ruining the health of motormen, but the street railway octopus won out when the Mayor cast his vote against that of the desires of the street railwaymen and organized labor. Aid. Angus Maclnnis led the debate against one-man cars. He argued that the element of danger is increased considerably when one man must be in charge of operating the cars and dealing with passengers. He explained that the company does not ask men to make change when the car is moving, but insists that schedules be maintained. Aid. Maclnnis is a motorman himself and he explained that even with a conductor it , is often impossible for a motorman to avoid getting behind on his schedule time. He also remarked that these cars had been on the English Bay route, but had been removed because they could not keep up the schedules. It is only by "taking chances" that an operator of a one-man car can avoid losing time, he said. Aid. J. J. McRae argued that statistics submitted to the council revealed that one-man cars are safer than the two-man vehicles. The statistics that Alderman McRae talks about are not very reliable. All accidents are hot reported in towns where street railway companies have' been powerful enough to operate a one-man car system. The danger is there, statistics notwithstanding. If an automobile driver is seen driving with one hand he can be arrested, but a motorman can have his hands full of tickets, change and transfers and not be a public Chief Bingham May Get Into Comic Strip Organized Labor's demand for an investigation of the disgraceful manner in which the unemployed were treated at the Powell Street grounds has been laid over by the Police Commission because the cases against four of the arrested, men has been adjourned, making it sub judice. We refuse, however, to believe Chief Bingham's report of the affair, not only because the previous newspaper reports do not coincide with his statements, but because the report of eye-witnesses makes his story look ridiculous. It is common knowledge that the Chief has surrounded himself with a number of five-dollar-a-day specials, and, in our opinion, he is reiying more upon their luminated reports than upon the reports of boni fide police ott'icers. This report, " and others that he has made and is making about serious conditions in the-city, may soon find their way into the comic supplements of the papers, for that appears to be the most logical place for them. . When the time comes we believe that we have a lot of valuable information that will assist the Police Commission- in arriving at a decision as to the value of the chief to the city, but at the present time, while we could say a great deal about the publicity stunts of the chief, we feel that the general public is laughing with us, although the conditions are serious and must eventually be prevented from occuring again. , Plenty of It .,- .' . "Yahkie: "I've hunted all over town and can't find no^work^-to .do.". '' ~~ Cockney:i*-JGord Bliniie. you say there's no work abart. You get a Alderman Gibbons, who was not at the Council meeting when the recent vote was taken which gave the B, C. E. R. permission to operate one-man street cars, voted in opposition to the street railwaymen s request. The vote stood in favor of endorsation: Alderman Mclnnis. Alderman Miller. Alderman DeGraves. Alderman Bennett. Alderman Loat. Alderman McRae. to endorsation Toronto Pressmen Rejoin International For 22 years the Printing" Pressmen and Feeders' Union of Toronto, Canada, has remained outside the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants' Union of North America. Two weeks ago its 250 members voted to affiliate with the international. "We are very much gratified over this action," said Joseph C. Orr, sec-, retary-treasurer of the International, who ct.r, _d over in Washington last week on his way'back to headquarters at Pressmen's Home, Tenn., after having presented a charter to the Toronto union. "The vote of the Toronto pressmen was practically unanimous. It was the only organization of our craft in Canada outBide the fold. Now that it is going along with us, the opportunity for co-operation and extension of benefits will be enhanced." Those opposed were: Alderman Dean. Alderman Gibbons. Alderman Fraser. . , Alderman Atherton. Alderman Lembke. Alderman Wilson. " • : ■ Mayor W. H. Malkin cast his" vote HrrTjppbsition. . ' . ,r. .:;»„ The trade--unionist' who fails to demand UNION GOODS and UNION SERVICE- is blind to his own best interes'ts. . • -, Alderman Atherton Wants To Go Home Alderman Atherton, who delights in opposing any effort to aid the unemployed citizens of Vancouver, attempted to scold some members of the City Council for their debating habits. He objects to certain aldermen taking so much time (?) on what he calls unimportant subjects. If Alderman Atherton thinks that unemployment and one-man street cars are not important subjects, then he is not a fit man to be on the City Council. The one-man street car was under discussion, and efforts were being made to have the council object to one-man street car motor- men selling tickets, making change and giving transfers while the car was in motion. This was a safety measure and was very important, and judging by the result of the vote, a little more discussion on it may have saved the City Council from adopting the ridiculous attitude that it did. Street cars are now going to be permitted to run on city streets while the driver is punching transfers and giving change. Pedestrians haiHiet- ter keep off the streets. .Nothing;,can bring you Deace but yourself. " Nothing wn Dring you peace -but..the--triumph of- principle. —-Emerson. • ■ --y BaMiSSra■• • , ',',. Gasoline service station men crsmi- there is a new fraternity of I. W. W's. ^--motorists who seek information, wind and Water. ■MBi i >vc. THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, February 14, 1930 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" Ws Make a Special Effort to Get Goods Out by First Mail 'Alter Bscslpt of Your Order. CORNER CORDOVA AND CAREAIL VANCOUVER. B. C. MAINLAND CIGAR STORE THE PLACE FOR PIPES 310 CARRALL STREET, VANCOUVER Mi111111iNim1111111111111111iMim11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111.il N^or Good Coal! i Phone Highland 279 | NANAIMO-WELLINGTON FOOTHILLS 5 DRUMHELLER and SOOTLESS EGG, $9.00. E Star Coal Co., Ltd. | 1 FREE DELIVERY PHONE: HIGH. 27.9 = iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimn / L2= ^: Child Labor Across the Line The current issue of "The Literary Digest" carries a photograph of a 'Typical breadline of the unemployed in New York." It illustrates an article which- starts off with the words: "Two million men and women are standing along the highways of our industrial procession to watch 2,000,000 child laborers give a new significance to the fact of unemployment. This 'dramatic cqincidence,"'the article goes on to say, "was driven home by Owen R. Lovejoy, Secretary of the Children's Aid Society, at the twenty- fifth annual conference of the National Child Labor Committee held in New York recently." Other startling facts were brought out at this meeting. In some parts of the South, the delegates were told," boys and girls of fourteen and fifteen are permitted by law to work ten or eleven hours a day, or even longer. Because of cheap labor and the absence of laws which protect children and enforce proper working conditions, numerous manufacturing concerns have set up their factories in the southern states. This is the cause of the severe labor troubles which have occurred during the past year. Great efforts are being put forth by employers to resist the organization of their employees and sharp conflicts have taken place. Governor Roosevelt of New York has been commended for his stand on the matter. A number of textile mills have moved from New York State to the South, and Governor Roosevelt has said that he would rather have them go. Having seen some of the conditions which exist in some of the southern mills, he believes that the people of that part of the country will, in a few years, bring about legislation to improve industrial conditions, which will be a good thing for the whole country. The American Federation of Labor is appealing to its affiliated unions . for financial assistance to carry on an organizing campaign in the South, and there is a determination to keep at the job until conditions are remedied.—Alberta Labor News. FAVOR LESS JOBS AND OPPOSE 5-DAY WEEK Syracuse, N. Y.—Members of the New York State Publishers' Association, in annual session here recently, adopted a resolution opposing the hiovement of the International Typor graphical Union-for the five-day week in the printing industry. At the. same time, Frank E. Gannett, head of the Gannett syndicate of newspapers, announced that the telo-typesetter had been perfected. This is a typesetting machine which can -be -attached -to-—a tehrgrapjh wlt'eT^A's'-"the news conies over the ' wire the type is. set automatically, thus cutting, out the telegraph operator at the receiving end and also the linotype operator. Apparently, it never occurred to the publishers that the workers whose jobs were menaced by the machine should be given any consideratiqn. Unemployment in Canada Has Become Serious Problem Ottawa, Ont.—The unemployment problem was thrust on the first page of Canadian newspapers recently. A conference, representative of all Western Canada, was held at Winnipeg, and after two days' discussion decided to send a delegation to Ottawa, to demand that the Dominion government assume one-third of the cost of unemployment relief, that steps be taken to establish a national system of unemployment insurance; and that the arrangement by which railroads are bringing immigrants to this country be abolished. At the same time the Dominion government's Bureau of Statistics announced that employment conditions on January 1 were "better than on the corresponding date in any year since the record was instituted m"1920." ~~ This does not correspond with the A. F. of L. report, which says unemployment is greater. Hon. James Malcolm, Minister of Trade and Commerce, speaking for the'government at New Market, Ont., declared there was no cause for alarm "as the present situation is due largely to seasonal occupations." Rail Workers Hard Hit Whatever, the reason, there is no doubt that there is a great deal of unemployment and that thc railroad workers are among those hard hit. R. J. Tallon, president, Division No. 4, Railway Employees' Department, A. F. of L., pays trjjtwte to the Canadian National, the government- owned road, for its efforts to relieve the situation; He says: "The Canadian National management have played the game with us to a remarkable degree. Not only are they continuing to work all their main shops on full time with all men employed, but they are taking the lead in supplying equipment plants with orders for materials, thus contributing to the general prosperity of the country. "They are also filling in where there is a tendency toward slacking off in their shops by building new rolling stock, in addition to the 11 yard engines now being built in Montreal and Winnipeg. "They have now informed the committee that 200 refrigerator cars will be built in their own shops 'as a contribtuion to the stabilizing of employment'." Moore Urges Alien Restriction Tom Moore, president, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, in the current issue of the official "Journal," attributes the trouble to failure to restrict immigration. He says: "Canada is today paying a heavy price for its failure to face facts in the past and to restrict immigration to such numbers and peoples as can be properly absorbed. " "If more attention had been paid to assisting those within our borders to settle available lands and greater inducement given to the development of our natural resources into their highest manufactured state instead of wasting millions of dollars in a futile effort to build up the country merely by importing hordes of workers, the,situation would be much better and the prospects much brighter for the thousands who, through no fault of their own, find thennfelves unemployed, and, in the case of new arrivals, often stranded away from their homes and friends without any prospect of being reunited except by securing deportation -back to their native land." Conference Analyzes the Cause The Winnipeg conference was an impressive affair. With the exception of Alberta, every city and province from Lake Superior to thc Pacific coast was represented, together with labor and commercial organizations. _ The premier of Alberta sent word that only urgent official business kept him away. * Mayor Webb of Winnipeg presided. He attributed the trouble to the poor crop in the prairie provinces, the wheat pool's policy in holding back grain for a higher price, and the agreement between the Dominion government and the railways by which immigrants are brought to thi3 country ahj'guaranteed work for a year. Some of the delegates resented what they thought was the mayor's criticism of the pool's tactics, but he insisted he had no such intention. A number of speakers declared that the farmers were not to blame for the poor crop and that they should not be scolded for organizing to secure the best price possible for their products. Way Open for Federal Action How Premier King and his associates will treat the Winnipeg programme remains to be seen. At first the Dominion governement took the position that unemployment was a provincial matter, but during his recent interview with the spokesmen of Canadian labor, Premier King declared that the government would be disposed to act if the provinces formally admitted their inability to handle the situation. Now that the westers provinces have made the admission desired, it would seem that the way is opened for action by the Federal authorities. For Health, Strength and BeWty, eat our Whole Wheat Brown Bread A wholesome body builder Doctors recommend it Fruit and Raisin Bread Pastry and Meat Pies Pumpkin Pies THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Highland 1309 3728 HASTINGS ST. EAST Know Your Labels! This paper, in co-operation with International Labor News Service, is presenting illustrations of all the union labels. A group will be printed each week, The labels were furnished by Secretary-Treasurer John J. Manning of the Union Label Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. Painters ^-^©kcoratorsI A r «T I. I.at.rl Premier McDonald's Great Plea for Disarmament Realism All Around Tragedian: "I think it within my right to ask for real wine in the banqueting scene." '„, StagoManagerr ?*Right. And perhaps you'd like real poison in the death scene." Eloquent pleas for disarmament were voiced by the leading delegates to the Five-power Conference following the opening speech by the King at the House of Lords. Mr. Ramsay McDonald said: "Every country today—wealthy and poverty-stricken alike—feels the burden of arms, dreads their competitive development, doubts the value of the security which they give, and would like to escape from their influence and power. And yet, as has been shown again and again, thc difficulties in the way are manifold. "All, however, come mainly from one source—a lack of confidence. The spirit of doubt whispers, 'There will be some State which will refuse to carry out its obligations to the community of peaceful States; the machinery of arbitration will break down somewhere and somehow; do what we may, a situation will arise one day when a deadlock of some kind will have to be faced, and there will be but one remaining method— a fight.' "Thu3 habit of mind, nurtured by the experience of many generations', controls our thinking and our action, casts a shiver of hesitancy over all our peace /efforts, and prevents a great change in our attitude to militarism! as 8 means of national security. Break the Spell "As a matter of fact, the generations of experience which fear uses to pen us up in the spellbound fastnesses of militarism ought by their failures to enlighten us so that we break the spell and seqk for pence and security by other means. That will come. How marvello.usly Blow it has been! How easy it is to retard the - progress of States when old habits can be enlisted to fight en: lightened reason! "The whole world, it may be said with almost literal accuracy, is turning its eyes upon us today. It expects that we shall deliberate and negotiate on the assumption that, having put our names to Pacts of Peace, we mean to respect our signatures. "Above all, it demands from us an agreement to stop the competition which has recently begun to show itself both in types and numbers of ships. If we are not careful we shall be once more involved in a feverish competition such as heralded the outbreak of war in 1914. "At the same time, if the Conference and its work are to be justly judged, some appreciation must be shown of the nature of its tasks. Since 1919 the securing of peace has occupied much of the attention of the nations and very considerable progress has been made. "Steps towards disarmament must be international agreements; the agreements (whatever language is used or figures inserted) must remove a sense of menace from the signatory nations;^ they should be subject to review at reasonably frequent intervals, so that the political movements toward security may be used progressively to reduce arms. x "This Conference has therefore to value the securities now' afforded to the nations by the political guaran tees I have referred to, and agree mutually upon how far they can, on the assumption of a continuing peace, reduce arms. "I dare affirm that ,in the naval programs of the leading naval powers there is a margin between reaLsecurk ity needs and actual or prpjected strengths, and the world.expects this Confewwee-to-eliminate that margin." "It will both smooth and shorten our work perhaps if we Would assume t!.M,r> ITnla* lr" two things in our discussions. The first is that we have different needs imposed upon us by geographical position, world responsibility, points of attack in the event of war. "Conferences have broken down because there has been an unwillingness, or an inability, to understand that this is so; that, therefore a ton used in ships for one purpose is a totally different thing from a ton used in ships for another purpose. "I know that the plea of 'need' can be stretched almost to infinity, and that in it lurks danger, but if peace is in our hearts, and, a reduction of armaments in our minds, the substance of what constitutes our 'need' can be fairly admitted by^each of us as regards the others and dan be satisfied in the form and the provisions of an agreement,' and the Conference can be a conspicuous success. "Thc second thing which we rtJght assume is this: Although arman.Vnts cannot be divided into water-tight compartments—naval, land and air forces—for practical purposes we must discuss them separately, always remembering, when coming to our conclusions regarding each arm, that it has a relationship to the other two. "If we are willing to make a good naval agreement now, when it comes to be reviewed again a few years hence our attitude will depend upon what other powers have done as regards land and air armaments in the meantime. All thc nations have not the same interest in each arm, but they have an interest in the general armed state of the world. ., "The way of Great Britain is on the sea, for it is a small island. The stock of its people came from the sea; its defence and its highroads have been the sea; its flag is a flag of the sea. Our Navy is no mere superfluity to lis. It is us. , \-"So if this country can make a contribution to peace, which will be one ttf deeds as well as of words, it 'must 0X83- a naval power. "If we can limit and reduce_by agreement one of our most powerful' arms without diminishing national security, but indeed strengthen it by our very act, the London Naval Conference of 1930 wij] undoubtedly take its place among the great landmarks which tell -the. stages and events by which mankind has advanced' in wisdom and enlightenr ment.'' ' ■„. ..•.'.' Friday, February 14, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Three Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, S29-S31 BEATTY STREET ranconvsr Trades and Labor Council— Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employ President, J Thomson: general seers-1 tary Percy R. Bengough. Office, 200 l^ibor Headquarters, 531 Beatty 8t Phone Sey. 7495. Meets in Labor Hall at 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays in month. •as, Local 4641—Oltlce 308, Labor Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Fridays ^i Hall, No. 1. President, S. O. Wjmer.sj 'Secretary-Treasurer, Blft Shuwler, 2841 Triumph, .phone High. 5327. • Bassry and Confectionery Workers' In-. ternatlonal Union, Local No. 468, | atlli and Factory Workers' Union, Looal ..rut and third Saturday In month at 7:30 p.m. at Labor Headquarters. President, Fred Casnman; Secretary. T, H. Taylor: Office, Room 304 Labor Headquarters; Hours, 9 to 10 In morning, 4 to 5 In afternoon. Photie: Highland 5883-L. Mo. 1699 — Affiliated with Unlteo Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. Meets lirst and third Thursdays In Hall No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres., Q. Campbell. Secretary-Treasurer, H i; Avery, 7964 Montcalm Street Phone '.!.,i [■...■ •:i-i; ■average Dispensers' Union, No. 676— Meets last Sunday at 8 p.m., Room No. 3, Labor Headquarters. Pres.. W. H. Clancy:'Secretary and lius. Agent,; T. J. Hanotin. Office: Room 1, Eagles'I Hall, 535 Homer Street. Phones Sey. I 4783 and Bay. 1656-11. Hours'. 19 to 12 a.m. > Millwrights1 Local 1638—Construction and Operating — Meets second ana7 fourth Wednesday In Hall 315, Labor Headquarters." J. H. Campbell, President; P. H. Edge, Fin. Sec; J. Murray lire. Rec. Sec: Box 127. Bridge b Structural Iron Workers, Looal 97, Int. Assos.—Meets every Friday. Hal 1-3-11, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President. James F. Burns, 2833 Turner St.; Secretary. P. Lauret,, Room 311, Labor Headquarters. Phone! Fair. 2108.L. Building Trades Council, Vanconver— Meo'ejNBeeorHi and fourth Tuesday In HaK3rf*jl Labor Headquarters. Presl- oto,', Bjtt. Morrison; Secretary-Treas-1 ure-.VtO'. Page, Room 301, Labor, Ha&cQKrters, Phone Sey. 7495. i ~~ I Motion pictures Projectionists' Union, Local 348, of l.A.T.S.E. St MJP.M.O.— 11:10 p.m., lirst Friday In month, In Hall No. 3. Labor Headquarters. President, J. R. Foster; .Secretary. Geo. Garrard, Box 345. Business, Phone Sey. 3923. ■arbors' Journeyman International Union ol America—Local 120, meets second and fourth Tuesdays In each month, In Hall No. J, Labor Head' quarters. President, Fred Dawe; Sec- Treas., C. E. Herrett. Office, 304 Labor Headquarters. Bookbinders' Looal Mo. 106, Int. Broth-! •rhood—Meets second Tuesday In month at Professional and Business. Woman's Club, Empire Bldg., 101 Hastings W. President, Q. Low, 61—5lrd Ave. W.; Secretary, Thos. Carroll, 141 Hamilton St. | Bricklayers', Masons' and Tile Setters'; Int. Union, Mo. I—Room 309, Labor I Headquarters. Meets second and fourth Wednesday. In Hall No. 3. President, L. Padgett, 2066 W. 8th. Phone Bayvlew 1558 R; Secretary, I W. S. Dagnall. 1244 East 20th, Phone Fair. 845 R; Fin. Sec, Albert Wright. 1050 East 25th, Phone Fairmont 6582 X Musicians' Mutual Protective Union, Local 145, A. F. of af.—Meets at the G W.V.A. Auditorium, second Sunday at 10 a.m. President. E C. Miller; General Secretary, W. E. Williams; Organizer, F. Fletcher. Office. Suite 307-319 West Pender. Phone Doutflas 2290. Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, Looal 138—Meets second and fourth Thursdays at Hall No. 2. President, J MeCaughrnn; Rec. Sec. A. E. Varah, 1442 Clark Drive; Business Agent, Ed Smith. Office: Room 313, Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3609. Health Hazards Found in Spray Painting by Research Council A VERY representative and distinguished committee of :the National Research Council has found a very definite health hazard in spray painting, and has submitted its findings and con- elusions to the Dominion Health Council. These conclusions, printed below, are, being presented to the; various Provincial Governments by the executives of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The report says Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Doek Builders, Local Mo. 2404—Meets every Friday night at 8 o'clock In 122 Hastings St. W. President. Al. Graham; James Thomson, Secretary, P. O. Box 320. Phone Sey. 7874. damp and Mill Workars Federal Labor Union Mo. 31—Vancouver and vicinity, meets every second Wednesday at 8 p.m., at 644 Powell St. E. President. H. Mlyazawa; Secretary. K Tsuyukl. , Carpenters and Joinors, United Brother, hood of. Local 458—President, Wm Page; Financial Secretary, R. W Hatley; Business Agent, W. Har- greaves. Office, Room 310, Labor Headquarters. Meeta second and fourth Mondays, 8 p.m., In Hall No. City Hall Employees' Association— Meets lirst Wednesday of each month at 251 Vt Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, A. J. Harrison; Treasurer, W. J. Scrlbblns, 8208 Pender St. E.; Secretary, J Tarbuck. 3517 West 25th. Olvlc Employees' Union, Looal 8f Meets lirst and third Fridays In the month at 25H4 Hastings East at 8 p.m. President, John McRltchle, 104 West Twelfth: Secretary-Treasurer, George Harrison, 1427 Triumph St Printing Pressmen and Assistants, Looal Mo. 69—Meets every second Tuesday in the month at 8 p.m. in Hall No. 2, Labor Headquarters. ' President, A. G. Grey, 867 East 20th; Secretary. Thos. S. Ezart, 1603 40th Avenue E., South -Vancouver.- Bgg Graders' Union, Mo. 11—Meets In the Labor Headquarters, lirst and third Mondav In month. President, G. S. Cooper. Recording Secretary, Miss 1). Simpson, 120 Durham St., New Westminster. Blectrleal Workers, Looal 813, International Brotherhood—Meets First and Third Monday, at 8 p.m, at Labor Headquarters. President, t>. Mc- Dougal; Business Agent, E. H. Morrison. Office. 201 Labor Headquarters. Phone Sey. 3510 Engineers—International Union of Oper- erating- Enginoors, Local 844—Meets every Friday at 8 p m. Hall 315. President, J. NorrlH; Rec.-Sec, P. Bradley; Business Agent and Fin. Sec, George Pettlplece. Office, Room 306, Labor Headquarters. fire re w*l Ighters, Mo. IB, International iatlon of—Meets every month at an,, of president at 261M Hastings E. P.-.'Hldent. N. McDonald. 1136 McLean Drive; Financial Secretary, C. A. Wat- eon. 1310—13th Ave. E. Hoorlayers' Union, Mo. 1876, U. B. Of O. k J. A.—Meets first and third Thursdays In month at Hall No. >, Laber Headquarters. President, Oscar Soderman; Fin. Sec, T. H. Hamlin; Rnc. Sec, John McDonald, 2905 West lBth; Business Agent, W. D. Wilson, 1536—5th Ave. W. Hod Carriers and Building Laborers, Mo, 601, International — Meets first and third Fridays in month at Hall No. !, Labor Headquarters. President, Glen Harding, 1110 Denman St.; Fin. Sec. and Acting Business Agent. James' Binding, 52 West 24th; Phone: Fair. ,«159U ' Plasterers, Local 89—Operative Plasterers' and Cement Finishers' International Association—Meets first and third Wednesday In month at Hall No. 2. Labor Headquarters. President, F. Walsh; Secretary, A. Hurry, 861— 34th Ave. E. Phone Fair. 3222R. Fin. Sec, E. A. Williams, 830 East 12th. Phone Fair. 5219X. Cement Finishers' Secretary, J. W. Balnes, 2846 Turner St. Phone High. 1238X. Plnmbera and Steamflttore, . Mo. 170, International Association—Meets every second and fourth Friday In Hall No. 2. President, Art Jane; Secretary and Business Agent, W. Watt. 305-7 Labor Headquarters. Hallway Carmen of America, Lodge Mo. 58—Meets first and third Friday In month at Labor Headquarters. President, H. Warde, 816 East 12th.; Secretary, J. R. Robertson, 637 West 18th. Strsst and Electric Railway Employees, Pioneer Division Mo. 101—Meets K. P. Hall, 8th and Kingsway, first and third Mondays at 10:15 a.m. and 7 p.m. President, J. E. Smith; Recording Secretary. J. Price: Treasurer, J. Auton; Financial Secretary and Business Agent, H. W. Speed. Office: Corner Prior and Main streets. Phone Sey. 5000. Sheet Metal Workers Association, Looal Union Mo... 280—Meets second and fourth Thursdays In Hall No. 3 President, Jas Strachan, 2205 W. 11th; Business Agent and Secretary. D. MacPherson, 308 Labor Headquarters. Tailors' Journeymen Union of Amerloa, Looal Mo, 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 13th Ave. S.; Financial Secretary, H. Nordlund, 1930 12th Ave. E. Taxi, Stage and Bus Drivers, Local 161 —Meets second and fourth Mondays at 11:30 a.iH. and 4:30 p.m. President. D. H. Coldtcott. Office. 308 Labor Headquarters; Phone, Sey. 7495. 4 2 Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Marias Cooks at Stewards, Looal 88— Williams Bldg.. 41S Granville Street. Meeta second Monday 'each month at 1 p.m., last Monday at 9 p.m. President, Thos. Edwards; Sec.-Treas. and Bus. Agent. J. Cummlng. Phone Sey. . 125. Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers, Local 466—311 Labor Headquarters. Meets every First and Third Monday. Labor Headquarters President. A. A. McKay. 785 'Gamble St.; Secretary-Treasurer , Blrt Showier, Room 308 Labor Headquarters. Ladles' Auxiliary, Looal 171 —United Brotherhood of Carpenters — Meets every first and third Wednesday of each month In Hall 201, Labor Headquarters, at 8 p.m. President, Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, 730 19th Ave. W.. Secretary. Elisabeth J. Hope, 1042 7th Ave E. Lathers, Wood, Wire and Metal, International Union, Local 307—Meets first 'and third Mondays in month at Labor Headquarters. Secretary. F. Macey, 2456 West -Seventh Ave. Phone: Ba/vlew 6831-L. . Theatrical Stage Employees' Union, Looal 118 of the i.a.t.s.e. ft m.p.m.o. Meets second Frldny In Labor Headquarters at 9:30 a.tn. President, A. Harrington; Secretary. W. Park; Business Agent, H. Pearson, address, P. O. Box 711. Typographical Union, No. 32a—President. C. S. Campbell; Vice-President. R. Gouthro; Secretary-Treasurer. R. H. Neelands, 300-2 Labor Headquarters. Meets last Sunday of each month at 2 p.m.. In Women's Bldg., .Thurlow street. Union Label Trades Council meets In Hall No. A, Labor Headquarters, 529 Beatty Street, second and .fourth Machinists' X.6eaT»W=-Pres1dehl, Thoer — Th^rsda-ysiTr-wtch-month at « »*roek Sills, 1352 Hurrarf St.c "'Secretary, P. R. Bengough. Office. Room 200. La-{ bor'oHwidquartera. Meets on second and fourth Tuesdays In Hall 813. 1 f ■ After a careful, study of all the information found in the accompanying report this committee is of the opinion that there are certain definite health hazards connected with spray painting, and the committee further offers the following conclusions and recommendations for the , consideration of the constituted public authorities, who are responsible for dealing with such matters. ■w(l) The more toxic or pathogenic ingredients in the material to he sprayed shoultl be reduced to a concentration below that which constitutes a health hazard, to give the result tlesircd on the sprayed surface. This will involve especially lead, not over 1 per cent., benzol, turpentine and silica, and certain alcohols (methyl, butyl, allyl and amyl) benzine, gasoline, toluol (toluene), xylol (xylene tetralin and tetrachlor- ethane. When a satisfactory painted surface can be produced otherwise, a number, of these ingredients should be eliminated altogether froni the material used for spraying. All paints containing lead, benzol, turpentine and free silica, and used for spray painting, should be labelled in such a manner as to clearly indicate the percentage of each such substance in the container. Whether other ingredients now used, or other compounds which may in the future be so used, should be included in the foregoing list can only be determined after careful investigations have been made as to the possibility of their constituting more or less serious health hazards in spray painting. (2) The spray booth and its equipment should be such as to provide the maximum safety possible for the spray operator. The exhaust fan should provide a current of air at a velocity of 80 to 200 feet per minute, according to the size of the booth, past its working face. To prevent the exit of the fumes or air charged with the ingredients of the sprayed material other than through or by the exhaust fan, the air entering the room in which the booth is located should not exceed the supply of air removed from the booth by the exhaust. The face of the booth should be provided with doors, capable of being adjusted to reduce the open face of the hooth, according to the size of the object to be sprayed.. Where spray' painting is done within buildings, it should be carried on only in a part of the building set apart exclusively for such work. Objects freshly sprayed should be immediately removed for drying to special apartments not used for other purposes, and proper equipment for exhausting the fumes from such apartments should be provided. (3) The air pressure used In the spray machine should be as low as will provide satisfactory painted surface. Thc nozzle of the spray machine should be held at least one foot distant.from the object sprayed, in order to avoid unnecessary rebound (beat back) of the spray. (4) The operator should, and, when he is engaged in interior spray painting, must, wear a mask into which uncontaminated air under pressure is supplied. (5) No one should be engaged as an operator who is under 20 years of age, and before beginning employment as such he should undergo a medical examination to determine whether he is in proper condition-to serve as „ an operator. Therefore, where possible, every three months he should be medically examined to determine whether he has been affected in any way by the material used in spraying, and, if found affected, should only continue as operator on medical advice and under medical supervision. No woman shall be employed in spray painting during pregnancy. (6) Provision should be made requiring spray operators to personally observe regulations intended to minimize the health hazard. Associate Committee on Spray Painting O. Klotz, M.D., C.M., Chairman, professor of Bacteriology, University, of Toronto. H. M. Tory. M.A., D.Sc, U.D., F.R.S.C., -F.R.H.S., president, National Research Council. Ottawa. J. A. Amyot, C.M.G., M.B., deputy minister, Department of Health, Ottawa. W. J. Bell, M.D., deputy minister, Department of Health, Toronto. Louis Bourgoin, I.Ch., professor of Industrial Chemistry, University of Montreal. L. A. Chabot, M.D., medical health officer for the district of Montreal, Quebec Department of Health, Verdun, Que. J. G. Cunningham, B.A., director, Industrial Hygiene Division, Ontario Department of Health, Toronto, Ont. A. Frigon, B.Sc, D.Sc, A.M.E.I.C., A.M.A.I.E.E. dean, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Que. Alphonse Lessard, B.A., M.D., director, Provincial Bureau of Health, Montreal, Que. A. B. Macallum, Ph.D., Sc.D., Ll.D., F.R.S., emeritus professor .of Biochemistry, McGill University, London, Ont. J. A. McClelland, Esq.,- representative, International Association of Machinists, Montreal, Que. Canadian Shipping Laws "Among Worst in World" By BUDD L. McKILLIPS Charges that there is an international plot on foot to wipe out virtually all the beneficent features of the La Follette Seamen's Act were made at the thirty-second convention of the International Seamen's Union of America, held in Washington last week. According to Andrew Furuseth, veteran president of the union, this law, known as the sailors' "charter of liberty," will be practically nullified if thc United States Senate rati fies the treaty proposed by the In j American delegation, and there were no union labor men among them. The conference was dominated by the ship owners, and, according to Furuseth, they were more concerned about profits than safety. The treaty is still in the hands of President Hoover. Furuseth safd. When it reaches the Senate it will be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, of which Borah is chairman. The seamen voted for a vigorous fight against its adoption. Canadian shipping laws were de- te7naTiona\CConfVren7eCon''saf,ety1at nou"e^ a»" amongthe worst in the Sea held in London last year. ™rld' . and ,as Piwly menacing Furuseth explained that under the ; th<L."el{are of seamen ' treaty the Seamen's Act would not I The conv.entl0" voted to bring the apply to foreign ships in United States ports. / Most Important Part That is one of the most important provisions of the law. If it is wiped out American ship owners will im- matter to the attention of the Cana dian Trades and Labor Congress, and request that the Dominion trade unionists take action to remedy the situation. "In the matter of law, as relating to seamen, Canada is .one of the most President. Colin McDonald. 2134 St. 'leorge Street, Phone Fair. 3J17-T. Secretary, Mo'llle Dolk. 158". 'PLfth Avenue. East. Phone High. 477-Y. -. mediately set up the claim that they ; backward of countries," Internation- cannot compete with their foreign al Secretary Victor Dander told the rivals and an effort will be made to ; delegates. tear down the entire structure built j. "It is practically impossible for up by years of effort j Canadian sailors to engage in a legal Seventeen countries were repre- ] strike. Laws which govern disobed- sented at the London conference. 1 ience at sea also apply in port. President Coolidge appointed the] "Not only is the Canadian sailor subject to imprisonment for quitting the ship, failing to obey orders and for*joining with others in refusing to obe'y the commands of the officers, even when the ship is in a safe har- .,,.■,.- i bor, but he may be arrested without ME?j^?%^^ .^$^ ^jMmm9l»wMruiijjiA^tfi having been sentenced to jail,' -may j then be forced to serve out his sen- .* t^jice on board ship. Prince Rupert Trades & Labor Council Donsld.'Box ?M SAcretarv. Frank Derry. Box 4»». Prince Rupert. B.C. ■!:■":. r*r-.. «,.,*»>■•■: UNION CAFES &MERCHANTS Seymour 3168 Always Open Empire Cafe and Grill Vancouver's Best Under Personal Management of HAROLD DEGG 76 Ha.tings St. E. BOB KRAUSE Vancouver, B. C. Wben In a Hnrry, Drop In at Egg Order. FRED'S Are Always _ , _ . "ok." at Dairy Lunch "It's the Coffee" 72 Bastings West Always Opsn R. WILKINSON. PRES. D DUNCAN. SEC. Reynolds' Cartage Co. LIMITED Phones: Trinity 1227-1838 Crating, Packing, Shipping and Storags. Furniture and Piano Moving. I,one; instance Moving. Pool Car. Shipments. Office and "Warehouse: 722 — CAMBIE BTBBET — 723 PERRY & DOLK Men's Tailors 18 Hastings West Room 33 Wilson & McNeill I Painters and Decorators Everything pertaining to the trade. I 1156 E. 13th. Phone Fair. 5248 "He must be surrendered upon demand and houses may be searched without warrant in looking for escaped sailors. Harboring these so- called deserters is made the subject of a heavy penalty. • "The climax to this machinery of injustice is- found in a clause that there shall be no appeal from any. conviction and that no conviction shall be quashed for want of form." It will be impossible for Canadian seamen to make any noticeable or-, ganization progress until there is an improvement in the Dominion's law, the convention was told. Waste and Not Wages Run Up Building Costs Organized labor's contention that modern wages are not responsible for the high cost of building is strongly backed by Morton C. Tuttle, president of a Boston building company, writing in "American Builder," an employers' magazine. Mr. Tuttle says it is waste, not high wages, that makes construction expensive. "The complexity of our buildings and our higher wage levels do not account for high costs," he says. "Facts will show that a significant part of this high cost is unnecessary waste, resulting from strange failure to adapt procedure to modern requirements. "Our modern union, labor men, skilled ami unskilled, work quite as intelligently and effectively as ever their forefathers did." Much of the waste in construction conies from faulty designing, Mr. Tuttle points out.' He cites instances where' structures intended for the same uses have varied ?9 per cent, in costs because of ill-c' osen designs. "I have known 8 , jt cent, to be saved in the total cost of a simple factory building by leaving out a useless line in the brickwork and changing very moderately the spacing of columns," he says. "The average building design will not bear the test of intelligent cost analysis. Most of them average 5 per cent, more than they need to cost." "Come, come," said a friend, "seasickness never killed anyone." "Faith, now," said the suffering one, "I'm sorry to. hear that. 'Twas only the hope of dying has kept me alHie~sq_far.^!___, i_I When you don't fe«1 like, smiling that's just the time to begin.' * - ;»«&JSSS»K*fe~ »*•*.. iA.~r.wn.,*.,. ^_^____ 1 , r'our THE LABOR STATESMAN •Friday, February -14, 1930 The Labor Statesman Published every Friday, at Labor Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: Walter Deptford, Chairman; W. Watt (Building Trades Council); P. It. Bengough' (Machinist Trades), H. H. Neelands (Printing Trades), Dan McPherfaon (Building Trades). B. Showier (Teaming Trades), T. Hanoltn (Beverage Trades), C. Herrett (Label Trades). Subscription Kates: $2 per Year; to Onions, 16c per month per member. Phone: Seymour 6279 Vancouver, Friday, Feb. 14, 1930 DELUSIVE FIGURES A few weeks ago the writer referred to a monthly bulletin issued by the Federal Department of Trade and Commerce purporting to-show the trend of employment in Canada. As the figures offered in this publication are Mr. Peter Heenaii's stock reason for refusing to recognize the desperate state of unemployment existing during the last two and a half months, it becomes necessary to analyze this bulletin and show why-the conclusions which it would lead to are entirely misleading. That this bulletin is the smoke screen behind which the Ottawa Government shelters, the following from a statement by the. Honorable Peter Heenan on December 16th will show: "Both the United States and Canadian Governments collect from employers of labor in manufacturing industries returns showing the volume of employment afforded each month in these industries. The basic figure of 100 in both cases is the average for the year 1926. The latest returns to hand from the United States show that the index number of employment for September, 1929, is 99.3, while the comparable index number for Canada is 119.8; in other words, 20.5 higher in Canada than the United States. Canada, at November 1st, 1929, stands at 124.6, which represents the highest peak of employment reached at this period of the year since statistics have been gathered." The portion of the statement leading up to and following this, very clearly shows that Mr. Heenan believes that with these figures he has shown that employment, instead of being exceedingly bad, is, in fact, very satisfactory." We do not give a whoop what United States figures show; there are more ways than one of gathering figures and also of interpreting their results. What we do know is that the Secretary of Labor at Washington does not sidestep when matters of interest to Labor requires plain talking, and as to U. S. conditions during September last we will say that the worst of unemployment in the U. S. during the last quarter of a century is not worse than the chronic average of Canada, and which is called "prosperity" and "our growing time." During January of 1920 the Department of Trade and Commerce secured from something over 6000 employers particulars as to the number of wage-earners on their payrolls. It totalled the returns and called this number 100. From this date to 1928 it used this as its index number, and as these employers showed an increased payrool, the in- j dex number went up, and employment was said to be good. The man who selected January for a basis did not intend that these figures should ever show unemployment, for he selected the period of the year at which the whole building industry was at a standstill, construction work was closed down; boats engaged in inland navigation were locked in the ice, the railroads had laid off their "extra gangs" and the trains occupied with crop movement were laid up; agriculture, which is peculiarly seasonal, he refuses to take on his list. Many of our industries do riot employ labor at all during the winter. Our statistician then got up a list of employers at a time when employment was at its minimum, and by the period of the year or by design, as in agriculture, he excludes from his list the marked, season employments. For eight years, with January, 1920, to measure employment, the index moved to the top like a thermometer with the bulb in a toiling kettle, and the "index" was a full-mouthed phrase to answer and prove the worthlessness of any complaining workers. The farce and joke of the thing must have appealed to some one, and so during 1928 the number employed during January, -1920™- was abandoned «nd-tae average number .of workers employed "during the whole year of 19'26 was called 100, and used as. the index number. But still, as under the former arrangement, the employers who supply the payroll figures are those who employed labor during January. The wholly seasonal work and agriculture, which is the most variable, is excluded. Under this scheme, calling the average of employment during 1926 100—if our people are to be employed—1927 must take care of tens of thousands of new workers brought into the field by reason of the natural increase of population, and also a hundred thousand new adult immigrants imported oy the .government; 1927 must, therefore, show a very marked increase over 1926, but if it does so the dear heart of the Ottawa Government takes immense comfort from mounting figures that mean absolutely nothing more than stagnation in the relative amount of employment. If 1927 index numbers had remained the same as 1926 it would have meant that additional unemployment, equal to thc natural increase of wage-workers and the total immigrants thrown into the labor field, prevailed during 1927. The position that we have then is that our government, under the pretense of indicating the trend of employment, has,*elected the more constant employing industries, and from the figures supplied by these it has devised a scheme that will show an annually improving condition, while the relative employment is at a standstill, and which, by the nature of the scheme, *:ai> never show an unfavorable labor year, and this, together with the annual report of bank presidents, are the authorities which the Honorable Minister of Labor quotes to show that there is no undue hardship in the labor field. We can, however, make a ligiti- mate and logical use of this monthly payroll report, and one which the Ottawa Government cannot explain or wiggle from under. It will, therefore, ignore the matter. On August 1st iast this group of selected firms employed 1,097,812 wage-workers, this may be taken as indicating the relative number of workers available for employment; on January 1st the number of employed was 967,540, the number, therefore, thrown out of ■ payment during four months was 120,272, and this great army has oeen thrown on the road by the very ■nuch smaller and more constant half of Canadian employment. During the period of this general demobilization the Federal Government and railway corporations threw some tens of thousands of European workers into the market, so that we are safe in estimating the total unemployment on January 1st as exceeding 300,000, and this estimate is borne >ut by the actual experience of the overburdened city relief department. To the Ottawa Government, we would offer the very elementary sug .estion that the state om employ- lent cannot be found by comparint -"ith the litem! numhers employed at the former time and from a small er population. If the Government refuses to see this self-evident fact, why not use the volume of employment for the year of confederation . the index number? —M. Dope-maker Denounced By League of Nations ' One of the most outspoken reports "?ver issued on the narcotic drugs nuestion is that furnished to the Egyptian government for the year 1929 by Major-General T. W. Russell Pasha, director of the Central Narcotics Intelligence Bureau at Cairo, and issued at Geneva in connection with the annual session of the Advisory Committee of the League of Nations on traffic in narcotic drugs. . The report declares that it is clear that manufacturers of narcotic drugs in Central Europe are making colossal fortunes by pouring these poisons into Egypt and the Far East. "What do they care," Russell Pasha asks, "if they ruin thousands of Egyptians so long as they can fill their own pockets?" The report mentions by name several European factories with an enormous output, and it is stated that one of these concerns alone manufactured two and a half times the legitimate requirements of the world. Figures are given showing the extent of the traffic in Egypt The total number of traffickers in prison on December 1, 1929, was 1.624. The report enumerates the severe, measures. taken by the Egyptian government to stamp out the traffic, and states that a very big and dangerous international organization has been attacked and completely broken up by the splendid work of the Swiss police, based on information .supplied by-the Egyptian Intelligence j Bureau. The ramifications ^of this ] organization extefi'de'd "from .Strasr bourg, to Milan.' - / British Pay $5000 Per Minute for War Burdens . -u-.iv.—'ine Kt. Hon. Philip wden,' British Chancellor of the 'xchequer, told American and Cana- lian radio audiences Sunday that the ive-power naval conference in Lon- lon mdst succeed or the peace-loving leoples of the world will receive a 'shattering blow." He added that "the conference is iroceeding satisfactorily and its contusions, I believe, will advance the Vations on the way to universal disarmament." Economic Results of War Mr. Snowden spoke from London >nd his words were re-transmitted on this side of the Atlantic by means of an international hookup of the Columbia broadcasting system. His address stressed the economic burdens resulting from the world war. As an illustration of these burdens, he described those of his own country. 'Great Britain," he said, "has spent some $50,000,000,000 on its part in that colossal tragedy. This is apart from the loss of the wealth-producing capacity of some millions of men drawn for four years from useful employment. The war had left Great Britain with a war debt of over $35,000,000,000. "We had to raise each year from taxation the sum of $1,270,000,000 for the interest of the debt without making an appreciable impression on the principal. 140 Years To Pay ,- "At the preseht rate of repayment of the debt it will take 140 years to liquidate it. Today we must raise for debt purposes $5,000,000 every day, $200,000 every hour, $3000 every minute. It takes the whole time labor of 2,000,000 workers year in and year out to pay the annual cost of our debt burden. Add to this $575,000,000 we annually spend on war services and $280,000,000 we pay yearly for war pensions and we get a total of $2,600,000,000, or $5000 a minute, which Great Britain has to provide for war purposes." In view of this burden, he said, it is a wonder that Great Britain has been able to maintain her position at all. The country's financial and industrial power, he added, lay in the fact that it has a larger number of people in employment than before the war. Deplores Wasted Wealth He said it passed "the power of the most imaginative mind to conceive what prosperity and happiness' could be added to the world if the resources wasted by war could have been used for the advancement of human wealth. Moreover, he said, every one of the great powers, except Germany which has been compulsorily disarmed, is spending much more or disarmaments than was spent before the Great War. The world expenditure for thif purpose, he said, is $4,500,000,000 annually, of which 60 per cent, i spent by European countries, about 20 per cent, by the United States, and 20 per cent, by the rest of the world. Armaments, he said, are a provocation to war, and war "never settles anything." "Apart from the tragic facts I have given as to the cost of • wars, there are still more terrible horrors of the suffering which war inflicts," he said, "and so the great desire exists on ne part of the peoples of the world o make the anguish of past genera- ions the stepping stones to future leaee." Thug Beats Miner To Death; Gets Two Years Walter J. Lyster, released from prison after an earlier killing to be -ome chief of the Coal and Iron Police for Mellon's Pittsburgh Coal Company, was convicted last week of "involuntary manslaughter." The maximum penalty is two years in prison. That is the price which Pennsylvania justice requires a corporation thug to pay for one of the most hor- hible murders of recent years. Lyster and other "Coal and Irons," drunk and looking for trpuble, were beating up a coal miner, the brother- in-law of John Borkowski, when the latter pleaded with them to stop. They turned on Borkowski. They knocked him down and stamped on him; then arrested him and took him to the station, where they could "work on him" at leisure. Skull fractured, nose crushed, ears half torn from his head, broken ribs sticking through his skin—this is how "tfohn Borkowski died at, the hands' of Lyster and others, wearing the uniform of the state of Pennsylvania and drawing the pay of the Mellon family. —•""'" - • The tragedy stirred the state. Bills - '-►•' • : ■ ft.', ," , . ■ S f~ -raws;.,-;?';;.,'.,.: :;:.. :. .. - ■ •.'.' "■"■•< Store Closes Its Doors Canadian Credit Men's Trust Association, Ltd., sells the Marr Department Store stock (formerly located at East Hastings Street) at 45c on the dollar. It is the cause of a tremendous rush of eager buyers attending the opening of the sale at the Army & Navy Store, 40 West Hastings Street, who were the fortunate purchasers of this magnificent stock that is now offered the public, combined with their stock in this huge sale that is creating such buying enthusiasm. People in need of Furnishings, Shoes, Clothing, Notions, etc., will do well to attend this extraordinary selling event. The bargains offered are truly remarkable. A few of the outstanding values are quoted here. The sale resumes daily, starting 9 a.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday should be record-breaking days. 25c Wool Sox, 13c; $1 Caps, 49c; $1 Dress Shirts, 39c; $1.60 Khaki Pants for 79c; $1.50 and $2 Overalls, 98c; $2 Wool Shirts, 98c; $1.50 and $2 Arrow Shirts, 98c; $2 Fleece- lined Union Suits for $1.19; $1 Work Khaki Shirts, 39c; $5 Blazer Shirts for $2.45; $3.50 Breeches, $1.98; 75c Gloves, 39c; $4 Shoes for $1.98; $5 Men's Oxfords, $2.95; $8 Slater Shoes, $3.95; $5 Men's Shoes, $2.95; $6 Officer's Dress Shoes, $3.95; $7.50 Men's Hi-Cut Shoes, pair, $4.95; $6 Men's Shoes, $3.95; $7 Men's Oxfords, $3.95; 88c Boys' Rubbers, 49c; $1.25 Men's Rubbers, 79c; 20c Canvas Gloves, 10c; $1.50, $2 Ladies' House Dresses, 69c; $1 Ladies' Silk Hose, silk and rayon, 39c; 25c Infants' Rubber Pants, 8c; $1 Children's Dresses, 49c; 10c to 25c Laces and Insertions, yard 3c; 25c and 40c Children's Underwear, 9c; 10c Hair Pins, 2c; Thread, 2c; 50c and 75c Children's Play Suits, 29c; 75c Suspenders, 39c; $15 Suits, $7.95^ $25 Suits, $9.95; $30 and $35 Suits, $14.95; $7 Fancy Wool Mackinaw Coats, $3.95; $6 Officers' Style Breeches, $3.95; $20.00 Raincoats, $7.95; $3 Pants for $1.49; $5 and $6 Pants, $2.95; $3.50 Pants, $1.98; $2 Breeches, 98c; $15 Raincoats, $4.95; $15 Overcoats, $7.95; $25 Overcoats, $9.95; $3 Forsyth Shirts for 98c; $3 Slicker Coats, 98c; $3 Sweater Coats, $1.49; $1.50 Wool Underwear, 98c; $6 Wool Blankets, $3.95; $3 and $3.50 Wool Union Suits, $1.98; $1.50 Flannel Shirts, 79c; $1 Union Suits, 49c; 50c Ties, 14c; $3 Hats, 98c. One Tree Put 26 Circuits Out of Order lwenty-six long-distance telephone circuits were put out of order when a tree was blown down on wires in the Green Timbers, south of New Westminster, at 1:35 p.m., Thursday, January 16. The wires were torn down for a stretch of about 200 feet. "As the result of speedy work by telephone men, all of the lines affected were restored to service the same afternoon. Circuits put out of order were: Vancouver to Seattle, eight; Vancouver to Portland, one; Vancouver to I.angley, three; Vancouver to Abbotsford, three; Vancouver to Cloverdale, six; New Westminster to Langley, three; New Westminster to Cloverdale, two. B. C. TELEPHONE CO. were presented to the legislature to abolish the Coal and Iron Police. Governor Fisher promised an "inquiry" and thus assisted the mine owners'5 play for time. The legislature passed a fake bill. Lyster and his pals were acquitted at their first trial. Arrainged on a second charge, a change of venue was secured, with the result indicated. One of Lyster's associates was also convicted.. The third was turned loose. We have heard much of late about the failure of North Carolina and Tennessee to do justice to mill owners' mobs which have kidnapped union organizers and murdered striking workers. These failures have been called the shame of those Southern states—and rightly. Every criticism is richly deserved—but do not imagine that such things arc confined to the South. Here we have a sample of Pennsylvania justice—as administered in a state dominated by the Mellon- Grundy machine. After a year's delay, Lyster is convicted of exactly the same degree of guilt that attaches to a careless automobile driver in a fatal accident. That is, the kind of justice the state will . have while Pennsylvania workers continue to vote into office men nominated by these machines. I If there is a place on the planet where workers need to take political action, it is Pennsylvania.—Labor. Laughing for Liver A man was told by his doctor that if he laughed 15 minutes every day before meals his condition would improve. One day in a restaurant, white having his laugh, a man at the opposite side of the table walked over and said angrily: i "What are you laughing at?"| "Why, I'm laughing for my liver," he replied. > "Well .then," said the other. "I guess I'd better start laughing also: I ordered mine half an hour ago." The people who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.—Anatole France. ' To have what we want is riches, but to be able to do without is power.—Ramsay MacDonald. Experience is one of the few things' you cannot buy on the installment plan.. • Rs*4rtwii-«.v.r-;' :,, : :* ■ :::_^.-ie£s*0Ki««.....v. :" FREE FORUM SUKuAY, FIB. 16, at 3 p.m. Practical Treatment of Unemployment Opened by REEVE W. A. mlTCHARD; followed by MHS. MARY ELLEN SMITH; MR. W. J. BARTLETT and Others. Open Discussion. This will be continued on succeeding Sundays by other representative speakers. In the First Unitarian Ohnrch, 1550 10th A.V.. W. (Fair: 57M-B) (Half Block West of Granville) - riday, February. 14, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Five I Western Glass Co., Ltd. ' Wholesale and/Retail Dealers 158 Cordova W. Phone 897. 8687 Mirror*, Resilvered. j Auto '.la,,:; Installed. Broken/ Class Replacements. Pollsttid Plate Glass. Flay Drawn Sheet Glass. Ornaniiental "and Wire Glass. Order! promptly filled. UNION MEN! We do appreelate your patron, aye, and deserve It by. serrtiur^ food food, properly cooked, at very moderate prices. CENTRAL CAFE 608 Pender W. at Seymour Phone: Seymour 9147 VANCOUVER TURKISH BATHS Rheumntlsm, Lumbago, Neuritis Bad Cold MASSAGE A SPECIALTY PACIFIC BUILDING 744 HASTINGS W. BEY. 2070 Chapman's Recreations, Ltd. Phone: Trinity 8633 1105 Seymour St., Vancouver, B.C. B. J. Chapman BRING your wife and family in for SUNDAY DINNER. It will be a rest and a change for the whole family. Have you heard the "Orchestrope"? BLUE GOOSE 1109 GRANVILLE STREET Phone: Seymour 3617-0 Union Bakeries c lasting* Bakery, 764 East Hastings < street. Phone High. 4537. s -ondon Bakery, 439 East 7th street. £ Phone Fair. 122. i lelicious Bakery, East Hastings t street. Phone High. 70S. e Vest's Bakery, 1407 Commercial t drive. Phone High. 166. c Watt's Bakery, 3980 East Hastings t street. Phone High. 5607. ii Ferguson Bakery, 2515 Main street. 4 Fair. 3331. „)irks' Bakery, 6207 Main street. 5 Ferguson Bakery, 1714 East Broad- j way. [Jolden Rule Bakery, 957 Granville . street Phone Sey. 8656. h Nippon's Bakery, 706 West 16th ave- 4 nue. Phone Fair. 502. tvigby's Bakery, Cedar Cottage. j Phone Fair. 4049. (Mutter's Bakery, 2157 Main street. j Phone Fair. 4953. (Scott's Home Bakery, 1848 Kings- ^ way. Phone Fair. 729. Davidson's Bakery, 5090 Victoria J road. ^McGavin's Home Bakery, 2352 East f Hastings street. Phone High. 1351. |rhe Nook Bakery, 1835 West 4th J avenue. j (Note.—The McGavin's Bakery listed above has no connection with 'the big firm on Broadway West, 'which delivers bread and is entirely ^non-union). International «@<REGISTERED) ', The UNION LABEL, SHOP CARD and WORKING BUTTON are the hall marks of UNION GOODS or SERVICE. I' Success and'.progress arc the by.- "products of consistency. Demand i he UNION LABEL, SHOP CARD ?nd WORKING BUTTON. *»•.'' Low Bids on Construction Work Is a Real Danger To Country Because there are many instances where public work is let to the low- lowest-priced contractors in Canada, thc following article is well worthy of reproduction, as it shows up the danger of such a policy to the community: |£ Washington, D. C.—Denouncing as dangerous to the public welfare the general rule that government buildings must be left to the lowest bidder, Ethelbert Stewart, United States commissioner qf labor statistcis, strongly urges changing of the rule in a statement just issued. Mr. Stewart's statement i3 seen in labor ranks as a direct attack on the practice of awarding government building contracts to contractors who pay lower than the prevailing wage rates in localities in which they do work. Wage-cutting contractors are invariably non-union. Mr. Stewart warns against the danger of permitting public construction programs to be used to break down wage rates in the building industry or its branches, and suggests that if the lowest bid for governmertt construction work is made so by reason of low wages that it be eliminated as "contrary to the best public policy." .. "Under the aompulsion to accept the lowest bid," Mr. Stewart says, "it is entirely possible to make the Government itself the agency for smashing wage rates Under the "plea of giving work." The statement in full follows: "A nation-wide building program is in the offing for 1930. Much of this will be public building, or construction wofk of various types, by federal, state, country and municipal governments. It is being projected to provide work for the unemployed, or at least to take up the slack that has come or is feared as a result of our late Wall Street unpleasantness. "Meantime, let us see to it that public construction plans to relieve unemployment be not used to break down wage rates in the construction industry nor in any of its branches. A most dangerous situation arises at this time out of a general rule, held to be obligatory, that public contracts must be let to the lowest bidder. It is conceivable that this may render a needed and immediate remedy; really, and in the long run, a permanent injury. An Expensive Bid "When the lowest bid is such by reason of lower wages intended to be paid, then socially, commercially ,and industrially, it may be the most Expensive bid. If legislation is necessary to cure this evil we should have it and have it quickly. But is it absolutely necessary? Is it not practicable and legal to require that all bids shall state the rates of wages and hours of labor by occupations upon which the bid is predicated? "Then, if the lowest bid is so by reason of proposed low wages, it may be eliminated as an unsocial bid, contrary to the best public policy. The wage rates and labor conditions specified in the bid of the successful bidder would then be written into and made a part of the contract This does not mean that wage rates would be made uniform throughout the country. The bidder would be required to state the rates he intended to pay on the. specific project and in the locality of the proposed project. "This would prevent, in the future and in the present unemployment uneasiness, the practices complained of before the house committee on .labor at the last session, where it was shown that contracts to build Government structures in New York were let to firms that brought with them their labor from other states where the wage rate was much lower. It also was shown that these workers were brought from states having no workmen's compensation laws, and did not know that, in case of accidents arising out and in course of their employment, they were entitled to compensation benefits. The contractor took out no compensation insurance in New York, where the work was being performed. No Compensation "It is easy to see what this alone would mean in the matter of bidding on work, since in structural steel erection, for instance, the premium rate in New York is 25 per cent, of the pay roll, which means that, with a wage rate of $12 per day, the insurance premium rate,is $3 per man per day. The contractor who did not intend to carry compensation insurance Because he hired his meti in a non-compensation state could therefore very easily underbid a New York contractor— who intended to abide by the laws of the state. «"An agreement to, abide by the compensation ..law of the* state in which the work is to be performed might well be made a part of the advertisement for bids, and written into the contract. This would not involve any hardship upon bidders, because of the diversity of wage rates in the various parts of the country. Any contractor desiring to bid on a job anywhere can secure, without cost, from the United States bureau of labor statistics the local wage rates both for common labor and for the building trades in any state and for the principal cities in any state. He cani secure from the same-jsource the compensation provisions of any state having such legislation. Legislation "Precedents are at hand. This is the law in Spain, enacted in April, 1929. All public contracts must contain an agreement to pay the specific wage rates as published by the Government as prevailing in given localities and by specified industries. The Argentine republic has passed such a law applying to the city and state of Buenos Aires. The state of Oregon provides that section 6718 of (its code shall be written into all stdte contracts. This section, while not covering wages, nevertheless writes labor conditions into its contracts. "We heed, perhaps, some legislation on the question of power to accept the best rather than necessarily the lowest bid. As matters now stand the comptroller has ruled that the lowest bid must be accepted uhless the bidder is known to be irresponsible. Unfortunately, it is not always true that the lowest and worst bidder is irresponsible, nor is it always true that the lowest bid is lowest because of the rates of wages intended to be paid. New Policy Needed , "It is evident, however, that what the governments — federal, state, county and municipal—should stand for is the best bid from a broad social point of ciew, from the viewpoint of true public policy. The lowest bid theory puts the Government in the position of being a potent influence for the constant lowering of wages. The purpose and the practice of governmental bodies should be to forward the welfare and prosperity of the country—not, necessarily, to build a post office in Podunk for the least possible money. "If the present unemployment .situation is used by our public building program, or any other agency or agencies, to break wage rates and reduce the earning power, and hence the purchasing power of our workers, then prosperity will not be restored, and an injury will be done to the workers which it will take years of strikes and labor conflicts to overcome. In fact, in the long run our building program will have done more harm than good. "President Hoover secured a promise from the leading industrial employers not to reduce wages as a result of the present situation; and yet under the compulsion to accept the. lowest bid, it is entirely possible to make the Government itself the agency for smashing wage rates under the plea of giving work. Building Trades Dept. Elect New President Tampa, Fla.—M. J. MsDonough of SanFrancisco is the new president of the Building Trades Department, A. F. of L. He was elected by the executive board of that body at its meeting in this city. He is a vice- president of! the Operative Plasterers' International Association and succeeds Mr. J. McSorley, who resigned when elected president of International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers. - The executive board of the Building Trades Department has held numerous conferences with representatives of the National Association of Building Trades Employers on plans to eliminate jurisdictional disputes. The initial move was made by the department, when they invited the employers to confer at their Toronto convention last fall. A committee of three unionists and an equal number of employers are considering proposals. The plan agreed to will be submitted to representatives of all department units and the employers. The worker* representatives on the committee are President McDonough, Paul J. Morrin, president, Structural .Iron Workers, and John J. Hynes, president, Sheet Metal Workers. "These conferences-will1 prove-the most important in recent years to bring peace to the building industry," said President McDoDnough. CAUTION LI AVE nothing to do with "get-rich-quick*' salesmen—they will try to hurry you into a decision you will regret. A sound investment is never in a hurry. Meanwhile, the Savings Department of this Bank is a safe and profitable place for your money. The Royal Bank of Canada 1424 Vancouver Branch . . A. T. Lowe, Manager 20 Offices in Vancouver—59 Branches in British Columbia This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. If you don't believe you havel Experience must be a good school many friends try leasing a large cot-[or so many people wouldn't be taking tage at a popular summer resort I post-graduate courses. i .,,„--. —.... „..~ . | (l Zi Six THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday, February 14, 1930 I .- F b (1 ■J 1 .1 S ~ 'Build B. C." ad ; Letters in March 1st We would like all letters on Pacific Milk as a food for infants in, by March 1st. We wish everyone throughout British Columbia to have plenty of time to get their letters in. The first prize, for the best letter is $25. The.second, ?10. Ten prizes in. all. , Address Pacific Milk Factories at Abbotsford and Ladner INDEPENDENT LABOR PASTY VANCOUVER BRANCH Chairman - - A. J. Turner Seeretary-Treas., R. E. Tlmmlns 536 Drake Street. Meets Second ana Fourth Fridays 135 West Hastings Membership Poo - (1 Per Tear NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH Secretary Trades & Labor Council Boom 200—531 Beatty Street Phones: Soy. 74.95-6279 VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL President _ James Thomson Vice-President w. J. Bartlett General Soc.-Trcas P. R. Bengough Statistician C. E. Herrett Warden w. Hargraavea Executive, Committee Chairman. COMMITTEES: Organization: Colin McDonald (chair.), Tailors. P. It. Bengough. Machinists. \V. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths. • Jas. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C Herrett. Hnrt'er^ C. Shaw, Taxi Drivers. Legislative: B. H. Neelands (chair.), Typographical. \V. .1. Scrlbblns, Civic IOmployees. I\ R. Bengough, Trades Council. F. A...Hoover, Street Railwaymen. C. A. Watson, Fire Fighters. \V. Hargreaves, Carpenters. J. Thomson, Pile Drivers. C. Lamb, Typographical. C. McDonald. TfHors. W. J. Bartlett, Blacksmiths. Press: Walter Deptford (chair.), Transportation Trades. H. H. Neelands, Printing Trades. P. R. Bengough, Metal Trades. T. Hanolln. Beverage Trades. B. Showier, Teaming Trades. XV. Watt, Building Trades. C. Herrett, Label Trades Dan McPherson, Sheet Metal Trades. Grievance: C. Watson (chair.), City Fire Fighters. I-.. C. Miller, .Musicians' 'Union. B. Showier; Dairy Employees. II. VV. Watts, Electrical Workers, fieo. Pettlplece, Operating Engineers. Ed. Smith, Painters. ' ■ j A Rhapsody in Ribbons It's Different Now George Doran, publisher, addressing a novelists' dinner in New York, told a story. "Novelists nowadays," he said "have their radios and motor cars. They spend their winters in Florida or California, and their bank balances mount steadily up. "It was different in the old days. Once, in the Jong ago, a brilliant novelist wrote whimsically to a friend: " 'Dear Joe,—Will you do me a favor? I am going to hold a meeting of my creditors next Sunday evening in Madison Square Garden, and I want you to address the overflow meeting outside'." Sisters Under the Skin On this trip the crack express had been far from living up to its reputation. First it would go forward 50 yards or so, then back; then stand still, puffing uncertainly, and then begin the same thing all over again. At last one of the travelers lost his patience and summoned the porter. "What the devil's thc matter with this train?" he exploded. "Backing By GWYN EVANS Marriott's wife presented him with twins, a brilliant idea for a short story, and a sense of responsibility one grey autumn day. Such lavish largesse almost overwhelmed Marriott — that amiable soul—and, though he left the nursing home joyful, he had great obsessions, • Twins! Boy and girl, and mother, all doing well—but Marriott wasn't. He had been slacking lately, and his new-born sense of responsibility was almost as obstreperous as the two red and rather ridiculous infants ho had held so awkwardly in his arms a short while before "I must," Marriott decided firmly,' "pull myself together." Marriott .wrote stories for- a living, and told' them for relaxation at the Club—a distinction with a difference, for the tales he told brought him popularity and drinks, while the tales he wrote brought him very little save editorial regrets. Not that Marriott cared—until the advent of twins. He held down a good job on the "Evening Gazette," and his short stories were a side-line. But he was not without ambition. Always near ten o'clock, when the drinks flowed free, and the Club became full of good fellows, and even the unspeakable Gilbert Snoad became faintly human, Marriott was fired'and inspired to write a masterpiece. But the inspiration waned ere morning dawned, and the theme that had been woven of such rich and roseate hues became thin and threadbare in the light of day. To Marriott, the Street of Ink was a Street of Peradventure—until the birth of his twins, his sense of responsibility and the astounding idea! He had a day off from the desk at. the Gazette, and he turned into the Club as usual shortly after five p.m. It was the first time, to his knowledge, that, he had entered that con- vival haunt as a father, and the event had to be duly celebrated with decorum and dignity becoming to his new status. They were all there—the boys! His arrival was greeted with ironical cheers and tangible beers. Marriott glowed, and the hairless heads of his lusty twins were metaphorically soaked in the Bacchic flow that followed. It was nearly seven when his newly born sense of responsibility clamored for attention. The proud father answered the call. "I must," said Marriott, and his good-humored face became suddenly grave, "I must pull myself together." He had decided views about the art of assembling his ego coherently. They consisted of external measures that he had never known to faiL The external treatment comprised a face massage from the supple and soapy fingers of one—Guiseppe Mar- oni, while the internal method consisted of the amber-hued contents of a square-faced bottle that is Scotland's atonement to thc world for her sins. Marriott glanced at the clock, took his hat, a bottle of whisky, and his departure, with solemnity and decision. He turned into a narrow thoroughfare off Fleet street, and found Guiseppe deep in speculation about the probable winner of tomorrow's two-thirty race. Marriott g smiled amiably and, glancing at the barber's idle hands, cheated Satan out of a job and' parked himself in a chair. "Guiseppe," said Marriott, "do .your stuff!" He closed his eyes and stretched his legs luxuriously. -»• It was a great old world. Twins, by heck! Seven pounds each they weighed, the little beggars! And Marjorie! She looked so absurdly young and—an—beautiful, somehow. Yes, it was time he cut out the booze a bit. shining eyes, pointing out the blue ribbon on the clothes of his son and heir and the adorable pink on the delicate lace traceries of his daughter's robe. • • * What on earth wer.e they going to call the little rascalls? Peter was a good name, and Pamela—euphonious, somehow. He luxuriated in lanoline, lather and languor, as Guiseppe's def,t fingers proceeded with their work. Yes, thought Marriott, he'd been slack lately. A dozen stories had been turned down. He hadn't concentrated enough, but this fatherhood stuff, gosh! There was an idea in it, an inspiring idea. He opened his eyes suddenly and beheld Guiseppe's oval, olive face smiling down at him benignly as he reached for a hot towel. "By heck," said Marriott half alolud, "I've got it. A fatherhood story!" - And in that moment was born the stupendous idea. Marriott, lay back in the chair and his eyes closed. It was a great world. He would celebrate the birth of his children by writing a masterpiece.' The theme of "motherhood and its responsibility had been done to death; but fatherhood? , No. one had tackled it as it should be tackled. Strindberg, perhaps, but he was a damned old cynic, anyway. But what if a father were to write down his emotions and his reactions during that anxious, all-night vigil—? Marriott chuckled through the folds of the hot towel. Hell, what an idea! And the title!" He had a swift vision of Marjorie with the kids in her arms—so absurdly, adorably young, all of them. "A Rhapsody in Ribbon!" said Marriott, and his voice was muffled. "That's thc title." "I zink zat Jellybelly or Saucy Liz are a good nap. sair," ventured Guiseppe. Marriott didn't even hear. He had the inspiration of his life. The theme of his story gripped him, left him trembling with excitement. It suffused his whole being, and for once he realized the shallowness and the artistic insincerity of the work he had been doing of late. Some of the '•evulsion of the husk-hating prodigal gripped him as Guiseppe completed his ministrations.. His eyes shone with a steadfastness of 'purpose as he quoted, subconsciously: "I will arise and go to my fatherhood It was a new, chastened, and rather humbled Marriott who left Guiseppe's shop that evening. He hugged his bottle of whisky and his great idea to his bosom and boarded bus for his Chelsea flat like a man in a trance. The faces of his fellow passengers were mere blurs, the reality, queerly enough, was the idea of his story—A RHAPSODY IN RIBBON. For the first time in his happy-go- lucky career, Marriott was genuinely inspired, and his heart glowed with a happiness that he had never felt before. He let himself into the flat. It was very dark and dull without Mar.- jorie. Gallant little kid. He glimpsed her portrait over his desk as he lit a match. There was something rather awe-inspiring about mother,* hood, however cynical one grew in the Street of Ink. . To think that Marporie, the cherry kid who danced and sang and loved the bright lights and laughter of life should have "Hell," swore Marriott as he burnt his fingers. "I'm getting maudlin. I'll show the world. A RHAPSODY IN RIBBON shall be my masterpiece." ;t»J'i He lit the gas and carefully opened his bottle of whisky. It took him some time to find a glass. He poured out a generous tot of the spirit and held aloft the tumbler toward Not that it was the portrait of his wife. HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM —You try it next time for that Party or Social Guaranteed the product of pure fresh cream For Prompt Service, Phone Seymour 2090 Hazelwood Creamery, Limited Drink and enjoy! VAN BROS.' CIDERS PURE SWEET AND SOUR APPLE CIDER "Made from B. C. Apples" Try "The Lions" Ginger Ale 1 Orange, Lemon and Lime Kist. PHONE HIGH. 90 VAN BROS.. KTD. PROMPT DELIVERY ■ ; 1055 VERNON DRIVE getting a hold on him, of course, but! "Marjorie, my very dear," he mur- with family responsibilities—! Mar-' riott again decided to pull himself to gether. Siim, soothing, persuasiye, the un- guented fingers of Guiseppe lulled him into a reverie. Twins, by gosh! Rum little blighters. They said the girl was the image of him. Marriott was damned if he could see it— the chid looked so parboiled when mured, and his voice was husky, "This is where Bobby Marriott starts to be worthy of you. God forgive me—I've never realized before to where I was drifting." He gulped down his drink, and suddenly a new angle to the theme of his story flashed into his brain. It was neat and diabolically clever, it raised the story from the rut of' the conventional intOi«6mething ap- UP and jerking forward in4hisaw£ul_ _he heldjtin'his arms in the Nursing ;proaehing-geT>iafc^^=-^ -,-~-^. *$EZ~S& 1&3LL. .V'vi-t"■ -.1 -.'^ome'i' ' •"' "•"'■'■ T *"God!" said Marriott, .arid", his . "ItV$tert9_ all right:, sir," the port- And yet*—^ J voice was hoarse. "I—I believe I'm er assured him in that soothing way that porters have; "I think the en- . .,, L£J*irJ^eachins his ^hJa^is^Mm^M^^«^ Gosh, there was a deuce of a kick ' possessed tonight. in it, ho'ding your own kids and Mar- I Inspiration semed to flowthreugh -#»^r-^ifctom-"WTrt^^ S gig- finger-tips actually thrilled with an electric tension as he sat down at his desk. The room whirled round him, and for a moment he had a queer, unreasoning fear that some supernatural power-was controlling him, urging him, desperately, to write. He helped himself to another drink and smiled at his wife's portrait. "Old girl, you're going to feel proud of me," he muttered. And, taking the cover off his typewriter, inserted a sheet ofvpaper. For a few moments he hesitated, his fingers poise^r-alWve the keyboard. Was there any truth in this spiritualist stuff about control? he wondered. Never in his life as a journalist had he felt this queer, overmastering influence. Was it his own brain that had evolved the idea of the story, or had it been taken posses sion of by another, mightier and in finitely greater than his? "God!" said Marriott, and his voice was an awed whisper. "I'm afraid, and yet—I know this is my masterpiece." He drained his glass, and his eyes were abstracted as he started to type. The words flowed from him with the bubbling spontaneity of a brook. The artist in him joyed in the freedom and the ease with which his tale was written. "Inspiration, damn it!" said Marriott, ripping off sheet after sheet from the faintly protesting roller. "I shan't sub. it A RHAPSODY IN RIBBON shall go in as it stands— red-hot from my brain." A surge of power swept over him as he typed on—far into the night. The story rose into a crescendo of strength, and at his elbow, the amber liquor ebbed in the square-faced bottle. N. But Marriott saw nothing save the beginning of his rehabilitation.. He had written his masterpiece. He joyed in the sonorous sound of words, in the deftly turned phrase, and the ingenious epigram with which the story ended. A clock struck four as Marriott struck the two triumphant words— TH END. He grinned exultantly. "The End and The Beginning!" he murmured, and suddenly, reaction came. He felt limp and shaken, but overwhellmingly happy. Carefully he gathered up the sheets and reached for a foolscap envelope. "That'll show Watson," he muttered. "By heck, he told me I lacked spontaneity, and—and didn't get life into my stories. Life!" He laughed and glanced across at the portrait of the dark-eyed Marjorie. Shakily he reached for his fountain pen and addressed the envelope to Watsoni the dour and discerning editor of the "Unique Magazine." Marriott had -written his masterpiece, he had found his manhood. He found, also, that there was still a spot left in the bottle, and it was with head held high and the comforting glow of work well done that he toasted the health of his twins. » » * A week passed by, and Marriott, conscious of his triumph, dropped in on Adam Watson when that shrewd but understanding man was temporarily disengaged. "Well, laddie*1? Watson's eyes twinkled benignly through his spectacles. "Congratulations! I'm verra, Yerra,,pis*siBd." . .-.., " ii .n"'"i", i Marriott flushed. His masterpiece had gripped even the hard-headed editor of Britain's most exclusive magazine. "I knew you'd like it, Watson," he said. I—I sent.it you just as it was written—straight from my brain. < —I was inspired that night." Watson's smile faded. "What are ye talking aboot, laddie? I was referring to the wee bairns," he explained in a puzzled tone. "But—but my story. The finest story that I've ever written. 'A Rhapsody in Ribbon.' I—I sent it to you a week ago," said Marriott, his frace grey. "Oh," Watson exclaimed, and his eyebrows lifted. "I wondered what on earth the joke was." "Joke!" gasped Marriott "What joke?" « * * Watson dipped into the basket on his desk and fished out an envelope addressed in Marriott's sprawling handwriting. From it he drew out twenty sheets, of paper—as blank as the expression on Marriott's face. "What—what the devil!" stuttered Marriott. "But—but I wrote a masterpiece!" Watson gave a dry chuckle. "Laddie, twins are a sore affliction, maybe. But did ye no think to see that there was a ribbon in the machine when ye typed?" Marriott swayed and gripped the back of a chair. "I have heard it called inspiration before, among other things," Watson added, and his blue eyes twinkled as he thought of Scotland's atonement. The End. A Boy's Heart By GRACE NELL CROWELL Thc jade of water-^a turquoise sky And wind with a sapphire gleam— TThe thin green leaves of a willow tree Bending over a stream—- A barefoot boy—and a bamboo pole, And I, a woman grown, Am watching him—and I know—I know AH that a boy has known. I, who have n.eVer been a boy, Can fathom arid understand The lure of a bright creek bank for one \ With a fish-pole fn his hand. „ The lure of the silver Wind—-the sun— \ Of water bound for the sea- This quick, tumultuous thing in^is breast Can never be hid from me; For I, born a woman, have always known The secret hurt, the joy, The flame and the fire that shades and lights The heart of a clean young boy! I love him—the boy—and the boy grown up— For this is a woman's part— To give to the manhood of the earth Her understanding heart. . It Didn't Work "I ; have | seen better days, sir," whined a beggar, as "he approached a prosperous looking man. "Well," replied the gentleman- who - didn't-fall - for-the oldgaff, '.'I don 'U&^M^myKtmt'Jhimmi&tfmp-*^ myself,"*!and continued on his way. _^___ ^^MMMH ■•&' iday, February 14, 1930 THE LABOR STATESMAN Seven Won - Made Shoes :0RNETT BROS & CLARK 33 EAST HASTINGS STREET Florshelm, Strlders, C. B. & C. Men's and Youth's. HUDSON'S BAY CO. •adies': Hohanaen, Bancroft-Walker, Colella-Lelghton. Men's and Youth'a: Tetrault's. MODEL BOOT SHOP 1186 GRANVILLE Tetrault's. Men's, Women's and Youths' Union Label shoes. WM. TRICK, 146 Cordova WEST. — Tetra'jlfs Men's and Youths; also Stridor and Slater's Union I .ah., i shoes. Fellow Unionists, demand the Union bel, Shop Card and Working Button, d patronise fair employers and em >y UNION LABOR Classified Ads. BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS raUti w. Lefeanx, 402 Metropolitan Banding-. Phono Soy. 6687. BATHS Hastings steam Bathe Price 35C Only 786 Hastings Street Beat. DENTISTS '. W. A. RuUodge, 108 Hastings Walt. NOTARY PUBLIC R. Bongongh Labor Headquarters. PRINTERS .Dor Statesman, Labor Headquarters. ( RUPTURE SPECIALIST B. Heard 813 Robson. Get The Habit i - Patronize Our Advertisers Patronize Our Advertisers Patronize Our Advertisers R. G. HIRST ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Eleetrloal Fixtures Hardware Mechanics' Toole Paints, Oils, Lamps Radio Supplies Pipe Plttizura Tools Glen 370 4097 Hastings St. B. We Do Not Patronize" i ' COMMERCIAL TAXI ' VANCOUVER BOYS' AND GIRLS' BAND. STEEVES DAIRY. CRYSTAL DAIRY. AVENUE THEATRE. CHANTICLEER CAFE. METROPOLITAN LUNCH. TROCADERO CAFE. NATIONAL LUNCH. ALL WHITE LUNCHES. WALDORF CAFE. COLLARD, the Clothier, 603 Hastins W. CLARKE A STUART. MURPHY & CHAPMAN. ROSE, COWAN & LATTA. GEHRKE, LTD. ^-ROEDDE, a A,, LTD. ••:■---• - ■ J. W. BOYD, LTD. Authorized by the Vancouver. Hew Westminster ' and District Trades and ' ,abor . Council, for the . Information of Local Color "It's a weary world we^se livingjn the noo," as our old friend,' Sandy McPherson, has a great hahit of saying, but after all you know Mac's a great old scout; one of the best; though, even with Mac, there are times when we "hae our doots," as you might say. The other afternoon he dropped in on us looking rather the worse for wear and begged us to "gie him just a wee drappie." Of course, we were very horrified at such a suggestion, and tried to point out how absurd it was to think that we kept such a thing about thc place, and coming in business hours, too; well, really, it was too bad of him, etc., until finally Mac got quite offended, and said, "You think because I'm Scotch." "No no Mac, it's not that; we've nothing against the Scotch, have we Archibald?" Unfortunately, Archibald, our tame poet (who was poking about in the cupboard trying to find some envelopes) must have mistaken our meaning. "Yes," he replied, "there are some glasses and three bottles of beer against it." That finished it, or just about, anyhow, as there wasn't much left when we finally got Mac in a taxi whose driver insisted on being paid in advance. Then we turned to say a few things we had on our mind to Archibald, but, strange to say, he, too, had disappeared, and hasn't been since. —P. A. B. Local Color Now I'll tell you a tale of an artist I knew, Who had always a source of complaint; For these were his words, and they're perfectly true, "No original thing can I paint, For there's nought to be found, when I start to look 'round At the scenes of the sea or the shore, And I fail to enthuse when I gaze at those views That someone has painted before." So I said, "Why not paint, then, a laboring man, If you want to get down to a job; Go start on a picture as soon as you can Of one of thc working mob. It may seem a bit strange, but will come as a change From the pictures you've painted r before Of the forest and glade, of the sunshine and shade, Or the rocks where the ocean does roar." So early one morning he got on the job At a time when these men they are seen; Stopped a recent arrival—his name it was Bob— Who said, "Guv'nor, I'm awfully green, I don't know wot to fink, ere I am in the pink, And I'm willing to work or to fight, But wotever I do, if I'm working for -— you, You'll find that right through I am white." When1' my friend had explained, the man went on his way, , But promised that he would come back; But again, when they met, the first thing he "did say: "Do yer know why I'm looking so black? Well, I'm looking so black, 'cos I cannot get back." "Dear me, that is strange, don't you think? The notion is quaint, and will force me to paint Your portrait in India ink." "In this Hell of a country I' don't want to stay; ... I've been looking for work for a week, But all I can get is a dollar a day. Which gives me a big yellow streak; For there's nothing to do, that's what makes me so blue, Tho' I've searched high and low 'round the town; For the pictures they drew of this country ain't true, And I reckon that I've been done browil." Then the artist his palette and brushes threw down,; In a petulant manner, he said: "You have been pink and white, black, blue, green and brpwn, And it seems that you're now turn- .-..-. ing Red, So my cause for complaint is, you're hopeless to; paint, And my reason is clearly defined. With such changes of hues, I am forced to refuse " .■ For fear, I might go color-blinjj,!" B.C. ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY WILL BE DOUBLED IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS Outstanding Programme Of Expansion FAST as Vancouver and the lower mainland are advancing, B.C. Electric power facilities are advancing still faster. t ((Ten years ago, B.C. Electric hydroelectric plants had a capacity of only 57,500 horse power. Since then the Stave Falls plant has been added and enlarged, the Alouette plant added, and now the Ruskin plant with its ultimate 188,000 horse power is under construction. The great Bridge River de velopment with its possible 600,000 horse power will deliver its first power to Vancouver in 1932. (jfFrom the first stages alone of the Ruskin and Bridge River, we shall obtain approximately 600,000,000 kilowatt hours a year or practically double the present hydro-electric plant capacity. CfThe B.C. Electric stands ready always with practically unlimited power resources to take care of any industrial serves B.C. load which may offer itself. B.C. ELECTRIC H^'ttlt.. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED Unemployment Increased in January, Says U. S. Report The following statement concerning unemployment during the first two weeks in January, 1930, was issued recently by William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor. Unemployment increased in January, according to reports from trade unions to the American Federation of Labor. The figures show 19 per cent, of union members unemployed in the first two weeks of January, a substantial increase over December when 16 per. cent, were out of work. The figure for January is the highest percentage of unemployment since the Federation began collecting statistics in 1927. - In January, 1928, when unemployment reached serious proportions and caused public concern in many cities, the Federation figures showed 18 per cent, of the membership out of work, as compared to 19 per cent, this year. This report covers 640,000 members in 24 cities. A large variety of trades are included: Building trades; transportation, including street car employees, railway shop crafts, trucks, delivery and taxicab drivers, sailors and shipping trades, service trades, including hotel and restaurant workers and barbers; professions, including musicians; government employees; manufacturing industries, including printing, metal trades, clothing and food industries and a number of others. The Federation report thus covers a different group of wage earners from the report of .the,. Bureau-, of Labor Statistics except for- overlapping in a small group of manufacturing. It.indicates that there is a mrf-e"field whjre employment conditions are riot yet improving t,nd where there may be acute suffering unless industrial recovery comes soon The highest percentage of unemployed is in the building trades, where 38 per cent, were unemployed. This is a higher figure than in January, 1928, when 36 per cent, were unemployed, and substantially higher than January, 1929, when 30 p»r cent, were out of work. It also shows an increase since December when 32 per cent, were unemployed. In metal trades 14 per cent, were out of work, compared to 8 per cent, in aJnuary, 1929, and 11 per cent, in December; in printing the percentages are: January, 1930, 5 per cent.; January, 1929, 4 per cent.; December, 1929, 4 per cent.; in all other trades, January, 1930, 11 per cent.. December, 1929, 10 per cent. Unemployment is especially high also among musicions, who have been throWn out of work by the increasing use of radio and vitaphone. In sea and lake port towns, large numbers of sailors and.longshoremen are out of work; and the total unemployment is increased by seasonal industries which, in some cases, are in worse condition than usual this year; clothing workers, bakery workers, hotel and restaurant employees, railway repair workers and others. Truck drivers and deliverymen also report a large percentage out of work in most cities. The workers' organisations are giving'all possible relief to members out of work. Many pay unemployment benefitsi_ri.early all have some means of helping members find work —either an employment bureau or an officer who makes it his special business t'o*-keep"in touch with vac- those in distress. Union agreements often provide for equal division of work among wage-earners in an individual shop so that none are laid off. The higher union wage scale also makes it possible in many cases to lay aside savings against an emergency such as this. By helping members to tide over this difficult time of unemployment, unions keep many thousands from becoming a public charge. Appeals for charity from union families are rare. Stores and retail dealers also feel the effect of sustained buying power when unions keep members from running up debts in times of unemployment. The union is a real force for recovery. CONVICT CONTRACT IS CANCELLED BY U. S. WASHINGTON.—the Department of Justice cancelled its contract whereby colored convicts from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary were placed on county road work in that state. The department justified its action on the ground that the penitentiary is overcrowded. Protests were made from every part of the country,- and the department then discovered that the convicts can be transferred to the Leavenworth military barracks. The contract was a defiance of Section 708 of the Federal Code, which makes it illegal for a federal official or agent to contract out the labor of fedora] prisoners. Penalties as high as three years in jail and a $1000 fine are provided for violation of this act. ■ . CITY WINS LOW FARE GARFIELD, N. J—City officials will huy street car tokens in bulk and sell thesnfor 5 ce'nts each to defeat'"- the street car company's order that 10 tokens may be purchased for 50v^. cents or-a cash fare of 10 cents #«>sV«.- a single. Side mu,st: be, pafd. ...iiHi.^li, jfy,-.,';,„,;,;(;,i„;;;i fcifc^SS, - Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN Friday,' February 14, If Dentistry IV T> T\ LLEWELLYN Ground Floor—City Hall Sey. 1460 12 Hailing. East BBOTSFORD Ponr phones—a huge nest of trucks—the , vary best of a vary kind, of wood and coal. These are a lew reasons why we can %£ZL w» » *•"•* «n« ouloker fn.l service. Selected wood of overy kind—inside Or, flr edgings and slab*— mill-run '"J virdUnf—avary load clean, eonna and dry. Ton will And a coal here that will meat your requirements exactly. Nanaimo- Wellington The •'Old Itrllable" (Drumheller) Strongly- recommended! Bosedeer (Drumheller) . No smoke—> no soot! Lethbrldge Imperial Preferred by many! Abbotsford Wood and Coal Co., Ltd. Extra Thone: High. 910 Labor Government Puts Millionaire Crooks in Jail London.—The speed with which the Labor government prosecuted the "Hatry gang" of millionaire crooks, and sent Clarence Hatry, the leader, to jail for 14 years, has created a world of favorable comment here. Barely four months elapsed between the time of Hatry's arrest and the pronouncement of his sentence. Contrast that with the years of litigation, civil and criminal, which marked the attempt of the United States to punish the men who tried to steal the naval oil reserves. Sir William A. Jowitt, the Labor government's attorney-general, took personal charge of the case and stayed with it to its conclusion. Hatry arid three associates swindled the British people out of millions of dollars through the sale of fake stocks: If their plan had succeeded they would have been the steel kings of England^ As it is they will spend a long term of years at hard labor in prison. Hatry's confederates received five and seven-year sentences. The amount of money involved in Hatry's scheme is staggering. One deal alone has liabilities of $95,000,- 000 with assets of only $20,000,000. According to a witness for Lloyds bank, the Hatry companies had a turnover in that institution alone of $500,000,000 a year. Hatry and his group were in control of 12 companies with a capital of more than $100,000,000. They planned a merger of all British steel industries, and when they thought there was a danger of their plans falling through, due to lack of funds, they issued millions of dollars worth of fake stock and Sold it or used it as collateral for loans. In summarizing the evidence, Attorney-General Jowett said it was "difficult to see how any four men could have made the restoration of Britain's prosperity more difficult than these four on trial." The judge who sentenced them denounced the frauds as "appalling and far more serious than any committed upon the public within the last 50 years." CIGARS | "Union made by Union men" "Panetella" and "Invincible,' 10c "Perfexto," 2 for 25c PHONE: FAIR. 913-914 MERRITT'S TRANSFER Moving, Packing, Storage H6 E. and A vs., Vanconver, B. C. Union Bakeries Successful Gathering On Unemployment The first of a series of Free Forum meetings took place Sunday: la'st in the First Unitarian Church, Tenth and Granville. Professor Charles Hill-Tout presided over a packed audience, many coming late having to stand. Alderman A. Mclnnes gave a brief outline of what he considered to be the best method of dealing with this vital matter. Mr. Paul Kerr, who has had a wide experience, made several suggestions of a more or less practical local character. Mr. J. Sidaway stressed the need for Dominion or Provincial action on this matter, and pointed out that we were bound to have unemployment under the present economic system. Mr. M. H. H. Waddington, who has had a very lengthy executive experience in administering the unemployment benefit in the Old Country, suggested a municipal scheme based on the pinciples of the Unemployment Insurance Act of Great Britain. In the absence of Dominion or Provincial legislation, his suggestion was that of a municipal unemployment committee, to be a distinct authority from the present Dole Department, now being administered in the city. He drew attention to the attitude of the Minister of Labor refusing to deal with the unemployment question, and stressed the necessity for immediate action in Vancouver. The discussion that followed gave every evidence of requiring a lead on this matter. The absence from such an important rneeting of those who are handling 'the local relief was noted. j/ v—- The general note of opinion was that J,ess personal advertising and more' genuine activity was required on behalf of the unemployed. The next meeting will take place on Sunday, February 16, at 3 p.m., when it is expected a large crowd will be present to hear the next set of speakers on this all-important subject. The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122. 439 7tlj At*. E. SiiiiimiiiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiu i Hastings Bakery | = HIGH. 4837 E = Choicest Bread, Cakes and = E Pastries. Soar Rye Bread = = 764 Hastings Street East | ^iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Delicious Bakery Union-mad* Bread and Pastry. Ask for it at your local store or PHONE HIGHLAND 705 and have our salesman deliver it T children and grown- owlng children and gr folk need food rich In an eon- Oro np mineral sslts—these ~ -talBoeVtn • MUTTER'S WHOLE WHEAT BREAD MUTTER'S BAKERY . Wain at »tath . Union ahojfl Chicago Judge Will Not Stop Picketing Chicago.—Twelve millinery manufacturers, who last November locked out their union employees because they refused to sign "yellow dog" contracts, haveNbeen refused an injunction to prevent workers picketing their places. • \^ Judge C. E. Lindsay said the allegations against the union workers were insufficient and that the police would be able to prevent violence. He said he would allow attorneys for the employers to file an amended bill, providing they made the charges against the locked out workers specific. President Green To Tour South Again A second speaking tour of the South by President William Green of the A. F. of L. has been decided upon,, but dates have not yet been definitely made. "I will' go through the Carolinas, Georgia and other portions not visited on my first trip," President Green sair, "and will probably start the laBt of February or the,-beginning. oi.-March." _ :-/t£is_ -.'■■- . Organizing committees are 'now functioning in all the city central bodies and state federations of the South;trmf more than 50 organizers Chain Stores Pay Starvation Wages Chain stores, while enjoying a phenomenal growth and prosperity, "pay many of their girl employees wages insufficient to procure the necessities of life." This indictment is made in an official publication of the Federal Women's Bureau, setting forth the results of an investigation of the working conditions of over 6,000 girls employed in 179 "limited-price stores in 18 states. "Only 7 per cent, of these girls earned as much as $18, while 70 per cent, earned less than $15, and one out of four less than $10 a week," the bulletin says. s Maryland's Poor Showing S The median, or middle point, of these wage scales was found to be $12 a week for the entire country, with six states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee, showing only $9, and Maryland at the foot of the list with $8.80. Of the big cities, Chicago led with $18, while Milwaukee and New York paid $14; Indianapolis, $13, and Boston, $12. "That the different 5-and-10 chains are not all plated and engraved with the same wage standards is another fact brought out by the acid test of the analyses made in the study," the Woman's Bureau says. Wages Not Uniform "Of the five chains surveyed, wage rates in one tended to be consistently lower and those in another higher than was the case with the remaining three chains." The report declares that the low- wage figures are "out of harmony" with the stores' claims concerning the enormous "savings" made possible by the special advantages they enjoy. "The phenomenal increase in sales —one chain reporting a 350 per cent increase from 1912 to 1927—is not paralleled by any striking advance in wages in the past few years," the report concludes. THINGS FOR MEN! Dependable Goods — Satisfactory Service — Satisfied Customers LATHER BRUSHES—Rubbers*t brand :. B5c, 49c, 98o to (5.00 KIM! Cl'TTICR'RAZORS—Guaranteed , »3.98, $3.50, 94.00,95.00 RAZOR HONES—Large selection 49c, 75c, 91.00, 91.50 RAZOR STltol-'S—Genuine horsfhide 91.50, $3.00 'b, 96.50 BILLFOLDS—Real leather...., .-. , 98c, 91.75, 93.50 to 95.00 POCKET KNIVES—A large range 59c, 84c, 91.00 to 93.50 HARRIS' HAIR TONIC—Bem dandruff remedy:. $l.do and 91.50 ■ *■■-"- "Probac" Blades For Gillette type razors; good! 5 for 50c 10 for $1.00 "Faatrop" Stropper For all blades Including Wade and Butcher curved. $1.50 B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited, PHONE SEYMOtTB 4401 64 HASTINGS BTEEET WEST VANCOUVES, B. O. MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION see Vancouver Drug Company (1928) Limited -7*- We (all Original Cut-rate Druggists are the original Cut-rato Druggists of Western Canada. We fought, fo prices, and, at enormous expense and inconvenience, established our rlgh to charge our own priceTfor an article. . . AND 1.00 .50 '1.16 .50 .60 .50 PBIDAY AND SATUBDAY SPECIALS Krysol (Antiseptic). 16-oz.. »£ Ex-Lax Figs ./. .33 Ilr. Reld's Vanishing Cream, .39 Minty's Shaving Creanv (with Menthol) . y.<V...: 18 Renaud's Talcum /. 38 Poker Chips ...,-•.'. 78 Reld's Cherry Cough Balsam, .38 Vantlne's Sandalwood _. Incense X-. .43 Reld's Royal Embrocation 37 .35'Powder Puffs •!* .25 Infants' Rectal Syringe .1' .35 Baby's Rubber Pants .3 .75 Vacuum Bottles J' .60 Nail Scrubs -31 .36 Big Chief Toilet Rolls (8 lii package) .'••• A .30 and .60 Liquid Veneer. .31 and .41 .15 Dytlnt (All Shades) 0/ .50 Hr. Reld's Syrup of Figs JU .25 French Cleaner H .15 Carnation Bath Soap ... 3 for .1! Vancouver's Own Drug Stores—Fifteen In the city, at your service, stone Wi Save Ton atone} Four Giant Generators For Soviet Russia New York.—Four of the largest hydro-electric generators in the world are now being built at the Schenectady works of the General Electric Company for the Soviet government of Russia. They will be installed at the Dneiper river power development in the Ukraine. The generators are so large that they must be shipped in sections. Each, when assembled, will be a little more than 40 feet in height, will have a maximum diameter of 42 feet, and will weigh 880 tons. A special cnine is being installed at the dam to handle them. Each generator will develop well over 100.000 ..horsepower, which the late Charles P.XSteinmetz calculated to be equal to the labor of 6,000,000 Russian peasants. N. VANCOUVER ii 99 MASTER SIX SHOES FOR MEN Spring styles—with black kid, or brown and black calf uppers—shoes of comfort and service, and surprisingly good value. Pair, $6.00 DANCE at thc ALEXANDRA BALLROOM BOBSON AT HORNBY TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS PHONE: BEYMOrra 37(3 - / Assuming a Burden '■,Young Man: "How much dp I pay for a marriage license." Clerk: "Five dollars down and your entire salary each week for the rest of your life." Little Waldo was:much impressed by his first trip through the garden.- Coming to the morning glories, he shouted*-* : V ■ ~sj--~«r "OH. mother, come see the vine WOW OPEN POB BUSINESS "Only Union P. ft O. in B.C.' Ye Olde English Fish & Chips You are Invited to Inspect all our beautiful sanitary equipment—It will be an eye-opener. t Boom Want of "Pantagss" 44 HASTINGS WEST $50 Old Age Pension , Urged in New York ALBANY, N. Y.—An old age .pension system, which may provide for payments running as much as $50 a month, will be recommended to the state legislature by the Old Age Security Commission, it was announced here last week. * Most of the old age pension plans now in effect throughout the country pay less than $1 a day, and adoption of the commission's recommendation will place New York state far to the front as far as this humane legislation is concerned. According to the commission's figures there are 40,000 aged persons in this state mow in^ dire want who will he^sHgible for pensions. The cost will be/, about $15,000,000 a year. Easy-.Way to Create Fund '^P^^Wwnjtssion. plans a sliding scale of pensions, but has not made public1 the* dm^ent'STTrWrnT^AWirer limit of 70 has been agreed upon, was said. In order to pay the cost of tl pensions, the commission has in mir a plan to double the stock transfi tax of 2 cents a share—in oth< words, the Wall Street speculate! would foot the bill.' The "economy bugs" are alread busy framing up a fight to defei any pension bill. They claim tl size of the present budget and tl possibility of falling revenues du: ing the next fiscal year should mak the legislators vote "no" on the plai WANT FIVE-DAY WEEK . i San Francisco, Cal.—Organize garment workers in Pacific Coa.' States ask employers, to grant th five-day week.. Conferences' are be ing held by representatives of th International Ladies' Garment Work ers* tfMBinflnlHntiiBfabtuTers. •-PATRONIZE OUR^ABVERTlSER?Ei"
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