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OWNED or States AND CONTROLLED m^^M BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES 1 labor © av Cbttton •*«....__,.-,-._:. " J^g_-Jwg_:^ THE LABOR STATESMAN September) 1933 j i: sjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiini iiiiiiififiiiiifiiiiiii._'iiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii_£ 30,000 Unions Mobilized to HAZELWOOD ICE CREAM I Aid Industrial Recovery Codes THE ONLY UNION-MADE ICE CREAM IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MADE BY THE -.-■•■';', r ■'•..' . '■ • !*■''•' ... Hazelwood Creamery, Ltd. Washington. — The officers and members of 48 State Federations of Labor, 1000 City Central Bodies, and 30 000 Local Trade Unions were called upon to' mobilize their forces for the complete enforcement of =^ President Roosevelt's voluntary ~ agreement and the National Recovery Act by. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. .Both the voluntary agreement and tha specific fair competition codes contain important provisions relative to the maximum length of the work day and the work week, minimum wages, employment'. of child labor, and various other matters vital to E. S. WELLER. MANAGER Phone Seymour 2090 351-355 Reefer St. Vancouver, B. C. ^IIIIMIinillllllllllllMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIMIini.'llllHMIIIIIIHIIIIIinnilllllinMIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIirE the re-employment of millions of job- less and the increase of mass purchasing power, which are the essential features of the entire recovery program. , . There is no provision in the Recovery Act. for Government inspectors to watch over the enforcement of the cod.'s. in this contingency>it is. necessary for organized labor to stop into the breach and keep a careful and thorough check on all who display the NRA insignia Wnnd out I whether they are violating any code j they have signed oyXhe rules and ' regulations relative ao the display of tie Blue Eagle./ Have your PILSENER delivered to your home. There's no charge for this service, but please remember to order before 4 p.m. if you wish delivery the same day. Just phone... Sey. 3277 / You'll appreciate the lower price, too: $1.50 per dozen carton, if you return one dozen "empties." Vancouver Breweries Ltd. Also brewers and bottlers of Dutch Girl, U.B.C. Bohemian Beers and Cream Stout This advertisement is not published or displayed by tho Liquor Control Board ^or by the Government of British Columbia. ~."».T.V-l_X_4a_»-_,.. LOOMS FOR MONTREAL Montreal.—A corporation is said to be prepared to pay the city $100,000 a year for the exclusive right to operate taxicabs. A rate war has been on for months and the champions of monopoly say their plan is the only way out.— L_ The Montreal Tramways control the city's electric lines, and a subsidiary runs all bus services. The proposed taxi combine would complete the monopolistic circle. „„_"-". «1S PAY A well known, attorney was always lecturing his office Boy. whether he I needed it or not. One day he chanced to hear the following conversation et ween the boy and the one employed next door: ' "How much does your chief pay you?" asked the latter. | "I get $1,600 a year. Five dollars a week in cash and the rest in legal : advice!" / A. F. of L. Calls Its Fifty-third Convention The Fifty-thrd Annual Convention of the American Federation of Labor wi.l be held>-in the Willard Hotal, Washington, D. ('.., beginning 10 o'clock, Monday morning, October 2, 1933, and will continue in session from day to day until the business of the Convention shall have been completed. The call says: Through the enactment and application of the National industrial Recovery Act the Government of the United States is engaged in a most interesting economic experimentation. Ti.e adoption and application of industrial codes fixing minimum rates of pay and maximum hours, affect very vitally the economic and social welfare of the masses of the people. No one can clearly foresee the outcome of-khis great adventure on the part of the government into the field of industry. Ail classes of workers are inspired to hope and trust that the primary purpose of tbe Industrial Recovery Act to reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through increases in wage rates, will be fully realized. Section 7 of the Industrial Recovery Act provides that wage earners may organize and engage in collective bargaining through representatives of their own choosing. Employers are forbidden to make mem- oership in a company union a condition ot employment. The Industrial Recovery Act with its labor sections which must be incorporated in every industrial coda, isof" transcendent importance "to- the Johnson to Make Labor Day Speech in Chicago Washington. — General Hugh S, Johnson, National Recovery Ad istrator, will make the Labor/Day address at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, sr The invitation to speak in Chicago on Labor Day was extended to General Johnson by JtShn Fitzpatrick, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, accompanied Mr. Fitzpatrick to Gejeral Johnson's office and enthusiastically seconded the invitation. /Labor Day is around the closing date of the crusade to line up America 100 per cent for President Roosevelt's blanket agreement to shorten hours and raise'wages in the interest of providing work for millions of jobless and increasing mass purchasing power to stimulate business prosperity. It is expected that General Johnson will have something important to jay regarding the campaign and the principles underlying the President's program. STRIKE DELAYS P. O. BUILDING; NRA CODE VIOLATION CHARGED Chattanooga, Tenn. — Carpenters, marble workers and laborers on the new post office building and Federal office building here halted work when they struck, charging the contractors with violating the NRA code provisions. The building is nearing completion and it is hoped that a prompt decision by General Johnson's Blue Hawk organization will obviate any untimely delay of the work. The most successful Canadian composer is chloroform. officers and members of the American Federation of Labor. It is fair to assume that no other subject coming before the convention will more thoroughly occupy the attention and consideration of the officers and delegates. A full report upon the operation of the Industrial Recovery Act, the development of industrial codes affecting thousands of workers, and the result of this great economic experiment, will be submitted to the convention. For these special reasons the officers of the American Federation of Labor appeal to all National and International unions, State Federations of Labor, City Central Bodies and Local Unions to send delegates to this important convention. 10,000 SHOE WORKERS LAND . PAY BOOST, 40-HOUR WEEK Haverhill, Mass.—Some 10,000 Hav.rhill shoe workers who refused to accept a 10 jger cent_wage raise offered by the employers aa an .'old union agreement ran out, won a vie. ory here when arbitrators awarded them a 26 per cent boost effective August 12, with a 10 per cent bonus for the time worked from August 1, when the old agreement ran out. ~. » About 150 factories, embracing the entire shoe industry here, are affected by the settlement. The new scale is based on a 40-hour, f>-day week, effective immediately. Labor's Convention Zlo Be Well Attended ■ Ottawa—Credentials already received indicate that the attendance at the convention of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada, which opens at Windsor, Ont., on September 18, will be as large and representative as "that of last year. John Bromley, president 6f the, British Trades Union Congress and one.of Britain's railroad labor executives, will bring fraternal greetings from the Old Land, while the American Federation of Labor will be represented by James C. Quinn, secretary of the Naw York central body and a member of the Hatters' Union. Percy R. Bengough, Vice-President, is a delegate from Vancouver Trades and Labor Council. FIRST UNION CONTRACT IS WON IN RAYON INDUSTRY An example of the awakening of labor is reported by Georg. L. Googe, special representative of the A. F. of L. among Southern textile workers. Wilhin a few days, he says, 1700 , employees of the Tubize Chatillonl Rayon Plant at Rome, Gaorgia, were! Drought into the fold. Their first act! was to demand shorter hours and higher wages. The management agreed to wage increases ranging from 10 to 88 per cent and reduced hours from 56 to 40. This is said to be the first agree ment with a union in the rayon industry, Never miijd trying to get even with the other fellow; devote the time trying to get even with yourself. L^UumA^ THE SHADOW OF WINTER FROM YOUR HOME / Q^y ioa>3 ^lkjiifdlcaJL about the cost of gas heating ...but I'm not any more HUNDREDS of Vancouver house owners today can testify to the economy of gas heating. Under the new gas heating rates, houses of six rooms, with 10,000 to 12,000 cubic feet of space, are being heated at a cost of $80 to $110 a year, and many for much less. Don't rely upon rumor or prejudice. Because of the inclusion of other items on B. C. Electric bills, some gas heating customers think their bills are higher than they actually are. Let us prove to you by the production of actual bills what gas heating costs. Then remember that gas heating is odorless, smokeless and effortless. It gives you automatic, carefree heat; clean, humidified, purified 3_&_MIM_^_-WB_3H|i_L^ -interference^ and ywr yay for-yow fuel *fter you use it. maMtm\\\\\^ MAT WITH gg IOO%B.CFUEL EASY TERMS - Gas mr-anditin- ing plants can it installed n easy terms. Let nigittjou full information. • Send for our new booklet "How- to Heat Your Home with Gas at No Extra Cost" BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. ■ ,. v* tefttber,i933 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Three G •ed he Coi _ni nil he >ro rai o ,er Kx .or tax me >r_ :o_ 10' :ic Iva Ca ve ap ra nc Roosevelt's Mediation Body Acts Quickly and Boosts Pay Washington.—The National Labor Board of Mediation, appointed by President Roosevelt to adjust controversies between employees and employers in connection with the President's blanket wage-raising and hours-reducing agreement and the NBA codes, got into action by summoning to Washington representatives of the strikers and manufacturers in the hosiery mill strike centered in Reading, Pa.,'and the shirt- makers' strike in Potlsville, Pa, Settles Hosiery Worker* Strike ' As a result of the conference with representatives of the manufacturers and the employes, the hosiery workers' strike was settled favorably to the employees. It involved 16,000 workers in 33 mills. Union recognition was the main question involved. Under terms of the settlement subscribed to by employer*' representatives, employees are given the right to choose by ballot those they wish to represent them in dealings with employers. Labor Board members told the mill owners they must recognize the right of collective bargaining and pointed to the language of the recovery act which specifically, provides for that principle. There is to be no discrimination against individuals because of union membership or participation in the strike. The hosiery workers', strike was sponsored by the American Federation of Full-fashioned Hosiery Workers. 1* ii r« rt O 1C tic w. er to il <I it . Towards Prosperity Harvesting commenced in June in the south of the U.S.S.R.—an indication of the size of the territory that is in the hands of the workers and peasants of the U.S.S.R.—one- sixth of the world! By May 30th—208,000,000 acres had been planted to crops in the Soviet Union out of 237,000,000 acres planned for seeding in 1933; This is 16,000,000 acres ahead of the 1980 figures when. the Soviet Union enjoyed an exceptionally early spring. Everything is pointing to the biggest and best harvest in the history of the U.S.S.R. The People's Commisariat of In-, dustry has recently announced that 3600 new Socialist enterprises will be completed, and will begin production in 1933. (They include 101 coal mines, 9 oil refineries and cracking plants, 2 sulphur factories, 20 steel mills, 9 non-ferrous metal plants, 14 machine building plants, 6 chemical plants, 11 electric stations, 9 paper mills, 8 clothing factories and numerous meat packing plants, sugar refineries and bakeries. . The greatest oil-gusher in the world was tapped at Lok-Batan in the Caucasus recently by Soviet drillers. In 12 days it spouted 130,000 tons of crude oil! It is flowing at a rate of 15,000 to 20,000 tons a day. 8 A Deserved Criticism The failure of the recent International Labor Conference at Geneva, Switzerland, to do something definite to relieve unemployment by the application of the shorter work week is sharply condemned by the Scottish Typographical Journal, the organ of the Scottish Typographical Association. Its editor says: "The framing of the 40-hour convention has been postponed for a year. Not only «o, but if -the reactionaries had their way the matter would be indefinitely shelved. And to our utter humiliation we find that the representative of this 'National' Government of ours was in the forefront., of this retrogressive action. . . . That a reduction of hours in itself will not solve the unemployment problem is undisputed by even its most insistent propagandists. At the same time, action in this respect would undoubtedly go far to ease the economic problem by employing more people and with a resultant increased purchasing power. It is all the more regrettable, therefore, that the opportunity was not taken to give a progressive lead to the settlement of the problem presently confronting the world." The Scottish Typographical Journal's criticism of the International Labor Conference are entirely justified. There are 30,000,000 unemployed men and women throughout the world. The refusal of the Conference to take positive action on thia great emergency, and give prompt consideration to the shorter work week as a remedy tyr dfc ia contrast to the policy of the Government of the United States which haa dramatically met the problem of the jobless by inaugurating the 30-hour week on public works and a variable week not in excess of .0 hours In private industry. Hesiod's saying that tbe man who procrastinates struggles with ruin is equally true of the employer* and their Governments who dominated the Geneva conference. Their policy »f delay was evidently applied in the hope that capitalist production with maximum private profit as its only _oal will in some way resurrect itself >n the same, old basis of long hours. —A. F. of L. News Letter. — "—»->' Aim «fc|*r^*Gfc_hl Govern- r,nast Checkweighman Role Issued by Coal Board Washington.—President Roosevelt's ■ board to arbitrate the labor dispute in the bituminous coal fields of Pennsylvania, which resulted in thousands of coal miners going on strike, issued a ruling on how check weigbmen should be chosen. Cneckweighmen are representatives of the miners who see that their coal output is counted accurately. The election of checkweighmen was ohe of the major sources of controversy of the miners at the plant of the H. C. Frick Company. The primary points in the ruling are: Notice shall be posted at the mines, giving.at least two days' notice of the election of a checkweighman. The meeting must be held at the mine entrance at the cloae of the day's shift. Any person who pays to maintain the checkweighman shall be entitled to vote. Anyone may be nominated as a candidate for checkweighman, voting by secret ballot, or show of hands, or aye and nay vote, as the majority of the meeting determines. CONTENTMENT Some long for gold excessive of their needs,. And worship at the great god Mammon's shrine— I care not for the misery such breeds; Such overflowing selfishness not mine.. For I can find my joys past such desires, Unenvious of the ones who may succeed In gaining from their sacrificial fires Response that caters to their souls of greed. Such ones can never know the wealth untold That lies beneath the robin's rippling song; The gold that nestles deep within the . fold Of every bursting bud—of sunsets strong. They cannot see the wealth that lies within The trusting love that lights an infant's eyes; Or feel the wave of peace that ushers in The night of calm—when once the daylight dies. Some long for gold excessive of their needs. And clamour loudly for its comforts fine— Ah, God forbid that I should ever feed My happiness with such unwholesome wine 1 —By Mervin Mulldoon. BOILERMAKERS STRIKE AGAINST 23 CONCERNS Kansas City, Kan.—The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders and Helpers of America has 23 strikes in operation, according to the official list in the Boilermakers' Journal. Nearly half of these anti-union ' lishttsata are on the Pacific Coast, and the others are scattered eastward as far aa Washington, D.C., where two shops are posted aa unfair, and from Minneapolis in the north to New Orleans in tne south. -All these strikes are for the maintenance of union wages and working conditions. Los Angeles, Cal.—The board of supervisors of Los Angeles County will withhold from the Charles W. Pettifor Company $630 due on its Rio Hondo and Los Angela* river bridge job*, penalties imposed by Frank C. McDonald, State Labor Commissioner, for 68 violations of the prevailing wage rate law, it $10 each. AMERICAN CAN COMPANY LIMITED P.O.BOX 58 4* VANCOUVER, B. C. USE SHAMROCK BRAND PRODUCTS BURNS & CO. FOOT QP WOODLAND DRIVE COWAN-DODSON BAKERIES Ltd. 275 Eighth Avenue East OUR PRODUCTS EXCEL. AND WE DELIVER TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY DAILY. BY SALESMEN WITH A MORNING SMILE I BARBERS' UNION DRIVE FOR MEMBERS SUCCEEDS Indianapolis.—Midway In the 90- day drive for new members, Jame* C. Shanessy, president of the Journeymen Barbers International Union, shouts optimistically in the Journey- mac Barber, of the boys in the field, out for a 100 per cent unionisation of all journeymen barbers, beauticians and morticians.' "They were on the job yesterday; they are on the job today: and they will be there tomorrow. There will be no letup. The barbers are awake to the fact that only through organisation and co-operation can they expect a better day." Locale of the International Union reported 608 new member* in the first four weeks of the drive. President Shanessy says the barber* are working shoulder to shoulder with all elements of the craft for stabilization of price*, wage* and working condition*. TEACHERS' CONGRESS EXPELS GERMAN FASCIST DELEGATES San Sebastian, Spain.—The International Congress of School Teacher*' Associations, having delegate* from nearly all sections of the world, expelled from its sessions the German Nazi representatives, among whom waa the Bavarian Minister of Education. Other delegates whistled the "Rogue's March" as the Nazis paraded from the room. The motion to exclude was made by a French dele- Xate and forcefully supported by an .ustrian, while a Briton pleaded for "peace and concord." A note had previously been read from the German Federation of Teacher* saying their association had been forcibly dissolved. Winners in the daily double— "Friend wife (for the price of the meat bill), and Jimmie (for the price iof a double-decked cone)." CHIEF OF WORK BUREAU CUTS HOURS, LOSES PA* < White Plains, N. Y.—Director Wayne D. Heydecker of the Westchester Work Bureau is mixing philosophy with philanthropy these days. Complying with the NRA code, he announced that the 2400 outdoor . workers ojr hit* payroll would now work 36 instead of the former 40 hours per week and be paid at the rate of 16 instead of the old 40 cents an hour. *- Simultaneously, the county board of supervisors announced, that Mr. Heydecker's salary had been cut from $600 to $400 per month, overruling the recommendation of the work bureau commissioners -that -hi* pay be maintained for two month* at the higher rate. Wife: You really caught nothing? Husband: Nothing. Wife: Then I believe you really ' \ Page Pour THE LABOR SYATES'jTCTT September, .1933 Manufactured front the Finest of Pasteurized Sweet Cream! Central Creameries (B.C.) Ltd. 325 Railway Street, Vancouver, B. C. ABSOLUTE FRESHNESS - REAL ECONOMY EMPRESS COFFEE Vacuum Packed Ask Your Grocer IN THE NEW USEFUL JAR! HOME GAS raw TT'I.t,!.!1,', ofQMd% Here's Proof! Recent tests with various makes of cars and different kinds of gasoline, supply positive PROOF THAT HOME GAS GIVES GREATER MILEAGE. . . . YOU CAN BUY NO BETTER! 100 per cent British Columbian '3% % on Deposits (Established 1855) Assets exceed $71,000,000 Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation B. C. Branch: 432 Richards Street, Vancouver, B. C. m The Vancouver Supply Co., Ltd. Wholesale Groceries t JANITORS' SUPPLIES Phones: Sey. 8166, 3244 25-27 Alexander St., Vancouver, B.C. INTEREST-FREE MONEY ON GUERNSEY ISLAND . . i ;. ■ ' "■ Have Issued Own Money for 120 Years—$875,000 Issued in 1932 Cost $2500—Bankers Lose $58,000 Interest Per Year V (By the Press Committee, Economic Reconstruction Group, Letjibridge) We have had the privilege to learn from the Guernsey Island Evening Post, of recent issue, a brief history about the use of interest-free money on that island. The facts are so startling and provocative of thought that we feel the basic information culled from this article should become general knowledge. It was in the year 1813 that the Guernsey Islanders began to consider the use of interest-free money; by the year 1835 there were $275,000 of this interest-free money in circulation. At this time the private banks started a fight to have this money put out of existence; this fight continued for several years, when it wad agreed not more than $200,000 of interest-fere money could be put into circulation each year. This continued until the year 1915, when the islanders found that they needed more money; rather than borrow, they passed legislation to allow the use of not more than $1,000,000 per year, of interest-free money. For the year 1932 the islanders used $875,000 of their own interest- free money. The cost of handling was less than $2500 or less than one- third of one per cent, whereas the editor of the Guernsey Island Eve ning Post points out, had this $875,000 been borrowed with bonds redeemable in thirty years it would have cost the islanders a little more than $58,000 per year. Now, there are two startling facts about this matter: Firsfr^-The interest-free money, owned and controlled by the islanders, cost less than thirty cents per hundred dollars to handle: whereas if handled by the banks and borrowed from- them the $875,000 would have cost them over $6.60 per hundred, per year for thirty years. Second—For every one dollar of cost for the islanders' own interest-free money, to have borrowed the money the bankers and bondholders would have collected over $23.00. Think of it; a ratio.of one dollar to twenty-three in cost of handling. Is it any wonder that our system of finance is a debt creating system and that debts cannot be paid? For remember our way of floating loans, in Canada, has been the orthodox way, namely, borrowing. Millions of dollars have been saved to the Guernsey islanders in taxation, due to their intelligence about money during the past 120 years. While we in Canada through lack of the same kind of intelligence have added untold millions of debt which could have been avoided.—Alberta Labor News. "The doctor wouldn't operate, so I Under inflation the taxi driver who I tried an osteopath, but he rubbed now lacks change, for • dollar bill me the wrong way." I would have no change for a $5 bill. Court Upholds NIRA Power of President Washington.—"In times of emergency even the Constitution is subject) to the laws of necessity." . This significant declaration was made by Justice Joseph W. Cox of the District of Columbia Supreme Court in a decision which knocked stiff the attempt of certain oil magnates to have the court issue an order restraining Secretary of the Interior. Ickes from enforcing a Federal order prohibiting the interstate shipment of oil produced in violation of State conservation regulations. The order was issued in connection with President Roosevelt's National Recovery Program, and was interpreted in labor quarters aa being the flrst step toward judicial sanction of the National Recovery Act. The restraining order was asked by officials of the Squthport Petroleum Company and other, Texas oil producers, who were represented by F. W. F. Fisher. He claimed-the National Recovery Act is unconstitutional because it delegates to the President of the United States power which, under the Constitution, must be exercised by Congress alone. 'Charles Fahy, acting solicitor at the Interior Department, contended that the Federal Government has the power to control the movement of commodities for the general welfare. He claimed that Secretary Ickes was acting directly for the President and that the direct agents of the President are not subject to injunctions. Justice Cox did not permit his keen judicial conception of the question to be swayed by Fisher's sophistical arguments for the oil magnates, whose purpose was to wreck the recovery program with immeasurable disaster to the great masses of the American people. With promptness and celerity he decided that Secretary Ickes was acting directly for President Roosevelt and consequently could not be restrained or enjoined. Church Bodies Hit At Toronto.--Two gtelfHfu^cTrUod: ies in Canada recently took bold stands for changes in the existing order. ' The Toronto Conference of the United Church of Canada indicted the capitalistic system as "un-Chris- tian," and by an overwhelming vote declared that "capital should not be owned and operated for private gain, but in the service of the general good." About the same time the synod of the Toronto diocese of the Church of England called on the provincial government of Ontario to take the lead in reopening with other provinces and the Federal government consideration of a scheme for Dominion- wide contributory unemployment insurance. 750,000 N. Y. Trades Unionists Serve NIR A Workers and Their Families Urged to Act as Vigilantes and Report Code Violations New York.—Organized labor in New York City, representing 760,000 workers and hundreds of organizations, enlisted in the local NRA drive and was made an integral part of the campaign organization, which is under the direction of Grover A. Whnlcn, chairman of the general committee. Under a plan worked out by the labor campaign committe, headed by Matthew Woll, third vice-president of the American Federation of Labor, all union members in the city and their families will become part of an army of enforcement of the President's re-employment agreement and the fair competition codes as they receive the approval of the White House. "In the application of the re-employment agreement as well as of the specific codes, the labor committee, through the hundreds of labor unions in the city, will conduct a survey of the situation, will keep close watch upon the operation of the codes, and will call upon the workers to report all firms not operating under any code or the re-employment agreement," Mr. Woll said. "We will ask the wage earners and the. public generally to patronize only those firms which operate under the NRA insignia." PROF. HUTCHINS HEADS FEDERAL JOB COUNCIL Washington.—Secretary of Labor Perkins announced the appointment of Prof. Robert M. Hutchins of the University of Chicago as chairman of the Advisory Council to be created for the new Federal Employment Service set up under the Wagner law to create a Federal system of. employment agencies in co-operation with the States. UNION DAIRIES Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. Fairmont 1000 VALLEY DAIRY, LIMITED ' Bayview 553 ROYAL DAIRY, LIMITED Fairmont 1254 VANCOUVER HEIGHTS DAIRY Highland 2228 New Westminster ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. New Westminster 1445 North Vancouver ASSOCIATED DAIRIES, LTD. North 122 ALL UNION MEN it-above companies deserve your patronage JTte^al :_£__. Hastings Bakery QUALITY BBEAS, CAKES, Union Made S88 E. Hastings St. Phons High. 4837 INDEPENDENT UNDERTAKING OO. LTD. C. PBANK EDWABDS EiKOLD H. EDWARDS 705 W. Broadway -Fair. MS Whan Better Oakes sad -Pastries are Mad., Wall Mike 1ml Golden Rule Bakery OO., LID. TWO ADDRESSES: 957 Granville St. - Sey. 8656 595 Granville St. - Sey. 2641 NOTARY PUBLIC P. R. BENGOUGH s.-c-retary Tradea * Labor Council Boom -00—531 Bsatty Strsat Phones: Sey. 74.6-WS Union-Made Shoes Los Angeles, Cal.—The Industrial Welfare Commission, meeting in San .Francisco, before coming here,, refused the plea of employers that" trffij^ minimum wage of (16 weekly for women be reduced. Also it announced that all complaints of violations would be investigated thoroughly. Organized labor fought the employers' suggestions. Akron, Ohio.—The intensive campaign started here by Motion Picture Operators' Union No. 364 has brought results. To date six former non-union houses have signed contracts, seven union houses have made new agreements and adjustments have been made with four' chain houses. Any woman can raise a man up from the gutter—if he is not too heavy. CORNETT BROS. & CLARK 33 BAST HAST-NOS STBBBT Florshelm. Stridors, C. B. a. C Men's and Touth'a Classified Ads. Hastings SUem Baths Pries a: Private, 40c and 50c; Public, 30. — Tee Haattnga Street Baa*—— DEHTISTS Dr. W. A. Bntl.dgo, 106 Hasting-. West MOTABY PUBLIC P. B. B.ngough Labor Headquarter* Labor Stausman, Labor Head*' -Altera. MISSISSIPPI TEXTILE WORKERS; WIN WAGE INCREASE FIGH1 McComb, Miss.—A one-day strikJ of 200 operators at the McComb Cot ton Mills sufficed to bring the man, agement to terms. l The employees "returned to worl with a general wage increase and i pledge that the stretch-out system ii force would be abolished. UNION LABOR BANK IS NOW TEN YEARS Oli St. Louis,-Mo.—On June 10th th Telegraphers' National Bank in thi city celebrated its tenth birthday. Ii a communication to depositors, Prei .dent 'Br J. Manlon of the Tet graphers, and other officials of th Bank, said: "Without borrowing at the Federa Reserve Bank or the Reconstructiol Finance Corporation our bank pai< even in the days of greatest stresi among banks, all,withdrawals on de mand without notice and without re strictions." The young man who steals a kis without first warning the girl misse the best part of the performance. . J' >«S£l--j-n_h(-r,.-l<-3X -rari xinnr stxt e sman Page Five UNION TAXI CABS GRAY CABS LOWEST RATES IN VANCOUVER _ ,-. No Charge for Extra Passengers. Union Drivers. , You only pay for distance you actually travail SEY. 713.1 B, C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION LTD. ^ . RED STAR DRUG STORE "The Mail Order Druggist" We Make a Spsolal Effort to Set Goods. Out by Wist Mail Alter B.oslpt of Your Ord.r. CORNER COBDOVA AMD O ABB ALL YAHOOUYBB, B. O. : A. E. BARRON Phone N. V. 114 North Vancouver J. A. HARRON Phone Fair. 134 5. Tenth Ave. E. i. If. WILLIAMSON Phone Fair. 134 55 Tenth Ave. E. farrrni iro*. & Htlltamaon FUNERAL DIRECTORS 66 EAST TENTH AVENUE , PHONE FAIR. 134 VISIT THE CANADA PACIFIC EXHIBITION Aug. 30 to Sept. 6 Greater-than-ever display of educational and entertainment features. . . . Horse Racing— Sportsman's Show—N.8.C. Star. Artiiti' Revue — Industrial — Agricultural—Horticultural Displays. General Admission to Grounds 25c Bakers' Union to Have Benefit Frolic The Battery and Confectionery Workers' Union has arranged a Benefit Frolic for their unemployed members and invite organized labor to the dance which will be held in the Peter Pan Ballroom on Saturday, September 30th, commencing at 9 p.m. There will be about 30 prizes given away, mostly in the form of bakery goods from bakery firms. The music- for the dance will be played by the Franck Nicoll's Arcadians. Admission, gents 60c, and ladies 2.6c. Housewives Fleeced By Milk Ticket Racket Canvassers for independent dairies are still going round selling milk tickets to housewives. All kinds of impossible things are being offered in attempts to get the housewives' money, and, in many instances, the canvassers leave the city with the customers' money. One instance was recently reported of a canvasser having cleared out with over $150 from the sale of milk tickets for which, no milk was supplied. In the instances where canvassers offer extraordinary inducements, the dairies are usually taking it out of the hide of their employees,. who are being compelled to work from 11 to 13 hours a day, and paying them f 1 per day and up to $40 per month for inside workers. One East end dairy boasts that they can get all the boys they want at that wage.' It is doubtful if such firms can be as careful in the handling of their milk as it is required for that important commodity. He sure and always patronize a union milk salesman. Strike On Now at Blue Goose Cafe OUR .BUSINESS IS MOVING Storing, Packing, Shipping Crone Storage COMPANY, LIMITED 760 Beatty St., Phone Sey. 8084 MEET THE FRIENDS AT THE Palace Parlor 35-37 WEST HASTINGS Tailors report Campbell's Clothing 'actory signs new agreement with rage increase for lower paid work- rs. This is the second increase bis year. After several conferences extending over a month, the members of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union, Local 28, walked out of the Blue Goose Cafe, Granville Street, in protest against unfair wages. The union reduced its scale to $12 per week—the lowest in twenty years— but the cafe decided $8 for girls and $10 for men was plenty to pay them. The waiters and waitresses had to supply their own uniforms, some of them for the girls costing aa high as $16. Girls, of course, are expected to work 48 hours a week and keep their self-respect on these wages and conditions. Hr. Mottishaw claims to run a first class cafe, arid he charges first class prices, but he considers this miserable wage too high. Cafes down on the skidroad, whose prices are very much lower than those of the Blue Goose, are paying the union scale, so he has no excuse. Pickets report having good support from the public and .the union takes this opportunity of thanking all who helped and withdrew their pat- __ rpnage. Continued support is urged " tor the fight, which is to be to the finish. The union reports that efforts to get the following to quit eating at the place have been of no avail, and organized labor is urged to use its influence td have these places give their patronage elsewhere: Vancouver Motors staff. Maple Leaf Theatre management. Victrola Shop, 1016 Granville. New England Fish Company. Roy Howard Garage staff. Philip French, Vancouver Sun. Where the term "staff" is used, it does not necessarily mean that the entire staff of the firm is eating in Ai Fish A-fiMii*.J$«r>»_ar_»_, as there is one 'tBftSr_rt«f that of the Vancouver Motors, where one member of the. sales staff has tried to get his fellow workers to boycott the place, but has failed. Dairy Employees ____ Start Fall Socials The Milk Wagon Drivers and Dairy Employees' Union starts its monthly socials on Wednesday, September 13th. The first event will lie held in the White Rose Ballroom, Broadway West, and will be in the form of a "Country Store Night," combining a whist drive and dance. Every month following there will be special features in connection with the socials, the first three being: "MILK NIGHT," October 18th. "BREAD AND CAKE. NIGHT," November 8th. "ANIMAL NIGHT,", December 13. An aged horse has been donated for "Animal Night" and is being fattened up and well taken care of. If it lives until that date somebody will have a horse to put in their back garden. These socials have been very popular in the past and those in the future will be made just as popular. You can have a little game of "Bingo" or a game of whist, with good prizes and dancing from 9 till 12. Those playing cards are supplied with tea or coffee and union- made cake" from McGavin's Bakery. Tickets are 36c. Massed Union Band To Welcome Boys Organized labor extends its congratulations to the Kitsilano Boys' Band, which won a world's cham- fionship at the Chicago Exhibition, t is the intention of the Musicians' Union, Local 146, to provide a massed band to welcome the boys back to the city. The bandmaster, Brother Arthur W. Delamont. has been co-operating with the union ever since he started to form the band, by giving the boys to understand that the union was delighted with the progress of their efforts. The union has given advice and co-operation to the band and is now pleased to take a leading part in welcoming the boys home with their laurels. United States banks are not buying antifreeze solution this summer. LOCAL UNIONS FORM PARLIAMENTARY UNIT Thirty unions were represented at the first meeting of the Parliamentary Unit of the Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council. Many unions had not held, a meeting since the call went out earlier in tbe month by the Trades Council, so it is expected that more unions will be represented at the next and future meetings. The unit elected a committee of 10 to draft rules and recommendations, which will be acted upon at the next meeting, which will be held too late for publication. ' 8 •tftS-SKi-Sa would permit every man to have two wives an unemployed guy would have some chance to see a talkie and buy the odd bottle of beer. The average bride gets enough advice to last for several husbands. ROSS & HOWARD IRON WORKS COMPANY, LIMITED Established 1892 ENGINEERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, BLACKSMITHS, _■?>■■ PATTERNMAKERS. BOILERMAKERS Office and Works: . PHONE: HIGH. 106 • WOODLAND DRIVE, VANCOUVER, B.C. (Exchange Connecting All Departments) Lions Gate Bridge Most Thrilling Project Ever Planned For City Local Labor To Be Employed — Fair Wages Clause in Contracts—Union Labor Expects Biff Share of Work .f If a fairy godmother, personifying good times coming, should suddenly appear before the City Fathers with the question: Gentlemen, what could you do with several million dollars to further the development of the City of Vancouver?"—it can easily be imagined that considerable thinking would be the result. Yet this is exactly what has happened to this city of ours and this is the story of the Lions Gate Bridge project as it has been submitted to the City Council and the Parks Board. Viewed from any angle, the proposal is the most thrilling ever submitted to the City of Vancouver. Here we have a group of citizens of the Mother Country, who see the need for a major city improvement, an undertaking involving several million dollars and upon which the city's commercial growth must necessarily depend, who have offered to finance the entire project without any expense whatsoever to either the city or any of its taxpayers. English Capital Coming Although London, to some of us at any rate, seems very 'far away from our ordinary everyday business of living and growing, yet English financiers, with an ever-watchful eye for investment possibilities in various parts of the British Empire, have recognized in Vancouver tremendous possibilities for further development. It is perfectly evident to the student of economics that recent activity in mining and financial circles is but the first morning stretch of slowly awakening business. True, retail business has not yet got into its stride, and manufacturing plants have still some way to go before they can discuss the requirements of capacity production; nevertheless, there are definite indications that the revival is coming, and as it gets neater, it will come fast .. _ industrial Outlook Today, in 1933, it is estimated that a little better than 86 per cent of all the available acreage on the south shore of Burrard Inlet has been leased for either wharfage or industrial sites. Vancouver is a seaport and because the bulk of her exports and imports must be waterborne, the city's industrial expansion must depend on the ability to increase shipping facilities. How can this be done when the remaining 16 per cent of the south shore waterfront is all taken up? Where will new industries locate? There is but,one answer- Vancouver can only expand over to the north shore of her own natural harbor. In this fact, and in this fact alone, lie the tremendous possibilities seen by British financiers, world famous for their suceejis^jMS^g^fJong term investments. Thus the Lions Gate Bridge project, a further link between the north and south shores, was born.. < Lions Gate Bridge The proposal includes the con struction of a steel and Concrete suspension bridge connecting Stanley Park and the Capilano Indian Reserve. All the necessary approaches on either side, viaducts, bridge head, toll houses, together with a new landscaped boulevard, 30 feet wide, connecting the bridge with Georgia street, will be constructed and will be paid for by money furnished in London. Neither the city nor any of its citizens will be asked tp spend one single penny for any part or portion of the entire project—either for its construction or for any shares or subscriptions to its bonds. The project, as stated, involves' several millions of dollars, and where practicable, this money will be spent in Vancouver, because the bridge will be built with Vancouver labor. No Asiatics will be employed in any part of the work and all wages will conform with the Dominion .Fair Wage Clause. The project, when completed, will fulfill every requirement'as to design, construction and utility as specified by the city engineer of Vancouver. The agreement submitted to the joint committee of the City Council and the Parks Board on July 4 is now under favorable consideration by that body and needs only the proper signatures to authorize the commence of the work. How Strong Will Bridge Be? The bridge structure is going to be 2662 feet long. That's half a mile. The North Shore viaduct will be another 2400 feet, so it will be one mile from the north toll house to the southern bridge head in Stanley Park. Each cable is going to be strong enough to stand a pull Of 110 tons per square inch. Over its entire length it will carry not only the suspended weight of the bridge plus the maximum traffic load, but it will be designed, for extra safety, to carry almost four times this total weight. That is to say, the two cables are designed to carry between them, some 9000 tons of steel, plus 600. automobiles, plus five passengers in each, plus two sidewalks placed from end to end with pedestrians. Add together these terrible weights and multiply by four and you have the full capacity load which the cables can carry. (It's about 40,000 tons anyway—which is plenty I). The steel weight of the entire bridge including the north and south approaches will weigh 11,000 tons. The cables weigh 127 tons each. Approximately a million and a half steel rivets will be used to fasten the steel structure together. Ten thousand gallons of paint will be needed to give the bridge three coats of protecting paint Each time it is repainted it will require 3000 gallons. Local Labor To Bo Used Here's something that's going to interest every citizen, shopkeeper and merchant living in Greater Vancouver: None but local labor will be employed in any part or portion of the construction of either the roadway or the bridge. It will take about one year to build all the necessary piers and anchorages and substructure. The erection of cables and bridgdjroct, tjg«thcr with the construction of roadway, etc., will take another year. There will be sufficient work to keep several, hundred men in constant employment No Asiatics, will be employed, and all wages paid will be graded to comply with the Dominion of Canada fair Wages Clause. Over a period of two years this army of bridge workers, all directly or indirectly employed on the project «*th purchasing their ordinary requirements in foodstuffs, clothing, etc, will contribute, a sizeable amount of money to stimulate the fast-brightening outlook; for Vancouver's business growth. f _—-___, ■HbbbbbbbsbI Page Six =M= THE LABOR STATESMAN September, 1933 VANCOUVER DRUG COMPANY, UMITED Mm PIHEST L1IE Or SPECIALTIES at ous otnr CHEDIT US WITH HAV-NO THE I, WHICH WB H-UrVTACTUmB -.ABOKATOK.Y. Friday and Saturday Specials, September 1st and 2nd, 1933 .«5 Hospital cotton (flnest grade) 1-lb. rolls .33 .35 Mermen's Shaving Cream M .50 Krysol _ J»S .25 Extract of Lemon or Almond .14 ■ .50 Reld's Lemon Cleansing y. Cream .88 .50 Creolln, lS-oi -M .50 Pure Glycerine, 8-os. .38 ■-.» Ingram's Shaving Cream — .87 .50 Reld's Pile Ointment JSB ..0 Barbasol .86 1.75 Alarm Clocks (Luminous' Dials) -..: 1M .45 8iiell Brand Castile Soap, 2-lb. bar .36 ■65 March'and'a Golden Hair Wash :,. _...„ .48' ' .25 Cream of Witch Hazel and Kosea «--*.. .14 .75 Vanex Genuine Russian Oil, 16-os O* .50 Glycerine and Rose Water, i-p*. .26 .50 Dodd'H Kidney Pills -34 125 Ayerst's A. us. & c. Tablets, 100s 14 .36 D. & R. Vanishing Cream J** .60 Superior Bay Rum, 6-oz .87 THESE SPECIALS OOOD AT All- OUR 19 STOKES. TA-ICOnVEH'S OWX D-.UG STOKES. SIXTEEN IN THE CITY AT TOU* WE SAVE TOW MONET. STORES. Labor Day Edition—Specials Colgate's and Williams' Mug Shaving Soap, each Sc Bay Rum Shaving Cream—large tube..'... 1__ -.15c Lavender Shaving Cream—large tube _ 19c Shaving Brushes—Rubberset Brand... 25c and 49c Prep Beard Softener—Reg."50c jar for - _ ...., ;....20c "City" Blades, for old type Gillette—British made .5 for 15c Lillicrap Glass Hones—for safety blades - — 35c Wilkinson Razor—complete with strop and blades .' $3.00 Twinplex Strapper—for Gillette blades _ ....-—- $ 1.98 SHOP WHERE YOUR DOLLARS BUY MORE I - B. C. Barber Supply and Sundries, Limited 64 HASTINGS STREET WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. The Telephone Brings Help in a Hurry! A sudden illness that requires a doctor —*— quickly; an invasion by burglars; the house on fire—in any of these cases the telephone may be the means of saving life or property VThe telephone is a great\ I protection at a smalt cost j B. C. TELEPHONE CO. PIGGLY-WIGGLY (Canadian) Limited There's a Piggly-Wiggly in Your'Neighbourhood The Labor Statesman Published last Thursday In month, at La bur Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C Owned by the Vancouver, New Westminster arid District Trades and Labor Council. H. W. Watts, Man. Editor. PRESS COMMITTEE: 1. Price, Chairman; P. R. Bengough (Machinist Trades); R. H. Neelands (Printing Trades); W. Watt, Dan Mcpherson (Building Trades); 11. Showier (Teaming Trade*):, T. Hanolin (Beverage Trades); C Herrett (Label Trades); Bert Speed (Transportation Trades). Subscription Bates: $1.00 per Tear; to Unions, 4c per member per month. _•_,._•: Itrmoar 6-7S Vancouver, Can., September, 1933 EMPIRE HOTEL REFRESHMENT PARLOR A. La Ureche — W. K. Clark 78 HASTINGS STREET EAST VANCOUVER, B. C. A married woman should know a use for bridge prizes, and while she is solving this she might also learn the address of the nearest delicatessen. Brush up your hard-luck stories to use on the installment collectors. A cheerful, unannoyrng whistle— the factory whistle. LABOR DAY, 1933 During the present depression organized labor has not been inclined to celebrate on Labor Day as it did in the past, but Labor Day this year brings with it a glimmering of anticipation that beneficial changes are in sight. Business and government have tr>___Uraany things during the past lour years in an effort to relieve unemployment and industrial stagnation, but these efforts only seemed to add to the chaos. The efforts now being made by the American people may, if successful, be used by us in Canada as a guide to drive out old man depression and open the way to a heritage which we may all enjoy. We feel that while even the campaign for higher wages and shorter hours of labor in the United States may not be immediately and wholly beneficial to that people, there is the germ of a splendid opportunity for the National Industrial Recovery Administration to keep up its good work until every man, woman and child in America is permanently assured of a standard of living greatly higher than at present and that increases with the advance in science and technology. We note that the American people are taking their NIRA seriously and lending tremendous and enthusiastic support to the actions of the administration. Some sections of Big Business were inclined to ignore the suggestions of the administration, but they have signed up, probably with the idea that they will be able later to evade some of the things they have agreed to. Evasion of those codes and agreements, however, will only tend to force the administration to put more teeth into the act and put more government into business, a thing which business has ever been objecting to. If the present efforts of the government fail through obstructive tactics, the next session of congress will be compelled to put greater control on business and this will create a popular demand for government ownership of industry. The Amer EMPLOYMENT FOR WESTERN CANADIANS Kelly, Dquglf_s & Company Limited, proprietors of NABOB Brand and a pioneer Western Canadian firm, with manufacturing plants and warehouses in Alberta and Manitoba as well as in British Columbia, take this opportunity to thank their patrons in British Columbia' for their loyalty to NABOB Pure Pood Products. They wish to assure vou thaj. " "NABOB On the Label" will always mean that "Quality Is On Your Table." ONE qUAHTV LOTUS HOTEL PARLOR PENDER AND ABBOTT STREET FINISH THE NIGHT RIGHT— Come with the Bunch after the Meeting! 400 feet from Headquarters (Manager, W. H. Clancy) that the unemployment situation was serious and refused to pay out Federal funds to start productive and rcanTeoDleVemT W^^ works-, 0f coun,e' lean people seem to nave Deen «u- . y,n„A -th_. __,,_.„_*, hi. _«»__. thused with the idea of increasing wages and shortening hours of labor, and industries that have been slow in adopting a "code" suddenly find themselves confronted by representatives of their employees who have organized since the plan was announced by the government. This condition has been so widespread that organized labor has been taxed to supply organizers in all parts of the country, and every day brings fresh and greater demands for organization. The codes that are being adopted are the least that industry will agree to but are not satisfactory to labor, hence the needs for further wage increases and shorter hours of labor will tend to keep the union intact and increase the needs of greater organization. Just at the present time many business men may not be able to see the benefits that can accrue to them through a higher standard of living for the workers, but we note that this type of business man is fast decreasing and will R£»^_a had to close their shops because the public.refused to patronize them for rejecting the government code. The boycott is a powerful weapon in tbe hands of an organized body of people and some American business men are finding that out) too late. Over herefii Canada it seems that the organized labor movement will have to take the lead in a movement to increase wages, reduce hours and get the unemployed back to doing useful lahor. The Conservative government does not seem to have any desire to make a move in that direction, and when we remember the attitude of the Liberal party for two years after - the depression had HOTEL NEW FOUNTAIN AND PARLOR Ansellot.t, Manager. PHONE: SEYMOUR 7S1S Under New Management—I' 45 CORDOVA STREET WEST started, we certainly cannot expect anything from them. Mackenzie King has been making a lot of promises recently, but when he was in power after the crash in 1929 he denied he hoped that through his magic party influence, conditions would improve, but when Mr. Bennett told the people that he was going to "Blast his way into the markets of the world, he upset Mr. King's applecart. Mr. Bennett's blasting, proved to be a dud also, but he is still trying to get into those markets, failing to recognize that economic conditions are too tenacious to open the way for him. Canada can, however, provide every man, woman and child with a tremendously increased standard of living without blasting into any other markets. The home market is filled with' hungry people, with people wanting homes, clothing and the luxuries'of life, that is, and can be produced here, hence why try to sell our goods abroad when the need is not satisfied here. Canada can be made a paradise and organized labor can, and may have to, lead the way towards that paradise, without government consent catch labor votes, the vital (?) ques-l tion being Old Age Pensions, thai Conservatives promising them byl July, 1984, and the Liberals promis-l ing tbem immediately they got into! office. To make this question thol vital issue of a population of justl over half a million shows how. elecT tion campaigns can be cooked up to) evade real and necessary issues.1 Both old parties have consistently! opposed Old Age Pensions, but have! in recent years found it a popular issue, costing; very little and not vital to existing institutions that up-L hold the present evils in the produc-] tion of wealth. Trades Council Notes Sheet Metal Workers' Union r< ports that sign and bar work in the Rainier Beer Parlor was done b; union men. Barbers report seven new shopi signed up in July and four in Aug] ust. During the past month thi union has had 26 calls for menf This is more than it has had in th< past 18 months. Shingle Weavers report all me; working. Most mills now on th 6-hour day basis, regular 8-hour pa; being given for the 6 hours. ""Liberals won a, sweeping victory in the Nova Scotia provincial elections. Organized and unorganized labor were hopelessly divided' in the campaign. Some former officials of the Trade Union movement worked strenuously on behalf of the Conservative government, claiming that the. Conservative governments have put executive"board. 25 pieces of labor legislation on the statute books. Many present officials of organized labor took up the battle for Old Age Pensions on behalf of the Liberal party. The confusion was more confounded when the more radical sections of labor were divided between Labor, C. C. F., and United Front candidates. The major issue in the campaign was rigged up to CONVENTION IS OFF) UNION IS ORGANIZING "Officers of the Commercial Tele, raphers' Union are so busy takin advantage of the opportunities forded by the National Recovery . that the general executive board decided to postpone the C. T. convention scheduled for Septembe 11 for at least six months. The_d»te will be fixed -hy- HAND MADE WORK BOOTS M. Lang & Co H5. Ml Wn ■ 1 ■} *<s_-> September, 1933 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Seven United States at War Against Selfishness, Greed and Poverty ADDRESS OF DONALD R. RICH- BERG, GENERAL COUNSEL OF NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION, OVER THE N.B.C. NETWORK. (Donald R. Richberg, legal advisor * for the Railroad Brotherhoods, is chairman of President Roosevelt's Legal DepartmentJ. America is again at war. The President has called upon the entire nation to wage a war which has no parallel in human history—a war against selfishness and greed that corrupts the individual and destroys the nation. .... The President's Re-employment Agreement is not a commercial bargain. It does not promise a 10 per cent return on investment, But it does promise a return of national security and health, which will pay dividends of untold wealth and happiness. . The President's Agreement is a pledge of public service—a pledge to sacrifice an immediate gain for ' an everlasting profiWa pledge from ..thji bjigjaesa,. men of America - to "unite to employ the workers ot America, in confident assurance that the dollars they add to the payrolls on Saturday will come clinking back into the cash registers before the next payroll day arrives. Who is the man who holds back— who waits to. -s.ee- what the other fellow is going to do before he volunteers? He is the man who has endangered victory in every war—the man who is too timid or too selfish even to take a chance that his government may be right and that his country may win the war. He is the man who dreads to strike a blow in fear that someone may hit back. He is the man who always lets the other fellow take the risk, while he follows close behind to take the profit. .In time of war we call these people slacker's—and women pin white feathers on them; so they may be recognized. But in this new war —this waf of a nation to free itself from the tyranny of false economic theories and ruinous industrial policies—in this new war it is the purpose of the government to build up and not to destroy—to encourage .and reward the volunteers who do |heir part and to let the slackers and the evaders herd together and enjoy the society of each other. Whenever a strong movement for he benefit of all is launched, the great majority of men and women respond eagerly to the call. They do not come forward with dragging feet and lack-lustre eyes. They leap eagerly into action, with their eyes shining and their hearts beating a little faster with the happiness that comes to all those who have any faith in God and find their deepest joy in doing something for someone else. But always there is a little group to whom a profit of 10 per cent seems to be the supreme object of human effort—a little group to whom money is not simply a reward or compensation for service to others, but to whom money is a power for self- service, a power with which other men can be compelled to gratify their selfish ambitions and appetites. This little group, with the eyes always fixed on that 10 per cent profit, is seldom larger than 10 per cent in size. Its ideas are usually about 10 fer cent right and 90 per cent wrong. ts social intelligence would rate about 10 per cent. Its members may be expected to contribute to public service and private charity about 10 per cent of their obligations. Their individual value in a democracy is about 10 per cent of the value of an equal number of average citizens. They may properly be called the "10 per cents." Now the "tenpercenta", will not wish to join the President in his war against poverty. It is really a war against1'them and they know it It Who ZXWtf^eT^ men than they give in return. It is a war against the truly subversive forces that undermine and destroy human institutions of co-operation— the forces that divert the profits of corporations and bankrupt them; the forces that pervert the purposes of labor and fraternal organizations for selfish gain and so destroy them: the forces that corrupt politics and turn public offices into agencies of private profit; the forces that gradually soften the fibre of the nation 'and dilute its pioneering red blood with a yellow flow of timid, mean and cynical ideas. It is against these vicious forces that the war on poverty must be waged. If our business institutions were all operated in a generous spirit of co-operation and mutual helpfulness—with a genuine desire to earn only the profits that are a compensation for service rendered—the faults and difficulties in our present system could be readily corrected. Today, after four profitless .years of business and. four idle years for millions of willing workers, after we have learned that if a nation cannot pay men for-working, i. must pay them for not working, can we not assume that 90 per cent of the people of America are only too willing to give up a chance to get something for nothing, are only too willing to give up any claim of divine or constitutional right to gather unearned profits, if thereby the great masses of the people may once more be given self respecting employment and the blight of the depression may be banished from the land? Sometimes when I hear well-fed, jovial men and well dressed cheerful women chatting in their comfortable homes, I wonder how many of the fortunate people of this country understand that the long discussed revolution is actually under way in the United States. There is no need to prophesy. It is here. It is in process. In many other countries there have been revolutions since the World War—each one with surprisingly little bloodshed, but with a tremendous exercise of force and oppressive power. In this favored land of ours we are attempting possibly the greatest experiment of history. Revolution by the sword and bayonet is nothing new. Revolution by the pen and voice is different. The violent overthrow of parliaments and rulers is nothing new, but the peaceful transition of all departments of government from one fundamental concept of a political economic system to another is different. It is a fact that today the American people, men and women in every walk of life, are enlisting joyously in a revolutionary program of corporation—are undertaking a revolutionary experiment in self-government. It is a revolution not in purpose but in method; yet so profound a change in method that our purpose may seem changed. That is not so. The ideals that are written into the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States still guide this government It is the freedom of the individual, his right to pursue happiness, the security of his home, of his life and of his thought, that our government has been established to maintain—and will maintain. It is not the regimentation into armies of the unemployed. It is not the control of industry that the Recovery Administration would bring about—but industrial freedom from -control, either by a few dictators, or by the irresponsible movement of economic forces. The "tenpercents" will hold back. The "tenpercents" will use plausible and legalistic excuses. The "tenpercents" will not like the blue eagle, although some may try to hide behind it But the blue eagle is an honest bird. He is. 100 per cent American. He will riot long protect a "tenpercent" And when the blue eagle once has flown away, he will not return. A "tenpercent" should understand that he cannot get the blue eagle back again when it has been taken away because of his bad faith. Let us not be hasty of our judgments in this time of mass action and high emotion. The man who may respond quickly to the President's call to the colors may not always be as steadfast and loyal to his pledge as his neighbor who considers more carefully his ability to perform before he signs an obligation. There will be hard cases where exceptional burdens-must be assumed, where it is not personal sacrifice but duties to others which may cause a public spirited man to hesitate. ,..<. _.,. _TtY_oYiai diniculties the employers and the employed workers, who are both asked to co-operate with the government, must bear in mind that complaints about the risk and cost of volunteering to fight for one's country are likely to fall upon deaf ears. The risk and cost of permitting the depression to continue, the risk and cost of drifting into the fifth winter of ghastly unemployment, with private and public relief funds largely exhausted, would be far greater to every man than the heaviest risk and cost he may assume in signing or helping to carry out the President's agreement The choice before the nation was not whether we should remain at peace or declare war. The choice was whether we should submit to the 6000 Tobacco Workers Win Pay Boost Strike San Juan, P. R Some 6000 Puerto Rican tobacco workers, mostly women, won a 26 per cent pay increase for strippers after leaving their jobs in protest over the starvation Wages imposed upon them by tobacco, corporations owned almost entirely by American capitalists. Tobacco dealers herded under the banner of - the- Consolidated Cipar Company, one of the corporation blessings mainland finance has bestowed upon this island, marched in on. Governor Gore and charged that fovernment labor inspectors had omented a strike among some 6000 tobacco workers, mostly women, they claimed to be paying the munificent wage of 60 cents to $ 1 per day. Commissioner of Labor Rivera, himself a former cigar maker, disputed this claim of opulent remuneration made by the employers and retorted that the wages' paid in many instahces was only a lowly "quarter." Governor Gore told the employers to submit their best offer and the government would pass it along without taking sides. uS— Governor Gore declared further that no codes would be put in fores in -the island- ■sor-long'' asu"tfiere" are strikes. -. — . - -=* " All Textile Mill Owners Violate Code: Googe Atlanta Representative of American Federation of Labor Files 500 Complaint* with Washington.—Cotton textile null owners in the South have resorted to wholesale violation of tbe labor provisions of the code for that industry promulgated by President Roosevelt, according to a report received by the National Recovery Administration from George L. Googe, in charge of the American Federation of Labor organizing campaign headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Googe transmitted about 600 complaints of violations of the code to Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Recovery Administrator. The violations complained of included the classing experienced men as learners, the use of the "stretchout ' system, discrimination against union workers, and failure to pay overtime for maintenance employees. "No mills that I know of are living up to the code as signed by the President," Mr. Googe said. r_.Mr." Go°lfe was referred to Robert W. Bruere of the Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Committee, who was in the South investigating other alleged violations of the cotton textile code. 5,000,000 HOGS GIVEN TO DESTITUTE JOBLESS Washington.—President Roosevelt gave his approval to the Agricultural Department's plan to slaughter 6,000,000 swine for which the farmers lack feed and turn the meat over to the destitute unemployed. It was described by the department as an emergency plan to boost hog prices suggested by the national corn-hog producers' committee of 26. The scheme provides for the immediate marketing of "4,000,000 pigs ranging in weight from 26 to 100 pounds at pegged prices ranging from $6 to $9 a hundred in a two-week period. It also provides for tbe immediate marketing of 1,900,000 sows weighing more than 275 pounds soon to farrow by offering a premium of $4 a head plus removal costs. conquest of an enemy who had already devastated tbe land and reduced one-third of the population to destitution, or should mobilize the entire nation and fight bur way back to freedom and security. No man of nmmtte the President couIdHHoother than declare war and issue a call for volunteers. This is a war—a war on poverty— a war without precedent in history —a civil war, it might be called, to save ourselves from destructive forces within our own nation. But It is not a war of man against man. It is rather a war of ideas—the co-operative idea against the ideajof unrestrained competition—the idea of national welfare against the idea of unrestrained self-seeking — the New Testament against the Old Testament — the Sermon on the Mount against the Mosaic Law—a war to write into the political economic law of the nation the new commandment: Help your neighbor and you help yourself. THESE delicious lager beers satisfy every taste. They are perfectly brewed under ideal hygienic conditions in your own province and have won an inter' . national reputation and preference for their rich goodness, full-bodied flavour and high uniform quality. Pure, well-matured lagers, such as, Old Milwaukee, B.C. Bud and Silver Spring, are healthful and invigorating.. They quench the thirst, soothe the nerves and. nourish and delight better than any other beverage. Order your requirement* in handy carton* of one doten "' pint bottle*. Ilrlli-h Columbia malt barrr.mta sure now obtainable st Covernm.nt Liquor Stores at the uew low price. ,0T COAST BREWERIES LTD. VANCOUVER • B C Alto Brewer* and Bottler* oft C. ENGLISH BITTER BEER BURTON Type ALE XXXX INVALID STOUT This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. "Yes, sir! I owe my job to my telephone!" % "Oh, boy! It feels good tb'be working again!" Frank was telling a friend. "I'm certainly glad now that I kept my telephone." "What did your telephone have to do with it?" asked the other. l-Aa£sifS*te~"iTifl preTeretice fo fellows with telephones, because the others were too hard to reach. Yes, sir! I owe my job to my telephone." The man with a telephone has the best chance of getting a ^obr-^ .—■f-*~ ~ B. C. TELEPHONE CO. ROOSEVELT NAMES SAUNDERS ASSISTANT LABOR SECRETARY Washington.—President Roosevelt appointed Richardson Saunders, an engineer and financial expert of Miami, Fla., as assistant to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. His new post will be Saunders' second government job. Prom 1919 to 1928 he served with the U. S. Shipping Board as consulting engineer and financial adviser. Prior to this connection he had done work in engineering and business reorganization. aaa_aaa_-_______-.-...-._.__ Page Eight THE LABOR STATESMAN =_= September, 1933 USE . .. •/ Royal City Brand Canned Fruits • ■ ■ _ ■ ■", Vegetables Jams THE BEST THAT'S CANNED! Broder Canning Co., Ltd. PACIFIC COAST TERMINALS LIMITED /•' COMPLETE TERMINAL FACILITIES LUMBER ASSEMBLING 8 acres of Lumber Assembling Yard with nearly 3 miles of Trackage; 2 Brown Hoist Locomotive Cranes and Locomotive. —— . GENERAL WHARFAGE AND WAREHOUSING 3000 feet of Waterfrontr 8 Berths for Deep-water Vessels -——COLD-AND DRY STORAGE --.--■ For Quick Despatch Route Your Ships via Fraser River Port of New Westminster, B. C. Foot of Tenth Street Telephone: Westminster 2500 Cable. Address: "Frado" Westminster—All Codes ROOTS THAT GO DEEP ._). Strength comes too tree by steady growth that drives its roots deeper Mich year. The history of Tho Royal Bank, over since its establishment sixty-four years ago, has boon on* of soundly con tervative progress; its strength is deep-rooted in experience. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA IN NEW WESTMINSTER- J. H. MORGAN. Prop. THE FRASER CAFE 738 Columbia Street (Just above B.C.E.) OPEN DAY AND NIGHT HARD TIMES, ISN'T IT? HIDDEN WEALTH-FOUND MONEY! Dig eat year Scrap Gold, Bridgework, Old Jewelry; I pay cash for It TAKE YOUR WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY REPAIRS TO EC A DPT 1MIV *** RICHARDS STREET, . Kj, __\ r_T !_/___/ 15 1 (Near Pender) THE OLD COUNTRY EXPERT Aa I can save yon money on year repairs Phone 1553 Child Labor and Long Hours In Daily Newspaper Industry Washington.—Vigorous opposition to the fair competition .code submitted to the National Recovery Administration by the American Newspaper Publishers' Association was expressed by Charles P. Howard, president of the International Typographical Union, who is in Washington to look after the interests of the printers in connection with codes covering the industry. Mr. Howard condemned absolutely the code provision which permits the employment of children, and said the International Typographical Union would f|ght to a finish the employers' proposed 40 and 44-hour week. ' Mr. Howard's statement follows, in part: Employers Favor Child Labor "When the employers in textiles and other industries were forced by the President to abolish child labor to secure approval of. codes under the N1KA the country applauded. Newspaper publishers gave hearty approval in both editorial and news columns. And now when a code is presented for daily newspapers it is the only one that purposes no regulation of child lahor and if approved in the form presented- it will permit children to sell and distribute newspapers during any hours of the day or night. "In a survey by the Children's BUreau pf the Department of Labor, published' under the title 'Child Workers in City Streets,' it is shown that this is one of the most demoralizing, strenuous, and hazardous types of child labor fpund anywhere. "Under present conditions there is a surplusage of adult labor and youths over 16 years of age available for this work, and the failure of the newspaper publishers to eliminate child labor in their code is a further evidence of the desire to be considered a privileged class because they control the avenues of publicity. Industrial Recovery Plan Is Not Ballyhoo ""General dtrhnson'saysr-^*— I would like to say a word about calling this "bally-hoo." What you are dealing with here is an emergency situation of people out of work, out of -work after four years of the most exhausting depression that ever hit any country.any time. I suppose there is nothing so apprehended by every human being as the results of unemployment and the fear of unemployment. .1 do not believe I am looking at one man here who is not affected, although he has a job. I know I am, and there is nobody that I know personally that is not apprehensive about some relative that perhaps he is trying to support. Now, we go out and make an appeal to this country, to see if we can't get it together for the first time in its history on a question like this, under a fundamental law. The possibility of results is illustrated by the problem of child labor. Why didn't it go out 25 years ago? Because nobody in the competitive field could do it if he were not sure his cora- Setilor would do it But the minute e was sure his competitor would do it, it went out in 24 hours. Now then, here is an effort to apply a general rule, with a complete set of safety valves to deal with the exceptions, (which is the only way to do a job like that in a national way), and you are going to have everybody under the authority of this act, which allows everybody to act' together, to act together for the purpose of getting rid of this unemployment situation. If that is bally-hoo, whoever uses that epithet as an argument may get a lot of comfort out of it, but I do not think it will take him very far against people who have this poignant thought in their hearts, and that is everybody. If that is bally-hoo, make the best of it. Directors' Responsibility Directors of corporations who by long-continued habit have come to .look upon', their jnhs ns siilecu r rs created principally to enable them to pocket handsome fees for attending board meetings will do well to follow the course of proceedings in the case of the bankrupt Insull Securities Corporation. Garfield Charles, referee in bankruptcy, after a hearing On the' petition of the receivers of that sadly deflated concern, whose stockholders were left apparently holding the bag after the great debacle, has authorized them to file suit to recover from the directors $37,000,000 alleged to have been lost because of their failure tb exercise proper care and judgment in supervising the work of their executive officers. The contention, if sustained by the courts, will put a period to the laissez faire attitude of directors who have been content to draw their pay for rubber-stamping the activities of company officials, often no more than ex post facto approval of undertakings already a fait accompli when brought to the attention of the boards.—A. F. of L. News Letter. One Firm Adds 8000 To Previous Staff National Recovery Administrator Hugh S. Johnson recently received the following telegram from John A. Hartford, president, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company: "Confirming my telephone conversation this morning, I wish to repeat my former assurance to you that the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company is whole-heartedly in favor of N. 11. A. and is giving and will continue to give your administration its complete co-operation. All of our branches throughout the country were instructed on August 1 to put into effect the purposes of the N. R. A. as quickly as possible and I am pleased to be able to tell you •that preliminary figures for the first weeks operation of our business under the N. R. A. show 8340 employees added to our staff and an increase of $8,264,152 dollars in annual payroll. We hope the readjustment will ~be conrptete throughout our organization within a few days. This will, of course, increase these figures. "John A. Hartford, President, "Great Atlantic and PacifW Tea Co.*' The very latest in ladies' clothing is a bag for wet bathing suits, but this fad will not help much to increase the use of either cotton, wool, silk, or rubber. "BUILD B'. C. PAYRdLLS" WHEN HE AGREES WITH YOU! IT"* a won-arful feeling: wiem unexpectedly soma on* agrees with your view. In a cat* ws overheard a grantleman suddenly say. Paoiflo MUk la particularly grood. We do not know him nor tha origin of the remark, bat than f ollowed at one* a high regard for his Judgment. -, ,, , Pacific Milk 100 per cent. British Columbia Otsmed and Controlled PLiHT ^ Demand- ORIGINAL OATMEAL COOKIES A Health Cookie Simply Delicious! DAD'S COOKIE COMPANY Phone Bay. 8780 2626 West Fourth Ave., Vancouver] All Industries Under Code by August 21st Permanent Plana Sidetracked to Cut Red Tape for Application of .President's Agreement Washington.—The full power of the Federal Government has been put behind the drive to bring all business and inductry in the country under the wings of the Blue Eagle by August 21. Permanent codes except for a few key industries have been shunted temporarily onto sidetracks, and the main line cleared for a quick run of entire industries employing millions of men under the Roosevelt blanket code cutting working hours and raising wages. Meanwhile, violators of any of the codes are being dealt with swiftly and severely as fast as they are discovered. A group of grocers proposing to shorten store hours in order to avoid employing additional help was sternly rebuked and warned. Minor infractions first bring courteous letters urging co-operation, but these, if unheeded, are followed up with letters to local trade groups and press calculated to put the pressure of public opinion in their home communities on the recalcitrants. 26,000 HOSIERY WORKERS LAND 25 PER CENT INCREASE Philadelphia, Pa,—Goaded to desperation because of the militant strikes of the hosiery workers in this region and in a desperate effort to forestall a Federal investigation, of sweatshop conditions which j are mainly responsible for the recent walkouts of thousands of factory employees throughout Pennsylvania, the board of directors of the Full- fashioned. Hosiery Manufacturers of America, Inc., voted a 25 per cent pay increase in piece work and daily wage rates. The manufacturers said 26,000 employees would receive the wage boost. It was.in line with the recent action taken by mill owners in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. The action climaxed heated debate at a special meeting hurriedly called by George Lang, president of the employer group. Demand VAN BROS.' Pure Apple Cider LIONS GINGER ALE or ORANGE KIST The only Union 8oft Drink Firm to Vancouver! Phone: High. 90 1055 Vernon Dr. Fruit and Raisin Bread, Pastry, / Meat Pie*, and Pumpkin Piea. THE ESTHER BAKERY Phone: Wgnland UN 3728 HASTINGS STREET EAST The London Bakery Gold Wheat Bread Fairmont 122 439 7th Ave. E. Union Label ea Request H. F. ST0RRY & CO. TAILORS Style, pit and Workmanship tluaraateedl A. K. OATE1TBT, AssocUU Seymour 1383 653 Granville St. (Upstairs) SANDY McLEOD SHIRT SPECIALIST and Men's Furnishings Trin. 2747 S33 Pender West Phone: Sey. 2800 1116 RICHARDS STREE TIRES Tires Retreads. UN up Blowouts Repaired from 11..« Olve us a trial 1388 Granville. -Phone Bong. 4*4 One Store Only A woman scorned is no more furl ious than a Tory offered a Job thaf is smaller than he feels. ""-'>.-!.BS»>*r>.-~ September, 19-33 THE LABOR STATESMAN Page Nine Venty-two Railroad Unions in Canada form Co-operative Body In opposing a further 10 per cent Reduction in railroad workers' wages, |he Vancouver Trades and Labor Council, at the request of the local union of Railway Carmen, is determined to do all in its power to aid the unions in their opposition to the proposed wage cut. The Standard Railroad Labor .Organizations in Canada have decided io organize 'a co-operative body patterned after the Railway Labor Executives' Association, which has done so much in recent years to advance the common interests of^the nembers of the 22 associated labor organizations. The organizations agreed to pull together "for industrial, economic find legislative purposes and in particular to oppose the unjust and unwarranted wage cut proposed by the Canadian railways." Unite. 200,000 Workers Organization will Be completed very shortly and when this is done approximately 200,000 Canadian Railroad workers will be united as never before. The formation of the new association has attracted wide attention and is regarded as one of the most progressive events in labor circles since the war period. James B. Ward, chairman of the General Conference Committee, in a' statement-to the press on behalf of the co-operating organizations, said: '. • "All classes of Canadian railroad workers have made tremendous sacrifices during the past few years •through curtailment of services, joint use of facilities, elimination of trains, abolition of stations, short time and the sharing of available employment. "The men realize that all .Canadian citizens are most vitally interested in national recovery and they are'firm in the conviction, as they believe most citizens are, that the surest and quickest way to bring this about is by increasing purchasing power, not by further reducing it, as is being done by the railways. "Representatives of the Standard Railroad Labor Organizations have now laid the-foundation of a cooperative association, for economic, industrial and legislative purposes and in particular to oppose present unjust and unwarranted wage cuts proposed by the Canadian railways." Presentation Made To W. J. Bartlett W\ J. ("Bill") Bartlett, who has eeii in the Trades Union Movement bincc he was 16 years of age, was the recipient of a presentation made recently by his fellow workers for long and faithful service. The presentation was made during the noon nnur at the Canadian Pacific Railway shops in Vancouver, by the Federated Shop Crafts, who gathered together a few dollars out of their phort-pay envelopes, to pay then- respects and appreciation for the activity he had made on their behalf. Alex. Ross, local president, in naking the presentation, pointed out that the meeting was called to pay "heir respects to a veteran of the movement, in appreciation of the (services rendered. If there is any appreciation, he said, it is to the veterans of the greatest movement that anyone can associate himself with. Bill Bartlett had not only :aken an active part in the industrial novement, but he had been active in :l«ing his share to get labor legislation on the statute books of our governments. Arriving thirty years igo from the Old Country, Brother Bartlett landed in Winnipeg and con- inued his union activities there imong the railroad workers. Those were pioneering days and meant a lot of effort but he had the satisfaction of getting results. He worked for the Federation of the Shop Crafts on the system, and continued his activities until'the "Call of the West" brought him to Vancouver. Here his activities continued, not only for the railroad Workers, but for workers generally., Now that he has been compelled to relinquish active service in the shops his fellow workers, said Alex.- Ross in addressing Bro. Bartlett, "are pleased to present a token of respect and hope that you will be long spared to remain with us, and to enjoy the social legislation which you have helped to put on the statute books. Here is a pipe of peace and the gunpowder to fill it with, which we hope you will long be spared' to enjoy, and although it is usual to present a purse of gold, we being off the gold standard, can only offer, you $50 in bills of legal currency with which to purchase lubricant of your own choice and use in your own way." In replying, Brother Bartlett said that he could not express himself for the kind consideration of this occasion. He was happy, however, to receive the presentation, and "I will treasure it in my mind." He said that he had been pleased to devote his life to his fellow men, and was pleased to have taken part in making things easier for the men who are to ASK YOUR LOCAJ. DEALER FOR CARHARTT'S OVERALLS GLOVES UNION MADE Vancouver Supply Depot, Fargey Agencies, 600 Mercantile Building ii I LECKIE DRESS SHOES Made in Vancouver fT THE SMARTEST. STURDIEST. MOST POPULAR SHOES IN THE WEST AT THEIR PRICE ... A style to suit every .need and preference. 5 .50 Seethe complete range at .^ your dealer's Here's a triumph of Western Canadian enterprise and workmanship — quality that will satisfy the most exacting — value that stands second to none in the Dominion! Men! Do not buy any shoes until you have teen these splendid Vancouver-made products! LECKIE WORK BOOTS Famous for 30 Years! Built to specifications that long years of experience have proved best suited to the needs of working men. Boots specially built for MINERS, LOGGERS, BOYS SEE THEM AT LEADING SHOE STORES AND DEPARTMENT STORES LECKIE J. LECKIE CO. LTD.. VANCOUVER. B. C. follow. He hoped the men would put faith in their leaders and organization, for if this is done you will gain more. He wished them all luck and hoped that he would live to see the workers arise to provide a higher and better system in which exploitation wou'd be a thing of the past. * N£W DRINKING CUP TOP \*~ JUST HOLDS A SWALLOW Vw^W OLD EXTRA SPEC! LIQUEUR aWi {*m idll 40 Ol/IVCC. .U^la\ '-"7-.-^. 3S* .'*& *__5i£*lSr>«__S !38fl» "-;./.••" v**" Ml rhis advertisement is not published .or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Trade Unions Foster Industrial Democracy (Hy Frank Morrison, Secretary, (American Federation of Labor) The National Industrial Recovery Act, recognizing the right of workers to join a union of their own choosing, has aroused widespread interest among unorganized workers to establish membership in the Federation. injio other type of labor organization has the worker greater freedom to deal with questions relating to conditions of labor of immediate concern to himself, than is afforded in the trade union. Trade unions organize*w11Mrt!ieIf"ranks, workers following the same trade or occupation. In these unions workers have full opportunity for self-expression in dealing directly with questions which affect the immediate character of work in which thsy Sure engaged. The practices and policies of the trade union movement are based on the principle of trade autonomy; in other words, the recognition of the right of workers in the same trade to decide for themselves questions affecting conditions* of labor, in their own particular line of work. These workers have the'right of extending control over their trade or occupation throughout the country through the. functioning of a national organization. This type of organization is a natural development out of the demand of the workers for the operation of methods which satisfy their needs nnd meet with their general approval.' The members of trade unions are free to chart their Course in whatever way appeals to them as promoting their best interests so long as there mayJie no encroa.ch- lYtfi&.'i','—^ *hc equal rights of other trades. They may join with members of other trades to act unitedly in a given situation, or they may amalgamate with other organizations as the- wisdom of these acts may suggest. 97 ONTARIO WORKERS KILLED IN 6 MONTHS; 17,009 INJURED Toronto. — Nnety-seven workers were killed in the establishments coming under the Ontario workmen's compensation law, and 17,009 injured during the first six months of 1933, the Workmen's Compensation Board announced. OF COMMERCE Invites you to use the banking facilities of any of its 63 branches in British Columbia, of which 19 are situated in Greater Vancouver. The need for the protection of a bank account steadily earning interest day by day is forcibly brought home to us in times like these when the saving habit has been the one thing that has warded off financial disaster for a great many people. A savings account in 1HE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE with its resouTcer of over sir hundred million dollars offers security for the future. This bank gladly welcomes the smallest account. $1.00 will open it. Circumstances over which you have I Greenbacks make the men popu- no control—your wife. liar; pink backs the women, T Page Ten THE LABOR STATESMAN September, 19. ■ \ News of the PORT./VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA'S PACIFIC GATEWAY COMPLETE PORT FACILITIES Berths for 50 deep- sec, ship*.*^,--^ • -■'..'.: ■ "Depth of water up to 45 feet. • Grain elevator capacity, 17,843,000 bushels. I Loading capacity, 377,000 bushels per hour. ~ Drydock facilities up to -16,000 tons. Cranes up to 100 tons capacity. No. 2 Elevator Is Now a "Public" House —: (17625,000 BUSHELS CAPACITY)- ZT__7^L - ' ' ""•'" . 5 -A No. 2 Grain Elevator at.Vancouver, B. C, is to be operated by Vancouver Harbour Commissioners as a public house from September I. This elevator has been leased to Alberta Wheat Poof for the past six years and now reverts back to controlTof Vancouver Harbour Commissioners. No. 2 Elevator*rias a capacity of 1,625,000 bushels, which how becomes available to grain growers and shippers wishing to hold stocks at the Pacific port for favorable selling opportunities. Shipments of grain are now being accepted direct from growers for storage- in No. 2 Elevator. — — Oil Storage Capacity Now 500.000 Gals. (VEGETABLE AND FISH OILS) For the, quicker and more efficient handling of fish oils and such vegetable oils as bean, wood, peanut and cocoanut, additional tankage of 300,000 gallons capacity has just been completed. The new plant includes a specially constructed pier and wharfage facilities which will accommodate the largest vessels in this trade. In the construction of the new, pier, 326,000 board feet of British Columbia lumber and 26,000 lineal feet of British Columbia piling were used. CANADA'S PREMIER GRAIN PORT The impressive figure of 96,872,772 bushels, Vancouver's total grain exports for the crop year 1932-33, just completed, represents 43 per cent of Canada's wheat exports for that year. The next best showing, by an Eastern Canadian port, was 65,000,000 bushels. This record-breaking performance ""^■'Vflri'cbuVer was ni uUrlh spite of complex difficulties in foreign exchange and a grain rates war that made the past season more than ordinarily difficult. RATES OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE GLADLY FURNISHED BY THE SECRETARY VANCOUVER HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS WORKERS! SUPPORT LOCAL INDUSTRIES Buy Local Products THE first step towards your own prosperity is to buy the products made by your local fellow work«_-s,<«elping them to earn wages, which they, in turn, will spend on the products that you produce. . . ..Hundreds of your fellow workers are earning and spending wages the year round by producing the good beers made by this local company. - - < ' VANCOUVER BREWERIES LIMITED BREWERS & BOTTLERS OF $ 1 LZf\ P®1- Dozen Carton .*mf\J if bottles returned. (Ale $2.40 per doi.) „._ At Government Liquor Stores Call^mr^feri*?^^ for free delivery. ;_«_*.«_>*<«•">•«»'»'"" PILSENER LAGER BEER DUTCH GIRL LAGER BEER CASCADE, PALE U.B.C. BOHEMIAN BEER .Oi.D-GOL.NTRY ALE i. CREAM STOUT , This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Colymbia. 1 " ..vt,
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