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Of ^OWNED AND a_NT_.-_.JFn r_ BY TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 VANCOUVER, CANADA, CHRISTMAS, 1934 PRICE:5 CENTS December 1934 ®lji> fetBOtt'fi ifaaagi? FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VANCOUVER, NEW WESTMINSTER AND DISTRICT TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SHE molt pleating feature associated with the Chriitmat season is the exchange, between friends, of kindly greetings of goodwill and cheer. Throughout the length and breadth of Christendom, this happy custom prevails, and, in common with others, it is our sincere desire to take this opportunity of extending to all our friends and associates the season's most cordial greetings and good wishes. It is timely on this festive occasion to remember that the same lowly Naiarene, who inspired that greatest of all commands, "Peace on earth, goodwill toward men," was also responsible for the equally inspiring injunction that reads: "Be ye not weary in well-doing." The thought of these words comes upper- most in our minds in inditing this message. The Labor movement is a humanitarian movement. It seeks to protect the weak and to help the needy. It is a movement of men and women banded together, not for personal and individual gain, but rather for the attainment of justice for all mankind. May our message, therefore, inspire you with greater faith, hope and courage, conscious in the righteousness of our mutual endeavors and convinced of the ultimate achievement, and may your efforts during the coming year be filled with the desire for greater accomplishment in the task of uplifting humanity. COLIN McDONALD, P. R. BENGOUGH, President. Secretary-Treasurer. EDWARD JAMIESON, A,«,_.-_« Vice-President. ALEX. ROSS, BIRT SHOWLER, Executive. c. ^GERALD, JAS. THOMSON, Executive. Executive. CHAS. WATSON, H. W. WATTS, Executive. Managing Editor. FROM THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE TRADES AND LABOR CONGRESS OF CANADA SHE year 1934 draws to a close, as it opened, with unemployment prevalent and still approximately one-tenth of the population dependent upon public relief for their existence. This situation is a challenge to all right-thinking people but one which appears to be very reluctantly accepted by many placed in positions which enable them to take effective action. The year has not, however, been one without some ray of light penetrating through the gloom. Through organized effort the wave of wage reductions has been definitely checked and, in many cases, as, for example, employees of the railroads, municipal authorities, federal and provincial governments have secured partial restoration of cuts previously put into effect. This upward revision of wages and salaries has been immediately reflected in industrial and commercial activity, creating some additional employment, which however, because of the natural growth of population, has so far failed to make any appreciable dent in the number of those unemployed. Some progress has alto been made, mostly through negotiation and agreement, toward Ihe establishment of the five-day week though, again, it is apparent much more rapid and radical changes in hours of labor will have to be made if the volume of unemployment is to be effectively coped with. Financial authorities report that, as an immediate result of these increased trade activities, 1934 dividend peyments will be almost 40 per cent higher than in 1933. This should, at least, disprove the oft-repeated assertion that wage standards cannot be maintained if less hours ere worked without offsetting the benefits through increased selling costs of products. Money in the wege envelope meant more purchesing power for the masses and adds impetus to trade revival. Eiposures before the Parliamentary Committee and Royal Commission on Price Spreads, etc., of the low wage conditions and exploitation of workers in many quarters shows clearly the need for action to correet such injustices. Workers ere recognising in ever.increating numbers that through trade union organisation they can more effectively play an ective part in the reconstruction of our national life. Com- paratively meagre though the accomplishments of 1934 have been, trade unionists look forward with confidence to the opportunities ahead to build on gains already made and pursue their objectives until unemployment with itt retultent misery and destitution is abolished from our midst. It is in this spirit of faith in tha future that wa once egein eitend to your readert the Seaton't Greetings and our most sincere wish for a brighter New Year, By TOM MOORE, President, Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. ti-WhM*l» || made in the sleeping accommodation ( ,\oy __• THE LABOR STATESMAN Christmas E__ WISHING THE TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL A Very Merry Christmas! RfiYAL(_|Tv The Complete Royal City family of Canned Fruits and Vejeteblei offers the housekeeper a delightful variety of meals throughout the year. f-,,-1 Cay i.-.idW. s,.„,m» <.(«»/..., Sflln.l ■i it rnm.i Irani ihr ran . . . il Lfrrrjrom -,ilni-l/,,r. SEE THE ROYAL CITY UNE AT ALL STORES Mrs. Jutson Jumped for Joy! "I've been jumping for joy, all morning," Mrs. Jutson told a neighbor. "We've had our telephone put in again. "What a pleasure it is to be able to call our friends and to have them call us! "And what a relief to know that I can telephone to the store instead of making the trip myself when the weather is bad! "Then, too, the telephone is important from a protection standpoint. In case of fire or sudden illness, a telephone call may be the means of saving life or property." B. C. TELEPHONE CO. DELIVEBY Wishing All Our Friends a Very Merry Christmas! MX UNION MAN! When you COD- Blder the soap and fin*, needed for the fanillv .v,.sh. you will find our 13 lbs. for SOe eerrlo*, returned <i!iii..i, ready to hunn. up. la-rti yon money. Your wit. will appro Clnte It. TOST CALL TAim. 616. 130 TII-TH ATIWI WIIT THE YAMATO SILKS 460 GRANVILLE STREET VANCOUVER, B. C. I RADIO SERVICE—REPAIRS TO ALL RADIOS PHONE: SEY. 1042 STRAND RADIO ELECTRIC CO. See. Ley 706 SEYMOUR STREET W. R. Hervey Big English Firm Retains Five-day Week A decision to continue permanently the five-day working week for the 5000 employees at their Notting- ham factory was recently announced by Messrs. Boots Pure Drug Company of England. During live summer months, this company experimented with the five- day week scheme. Careful statistics were kept, and later reviewed by Sir Richard Red- mayne, who was nominated by the Minister for Labor as an independent investigator, and his report was considered by the board of the company. "One of the most pressing human problems raised by the mechanization of modern industry is the need of giving back to thc worker in his leisure the individuality which the machine takes away from him," said Lord Trent, chairman of Boots' Pure Drug Company, at Sheffield, England, recently. "It is the troditional policy of the firm that the employees should participate in the benefits thnt result from the increasing prosperity of the business." "A fair reward for labor is not a minimum weekly wage and a dog's life," Lord Trent declared, "but an agreed wage, plus the best possible chance in life that good health, educational opportunities and congenial employment can give. Railway Clerks Form C. N. R. Federation Recently a very successful convention of representatives of all lodges t'stnblished hy the International Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerk.s. Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees was held in Winnipeg. Those attending were mostly former members of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, this being the first convention of this class of employees on the C. N. R. System under the auspices of the International Brotherhood. The establishment of a system board under the international union, similar to, and in close alliance with, that now operating on the C. P. R. and all Class 1 railways in the United States will give the C. N. R. employees of those classes a greater degree of protection and service than they hitherto enjoyed. Relief Methods Tend To Degrade Families Because the buck is passed from one governing body to another thousands of our youth arc being demoralized and many worthy families are being utterly degraded. For a long time, under the present relief system, just as soon as boys have come of age, relief allowances are stopped—if their parents are on relief—and if their parents arc unable to support them they are supposed to go to a relief camp, according to thc rulings of the civic relief office. Thc Provincial Government has informed thc Trades Council that no single man living at home shall be compelled to go to these camps, but the municipal authorities are not inclined to give allowances for these boys. Because of this kind of juggling these boys must apparently become parasites on their parents if the parents will not permit their boys to go to camp. The Trades Council intends to insist that if the City will not care for these boys, then thc Provincial Government should supply 'hem with an allowance and charge it up to the City. There is another sore point on this subject and that is the ruling that parents cannot claim relief if a boy or girl is working. These children are supposed to keep their parents, and because this becomes a hardship on the children, many parents prefer to keep them in idleness rather than become family burden bearers. This naturally causes a demoralization to family life and is emphatically condemned. One and have Old New York Court Upholds Closed Shop New York.—The Doll and Toy Workers' Union has won a clean-cut victory in its suit against Ralph A. Freundlich, Inc. Justice William H. Black, of thc Supreme Court, has rendered a decision fully upholding the legality of a "closed shop" agreement entered into under Section 7-A of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Rendering the decision December 1, Justice Black gave the union and the manufacturing concern a week in which to settle their differences, under threat that if this is not done the court will see to it that the pro- visions of Section 7-A are strictly observed. URGE 48-HOUR WEEK FOR HOSPITALS Albany, N. Y.—The Stat* Civil Service Employees' Association has recommended to Governor Lehman the adoption of the 48-hour maximum work week in state institutions, including hospitals. "Upwards of 8000 people would be given the opportunity to properly enjoy the leisure of the 8-hour day" and employment would be provided for .1000 more people, according to a statement by the Association's legislative committee. BOWL AT lT.r-IAPl_.AN1'. "•• IITfl.UI IT. TRUCK DRIVERS PROGRESS Providence, R. I.—Truck drivers, organized here less than a year ago by R. A. McGarry, A. F. of L. organ, izcr, have secured an agreement with employers, affecting over 200 men. The agreement provides for a minimum of $30 a week for drivers and $25 a week for helpers, with • maximum 40-hour week. Wages were formerly as low as $16 a week, with no limit on working hours. This Christmas! thousand nine hundred thirty-four times Thc sweet bells of Yuletide rang out their chimes, Bringing this message from Bethlehem, Peace on earth, good will towards men. Peace on Earth! Thc dream of the ages, Sung of by angels, dreamed of by sages. Yearned for by Mothers, that their sons may not be Dragged in the maw of war's brutality. Peace on Earth—How can it come true While peace and contentment are but for the few. And the many must battle, struggle and strive In a light for thc crumbs that keep them alive. It's not as though Nature intended it so, Or sent forth her families that supplies should be low. No, she pours forth her riches, enough and to spare. The fault is not Nature's if all do not share. Goodwill! Still a mockery after bun dreds of years, Held in abeyance by man's latent fears To adventure the first little step on the way That points mankind to a happier day. Afraid to trust ourselves too far, Afraid to look towards the star Of plenty, lest finding it within easy reach It may dull sloth and self-indulgence teach. When the bells of this Christmas come clear to our ears, May their sweet message help banish such fears, And bring to fulfillment that happy day when Peace shall be on Earth, and Goodwill among men. LABOR MAN GETS BIG OHIO JOB Dayton, Ohio.—Ora B. Chapman, president of the Ohio State Federation of Labor, has been appointed as Director of Industrial Relations for the State of Ohio, by Governor- elect Martin L. Davey. Chapman, who rose from tbe ranks as a local painter, is regarded as well qualified for the important job. pay' moftf DrRDtM Ground Floor—City H Sey. 1460 12 HatH«.| FOR GOOD RO AT BEASOHaJLl I HAZELWOOD HO 344 Hottlnje Strut I SAVOY 260 Hasting! Str.lt I Re-rcshmenl Pnrloi MAIN HOTEL 1 Georgia and Mile t Largenl unci Dealt 1W fefWf-ffi JLotus Hotel Barber S (Modern anil Sanlt»t.-»t«l vice to All—»•"""■ Labor tempi'. LLOYD ("JO»") »' Capilaao Canyon Parkin! (By A.E.J.) After leaving the dM* Vancouver 11 hiker can I Cupilano Canyon within u a half. It Hikes 20 nun- North Vancouver ferry IM utes to the end of «" street-car line. rrom ti« park is an easy upgrade*:' miles. The Capilano M gravel path skirting Ita li«L the hiker stints on till « practically on u park path*j way. The paths through Ml* offer the nature-lover mui* path to the Capilano W him still more in the way climate. Countless days couver is wrapped in »» fog, the sun is shining Capilano pink. Above! this park offers the hfterj a change in climate. " ™ here and there in the »' of frost-covered leave is ■ at the estimated M&Sk the park is so situated "SI the rigorous climate ot "J levels nor the daf »**«1 is encountered. It ".Tas the beauty spots o ». Vancouver anil its CP age is enjoyed by OBJ g dents widely scatteWl■ the district. The Vancoi of Trade has set thtajWl the enjoyment of \»n °5__ and their many eastern^ Board of Trade is com"'" far-sighted action in w;. park for the benefit of •"» HOUSING PROJECT m IN BROOKIW Brooklyn, N. Y.-A W| slum-clearing "0U81"f.hPiiiil been started here, wM*J| ated, will involve an «P n. $12,000,000 and pr0«« ' man-hours of employ"*?1 Paterson, I'll w j._Loc»l of the reae-Btioii otjm Dyers and KiniBhers 01 which had conducted » for some time, votet proffered agreement!inoa work. The worker' " # cents an hour and J0" £ week. About 20,000 d>« Jj ers were al*fecteOyJM Lower freight rates tjgjl to the sscceMof any*'.. United States for lo»f! dian wheat, said J. »• ^,, his return from Wain'M1 I Edition, 1934 THE LABOR STATESMAN actical P THE )AY Iasement i! your gift a practical one I pari He'll appreciate itl JlNE BAY'S Bargain Basement I'll find good quality at pricei jl el make your Christmas A rlretch farther. English Striped, Patterned Beacon Cloth roadcloth Shirts . or Bath Robes $1.00 "••"*-*£d T,es $2.95 I itriped end plain "*• Effective new design, in i ill well-tailored. Smart new lies, all lined good quality Beacon cloth i up in cellophane with unbeatable wool with silk girdle and |i .ft boi. meteriali. Nicely boxed, corded trim. —Bargain Basement et THE BAY ■ s.:Airttxmmt* anMar-aro..:**,.:'.;:..**,;.,;*"*".i The Christmas Street S A'i'l/ ('/ /lll//v, .VI.'l'W o/ .V'lO..', U* Scurry of passing feet. jS Jumble of people, high and low— _,» r/ii. ._■ //ic Christmas Street. jj IF/i/.c »m;i, /»/__c*/v> man, bishop, Jew— tm C /in'../ ri'n.v /)oni /or _r.. o/ yo«.' B (Itcrislwd children, a hungry tot, a* Sad little face and eye.; W Chinaman, negro, polyglot, Jg Tramp and tramping by. W Rich man, poor man, beggar man, too— % ('hrisl has died for all of you! jty Santa Clans, and mistletoe, jw Newsboy, fakir, cheat, #•) Drab, and virgin, on thev go— JM i This is the Christmas Street. {3> Pass and pass, 0 motley crew— e\_ ('Itrisi I le lives in all of you I V Fraser Wet Wash Laundry PHONE: FAIRMONT 1613 1 1 SERVICE WET WASH 13 lbs. for 50c J>. 2 WITH FLAT PIECES IRONED 12 Ibe. for 70c MXON & MURRAY LTD. **■«'" Store Fronts, Office and Store Flituro Manufacturers, Show Cases, General Contractors ","d F",0'y: 1065 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, B.C.; Phone: Doug. 321 pM Tailors lor Street Railway Men. Phone: Sey. 6544 RAY BROS. TAILORING CO. LTD. Established 1910 — Importers of io.i u HISH*cl-ASS ENGLISH WOOLLENS 'HASTINGS ST. WEST (Southeast Corner, Opposite Woodward's! Established 1893 CENTER & HANNA LIMITED DISTINCTIVE FUNERAL SERVICE ,. ,,.'., I North Va-.e_.er HwM *rs*» U*K. fc-CJ nit-H The Labor Statesman I'ubll-hed Inst Thursday In month, at Labor Headquartera, Vancouver, B. c. Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. WATTS, Man. Editor. Subscription Rates: $1.00 per Year; to Unions, 4c per member per month. Phone i leymonr «_Tt Vancouver, Can., Christmas, 1934 PURCHASING POWER The recent depression from which we appear to be slowly but painfully emerging, has been attributed to many causes, but thc one suggested by Organized Labor undoubtedly has had the greatest effect in spreading the depression over such a long period. Organized Labor claims that lack of purchasing power among the masses, caused, on thc one hand, by thc intensive introduction of labor- .saving machinery, and, on the other, by a huge mass of sweated and low wage labor, not only started the depression, but continued it on its devastating way. Business and prosperity can only thrive on the power which the millions of workers have to buy back that which they, each and all, produce. The continued und increased or decreased consuming power of the millions either make or break the business trend because no matter how plentiful money may be among the monied classes they can only consume a small pro rata of the commodities produced. But when the masses in their millions are buying well constructed and commodious homes, lirst class and well made clothing, plenty of the best of all foods, as well as securely enjoying no self-denial in luxuries and on abundance of leisure and recreation, then and then only will business continue not only to be good but to be ever upward. All these things can only be obtained, however, by continued reduction in the hours of labor, to meet the increased production of the machine, and a steady but sure continued upward move In wages to meet the desires of everyone to buy the best things of life and to have a reserve fund to enjoy leisure und the pleasures that man's genius has made possible. The Organized Labor Movement is battling for these things and will continue to do so just as long as competition for jobs and for business remains the keystone of industrial and commercial activity. Business, may mend for a year or two but just as sure as the sun rises in the East and settles in thc West, depressions ever increasing in intensity and duration will come upon us again unless purchasing powe- - progressively increased hours of labor fo- '" tinuously reduced. and workers the con- "CO-OPERATIVE COMMITTEES" Mr. S. G. Blaylock, head of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, has just informed an audience of business men In Vancouver that the depression could be eliminated if the higher naid workers would accept less in order that thc lower paid workers could receive more. Mr. Blaylock is convinced that if every business would organize a "co-operative committee" such a« he alleges has worked harmoniously at the Trail plant between the company and employees, that business would recover. Mr. Bluvlock states, according to newspaper' reports, that "if industries generally adopt this plan, the working man can be shown that universal employment depends largely on bringing the wages of the various industries more «J*5T «»*5 line, that there wottld t» « de__o*r_. ts-nde.rr.cy to stop <XfT<-«* *? _22_^!" •MM Ms* SwWHeW e_*_*i ta .*:*?**_____: fife** i*Ma <m airmajhtaX •** • *i-_____Me-. «a thai* fors to help fcr-oaTsjo »fca w»at* »f tboe* who art JJM™ Tie Uhor Mo»t»wt would like to know where the industries are that pay. their employees high wages, but if Mr. Blaylock thinks that over $100 a month is high wages then we aee why he is so enthusiastic over his "co-operative committee" but it will certainly never increase the consumption which he says must keep up with production. Mr. Blaylock is not enthusiastic over legislation favorable to workers but he must have overlooked the fact that Adam Bell, the Deputy Minister of Labor, belongs to the same school as Mr. Blaylock, for Adam Bell says that the Minimum Wage Board's aim is to exercise a stabilizing influence "by striking a level between the too low wuges and too high wages being paid." And that is just what government legislation has tended to do, and it is also the reason why the Organized Labor Movement relies more on its union strength to obtain better wages and shorter hours as well as more congenial working conditions. Mr. Blaylock'*."co-operative committee" can be tilled up with different nationalities and kept disagreed among themselves, like has been done at the Trail plant. He does not want union delegations trying to get shorter hours in order to use and enjoy the luxuries which he inadvertently said we must consume more of. We cannot do that, however, through a "co-operative committee" similar to that at the Trail plant, which has permitted a longer work-week than any other firm in the province. At one time there was a union of mine, mill and smeltermen at Trail hut the company broke it up, probably because the union wanted to have more to say about the running of the mines and mills than Mr. Blaylock thought was good for the company. In the place of that union there now appears to be a nice friendly "co-operative" company union, one which can be depended upon—or unceremoniously convinced —not to ask for "too high" wages or shorter hours. And the company union can be relied upon not to petition the government for labor legislation of any sort, because anything that the workers want will be attended to by the "co-operative committee" and if the committee does not favor it, it only goes to prove that it is not in the best interests of the workers—or the company. This company hired hordes of Europeans in the old days and then got rid of them when they began to want a higher standard of living And these hordes make up the Communist element which are such thorn in the side of business and government these days. It has consistently opposed labor legislation and is still doing so, if one is to note thc address made at the same time by Mr. R, C. Crowe, general counsel for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company. Mr. Crowe was attempting to make out a case against compensation for silicosis. In the Hist instance, he attempted to prove that no such disease existed through mining in British Columbia, but even if it were proven, he went on to show dozens of ways in which the mining companies and the government could avoid making Silicosis an occupational disease or to delay legislation covering it. Mr. Crowe's suggestions would leave a "co-operative committee" dumbfounded and there would be no petition for Silicosis compensation from such committees, although Mr. Crowe's suggestions could easily be knocked to pieces by a bona tide union. No, Mr. Blaylock, we are afraid that your ideas about remedying thc depression are just about on a par with a lot of other people who have more money than human feeling. You know that to increase consuming power is a vital remedy for industrial conditions, but you are afraid to increase the purchasing power of every man, woman and child. There is no logic in your "co-operative committee" suggestion simply because you have the power to hire and fire members of that committer. Gttettfie, GAME Pep up with Pilsener Lager Bter. After any game Pilsener just seems to nil the need lor real refreshment. The Proud/.___.! «ir" • Maslor Bt.uar This advertisement le not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or the Government of British Columbia. meet with defeats, for we read that the Furniture Workers of Stratford, Ont., have got tired of the WUL mislendership and that the strikers in Hespeler, Ont., have returned to work, beaten and disillusioned. On top of that we find that the workers in the Cleaning and Dyeing industry in Toronto have broken away from the WUL and have asked for a charter from the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. Mayor-elect Gerry McGeer is assured of plenty of support from the West when he starts his battle with Ottawa and St. James Street. Besides Edmonton and Calgary, we notice that John Queen, veteran Laborite, has been elected mayor of Winnipeg, and at Lethbridge, Alta., three out of the four elected candidates for the City Council were Labor candidates. We reevntly pointed out that the tattieM of tbe Worker.' Unity League i» inctinid to draw discouraged workers to it* ranks, but■ th»t it does net meet with thc desired success in | iilng of Local No. 268 in May, 1926. INTERNATIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS APPRECIATE WORK OF HALIFAX MEMBER Capt. James M. Cody, Secretary of Local No. 268, Halifax, was elected a trustee of the International Association of Fire Fighters, succeeding Mr. Arthur Beaulieu of Montreal, who had declined to again run for the office. Capt. Cody assisted in the organ ise at-ikes they laanch. This unit and has been secretary of the' Locai of the Communist party continues to since Ha formation, I I I made in ."theSleeping.. ccomrnodatlORl Jfiy {%..¥.. at la. Neya Serving.. J|. THE LABOR STATESMAN Christmas Edit MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Holiday Broadcasts Listen to the Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve broadcasts of thc B. C. Electric Symphony Orchestra at 7.30 p.m., December 24 and 31, from CRC V. BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY C WINTER IS THE TIME FOR FIRES! ir your home or household Furniture is not protected whj nol telephone TRINITY 11343 .Mid gel our SPECIAL HATES? The Wawanesa Mutual insurance Co. 305 nnd 306, 325 HOWE STREET. VANCOUVER. B. C. A. K HARRON I'hone N. V. 13( North Vancouver J. A HARRON Phone KHir. 134 51 Tenth Ave .:. 11. M. WILLIAMSON I'hnrie Fair. 134 66 Tenth Ave. E. Sjarrmt Iron. $c Hilliam-smt FUNERAL DIRECTORS 66 EAST TENTH AVENUE PHONE FAIR. 134 RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Ipeol .1 ZBort to Set Goods Out by First Mall After Receipt of Your Order. VANCOUVER, a. C. CORNER CORDOVA AHD CARRALL Wishing All Our Friends A Very Merry Christmas! Ross & Howard Iron Works Co. Ltd. Engineers, Iron *nd Brill Founded, BUd.imi.hi, Patttrnmakari. Boilermaker. E.tablishod 1892 Office and Works: Woodland Drive, Vancouver, B.C. Phone: High. 106 (Eichtng* Connecting AH Departmenti) LET US CLEAN YOUR CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES FOR CHRISTMAS! Empire Cleaners Z.TZ,T."'Z Fourth Avenue end Ontario, Vancouver, B.C. Phone: Fair. 1291 B.C. BRUSH WORKS LIMITED BRUSH MANUFACTURERS HAIR BROOMS, I'lllltl. BRUSHES, STREET BROOMS B.l CAMBIE STREET. VANCOUVER. R. C. PRONE: TRIN. 3035 Ellett Copper and Brass Company Ltd. COPPERSMITHS Distillers' and Brewers' Equipment. Manufacturers ol Copper Stills, Kettles. Vacuum Pans and Coils lor Any Process. . 334 ALEXANDER STWIT . VANCOUVER. I.C. •v>;*.:i' THOUGHTS on the Keeping of Christmas (By Anne Elizabeth Wilson, Editor of The Chatelaine) "VOL' can't tell me anything about Santa Clans!" said a small * child in protest to a well-meaning but matter-of-fact house guest in my henrins-,. "You may not believe in him, but I've heard him." Y(iii see, there was something between that youngster and Santa Claus. Well, I've heard Santa Claus myself. On a bare Christmas morning when there was no snow to carry a mortal runner, I've heard his sleigh bells. Put it down to dementia infantum if you like, but there it is—and I aged thirteen at the time. It seems to me that although I quite accepted the fact fur years that Mother and Daddy fixed the tree. I would sooner have taken a good beating than see them do it. In fact. I have sat in tbe same room while they were at it. with my eves fast shut and singing lustily to avoid hearing what thev had to sav about presents. I simply would not let anybody take'the tinsel off my Christmas. How I sympathize with the desperate struggle some children make to preserve the magic of it for themselves! On the other hand, there is a sweet indulgence about the children of today—sometimes I think they are doing more to keep tip their parents' illusions than their parents are theirs. "Surely. Gordon," one addresses the son and heir, "you don't still believe in Santa Clans?" "Well, n-no," admits Cordon, "but Mother thinks I do, so I wish you wouldn't tell her about it." You see. there was also scime- thing between that youngster and Santa Claus. Christmas Too Bare I wonder if there are still children as indignant as I was at the age of ten. My young aunt, dreading the pest of dropping pine needles until after New Year's, at that time suggested that I was getting too big for a tree. "Why not," she wheedled, "just have a nice stocking?" Treason! (I always had two stockings besides tbe i (<■, anyway). For you see. I was a spoiled child, thank Cod. My own parents had the memory before them of Christmases too bare of wonder a peremptory gift or two, and a heavy dinner. For me there was the glory of the tree, the everlasting delight of seeing, year after year, the little ornaments that I loved and knew so well. A mere orange had something wonderful about it that clay, smelling more pungent, looking more mange! There were little cornucopias filled with peppermints (ten cents a pound), the "bought" stockings with the very cheapest but the most agonizingly precious rubbish in it—a paper cap. a tin mouse that wound up, shot across ihe rug and actually squeaked (by reason of defective mechanism i. There were never very many presents, but how 1 used to pity children who gut a carload of tilings, but had it all ruined for them, from my point of view, by being allowed to trim their town trees! (Hut then, of course, no one could hang a garland of tinsel the way my mother could I. Perhaps you won't believe it, but I once got a bos of writing paper under the tree, and for months it smelt of Christmas. I never noticed that about anybody else's Christmas presents, did your Thai is just the way it was with our Christmas. It doesn't take money to make Christmas for a child—1 know, because we never had any. It simply takes the sense of—well, what those youngsters had with Santa Claus. I suppose one might call it keeping up some magical sweet thing in our hearts, and having the sense to impart it to others. Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAfRIES, t Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMIT Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMIT Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEISHL DAIRY; Highland 22_d STEVE'S DAIRY; ..yviJ TWIGG ISLAND OAK. Seymour 2877 Nexv IVestmimtti ASSOCIATED DAIRIES. L New Weitminit-r w| h'orth Vancomi ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, I North 122 ALL UNION MEN I The above companitsin yoxir fatromgi This advertisement ii pildl Local 464, Milk Salumen r:B> Employee.' Union. m '■PU1I.I) B.C.PAYROlm Home Patronage Is Generous! !_! WHEH the Brltlin ment thinks It will"! dnce its people 1° f- home by dropping- th. X the pound, home pr.tro_.il merits that are «m»™I_J recognition. Paclllc •WML has been very tortnuti l«l eronsly It receives tni ratal the people of British OM Pacific Mil 100 per cent. Urilisli CM Otenrrf mill CmtnU | PLANT AT A110W* Caretakers of City Schools Active Practically all of the caretakers end engineers employed by the Vancouver School Board are members of 1 .Heal 1)611, International Union of Operating Engineers. Thc success of this union and the spirit of cooperation that exists between the members and thc trustees and officials of the School Board is due, in no small measure, to the brothers selected to lead the organization since its inception in August, 1930. The union is affiliated with the Trades and Labor Council as well as the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada. The first President of the union was Bro. W. Hardie, who was followed by Bro. H. E. Alexander. The present chairman is Bro. J. Wilson, whose work in the interests of organized labor is well known in Vancouver. Secretary, \V. R. Crawford. TWO CIGARETTE FIRMS URGE CODE ADOPTION Washington. — Thc Axton-Fisher Tobacco Company and the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, both important independents, employing union labor in their several plants, have indicated their willingness to cotrfply with an NRA code covering the cigarette industry, with the understanding trutt the code be imposed on the industry" ns a wh.le. * Lithographers Get 1500 New Members One of the small and almost unheard of unions in Vancouver is that of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America. Local No. 44 may be small but it carries on an important technical work which helps to brighten up thc colored advertisements in street cars, billboards, magazines, etc. This local was organized July 20, 1920, and its members arc at present being employed by the Sun Publishing Company, Bulman Brothers, F. C. Smith Litho Company, American Can Company, Shaw & Jellett all of Vancouver, and by The Colonist at Victoria. One of thc outstanding features of this international union is the fact that it is still growing, having enrolled over 1500 members in the United States and Canada during the past year. Local 44 officers look torward to another good year. The officers arc: President, Stan Silvester; Secretary, Chas. Wallmark, and treasurer, Norman Moncrieff. PAY CUT AMENDMENT LOSES San Francisco, Calif.—Thc famous proposed Charter Amendment No. 11, which would result in materially reduced salaries for city employees, und which was bitterly fought bv organized labor, failed q_ pas-age in the recent election." r Demand »* DAD'S ORIGINAL OATMEAl COOKIES A Health Cookie Simpl. "*■ DAD'S COOKIE COW* Phone Bay. «* 2S2S Weit Four* Am., v« Demand VAN M»' Pure Apple C* LIONS CINGEJAII* ORANGE HUT The only Union Soft »""»' In Vancouver! Vkoaei Wfk. to MM*"^ NOTARY PUB0 P. R. BENCOUCI^ Secretary Trades A U*"1 BOOM tOO-AM •**¥» ** Phones: Sey. '«•>*"" M..KT Till' l'HH«n PALACE P/ 35-37 WEST HASTI* Opn. Ye01dc'*ngll«rlFlrh' The London Gold Wheat Br* Fairmont 122 4S»' H ___ Edition, 1V34 THE LABOR STATESMAN ^ fulp-StiU (jkwttnnjs «sr To BRITISH COLUMBIA UNIONISTS! The following Auto and Equipment Dealers have good reconditioned USED CARSSSBRAND NEW MODELS Visit one of these Reliable Auto Dealers and buy the most useful gift throughout the year! Stonehouse Motors Ltd. Dealers in Vancouver for CHEVROLET OLDSMOB1LE LA SALLE CADILLAC Georgia at Homer Street Vancouver, B. C. Compliments of the Season! INTERNATIONAL MOTOR TRUCKS Manufactured and sold by I International Harvester Co. of Canada 1135 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C. *:«wvinw»r.v.::*i«::w. v.. ne,".v«;.:_»_:..•<. SEASON'S GREETINGS from .Consolidated Motor Co. Ltd. PACKARD .- HUPMOBILE OUR LEADER FOR 1935 Hupmobile 4-Door Sedan, Power Brakes, $1335 at Vancouver |(Ebrrg Qjrt0tma0 (The lahor statesman •*• feels deeply grateful for the consideration so kindly extended in the past year, and takes this opportunity of wishing all firms and patrons a I 'cry Merry Christmas! P»«__?le*-lw wondCT *ny K 7«ft of something costs You needn't worry <*™* f^T* to charge ft *»#***!•»•-*., . Workers Support Automobile Inquiry Detroit, Mich.—The long-awaited investigation of thc automobile industry was scheduled to start with hearings in Detroit, December 15 and l(j. Dates have been set for hearings In ninny communities and the Inquiry will be concluded with hearings in Washington, January 15 and 16. The following matters will be the basis of the investigation: (1) Yearly income; (_.) Speed required; (3) Wage methods; (4) Changes in wage rates; (5) Men required to work in the 48 hours per week; (6) How far hours were reduced before layoffs; (7) Treatment of older workers; (S) Other aspects of company treatment of employees. Automobile workers affiliated with thc A. F. of L. office will prepare briefs covering the general situation within the automobile industry, as it relates to the automobile workers, according to P. J. Dillon, in charge of the Detroit office of the A. F. of L. Trades Council Notes A communication received from the Vancouver Apprenticeship Council asking for endorsation of proposed legislation similar to that now in operation in Ontario was referred to the Legislative Committee of the council with instructions to compare the proposed act with that of Ontario. Thc Bakery Salesmen- Union asked to have Cowan & Dodson's Bakery placed on the "We Do Not Patronize" list of the council. This was referred to the Grievance Com- mititee as a regular course. A communication from the Victoria Trades and Labor Council asking for endorsation of a proposed unemployment relief scheme was referred to the Legislative Committee. Veterans of thc Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers asked the council to endorse their request for thc appointment of a commission to investigate discrimination suffered by these men in connection with war pensions and medical treatment. The request was endorsed. Another protest against the 1 per cent provincial income tax will be nirain made to the Government, at the suggestion of the Street Railwaymen's Union. President Colin McDonald will act as delegate from the Trades Council, to the Vancouver Golden Jubilee Committee. The Piggly-Wiggly Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, has informed the Trades Council that the company operating in Vancouver is an entirely separate company, having no direct connection with the United States stores. The Trades Council intended to inform the United States councils that the Piggly-Wiggly stores were unfair in Vancouver. Our action will now be confined to the Canadian stores. DRIVE RENEWED FOR AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY Detroit, Mich.—Renewal of the intensive drive for organization of the balance of workers in the automobile industry is now reported as well under way. With over a hundred local unions already organized in the industry, complete organization is said to be the goal of the present drive, which ks in cfcarge of V. J. Dillon, A. F. o. L. eroa-n'sw* in ■ .irwrpe of the | V».twit offpm. HERE! NOW! NEW 1935 STUDEBAKER CHAMPIONS A MIRACLE RIDE! mew pi. ah as suspension — raw comtoumd it.i_v.ic ■BAMS— miW STUM-LINED STEEL BODIES— MEW SPACIOUSNESS DON INGRAM LIMITED 1128 West Georgia Street Studebaker Champions on thi- Air: NBC—Monday Night CBS—Saturday Night Compliments of the Season! General Motors Products of Canada Limited Oldsmobile and G. M. C. Truck Retail Branch 1200 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B. C. SEASON'S QBEETINQS'. THE WOEt_. ECONOMY CAS WILLYS 77 35 OR BETTER MILES TO THE GALLON. PBICES ri-OJ- $.__ TO S875 M. B. Meredith 1.19 QEOKOIA STBBBT WEST tbinity etas ftywntis* our nivert*™**'' More First Aid Knowledge Needed Trades Council delegates are convinced that some drastic changes are needed in the ambulance and first aid situation in this city. It appears that drivers and attendants of the private ambulances have very little, if any, first aid knowledge and therefore considerable valuable time elapses before any attention is given to victims. It appears that all the ambulances in the city are private affairs and that any Tom, Dick or Harry may be employed on the jobs. This, to the mind of the delegates, is not) good business, because there appears to be some favoritism shown when ambulances are phoned for and in a recent instance where a boy was knocked down and died, he lay on the street in the rain for 20 minutes before an ambulance arrived. During all that time there was a group of policemen around the boy and none of them appeared to have any knowledge of first aid, This condition again calls for a change, and the Trades Council feels that every policeman should have flrst aid certificates and that every prowler car should carry a first aid kit. The delegates also feel that there should be an ambulance connected with the hospital and the police station, available for these accidents. For downright surprise few things compare with trying in the dark to awem- or dies..,.,!]*). « $tty_p ship 4%«t tar*. *hjttfe Hart Batteries SEE THE FSIJ AT $?.« Distributors: JEFMEE a -IE. FREE LTD. 721 Homer Street WESTERN AGENCIES LTD. 957 Seymour Street Yuletide Greetings! AUTO Topi and Trimmings Radio Service GORDON DUftERLEY BSBWSm SBmVS. HOB _«M_ otsxumt «*, S-iMcm-ni. a, o. ill niaue in me -leeping .«c.u_u-_uii_-,_u THE LABOR STATESMAN Christmas Edition,! GIFT THINGS FOR MEN! SHAVING SUPPLIES OUR SPECIALTY! NEW GILLETTE RAZOR—One piece M.00 WARDONIA RAZOR and 3 BLADES *?« AUTOSTROP RAZOR, STROP and 2 BLADES 98c WILKINSON RAZOR and 2 BLADES $3.00 and $5.00 ROLLS RAZORS . _ $°.°5 and $8.95 RUBBERSET SHAVING BRUSHES 75c, $1.00 to $5.00 RAZOR STROPS $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 to $6.50 HAIR CLIPPERS 98c, $1.98, $2.50 and $3.50 WILLIAMS' GIFT SHAVING SETS 60c and $1.00 B. C. BARBER SUPPLY & SUNDRIES LTD. 64 Hastings Street West Vancouver, B.C. £«€i€«««SMp^-<P*_gi#€t£*«^^ THE ASTBURY LUMBER CO. LTD. Phones: NORTH 2H.ri; WEST 199; Night Phone: NORTH 1415-R Conier of Esplanade and Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver. Marine Drive and Sixteenth, West Vancouver. LUMBER, SHINGLES, SASH AND DOORS, AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL • TWO YARDS TO SERVE VOL1! YOUR HOME TOWN LUMBER YARDS! Places Unfair To Building Trades At the last regular meeting of the I Building Trades Council, with a full | attendance of delegates, the Deutsch- land Cafe, Granville Street, Tivoli Dance Hall, 1047 West Pender, and the Dance Hall at Drake and Granville, were placed on the Unfair List of the Council. All the work on these places was done by a contractor named Breech- ton Breighter and sub-contractors named by him. . The Building Trades Council informed Adam Bell, the Deputy Minister of Labor, that the Hours of Work Act and Order No. 12 of the Male Minimum Wage Act were being violated on these jobs'. These have been the lowest paid jobs since the Con Jones ball park job, which is still unfair to organized labor, along with the Con Jones stores and clubs. The Council endorsed the legislation proposed by the Vancouver Apprenticeship Council and will help in an effort to get the legislation. Delegates from the various trades reported slight improvement in employment, but plenty of room for improvement. At thc close of the meeting, Secretary Page invited the delegates to be the' guests of thc Building Trades Social Club and an impromptu smoking concert was enjoyed. The club has had its two offices nicely decorated, which gives the place a bright and cheerful appearance. Canada permanent flftortgaoe Corporation 3 per cent on deposits BEITISH COLOMBIA BBAMCH: 432 RICHARDS STREET VANCOUVER, B.C. CJOR Wishes its Many Radio Listener! throughout British Columbia A MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEARI SPRAY DYEING-ANY COLOR We Sp-cl-llie in this work on SHOES, OLOTBI. PUSSES Cilia BAGS AHD UPHO-J-TEHY PUCES OH BEQUEST. P. PARIS 51 West Hastings Street MERRY CHRISTMAS TO OUR MANY FRIENDS! STEARMAN HARDWARE 61J Granville Street, Vancouver, B. C. Phone: Sey. 6388 A. & P. Stores Sign Up With Seven Crafts Cleveland, Ohio.—Over 2000 employees of the ,100 stores of the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company have returned to their jobs here, following settlement of labor difficulties, effected by an agreement drawn by the National Labor Relations Board and accepted by thc company and the following unions: Meat Cutters' Union No. 427, Bakers' Union No. 19, Warehousemen's Union No. —, Managers' nnd Clerks' Union No. 712, District No. 54, International Association of Machinists, Stationary Engineers' UnWn No. HI, _".r .men's Union No. 52. Sixteen Labor Men At Security Confab (By A. P, of L. News Service) Washington.—'Among the nearly 200 experts from all parts of the country called to participate in the National Conference on Economic Security by President Roosevelt, at the White House, organized labor was ably represented by 16 people. Among those present were the following: Miss Elizabeth Christ- man, secretary-treasurer, Women's Trade Union League; John Carmody, National Mediation Board; Thomas J. Donnelly, Ohio State Federation of Labor; John Edelman, research director, American Association of Full-fashioned Hosiery Workers; John P. Frey, secretary-treasurer, Metal Trades Department, A. F. of L.; William Green, president, A. F. of L.J George Harrison, president Railway Clerks Association; Sidney Hillman, president, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America: Thomas Kennedy, secretary-treasurer, United Mine Workers of America; John L. Lewis, president, United Mine Workers of America; Frank Morrison, secretary, A. F. of L.; Victor Olonder, Illinois State Federation of Labor; Henry Ohl, Wisconsin State Federation of Labor; Paul Scharrenburg, California State Federation of Labor; Rose Schneider- man, president, Women's Trade Union League, and Robert J. Watt, Massachusetts State Federation of Labor. little-, jfour Christmas Coke* tran MfGariaVi, fTi*_r*t* Does Smoke Leak from Your Sawdust Burner? Delegate MacPherson of the Sheet Metal Workers' Union reports that quite a number of complaints are being made about leaky sawdust burners and he points out that quite a lot of new firms have sprung up to do this class of installation work, and it was being done by cheap inefficient labor. In many instances the leaks are not noticeable but the effect in the homes and on human beings is taking its tell. Delegate MacPherson stated that there were plenty of reliable firms in thc city who do this work with union labor and that these mechanics have a record of doing thc job so that the smoke goes out of one hole and not •nlf a dosen. He suggests that if your friends are installing sawdust CLOTHING WORKERS COLLECT FROM JOB INSURANCE FUND Rohester, N. Y.—Rochester's 6500 unemployed clothing workers have begun to share in a $75,000 reserve fund set up since 1928 by agree ment between manufacturers and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers. Six firms are participating in the job insurance plan, the success of which is regarded as especially interesting in view of current discussion of unemployment insurance throughout thc country. Each of the workers affected will receive a percentage of what he or she would have received had earnings not been terminated by lay-offs. The Province of ^Irittslj Columbia extends Season's Greetings to all readers of The Labor Statesman, with cordial good wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! With conditions steadily improving in all basic industries there is every hope that 1935 will be a brighter and happier year for them and for us all. Bureau of Provincial Information Victoria, B.C. Best-hated Woman Get*Big U.S. Job Miss Josephine Roche, the best- hated woman in the United States by Big Business, has been appointed second-in-command of the United States Treasury. As Assistant-Secretary to Mr. Henry Morgenthau, the Secretary of the Treasury, she will assist in framing the United States Budgets, the last of which reached the amazing figure of nearly $10,000,000,000. For years Miss Roche, with her attacks on the "bad housekeeping" ef capitalist industry and her success in making coal mines pay under a rigid system of Trade Unionism and high wages, has been a thorn in the flesh of the United States financiers. She has been president of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company of Colorado for several years, and her care for her miner-workers and her determination to pay them the highest possible wages made her the most famous figure in the West. It was anticipated in New York money circles recently that the LAWYERS STRIKE Bucharest, Roumania.—Five thousand attorneys, comprising practically the entire Bucharest Bar Association, went on strike here December 4th, against a recent order of thc Government increasing court fees. Pickets were selected to picket the various courts. burners, or having any other sheet metal work dene, that a phone call to Seymour 7415 will enable them to have a union and competent man on the job. Order "Hatselwood" lee Crean for the holidays. It's union-made. thc pointment would prove to be most sensational of any made by the President and a virtual reversal of his recent "olive branch" to the threats of the bankers. Miss Roche sprang to fame when she inherited shares in the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company and became a director of the concern. She found there a tale of human suffering, of machine-guns used to mow down workers driven to desperation, and of "yellow-dog" contracts. Managing to secure sufficient shares in the coalfield to gain control, she opened the way for the formation of a branch of thc United Mine Workers' union, installed pithead baths, surgeons, nurses, clinics for the miners' wives. Wages were raised to more than twice those paid by her competitors, she wen the name of being the greatest social pioneer In the West, and the femutian of the union *o increased effic.eeicy that ruaiwg costs dropped to an anwiing extent. e blend of (elected lender leaf ten ,,. • devour end Irijrance you'll enjoy I DICK.ON IMPC'"1 TO PUSH ORCANIZATIO* OF BIG STEEL II"* Pittsburgh, PjHJ*fl ences in Washington wgj tween President Will»» ",, the A. F. of L., W« president of the AnMMJTC elation of Iron, Steel MJ.-I era, and others ljM_*K5j derstood that ,*«»«*?a have been completedI •»■ j already started in the», organize the big steel »«■» 400,000 eof^ With over > industry, with interest c' the "vertical" P_" fT\ as approved by ** M »* production __-tustr-l» be followed ■*>. ..Edition, 1934 THE LABOR S T A T ii S M A X F.of L. Survey Optimistic About Recovery Conditions! SWIFTS Jewel Shortening! A Real Made-in-British Columbia Product ..A... of L. News Service) j_irt.ti.—The "Monthly Sur- t! Business" for November, i by the American Federation lie from compilation of data (Federation's capable Research r,-ent, reveals u growing op- io regard to recovery and |t_n„e progress. .. following outstanding facts I related: Hr-in_ Towerd Better Timee Win. the past month that pow- forie which so often changes course of business—'business ««]!'—has apparently turned I optimism. The administrate sought co-operation of busi- ffien and bankers and has an- i»me of their chief fears by (ions that it is not counting on it. inflation, changing the ^ll the dollar or extravagant I spending to bring recovery, te on Increasing employment 'ratable business enterprise. fii< executives have responded i definite effort to improve . I-'sentiment' ami thus encour- Irtased business activity. In far these efforts will succeed Mating business cannot be IK- I'pturns in several lines faction accompanied or pre- t»e change in business senti- Soft coal, steel, electric textiles, building construction Witarted upward, Production •Me is 42 per cent below the level. «"' Worker.' Buying Power k 'miness world is in a better "to go ahead than nt this time nr. «e private initiative is still R» lilt business out of depres- I'-Wver, the President's aides F™_ on a nation-wide plan P'»e production with the help FJI guarantees and put men ■wri back to work in industry, geptember we had 10,951,000 |WHl in industry. Business ten no Pl„n to give these l« *omen their normal jobs Jetve work. The strong ■Mess optimism may stini- ■Wry to action again, but production and employment cannot (jo on increasing unless a steady in- | crease in workers' buying power I creates a growing market for goods. Workers Must Organise "If income goes to the workers it is all spent for industry's products and services; if income goes to the highest group nearly half goes to increase industrial capacity, to other investment or to speculate on the stock market. "Before 1829 large savings and investments had created an abundance of financial capital out of which our industries had built up huge producing capacity. In 1-2!) we produced $70,000,000,000 worth of consumption goods and services, but we were equipped to produce $86,000,000,000 worth. Even in 1929 we hud idle capacity, because we lacked consuming power. We could have had enough consuming power if we had raised all incomes below $2500 a year up tu the $2500 level. Because producing power was not balanced by consuming power our top heavy capital structure collapsed and plunged us into five years of depression. "Since 102!) the workers' share in our national income has declined. From 1!I2!I to 1032 wage earners' income declined 00 per cent, the income of 'entrepreneurs' 45 per cent and property income HO per cent. Workers must recover these losses by increasing their share in the national income as production rises. "The National Recovery Act declared it to be the policy of Congress: To increase consumption of industrial and agricultural products by increasing purchasing power. To do it we must establish industrial controls as provided in the Act: (1) Workers must be organized so that they can claim their share of industry's gross income; Section 7-A of the Recovery Act must be strengthened to assure them their lawful right to organize. (2) Workers must be represented on thc governing bodies of industry so that their influence may be given at the council tabic and thev will not be forced to industrial strife to get a hearing." Union Mayors <>> London Boroughs 11 being in control of the ,'tounty Council, the Labor ■Kh is made up of large -»•■ British Trades Unionists, M control of a majority of IB, "■ B?rou>-'h Councils. In ■t»m the mayors are elected ■Pttmen and, as a result of r»r majorities, fifteen Labor Mm been elected on London !* Councils. 1"». these mayors are thc fol- I PWmlnent Trades Union tm? °f |{l'ttersea is a re- «»ber of the Post Office 'Pearson of Deptford is a (LIT1'*."' "Iul is Secretary W °f the Transport and porkers Union. 'ei.Mnmn of Bermondsey is DPI-, cleaner nnd a member «w«yi-ens' Union. .'"> of Bethnel Green is a C-? n' " "
Pal Workers' Union. l. N° Sl<"" in London K,C»'«!' Council adopted s*___E** and Public Health Com- l_h_-.un. clearance scheme, -H-?.-8'000 hnus<-'s a" t0 b» "'" the Mxt three roa.«. P">ttd to declare that ;•' (.1 J***l the wWI* ef the Bn'" »'«rs tl ... ■_»"" *S? -""" cl««i.no«:l,"' fwtA Te-T _____?• "Www <** •» r ' "Wm-tu-tn^ tit} ttytttt. . The Tide Turns The news from Montreal announcing the end of thc railroad wage parley gives labor some hope that thc wage tide has turned and that from now on wages are likely to go up, which will be a decidedly pleasant change for most Canadian workers. As we understand it the railroad workers are to get a gradual reduction of the wage c;"t9 starting on January 1st next. On May 1st there is to be a further reduction. The first revisions will »""*""; reductions on the general scale from 15 to 12 per cent, and thc second to 10 pel cent. In other words,, the empires6 will regain successively three and two per cent of their wage deTh.-1?.nnot only good news for rail- .Ss^feSct ness is on the up-grade «*«£»*■ only mean that most other' md-t"" must of necessity be on tne up Twill also stimulate aJj.tterf.eU ing between »^yX^$r\i ?^op'='.£t%,night we„ those who are *or»n« J tho8e who more jobs eventual for ^,fotneerSMus^Heds.-Ae Labor Leader. CH,LD^pN^ERNEWGDmECTOR _~ . T Miss Kathcrine F. Washington.-Miss r. chii,_.rc„'s Bureau of »e usu ■ M m ™ capable «*•*?,ln|_., amM __«**>' Creamy white in colour—smooth in texture—uniformly fresh at all times. Jewel imparts a quality to all fried foods and pastry without intruding any flavour of its own. sfes* JEWEL is a rich, wholesome shortening, unexcelled for making flaky pie-crusts, light biscuits, tender cakes, and for deep fat frying. Bake Sure with Jewel Shortening SWIFT CANADIAN COMPANY LIMITED CANADA WISHING ALL OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEARI •«<*«reJ_J_^____J__9e» AMERICAN CAN COMPANY, - LIMITED - P. O. Box 58 Vancouver, B. C. &.^_fc.*..*.S.&S.5A.>e-fc^^ «j«(««*-«*-«--€--*s*^-<pe«^^ T.___ ei-Wtissment is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board ■cw by tke Government of British Columbia. __..„ . ,.",,'■.<:-'i,^¥"v' o THE LABOR STATESMAN Christmas Edition VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, UMITED CUT-RATE DRUGGISTS IN ALL OCT. 31 STOKES WE HATE LABOB STOCKS SUITABLE l"OB CHRISTMAS PBESEHTS. MAKE YOUB PUBCHASES PBOJt ABY OT OUB STOBES A-TD MOTE THE QUALITY. SBBTIOB, SATIHO! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SPECIALS—DEC. 21 and 22 in Atkinson's Talcum . ... . .as ..-._ Molba Vanishing Cream 37 .75 Plver's Matlte Pace Powder .54 .75 Plver's Essence of Muget ... .58 .7! Plver's Essence o( Violet .55 l.oo April Showers Pace Powder ami Vial of Perfume .77 ...i .'--non'- Solid Brllllantlne .. .14 .89 Coty's Pace Powder 77 -Hi Dalcrose Bath s<>:ip; 3 for .79 .75 Hou.lgant'a Single Compacts .53 .8. Boublgant's Pace Powdor .68 TELEPHONE YOUB DBUO WANTS TO ABY OBB Or OUB TWENTY-ONE STOBBS. PBOMPT COUBTEOUS SBBTIOB. Vancouver's Own Draff Stores. We Save Yon Money. Twenty Stores at Your Service. Telephone Your Wants. .50 l.iuli,-s' rnder-arm Hn-or .... .33 .50 Super Lather Shaving Cream .37 .65 Vacuum Hottlo 33 .75 and $1.26 Wolff's Kan de Cologne 35 and .49 .75 Mlnty's Old English Lavender -57 .50 Mennen'a Brushless Shave... .33 .65 I'ul.-x Scls .49 .mi April Showers Pace Powdar .39 .15 .lull Soir Face Powder 31 Safe way Stores Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year! TO ALL READERS OP "LABOR STATESMAN." We think all of you who are our custom*ri for your kind patronage during the year juit doling. We hop* to set many new faces during 19351 DISTRIBUTION! WITHOUT WASTE Bindery Women Are Organized 40 Years (By A. P, of L. News Service) Washington.—Local Union No. 42, Bindery Women, of Washington, alfihated with the International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, is believed lo be one of the oldest unions of women in continuous existence in the United States, having formally celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its founding here, December 6. This local was organized December (j, 1894, with the personal assistance of the late Mr. Samuel Gonvp- ers, then president of the American federation of Labor. The local started with 50 members. The present membership is about 700. Kate Smoot, the first president of Local 4_, elected in 1804, is still active. Miss Nan T. Daniels, also a charter member, is now president anil has served in this capacity for the past 31 years. The fortieth anniversary of Local No. 42 was formally celebrated with a banquet at thc Mayflower Hotel here, at which speakers included Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor; Miss Alary Anderson, director of the Women's Bureau; Rote Schneider- man, member of thc NRA Labor Advisory Board; Edward McGrady, assistant secretary, United States Department of Labor; Miss Anna Ncary, A. V. of L. organizer, and G. C. Giegcngack, United States Public Printer. _ft_ft_ft_ft_ft_fr-ft-fr-$f_ft.}._fr-fr_ft-?i? TO MAKE IT A "MERRY CHRISTMAS'' USE 'Shamrock' Brand GOODS BURNS & CO. LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. Merry Christmas! OUTDOOR ADVERTISING _30l West Fifth Avenue Phone: Fair. 66. MOVING. PACKING. SHIPPING. STORING Good Men! *"*»"■' "*■ *** Good Service! Good Equipment! . CRONE STORAGE CO. LTD. 760 BEATTY »TB_!_>T Oil Workers Ask Thirty-hour Week Washington.—The U. S. Petroleum Labor Policy Board has been asked to hear spokesmen for 80,000 oil workers in a demand that labor provisions of the Oil Code be re-written. Harvey C. Fremming, president of the International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers, insists that there is need for establishment of a 30-hour work week, to replace the 36-hour week now in effect, without reduction of pay. The union wants establishment, also, of SO cents an hour as the minimum wage for labor, regardless of geographical areas, and requests setting up a live-man board in the Oil Administration to handle labor problems. 75 Cent Minimum for Skilled Sign Workers Washington.—An amendment setting a minimum wage of 75 cents per hour for skilled employees in the electric and neon sign industry has been approved by the National Industrial Recovery Board. It becomes effective December !l unless good cause to the contrary is shown. Thc approved code sets a minimum of $10 per week, or 45 cents per hour, for other employees. The amendment providing a minimum for skilled labor defines "skilled employees" as sign pointers, iron workers, sheet metal workers, maintenance men, electricians, and glass blowers and pumpers. Helpers are excepted. Relief Camps Disgrace To British Columbia Relief camp conditions received a great deal of airing at the meeting of the Trades Council on Tuesday. Thc council, British Columbia Executive of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, unions and other organizations in the province have been protesting against these conditions for many months, but matters have gone from bad to worse and, from our information, are more deplorable than most people realize. The council went on record—at the suggestion of the Executive— that it will inform the Government that, in our opinion, the requests of the men on strike are just and reasonable and should be met, and that we strongly condemn the militarizing of the camps and the manner in which the camps are operated. Conditions grow worse month by month and they have become a fertile tield for the spreading of Communism. Thc workers have become despondent and arc losing confidence in their own abilities, and they are becoming degenerates through being compelled to mix with moral degenerates of all ages. There is too much blending of age and youth, no athletic games and recreations and no good reading matter, music or the other things which tend to raise the status of camp life. These camp workers have to witness scenes and listen to revolting stories and art subjected to a regimentation which, instead of breeding discipline, only breeds contempt. They get their meals put up in the same unpalatable way month after month by the same bull cooks, and they are compelled to do the most useless kind of work in order to earn that food and 20c a day. These workers know how great are the needs for roads and buildings in this province, but they are forced to work for weeks on a job that could be done in a few hours. They work for work's sake and 20c a day and at the same time lose all the ambition, patriotism, love of country and respect for government institutions which, us children, they were taught in school and university at great cost. It seems to thc Organized Labor Movement that the present method of handling the unemployment situation would have been better handled by some of the inmates of Essondale and that if the situation is not quickly remedied it will lead to a condition demoralizing and degrading to the next generation. We emphatically condemn thc blacklist system now being put into force by a lot of straw bosses and we condemn the inhuman treatment accorded the workers because of the lack of qualified first aid men in the camps. In fact, the whole camp system is so rotten that it stinks to high heaven and is another blot on our so-called civilization. MINIMUM RELIEF WAGES DROPPED; LABOR OBJECTS Washington.—The Relief Administration, through Harry L. Hopkins, Administrator, has yielded to criticism on the part of vested interests, coming particularly from thc South, where 5 and 10 cents an hour for labor is not unknown, and has lifted its 30-cents-an-hour minimum wage for employees on relief projects. In- stead, the rate of pay hereafter will be the minimum common in each respective community where the work is being done. Thc American Federation of Labor, through President William Green, has entered strenuous objections to this reduction, which materially affects living standards. Thc minimum of 30 cents an hour is lower than is provided: as standard wages for common labor in most codes and certainly far lower, it is stated, than is absolutely necessary for the minimum requirements of living. A kit at .oetft-refice is Uwt by mi_- pWittg it. Pile Drivers' Union Gets New Agreement An agreement has recently been signed between thc Pile Drivers, Bridge and Dock Builders Union and the Pile Driving and Contractors' Association, covering wages and working conditions on the Pacific Const. It calls for a 30-hour week when three or four shifts are employed and a 40-hour week on single shifts. Wages for thc 8-hour shift will be 11.85 per hour and for the 6-hour shift it shall be $1.33 1-3 per hour. There will be one nnd a half time for overtime in the day and double time for overtime between 9 p.m and 4 a.m. Transportation costs in excess of 25c one way shall be paid by employer and two hours' pay shall be given to workers who report for wot* and for whom no work is ready. _-TW8.-**fTl.mont on|y applies on the United States side of the line. CLERICAL MEN GET RAISE San Francisco, Cal.—Thc National Longshoremen's Board, set up at the time of the recent strike, has announced a decision (.ranting f ....fie l oast clerks and checkers v*_u»_ in- cro»s»s, varyiit, gtiom S to _t.U cents a* hour, with h.i«te. nr„-s» .or ti«« m-wrl wm- I kw « itan T-m •wMd a***. Btmsei F*!*fcTpoT._ Mai taw**!, „! te^ lm „„_,*" m f OLD GOLD Notwithstanding the fit- that many canvassers h.vs combed the city, count less homes have USELESS TRINKETS, DENTAL GOLD, WATCH CASES, CHAINS, Etc. _ , which can be turned in.BOREAL CASH. Get Birks' price belm| selling. BIRKS Diamond Merchants | Vancouver phon.: -ir H STAR ST. LAUNDffll CO. Ill 'ins BioHABaf mn"l ^sssr-ssr-ft'fii Golden Rule CO., LIS. TWO ADDBlinl: 957 Granville St. • J* I 595 Granville St. • St. I Fruit and -Uiiin Brett I Meat Pies, end Pumpkit' THE ESTHER Br PhoBelBlfW-SlW 3728 HASTINGS STREET! INDEPENDENT UNDERTAKING ! OO. LTD. 705 W. ».oadw»j NEON DISPLAY pj WALBURN NEONtfl 1430 HOWE _ia» Union-Made! CORNETT BROS. * CU«J 33 »AST HASTWOTCTHI r^Z*".rW**£. Classified Ad ■*■*" ____ Heetlnr. »«»M,^L Frl-in ITlTate, «e •"_*_•% I TM __u___cs stren »— I a_i»TISTl 1 tit. W. A. Batledee, V» ■«"**| rxsttrau Labor statesmen, Leber Organized Labor J PartofBa*" Boston, Mass.-Edwi" y member of thc Nations! w , tions Board, in an sMSa industrial session of tne',. England Conference, IWj progressive organisation seems an inevitable cm of our industrial system. "Section 7-A, in tVtW*% process, merely r-W"|j3 sanction to a tendency w_ffl accomplish itself less .«•■** this sanction withdrawn. "Section 7-A cannot ««j iraro-Ml as a sop to labor, Xa Congress more «.'s ut revolution. It «J"U calculated part, and an. ( important part, of the program." litioti, fad have oun'- 'S. into ifore nts _, Edition, r'3-i THt LABOR STATESMAN Trades Union Directory LABOR HEADQUARTERS, 529531 BEATTY STREET UNIONS AFFILIATED WITH TRADES COUNCIL iiitimin. I.' (I-_fr.ere.arv :■ Street. Sej al 189. I. B. T. C. Birt Showier, ;.31 in'iir 7«5. r ud Confectionery Worktr*' In- S iti.ntl Union, Local 468—Secre* ii Small, 529 Beatty Street. ir 33-19. It—Intsniational Journeymen of _ Local 120—Secre wry nnd -- Manager, C B, Herrett, B81 Stmt, Seymour 3349. i(i DtlpMMri' Union. Local 676 n Manager, T. j. Hanafin, ■r Street. Seymour 4783. nltai' Onion, Local 151—Secre- A Armaii, 20-48 West St-cond H Bayvi.w 1567-L. Aim' Union, Local 194—Secre* a Fraser, ">uT& Rose Strt-ei, Onion, al 106—Secre- i. 252G Oak .St. ■ Workan' Union, L«n*jtl 300— in, A Bowers, 1209 Cameron .\nv Westminster, Phone N.w ij.H TEA iDRy LTD, kef --Tin' Union, I. fill. 111! Earn ; •111 So. 1- mil. Pair. -\v. s, sr.i-n. isl Mill Workers, Local 31- tlar.v, T. I'm. iiikl, Ml Powell St inn. :'ls. _"W.I*«! Union tl^eclelkrj, ^.\oT"jiM^ S° .....—.. - ,, ..,_—_)__r__— ry. neltey.681 Beatty St.. Sey. 74... lill Xm.loytei J Tarliui-k. il 69—Secre- West ;'_th, laplo.Mi' Union, Local 28— inry. i, i, Harrison, 34!" __*M. Douglaa 5591. toW.r_.ri' Onion. Lin-iil _]__ K, *}!""'■ >:. ii. Morrison, "•illy -tnii, . . ymour 3510. I Onttnicto-i, Local 88—Seore- iV;!.}""'*' :il "''"'-v Strtat, '• an,Op.r_ti_,_, ;,, n:-_Secre. *SrNis "''""' •s,r""1- *'■•- 'll' if'¥!"', '•"'■'' ss- Seen- , .,■"> er 531 Beatty St. Ickool and Caretakers, Local -"wary u i; Crawford, 1639 t'lrwl. Highland __,.7-l_. '»••», eitr, i.,„.a. i8-secretary, -».;;.lV " 16*6 Ea!" Ulh- _W';m, HiT We.tnil-iter, I-...-T-1 laSS- C Hl*hsted, 1880 "»Xtri, Horth Vancouver, l.o"e_l i^n:s,i1"::,;„„-1.t,; '•■""• ^i!*."*1?,™1" E"'P'oyee., Loeal ■ :, ' ■-Man .., coftn StcDon. -uij am •! Seymour 7486, %■_*?•"?"•■■ '""■'" 9--UUKI- NlSRf'Se.nio.r 'l'"k'"' '"'31 KS^-fflSi BSerfretary' ;, ; r. S'ttu TMiV"?Secretary, Chaa. ____ Veiiables street 2^HMSiy!is.r.,,,S^: ....: _»*■. U:ai i»__Secretary. J. O. !_1__VVMI llth, I't. Urey 8.7-1.: ^i™"s,..'eTS"Cr-'""'!' "■ R*l__.-_*' *m»taMei, No. 167 I HllS? ' "'"'■l Napier Street. i*"]"-1,, *<*««»Me' T-n-on- B.f; '• «cD Nicolson, Bason. ?8?B_S-. »»l7~»»P>o»a.-. -_______|_''ll> Street, Sey. 7495. yJ___}L_l?" I "I—Secretary, ,V'"tmln»le'r " 16,h Av"""- ''wS? *ro/f-tionlsts. I.uinl 348 '■'■ Man., Trln. r.708. _&r5.,_-'- ____«liisi_.. 116—Business on, 819 I'eniler ■f1 fte^* ,"■ »■>. Deeorators & 111 I .„'*:. M:'"».B''r. _Kil •"tl! reel. Sey. 7411'. ■"S*!* .*".•"• 1-u'al l7»U-Bualness ent-K-a. lUsVv1"' UM BM« 1V""'r- lip and Wctortel Hunters, Loeal 726— Secretary, Wm. Clarkson, 1S!3 Kltch- ener Street, Highland 567-11. SUnorrsp_.tr., Typist, ana Bookkiep. ■rmj, LtOCai 18171 —- Sacratnrv Anna MacDonald, 631 Beattl* St s v r !l Journeymen of \orth etary, K. W. Tong,-, eiiiie. New Vt'eatmlnster. Stone Cotters. America—Sec 4im Grace A- Stereotpyers and Slsctrotypers, Loeal 88—Secretary, .1. McKlnnon, 363;, w. Ulh. Bayview 114S-.X. Street Ballway Employees, luvlskm luT SB,.rSSS., Manager, Kr.d lirirrm. l rior street Car barns. Trinity 463e. Tallon, Journeymen, Loeal 178—Serre- J8Jr- V_, !!tllk,'i' '5*2 Kast 13th, ^urriee. o31 Utally street. Sey. 7495. Tail Driver., Local 161—Secretary, Blrt Showier, 531 Beatty Street. Sey. 74.:,. Theatrical start Employees, Loeal 11S —Secretary, ll Pearson, Orpheum T heatre. TtxtUe Workers, Local 1700—Secretary, Catherine Wilson. 3327 West sixth. - «—Secretary, \v. MJ4I Trinity, Highland IltO-L. Typographical Union, I repnics Etarrj Neelands, ;.3i "ii, '1 ""-'°-,,W°°**'5 ■""t-eia.a, mil ij«*"Jfr,"JS"s Manager, Ja». ^: ['■ "• Husllngs, Sey. 7874. '''uiS'-e*,, SeeTetary, W. — ?**"> at, Seymour 7195. "larv*1, ,»»a__-tt,rs~I.oeal 170— _!J*_«rl».tal,n'l',!';!,._:1' ''29 Be»tt» 'J 'S^«1etS***1,ni l»Hlroed)- 'V.n,i's, '.'">'■ T H. 1'oulton, -~-J-_____^. New Westminster. fej,1,,'""1 54-1. V. Mur- ~-_____^»t JSth. Hayvlew 28112-Y. *'M:,*?r",,l"r,; " Secreury, "'III.).,'' ""■ East jith. Phone 1 Iks s "■■— " '■, iira-T? VSH1 •'"—seere-art. -^Iniit."" *VI""" *•""»• ;?S»*r*??' '•;"■"• -t»^ti*t7. WiSrSl'oiS- Mai'liheraon, 531 ^-_-«i'; Myniuii,. ;4jr, rFSw^rta,•:, •■allroai,- i_-ctl. rj-J '■' Unison. 190. Redistribution of All National Wealth When Roosevelt tirst captured the imagination of the American people with his promise of u "new deal," he held out as one of the definite objectives uf his Administration some redistribution of the national income. Mure recently that aspect of the President's policy has seemed to occupy not quite so prominent a place In his mind as formerly, but an analysis of the distribution of the national income of the United States just published by the New York Trust Company does suggest that up to date Roosevelt has gone some way to redeem his promise of measures which would produce a redistribution of income. Thus, it is estimated that, partly as a result of increased employment and partly in consequence of higher wage campaigns, total wages in all manufacturing industries increased from $96,000,000 a week in June, 1988, to $132,000,000 a week in dune, 1034—that is by 37.5 per cent. As u consequence of this labor's share in the national income had risen between June, 1033, and June, 1034, from 58.3 per cent to 62.5 per cent. This does not, however, tell the whole story, for it is pointed out that the country's pay roll has expanded, not only through industrial re-employment, consequent either upon actual business revival or upon Governmental pressure, but also through the expenditure of funds through the program of the Public- Works Administration. It is estimated that direct employment from such construction totalled 700,000 men in September, while from July, 1933, to June, 1934, 1,403,358 workers were placed on public works projects. To make this employment possible, thc Public Works Administration had by the middle of August last allotted a grand total of over $3,665,000,000, for public works. ELEVATOR OPERATORS STRIKE New York.—A strike of elevator operators in the garment centre here, which may spread extensively, has shown members of the Real Estate Board and others who have persistently refused to grant them necessary minimum standards in wages and hours, that the men are really organized and capable of putting up a stiff fight. The elevator workers seek establishment of an a-hour day, with a minimum weekly wage of $25. Attempted importation of strike-breakers has caused sporadic confusion at times, but it is believed the Building Service Employees' Union is strong enough to win out. DAIRY STRIKE PREDICTED Mount Vernon, N. V.—Thomas F. Murphy, •ecretary-treasurer of Weetrhertw Local No. 3Sf», Milk W«*«« Drieers and Dairy Employees. Myitis Ik*. • natton-wlde *">;«'" 4h« tUitr i*iB*tty will »«fT BtttaMy n-.ur ty »n« on. «t Uxxxtatj. unless an NRA eo«_« twriBA <t»u»7 •■- plovtes heceiiwe «#«*«t»« »»*_,-*•*: time. «e aoM: y**Am •<**.•»*- ington »r# Mt»t»rie4 tf «•*•»'j co „ptr»ti«s at ths mils dsslsrs. UNION TAXI CABS Union Strong in Sheet Metal Shops The Sheet Metal Workers, Local No. 2S0, wish to take this opportunity to congratulate the Vancouver and District Trades and Labor Council on their 45th anniversary, and wish them every success for the future In continuing the good work they have accomplished during their existence. Sheet .Metal Local No. 280 received their charter November 15, 1902, and has accomplished much in the last 32 years. Like all other building trades unions, we have had a very trying time in the past four years. Nevertheless, while not being what might be classed as a large local, we have a membership composed of real union men, who at nil times have been successful in maintaining good conditions. Employed by Leading Contrectort We have agreements with the leading sheet metal contractors of the city, and our members are employed on most of the large buildings. The Terminal Sheet Metal Works can boast of the line class of work that may be seen in all of the leading hotels, cafes, beer parlors and hospitals. We also have a number in this shop repairing automobile bodies and fenders, and would appreciate our union friends taking any car repairs to this member. Western Steel, one of the largest power shops in Vancouver, specialize in general building work and are responsible for a large number of our members being employed. McLennan & McFeeley, one of our best union shops, employ our men on general jobbing or bench work. The Central Sheet Metal Works does jobbing nnd furnace work. Empire Sheet Metal Works, and Campbell 4c Grill are also union shops and handle any class of sheet metal work. Outtide Mill Work We also have the Nelson Blow Pipe Shop, where our members art- employed on mill work. This shop takes in a large territory, as our men are sent to mills all over Vancouver Island. Neon Sign. The Neon Products Company, which is classed as the original Neon company, have employed our members since they were established in Vancouver over seven years ago, and have been responsible for employing a large proportion of our members. We have also signed agreements with the Walburn Sign Company, I and lately signed an agreement with the Signals and Signs Company. We take this opportunity to advise our friends that we have no connection with any other sign companies. The following are the officers of Local No. 280: President: R. J. Wardrop. Vice-President: R. J. Macaulay. Treasurer: A. Fisher. Business Agent and Secretary: D. Macpherson. Warden: N, C. Smith. Conductor: C. Stephens. Executive: T. Burke, J. Strachon. Trustees: J. Walker, G. Wallace, E. Perry. International Representative We must also mention one 01 our best known members, Bro. J. A. Crawford, who is general International Representative for Canada. While his home is in Toronto, he always keeps in touch with his Local and we have a visit from him at least once a year. For any information regarding firms or work, we will be pleased to meet you in our office, room 308, Labor Headquarters, or phone Sey. 7495. Dr. Macpherson. FACTORY OUTPUT UP lS7r New York.—According to a recent statement issued by Dun and Brad- street, Inc., production schedules for November run from 15 to 20 per cent in what ii termed the "second- sfy Industrie- division" over the tame month u_it year. While the consumer goods division and the capital goods division did not progress much during tne psst summer, they tr» now ihowing signs of sound lm- prov.inent. iccording to the report. GRAY CABS SAFETY UNION DRIVERS RESPONSIBILITY ECONOMY SEY. 7131 B. C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. INSIST ON EMPRESS'* BRANDS PURE FOOD -ttr "T PRODUCTS !_* EMPRESS MFG. CO. LTD.. VANCOUVER. B.C. iff Compliments of I VANCOUVER SALT CO. .*--$•* 85 West First Avenue Phone: Fairmont 791 |wood - Coal - Sawdust £ AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES! t% All British Columbia and Alberta Coals. Slabs, Edgings JS Inside Fir. Manufacturers of All Grades of Lumber. i| i# Powell Wood and Coal Company, Limited § Phone: Highland 3927 1355 Powell Stree* t% WHEN ORDERING YOUR TOILET TISSUE ALWAYS SPECIFY "SOVEREIGN" It is SOFT, SANITARY and SOLUBLE SMITH. DAVIDSON & WRIGHT LTD. Season's Greetings! UNEONk Neon Products of Western Canada Ltd. 260 Terminal Avenue Phone: Seymour 1595 Blotting, Bonds, Ledgers, Covers, Mimeot, Tegs, Bristol*, Books COAST PAPER COMPANY LTD. WHOLESALE. PAPER 502 Beliini Bldg., Beatty at Pender Sey. 3882 end 3883 SAWDUST NUMKII ONE-FRESH CUT f ft Robertson & Haekett fuel ^fmimm ^.'r&mx mtm>» *m a\\a*asmm 'V-'liV>'UI*r' 4*3tt- _,__ __*. ustio wmilB/. III THE LABOR STATKSMAN Christmas Edit™ Creating Payrolls ON the piers and wharves of Vancouver an army of Canadian men is constantly ar work handling the great exodus of Canadian products to other lands. Here is an invaluable asset of Canadian Labour—a great fountain-head of industry that is growing steadily under the stimulus of an increasing world demand for Canadian goods. HUGE LUMBER INCREASE During the.first 10 months of 1934 exports of logs and lumber had actually increased 50 per cent over 1933. While logging operations resound through the forests of British Columbia, great ships sail into the Port of Vancouver to become the centre of activity for an army of shore workers loading great timber cargoes. Wheat is on the increase, spelling its message of greater payrolls and increasing employment. In line with a general trade revival, numerous commodities pass through Vancouver in ever-increasing volume, such as manufactured doors, concentrates, pulp, paper and fishmeal. LABOUR'S GREAT HERITAGE Canada's flourishing export business is one of Labour's most valuable assets. It has been built up by the harmonious co-operation of all departments working towards a single end. To further this great national heritage should be the unceasing aim of all intelligent Canadian citizens. By co-operation, Canada's export trade will advance to new power and ascendancy. gP"-*" Vancouver Harbour Commissioners CABLE ADDRESS: "DISPATCH," VANCOUVER. CODE: BENTLEY'S EMPIRE STEVEDORING CO., LTD. GENERAL STEVEDORES AND CONTRACTORS Heed Office: VANCOUVER, B. C. Covering All British Columbia Ports SHIPS LINED FOR GRAIN CARGOES CAPT W M CRAWFORD. PRESIDENT P. Q. GROVES. General Manager f. O, WHITE. Secretarv-Treas-irer Stevedore* for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Limited Optimism Needed For Christmas Cheer There are but two lenses through which we sec the world. They are the lens of optimism and the lens ol pessimism. To give the lens of optimism to ourselves and to our neighbors is to promote in, thc world in which we live thc Christmas cheer which lasts the year round. Thc pessimistic man sees in a period of depression only the failures and the suffering; the optimistic man sees also thc cleansing of the Aegean stables, the curbing of over- weaning ambition, the elimination of wrongful practices, the catching of breath that precedes continued and successful effort, thc clearing of the field for the advancement of the honest man, the redistribution of hoarded wealth, and the readjustment on n sane basis of the costs and standards of living. The optimistic lens gives breadth and length of vision, that makes for cheerfulness In adversity, hope in the midst of disaster, and faith in the presence of shattered confidence. He who has the gift of the optimistic lens sees adversity as the builder of character, poverty as the teacher of economics, wealth as a power for good, death as the culmination of life. To him autumn crowns the summer and does not drape it; and winter gives birth to spring. Christmas used to be thc festival of optimism, the time when the hardest outlook softened and the heaviest heart became more buoyant. Nowadays, if we believe all that we hear, the' Scrooges are becoming more plentiful. There seem to be many people who yearly incase themselves in an armor that is proof against the merry archery of holiday cheer. We hear a great deal about the "Christmas burden," whutcver that may be; we deplore gift giving as a selfish habit; we begrudge the expenditure of good money that might go into railroads or mines or homes. To many the stocking tilled with gold has supplanted the stocking filled with toys—at least it seems so. But when we take this view of Christmas, we are looking through the wrong lens. Put on your Christinas glasses, the good old-fashioned kind, and take a peep at the Christmas burden. It Becomes a Christmas joy. The existence of poverty about you is the opportunity for Christmas labor. The selfishness of Christmas giving is lost in the joys of planning and buying; the regret that there is not more to spend is overbalanced by the thankfulness that there is, after the necessities of life are provided, something left to give to others. Christmas still belongs to the optimist—to the man who wears the right kind of glasses. Make yourself a Christmas present of thc optimistic lens—it will help you to extend a really merry Christmas to your friends, it will help you to see the good in all things and in all people—truly, a Christmas and a Christmas gift. -ll-INlHWIIiPMliHllllMWMN , \ ; .- ,v,'.'>;iii..W-'- HlBiiif. All First Class Restaurants Are Union _ Local 28, Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, was organized in Vancouver July 21, l'JOO, and has been in continuous operation ever since. At the present time it has a membership of over 200 of the beet cooks, waiters and waitresses in the trade. Thc Union House Card is displayed by 22 restaurants in the city, among them being all the first class places catering to a particular public. When one goes into a restaurant or a cabaret and sees the waiter or waitress wearing a union button, they may be sure that they are being looked after by capable and experienced workers who are enjoying fair wages and thc 8-hour day. We thank Organized Labor for its past help and will appreciate continuance of same. Colin McDonald is president and he is also president of the Trades and Labor Council. The Business Agent and Secretary is Dick Mc- Hugn, a waiter of 16 years' experience, and connected with this local for the pest 11 /sen. COR delicioiii, h-ikW »J ■eipeniive Holidiy '"JIT lupply ol this new •»« J|«"3 ll ii light end iper.llll. fcfl chempigne. The milulir. m* period Lucky iUm MMT gutrinteed by • S10.WJ tt-rl'l why il ii io joodeMI" Lucky Lager colli »» •*> | ordinary been. COAST BREWERIES" V.ncouiei New Weitmimter OirnM-br nearly tOMS^T SharoMtmSS* Thi) edveniiement il noiItm diipl.yedbytheLiqcorCwJ*JI by the Government ol Bi_l___i. Twelve-ye»r-old Tommie: "We a hot time et our m«w« 4_*__ «_J_ mT\T w*-8k8)!ovvi1** dad u^rte^-jtai^BtW^tm 1 Empress al Canada Hot! Unfair eaxlTintTiy^m last meeting of the I'«j,| when various building jams. gates reported that M these hotels were Mini cheap labor. Deleg»M „_ thc "Beverage D'^fij stated that he was int^J "union" clause was in J" ^L and that if the eontra,ch'0„tJI employing union men inro m not living uf '» ^LreiVif contracts. Tbe fWetW1 $] thwt *rs w« • "**"_.•*"_.* ■_-Mf.es to .«*• '•"•* °„L gl4 etoeTW i»ie*di. %&>*&. to* tote*. 4» ^JTiT obs we" !or,Tn^,r7onJ.heunf.ir
Christmas 1934 Edition. Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
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